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Mid-Morning Art Thread
John Steuart Curry
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Thanatopsis at August 16, 2022 09:30 AM (UDSQC)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 16, 2022 09:30 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Skip's phone at August 16, 2022 09:31 AM (mabrp)
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2022 09:31 AM (BRHaw)
Posted by: JT at August 16, 2022 09:31 AM (T4tVD)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 16, 2022 09:32 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Skip's phone at August 16, 2022 09:32 AM (mabrp)
Looks around
Applies ointment.
Dang. Start the day by saving your soul. Hallelujah!
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 16, 2022 09:32 AM (anj39)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 09:32 AM (qfVDK)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 16, 2022 09:32 AM (aaGzp)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 16, 2022 09:33 AM (BOmIL)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 09:33 AM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 16, 2022 09:33 AM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 16, 2022 09:33 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 16, 2022 09:33 AM (hwoGt)
John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2022 09:33 AM (BRHaw)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 16, 2022 09:34 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: SMOD at August 16, 2022 09:34 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 09:34 AM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 16, 2022 09:34 AM (hwoGt)
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 09:34 AM (Vr12I)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 16, 2022 09:34 AM (906pl)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 16, 2022 09:33 AM (ZGrMX)
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To her credit she didn't chicken out.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 09:35 AM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 16, 2022 09:35 AM (qlZNp)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 09:35 AM (qfVDK)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 16, 2022 09:35 AM (hwoGt)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 16, 2022 09:35 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 09:35 AM (Vr12I)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 16, 2022 09:35 AM (w9Wax)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 16, 2022 09:35 AM (BOmIL)
Posted by: Tuna at August 16, 2022 09:35 AM (gLRfa)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 16, 2022 09:33 AM (ZGrMX)
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To her credit she didn't chicken out.
Posted by: Cicero
That was a fowl joke.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 09:35 AM (qfVDK)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 09:35 AM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: Charles Martel at August 16, 2022 09:36 AM (NILcg)
Posted by: rickb223
Beleive me, you do not want to try the carrot-enhanced chili!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 16, 2022 09:36 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 16, 2022 09:36 AM (3FiQa)
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 09:36 AM (Vr12I)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 09:36 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: She Hobbit
Just outside of Liberal, Kansas in 1932.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 09:36 AM (qfVDK)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 16, 2022 09:33 AM (ZGrMX)
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To her credit she didn't chicken out.
Posted by: Cicero
That was a fowl joke.
Posted by: rickb223 at A
Ian was just winging it!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 16, 2022 09:36 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 09:37 AM (Vr12I)
Posted by: redridinghood at August 16, 2022 09:37 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 16, 2022 09:37 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 16, 2022 09:37 AM (BOmIL)
Just outside of Liberal, Kansas in 1932.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 09:36 AM (qfVDK)
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Probably better than Abilene in 1871.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 16, 2022 09:38 AM (aaGzp)
otherwise, wutz the fucking point ?
Posted by: REDACTED at August 16, 2022 09:38 AM (us2H3)
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This comment is off topic.
I suggest the normal punishment:
Banning. Banning into the sun.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 09:38 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: BignJames at August 16, 2022 09:38 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 16, 2022 09:38 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 09:38 AM (b2nrj)
otherwise, wutz the fucking point ?
Posted by: REDACTED at August 16, 2022 09:38 AM (us2H3)
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"Yeah, I know, right?"
-That creepy, old, fat guy with his finger in his bellybutton
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 09:39 AM (LvTSG)
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Sarah appears to be into counterfeiting.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 16, 2022 09:39 AM (aaGzp)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2022 09:39 AM (BsxTL)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 09:39 AM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 16, 2022 09:39 AM (FVME7)
Just outside of Liberal, Kansas in 1932.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 09:36 AM (qfVDK)
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Probably better than Abilene in 1871.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 16, 2022 09:38 AM (aaGzp)
Or Lawrence, 1856.
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 09:40 AM (Vr12I)
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Sarah appears to be into counterfeiting.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 16, 2022 09:39 AM (aaGzp
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All it takes is gumption and an ink jet printer.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 09:40 AM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 16, 2022 09:40 AM (qlZNp)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2022 09:39 AM (BsxTL)
As a rule, communist tend to hold you under until the bubbles stop!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2022 09:40 AM (BRHaw)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 16, 2022 09:40 AM (BOmIL)
Posted by: andycanuck
Most are just laying an egg. Myself included.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 09:40 AM (qfVDK)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at August 16, 2022 09:40 AM (3Or4S)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2022 09:39 AM (BsxTL)
It does have a little of that vibe.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 16, 2022 09:41 AM (EYMuX)
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 09:40 AM (Vr12I)
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1863 wasn't too good, either.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 16, 2022 09:41 AM (aaGzp)
Posted by: REDACTED at August 16, 2022 09:41 AM (us2H3)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 09:41 AM (qfVDK)
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 09:42 AM (e+yf1)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 16, 2022 09:42 AM (BOmIL)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 16, 2022 09:43 AM (RkC6l)
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 09:43 AM (e+yf1)
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 16, 2022 09:43 AM (qlZNp)
otherwise, wutz the fucking point ?
Posted by: REDACTED at August 16, 2022 09:38 AM (us2H3)
Uhh, nude baptisms? I'll pass.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 16, 2022 09:43 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Roy at August 16, 2022 09:43 AM (NMQ+T)
A different baptism than that of a baptism of confession of faith done in the name of the Triune God.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 16, 2022 09:44 AM (BjGT6)
Posted by: sidney at August 16, 2022 09:44 AM (Uy/WF)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 09:44 AM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: REDACTED at August 16, 2022 09:44 AM (us2H3)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 16, 2022 09:44 AM (QSjkU)
Posted by: Preacher Bob at August 16, 2022 09:45 AM (3Or4S)
Posted by: Cicero
Totally upset Sister Bertha-Better-Than-You.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 09:45 AM (qfVDK)
Posted by: sidney at August 16, 2022 09:44 AM (Uy/WF)
There's some men in the line wearing the same white robes it seems.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 09:45 AM (b2nrj)
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 09:46 AM (sH61M)
Posted by: sidney at August 16, 2022 09:44 AM (Uy/WF)
In our Baptist church, both men and women wear white robes over shorts and a t-shirt.
