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Morning Consult National Poll, Post-New Hampshire: Sanders Rises to 29%, Opens Up a Ten Point Lead on Biden (19%)

Politico previewed Biden's collapse yesterday:

"There’s blood in the water," said Quentin James, executive director of The Collective, a political action committee that backs African American candidates. "Black voters are starting to leave him now.... A big reason lots of black voters were with Biden is they thought he was the best person to beat Trump. And they thought one reason for that is that he had the support of white voters. Now they see he has done so poorly with white voters and he no longer looks like the electability candidate."

...

"This is horrendous. We're all scared," said a Biden adviser, speaking anonymously because the comments conflict with the brave public face the campaign is trying to broadcast. "I think we're going to make it to South Carolina. I know we're supposed to say we're going to and we’re going to win. But I just don’t know."

As noted by RedState, Van Jones predicted this too. He noted that Biden expects black voters to make up with all his "deficits" with other voters.

But he also pointed out that black people switched to supporting Obama when they saw Obama could win white votes. (In Iowa, I think.)

But now they're looking at Biden -- the supposedly "electable" candidate -- and seeing that no one is voting for him except black people.

Biden's event in South Carolina -- which was an attempt to distract from his disaster in New Hampshire -- was itself, get this, a disaster.

kristol-boot-npc.jpg

The exodus seems to be happening.

Meanwhile, NeverTrump quislings and kapos -- who joined a Republican Party they had no particular attachment to just to take it over and lead it ruinously -- are now attempting to issue orders to their new party, the Democrat Party.

And -- this is amusing -- Democrats are telling them to go f*** themselves.

So we have that much in common.

The problem? Just as in 2016 with the Republican party, essentially no one in the Democrat party cares what they think. In fact, the tiny number of overly-represented media voices that have centered their existence around defeating the orange man is becoming more and more unwelcome in their new home.

Honestly, I kind of get it. Republicans had to deal with this unearned sense of entitlement and superiority throughout the 2016 election. Now they want to jump into a new party and start dictating who that party should nominate in the very next election? That’s pretty presumptive on their part.

It also shows an out-sized self-evaluation of their own intellect. These are the same people who got every single thing about 2016 wrong. Why would any Democrat heed their "warnings" about Bernie Sanders when they’ve shown to be awful at political prognostication? The fact that Never Trump are so certain he'll lose to Trump actually makes me think Bernie might perhaps be the toughest challenger.

Jazz finger-snaps in applause.

kristol-boot-npc.jpg

Below, the tweet containing the poll's topline.

Thanks to wut.

Posted by: Ace at 02:09 PM




Comments

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1 meep meep!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 13, 2020 02:09 PM (d7Ww2)

2 motherfuckinghampsterfuckers!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 13, 2020 02:09 PM (d7Ww2)

3 Almost!

Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at February 13, 2020 02:09 PM (veJcn)

4 At least they don't bother the otters.

Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at February 13, 2020 02:09 PM (veJcn)

5 Biden's descent into dementia is obvious even to LIV's.

Posted by: Guzalot at February 13, 2020 02:10 PM (prSvo)

6 Corgis called

Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at February 13, 2020 02:10 PM (veJcn)

7 Has anyone asked Buttigieg how he believes Muslim countries will interact with him in crucial talks?

Because I'm sort of thinking there might be a group less fond of gay men than blacks and hispanics.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at February 13, 2020 02:10 PM (R6B3R)

8
Trump will scoop up significant numbers of black votes.

I hope Sanders gets the nomination because Trump will wipe the floor with him. Maybe it's better if the DNC steals it from him again and destroys the party for good.

Either way.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 13, 2020 02:10 PM (zBaqJ)

9 Bernie vs. Trump debate is going to be fun to watch.

Posted by: Bosk at February 13, 2020 02:11 PM (9m9TT)

10 Early voting today. I'm torn between Bernie and No Preference

Posted by: NCKate at February 13, 2020 02:11 PM (QLEJC)

11 If the billionaire Bloomberg can buy the nomination out from under the nose of the commie Sanders that would be glorious indeed.

Posted by: Guzalot at February 13, 2020 02:12 PM (prSvo)

12 Im still convinced they are gonna stick mini Mike up their own ass

Posted by: Somewhere on Ventura Highway at February 13, 2020 02:12 PM (M+Lyo)

13 Corn Pop's behind all this...

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 13, 2020 02:12 PM (NWiLs)

14 >>>Jazz finger-snaps in applause.

Can we please not trigger everyone?

Posted by: Snowflakes at February 13, 2020 02:12 PM (1CjJc)

15 Gosh seems like 77% of Democrats are irredeemable sexists.

Also racists - how come the only POC left in the race isn't anywhere near the Top 4?

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:12 PM (oZ6kz)

16 A big reason lots of black voters were with Biden is they thought he was the best person to beat Trump.

So they prefer being unemployed and on welfare?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:12 PM (pmpob)

17 NPC Max Boot belongs in a museum.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:12 PM (oZ6kz)

18 "There's blood in the water," said Quentin James, executive director of
The Collective, a political action committee that backs African American
candidates. "Black voters are starting to leave him now.... A big
reason lots of black voters were with Biden is they thought he was the
best person to beat Trump."

So, this guy thinks all black voters are going to vote against their own self-interests? Who has done more for African-Americans in the past 30 years than Trump?

Posted by: TheHoser at February 13, 2020 02:12 PM (IDjUx)

19 It was sad, so sad
Yes it was sad, too bad!
It was sad when the Biden went down
In the New Hampshire primary
Consultants climbed in rafts
Scared they'd lose their graft
It was sad when the Biden went down!

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Tickets Available for Bulwark - The Cuck Whisperer at The Outrage Outlet! at February 13, 2020 02:13 PM (hLRSq)

20 Democrats : "WE HATES WHITE MEN, WE DOES, WE DOES!"

Also Democrats : *Votes Overwhelmingly for White Men*

Yeah, nobody believes you anymore.

Posted by: Allie at February 13, 2020 02:13 PM (UnA8+)

21 "...but don't expect to drive the car."

Nicely said, communist.

Posted by: Zod at February 13, 2020 02:14 PM (QgtlX)

22 "The fact that Never Trump are so certain he'll lose to Trump actually makes me think Bernie might perhaps be the toughest challenger."

This happens to be true and while it's unfortunate for the long-term good of the Zombie United States, it is good news for the short-term actual United States as the DNC will either outright steal the nomination from Sanders or undermine him by covertly supporting a third party run of some sort.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at February 13, 2020 02:14 PM (puu6v)

23 And -- this is amusing -- Democrats are telling them to go f*** themselves.

Shoulda danced with the one what brung ya.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:14 PM (pmpob)

24 Biden has been Dead Candidate Walking.
Now Hekawi Liz is.
Mayor Pete will be, after he gets 5% of the Black vote in SC

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 13, 2020 02:14 PM (pidi0)

25 Bootycall is the dems best candidate. He's in a favored class and no one knows anything about him.

That's all a dem really needs.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 13, 2020 02:14 PM (xfb67)

26 It's also fascinating to realize that none of this would matter if the (D)s could've slowed themselves down a tiny bit and not tried to do every single thing all at once. Just a bit at a time and there certainly never would've been Trump. More likely there never would've been another conservative president ever again.

Couldn't help themselves, though. Thank goodness. It's like RBG holding off on retirement because where she urinates is so important that she wanted someone else who urinates similarly to appoint her replacement (who I'm sure would urinate through similar means).

Dumbasses.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at February 13, 2020 02:14 PM (R6B3R)

27 That link to RedState about the NTs is precious.

And I just love seeing Max Boot doing the "ACKSHUALlY, I'm an 'Independent'" shtick.

NT: We're on your side now. Revel in our gravitas and listen to us. We've been loudly defending you as much as much as we've been excoriating Trump!
Brianna Wu, et. al.: LOLGF.

How's their ass taste, NT? Better than ours? Worse? About the same?

Feel free to respond in any manner you wish. It doesn't make a lick of difference to me. I won't be reading, watching or listening to it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2020 02:14 PM (I2dne)

28 Kristol and his gang would earn a lot more street cred with their newfound pals if they'd stop talking about the gender reassignment surgery and just go for it.

Posted by: Zod at February 13, 2020 02:15 PM (QgtlX)

29 Mini-Mike will make Bernie an offer he can't refuse. And Bernie will take it. And his Bro's will be a tad upset I think.

Posted by: zeera BMGG - Books Make Great Gifts! at February 13, 2020 02:15 PM (X+a7J)

30 Commies galore.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 13, 2020 02:15 PM (axyOa)

31 So they prefer being unemployed and on welfare?

--

NOBODY ANSWER THAT!

Posted by: Moron Robbie at February 13, 2020 02:15 PM (R6B3R)

32 >>Meanwhile, NeverTrump quislings and kapos -- who joined a Republican
Party they had no particular attachment to just to take it over and lead
it ruinously -- are now attempting to issue orders to their new party,
the Democrat Party.


I'm sure the British were open to the opinions of Benedict Arnold after he officially joined their side, too.


These people are such arrogant gasbags, aren't they?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2020 02:15 PM (bDqIh)

33 "The fact that Never Trump are so certain he'll lose to Trump actually makes me think Bernie might perhaps be the toughest challenger."

You're relying on the judgment and political acumen of Never Trumpers?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:15 PM (pmpob)

34 Mini Mike better literally watch his backside knowing he leapfrogged into third and Mayor Bootyjuice is now closely pulling up on his rear.

Posted by: Fritz at February 13, 2020 02:15 PM (2Mnv1)

35 Dipshit NeverTrumpers still can't figure out that the only reason the media likes them is because they love having "republicans" around to bash republicans. If you're not doing that they have no use for you. Should have learned that from little green bike boy.

Posted by: Buzzion at February 13, 2020 02:15 PM (G2zl5)

36 Early voting today. I'm torn between Bernie and No Preference
Posted by: NCKate at February 13, 2020 02:11 PM (QLEJC)
++++++++++
Pick an underdog on the bubble - maybe Klobuchar.

The idea isn't to help one of them win, it's to foul up the delegate counts.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2020 02:15 PM (I2dne)

37 Just wait until California. My people will speak.

Posted by: Pete Buttpirate at February 13, 2020 02:15 PM (s2LSa)

38 I have to say I do enjoy seeing the NeverTrumps getting frozen out again. I wonder if we will see any of them after next November?

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Tickets Available for Bulwark - The Cuck Whisperer at The Outrage Outlet! at February 13, 2020 02:15 PM (hLRSq)

39 I think Biden's support shifts over to Bloomie, for the most part, but Warrens support shifts over to Sanders.

And after Super Tuesday, I can see it coming to Sanders, 40%, Bloomie, 35%, Bootijudge, 25%.

and now won't THAT be fun! Sure, Bloomie and Bootie could combine to knock out Burnie - and then what do they do when 40% of the dem base walks out with him?

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 13, 2020 02:16 PM (Kpl3J)

40 I am looking forward to voting for Bernie in the primary here.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at February 13, 2020 02:16 PM (xSo9G)

41 Interesting that many blacks decide on witch candidate to to support based on how popular they are with WHITE voters....

Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:16 PM (CqE5x)

42 Bernie! Bernie!!

Posted by: runner at February 13, 2020 02:16 PM (V6Xrh)

43 28 Kristol and his gang would earn a lot more street cred with their newfound pals if they'd stop talking about the gender reassignment surgery and just go for it.
Posted by: Zod at February 13, 2020 02:15 PM (QgtlX)

At their age, they're not even going to get approved for HRT.

Posted by: Allie at February 13, 2020 02:16 PM (UnA8+)

44 What does calling Warren Hekawi Liz refer to?

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:16 PM (Uu+Jp)

45 Feel the Bern!!!!

Say, could you chip in $2.70? Thanks!

Posted by: BernBroBot_11101001 at February 13, 2020 02:16 PM (U9Z5z)

46 "Black voters are starting to leave him now... A big reason lots of black voters were with Biden is they thought he was the best person to beat Trump..."

Yes, because beating Trump is more important than a job or a higher-paying job and opportunity. Damn Trump and his uplifting platform!

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 13, 2020 02:16 PM (6eEQ+)

47
Has anyone asked Buttigieg how he believes Muslim countries will interact with him in crucial talks?

Because I'm sort of thinking there might be a group less fond of gay men than blacks and hispanics.
Posted by: Moron Robbie at February 13, 2020 02:10 PM (R6B3R)







Well, when JugEars made virtually every ambassador to a mohammedan country either a flaming homo, or a woman, that turned out pretty well.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 13, 2020 02:16 PM (kw0bd)

48 At this rate, Bernie is going to have to fake a sincere effort all the way through the primary process. Might even have to start setting an alarm clock so he can get up and get to work.


He's going to be even more cranky.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 13, 2020 02:16 PM (x4BlB)

49 18. Yes. And he is right. Trump may gain a few points, but blacks will vote for the DEM at a 85%+ clip. The only real question is how many turn out.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at February 13, 2020 02:16 PM (JRaU+)

50 Dipshit NeverTrumpers still can't figure out that the only reason the media likes them is because they love having "republicans" around to bash republicans. If you're not doing that they have no use for you. Should have learned that from little green bike boy.
Posted by: Buzzion at February 13, 2020 02:15 PM (G2zl5)

You don't say?

Posted by: Mitt Romney at February 13, 2020 02:17 PM (CqE5x)

51 I see Red State has stolen my description of Amy Klobuchar, who I called the "sensible shoes candidate" after the New Hampshire election. They may send the royalty payment to Ace.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 13, 2020 02:17 PM (NVYyb)

52 At their age, they're not even going to get approved for HRT.
Posted by: Allie at February 13, 2020 02:16 PM (UnA8+)

I mean, just logically speaking... how can you replace what ain't there in the first place?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2020 02:17 PM (FOGOI)

53 I hope the neverTrumpers die alone, crying, and alone.

I'm pretty sure I will get my wish.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 13, 2020 02:17 PM (pw+jk)

54 and then what do they do when 40% of the dem base walks out with him?
Posted by: Tom Servo
-------

They do not do that. Dems vote Dem, even when they've been stabbed in the back.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at February 13, 2020 02:17 PM (xSo9G)

55 "7 Has anyone asked Buttigieg how he believes Muslim countries will interact with him in crucial talks?

Because I'm sort of thinking there might be a group less fond of gay men than blacks and hispanics."

It actually would be a good question to put to the black caucus. Speaking of: has anyone asked Buttigieg or any other Democrat candidate, other than whether they had a problem with a socialist (none did except Kloubachar, who was lying), whether they would support Sanders himself?

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at February 13, 2020 02:17 PM (puu6v)

56 Hey guys remember when Trump was literally the only candidate the GOP could pick that would lose to Hillary?

Posted by: steevy at February 13, 2020 02:17 PM (KNsKs)

57 What does calling Warren Hekawi Liz refer to?
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:16 PM (Uu+Jp)

F Troop

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2020 02:18 PM (FOGOI)

58 When will the neverTrumpers get the message that nobody respects them. The left never has and never will respect them and conservatives despise them.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:18 PM (Uu+Jp)

59 I'm sure the British were open to the opinions of Benedict Arnold after he officially joined their side, too.

These people are such arrogant gasbags, aren't they?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2020 02:15 PM (bDqIh)


Actually, they weren't. They figured - correctly - that someone turned coat once could turn coat twice.

IIRC, Arnold was buried in his Continental Army uniform, although that story may well be apocryphal.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:18 PM (pmpob)

60 not first

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:18 PM (q80AH)

61 Dang. Hate when I miss the nood memo

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 13, 2020 02:18 PM (KUaJL)

62 >>Trump may gain a few points, but blacks will vote for the DEM at a 85%+ clip.


If Trump gets 15% of the Black Vote, he'll crush all comers.

Posted by: garrett at February 13, 2020 02:18 PM (9N8Q0)

63 The gay high school kid may need an Operation Chaos boost by the time he gets to the Virginia primaries.
Huh.


Posted by: Zod at February 13, 2020 02:18 PM (QgtlX)

64 What does calling Warren Hekawi Liz refer to?
--
F-Troop tribe, 'We're The Hekawi'

Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at February 13, 2020 02:18 PM (veJcn)

65 Ahoy, Cap'n Bill! Time to get your shine box!

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Tickets Available for Bulwark - The Cuck Whisperer at The Outrage Outlet! at February 13, 2020 02:18 PM (hLRSq)

66 Buttboy v Minimike - The Stompy in Milwaukee

Posted by: JEM at February 13, 2020 02:18 PM (8erNz)

67 Here's what worries me for the general. What exactly do "blacks" and women want from a president? Wha is it that Trump lacks that they want and feel Democrats will give to them.

Posted by: Hesco Gypsy at February 13, 2020 02:18 PM (53pVB)

68 38 I have to say I do enjoy seeing the NeverTrumps getting frozen out again. I wonder if we will see any of them after next November?
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Tickets Available for Bulwark - The Cuck Whisperer at The Outrage Outlet! at February 13, 2020 02:15 PM (hLRSq)

With any luck, they'll have a cruise and pass out the Flavor-Ade.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 13, 2020 02:18 PM (J+mig)

69 #carnivalbarkingclown now a top trend on twitter

Bloomberg beat Trump in their twitter war this morning

And he's destroying him in head to head matchup polling, as well.

Posted by: ggreg at February 13, 2020 02:18 PM (045k4)

70 lol - what's the point of you indeed NT?

Posted by: jhawk90 at February 13, 2020 02:18 PM (/ZYFC)

71 57 What does calling Warren Hekawi Liz refer to?
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:16 PM (Uu+Jp)

F Troop
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2020 02:18 PM (FOGOI)

I get it.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:18 PM (Uu+Jp)

72 Reminds me of an early 60s movie.....Buckets of Blood. Lots beatniks beatniking.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at February 13, 2020 02:18 PM (Kd6KP)

73 The Keawi are related to the Fugawi. Same language base.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Purveyor of Locally Sourced artisinal Hogwash at February 13, 2020 02:19 PM (xPJvm)

74 Remember when we had McCain and Romney as our candidates?

That's how the dems feel. They brought it on themselves but I get the disappointment and frustration they are feeling. /

Posted by: Seems Legit at February 13, 2020 02:19 PM (jUVms)

75 Last poll I saw of SC was prior to NH and had Biden just barely in the lead over Sanders with Steyer in 3rd. Bootygiggles was way down the list in single digits. Interested in seeing an updated poll as I can't imagine this Biden collapse is an isolated phenomenon.

Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at February 13, 2020 02:19 PM (Wp9jy)

76 17
NPC Max Boot belongs in a museum.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic


Yeah, the Newseum.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 13, 2020 02:19 PM (4e+hS)

77 Dang. Hate when I miss the nood memo

Posted by: joe,--
Hey, I tried.

Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at February 13, 2020 02:19 PM (veJcn)

78 At this point just let me get back into Milwaukee on my 6PM flight Sunday July 12th without a drum-circle shutting down the airport...