Posted by: Kris at August 16, 2022 09:46 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 16, 2022 09:46 AM (yikp0)
Oh sinners, let's go down, come on down. Oh, sinners, let's go down. Down in the river to pray.
Come on in friends, the water's fine!
Posted by: Archer at August 16, 2022 09:46 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 16, 2022 09:47 AM (bs+z0)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 16, 2022 09:44 AM (QSjkU)
A tank is a nice substitute when the nearest body of water is frozen over in January.
Posted by: Kris at August 16, 2022 09:47 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 16, 2022 09:47 AM (QSjkU)
Posted by: Farmer Brown at August 16, 2022 09:47 AM (IxVKZ)
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 16, 2022 09:47 AM (qlZNp)
Posted by: Kris at August 16, 2022 09:47 AM (OyyDO)
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The solution is that we should all live in and around Jerusalem.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 09:48 AM (LvTSG)
Oh sinners, let's go down, come on down. Oh, sinners, let's go down. Down in the river to pray.
Come on in friends, the water's fine!
Posted by: Archer at August 16, 2022 09:46 AM (gmo/4)
"She turned him into a toad!!"
Posted by: Kris at August 16, 2022 09:48 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 16, 2022 09:48 AM (3FiQa)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 16, 2022 09:44 AM (QSjkU)
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You got dunked in the River Jordan?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 09:48 AM (XG2Fi)
Come on in friends, the water's fine!
Posted by: Archer at August 16, 2022 09:46 AM (gmo/4)
"She turned him into a toad!!"
Posted by: Kris at August 16, 2022 09:48 AM (OyyDO)
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Just avoid John Goodman.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 09:48 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 16, 2022 09:48 AM (yikp0)
Any Pot In a Storm - a limeriick
There once was a preacher named Potter
Who wanted to baptize his daughter
But nobody wins
When you wash away sins
In a horse trough with knee-deep water
Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2022 09:49 AM (kXYt5)
Posted by: Kris at August 16, 2022 09:47 AM (OyyDO)
When being Baptized in ice water it is a nice statement of commitment.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 16, 2022 09:49 AM (QSjkU)
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That or Lizard Lick, NC.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 16, 2022 09:49 AM (3FiQa)
Posted by: Kris at August 16, 2022 09:48 AM (OyyDO)
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Hah! I loved that movie.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 09:49 AM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at August 16, 2022 09:49 AM (3Or4S)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 09:48 AM (XG2Fi)
If you're a resident of the Ohio Valley, and get dunked in the Ohio River, you better damn well be Jesus or you won't survive it for long.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 09:49 AM (sH61M)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 16, 2022 09:49 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Zombie Frank Zappa at August 16, 2022 09:49 AM (oTZbj)
Hah! I loved that movie.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 09:49 AM (XG2Fi)
Love the music
Posted by: It's me donna at August 16, 2022 09:49 AM (bs+z0)
Posted by: sidney at August 16, 2022 09:44 AM (Uy/WF)
In our Baptist church, both men and women wear white robes over shorts and a t-shirt.
Posted by: Kris at August 16, 2022 09:46 AM (OyyDO)
Same here. We have the ub behind the pulpit and stage in the sanctuary. We also do outdoor baptisms in a local lake - in January, not so much.
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 09:50 AM (Vr12I)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 16, 2022 09:51 AM (4haGp)
https://tinyurl.com/4tc7v8zz
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 16, 2022 09:51 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 16, 2022 09:43 AM (RkC6l)
With or without the gimp!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2022 09:51 AM (BRHaw)
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 09:50 AM (Vr12I)
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You do an outdoor dunking in January with a heart condition and you might meet Jesus sooner than you expected.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 09:51 AM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 16, 2022 09:51 AM (Y5qcH)
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 09:52 AM (Vr12I)
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2022 09:53 AM (BRHaw)
Posted by: Preacher Bob
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Well, Since You Asked - a limerick
As a youth I did poorly at school
I couldn't learn all the spelling rules
But it really made no sense
When my gym coach, Mr. Spence
Tried to tell me that there's no 'p' in 'pool!
Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2022 09:53 AM (kXYt5)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
The head of the movement.
Posted by: davidt at August 16, 2022 09:53 AM (oTZbj)
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2022 09:53 AM (BRHaw)
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But pulling Brennan's security clearance was an attack on democracy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 09:53 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 16, 2022 09:54 AM (m7R0k)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 16, 2022 09:54 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: White Horse at August 16, 2022 09:55 AM (us2H3)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 09:55 AM (qfVDK)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 16, 2022 09:55 AM (QSjkU)
Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2022 09:53 AM (kXYt5)
Talk about your REAL trouble in River City.....
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 16, 2022 09:55 AM (906pl)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swOLCLrqBn8
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 16, 2022 09:55 AM (QSjkU)
My favorite is the one done by the Muses.
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 09:56 AM (Vr12I)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 09:56 AM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 16, 2022 09:56 AM (EYMuX)
WH: U.S. In “Stronger Position” One Year After Biden’s Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 16, 2022 09:56 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2022 09:56 AM (kXYt5)
But you can't take away foreigners right to enter the country. That would be racist or something.
Ponder what that asshole is saying. Brennan is telling us its not our right to leave the country, or come back once we have. Its 1865 boiled down to the individual level. Outstanding.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 09:56 AM (sH61M)
Posted by: REDACTED at August 16, 2022 09:56 AM (us2H3)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 16, 2022 09:51 AM (Y5qcH)
I read that as John Brown wtf?