Then let me get back into OZ county without freeway protesters shutting down traffic...

Then do whatever the fuck you want...we'll rebuild the breweries.

Posted by: H Badger at February 13, 2020 02:19 PM (n/0Nw)

79 Jazz finger-snaps in applause.

_________


A twinkle just ran up my leg.


"NPCs? You mean, like, Nine-Person Cucksheds?" -- Max Bootygag and Rear Admiral Biff Kristol

Posted by: ShainS, vote Bernie 2020 -- Make Gulags Great Again! at February 13, 2020 02:19 PM (ssq6O)

80 Biden and Sanders are about equally old and white. I don't understand the disparate gap in the poll.

The DNC needs to recalibrate its Preference Chart.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 13, 2020 02:19 PM (6eEQ+)

81 Ah, ggreg - what was that you were saying about the impeachment vote being a disaster for Trump.....?

Doofus.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, turns out lots of people give a damn! at February 13, 2020 02:19 PM (C+We0)

82 Jeepers. Messed that up bad. The Hekawi.

*glares at pudgy fingers*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Purveyor of Locally Sourced artisinal Hogwash at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (xPJvm)

83 >>Has anyone asked Buttigieg how he believes Muslim countries will interact with him in crucial talks?


He's pro-Iran deal, has an Iranian-American advisor, so I think they'd be just as happy to work with Pete as they were with Obama.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (bDqIh)

84 Yeah I'm sure the Bernie Bros will be super cool with an ex-Republican billionaire buying the nomination and shutting out their idol yet again. They'd never do something like stay home or vote 3rd party.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (oZ6kz)

85 Can you "black and brown voters" again?

I thought it was POC or AA or whatever.

Jeez, I can't keep up.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (MMC4G)

86 80. Its that Bernie actually stands for something. Granted, he stands for economic illiteracy, but he is consistent with it.

Bloomberg has no political stances at all, just ego and cash.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (JRaU+)

87 19 It was sad, so sad
Yes it was sad, too bad!
It was sad when the Biden went down
In the New Hampshire primary
Consultants climbed in rafts
Scared they'd lose their graft
It was sad when the Biden went down!
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Tickets Available for Bulwark - The Cuck Whisperer at The Outrage Outlet! at February 13, 2020 02:13 PM


Those aren't the words I remember from Scout camp.

Posted by: Duncanthrax The Austere at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (U9Z5z)

88 Off topicish but where was the F Troop fort supposed to have been located?

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (Uu+Jp)

89 You can just hear Bill Kristol when the Dems get enough and go to escort him out" "Get your stinkin' paws off me you damn ape!"

Posted by: direwolf at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (KUIZJ)

90 I'm amazed at Warren's utter collapse. Oh, she's unlikeable and shrill, I just can't believe it's this bad.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (mf5HN)

91 I still find it very hard to imagine southerners, especially black ones, vote for the communist or the "moderate" butt fucker.

Klobuchar maybe?

Bernie will win big in California and New York, however.. big big pickups and dinky states like IA and NH will be distant memories.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (so+oy)

92 Oh My! - George Takei

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (Kpl3J)

93 Hehe.... cap'n bill kinda reminds be of cpl. Vanderbilt....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (FOGOI)

94 Oops. Go Large.

Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (veJcn)

95 Margins broken.

Posted by: Allie at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (UnA8+)

96 Somebody Buttgeig'd the margins

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (KUaJL)

97 Again with the polls. It's like 2016 never happened. All of these polls are crap. They just prop up the person the pollster favors. The dems did it to us all through the last election, and now they are at each other's throats they are doing it to each other. All this proves is that somebody at Morning Consult is a huge Bernie bro. It's all just so silly.
The good new is the dem party is falling apart, and that's obvious no matter what poll you read. Sweet!

Posted by: Agent Cooper at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (iAwUQ)

98 "75 Last poll I saw of SC was prior to NH and had Biden just barely in the lead over Sanders with Steyer in 3rd. Bootygiggles was way down the list in single digits. Interested in seeing an updated poll as I can't imagine this Biden collapse is an isolated phenomenon."

There has been no polling date released in either Nevada or South Carolina in weeks. Draw your own conclusions.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (puu6v)

99 ggreg's back?

That guy's like a Ninja with super powers of bland, un-remarkableness.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (xfb67)

100
I checked my bank account and I only had $6 there, so I gave $3 to billionaire Mike Bloomberg!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (7rVsF)

101 FEED ME!!

Posted by: The Barrel at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (pw+jk)

102 and....Boom!

Posted by: The Barrel at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (NVYyb)

103 8
Trump will scoop up significant numbers of black votes.

I hope Sanders gets the nomination because Trump will wipe the floor with him. Maybe it's better if the DNC steals it from him again and destroys the party for good.

Either way.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 13, 2020 02:10 PM (zBaqJ)

_____________________________

The big Dem Vote Fraud Machine won't come out for Sanders. That right there is a good reason to hope he's the candidate.

Posted by: Orson at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (AsrPf)

104 Biden finished second? Last I heard he finished fourth place.

Posted by: josephistan at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (Izzlo)

105 are now attempting to issue orders to their new party,
the Democrat Party.
------

Romney is going to find out that all they wanted was a quick blowjob. They won't be returning his calls later.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (xSo9G)

106 That picture of Crystal Meth in the link is sooo punchable.

Smug, arrogant fvcker.

Top 100?



Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (ufFY8)

107 That's still a BS poll, letting Joe down slow

No way he's at 19%

he's at 9%, just some dickwad added a one

and where's Klobystar ??

Posted by: REDACTED at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (rpxSz)

108 I think the busted margins are because of the top image which is yuge now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Purveyor of Locally Sourced artisinal Hogwash at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (xPJvm)

109 37 Just wait until California. My people will speak lisp.
Posted by: Pete Buttpirate at February 13, 2020 02:15 PM (s2LSa)

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (pmpob)

110 Who would have believed in, say, 1960 that America would even *consider* the remote *possibility* of electing a Communist to head the country? Or a homosexual? Or a woman even more corrupt than her husband?

Crazy stuff, man.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (Ejm1K)

111 Marginalia!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:22 PM (Ejm1K)

112 It would be hilarious if the Never Trump Crusie Ship Cuck Brigade annoys the left so much that hatred of them is what ends of unifying the left and right.

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at February 13, 2020 02:22 PM (nNEcr)

113 Guzalot: "If the billionaire Bloomberg can buy the nomination out from under the nose of the commie Sanders that would be glorious indeed."

Capitalism triumphs over communism once again.

I like it because, either way, Trump continues his 1000-year reign.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 13, 2020 02:22 PM (6eEQ+)

114 topicish but where was the F Troop fort supposed to have been located?
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (Uu+Jp)

AZ? The were always worried about Apache...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2020 02:22 PM (FOGOI)

115 Lookout margins!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at February 13, 2020 02:22 PM (QyoQ9)

116 Off topicish but where was the F Troop fort supposed to have been located?
--
Out west some place..

Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at February 13, 2020 02:22 PM (veJcn)

117 83 He's pro-Iran deal, has an Iranian-American advisor, so I think they'd be just as happy to work with Pete as they were with Obama.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (bDqIh)

Pretty much. As long as he gives them everything they want, there won't be any fatwas on his head.

Posted by: Allie at February 13, 2020 02:22 PM (UnA8+)

118 Yes, because beating Trump is more important than a job or a higher-paying job and opportunity. Damn Trump and his uplifting platform!
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 13, 2020 02:16 PM (6eEQ+)

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas I was in the shoprite line behind a rabid Warren supporter who was preaching to the black cashier about the importance of voting Democrat. After the bitch left, the cashier stated that two years ago, she never could have gotten this job Now she has this and her bf is a stocker at Target. "No way am I voting for someone who will take it away from us again and put me on welfare" She went on for a bit and said "I don't want my son thinking me and his father are losers".

It was very refreshing

Posted by: CN at February 13, 2020 02:22 PM (ONvIw)

119
All of these polls are crap. They just prop up the person the pollster favors.

There's a consensus among 97% of psephologists. Science!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 13, 2020 02:22 PM (7rVsF)

120 I've got to say I like the way the NPC on the left wears his hat. As Sinatra said, "Cock your hat. Angles are attitudes."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:22 PM (Ejm1K)

121 OK
who skin vac the margins ?

Posted by: REDACTED at February 13, 2020 02:22 PM (rpxSz)

122 This post is broadly popular...the Dems have to find a way to shivv Bernie...and Hope Hicks is easy on the eyes.

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 13, 2020 02:22 PM (RD7QR)

123 Mitt Romney
45s

I'm very concerned that the White House and AG Barr have politicized a process that needs to be free of the taint of politics--as well as strong-armed tactics redolent of Third World dictatorships.
That's why i'm joining my colleague Senator Charles Schumer is calling for an investigation into the handling of the Roger Stone sentencing matter and the subsequent resignation of several esteemed public servants in protest.
The only way to get to the bottom of this is a fair and solemn airing of the facts.

Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:22 PM (CqE5x)

124 Bloomberg's percentages are just people that know next to zero about him essentially saying, "Yeah, none of the above" to the actual Dem candidates.

Maybe he converts that into actual support, eventually, but it's mostly just vapor at the moment.

Posted by: Frankovich's Monster at February 13, 2020 02:22 PM (hdzef)

125 Ace blew the margins!

Posted by: Buzzion at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (G2zl5)

126 >>Actually, they weren't. They figured - correctly - that someone turned coat once could turn coat twice.





EXACTLY

Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (bDqIh)

127 Is it just my computer after the update? Or are the margins lying back on the couch, giggling and grinning?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (cAKts)

128 Margins are smoking a cig.

Posted by: Muad'dib at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (sjdRT)

129 Did Ana Navarro just sit on the blog?

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (6eEQ+)

130 This is populism. Writ large.

The DNC is learning that you can't promise all this shit for decades without delivering the goods. The GOP learned something similar in 2016.

Bernie - love him or hate him - is their Trump.

Posted by: Shit Happens at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (ttFVL)

131 Margins....

*sigh

Posted by: runner at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (V6Xrh)

132 Ah. >100

Reposting Willowed comment from last thread:

In Wise Blood, Douriff looks like a male Greta Thunberg.
I'm not joking.
Posted by: JoeF
---------

My most-remembered line from 'Wise Blood':
Hazel Motes (Douriff): "No man with a good car needs to be justified!"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (xSo9G)

133 110 Who would have believed in, say, 1960 that America would even *consider* the remote *possibility* of electing a Communist to head the country? Or a homosexual? Or a woman even more corrupt than her husband?

Crazy stuff, man.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (Ejm1K)

It would have been crazy in 1980

Posted by: josephistan at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (Izzlo)

134 Need to run up the street to the Universalist church, ask congregants who their "second-favorite candidate" is, and vote for s/him.

Posted by: Zod at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (yvnmY)

135 90 I'm amazed at Warren's utter collapse. Oh, she's unlikeable and shrill, I just can't believe it's this bad.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (mf5HN)

She doesn't have a natural constituency. She her rhetoric is too harshly socialist for the establishment, she's not socialist enough for the Bernie Bros, and she doesn't have the identity politics segment locked up because Buttgeig and teh ghey.

So she has to actually appeal to people, and she sounds too shrill and whining.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (KUaJL)

136 who needed that pesky sidebar anyways.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (Kpl3J)

137 Margins Blown by the boss so It's OK ?

Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (BqBId)

138 (Carry-over)

I got less enjoyment out of reading every single book that was required reading in my English classes than any book I read for fun outside of it.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 13, 2020 02:16 PM (KUaJL)

I think that's deliberate. Pick the absolute most onerous literature imaginable, and you can make entire generations never want to pick up another book.

Alienating them from their literary tradition is just one more means of destroying and replacing art with garbage.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (J+mig)

139 topicish but where was the F Troop fort supposed to have been located?
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (Uu+Jp)

AZ? The were always worried about Apache...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2020


*
*

The Apache, at least in our world, roamed over New Mexico too. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (Ejm1K)

140 90 I'm amazed at Warren's utter collapse. Oh, she's unlikeable and shrill, I just can't believe it's this bad.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (mf5HN)


Unlikable and shrill - this is the problem when people start doing candidates according to a checklist - "Let's see, a woman, gay, of color - OMG! We hit the trifecta, she'll be perfect!"

You have to be able to connect with voters and right now do you see anyone in the Democrat's line-up that has the charm and charisma to beat Trump?

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Tickets Available for Bulwark - The Cuck Whisperer at The Outrage Outlet! at February 13, 2020 02:24 PM (hLRSq)

141 "107 That's still a BS poll, letting Joe down slow

No way he's at 19%

he's at 9%, just some dickwad added a one

and where's Klobystar ??"

You will see a lot of polling showing ol' Joe's actual numbers after South Carolina. It is kind of sad because I always believed and continue to believe he would lose in a landslide.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at February 13, 2020 02:24 PM (puu6v)

142 Margins? We don't need no stinkin margins.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 13, 2020 02:24 PM (xfb67)

143 Hope Hicks is easy on the eyes. Actually, more than easy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 02:24 PM (cAKts)

144 That Peter Puffer is so cute and I can say I'm in support of homos.

That's the guy.


Posted by: White Women Everywhere at February 13, 2020 02:24 PM (pw+jk)

145 Bloomberg now only one point behind Biden. Yeah, it's over for Biden. Bloomberg has an unlimited bank account. His next hurdle is the upcoming debates.

Bloomberg has sharp elbows so we'll see if this sorry class of socialists can throw a punch back at him.

Posted by: WisRich at February 13, 2020 02:24 PM (G0vdT)

146 Could the Senate vote to have Mitt Romney put in stocks?

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:24 PM (Uu+Jp)

147 The funny thing is.. Bernie and Buttgig are tied at 21 delegates each.

Even Slow Joe got 6 delegates out of Iowa.

I think it is too early to say any one of them will get a majority..

I heard Bernie is now arguing if he gets a plurality he deserves the nomination and it shouldn't be "stolen" from him. lol!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 13, 2020 02:24 PM (so+oy)

148 Margins Blown by the boss so It's OK ?
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleim


Let's ask the margins...

Posted by: runner at February 13, 2020 02:24 PM (V6Xrh)

149 Geez, who let Meghan McCain decide what the margins are?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 13, 2020 02:24 PM (wYKCM)

150
Biden finished second? Last I heard he finished fourth place.
Posted by: josephistan

=====

From Powerline:

"in Biden's three presidential campaigns, he has never once finished higher than fourth in any primary or caucus."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 13, 2020 02:24 PM (M9ntN)

151 Holy shit , that's wiiiiide

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 13, 2020 02:25 PM (d7Ww2)

152 Did Ana Navarro just sit on the blog?
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 13, 2020


*
*

I saw Meggie Mac ambling away not long ago. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:25 PM (Ejm1K)

153 Off topicish but where was the F Troop fort supposed to have been located?
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (Uu+Jp)

On a Hollywood sound stage.

Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:25 PM (CqE5x)

154
Actually, they weren't. They figured - correctly - that someone turned coat once could turn coat twice.





EXACTLY
Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (bDqIh)






*examines fingernails*

Posted by: Zombie Arlen Specter at February 13, 2020 02:25 PM (kw0bd)

155 I'm amazed at Warren's utter collapse. Oh, she's unlikeable and shrill, I just can't believe it's this bad.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (mf5HN)


She's every man's ex-wife.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at February 13, 2020 02:25 PM (wCmLp)

156 Trending to the right.

Posted by: Joe Mama at February 13, 2020 02:25 PM (We5+z)

157 I'm amazed at Warren's utter collapse. Oh, she's unlikeable and shrill, I just can't believe it's this bad.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (mf5HN)
+++++++++++++
She and Bernie are the same candidate. They were both vying for the radical lane this time around.

Bernie walloped her. Each lane usually only gets one victor, and Bernie - like in 2016 - owns the radical channel.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2020 02:25 PM (I2dne)

158 Buttigieg? Maybe you're mistaking him for Cory Booker.

Or maybe not.

I just can't keep those two straight.

Posted by: Mother Nature at February 13, 2020 02:25 PM (9vQJW)

159

29 February 2020:

In a surprising move Bernie Sanders announced today he is withdrawing from the race for 2020. He states he is retiring to his new Swiss chalet enclave to spend more time with family. He states he fully endorses Biden for President and is turning his campaign war chest and staff over to Biden.

Bernie supporters, baffled, refused to comment and are currently seeking treatment or assisting police with their inquires.

Posted by: Coming News Headlines at February 13, 2020 02:25 PM (zHK2c)

160 We are fools to reject the wisdom of the NeverTrump--just look at their record of accomplishments!!

It is amusing to see them flailing.


See, in the Democrat party, the purpose is power--and power requires results.
These are the people who went to that secret meeting with Dems in the summer of 2016 and promised they would stop Trump.

Now, they've gone from getting paid by the Dems to stop Trump to giving away their valuable advice for free to anyone that'll listen.

Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at February 13, 2020 02:25 PM (vPKfA)

161 I'm amazed at Warren's utter collapse. Oh, she's unlikeable and shrill, I just can't believe it's this bad.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (mf5HN)

She's every man's ex-wife.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at February 13, 2020 02:25 PM

Which one?

Posted by: Joe Mama at February 13, 2020 02:25 PM (We5+z)

162 Mitt Romney is kidding himself. There is no room on a Democrat ticket for the former GOP nominee and binder dude.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 13, 2020 02:26 PM (NVYyb)

163 >>She's every man's ex-wife.

Mother-in-law.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 13, 2020 02:26 PM (ZLI7S)

164 Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:22 PM (CqE5x)

Good one. You have it down, man.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 13, 2020 02:26 PM (ufFY8)

165 Holy shit , that's wiiiiide
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 13, 2020 02:25 PM (d7Ww2)

That's what SHE said....

Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:26 PM (CqE5x)

166 I think that's deliberate. Pick the absolute most onerous literature imaginable, and you can make entire generations never want to pick up another book.

Alienating them from their literary tradition is just one more means of destroying and replacing art with garbage.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (J+mig)

Well it backfired for me, at least. Because after having to read 400 pages of literal communist screed in the Jungle, I picked up Atlas Shrugged.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 13, 2020 02:26 PM (KUaJL)

167 90 I'm amazed at Warren's utter collapse. Oh, she's unlikeable and shrill, I just can't believe it's this bad.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (mf5HN)


I'm not surprised, any more than I was by Harris's collapse, or Beatoff's, and for the same reason.

On paper they each looked good, but more exposure was not their friend. The more exposure they got, the more their warts became apparent.

I knew Harris from California, and I knew she was a piece of work, and could not hide (and hadn't had to, previously). But Warren hits the exact same note, with the shrill hectoring HOA Nazi shtick, and the head tosses, etc., while Beatoff came across as a half-deranged druggie.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:26 PM (pmpob)

168
From Powerline:

"in Biden's three presidential campaigns, he has never once finished higher than fourth in any primary or caucus."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 13, 2020 02:24 PM (M9ntN)


He's good enough for Delaware. That's not a compliment, by the way.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 13, 2020 02:26 PM (7rVsF)

169 But Elizabeth Warren is so authentic!

She likes beer...at home...with her disinterested husband?

Posted by: Seems Legit at February 13, 2020 02:26 PM (jUVms)

170 152 Did Ana Navarro just sit on the blog?
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 13, 2020

*
*

I saw Meggie Mac ambling away not long ago. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:25 PM (Ejm1K)

The footprints look like big, wide peasant feet.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:26 PM (Uu+Jp)

171 such margins

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:26 PM (q80AH)

172 A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book.

Posted by: Thoreau at February 13, 2020 02:26 PM (CDGwz)

173 Holy shit , that's wiiiiide
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 13, 2020 02:25 PM (d7Ww2)
+++++++++++
According to the Style Guide, the correct word is "girthy."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2020 02:26 PM (I2dne)

174 The funny thing about Warren is that she actually had any popularity at all at any point. I think it was all fluffed polls all along. She is a shrill liar that pretty much anyone could see from a mile away.

This is going to be all one line, isn't it?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 02:27 PM (cAKts)

175 Warrens slogan was "I've got a plan for that"

I bet you do you creepy control freak lady.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 13, 2020 02:27 PM (xfb67)

176 You have to be able to connect with voters and right now do you see anyone in the Democrat's line-up that has the charm and charisma to beat Trump?
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Tickets Available for Bulwark - The Cuck Whisperer at The Outrage Outlet! at February 13, 2020


*
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I see no one in the lineup that has any more charisma and charm than a potted petunia.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:27 PM (Ejm1K)

177 155 I'm amazed at Warren's utter collapse. Oh, she's unlikeable and shrill, I just can't believe it's this bad.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (mf5HN)

She's every man's ex-wife.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at February 13, 2020 02:25 PM (wCmLp)

Rich Zeoli calls her MILOTUS - Mother in Law of The United States

Posted by: josephistan at February 13, 2020 02:27 PM (Izzlo)

178
Buttigieg? Maybe you're mistaking him for Cory Booker.

Or maybe not.

I just can't keep those two straight.
Posted by: Mother Nature at February 13, 2020 02:25 PM (9vQJW)





One of them is a mincing homo.

The other one is white.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 13, 2020 02:27 PM (kw0bd)

179 Hopefully Pete and Klobuchar keep rising in the national polls based on their recent successes and can drag this primary out until the very end. I don't know how to factor Bloomberg into the race...my gut tells me the base will never support a white billionaire buying his way into the race, but a lot of the Dem party IS rich white tyrants that want to use the government to control people's lives, so maybe he'll have a dedicated core of support, too.

Posted by: Grimaldi at February 13, 2020 02:27 PM (H+ejS)

180 I don't think Burnie compromises or gives in on anything - because of his age, he knows this is his last race. After this, he's done, and given his heart condition, probably won't last much longer.

So it's absolutely a YOLO campaign for him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 13, 2020 02:27 PM (Kpl3J)

181 First rule of a successful revolution - shoot the traitors that helped you.

cfThe Iranian Socialists and Communists after Ayatollah Khomeini.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 13, 2020 02:27 PM (wYKCM)

182 125
Ace blew the margins!

Posted by: Buzzion at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (G2zl5)

Keep his personal life out of this!

Posted by: Margins in need of a nap at February 13, 2020 02:27 PM (ufFY8)

183 146 Could the Senate vote to have Mitt Romney put in stocks?
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:24 PM (Uu+Jp)

I'll allow it.

Posted by: Random Texan Judge at February 13, 2020 02:27 PM (nNEcr)

184 So, Bloomberg cannibalizing Warren and Buttedge.

Hmm.

Posted by: socalcon at February 13, 2020 02:27 PM (Roy2Z)

185 Who would have believed in, say, 1960 that America would even *consider*
the remote *possibility* of electing a Communist to head the country?
Or a homosexual? Or a woman even more corrupt than her husband?



Crazy stuff, man.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (Ejm1K)


Meh - I argue too much. So when I come back with a "well, actually" - it's a shitty message. It never comes out the way I intend.

So I'll just try to say - politely - that FDR got four terms. And the Greatest Generation never failed to vote for bigger government. "Communism" is in the eye of the beholder.





Posted by: Shit Happens at February 13, 2020 02:27 PM (ttFVL)

186 Bloomberg beat Trump in their twitter war this morning

And he's destroying him in head to head matchup polling, as well.
Posted by: ggreg at February 13, 2020 02:18 PM


WLNSSEODQY.

Posted by: Winston Wolfe at February 13, 2020 02:27 PM (U9Z5z)

187 162 Mitt Romney is kidding himself. There is no room on a Democrat ticket for the former GOP nominee and binder dude.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 13, 2020 02:26 PM (NVYyb)

Just when you think that POS can not get lower and that maybe the UT GOPe smacked him in the mouth, he does this. He's worthless.

Posted by: CN at February 13, 2020 02:27 PM (ONvIw)

188 What happened to the margins?

Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at February 13, 2020 02:28 PM (0OmEj)

189 167
I knew Harris from California, and I knew she was a piece of work, and could not hide (and hadn't had to, previously). But Warren hits the exact same note, with the shrill hectoring HOA Nazi shtick, and the head tosses, etc., while Beatoff came across as a half-deranged druggie.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:26 PM (pmpob)

=========

What surprised me about her collapse was that her boomlet started so late and lasted so long.

It felt like the Democratic electorate were well aware of what they getting and they liked it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:28 PM (q80AH)

190 It begins. My joy cannot be estimated.

Anyone want to bet against someone saying "Shut Up" to Mini Mike at the debates?

Posted by: trev006 at February 13, 2020 02:28 PM (vHsIC)

191 I'm feeling marginalized!

Posted by: Joe Mama at February 13, 2020 02:28 PM (We5+z)

192 The party of "every billionaire is a policy failure" nominating Bloomberg is just fantastic.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:28 PM (oZ6kz)

193 The trick for the DNC is fooling the Bernie Bots that the DNC is screwing Bernie over again. If he keeps winning then they are in The Barrel.

If they can con the Bernie Bots that he legitimately lost then they have some glimmer of hope.

SPOILER ALERT, The DNC has not a glimmer of hope.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 13, 2020 02:28 PM (pw+jk)

194 180 I don't think Burnie compromises or gives in on anything - because of his age, he knows this is his last race. After this, he's done, and given his heart condition, probably won't last much longer.

So it's absolutely a YOLO campaign for him.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 13, 2020 02:27 PM (Kpl3J)

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

Hey, remember when he was all about gun rights and closed borders?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:28 PM (q80AH)

195 I'm amazed at Warren's utter collapse. Oh, she's unlikeable and shrill, I just can't believe it's this bad.
Posted by: alexthechick
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A-a-and, I promised them everything ...for free !

Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2020 02:28 PM (CDGwz)

196 These guys...so wide...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 13, 2020 02:28 PM (l4C/z)

197
*lights cigarette*

Posted by: The Margins at February 13, 2020 02:29 PM (kw0bd)

198 Ace blew the margins!


Nah, that's just ice cream.

Posted by: IP - Still a dude at February 13, 2020 02:29 PM (w9UC1)

199 Can'tt compare Warren to Bernie even if their platforms are similar. Warren is scary.

Posted by: runner at February 13, 2020 02:29 PM (V6Xrh)

200 56
Hey guys remember when Trump was literally the only candidate the GOP could pick that would lose to Hillary?

Posted by: steevy at February 13, 2020 02:17 PM (KNsKs)

Nevertrump idiots ran with that one. Hilarious.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 13, 2020 02:29 PM (1CjJc)

201 Where does ggreg get his drugs? There has to be a market for that shit.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:29 PM (Uu+Jp)

202 I'm amazed at Warren's utter collapse. Oh, she's unlikeable and shrill, I just can't believe it's this bad.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at February 13, 2020 02:20 PM (mf5HN)

I'm not surprised, any more than I was by Harris's collapse, or Beatoff's, and for the same reason.

On paper they each looked good, but more exposure was not their friend. The more exposure they got, the more their warts became apparent.

I knew Harris from California, and I knew she was a piece of work, and could not hide (and hadn't had to, previously). But Warren hits the exact same note, with the shrill hectoring HOA Nazi shtick, and the head tosses, etc., while Beatoff came across as a half-deranged druggie.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:26 PM (pmpob)

In the past, the Democrats would have gotten away with foisting ANY of them on the public.

Not anymore.

Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:29 PM (CqE5x)

203 7 Has anyone asked Buttigieg how he believes Muslim countries will interact with him in crucial talks?



Because I'm sort of thinking there might be a group less fond of gay men than blacks and hispanics.




Posted by: Moron Robbie at bruary 13, 2020 02:10 PM (R6B3R)


_________


He plans to put on his goat furry outfit and bend over.

Posted by: ShainS, vote Bernie 2020 -- Make Gulags Great Again! at February 13, 2020 02:29 PM (ssq6O)

204 190 It begins. My joy cannot be estimated.

Anyone want to bet against someone saying "Shut Up" to Mini Mike at the debates?
Posted by: trev006 at February 13, 2020 02:28 PM (vHsIC)

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The chances of that are zero.

He's giving too much money to the DNC and Sanders is a pussy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:29 PM (q80AH)

205 Let's be clear: when we talk about black support for Biden, it means "black women."
And they'll vote for whoever the Dems nominate at 95%+

Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (vPKfA)

206 166 I think that's deliberate. Pick the absolute most onerous literature imaginable, and you can make entire generations never want to pick up another book.

Alienating them from their literary tradition is just one more means of destroying and replacing art with garbage.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (J+mig)

Well it backfired for me, at least. Because after having to read 400 pages of literal communist screed in the Jungle, I picked up Atlas Shrugged.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 13, 2020 02:26 PM (KUaJL)


If you want a good laugh, from a book that did not age well, read "Looking Backward," by Edward Bellamy, published around 1890. It details how wonderful things would be in 2000 under socialism. It's available free from Project Gutenberg and Archive.org. Hilarious.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (pmpob)

207 I'm amazed at Warren's utter collapse. Oh, she's unlikeable and shrill, I just can't believe it's this bad.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around.


Look, let's face it--she's a "Karen". Nobody likes "Karen". Everybody who's dealt with "Karen" wants nothing more than for her to get hit by a bus and fall off the face of the Earth. Nobody's going to vote for "Karen".

Posted by: Brother Cavil Tim at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (OUMaO)

208 If Mittels Rombley is the Dem VP candidate, I do hope Trump uses their own own attack ads against Rombley.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (wYKCM)

209 Nothing like a wide stance is what I say!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (BiNEL)

210 190 It begins. My joy cannot be estimated.

Anyone want to bet against someone saying "Shut Up" to Mini Mike at the debates?
Posted by: trev006 at February 13, 2020 02:28 PM (vHsIC)

If they ever do debate each other, Trump needs to find a way to wear what Bloomburg is wearing, just to drive the "mini-me" factor home

Posted by: josephistan at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (Izzlo)

211 Any candidate who would ask a 9 year old trans kid who the Secretary of Education should be seems like a winner!

Posted by: Seems Legit at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (jUVms)

212 Bernie is on top because his commie supporters are excited. Any sane Democrats will just stay home on Election Day, unwilling to vote for total losers and colorless dolts with a platform based on stupid pronouns and newborn murder.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (el8j3)

213 My mindthoughts
Streaming down
Rivulets of pus

Posted by: ggerg at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (sWM8x)

214 184 So, Bloomberg cannibalizing Warren and Buttedge.

There's only so much room in the party for NeverBernie.

The only one of the bunch I really fear in the general is MiniMike. They all have weaknesses, but he's got the wallet to pave over his.

Posted by: JEM at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (8erNz)

215 192 The party of "every billionaire is a policy failure" nominating Bloomberg is just fantastic.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:28 PM (oZ6kz)

And not just any billionaire, a super rich, white billionaire from New York.


That's been their epitome of evil for years now.

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (nNEcr)

216 These are Tank Abrams level margins.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (cAKts)

217 I see no one in the lineup that has any more charisma and charm than a potted petunia.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:27 PM


Would you have contact information for Ms. Petunia?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: The Ficus at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (U9Z5z)

218 What happened to the margins?--
They're resting.

Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (veJcn)

219 Anyone want to bet against someone saying "Shut Up" to Mini Mike at the debates?
Posted by: trev006
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Is Las vegas making odds on stepstool/no stepstool?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (CDGwz)

220 Posted by: ggreg at February 13, 2020 02:18 PM (045k4)

Gergling again I see. Still isn't convincing me!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (WI7YS)

221 Posted by: CN at February 13, 2020 02:27 PM (ONvIw)
********
Have to find something to shit your pants about ! That is Joe. F making up shit

Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (BqBId)

222 I think that's deliberate. Pick the absolute most onerous literature imaginable, and you can make entire generations never want to pick up another book.

Alienating them from their literary tradition is just one more means of destroying and replacing art with garbage.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 13, 2020


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In high school at least they had us read Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson is another female author I like). It was in college that they force-fed me stuff by James Joyce and Joyce Cary (not a woman), Joseph Heller, and Faulkner (whom I dislike even today except for his collection of crime/mystery stories, Knight's Gambit).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (Ejm1K)

223
Hopefully Pete and Klobuchar keep rising in the national polls

The more Klobuchar is known the worse she'll do.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (7rVsF)

224 Whoa! The NPCs are broadening their reach.

Posted by: Fritz at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (2Mnv1)

225 alexthechick: "I'm amazed at Warren's utter collapse. Oh, she's unlikeable and shrill, I just can't believe it's this bad."

She's had an extended fall, but the comment about selecting her Secretary of Education based on the recommendation of a pre-teen transgender child was the final nail in her coffin. Not just stupid, but monumentally stupid and equally panderiffic.

She's not surviving that.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 13, 2020 02:31 PM (6eEQ+)

226 Beto was the Furry so yeah that lane is wide open

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 13, 2020 02:31 PM (wYKCM)

227 Mitt Romney is kidding himself. There is no room on a Democrat ticket for the former GOP nominee and binder dude.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
............

Independent party for the win!

err.. for the spoiler, I mean..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 13, 2020 02:31 PM (so+oy)

228 Buttigieg should campaign with husband. why He hiding him??

Posted by: runner at February 13, 2020 02:31 PM (V6Xrh)

229 lol

strange posting day at the AOSHQ

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 13, 2020 02:31 PM (vEIlU)

230 In high school at least they had us read Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson is another female author I like). It was in college that they force-fed me stuff by James Joyce and Joyce Cary (not a woman), Joseph Heller, and Faulkner (whom I dislike even today except for his collection of crime/mystery stories, Knight's Gambit).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (Ejm1K)

Any idea if the netflix series was a faithful adaptation?

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 13, 2020 02:31 PM (KUaJL)

231 In Biden's three presidential campaigns, he has never once finished higher than fourth in any primary or caucus.

Is your brain on blue mass? You can't acknowledge the corn? Are you on bark juice?

I was Obama's Sheriff Joe! I am smarter than every other candidate combined! I will win.

I've got to go grab a root. Go boil your shirts you bunch of no accounts.

Posted by: Slow Joe Biden, Bringing Back Civil War Slang at February 13, 2020 02:32 PM (9t0Zz)

232 >>I'm amazed at Warren's utter collapse. Oh, she's unlikeable and shrill, I just can't believe it's this bad.


Also think the lying caught up with her on that ridiculous stunt about Bernie telling her in in private conversation that woman could not win. First, she leaked it through an aide who was not present, then she refused to confirm or deny it, then she and CNN ambushed Bernie at the debate and then she had that "oopsie" hot mic exchange with him after.
Kinda put all her previous lies in perspective.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2020 02:32 PM (bDqIh)

233 You know what happened to the last bowl of petunias that was in free fall right?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 13, 2020 02:32 PM (wYKCM)

234 218 What happened to the margins?--
They're resting.
Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (veJcn)

Refractory period.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 02:32 PM (cAKts)

235

The Dem party will never be the same. Unless they purge the lunatics like AOC, Omar, Bernie, the rest.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 13, 2020 02:32 PM (vEIlU)

236 No matter how hard I try, I can't squeeze off a turd.

Posted by: ggreg at February 13, 2020 02:32 PM (s2LSa)

237 I'm not a furry, but I have some furry parts.

Posted by: Milt Rombley at February 13, 2020 02:32 PM (sWM8x)

238 This is Cinerama!!!

Posted by: Lebron Horowitz at February 13, 2020 02:32 PM (UFgOG)

239 230 In high school at least they had us read Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson is another female author I like). It was in college that they force-fed me stuff by James Joyce and Joyce Cary (not a woman), Joseph Heller, and Faulkner (whom I dislike even today except for his collection of crime/mystery stories, Knight's Gambit).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (Ejm1K)

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I love Joyce through Ulysses. Ulysses is hard, but ultimately worthwhile, and Dubliners is possibly the greatest collection of short stories in the English language.

Finnegan's Wake is an unfunny joke, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:32 PM (q80AH)

240
The only one of the bunch I really fear in the general is MiniMike. They all have weaknesses, but he's got the wallet to pave over his.
Posted by: JEM
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I figure it's Bloomberg/Klobuchar.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at February 13, 2020 02:32 PM (CDGwz)

241 Let's be clear: when we talk about black support for Biden, it means "black women."

And they'll vote for whoever the Dems nominate at 95%+

Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (vPKfA)

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Amazes me, as black women take the democrat enfuckening worse than any other vicitim group.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 13, 2020 02:32 PM (pw+jk)

242
In high school at least they had us read Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson is another female author I like). It was in college that they force-fed me stuff by James Joyce and Joyce Cary (not a woman), Joseph Heller, and Faulkner (whom I dislike even today except for his collection of crime/mystery stories, Knight's Gambit).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (Ejm1K)

"A Rose for Emily" was a good creepy story by Faulkner.

Posted by: josephistan at February 13, 2020 02:32 PM (Izzlo)

243 strange posting day at the AOSHQ



Just today?? Lol

Posted by: runner at February 13, 2020 02:33 PM (V6Xrh)

244 You guys are missing the big picture.

No one gets a majority. Brokered convention. Nominee gets picked in smoke-filled back room. Nominee is Biden.

Hunter Biden.

A crack pipe in every hand, and a baby in every stripper!

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:33 PM (oZ6kz)

245 Getting blown in the afternoon ...

Posted by: Marge N. Overa at February 13, 2020 02:33 PM (We5+z)

246 You know what happened to the last bowl of petunias that was in free fall right?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 13, 2020 02:32 PM (wYKCM)
+++++++++
It turned into a whale?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2020 02:33 PM (I2dne)

247 Nothing like a wide stance is what I say!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM


This. Emphatically this!