Posted by: BignJames at August 16, 2022 09:57 AM (AwYPR)
WH: U.S. In “Stronger Position” One Year After Biden’s Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal
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Imma guessing the nepot grift is better in Ukraine than Afghanistan.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 16, 2022 09:57 AM (3FiQa)
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 09:57 AM (sH61M)
Posted by: BignJames at August 16, 2022 09:58 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: PabloD at August 16, 2022 09:58 AM (TSfbz)
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 09:56 AM (sH61M)
Inability to enter or leave a country is rather different from territorial ownership.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 09:58 AM (b2nrj)
Posted by: Kris at August 16, 2022 09:59 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 16, 2022 09:59 AM (3FiQa)
Posted by: Alec Baldwin at August 16, 2022 09:59 AM (WHt4f)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 16, 2022 10:00 AM (4dUTo)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 16, 2022 10:00 AM (fs1hN)
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 09:57 AM (sH61M)
Exactly.
Posted by: Kris at August 16, 2022 09:59 AM (OyyDO)
Yeah. Could not have said it better myself.
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 10:00 AM (Vr12I)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 16, 2022 10:00 AM (RkC6l)
At least they aren't running around like a bunch of Kansas City faggots.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 16, 2022 10:00 AM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 16, 2022 10:00 AM (m7R0k)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 16, 2022 10:01 AM (ufFY8)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 16, 2022 10:01 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 16, 2022 10:01 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 16, 2022 10:01 AM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Skip's phone at August 16, 2022 10:01 AM (mabrp)
Posted by: rhennigantx
The Criminal Traitor says stuff.
Posted by: Puddleglum at August 16, 2022 10:01 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 09:57 AM (sH61M)
Exactly.
Posted by: Kris at August 16, 2022 09:59 AM (OyyDO)
Yeah. Could not have said it better myself.
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 10:00 AM (Vr12I)
But what's the short version?
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 16, 2022 10:01 AM (906pl)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 16, 2022 10:02 AM (LsEU/)
Posted by: Farmer Brown at August 16, 2022 10:02 AM (IxVKZ)
A no.1: Oh, save me from the Presbyterians!
Would Hang.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 16, 2022 10:03 AM (X/UGK)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 16, 2022 10:03 AM (45fpk)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 16, 2022 10:03 AM (m7R0k)
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 09:57 AM (sH61M)
Exactly.
Posted by: Kris at August 16, 2022 09:59 AM (OyyDO)
Yeah. Could not have said it better myself.
Posted by: kraken
*********
^^^^^
THIS X 1000
Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2022 10:04 AM (kXYt5)
Posted by: rhennigantx
The Criminal Traitor says stuff.
Posted by: Puddleglum at August 16, 2022 10:01 AM (sAmhv)
Would Hang
Posted by: Beartooth at August 16, 2022 10:04 AM (MujTL)
John Steuart Curry? I have to admit I've never seen it spelled that way.
Just came back from having blood drawn at the nearby clinic. No signs up about face diapers, but as I'm checking in the girl goes, "Do you have a mask?"
I said firmly, "No," and nothing more. Though I was ready to point out that the signs on their outside doors only insist on the face stuff if you have symptoms.
When I left, I saw they had dug up the old "Masks Required" sign and put it on the counter.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 16, 2022 10:04 AM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2022 09:56 AM
*golf clap*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 16, 2022 10:04 AM (RkC6l)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 16, 2022 10:03 AM (45fpk)
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Line on the left, one cross each.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 10:04 AM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: Nearsighted Cyclopes at August 16, 2022 10:04 AM (PbwT0)
Now imagine if Trump had made that claim.
I want these bastards to die. Slowly and painfully.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 10:05 AM (e+yf1)
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 16, 2022 09:59 AM (3FiQa)
Other countries have borders.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 10:05 AM (b2nrj)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 10:05 AM (XG2Fi)
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Not much just a mooodicum.
Posted by: andycanuck
That is an udderly ridiculous pun.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 10:05 AM (qfVDK)
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 16, 2022 09:59 AM (3FiQa)
Other countries have borders.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 10:05 AM (b2nrj)
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Europe has borders?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:05 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 16, 2022 10:06 AM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 09:58 AM (b2nrj)
In 1865, Lincoln told the Confederacy that, as a group, they would always be part of the Union no matter what. They had no right to political self-determination.
John Brennan just extended that same philosophy down to the individual. You can only leave, as an individual, if the Union says you can.
It's different only in scope.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:06 AM (sH61M)
Posted by: REDACTED at August 16, 2022 10:06 AM (us2H3)
Posted by: Dr_No at August 16, 2022 10:06 AM (mu5GU)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 16, 2022 10:06 AM (m7R0k)
Posted by: grammie winger
Was the water filthy afterwards ?
Hiya Grammie !
Posted by: JT at August 16, 2022 10:07 AM (T4tVD)
Posted by: Kris
I once attended a baptism at some monster non-denominational church and one of the baptisee's had on a Che' t-shirt.
Never went back.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 16, 2022 10:07 AM (LsEU/)
Wife: "I'm soaking in a milk bath."
Husband: "Is iit pasteurized?"
Wife: "No, just barely up to my knees."
Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2022 10:07 AM (kXYt5)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 16, 2022 10:07 AM (45fpk)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 16, 2022 10:07 AM (s7Nnc)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 16, 2022 10:08 AM (J2vNu)
Based on data from Johns Hopkins University, on April 26th they had 33,531 cases which decreased to 18,023 by May 12. Then on May 30, the cases dropped to just under 600 cases a day. Again, we are talking about a state with 231 million people performing massive testing. Only 600 cases a day. While the rest of India was still raging with Delta.
https://tinyurl.com/24bmwf9s
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2022 10:08 AM (BRHaw)
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Cud you explain that one to me? I'm a little slow.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 16, 2022 10:08 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 16, 2022 10:08 AM (ufFY8)
I'll never get near the pearlies
Posted by: REDACTED
Ya niver know......
Posted by: JT at August 16, 2022 10:08 AM (T4tVD)
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Not much just a mooodicum.
Posted by: andycanuck
That is an udderly ridiculous pun.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 10:05 AM (qfVDK)
Time to steer away from the puns.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 16, 2022 10:08 AM (EYMuX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 16, 2022
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Those Stools and Naugahydes are the worst.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 16, 2022 10:08 AM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 10:05 AM (b2nrj)
Having a passport doesn't mean another country will accept it, or allow you entry.