Posted by: Stacey Abrams at February 13, 2020 02:33 PM (U9Z5z)

248 Ah, back to being narrow minded

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 13, 2020 02:33 PM (l4C/z)

249 244 You guys are missing the big picture.

No one gets a majority. Brokered convention. Nominee gets picked in smoke-filled back room. Nominee is Biden.

Hunter Biden.

A crack pipe in every hand, and a baby in every stripper!
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:33 PM (oZ6kz)

==========

Jimmy Carter

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:33 PM (q80AH)

250 208 If Mittels Rombley is the Dem VP candidate, I do hope Trump uses their own own attack ads against Rombley.


Posted by: Anna Puma at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (wYKCM)


What on earth would they hope to accomplish with that? Who would he draw to them? The NeverTrumpers would be hard pressed to fill a corner booth at Denny's and no Democrat faction is screaming and swooning over Romney.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Tickets Available for Bulwark - The Cuck Whisperer at The Outrage Outlet! at February 13, 2020 02:33 PM (hLRSq)

251 The more Klobuchar is known the worse she'll do.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (7rVsF)
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Yeah as a MN resident going on 30 years this is accurate.

Posted by: jhawk90 at February 13, 2020 02:33 PM (/ZYFC)

252 Have to find something to shit your pants about ! That is Joe. F making up shit
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at February 13, 2020 02:30 PM (BqBId)

Hey, it works for Adam Schiff

Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:33 PM (CqE5x)

253 And we're back.

Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at February 13, 2020 02:33 PM (veJcn)

254 DOJ is using RICO on Huawei.



Posted by: JackStraw at February 13, 2020 02:33 PM (ZLI7S)

255 Fixed.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar at February 13, 2020 02:33 PM (rzQ97)

256 The Democrats need somebody that can move around a bit.

Trump is a wildly gesticulating showman.

Their candidates either look like dilapidated, fragile antiques or they kind of flit around in a socially awkward, fairy-like way.

Trump gets you fired up and seems like he's talking directly to you.

Their candidates seem like European 18th Century Literature professors giving you a lecture. Bernie is about the wildest dude they've got, but he kind of stoops over like the old pedo dude on Family Guy.

I'll never say never after we elected Hussein Obama post 9-11, but jeez, it doesn't look good for them.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 13, 2020 02:33 PM (MMC4G)

257 Whew, that's better.

now to read the content.

Posted by: IP - Still a dude at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (w9UC1)

258 The margins are ...flaccid again.

Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (CqE5x)

259 184 So, Bloomberg cannibalizing Warren and Buttedge.

Hmm.
Posted by: socalcon at February 13, 2020 02:27 PM (Roy2Z)

Somebody's DEEPLY afraid of Bernie.

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (RD7QR)

260 Mark Steyn says nobody on the Democrat side has the cojones to take on Bernie and when they asked if anyone had a problem with socialism only Amy K. tentatively raised her hand he said "like a school girl afraid to give the wrong answer."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (WI7YS)

261 The only thing I feel sorry about for Joe is his devotion to Obama was rewarded by his BFF ignoring his campaign. That's got to hurt.

Posted by: Seems Legit at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (jUVms)

262 Down goes the Margins!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (cAKts)

263 Finally, someone gave Ace a Snickers bar.

Posted by: DR.WTF at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (aS1PU)

264 Hemingway > Falkner

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (l4C/z)

265 Also think the lying caught up with her on that ridiculous stunt about Bernie telling her in in private conversation that woman could not win. First, she leaked it through an aide who was not present, then she refused to confirm or deny it, then she and CNN ambushed Bernie at the debate and then she had that "oopsie" hot mic exchange with him after.
Kinda put all her previous lies in perspective.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2020 02:32 PM (bDqIh)

That definitely seemed like the final nail in the coffin.
Democrats can get behind dishonest, and they can get behind stupid, but they can't get behind stupidly dishonest.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (KUaJL)

266 It turned into a whale?

That was the other missile.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (wYKCM)

267 Ah, the margins are enjoying their refractory period.

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (RD7QR)

268 At this point, it's looking like they will have to "win ugly" to get Bernie off the ticket. And I see Warren's voters going to him when she inevitably drops out.

The way I'm scoring it, if Biden and Bloomberg aren't the nominee, it's getting close to a "lay up" election for Trump.

Bloomberg scares me the most, but I think the only way he's the nominee is with blood on the floor at the DNC Convention.


Posted by: Blago at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (sjTfF)

269 strange posting day at the AOSHQ



Just today?? Lol
Posted by: runner at February 13, 2020 02:33 PM (V6Xrh)


all of the self-barreling!

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (vEIlU)

270 13 Corn Pop's behind all this...
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 13, 2020 02:12 PM (NWiLs)

Even Corn Pop isn't voting for Biden anymore.

Posted by: Roy at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (SUJyY)

271

Michael Moore Margins

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 13, 2020 02:35 PM (vEIlU)

272 If they can con the Bernie Bots that he legitimately lost then they have some glimmer of hope.

SPOILER ALERT, The DNC has not a glimmer of hope.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 13, 2020 02:28 PM (pw+jk)

I think his supporters are nuts. I'm getting this vibe of the disgruntled Roman legions that from time to time would declare their general Imperator at the point of a sword so that his choices were either (1) revolt, win, and take the Empire, (2) revolt, lose, and be executed for treason, (3) decline and be torn apart by your men, (4) suicide.

Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at February 13, 2020 02:35 PM (Wp9jy)

273 Who would have believed in, say, 1960 that America would even *consider*
the remote *possibility* of electing a Communist to head the country?
Or a homosexual? Or a woman even more corrupt than her husband?

Crazy stuff, man.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (Ejm1K)


Meh - I argue too much. So when I come back with a "well, actually" - it's a shitty message. It never comes out the way I intend.

So I'll just try to say - politely - that FDR got four terms. And the Greatest Generation never failed to vote for bigger government. "Communism" is in the eye of the beholder.

Posted by: Shit Happens at February 13, 2020


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Good point about FDR. But any candidate who declared up front that he was a Communist fared very poorly in America, until recently.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:35 PM (Ejm1K)

274 What on earth would they hope to accomplish with that? Who would he draw to them? The NeverTrumpers would be hard pressed to fill a corner booth at Denny's and no Democrat faction is screaming and swooning over Romney.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Tickets Available for Bulwark - The Cuck Whisperer at The Outrage Outlet! at February 13, 2020 02:33 PM (hLRSq)

To show their hypocrisy to the great unaligned majority.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 13, 2020 02:35 PM (J+mig)

275 Neither Hillary nor Mitt will be the Dem VP.

They're failures, and they don't buy a meaningful constituency.

Posted by: JEM at February 13, 2020 02:35 PM (8erNz)

276 268 At this point, it's looking like they will have to "win ugly" to get Bernie off the ticket. And I see Warren's voters going to him when she inevitably drops out.

The way I'm scoring it, if Biden and Bloomberg aren't the nominee, it's getting close to a "lay up" election for Trump.

Bloomberg scares me the most, but I think the only way he's the nominee is with blood on the floor at the DNC Convention.


Posted by: Blago at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (sjTfF)

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I like the idea that Warren's going to stay in to the convention in order to siphon voters off of Bernie the whole way, funded by the DNC.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:35 PM (q80AH)

277 Biden is, and has always been, a terrible campaigner. Particularly on a national level. It is probably because he is a complete moron. He kept his job in DE from graft.

What amazes me is that "the party of minorities" cannot find a candidate to get minorities excited about. It is astounding.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at February 13, 2020 02:35 PM (JRaU+)

278 199 Can'tt compare Warren to Bernie even if their platforms are similar. Warren is scary.
Posted by: runner at February 13, 2020 02:29 PM (V6Xrh)


But fortunately, she has precisely zero skill at retail politics. Getting bounced by Trump into doing the DNA test, and then announcing the results publicly is exhibit #1 in support of that contention.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:35 PM (pmpob)

279 ... is with blood on the floor at the DNC Convention.

Posted by: Blago at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (sjTfF)

Tell me more...

Posted by: Hillary 3.0 at February 13, 2020 02:35 PM (nNEcr)

280 We're back to normal space, Captain.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:35 PM (Ejm1K)

281 Amazes me, as black women take the democrat enfuckening worse than any other vicitim group.
Posted by: Jukin
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Battered Wife Syndrome writ large, even larger than the rest of the Dems.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at February 13, 2020 02:35 PM (CDGwz)

282 Bloomberg scares me the most, but I think the only way he's the nominee is with blood on the floor at the DNC Convention.


Posted by: Blago at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (sjTfF)

Behold the power of the fully operational second round ballot superdelegate.

Posted by: Roy at February 13, 2020 02:36 PM (SUJyY)

283 275 Neither Hillary nor Mitt will be the Dem VP.

They're failures, and they don't buy a meaningful constituency.
Posted by: JEM at February 13, 2020 02:35 PM (8erNz)

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No VP buys meaningful constituencies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:36 PM (q80AH)

284 Who would have believed in, say, 1960 that America would even *consider*
the remote *possibility* of electing a Communist to head the country?
Or a homosexual? Or a woman even more corrupt than her husband?

Crazy stuff, man.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (Ejm1K)


Meh - I argue too much. So when I come back with a "well, actually" - it's a shitty message. It never comes out the way I intend.

So I'll just try to say - politely - that FDR got four terms. And the Greatest Generation never failed to vote for bigger government. "Communism" is in the eye of the beholder.

Posted by: Shit Happens at February 13, 2020

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Good point about FDR. But any candidate who declared up front that he was a Communist fared very poorly in America, until recently.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:35 PM (Ejm1K)


Obama was a member of the Socialist Party, wasn't he?

Baby steps turned into giant steps.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 13, 2020 02:36 PM (vEIlU)

285 267 Ah, the margins are enjoying their refractory period.

'Heat-treating the blog'.

Posted by: JEM at February 13, 2020 02:36 PM (8erNz)

286 Meanwhile, NeverTrump quislings and kapos -- who joined a Republican Party they had no particular attachment to just to take it over and lead it ruinously -- are now attempting to issue orders to their new party, the Democrat Party.

And -- this is amusing -- Democrats are telling them to go f*** themselves.


I was curious about what led these "never right, always certain" hacks to believe their "new" party would listen to a damn word they said.

Hubris should have been my first guess, but "an out-sized self-evaluation of their own intellect" is far more accurate.

Posted by: DocJ at February 13, 2020 02:36 PM (77WPm)

287 Bloomberg : I created 500,000 jobs in New York

Trump : Hold my beer..

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 13, 2020 02:36 PM (4e+hS)

288 282 Bloomberg scares me the most, but I think the only way he's the nominee is with blood on the floor at the DNC Convention.


Posted by: Blago at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (sjTfF)

Behold the power of the fully operational second round ballot superdelegate.
Posted by: Roy at February 13, 2020 02:36 PM (SUJyY)

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Hence, the blood.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:36 PM (q80AH)

289 I think Bernie is going to max out at 35 percent. Bloomberg, Biden, Buttegeg and Kolbucher all stay in and split the rest of the delegates and then the DNC steals it from Bernie in Milwaukee.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 13, 2020 02:36 PM (4thlk)

290 2020 finna be lit, yo.

Posted by: ... at February 13, 2020 02:36 PM (JE/4H)

291 You know what happened to the last bowl of petunias that was in free fall right?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 13, 2020 02:32 PM (wYKCM)

It cried out "No, not again!"?

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Tickets Available for Bulwark - The Cuck Whisperer at The Outrage Outlet! at February 13, 2020 02:36 PM (hLRSq)

292 Hemingway > Falkner
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (l4C/z)

Cain, Chandler, Hammett> Hemingway, Faulkner and Fitzgerald

Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:36 PM (CqE5x)

293 What amazes me is that "the party of minorities" cannot find a candidate to get minorities excited about. It is astounding.
Posted by: Nick
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Why, it's almost as if the 'minorities' are being used !

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at February 13, 2020 02:37 PM (CDGwz)

294 289 I think Bernie is going to max out at 35 percent. Bloomberg, Biden, Buttegeg and Kolbucher all stay in and split the rest of the delegates and then the DNC steals it from Bernie in Milwaukee.
Posted by: lowandslow at February 13, 2020 02:36 PM (4thlk)

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So, almost like how Trump got to the convention except no successfully stealing of the nomination at the end.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:37 PM (q80AH)

295 I know it's an old phrase here but what does 'corgi's called' mean?

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 02:37 PM (j42ZK)

296 Who would have believed in, say, 1960 that America would even *consider* the remote *possibility* of electing a Communist to head the country? Or a homosexual? Or a woman even more corrupt than her husband?

Crazy stuff, man.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:21 PM (Ejm1K)


Or someone named "Hussein?"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:37 PM (pmpob)

297 No VP buys meaningful constituencies.

JFK thought that Texas scumbag did.

Unfortunately we ended up stuck with him in the White House.

Posted by: JEM at February 13, 2020 02:37 PM (8erNz)

298 Working on my latest column: The Conservative Case for Voting for an Avowed Commie.

Check your spam bins for it soon!

Posted by: Cap'n Billy, Ahoy! at February 13, 2020 02:37 PM (k4dH2)

299 I think that's deliberate. Pick the absolute most onerous literature imaginable, and you can make entire generations never want to pick up another book.

Alienating them from their literary tradition is just one more means of destroying and replacing art with garbage.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 13, 2020 02:23 PM (J+mig)


Nah, it's the same problem as architecture: the people making the decisions are more concerned with impressing their peers by their taste in the obscure and "modern", combined with a disdain for the classics both because of their "problematic" material as well as their popularity with the masses. The classics they do pick are almost always butchered by a teacher with little to no actual depth of understanding of the work, and no way to make it appeal to the students.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at February 13, 2020 02:38 PM (wCmLp)

300 226 Beto was the Furry so yeah that lane is wide open
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 13, 2020 02:31 PM (wYKCM)

Phrasing?

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 13, 2020 02:38 PM (RD7QR)

301 Omg I just discovered that android chrome lets me actually read this site with normal margins and text.

Posted by: ... at February 13, 2020 02:38 PM (JE/4H)

302 They got Buttigieg, Klobuchar and Biden. Forget Biden. Klobuchar and Buttigieg. That's their ticket.

Posted by: runner at February 13, 2020 02:38 PM (V6Xrh)

303 Almost all books I read in high school were schlock, and almost all were depressing schlock. The Catcher in the Rye is one of the worst things ever put to paper.

Looking back, it was almost certainly by design.

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at February 13, 2020 02:38 PM (nNEcr)

304 264 Hemingway > Falkner
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (l4C/z)

Literally anyone but maya Angelou > Faulkner

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2020 02:38 PM (FOGOI)

305 293 What amazes me is that "the party of minorities" cannot find a candidate to get minorities excited about. It is astounding.
Posted by: Nick
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Why, it's almost as if the 'minorities' are being used !
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at February 13, 2020 02:37 PM (CDGwz)

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Why, it's almost like the way Democrats have built minority majority districts creates a certain type of minority politicians that only appeals to Democrats within those districts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:38 PM (q80AH)

306 I don't see how Bloomberg is a threat. He has more money than Trump? People didn't vote for Trump because he's rich. Bloomberg has no movement. He has no natural constituency because he used to be a fake Republican. His only big policy issue is gun control, which will be an easy opportunity to keep pounding him on stop and frisk. He's probably the best Dem left as far as being able to at least go the distance in a debate with Trump, he can throw some jabs, but he can't out-Trump the Donald. At the end of the day he's an old rich white Jewish ex-Republican man- will that fire up the insane base?

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:38 PM (oZ6kz)

307 Henway > Pound

Posted by: Chit Scritchly, Esquire at February 13, 2020 02:38 PM (sWM8x)

308 I know it's an old phrase here but what does 'corgi's called' mean?


Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 02:37 PM (j42ZK)

Check the FAQ!

Posted by: Roland THTG at February 13, 2020 02:39 PM (88+cf)

309 Hemingway > Falkner
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 13, 2020


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True dat. Okay, some of Hemingway's stuff is kind of dull. But everybody should read him at least once. For Whom the Bell Tolls is exciting once they get over talking about "the milk of thy fathers" and get down to blowing the bridge. And I am no fan of "Southern" fiction at the best of times.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:39 PM (Ejm1K)

310 DOJ is using RICO on Huawei.



Posted by: JackStraw at February 13, 2020 02:33 PM (ZLI7S)

For a second I thought you meant Hawaii

Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:39 PM (CqE5x)

311 Ah, the margins are enjoying their refractory period.

'Heat-treating the blog'.
Posted by: JEM
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The rate at which annealing is performed is critical.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at February 13, 2020 02:39 PM (CDGwz)

312 I think the works of Joyce Cary are great, but I was not forced to read them in high school; I did it on my own.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 13, 2020 02:39 PM (WI7YS)

313 In the 60s they elected LBJ in a landslide. Yes there were other factors, but that is about a socialist and liberal as you get. VRA, CRA, Great Society.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at February 13, 2020 02:39 PM (JRaU+)

314 Nah, it's the same problem as architecture: the people making the decisions are more concerned with impressing their peers by their taste in the obscure and "modern", combined with a disdain for the classics both because of their "problematic" material as well as their popularity with the masses...
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at February 13, 2020 02:38 PM (wCmLp)


ladies and gentlemen, I give you Finnegan's Wake

Posted by: DR.WTF at February 13, 2020 02:39 PM (aS1PU)

315 You know, Catcher in the Rye is awful, but everybody really *is* a phony.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:39 PM (oZ6kz)

316 Good point about FDR. But any candidate who declared up front that he was a Communist fared very poorly in America, until recently.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:35 PM (Ejm1K)

Meaning that you can literally co-opt and implement 94% of the Communist Party USA platform successfully, just so long as you don't call yourself a Communist.

In other words, nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American electorate.

Posted by: DocJ at February 13, 2020 02:39 PM (77WPm)

317 Behold the power of the fully operational second round ballot superdelegate.
Posted by: Roy at February 13, 2020 02:36 PM (SUJyY)


But note that there have already been rumblings about possibly changing the superdelegate rule BACK to the way it was in 2016. For obvious reasons.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:39 PM (pmpob)

318 310 DOJ is using RICO on Huawei.



Posted by: JackStraw at February 13, 2020 02:33 PM (ZLI7S)

For a second I thought you meant Hawaii
Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:39 PM (CqE5x)

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Give it back to the Kingdom!

Lose two Democratic senators!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:39 PM (q80AH)

319


I shine out like a shaft of gold, when all around is dark!

Posted by: ggerbilupthebutt at February 13, 2020 02:39 PM (Gtarv)

320 303 Almost all books I read in high school were schlock, and almost all were depressing schlock. The Catcher in the Rye is one of the worst things ever put to paper.

Looking back, it was almost certainly by design.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at February 13, 2020 02:38 PM (nNEcr)

I hated that fucking kid.

I hated everyone in The Great American Novel, The Great Gadsby.

It wasn't until late in life I thought maybe Fitzgerald wanted me to hate everyone in Gadsby. JD Salinger has no such excuse.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 13, 2020 02:40 PM (l4C/z)

321 Good point about FDR. But any candidate who
declared up front that he was a Communist fared very poorly in America,
until recently.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:35 PM (Ejm1K)


Yup. Fair point.

They loved Social Security, Medicaid, and all the rest. They just liked it under the proper names.

A cat once said that Americans loved Socialism - as long as it wasn't called Socialism. I believe he was right. It'll be the death of us all.

Posted by: Shit Happens at February 13, 2020 02:40 PM (ttFVL)

322 Exacylu Mikey, he has no hope of anything. He is political box office poison.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 13, 2020 02:40 PM (wYKCM)

323 Trump will scoop up significant numbers of black votes.



I hope Sanders gets the nomination because Trump will wipe the floor
with him. Maybe it's better if the DNC steals it from him again and
destroys the party for good.



Either way.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 13, 2020 02:10 PM (zBaqJ)


I would love to see me some blue on blue violence. Although I'll bet the police would get involved in that, unlike they do in Portland and Berkeley.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 02:40 PM (j42ZK)

324 8 I know it's an old phrase here but what does 'corgi's called' mean?

......

Others have been summoned from a previous thread.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 13, 2020 02:40 PM (MMC4G)

325 314
ladies and gentlemen, I give you Finnegan's Wake
Posted by: DR.WTF at February 13, 2020 02:39 PM (aS1PU)

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Anyone who says that they get Finnegan's Wake is a liar and should be pelted with rotten fruit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:40 PM (q80AH)

326 At the end of the day he's an old rich white Jewish ex-Republican man- will that fire up the insane base?
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:38 PM (oZ6kz)

Enough to light the Milwaukee river on fire in July.

Posted by: Roy at February 13, 2020 02:40 PM (SUJyY)

327 Cain, Chandler, Hammett> Hemingway, Faulkner and Fitzgerald
Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:36 PM (CqE5x)


King, Clancy, Rowling $$$> Cain, Chandler, Hammett> Hemingway, Faulkner and Fitzgerald

Posted by: Marge N. Overa at February 13, 2020 02:40 PM (We5+z)

328 Bloomber will fall off and the pour money into whoever will represent dems.

Posted by: runner at February 13, 2020 02:40 PM (V6Xrh)

329 303 Almost all books I read in high school were schlock, and almost all were depressing schlock. The Catcher in the Rye is one of the worst things ever put to paper.

I had a passionate hatred for Catcher in the Rye. I didn't hate The Grapes of Wrath.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:40 PM (Uu+Jp)

330 So will Huwei claim that all the people indicted have died of WuHan Flu?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 13, 2020 02:40 PM (wYKCM)

331 Meaning that you can literally co-opt and implement 94% of the Communist Party USA platform successfully, just so long as you don't call yourself a Communist.

Posted by: DocJ at February 13, 2020 02:39 PM (77WPm)


I really hope somebody - Trump, if necessary - taxes Sanders with his "democratic socialist" shit. That's a communist in all but name.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:40 PM (pmpob)

332 We've been telling the Dems for 4 years that they need to bend the knee to a white billionaire from New York, and they just might do it.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 13, 2020 02:40 PM (4e+hS)

333
Have there been any studies on the elastic hysteresis of the margins? Once they're blown, do they return to their original width? What are the longitudinal and lateral tensile strengths? I need a $6 million grant for this research.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 13, 2020 02:40 PM (7rVsF)

334 Almost all books I read in high school were schlock, and almost all were depressing schlock. The Catcher in the Rye is one of the worst things ever put to paper.

Looking back, it was almost certainly by design.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at February 13, 2020


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When I finally read Catcher, I was an adult, and my reaction to Holden Caulfield was not to idolize or to emulate him. I wanted to tell him to see a psychiatrist and start growing up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:40 PM (Ejm1K)

335 You guys are missing the big picture.

No one gets a majority. Brokered convention. Nominee gets picked in smoke-filled back room. Nominee is Biden.

Posted by: Broseidon

Nope.. they start the fog machine.. start the trumpets blaring Also Sprach Zarathrustra..

Daaa Daaa Daa,,,

Da Da!

And the smoke parts and Hillary emerges in a brand new purple pantsuit!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 13, 2020 02:41 PM (so+oy)

336 Neither Hillary nor Mitt will be the Dem VP.

They're failures, and they don't buy a meaningful constituency.

Posted by: JEM at February 13, 2020 02:35 PM (8erNz)



Hillary! and Mitt should have a knife-fight to the death as Halftime Entertainment at the Democrat Convention.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 13, 2020 02:41 PM (9wmyx)

337 And I am no fan of "Southern" fiction at the best of times.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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It requires refined tastes.

Posted by: Eudora Welty, Pulitzer Prize Winner at February 13, 2020 02:41 PM (CDGwz)

338 329 303 Almost all books I read in high school were schlock, and almost all were depressing schlock. The Catcher in the Rye is one of the worst things ever put to paper.

I had a passionate hatred for Catcher in the Rye. I didn't hate The Grapes of Wrath.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:40 PM (Uu+Jp)

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I read East of Eden instead of Grapes. It was a big of a slog.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:41 PM (q80AH)

339 Friendship is magic!

Posted by: Brony Bros. at February 13, 2020 02:41 PM (ZGK1d)

340 "sensible shoes candidate"

I see Klobuchar as more the "poison spiked shoes" - the kind that Rosa Kleb wore...

Posted by: Boswell at February 13, 2020 02:41 PM (32YRo)

341 Literally anyone but maya Angelou > Faulkner
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2020 02:38 PM (FOGOI)

I used to enjoy Faulkner back in college. But I haven't ever given a thought to re-readng anything by him.

Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:41 PM (CqE5x)

342 I see the margins finally snapped back from Bathtub Ricky's girth.

Posted by: Fritz at February 13, 2020 02:41 PM (2Mnv1)

343 I didn't hate The Grapes of Wrath.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020


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If you'd told me in high school that I would someday not only read but love Steinbeck's work, I'd have said you were nuts.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:42 PM (Ejm1K)

344 Anyone who says that they get Finnegan's Wake is a liar and should be pelted with rotten fruit.
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I get Finnegan's Wake.

Posted by: ggerg at February 13, 2020 02:42 PM (sWM8x)

345 335 Nope.. they start the fog machine.. start the trumpets blaring Also Sprach Zarathrustra..

Daaa Daaa Daa,,,

Da Da!

And the smoke parts and Hillary emerges in a brand new purple pantsuit!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 13, 2020 02:41 PM (so+oy)

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Dude, if you're doing the 2001 reference, go scifi:

She comes out in a mech suit that makes her 15 feet tall. She tears Tulsi into two pieces with her steel arms.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:42 PM (q80AH)

346 You know the first 2 rules of Ace's Fight Club...and if today is your first day.....you have to fight.

Ok...now fight the dirty talking nurse.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at February 13, 2020 02:42 PM (Kd6KP)

347 294 So, almost like how Trump got to the convention except no successfully stealing of the nomination at the end.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:37 PM (q80AH)



Yep, the RNC was smart enough to realize they were stuck in a no win by that time. They assumed Trump was going to lose and if they went to a contested convention, any nominee was going to lose. They thought, better a bye year then nuke the party, little did they know how popular Trump really was.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 13, 2020 02:42 PM (4thlk)

348 >>
Biden is, and has always been, a terrible campaigner person.

Outside of DC, how many people are really charmed by this guy? He is straight out of central casting as a dumb, greedy, cunning legislator who likes to steal your money and fondle your wife while flashing that fake smile and promising he'll 'take care of you, just like I always do!'

Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2020 02:42 PM (bDqIh)

349 292 Hemingway > Falkner
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (l4C/z)

Cain, Chandler, Hammett> Hemingway, Faulkner and Fitzgerald
Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:36 PM (CqE5x)

Hmmm...

I prefer Hemingway stylistically and characterization over Cain, but otherwise agree.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 13, 2020 02:42 PM (l4C/z)

350 You know what happened to the last bowl of petunias that was in free fall right?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 13, 2020 02:32 PM


Oh no. Not again.

Posted by: The Petunias at February 13, 2020 02:42 PM (ejd/p)

351

I think it's going to come down to Bernie and Bloomers. The radical base will support Bernie and the donors and establishment types Bloomers. The MFM will rally behind Bloomers and claim he's a moderate

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 13, 2020 02:43 PM (s4E1V)

352 Anyone who says that they get Finnegan's Wake is a liar and should be pelted with rotten fruit.

What if they have a pointy stick?

Posted by: ggerbilupthebutt at February 13, 2020 02:43 PM (zHK2c)

353 Anyone who says that they get Finnegan's Wake is a liar and should be pelted with rotten fruit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:40 PM (q80AH)

That reminds me of a test we used back in college days to know if somebody had really gotten so stoned out of his gourd that he was gonna be lost to the world for a day or so. If you were around someone, and they started saying "Oh man, I just heard Stairway to Heaven again, and I got it! I know what they were talking about, Dude!" then they were GONE.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 13, 2020 02:43 PM (Kpl3J)

354
The best way to extinguish the love of reading in the young is to assign it in English class.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 13, 2020 02:43 PM (7rVsF)

355 The Catcher in the Rye is one of the worst things ever put to paper.
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It's like seriously considering a Rothko painting.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at February 13, 2020 02:43 PM (CDGwz)

356 285 267 Ah, the margins are enjoying their refractory period


I was in the pool!

Posted by: Margin at February 13, 2020 02:43 PM (Vy7tf)

357 347 Yep, the RNC was smart enough to realize they were stuck in a no win by that time. They assumed Trump was going to lose and if they went to a contested convention, any nominee was going to lose. They thought, better a bye year then nuke the party, little did they know how popular Trump really was.
Posted by: lowandslow at February 13, 2020 02:42 PM (4thlk)

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And Trump actually had a clear majority of delegates and the RNC never used super delegates.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:43 PM (q80AH)

358 Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:38 PM (oZ6kz)

Plus Bloomberg is about as dynamic and exciting as watching paint dry.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:43 PM (pmpob)

359 346 You know the first 2 rules of Ace's Fight Club...and if today is your first day.....you have to fight.

Ok...now fight the dirty talking nurse.
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at February 13, 2020 02:42 PM (Kd6KP)

Do not fight the nurse if she has a single-action pistol. You'll fucking die, I've see her shoot.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 13, 2020 02:43 PM (l4C/z)

360 I actually liked Of Mice and Men.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:43 PM (Uu+Jp)

361 Anyone who says that they get Finnegan's Wake is a liar and should be pelted with rotten fruit.
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I get Finnegan's Wake.
Posted by: ggerg at February 13, 2020 02:42 PM (sWM8x)


LOL

Posted by: DR.WTF at February 13, 2020 02:44 PM (aS1PU)

362 >>I actually liked Of Mice and Men

Me too.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 13, 2020 02:44 PM (ZLI7S)

363 360 I actually liked Of Mice and Men.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:43 PM (Uu+Jp)

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Not enough mice.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:44 PM (q80AH)

364 >>>The Catcher in the Rye is one of the worst things ever put to paper.


Phoney.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 13, 2020 02:44 PM (1CjJc)

365 I think you're supposed to not feel much of anything for Nick Carraway, who was really just a lookie-loo, and feel some degree of pity for Gatsby, who had no real friends and wasted his life.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:44 PM (oZ6kz)

366 Does anyone ever read John Updike or Phillip Roth anymore?
These guys were like the twin titans of American novelists from like 1960 to 1990

Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:45 PM (CqE5x)

367 It's all Kabuki Theater so The Heinousness can be proclaimed.

It is written.
In the Scrolls.

Posted by: Roland THTG at February 13, 2020 02:45 PM (88+cf)

368 365 I think you're supposed to not feel much of anything for Nick Carraway, who was really just a lookie-loo, and feel some degree of pity for Gatsby, who had no real friends and wasted his life.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:44 PM (oZ6kz)

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I like the movie with Leo and Spider-Man.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:45 PM (q80AH)

369 363 360 I actually liked Of Mice and Men.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:43 PM (Uu+Jp)

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Not enough mice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:44 PM (q80AH)

Not enough men.

Posted by: Shep at February 13, 2020 02:45 PM (nNEcr)

370 Do not fight the nurse if she has a single-action pistol. You'll fucking die, I've see her shoot.
--
But you can insult otters.

Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at February 13, 2020 02:45 PM (veJcn)

371 The Catcher in the Rye is one of the worst things ever put to paper.
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Should be called Catcher in the Soy

Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:45 PM (CqE5x)

372 The rate at which annealing is performed is critical.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at February 13, 2020 02:39 PM


Damned skippy!

Oh...wait...you said "annealing". Never mind.

Posted by: The Otters at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (ejd/p)

373 For a second I thought you meant Hawaii
Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:39 PM (CqE5x)

=========

Give it back to the Kingdom!

Lose two Democratic senators!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:39 PM (q80AH)
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As long as we still get to visit every other year I approve.

Posted by: jhawk90 at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (/ZYFC)

374 Anyone who says that they get Finnegan's Wake is a liar and should be pelted with rotten fruit.



It's that difficult.

It about a guy called Finnegan, who wakes up one morning, and-

eats a nice breakfast of scrambled eggs, sausage, and blood pudding.

Oh...and he has a cup of tea. No cream.

FIN

Posted by: naturalfake at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (9wmyx)

375 Mark Steyn is talking about China possibly burning enough corpses to be visible on satellite. What the heck?

Posted by: IrishEi at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (sGotD)

376 The Scarlet Letter was intriguing.

Four characters, a whore, a kid, the whore's husband, and a dude that wasn't the whore's husband.

Then the reader had to unravel the mystery of who was the father of the bastard child.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (MMC4G)

377 Fight club..not murder club. It does happen though.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (Kd6KP)

378 Dude, if you're doing the 2001 reference, go scifi:

She comes out in a mech suit that makes her 15 feet tall. She tears Tulsi into two pieces with her steel arms.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:42 PM


I can't do that, TJM.

Posted by: HAL 9000 at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (ZGK1d)

379 I read East of Eden instead of Grapes. It was a big of a slog.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020


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East of Eden is to me a great work. I reread the portions having to do with Cathy the sociopath (Steinbeck calls her a "monster") from time to time -- a wonderful portrait it is of a creature without conscience or morality.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (Ejm1K)

380 295 I know it's an old phrase here but what does 'corgi's called' mean?
Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 02:37 PM (j42ZK)

Somebody posted a video of a bunch of insanely cute corgis running for dinner and compared it to the Horde moving from an old thread to a new one.

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (RD7QR)

381 Did you know that no horses are shot in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Fucking liars.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (oZ6kz)

382 I also read Fahrenheit 451 in high school. I think I liked it.
Who knows if the sjws have their way it could come true.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (Uu+Jp)

383 But you can insult otters.

I don't HAVE to use lube, you know...

Posted by: Surprise Anal Otter at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (zHK2c)

384 378 Dude, if you're doing the 2001 reference, go scifi:

She comes out in a mech suit that makes her 15 feet tall. She tears Tulsi into two pieces with her steel arms.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:42 PM

I can't do that, TJM.
Posted by: HAL 9000 at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (ZGK1d)

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I'm just gonna slip on this helmet and grab a screwdriver real quick...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (q80AH)

385 I really hope somebody - Trump, if necessary - taxes Sanders with his "democratic socialist" shit. That's a communist in all but name.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:40 PM (pmpob)
+++++++++
In the last election, I worked with a Bernie Bro. I was getting a cup of coffee and he asked me if I was voting for Bernie. I don't even know this guy.

I said, "No, I am not. I will not, now or ever, vote for a communist."

He retorted with, "He's not a communist! He's a *Democratic Socialist!*"

I said, "There's not a dime's worth of difference. Explain how his platform is not a communist platform."

Crickets. I went back to my desk.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (I2dne)

386 I actually liked Of Mice and Men.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:43 PM (Uu+Jp)

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Not enough mice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:44 PM (q80AH)

Not enough men.
Posted by: Shep at February 13, 2020 02:45 PM (nNEcr)



Plenty of rabbits, though.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 13, 2020 02:47 PM (9wmyx)

387 Yep, the RNC was smart enough to realize they were stuck in a no win by that time. They assumed Trump was going to lose and if they went to a contested convention, any nominee was going to lose. They thought, better a bye year then nuke the party, little did they know how popular Trump really was.
Posted by: lowandslow at February 13, 2020 02:42 PM (4thlk)

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And Trump actually had a clear majority of delegates and the RNC never used super delegates.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:43 PM (q80AH)


Despite the weeks of fretting and frenzy and hearing Curly Haugland, Rules Guru, on TV telling us all of the maneuvering that was going to kick Trump out. Turns out Reince Priebus was smart enough not to go there.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Tickets Available for Bulwark - The Cuck Whisperer at The Outrage Outlet! at February 13, 2020 02:47 PM (hLRSq)

388 375
Mark Steyn is talking about China possibly burning enough corpses to be visible on satellite. What the heck?

Posted by: IrishEi at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (sGotD)

I think they are talking about some sort of spectral analyses due to the excess sulphur dioxide (?) emitted during cremation.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 13, 2020 02:47 PM (1CjJc)

389 When I finally read Catcher, I was an adult, and my reaction to Holden Caulfield was not to idolize or to emulate him. I wanted to tell him to see a psychiatrist and start growing up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:40 PM (Ejm1K)


The world will not be set right again until I see a comedy skit of Holden Caulfield getting slapped around by Jordan Peterson.

"Phony, huh? Well, phony *this*, you whiny little turd!"

( *smack!* )
Ow!
( *smack!* )
Ow!
( *smack!* )
Ow!

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar at February 13, 2020 02:47 PM (rzQ97)

390 I actually liked Of Mice and Men.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020


*
*

One of many famous works I wish I'd written.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:47 PM (Ejm1K)

391 I think you're supposed to not feel much of anything for Nick Carraway, who was really just a lookie-loo, and feel some degree of pity for Gatsby, who had no real friends and wasted his life.
Posted by: Broseidon
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Well, Thomas Wolfe, so...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at February 13, 2020 02:47 PM (CDGwz)

392 387 Despite the weeks of fretting and frenzy and hearing Curly Haugland, Rules Guru, on TV telling us all of the maneuvering that was going to kick Trump out. Turns out Reince Priebus was smart enough not to go there.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Tickets Available for Bulwark - The Cuck Whisperer at The Outrage Outlet! at February 13, 2020 02:47 PM (hLRSq)

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It's almost like the media was creating drama.

Almost.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:47 PM (q80AH)

393 357 And Trump actually had a clear majority of delegates and the RNC never used super delegates.