John Brennan just went an additional step. He just said it's the Government's right to deny you the opportunity. He just said the Government has the right to deny you the chance to emigrate.
That should make supporters of Lincoln very, very happy.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:09 AM (sH61M)
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Would wearing a tribute to a mass murderer counteract the effect of the dunking? I leave that question to the theologically inclined.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 10:09 AM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 16, 2022 10:09 AM (IXpV7)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 16, 2022 10:03 AM (45fpk)
Must have been a "hot time in the old town tonight" nine months previous.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at August 16, 2022 10:09 AM (wTP6A)
Posted by: Kris
White Tshirt under my robe. I was 11, so I guess it didn't matter so much.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 16, 2022 10:09 AM (45fpk)
In 1865, Lincoln told the Confederacy that, as a group, they would always be part of the Union no matter what. They had no right to political self-determination.
John Brennan just extended that same philosophy down to the individual. You can only leave, as an individual, if the Union says you can.
It's different only in scope.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:06 AM (sH61M)
So was the Louisiana Purchase in the same vein as people were already living in the territory? Articles of Confederacy established the perpetuity of the union explicitly and would apply at least to the original 13.
Nobody in the Confederacy was prohibited from leaving the Union. They weren't able to take the land and establish a new state. Acquisition or defense of territory is not innately oppressive or an infringement of individual rights, though that can occur.
There are no countries that allow you as an individual to stake out land and declare it your own country.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 10:10 AM (b2nrj)
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at August 16, 2022 10:09 AM (wTP6A)
LOL - no babies.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 16, 2022 10:10 AM (45fpk)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 10:10 AM (dNqv+)
Posted by: grammie winger at August 16, 2022 10:09 AM (45fpk)
In my church, you had to be 16. They changed that recently tho.
Posted by: Kris at August 16, 2022 10:11 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 10:11 AM (dNqv+)
The Washington Post
Liz Cheney’s political life is likely ending — and just beginning
Paul Kane - Yesterday 5:00 AM
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2022 10:12 AM (BRHaw)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 16, 2022 10:08 AM (ufFY
My pastor holds Bears fans down just a tad longer.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 16, 2022 10:12 AM (45fpk)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 10:05 AM (b2nrj)
Having a passport doesn't mean another country will accept it, or allow you entry.
John Brennan just went an additional step. He just said it's the Government's right to deny you the opportunity. He just said the Government has the right to deny you the chance to emigrate.
That should make supporters of Lincoln very, very happy.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:09 AM (sH61M)
Then even the Confederacy supports Lincoln, as there's no way they'd subscribe to a notion that anyone living in their territory can split off with the land. The only people not allowed to emigrate were slaves.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 10:12 AM (b2nrj)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 16, 2022 10:12 AM (63Dwl)
Fabulous. Folks - you don't own your own land. You aren't politically free. If enough of you, collectively, desire freedom ? Tough shit.
And Someguy approves. I'll assume you'll approve of every other central state that asserts, through force of arms, that political independence for any sub-group is simply not allowed.
Just own it. And be consistent.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:13 AM (sH61M)
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:09 AM (sH61M)
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Snort.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 16, 2022 10:13 AM (3FiQa)
Posted by: Squid at August 16, 2022 10:13 AM (UW/aR)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2022 10:13 AM (BsxTL)
You kids be good.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 16, 2022 10:13 AM (4haGp)
I'll never get near the pearlies
Posted by: REDACTED
Ya niver know......
Posted by: JT at August 16, 2022 10:08 AM (T4tVD)
He's got the receipts
Posted by: REDACTED at August 16, 2022 10:13 AM (us2H3)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 16, 2022 10:14 AM (m7R0k)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 16, 2022 09:33 AM (ZGrMX)
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Then comes the egg wash and 11 secret herbs and spices (Better known as Chicken Seasoning).
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 16, 2022 10:14 AM (3FiQa)
And Someguy approves. I'll assume you'll approve of every other central state that asserts, through force of arms, that political independence for any sub-group is simply not allowed.
Just own it. And be consistent.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:13 AM (sH61M)
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I'm sorry we don't live in a libertarian paradise.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:15 AM (LvTSG)
All that sin sent down the drain.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt
Time to use a healthy amount of Sin Out.
Gets rid of those pesky sin rings around the drain.
Sin Out - Part of the Proctor & Gamble Family
Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 10:15 AM (qfVDK)
And Someguy approves. I'll assume you'll approve of every other central state that asserts, through force of arms, that political independence for any sub-group is simply not allowed.
Just own it. And be consistent.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:13 AM (sH61M)
Yes, having a country is a question of force of arms. I'm completely consistent about this. It is an absurdity(and hypocritical) to pretend otherwise, no polity has ever existed that endorses the ability of anybody to take their land. If enough people collectively desire to establish their own state, they will have to do more than bitch and moan about how it's not fair.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 10:16 AM (b2nrj)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 09:56 AM (XG2Fi)
Would be nice if he passed out letters of marque and reprisals like candy on halloween.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 16, 2022 10:16 AM (VwHCD)
I want consistency. This group here will support, reflexively, political independence for just about anybody.
Except the South in 1865. Fine. Own it. And be consistent.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:16 AM (sH61M)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 10:16 AM (b2nrj)
And all on the power company's dime.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 16, 2022 10:17 AM (4dUTo)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 16, 2022 10:09 AM (XG2Fi)
Baptism is a waste of time for unrepentant lovers of evil.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 16, 2022 10:17 AM (QSjkU)
A new peer-reviewed study from Iceland says the more vax shots you get, the more likely you are to get Covid.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 16, 2022 10:17 AM (ZGrMX)
Would be nice if he passed out letters of marque and reprisals like candy on halloween
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A bounty on ears would be faster.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 16, 2022 10:17 AM (3FiQa)
You just outlined it. The slaves, apparently, didn't deserve political freedom, unless they took it via force of arms.