I think Bernie will have wide lead in delegates going in, I just don't think the Democrats aren't going to be smart enough to just let him have the nomination.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 13, 2020 02:47 PM (4thlk)

394 Reading Virginia Woolf is like being hit with a bag of oranges

Posted by: josephistan at February 13, 2020 02:48 PM (Izzlo)

395 I couldn't finish Catcher, didn't see the point.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 13, 2020 02:48 PM (4e+hS)

396 Then the reader had to unravel the mystery of who was the father of the bastard child
--
Well, if he was a bastard, that narrows it down.

Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at February 13, 2020 02:48 PM (veJcn)

397 354
The best way to extinguish the love of reading in the young is to assign it in English class.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 13, 2020 02:43 PM (7rVsF)

This is a wise and good observation. I have always thought that the stuff they assign in English is not the best stuff to get people interested in reading at that age (an unkind man would say at any age.)

I started exploring my parent's library, which was considerable, but it was stuff they enjoyed reading not shelf queens like some of the great classics.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 02:48 PM (cAKts)

398 >>> Any idea if the netflix series was a faithful adaptation?
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 13, 2020 02:31 PM (KUaJL)

Mostly. Haunting of Hill House is a very good series. It takes some liberties with Jackson's story but it does so more to fit the length of the show. If you liked The Haunting (original) and thought it was a faithful adaptation then I really think you'll like the series.

Posted by: Chunk Hunger at February 13, 2020 02:48 PM (sN9mD)

399 381 Did you know that no horses are shot in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Fucking liars.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (oZ6kz)


Shoulda shot Jane Fonda.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:48 PM (pmpob)

400 I also read Fahrenheit 451 in high school. I think I liked it.

Who knows if the sjws have their way it could come true.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (Uu+Jp)

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Me too and I did like it but it too was a manual for the leftists.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 13, 2020 02:48 PM (pw+jk)

401 I reread the portions having to do with Cathy the sociopath (Steinbeck calls her a "monster") from time to time -- a wonderful portrait it is of a creature without conscience or morality.
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Pffffftt!

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary at February 13, 2020 02:48 PM (vg8iE)

402 He's not a communist, he's a Nazi!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 02:48 PM (cAKts)

403 386 I actually liked Of Mice and Men.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:43 PM (Uu+Jp)

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Not enough mice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:44 PM (q80AH)
Not enough men.
Posted by: Shep at February 13, 2020 02:45 PM (nNEcr)
Plenty of rabbits, though.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 13, 2020 02:47 PM (9wmyx)

I will Hug Him and Pet Him and Call his name George!

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 13, 2020 02:48 PM (Kpl3J)

404 Remember the South Park where they read Catcher in the Rye?

They end up writing the greatest work of fiction in response: The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:48 PM (q80AH)

405 337 And I am no fan of "Southern" fiction at the best of times.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

What about the worst of times?

Posted by: ... at February 13, 2020 02:48 PM (JE/4H)

406
Well, Thomas Wolfe, so...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc.
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He's buried about a mile from here, Zelda too.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at February 13, 2020 02:48 PM (CDGwz)

407 prefer Hemingway stylistically and characterization over Cain, but otherwise agree.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 13, 2020 02:42 PM (l4C/z)

I came to the crime guys late, but the other three were required reading, so i guess I'm rebelling against the things they assigned us in college.

Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:49 PM (CqE5x)

408 I'm trying to remember if I read The Illustrated Man in high school or shortly thereafter.
Stranger in a Strange Land is another one that was back there somewhere I can't grok if it was high school or just a little later.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:49 PM (Uu+Jp)

409 Every time I see Democratic Socialist in what is intended to be a positive way, I get the hives.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 02:49 PM (cAKts)

410 I know it's an old phrase here but what does 'corgi's called' mean?




Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 02:37 PM (j42ZK)

Check the FAQ!


I did but I see no reference to it.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 02:49 PM (j42ZK)

411 Thanks OM.

Posted by: tbodie at February 13, 2020 02:49 PM (21UM+)

412 And I am no fan of "Southern" fiction at the best of times.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

What about the worst of times?
Posted by: ... at February 13, 2020 02:48 PM (JE/4H)

It was both.

Posted by: Dickens at February 13, 2020 02:49 PM (CqE5x)

413
He's buried about a mile from here, Zelda too.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc.
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Which proves that you can go home again.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at February 13, 2020 02:49 PM (CDGwz)

414 Authors I wish were assigned more in school - Malcolm Lowry, Nathaniel West, Thomas Pynchon, Graham Greene, Kingsley Amis.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:49 PM (oZ6kz)

415 Dolley have a running joke about the movie Unstoppable.

She calls the title a liar because they stopped the train.

"No, it's not about the train it's about Chris Pine and Denzel's relationship. Nothing is going to stop them from becoming friends!"

She doesn't believe me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:49 PM (q80AH)

416 Somebody posted a video of a bunch of insanely cute corgis running for dinner and compared it to the Horde moving from an old thread to a new one.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 13, 2020


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There are videos on YouTube of Corgis diving into a swimming pool. "Diving" is not the right word, though. They belly-flop into the water.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 02:50 PM (Ejm1K)

417 And if the nominee is Bernie, the NeverTrumpers will absolutely find a rationale for saying "real conservatives" should back the guy that says he can't be a part of the Democrat Party as a Senator because he's a socialist and they are insufficiently left-wing.

Over Trump's "manners" or some other such nonsense.

Posted by: Blago at February 13, 2020 02:50 PM (sjTfF)

418 354 The best way to extinguish the love of reading in the young is to assign it in English class.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 13, 2020 02:43 PM (7rVsF)


A lot of the "classics" are really a tough slog. I've forgotten which classic novel that I gave up on after reading 200 pages of Russian genealogy. Turns out, all the Russians are descended from other Russians. Who knew?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:50 PM (pmpob)

419 When will Max Boot and the gang of Cucks realize that no one really likes or trusts them? Sure they're useful to the Left when they're bashing Republicans and Trump, but other than that they have pretty much been told to STFU.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 13, 2020 02:50 PM (wiXsO)

420 Then the reader had to unravel the mystery of who was the father of the bastard child



Hunter Biden.

Posted by: Chang & Sons at February 13, 2020 02:50 PM (S9U/P)