Fine. By your logic, I reckon Brennan really is correct. So be it. As I said earlier, I'm sure supporters of Lincoln are thrilled at his statement.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:18 AM (sH61M)
Except the South in 1865. Fine. Own it. And be consistent.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:16 AM (sH61M)
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The South decided to leave once the North had enough of them being forced to do the South's work in returning runaway slaves. The Fugitive Slave Act was anything but libertarian, respective of states rights, or just, and the South demanded it of the whole country, denying the northern states the right to govern their own people and laws as they say fit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:18 AM (LvTSG)
I want consistency. This group here will support, reflexively, political independence for just about anybody.
Except the South in 1865. Fine. Own it. And be consistent.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:16 AM (sH61M)
Self-determination tends to be inherently contradictory as a justification because people are not unanimous. The American Revolution didn't establish a country populated by people wholly in favor of separation from Britain. There were pro-British people living here.
Both Russia and Ukraine are arguing for self-determination in their current conflict.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 10:18 AM (b2nrj)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 10:12 AM (b2nrj)
The Free State of Jones County was an example of that. The movie wasn't quite the whole story, but they were pissed off about the Confederacy drafting people, so after the Confederacy seceded from the Union, they seceded from the Confederacy. Fisticuffs ensued.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 16, 2022 10:19 AM (trdmm)
Posted by: Cicero
You'll know when the water boils.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 10:19 AM (e+yf1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 16, 2022 10:19 AM (s7Nnc)
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A bounty on ears would be faster.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 16, 2022 10:17 AM (3FiQa)
Foreskins for the win.
Posted by: King David at August 16, 2022 10:19 AM (AiZBA)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 16, 2022 10:19 AM (QSjkU)
Oh, there'll be a list. And there will be wrath.
But Trump is never going to be POTUS again. And whomever in the GOP manages to overcome the steal won't do jack shit.
Because executing or even jailing enemies of the state is not who we are.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 16, 2022 10:20 AM (AW0uW)
How does one catch Covid? Because I haven't been able to. I'm feeling a little left out here.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 10:20 AM (qfVDK)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead!
Someone tell WV.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 10:20 AM (e+yf1)
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The Crazy Quakers started this with their Theeing and Thouing and guessing What Would Jesus Do. If you haven't noticed we're there again.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 16, 2022 10:20 AM (3FiQa)
Posted by: Yoda at August 16, 2022 10:20 AM (oTZbj)
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Have you seen any kind of jump in sales of The Stuff that Dreams are Made of since Sarah Hoyt highlighted the book?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:20 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 16, 2022 10:20 AM (yikp0)
Then Brennan is entirely correct. Nobody should be bothered in the slightest. Who can leave, and who can not, is wholly the prerogative of the Federal Government apparently.
I'm wrong to be bothered by it. All the adults in the room should be thrilled.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:20 AM (sH61M)
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Unlikely, but would be a total hoot!
Posted by: mustbequantum at August 16, 2022 10:20 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: rhennigantx
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Not that Brennan cares about the law, but Kent v. Dulles specifically denies that being able to have a passport is a privilege but rather it recognizes the right to travel, exit the country, and come back is a protected under the 5th Amendment as a liberty right.
In addition, viewpoint discrimination is an unlawful curtailment of the 1st Amendment.
Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 10:21 AM (CXr4y)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 10:20 AM (qfVDK)
Hang around with someone who is fully vaxxed. Worked for me.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 16, 2022 10:21 AM (QSjkU)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 16, 2022 09:54 AM (yikp0)
There are, but COVID shut them down.
The big event in Buffalo is out by Woodlawn Beach, usually in February.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 16, 2022 10:21 AM (BgMrQ)
How does one catch Covid? Because I haven't been able to. I'm feeling a little left out here.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 10:20 AM (qfVDK)
I tried to tell her that wearing a fishnet mask wasn't a good idea...
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2022 10:21 AM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Minuteman at August 16, 2022 10:21 AM (LaNzR)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 16, 2022 10:22 AM (mL4hc)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 16, 2022 10:22 AM (trdmm)
It's gonna be weird. Articles where every comment is "Dem Prez iz muh hero" and "Yass Kween Slay this Current Thing!" and there will still be trolls jabbering away.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 16, 2022 10:22 AM (IXpV7)
#IEAmazonWorkers
@ieamazonworkers
Amid record-breaking profits since the start of the #pandemic, @Amazon has been expanding its logistics network. This includes air freight fulfillment centers like KSBD.
It has been using those profits to expand, you dunce.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 16, 2022 10:22 AM (hwoGt)
Then Brennan is entirely correct. Nobody should be bothered in the slightest. Who can leave, and who can not, is wholly the prerogative of the Federal Government apparently.
I'm wrong to be bothered by it. All the adults in the room should be thrilled.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:20 AM (sH61M)
It is the prerogative of who wins, and that hasn't been determined yet. The existing arrangement is breaking down as the state infringes upon long-held rights. Using the American Revolution as an example, there wasn't much reason to revolt until the Crown started imposing upon the colonies.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 10:22 AM (b2nrj)
Did she post about having mild symptoms, and being grateful for being vaccinated and boosted and Pfizer is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful corporation she's ever known in her life?
Posted by: spindrift at August 16, 2022 10:22 AM (h5TKJ)
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POS Brennan is prepping battlespace for when 'deplorables' start having their passports seized at airports and border crossings. The media will fall in line with the new talking points about how this is fine.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 16, 2022 10:23 AM (fs1hN)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 16, 2022 10:22 AM (trdmm)
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whig is one of our best commenters. I am one of the worst.
The rest of y'all are somewhere in between.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:23 AM (LvTSG)
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Morons. Yes, the government can take it back but only after due process and by the proper agency. The U.S. Forestry Agency can't take your passport. Border Patrol and ICE can take it on the spot.
The FBI can't take it -- especially if they need a warrant as part of a criminal investigation. It has to be noted in the warrant.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 16, 2022 10:23 AM (lf83v)
How does one catch Covid? Because I haven't been able to. I'm feeling a little left out here.
_________
I never caught it either.
Of course, I significantly reduced my chances of catching it by refusing to get the "vaccines" . . . .
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at August 16, 2022 10:24 AM (MvHI3)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:20 AM (LvTSG)
Not that I can tell. I did send her a thank-you note, since she didn't need to put me on her blog; she could have just sent a private e-mail.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 16, 2022 10:24 AM (AW0uW)
Old agnostic me would hang -- unironically.
(I'm a Midwesterner through and through.)
Posted by: mustbequantum at August 16, 2022 10:24 AM (MIKMs)
-Declaration of Independence
IE don't overthrow the government for trivial reasons (because war sucks) but there comes a time when it is necessary.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 10:24 AM (b2nrj)
Posted by: Lost I;n Space at August 16, 2022 10:24 AM (FF+On)
The CIA is the last organization on Earth that I would consult on Constitutional rights. Their entire MO has been to do whatever they want to anybody any time they want.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 16, 2022 10:24 AM (UuD2k)
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 10:24 AM (e+yf1)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 16, 2022 10:24 AM (AW0uW)
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She included The Sharp Kid in one of her things but didn't highlight it specifically with praise like she did yours. I didn't see any bump either, but my entry was less impressive than yours.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:25 AM (LvTSG)
Anyone can walk across the border whenever they want, unless there's a guard standing right there. What a passport does is give you the protection of the US Government while you're physically in the jurisdiction of another's. As Whig pointed out, under our law it is *not* a privilege but a right, so Brennan was wrong.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 16, 2022 10:25 AM (trdmm)
Posted by: REDACTED at August 16, 2022 10:25 AM (us2H3)
Then I'll assume you simply approve of all the winners. After all, winning is right, and right is winning. That's what you're telling me. If the Confederacy had won, you'd be equally thrilled.
If we're "entitled" to a passport depends upon whether we can take them. Frankly, its a viewpoint I can get behind. Clears up a lot of legal clutter in between. We don't even disagree. Might makes right. I dig it.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:25 AM (sH61M)
The rest of y'all are somewhere in between.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:23 AM (LvTSG)
I don't know who our most joyful commenter is, but I know I'm one of the most depressing.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 16, 2022 10:25 AM (AW0uW)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 16, 2022 10:26 AM (hwoGt)
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Spence's Manitoba Republic, Canada. [1:03-minute animation]
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=dOhw17nHNd4
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 16, 2022 10:26 AM (yikp0)
And all on the power company's dime.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 16, 2022 10:17 AM (4dUTo)
A Manitoba maple...what's that?
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 16, 2022 10:26 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 16, 2022 10:25 AM (AW0uW)
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You provide polemic and strong wordplay. Definitely above me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:26 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 16, 2022 10:26 AM (hwoGt)
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Ron Paul, is that you?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:26 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 16, 2022 10:27 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 16, 2022 10:27 AM (UuD2k)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 16, 2022 10:27 AM (hwoGt)
Posted by: davidt at August 16, 2022 10:28 AM (oTZbj)
Posted by: Lost I;n Space at August 16, 2022 10:24 AM (FF+On)
I agree, good points all. In most of the rural South, public baptisms were done in rivers and ponds; but those kinds of things are a bit hard to come by in Kansas and the rest of the plains, so this what became traditional there.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 16, 2022 10:28 AM (trdmm)
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Is there an award for a commenter that types the most comments, but doesn't post them? I might be a candidate.
Unfortunately, I do post some of them.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 16, 2022 10:28 AM (fs1hN)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2022 10:29 AM (BsxTL)
Imagine a doggy door that only swings in, but not out. Or one of those humane traps.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:29 AM (sH61M)
Posted by: REDACTED at August 16, 2022 10:29 AM (us2H3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 10:29 AM (dNqv+)
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The US has no authority in another jurisdiction. You get no protection from the embassy.
If you are arrested, the embassy staff will visit you and wish you good luck.
Posted by: Not really at August 16, 2022 10:29 AM (9FBGz)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 16, 2022 10:29 AM (yikp0)
If we're "entitled" to a passport depends upon whether we can take them. Frankly, its a viewpoint I can get behind. Clears up a lot of legal clutter in between. We don't even disagree. Might makes right. I dig it.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:25 AM (sH61M)
You're mixing the question of 'who should win' with 'what does winning mean'. If the king of France conquers Italy, he now rules Italy. He then holds authority in Italy.
Countries are established and maintained by force. Government is the monopoly on force in a region. There is not a moral principle that says "Germany shall exist as an autonomous and unified state". It merely does or does not. We were not especially entitled to the land we took from Mexico, but is the US's now and we would defend it.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 10:29 AM (b2nrj)
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 16, 2022 10:26 AM (BgMrQ)
aka Box Elder. They get to maybe 40 feet tall, and then split or fall down.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 16, 2022 10:29 AM (4dUTo)
If you are arrested, the embassy staff will visit you and wish you good luck.
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Now you tell me.
Posted by: Brittany Griner at August 16, 2022 10:30 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 16, 2022 10:30 AM (44ww/)
Not much on the 2A, eh ? Why would you be ? Government is the monopoly, after all, on force in a region.
Keep talking. I insist.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:31 AM (sH61M)
Posted by: davidt at August 16, 2022 10:28 AM (oTZbj)
An appropriate response...
***three rips of the bandsaw***
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 16, 2022 10:31 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 16, 2022 10:24 AM (UuD2k)
Any established bureaucracy eventually becomes a power unto itself. That goes all the way back to the Romans.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 10:31 AM (dNqv+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 16, 2022 10:29 AM (4dUTo)
Thanks for that...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 16, 2022 10:31 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 16, 2022 10:27 AM (lf83v)
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It was more like a home made beer koozie. Summer camp project
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 16, 2022 10:31 AM (flINI)
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The test so nice, you have to run it twice.
"I don't care how many PCR cycles you have to run, just get me a positive f*cking test! Don't you know who I AM!!?" Dr. Jill, probably
Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2022 10:31 AM (kXYt5)
But, the right to travel is deeply rooted all the way back to the Magna Carta which allowed free men to travel in and out as well as across the kingdom under the law of the land (a term of art referring to the ancient rights of Anglo Saxons predating the Norman conquest).
Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 10:32 AM (CXr4y)
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 10:32 AM (Vr12I)
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:25 AM (sH61M)
Might has always made right, that's one of the hard cold facts of the world that we wish was different, but it isn't. So the lifelong task for every man and woman is how to accumulate enough might between yourself and like minded people so that you can ensure that right will be done. Because our enemies have no illusions about how they are achieving power.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 16, 2022 10:32 AM (trdmm)
"I don't care how many PCR cycles you have to run, just get me a positive f*cking test! Don't you know who I AM!!?" Dr. Jill, probably
Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2022 10:31 AM (kXYt5)
"Doctor, heal thyself!" - Whoopi Goldberg, probably
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2022 10:32 AM (KbCG3)
Not much on the 2A, eh ? Why would you be ? Government is the monopoly, after all, on force in a region.
Keep talking. I insist.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:31 AM (sH61M)
Think over it more carefully. You can't go around shooting whom you please without repercussion.
There are no half-measures when it comes to using the 2A to overthrow the state, but that is why it exists.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 10:33 AM (b2nrj)
You know, like on a virtual PC so you can follow without getting hacked or viruses.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 16, 2022 10:33 AM (Zf0+a)
Stock tanks are some of the filthiest places on a cattle farm. Utterly disgusting. Cows puking shit in it. The rich fertilizer source leads to heavy algae overgrowth. Frequently contaminated with giardia or cryptosporidium from wild animals using it.
Baptism by shit.
Posted by: Farmer Smith at August 16, 2022 10:33 AM (ZS6b7)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 10:34 AM (b2nrj)
Posted by: Kansas at August 16, 2022 10:34 AM (ESjRY)
Do we have any Horde legal eagles who know whether that is correct as a matter of law? Can the feral gov't actually deny you a passport if you meet all the stated qualifications?
Posted by: Oddbob at August 16, 2022 10:34 AM (nfrXX)
https://tinyurl.com/5dbhuw9p
I think it is better close up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 10:34 AM (dNqv+)
Do we have any Horde legal eagles who know whether that is correct as a matter of law? Can the feral gov't actually deny you a passport if you meet all the stated qualifications?
Posted by: Oddbob at August 16, 2022 10:34 AM (nfrXX)
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whig at 234.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:34 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
Sealand. Nice country if you can keep it. I think Peter Thiel decided that buying off the NZ government was cheaper.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 10:34 AM (e+yf1)
@samstein
NEW -- Why Donald Trump's declassification claim might not be that outlandish
politico.com/news/2022/08/15…
Posted by: JackStraw at August 16, 2022 10:35 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 10:35 AM (b2nrj)
You know, like on a virtual PC so you can follow without getting hacked or viruses.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 16, 2022 10:33 AM (Zf0+a)
Never really wanted to work from home.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 10:35 AM (dNqv+)
@samstein
NEW -- Why Donald Trump's declassification claim might not be that outlandish
politico.com/news/2022/08/15…
Posted by: JackStraw at August 16, 2022 10:35 AM (ZLI7S)
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"Presidents don't have power to declassify anything until a low-level staffer in the archives gets around to approving it."
-In the Constitution, but don't look it up
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:35 AM (LvTSG)
Once and a while someone would ask for my passport for ID. When I said I didn't have one, they didn't know what to do and just moved on.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 16, 2022 10:35 AM (UuD2k)
The NZ government won't stay bought. Jacinda Ardern is the ringleader of the WEF-owned heads of state gang.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 16, 2022 10:36 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 16, 2022 10:36 AM (trdmm)
Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2022 10:31 AM (kXYt5)
"Doctor, heal thyself!" - Whoopi Goldberg, probably
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 16, 2022 10:32 AM (KbCG3
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Just adds to her bone fides for when she becomes Surgeon General
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 16, 2022 10:36 AM (flINI)
Thanks Woodrow Wilson.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 16, 2022 10:37 AM (s7Nnc)
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 10:37 AM (e+yf1)
What do you say to somebody who says maybe you’re as partisan as anybody else, that this is your vision, but maybe the will of the people is to have these more conservative judges?
Except we know that that isn’t the will of the people. The overwhelming majority disagree with the court’s restrictions on firearm safety. The overwhelming majority wanted Roe v. Wade, or something like it, to stay in place. It is not the will of the people. And many of these justices were nominated by presidents who lost the popular vote by a very large number, and they are confirmed by senators who collectively represent a distinct minority of the American electorate. So this is neither the will of the people nor the traditional, at least ideal, function of the court as a check of majoritarian tyranny. It’s not checking tyranny. It’s installing the tyranny of the minority
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 16, 2022 10:37 AM (hwoGt)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 16, 2022 10:36 AM (trdmm)
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Someone is going to have a monopoly on force.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:37 AM (LvTSG)
It's an old troll...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 16, 2022 10:37 AM (XIJ/X)
Posted by: weew at August 16, 2022 10:37 AM (+m+uH)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 16, 2022 10:29 AM (4dUTo)
Hmmm...kinda' like a Bradford Pear?
Posted by: BignJames at August 16, 2022 10:37 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Lost In Space
I agree, good points all. In most of the rural South, public baptisms were done in rivers and ponds; but those kinds of things are a bit hard to come by in Kansas and the rest of the plains, so this what became traditional there.
Posted by: Tom Servo
There is a class of American art, like Curry or Hopper, that capture the poetry of America. This informs and influences how I think about everything here, what I value, what I choose to chase around with a camera.
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 16, 2022 10:38 AM (FF+On)
NEW -- Why Donald Trump's declassification claim might not be that outlandish
That sounds rather like Kalorama's put out a second kill order on Droolin' Joe.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 16, 2022 10:38 AM (ZGrMX)
That is, until 2007 when I saw the Ofuckstick crowds mindlessly chanting phrases that literally - almost intentionally - meant nothing.
"Yes We Can"
"Fired Up, Ready to Go"
It was then I knew. And I never forgot it.