421 >>> Anyone who says that they get Finnegan's Wake is a liar and should be pelted with rotten fruit.
~~~~~

Read Dropkick Murphy's version. It's much easier than Joyce's.

Posted by: IrishEi at February 13, 2020 02:50 PM (sGotD)

422 I think they are talking about some sort of spectral analyses due to the excess sulphur dioxide (?) emitted during cremation.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 13, 2020 02:47 PM


If that were anyone besides China or India, I'd be all "HOW DARE YOU!".

Posted by: Greta at February 13, 2020 02:50 PM (ZGK1d)

423 404
Remember the South Park where they read Catcher in the Rye?



They end up writing the greatest work of fiction in response: The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:48 PM (q80AH)

And, IIRC, critics fawned and oohed, while they tried to keep it a secret that they were pranking people. Pretty funny episode.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 13, 2020 02:50 PM (1CjJc)

424 418 354 The best way to extinguish the love of reading in the young is to assign it in English class.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 13, 2020 02:43 PM (7rVsF)

A lot of the "classics" are really a tough slog. I've forgotten which classic novel that I gave up on after reading 200 pages of Russian genealogy. Turns out, all the Russians are descended from other Russians. Who knew?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:50 PM (pmpob)

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I decided to read War and Peace a few months ago. I read it in about four weeks. I loved it.

It was exciting with duels and battles and shit.

It just happened to be 1200 pages long and everyone had 57 names.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:51 PM (q80AH)

425 I also took an English literature course in university--so some of those books are popping into my mind now.
I loved, and still love, Lilith by George McDonald.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:51 PM (Uu+Jp)

426 What about the worst of times?

--
That was a whole nother tale.

Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at February 13, 2020 02:51 PM (veJcn)

427 Turns out, all the Russians are descended from other Russians. Who knew?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:50 PM


At a guess? The Russians.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 13, 2020 02:51 PM (ejd/p)

428 I lucked out in 7th grade English class. We got assigned The Odyssey which I loved. The other class got Catcher In The Rye.

Posted by: DR.WTF at February 13, 2020 02:51 PM (aS1PU)

429 But I don't know how to say Sylvester, George.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Tickets Available for Bulwark - The Cuck Whisperer at The Outrage Outlet! at February 13, 2020 02:51 PM (hLRSq)

430 Hubris should have been my first guess, but "an out-sized self-evaluation of their own intellect" is far more accurate.
Posted by: DocJ at February 13, 2020 02:36 PM (77WPm)

I believe the new term of art is midwit. They are average intellects convinced of their own greatness, so there's a certain insecurity that makes them feel like they have to show off constantly. For example, overusing rare and faddish words like jejune, and coming up with illogical, convoluted conclusions (the conservstive case for Marx!) to pretend that their absurd posturing is actually elevated, superior thought far above us mere Trump-supporting untermensch.

I'm not impressed, I also have a full of ten dollar words. I just have the sense not to bludgeon people over the head with them in an attempt to sell myself as something in not.

I'm tired of being lectured at by mediocrities.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 13, 2020 02:51 PM (J+mig)

431 One of my favorite authors in school was an obscure writer named Cliff Notes.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 13, 2020 02:51 PM (MMC4G)

432 423 404
Remember the South Park where they read Catcher in the Rye?



They end up writing the greatest work of fiction in response: The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:48 PM (q80AH)

And, IIRC, critics fawned and oohed, while they tried to keep it a secret that they were pranking people. Pretty funny episode.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 13, 2020 02:50 PM (1CjJc)\

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Everyone had wildly different interpretations of it, and the boys are sitting there screaming, "It's just supposed to be funny!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:51 PM (q80AH)

433 In that picture of Kristolmeth, he is pointing to where a regular person would have a brain.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 13, 2020 02:51 PM (19g6/)

434 The best way to extinguish the love of reading in the young is to assign it in English class.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 13, 2020 02:43 PM (7rVsF)

This is a wise and good observation. I have always thought that the stuff they assign in English is not the best stuff to get people interested in reading at that age (an unkind man would say at any age.)

I started exploring my parent's library, which was considerable, but it was stuff they enjoyed reading not shelf queens like some of the great classics.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 02:48 PM (cAKts)

I honestly think that if you want to be an English major AND you are smart and well-read already, you should be allowed to design your own syllabus--read what you want and write papers on that stuff.

Posted by: Dickens at February 13, 2020 02:52 PM (CqE5x)

435 409 Every time I see Democratic Socialist in what is intended to be a positive way, I get the hives.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 02:49 PM (cAKts)


"Democratic socialist" is to "communist" as "flatus" is to "fart."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:52 PM (pmpob)

436 I did but I see no reference to it.


Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 02:49 PM (j42ZK)

And that little Corgi was me.


Posted by: Cameltoe at February 13, 2020 02:52 PM (1CjJc)

437 Off Dickens sock

Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:52 PM (CqE5x)

438 The DNC's gonna go grand theft auto in front of everyone, and the media's gonna assist bigly.

Posted by: Les Kinetic at February 13, 2020 02:52 PM (WHN/l)

439 410 I know it's an old phrase here but what does 'corgi's called' mean?




Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 02:37 PM (j42ZK)

Corgi's - the moron horde
Ace - kennel keeper with a doggo treat

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid's at February 13, 2020 02:53 PM (Vy7tf)

440 I did but I see no reference to it.
Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 02:49 PM (j42ZK)

Straight: It's letting people in the previous thread know that a new thread has been posted. It lets other people know they do not need to post in the old thread to let people know.

Involved: it is a reference to that gif or short video of a pack of corgi dogs running like a pack of small furry sharks toward where their master is probably holding treats.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 02:53 PM (cAKts)

441 341 Literally anyone but maya Angelou > Faulkner
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2020 02:38 PM (FOGOI)

I used to enjoy Faulkner back in college. But I haven't ever given a thought to re-readng anything by him.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:41 PM (CqE5x)

I finished As I Lay Dying. Then I asked myself why I did that. Much like what I asked when I finished Anna Karenina, actually.

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 13, 2020 02:53 PM (RD7QR)

442 I honestly think that if you want to be an English major AND you are smart and well-read already, you should be allowed to design your own syllabus--read what you want and write papers on that stuff.
Posted by: Dickens at February 13, 2020 02:52 PM (CqE5x)


This is such a good idea. I might have even double majored in English.

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at February 13, 2020 02:53 PM (nNEcr)

443 I know it's an old phrase here but what does 'corgi's called' mean?




Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 02:37 PM (j42ZK)

Check the FAQ!

I did but I see no reference to it.
Posted by: LGoPs


Iirc, AtC coined it. It refers to when a new thread is announced, the commenters all rush to the new thread like a pack of corgis lumbering down a hall.

Posted by: Chang & Sons at February 13, 2020 02:53 PM (S9U/P)

444 Somebody posted a video of a bunch of insanely cute
corgis running for dinner and compared it to the Horde moving from an
old thread to a new one.

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (RD7QR)


Gotcha. Thanks.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 02:53 PM (j42ZK)

445 I hate when autocucumber eats entire words.

That was supposed to say "I also have a vocabulary full of ten dollar words..."

Hope the context carried it.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 13, 2020 02:53 PM (J+mig)

446 "But he also pointed out that black people switched to supporting Obama when they saw Obama could win white votes. (In Iowa, I think.)"

I just don't understand the world some people live in. I assume Whitey was the FIRST to jump up and back the First Black President (or First Viable Black Presidential Candidate), but for some reason these people couldn't see that. Whitey was definitely the reason he won in 2012, too... "give him another chance" and all that.

Posted by: Chris W at February 13, 2020 02:53 PM (P7iDO)

447 DOCTOR Jill to the psych ward. DOCTOR Jill to the psych ward, stat.

Posted by: wth at February 13, 2020 02:54 PM (v0R5T)

448 One of my favorite authors in school was an obscure writer named Cliff Notes.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 13, 2020 02:51 PM (MMC4G)

He's no longer cool with the kids.
Now it's someone called Wicked Pete, or something.

Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 02:54 PM (CqE5x)

449
He's buried about a mile from here, Zelda too.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc.
-------

Which proves that you can go home again.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Look Homeward Angel is my second favorite book. Behind only War and Peace.

Posted by: corn and beans at February 13, 2020 02:54 PM (tkNkP)

450 And that little Corgi was me.


Posted by: Cameltoe



And your big sister, Moose Knuckle.

Posted by: Chang & Sons at February 13, 2020 02:54 PM (S9U/P)

451 Every time I see Democratic Socialist in what is intended to be a positive way, I get the hives.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 02:49 PM (cAKts)

Socialist always looks better when paired with positive-neutral words. Like National.

Posted by: ... at February 13, 2020 02:54 PM (JE/4H)

452
[Authors I wish were assigned more in school - Malcolm Lowry Evelyn Waugh, Nathaniel West, Thomas Pynchon, Graham Greene, Kingsley Amis.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:49 PM (oZ6kz)

Lowry's kind of a bore.

But, everyone else on your list is awesome.

If you really enjoy reading those guys, check out my novel, "Wearing the Cat", available on Amazon.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 13, 2020 02:55 PM (9wmyx)

453 A lot of the "classics" are really a tough slog. I've forgotten which classic novel that I gave up on after reading 200 pages of Russian genealogy. Turns out, all the Russians are descended from other Russians. Who knew?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:50 PM (pmpob)


A lot of the classics were written by authors who earned their money from monthly serials. Daddy needs 10,000 words this month to make rent...

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at February 13, 2020 02:55 PM (wCmLp)

454 "I also have a vocabulary full of ten dollar words..."

You use your mouth prettier than a $20 whore!

Posted by: ggerbilupthebutt at February 13, 2020 02:55 PM (zHK2c)

455 My high school Dickens was Great Expectations.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:55 PM (Uu+Jp)

456 Thanks to the rest of you for the corgis answer.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 02:55 PM (j42ZK)

457 Corgi's - the moron horde


Ace - kennel keeper with a doggo treat


And if Ace has no treats.... well, that explains the Horde's conduct on the ONT pretty well.

Posted by: IP - Still a dude at February 13, 2020 02:55 PM (w9UC1)

458 -
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"Democratic socialist" is to "communist" as "flatus" is to "fart."


Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:52 PM

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Heh. After Bernie gets the nomination, the GOP should run adds saying just that.

Posted by: irright at February 13, 2020 02:55 PM (pMGkg)

459 I honestly think that if you want to be an English major AND you are smart and well-read already, you should be allowed to design your own syllabus--read what you want and write papers on that stuff.
Posted by: Dickens at February 13, 2020 02:52 PM (CqE5x)


This is such a good idea. I might have even double majored in English.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at February 13, 2020 02:53 PM (nNEcr)

Cue the John Mullaney bit where he's talking about how his college is asking him for donations, and he's like "you got me to pay you $200,000 for a degree in a language that I already speak! If anything, you should be donating money to me!"

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 13, 2020 02:55 PM (KUaJL)

460 TheJamesMadison: "And Trump actually had a clear majority of delegates and the RNC never used super delegates."

Superdelegates are Vinny Gambini of the DNC saying, "Yeah, everything that the electorate just voted for is bullshit... Thank you."

That so many in an "inclusive party" are so foolish for so long is still astounding.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 13, 2020 02:55 PM (6eEQ+)

461 The TikTok guy on the sidebar doing the Obama/Trump thing is pretty good. His Trump is better than his Obama, which is impressive. Trump is really difficult to impersonate.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2020 02:55 PM (I2dne)

462 I read Malraux's "Man's Fate," which had a happy ending: throwing commies into the boiler of the steam engine.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:55 PM (pmpob)

463 This thread is far too erudite for me ... I thought book reviews were only allowed on Sunday mornings.

Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know at February 13, 2020 02:56 PM (XzVUd)

464 Anybody who says they understood Charlotte's Web is a lying pony-faced spider boy.

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 13, 2020 02:56 PM (sWM8x)

465 And if Ace has no treats.... well, that explains the Horde's conduct on the ONT pretty well.
Posted by: IP - Still a dude at February 13, 2020 02:55 PM (w9UC1)

---

Not just the ONT.

Posted by: SMH at February 13, 2020 02:56 PM (RU4sa)

466
I read non-fiction when I was younger. The very name "Siddhartha" makes me ill. I really started by reading Allen Drury and Don Camillo books.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 13, 2020 02:56 PM (7rVsF)

467 Off stinking sock

Posted by: rickb223 at February 13, 2020 02:56 PM (S9U/P)

468 The very name "Siddhartha" makes me ill.

I just cringed.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 02:57 PM (Uu+Jp)

469 naturalfake - I'll check it out. I liked Under the Volcano - I'm pretty sure that's about the only Malcolm Lowry novel.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:57 PM (oZ6kz)

470 "78 At this point just let me get back into Milwaukee on my 6PM flight Sunday July 12th without a drum-circle shutting down the airport...

Then let me get back into OZ county without freeway protesters shutting down traffic...

Then do whatever the fuck you want...we'll rebuild the breweries.

Posted by: H Badger at February 13, 2020 02:19 PM (n/0Nw) "



And that's all we'll rebuild.

All the other rubbish just gets bulldozed into the lake.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 13, 2020 02:57 PM (zlgJP)

471 *I hate when autocucumber eats entire words*

I have typed autocucumber so often autocucumber is now in my autocucumber word list.

Posted by: tbodie at February 13, 2020 02:58 PM (21UM+)

472 I lucked out in 7th grade English class. We got assigned The Odyssey which I loved. The other class got Catcher In The Rye. Posted by: DR.WTF

Have you read the current bestseller Circe in which Odyssus makes an extended appearance? It's pretty good.

Posted by: corn and beans at February 13, 2020 02:58 PM (tkNkP)

473 All the other rubbish just gets bulldozed into the lake.

Why not, Chicago did it that way.

Posted by: IP - Still a dude at February 13, 2020 02:58 PM (w9UC1)

474 Did you know that no horses are shot in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Fucking liars.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:46 PM (oZ6kz)

And no DICK in Moby Dick!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 13, 2020 02:58 PM (CqE5x)

475 Heh. After Bernie gets the nomination, the GOP should run adds saying just that.

Posted by: irright


I think it's hilarious that the dem nominee is gonna be an old white guy. Just what they said they don't want. Bwahahahahahahaha!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 13, 2020 02:59 PM (S9U/P)

476 472 Odyssus makes an extended appearance?


phrasing ?

Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know at February 13, 2020 02:59 PM (XzVUd)

477 I am going to throw it out there that I bet I read the least percentage of my assigned novels of anyone here in high school. If I read 20 pages of 30 or so assigned books, I'm probably lying.

Posted by: ... at February 13, 2020 02:59 PM (JE/4H)

478 I liked Under the Volcano

That's the one where Bond bangs all those hot asian chicks, right?

Didn't like, too much poon, not enough samurai sausage.

Posted by: ggerbilupthebutt at February 13, 2020 02:59 PM (zHK2c)

479 naturalfake - I'll check it out. I liked Under the Volcano - I'm pretty sure that's about the only Malcolm Lowry novel.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 02:57 PM (oZ6kz)


I know he wrote other stuff...maybe poetry(?)

But, UtV is all anyone talks about.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 13, 2020 02:59 PM (9wmyx)

480 One of my favorite authors in school was an obscure writer named Cliff Notes.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 13, 2020 02:51 PM (MMC4G)

I've read a lot of his works. Absolute brilliance.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 13, 2020 03:00 PM (J+mig)

481 And no DICK in Moby Dick!

SPOILER ALERT!

Posted by: IP - Still a dude at February 13, 2020 03:00 PM (w9UC1)

482
I think it's hilarious that the dem nominee is
gonna be an old white guy. Just what they said they don't want.
Bwahahahahahahaha!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 13, 2020 02:59 PM (S9U/P)

Revealing dems' racism and sexism all at once.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 13, 2020 03:00 PM (1CjJc)

483 This thread is far too erudite for me ... I thought book reviews were only allowed on Sunday mornings.
Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know

Some of us have other places to go on Sunday morning and therefore miss out on the Book thread.

Posted by: corn and beans at February 13, 2020 03:00 PM (tkNkP)

484 I know I was forced to read Waiting for Godot--can't remember if it was high school or university.

I do remember watching Romeo and Juliet with a topless Olivia Hussey.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 03:00 PM (Uu+Jp)

485 480 One of my favorite authors in school was an obscure writer named Cliff Notes.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 13, 2020 02:51 PM (MMC4G)

I've read a lot of his works. Absolute brilliance.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at February 13, 2020 03:00 PM (J+mig)

========

He always seems to cut things a bit short.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 03:00 PM (q80AH)

486 I do remember watching Romeo and Juliet with a topless Olivia Hussey.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 03:00 PM (Uu+Jp)

Everyone remembers that.

Posted by: Chris W at February 13, 2020 03:00 PM (P7iDO)

487 This thread is far too erudite for me ... I thought book reviews were only allowed on Sunday mornings.
Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know
++++++++++
But unlike the Book Thread, no pants are required here so it's more accessible.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2020 03:00 PM (I2dne)

488 Oh yeah, Siddhartha is fucking brutal. That and The French Lieutenant's Woman might be my two most hated "forced to read" books.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 03:00 PM (oZ6kz)

489 One of my favorite authors in school was an obscure writer named Cliff Notes.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 13, 2020 02:51 PM (MMC4G)

I've read a lot of his works. Absolute brilliance.
Posted by: Cato


Pithy & concise.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 13, 2020 03:01 PM (S9U/P)

490 I was weird when it came to reading assignments. I read voraciously from the age of 10 on (when I discovered the Military/World history section at the library) and have been at it ever since, but when I was assigned some reading material by teachers some strange resistance kicked in and I wouldn't get around to it until the last second, when failing a test threatened.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 03:01 PM (j42ZK)

491 I am going to throw it out there that I bet I read the least percentage of my assigned novels of anyone here in high school. If I read 20 pages of 30 or so assigned books, I'm probably lying.
Posted by: ... at February 13, 2020 02:59 PM (JE/4H)
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Whereas I'm going to say I had probably already read 60% of the assigned reading in high school.

It was nice to skate on those classes.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at February 13, 2020 03:01 PM (QyoQ9)

492 Watch out for Bloomberg.

Posted by: Don at February 13, 2020 03:01 PM (Ngt8X)

493 *stares at "Siddhartha" in the to-read stack*

Posted by: Chris W at February 13, 2020 03:01 PM (P7iDO)

494 A revealing part about the way the media writes about Mayor Pete is that they always mention how he struggles to attract black voters, but they never explain why that is. Of course it is because black voters aren't nearly as tolerant of the gay lifestyle as whites. But the media can't report that a major Democrat constituency that is vital to winning is also largely homophobic, nevermind all the racism and sexism and the rest of the alphabet of --sms and -phobias they attribute to Trump's success.

In particular black men look at a baller like Trump married to Melania compared to Pete and if he's the nominee I think we will see a major, decisive move to Trump from them.

Posted by: the dandy at February 13, 2020 03:01 PM (bR08X)

495 481 And no DICK in Moby Dick


Ahab was kind of a dick.

Posted by: The Whale at February 13, 2020 03:01 PM (Vy7tf)

496 492
Watch out for Bloomberg.


Posted by: Don at February 13, 2020 03:01 PM (Ngt8X)

ATC can watch over him.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 13, 2020 03:02 PM (1CjJc)

497

oh man

MINUS 30's tonight with windchill

death

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 13, 2020 03:02 PM (vEIlU)

498 I used to read a lot when I was younger. One day thought to try reading Moby Dick. I could not get past 10 pages.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 13, 2020 03:02 PM (CAJOC)

499
One of my favorite authors in school was an obscure writer named Cliff Notes.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 13, 2020 02:51 PM (MMC4G)


His name was pronounced Notez. As in Clifford Notez.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 03:03 PM (j42ZK)

500 484 I know I was forced to read Waiting for Godot


Here am I!

Posted by: Gail Godot at February 13, 2020 03:03 PM (Vy7tf)

501 We had to read 2 or 3 plays by Shakespeare. Tiresome reading is too polite.
Kept me from ever wanting to be an actor.

Posted by: IP - Still a dude at February 13, 2020 03:03 PM (w9UC1)

502 488 Oh yeah, Siddhartha is fucking brutal. That and The French Lieutenant's Woman might be my two most hated "forced to read" books.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 03:00 PM (oZ6kz)

The Sun Also Rises.

We're drunk.

I can't have sex.

Spain!

We're drunk.

I can't have sex.

We're drunk.

Bullfights!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 03:03 PM (cAKts)

503 Naturalfake, seems like you and my father would have been good friends - the books he chose to be buried with were Catch-22, A Confederacy of Dunces, and Gravity's Rainbow.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 03:03 PM (oZ6kz)

504 Loved Allen Drury. Was just thinking how much times have changed when a major plot point of Advise and Consent was the Senator being blackmailed because he was gay; and committed suicide, if I remember correctly.

Posted by: Gouverneur Morris at February 13, 2020 03:03 PM (bElDL)

505 "This is horrendous. We're all scared."

Oh good lord. What children.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at February 13, 2020 03:03 PM (H8QX8)

506 Watch out for Bloomberg.
Posted by: Don


Bloomberg gets the nod and watch minorities stay home.

Like they want to be talked to by an old, white billionaire.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 13, 2020 03:03 PM (S9U/P)

507

The sequel to Moby Dick was much better.

Posted by: ggerbilupthebutt at February 13, 2020 03:04 PM (Gtarv)

508 was weird when it came to reading assignments. I read voraciously from the age of 10 on (when I discovered the Military/World history section at the library) and have been at it ever since, but when I was assigned some reading material by teachers some strange resistance kicked in and I wouldn't get around to it until the last second, when failing a test threatened.
Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 03:01 PM (j42ZK)

You speak for a lot of us

Posted by: JoeF. at February 13, 2020 03:04 PM (CqE5x)

509 Watch out for Bloomberg.
Posted by: Don at February 13, 2020 03:01 PM (Ngt8X)


Why? Is he driving and can't see over the dashboard again?

Posted by: Archer at February 13, 2020 03:04 PM (gmo/4)

510 In Nate Silver's 538 thingy, Biden is now down to 11% odds of winning the delegate race. Burnie at 39%.

Posted by: Serious Cat at February 13, 2020 03:04 PM (zqs/f)

511 The Sun Also Rises.

We're drunk.

I can't have sex.

Spain!

We're drunk.

I can't have sex.

We're drunk.

Bullfights!
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 03:03 PM (cAKts)

Accurate

Posted by: Chris W at February 13, 2020 03:04 PM (P7iDO)

512 498 I used to read a lot when I was younger. One day thought to try reading Moby Dick. I could not get past 10 pages.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 13, 2020 03:02 PM (CAJOC)


You just wait until you have a damp and drizzly November of your soul.

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 03:04 PM (Uu+Jp)

513 497

oh man

MINUS 30's tonight with windchill

death
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 13, 2020 03:02 PM (vEIlU)

Good Lord, are you in Yellowknife or something?

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 13, 2020 03:04 PM (RD7QR)

514 Shoulda shot Jane Fonda.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 02:48 PM (pmpob)

So...Sarah Jessica Parker survived?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 13, 2020 03:04 PM (ufFY8)

515 Here am I!

Posted by: Gail Godot
--
I really love your sister.

Posted by: FrodoB,
because hobbits don't wear socks at February 13, 2020 03:05 PM (veJcn)

516 In particular black men look at a baller like Trump married to Melania compared to Pete and if he's the nominee I think we will see a major, decisive move to Trump from them.
Posted by: the dandy at February 13, 2020 03:01 PM (bR08X)

hispanic voters also don't care much for a mincing, prancing little white twink.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 13, 2020 03:05 PM (Kpl3J)

517 oh man

MINUS 30's tonight with windchill

death
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 13, 2020 03:02 PM (vEIlU)

Good Lord, are you in Yellowknife or something?
Posted by: joncelli


Sounds like Nebraska

Posted by: rickb223 at February 13, 2020 03:05 PM (S9U/P)

518 Like they want to be talked to by an old, white billionaire.
Posted by: rickb223
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Or want little pink houses.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at February 13, 2020 03:05 PM (CDGwz)

519 I have a problem with Red State calling Max Boot, Conservative. I, also, have a problem with the hypocrisy of all these Cucks as well as Red State.

Red State was a major "Orange Man Bad" contributor for quite a long while until people started walking away from them. Then, they toned it down....because...(wait for it)....populism. They decried populist politics non-stop....until their livelihood depended on being more popular. Same with these brain dead, grifting Cucks. Their existence depends on populism...literally populist politics....and yet, that's what they claim to hate most.

So yeah, hypocrisy from both the messenger and the message. Both the Cucks, and Red State have no credibility because they will sell their principles for popularity. And, it means little to me if I even agree with either. They have no credibility..and therefore, no substance.

(end rant)

Posted by: Orson at February 13, 2020 03:05 PM (AsrPf)

520 I also share a lot of my father's tastes - and Shusaku Endo's "Silence" is a fantastic book.

Pynchon was a navy man himself IIRC.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 03:05 PM (oZ6kz)

521 Sequel? Moby Dick II?

Posted by: IP - Still a dude at February 13, 2020 03:06 PM (w9UC1)

522 I liked Siddhartha. Especially the part where he uses the power of patience to become a wicked good gambler.

Worst superpower ever.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 13, 2020 03:06 PM (PUl+e)

523 I found a web site vendor who specializes in original copies of books from the likes of Bantam publishers etc. I have copies of my favorites from when I was a kid e.g., The Great Escape; The French Connection; Brazen Chariots and many more.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 03:06 PM (j42ZK)

524 443 I know it's an old phrase here but what does 'corgi's called' mean?




Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 02:37 PM (j42ZK)

Check the FAQ!

I did but I see no reference to it.
Posted by: LGoPs


Iirc, AtC coined it. It refers to when a new thread is announced, the commenters all rush to the new thread like a pack of corgis lumbering down a hall.
Posted by: Chang & Sons at February 13, 2020 02:53 PM (S9U/P)

------------------------------------

If I'm not mistaken, there's a video out on youtube somewhere of a herd of corgis running down a hallway (and probably was featured on some blog post long ago).

Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 13, 2020 03:06 PM (CAJOC)

525 512 498 I used to read a lot when I was younger. One day thought to try reading Moby Dick. I could not get past 10 pages.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 13, 2020 03:02 PM (CAJOC)


You just wait until you have a damp and drizzly November of your soul.
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 13, 2020 03:04 PM (Uu+Jp)

Or are writing for a Star Trek movie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 03:06 PM (cAKts)

526 Sanders, Butttgiggy, either way I bomb you next day.

Posted by: Vlad at February 13, 2020 03:06 PM (v0R5T)

527
oh man

MINUS 30's tonight with windchill

death
Posted by: artisanal 'ette
--------

*gets busy plumbing the boiler into the USB port*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at February 13, 2020 03:06 PM (CDGwz)

528 OT:

Oh boy, over at DM they have an article showing some of the "diverse" models for Sports Illustrated newest swimsuit edition.

It's...um...something.

Posted by: WisRich at February 13, 2020 03:06 PM (G0vdT)

529 Heck it was -20 this morning without the windchill.

Posted by: Archer at February 13, 2020 03:06 PM (gmo/4)

530 Kelly is an asshole and another example of caution when assuming military people are good fits in a civilian admin.

Buyer beware

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 13, 2020 03:07 PM (nRk/c)

531 Why does anyone care ?

The demonrats are gonna nominate a mook and a gink, PDT will leave muddy footprints on their chests, and after the election he will have more flexibility.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 13, 2020 03:07 PM (zlgJP)

532 The classics were written with their audience in mind. At the time, the audience was bored rich people with a lot of time on their hands.

The plebs didn't know how to read, were too busy toiling during the day, and couldn't afford lights at night.

Posted by: Chris W at February 13, 2020 03:07 PM (P7iDO)

533 try reading Moby Dick. I could not get past 10 pages.
Posted by: No One of Consequence

Here, hold my beer Ulysses by James Joyce

Posted by: corn and beans at February 13, 2020 03:07 PM (tkNkP)

534 506 Watch out for Bloomberg.
Posted by: Don


Bloomberg gets the nod and watch minorities stay home.

Like they want to be talked to by an old, white billionaire.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 13, 2020 03:03 PM (S9U/P)


Who wants to be lectured by a constipated midget with delusions of grandeur?

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Tickets Available for Bulwark - The Cuck Whisperer at The Outrage Outlet! at February 13, 2020 03:07 PM (hLRSq)

535 > Here am I!
Posted by: Gail Godot

Your sister, Gal, is hotter.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 13, 2020 03:08 PM (PUl+e)

536 521 Sequel? Moby Dick II - Into the Blowhole

Posted by: Ishmael at February 13, 2020 03:08 PM (Vy7tf)

537 I read everything assigned to me in high school, because I like to read, and my other would have had a fit if I had used Cliff Notes. She always seemed to know when her college English lit students hadn't read the material and we're using Cliff notes instead.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 13, 2020 03:08 PM (WI7YS)

538 I still have trouble thinking that Biden was ever much of a threat.

Obama snubbed him right away, and the Bloody Eyes should have been his "Lifeless Hillary Chucked into a Van" moment.

Posted by: Allie at February 13, 2020 03:08 PM (UnA8+)

539 Jessie Liu just resigned.

The Reckoning.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 13, 2020 03:09 PM (FypLm)

540 Kelly is an asshole and another example of caution when assuming military people are good fits in a civilian admin.



Buyer beware

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 13, 2020 03:07 PM (nRk/c)


Couldn't agree more NGU. What part of CinC does the fucker not understand?

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 03:09 PM (j42ZK)

541 I couldn't tell you what the last fiction book/novel/newspaper article was that I read.

Posted by: IP - Still a dude at February 13, 2020 03:09 PM (w9UC1)

542 537-mother, not other.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 13, 2020 03:09 PM (WI7YS)

543 Watch out for Bloomberg.

Posted by: Don at February 13, 2020 03:01 PM (Ngt8X)
.........

He'll kick you in the shin and punch you in the nuts.

Posted by: wth at February 13, 2020 03:09 PM (v0R5T)

544 Here, hold my beer Ulysses by James Joyce
Posted by: corn and beans at February 13, 2020 03:07 PM (tkNkP)

Literary NyQuil.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 03:09 PM (cAKts)

545 Naturalfake, seems like you and my father would have been good friends - the books he chose to be buried with were Catch-22, A Confederacy of Dunces, and Gravity's Rainbow.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 03:03 PM (oZ6kz)



NIce.

Great idea to carry some great lit into the afterlife.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 13, 2020 03:09 PM (9wmyx)

546 Blood in the water? Have you looked in Biden's Eye?

Posted by: Surfperch at February 13, 2020 03:09 PM (ovHX/)

547 521 Sequel? Moby Dick II?
Posted by: IP - Still a dude at February 13, 2020 03:06 PM (w9UC1)

-----------------------------------

Moby Dick II: Oceanic Boogaloo

or

Moby Dick II: The Dickening

Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 13, 2020 03:09 PM (CAJOC)

548 "Africa" , by Hemingway

(okay it's actually by Anthony Sams)

At the airport the young man heard far-off drums echoing in the night. He imagined the young woman in the plane sitting still, hearing whispers of a quiet conversation near the rear of the fuselage. He glanced down at his father's wristwatch-12:30. The flight was on time.

The plane's wings were moonlit and reflected the stars. The moonlight had guided him there, toward this salvation. He had stopped an older man along the way, hoping to find some long forgotten words, or perhaps an ancient melody, for such an occasion. The old man had said nothing at first, and instead stared cryptically into the sodden earth. Then he raised his head and turned slowly.

"Hurry, boy. It's waiting there for you," the old man had said.

The plane was almost gliding. The young man looked at the wristwatch again. His head spun from whiskey and soda. She was a damned nice woman. It would take a lot to drag him away from her. It was unlikely that a hundred men or more could ever do such a thing. The air, now thick and moist, seemed to carry rain again. He blessed the rains of Africa. They were the only thing left to bless in this forsaken place, he thought-at least until she set foot on the continent. They were going to take some time to do the things they never had.

He stood on the tarmac and watched as the plane came in for its landing. He heard the sound of wild dogs crying out into the night. The man thought the dogs sounded desperate, perhaps having grown restless and longing for some company. He knew the feeling. The crying of the dogs reminded him that he would need to do what he knew was right now that she was here. Of this he was as certain as Kilimanjaro rising like Olympus above the Serengeti. He had traveled and sought to cure what was deep inside him, what frightened him of himself.

The plane landed and stopped. He hurried. She would be waiting there for him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 13, 2020 03:09 PM (Kpl3J)

549 The sequel to Moby Dick was much better.
Posted by: ggerbilupthebutt at February 13, 2020 03:04 PM (Gtarv)

-----

So..... who was chasing the white whale....???


James T Kirk..... or Khan ???

Posted by: fixerupper at February 13, 2020 03:09 PM (8XRCm)

550 I think we need to slide some of our focus to winning the House and keeping the senate

Posted by: Sooner at February 13, 2020 03:10 PM (Fs5vw)

551 hispanic voters also don't care much for a mincing, prancing little white twink.

--

True, and Trump is definitely going to build on the 30 percent he got from them last time. The illegal immigration crackdown plays a lot better with him than the racist whites in the media think. I saw Van Jones concede as much recently with something along the lines of "that doesn't hurt him as much as people may think."

Posted by: the dandy at February 13, 2020 03:10 PM (bR08X)

552 I took the road less traveled by
And that has made my anal prolapse

Posted by: Mayor Pete at February 13, 2020 03:10 PM (sWM8x)

553 Oh boy, over at DM they have an article showing some of the "diverse" models for Sports Illustrated newest swimsuit edition.

It's...um...something.
Posted by: WisRich at February 13, 2020 03:06 PM (G0vdT)
---------
Boss: Johnson! Subscriptions are down over 50%!

Johnson: On it sir!

Posted by: jhawk90 at February 13, 2020 03:10 PM (/ZYFC)

554 Who wants to be lectured by a constipated midget with delusions of grandeur?
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Tickets Available for Bulwark - The Cuck Whisperer at The Outrage Outlet! at February 13, 2020 03:07 PM (hLRSq)
---------------

We do!

Posted by: The French at February 13, 2020 03:10 PM (QyoQ9)

555 539 Jessie Liu just resigned.

The Reckoning.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 13, 2020 03:09 PM (FypLm)

__________________________

1. You can't be forced to cooperate if a private citizen

2. Lawfare offered a position


Posted by: Orson at February 13, 2020 03:11 PM (AsrPf)

556 A good book would be how different countries rape history in different ways...how they teach/gloss over history to themselves.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at February 13, 2020 03:11 PM (Kd6KP)

557 "Couldn't agree more NGU. What part of CinC does the fucker not understand?"

The inter-agency consensus is opposed to elected officials and their opinions.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Tickets Available for Bulwark - The Cuck Whisperer at The Outrage Outlet! at February 13, 2020 03:11 PM (hLRSq)

558 Careful.

You're gonna get me started on how James Fenimore Cooper's corpse should be dug up and burned along with every copy of everything he ever wrote.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 13, 2020 03:11 PM (FypLm)

559 So if Bernie's going to be shutout and Bloomy won't get it (although I think he really will) who will be the mysterious "consenus candidate" picked by the DNC?; I really don't think it will be Hillary.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 13, 2020 03:11 PM (WI7YS)

560 The plane landed and stopped. He hurried. She would be waiting there for him.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 13, 2020 03:09 PM (Kpl3J)

That is perfect yet creepy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 03:11 PM (cAKts)

561 Call me, Ishmael.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 13, 2020 03:11 PM (pmpob)

562 The plane landed and stopped. He hurried. She would be waiting there for him.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 13, 2020 03:09 PM (Kpl3J)
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Crud, why did "Africa" start playing in my head when I read the first paragraph?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at February 13, 2020 03:12 PM (QyoQ9)

563 from the sidebar

Whoa, what a shock: Some bitter clinger dead-ender NeverTrumper at Hot Air gave The Bulwark its daily link
It's almost as if someone over there is trying to ingratiate himself to another potential employer. Does Salem even care that no one reads this site any longer, thanks largely to the derangement of a single drunk? Does that drunk care about the effect he has on his coworkers' future employment?


I could swear I heard a clip from CNN that also mentioned the Bulwark. Don't quote me, but I think they did. Makes perfect sense

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 13, 2020 03:12 PM (vEIlU)

564 204 190 Anyone want to bet against someone saying "Shut Up" to Mini Mike at the debates?
Posted by: trev006 at February 13, 2020 02:28 PM (vHsIC)
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The chances of that are zero.

He's giving too much money to the DNC and Sanders is a pussy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 13, 2020 02:29 PM

I want to see some Black Lives Matter people try to rush the stage with Bloomberg on it to steal the mic. Bloomberg's security fires a few shots, and the riots begin!

Posted by: Black pill incel at February 13, 2020 03:12 PM (H+ejS)

565 Crud, why did "Africa" start playing in my head when I read the first paragraph?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at February 13, 2020 03:12 PM (QyoQ9)

I'd *fistbump* but am busy looking for auditory mouthwash.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 03:13 PM (cAKts)

566 There is no consensus between the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks, Fen. They have started their own Civil War.

Posted by: tubal at February 13, 2020 03:13 PM (90T4r)

567 Probably apocryphal, but I heard that it was Hemingway (I think) who took up a journalist who, after seeing the length of the books his crowd was churning out, challenged them to tell an entire story in a single sentence.

He did it as "Baby clothes for sale, never used."

And it is indeed an entire, sad story.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2020 03:13 PM (I2dne)

568 > She always seemed to know when her college English lit students hadn't read the material and we're using Cliff notes instead.

A bunch of my classmates got caught using Cliffs Notes. The version of the book we used spelled the main character's name one way, Cliffs notes spelled it a different way. Their writing assignments gave them away.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 13, 2020 03:13 PM (PUl+e)

569 You couldn't even make this up:

A guy who proudly announces that he takes another man's penis into his ass is named, literally named, "Peter Butt..." with some jumbled letters afterward.

And they think an ass-pirate named Peter Butt has a chance of winning a national election?

Posted by: zombie at February 13, 2020 03:13 PM (ySK7x)

570 I also share a lot of my father's tastes - and Shusaku Endo's "Silence" is a fantastic book.

Pynchon was a navy man himself IIRC.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020 03:05 PM (oZ6kz)


Endo's one of my faves. I particularly like "The Sea and Poison" and "Scandal" as well as "Silence".

Have you read Pynchon's "V"? Some of his Navy experience spills into that one.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 13, 2020 03:13 PM (9wmyx)

571 561 Call me, Ishmael.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 13, 2020 03:11 PM (pmpob)

Lol.

Posted by: tubal at February 13, 2020 03:14 PM (90T4r)

572 True, and Trump is definitely going to build on the 30 percent he got from them last time. The illegal immigration crackdown plays a lot better with him than the racist whites in the media think. I saw Van Jones concede as much recently with something along the lines of "that doesn't hurt him as much as people may think."
Posted by: the dandy at February 13, 2020 03:10 PM (bR08X)


The Hispanics I know - legal immigrants all - are pissed about illegal immigration, and fully support efforts to curb it.

Now that's anecdotal, but still ...

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 13, 2020 03:14 PM (pmpob)

573 Posted by: tubal at February 13, 2020 03:13 PM (90T4r)

I agree, but the DNC will pick whichever person they want.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 13, 2020 03:14 PM (WI7YS)

574 I actually just reread Ringo's Troy Rising Series. I realize it is not high literature, but it is the definition of the type of stuff that would get kids interested in reading.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 03:14 PM (cAKts)

575 So - this is a post that does no mention a certain author of the greatest sci-fi/mil book I've ever read.

Let's see how it goes.


Posted by: Shit Happens at February 13, 2020 03:12 PM (fiGNd)


Believe it or not I am just now finishing the book, as we speak. Great book and totally unlike the movie. About the only thing they share is the title.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 03:14 PM (j42ZK)

576 Call me, Ishmael.


Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 13, 2020 03:11 PM (pmpob)


Speaking of Moby Dick's blowhole...

Posted by: IP - Still a dude at February 13, 2020 03:15 PM (w9UC1)

577 So..... who was chasing the white whale....???


James T Kirk..... or Khan ???

Posted by: fixerupper



Technically, both.

Khan is obvious, Kirk less so.

Kirk is understandable only if when know that "White Whale" is what the buxom female aliens from the Epsilon Erindi 5 System are called.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 13, 2020 03:15 PM (FypLm)

578 Naturalfake, seems like you and my father would have been good friends - the books he chose to be buried with were Catch-22, A Confederacy of Dunces, and Gravity's Rainbow.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at February 13, 2020


*
*

Dunces is fun, especially since it's set in the Noo Awlins of my childhood. Toole was the first writer I ever found who actually reproduced the way N'Awlins people talk. Most writers used "chillun" as white and black dialect for "children." Toole wrote "chirren," which is dead-on accurate.

When I read that, I was hooked.

A former member of my writing group, a lady from Nebraska, stated flatly she didn't find the book funny in the least. I stopped listening to her after that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 13, 2020 03:15 PM (Ejm1K)

579 anybody talked to lin-duh?
she was pretty miserable with influenza A yesterday.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 13, 2020 03:16 PM (d7Ww2)

580 Posted by: Tom Servo at February 13, 2020 03:09 PM

Writing that was something that a hundred Morons or more could never have done. Bravo.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 13, 2020 03:16 PM (ejd/p)

581 Nood.

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at February 13, 2020 03:16 PM (nNEcr)

582 I don't remember a single hill that those "thought leader" were willing to die on (over the last 20 years or so that they were around). Except this one: Orange Man Bad.

Posted by: Murrican Ninja War Eeyore at February 13, 2020 03:16 PM (xptlg)

583 NOOD Swallowell

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2020 03:16 PM (I2dne)

584

Trump's campaign needs to do a Groundhog Chuck ad.

How he kills groundhogs. Hates Spring.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 13, 2020 03:16 PM (vEIlU)

585


Moderate Pete Buttjudger.

Hookay.

He might be a guy who is pretending to be a homo to get places. In Oakland Cty MI, the old warhorse L Brooks Patterson has been replaced by a seriously gay weirdo from Ferndale.

It's a thing in the cities to be Super Prog and how better to prove that than by being a weird homo.



Posted by: Rev. Dr. E Buzz Miller, Lesbian at February 13, 2020 03:16 PM (1wQnN)

586 That link to RedState about the NTs is precious.

And I just love seeing Max Boot doing the "ACKSHUALlY, I'm an 'Independent'" shtick.

NT: We're on your side now. Revel in our gravitas and listen to us. We've been loudly defending you as much as much as we've been excoriating Trump!
Brianna Wu, et. al.: LOLGF.

How's their ass taste, NT? Better than ours? Worse? About the same?

Feel free to respond in any manner you wish. It doesn't make a lick of difference to me. I won't be reading, watching or listening to it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2020 02:14 PM (I2dne)

Wanna know who else is an independent, supposedly. Bernie Sanders.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 13, 2020 03:17 PM (eoQWY)

587 Believe it or not I am just now finishing the book, as we speak. Great book and totally unlike the movie. About the only thing they share is the title.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 03:14 PM (j42ZK)
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"The Forever War" is now a movie?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at February 13, 2020 03:17 PM (QyoQ9)

588 liked Siddhartha. Especially the part where he uses the power of patience to become a wicked good gambler.

Worst superpower ever.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 13, 2020 03:06 PM (PUl+e)

He also nuts in a princess or something, so that's cool.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2020 03:18 PM (FOGOI)

589 Oh boy, over at DM they have an article showing some of the "diverse" models for Sports Illustrated newest swimsuit edition.

It's...um...something.
Posted by: WisRich at February 13, 2020 03:06 PM (G0vdT)
..........

Ugly is the new beautiful.

Posted by: wth at February 13, 2020 03:18 PM (v0R5T)

590 Call me, Ishmael.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 13, 2020 03:11 PM (pmpob)

------

Mishmael woulda been funnier....

Posted by: fixerupper at February 13, 2020 03:18 PM (8XRCm)

591 Oh boy, over at DM they have an article showing some of the "diverse" models for Sports Illustrated newest swimsuit edition.

It's...um...something.
Posted by: WisRich
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Boss: Johnson! Subscriptions are down over 50%!

Johnson: On it sir!
Posted by: jhawk90


Pretty sure "johnson on it" is the reason for the decline.

Posted by: mikeski at February 13, 2020 03:18 PM (b0T4N)

592 nood !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 13, 2020 03:19 PM (zlgJP)

593 Well, one mystery is solved. We now know why communism hasn't worked in North Korea.

Bloomberg Asia@BloombergAsia
Kim Jong Un dreamed of turning North Korea into a skiing paradise. Now those plans are melting away due to climate change.

-
But for climate change, the NorKs would be living.large in an utopia of equality and prosperity.

And thanks, Mini Mike, for sharing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 13, 2020 03:19 PM (+y/Ru)

594 The Troy Rising Series is outstanding.

Have been meaning to re-read that.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 13, 2020 03:20 PM (FypLm)

595 "The Forever War" is now a movie?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at February 13, 2020 03:17 PM (QyoQ9)


No, Starship Troopers.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 03:20 PM (j42ZK)

596 For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 13, 2020 03:21 PM (RD7QR)

597 A U.S. Navy warship seized weapons believed to be of Iranian design and manufacture, including more than 150 anti-tank guided missiles and three Iranian surface-to-air missiles, the U.S. military said on Thursday.

In a statement, the U.S. military said the USS Normandy boarded a dhow in the Arabian Sea on Sunday.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 13, 2020 03:21 PM (nRk/c)

598 No, Starship Troopers.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 03:20 PM (j42ZK)
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Crud, a facetious remark doesn't work well on a blog.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at February 13, 2020 03:22 PM (QyoQ9)

599 261 The only thing I feel sorry about for Joe is his devotion to Obama was rewarded by his BFF ignoring his campaign. That's got to hurt.
Posted by: Seems Legit at February 13, 2020 02:34 PM (jUVms)
========

The only reason Joe "The Dipshit" Biden was selected for VP was impeachment insurance. John Boehner said as much when he was spikker of the house.

Posted by: Peter Puffer at February 13, 2020 03:22 PM (JNTt1)

600 For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.
Saddest short story ever written.

Posted by: IP - Still a dude at February 13, 2020 03:22 PM (w9UC1)

601 I'd *fistbump* but am busy looking for auditory mouthwash.



Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 03:13 PM (cAKts)

Here:
https://youtu.be/MH9FyLsfDzw

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 13, 2020 03:25 PM (ufFY8)

602
I just can't keep those two straight.
Posted by: Mother Nature at February 13, 2020 02:25 PM (9vQJW)


Neither can we.

Posted by: Buttigeig and Bookers moms at February 13, 2020 03:27 PM (eYbxr)

603 600 For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.
Saddest short story ever written.
Posted by: IP - Still a dude at February 13, 2020 03:22 PM (w9UC1)

Aye.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 13, 2020 03:31 PM (cAKts)

604 Still Bernie is capping at under a 1/3 of the vote. So we need to keep all the middle lane folks fighting it out for longer, so Bernie can get the nomination.

Posted by: vrf at February 13, 2020 03:33 PM (UjhQr)

605 Crud, a facetious remark doesn't work well on a blog.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at February 13, 2020 03:22 PM (QyoQ9)


It was me blake. I thought you might be joking but wasn't sure. It's all good.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at February 13, 2020 03:47 PM (j42ZK)

606 432 423 404
Remember the South Park where they read Catcher in the Rye?
-----------------------------------------------------------------
I love Cartman's initial enthusiasm before reading the book.

"Whoa, You mean to tell me that this book is the cause of all the mass shootings and inspired someone to kill the King of the hippies????(Lennon) What am I waiting for"

Posted by: theATL at February 13, 2020 03:52 PM (yFgwo)

607
Believing in Bernie's pie-in-the-sky free shit nonsense requires ignorance and stupidity.
I am amazed at how many people in this country don't see what's wrong with his program; it should be clear as day.

I think his campaign was largely waged in the schools for the last two generations. It was pre-fought there by others, and all he has to do now is show up, say something or other, and not piss himself.

Yet another way he's a welfare leech.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 13, 2020 03:55 PM (6L2Vj)

608 Almost all books I read in high school were schlock, and almost all were depressing schlock. The Catcher in the Rye is one of the worst things ever put to paper.

The booger joke near the beginning was good, but it was downhill from there.

Posted by: jwpaine at February 13, 2020 04:02 PM (eYbxr)

609
A guy who proudly announces that he takes another man's penis into his ass is named, literally named, "Peter Butt..." with some jumbled letters afterward.

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I do not think he has spoken about what he does sexually let alone having proudly done so.

Posted by: G at February 13, 2020 04:13 PM (Dhcvl)

610 Sanders knows that the left fantacizes themselves being in a gangvote with lusty socialists.

Posted by: Eromero at February 13, 2020 04:14 PM (UUkQp)

611 Sanders will not be good for America No Bye Bye Bernie

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 13, 2020 04:43 PM (wGqjj)

612 Super Anti-Semitic of you, Ace, to make NPC memes out of these two Jews. As both Boot and Kristol are JEWS, any disparagement of them are super anti-Semitic.

Also, you're parlaying on the Golem myths from Judaism.

It's really really gross.

Posted by: Boot and Kristol are JEWS at February 13, 2020 05:13 PM (D+HKa)

613 Of course, you know all the neo-cons are just liberal Jews that love sending the goy to war in the middle east to fight on behalf of Greater Israel, but you can't say that, can you, you fat little cuck?

Posted by: Boot and Kristol are JEWS at February 13, 2020 05:14 PM (D+HKa)

614 These Never Trumpers remind me of my ex-best friend in middle school. We were both very awkward at that age and had few other friends. Anyway, at one point, he decided that I was holding him back from being popular, so he ended our years-long friendship. But this didn't work. He was still awkward, despite the trendy clothes he bought around the same time. The popular kids didn't think more of him, as he was clearly a poser. Worse, they actually felt bad for me and didn't respect someone who would knife his best friend like that. Anyway, I moved away a couple years later and made a lot of friends at my new school because I had grown out of my awkward phase by then. Last I heard, he was still a loser. These Never Trumpers will never truly be accepted by real liberals, who only are pretending to like them if they are useful to advance their cause. They're losers that neither side respects.

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