Posted by: ... at August 16, 2022 10:38 AM (pm2hp)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 16, 2022 10:37 AM (XIJ/X)
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I don't know...he seems young, like he read Ayn Rand last night for the first time and has all the answers now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:38 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 16, 2022 10:38 AM (FF+On)
https://tinyurl.com/5dbhuw9p
I think it is better close up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 10:34 AM (dNqv+)
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Mark Twain did baptisms in Kansas?
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 16, 2022 10:38 AM (flINI)
Thanks Woodrow Wilson.
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Yep. Woody is the largest root of evil. Add the Espinoge Act that is being used by our Junta. He introduced that to make anyone who objected to joining WWI a felon. It is being used to fuck Trump all over again.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 16, 2022 10:39 AM (3FiQa)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
**********
"This thread doesn't have enough flowers," MP4 declared morosely.
"I agree!" The James Madison replied lackadaisically!
Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2022 10:39 AM (kXYt5)
-In the Constitution, but don't look it up
__________________________
Presidents don't have the power to to conduct diplomacy until they clear it with mid-level staffers.
Posted by: Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, Falls Church Krispy Kreme at August 16, 2022 10:39 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 10:35 AM (dNqv+)
I like it (as much as I can like working, which isn't much). I can take a tea break whenever I want and the only asshole co-worker I have to deal with is the fat, ugly POS in the mirror.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 16, 2022 10:39 AM (AW0uW)
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 16, 2022 10:39 AM (3FiQa)
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It was bad 120 years before when John Adams signed the Sedition Act.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:39 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: ... at August 16, 2022 10:38 AM (pm2hp)
And the German's of the 1930's were far better educated and knowledgeable about history.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 16, 2022 10:39 AM (UuD2k)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 16, 2022 10:37 AM (XIJ/X)
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I don't know...he seems young, like he read Ayn Rand last night for the first time and has all the answers now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:38 AM (LvTSG)
Lol.19 year old sophmores!!!
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 10:40 AM (Vr12I)
Thanks Woodrow Wilson.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 16, 2022 10:37 AM (s7Nnc)
can you imagine getting an amendment to allow taxation passed today ?
Posted by: REDACTED at August 16, 2022 10:40 AM (us2H3)
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 16, 2022 10:38 AM (FF+On)
Well put, although I am sensitive to it being done with mockery or derision rather than respect for our grand country and people.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 16, 2022 10:40 AM (XIJ/X)
Posted by: polynikes at August 16, 2022 10:40 AM (RH1Zb)
There is a way to reconcile the two arguments though. Social contract theory indicates that people accept some limits on their liberty by a government under consent. If that government becomes tyrannical and destroys ancient well rooted rights, then the social contract is void and it becomes a state of nature where a person can no longer claim that acting on behalf of such a state is legitimate nor can any purported regime argue that it should have a monopoly of force. For a recent application, prior to the US invasion, the prior Taliban regime was recognized only by Pakistan as a legitimate government which made legitimate any aid to groups within Afghanistan to remove the illegal regime as hunky dory under international law.
Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 10:40 AM (CXr4y)
That is, until 2007 when I saw the Ofuckstick crowds mindlessly chanting phrases that literally - almost intentionally - meant nothing.
"Yes We Can"
"Fired Up, Ready to Go"
It was then I knew. And I never forgot it.
Posted by: ...
Arbeit Macht Frei
Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 10:40 AM (qfVDK)
Posted by: BignJames at August 16, 2022 10:37 AM (AwYPR)
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I had one of those. It split THREE times, falling onto my driveway each time. I finally got around to having it cut down because I was tired of it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 16, 2022 10:41 AM (YIVH2)
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 10:37 AM (e+yf1)
Only accessible via a tunnel from Diodia.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 16, 2022 10:41 AM (4dUTo)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 10:41 AM (dNqv+)
Posted by: I'll ruin the ending for you at August 16, 2022 10:41 AM (9FBGz)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 16, 2022 10:41 AM (s7Nnc)
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 10:41 AM (Vr12I)
Posted by: Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, Falls Church Krispy Kreme at August 16, 2022 10:41 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 16, 2022 10:41 AM (JoOD1)
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Andy Jackson pimp slapped John's son around pretty nicely. Fucking Yankees.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 16, 2022 10:41 AM (3FiQa)
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 16, 2022 10:38 AM (flINI)
My first thought was a thin Col Sanders.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 10:41 AM (dNqv+)
Guests in Common Spaces,” it states: “Guests are allowed in common spaces but please be mindful if there are house members in the room beforehand. White guests are not allowed in common spaces (see intro).”
Segregation FOREVA!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2022 10:42 AM (BRHaw)
Posted by: Oddbob at August 16, 2022 10:42 AM (nfrXX)
The Dems offer to the outer party is less of course but the same general outline - a job and the ability to do whatever illegal/immoral thing (with some limitations) you want.
But the Dems offer to lefty LIVs is the frustrating part. They offer...meaning. In a way that religion used to. They are literally robbing these people and getting them to vote for it. But it is that meaning the lefty LIVs want more then anything - that thumbs up on social media is apparently worth their savings ANd their souls.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 16, 2022 10:42 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
**********
Someone has to balance out the overly optimistic.
Posted by: polynikes at August 16, 2022 10:42 AM (RH1Zb)
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 10:41 AM (Vr12I)
that's brittle, dude
Posted by: REDACTED at August 16, 2022 10:42 AM (us2H3)
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 16, 2022 10:43 AM (JVCkA)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 16, 2022 09:33 AM (ZGrMX)
"By the Power of the Secret 11 Herbs and Spices!
*dunks*
And your Battering.
*dunks*
And Frying.
*dunks*
I pronounce you finger lickin' good!
Posted by: naturalfake at August 16, 2022 10:43 AM (5NkmN)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 16, 2022 10:37 AM (s7Nnc)
__________________
Tucker in his mono last night mentioned that this is the first time that the government is warring with Americans. My first thought was, no, pretty sure Woodrow Wilson's admin could be argued that it also did so.
(I'm sure there are other examples, and no, I'm not going to discuss the Civil War)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 16, 2022 10:43 AM (fs1hN)
Except we know that that isn’t the will of the people. The overwhelming majority disagree with the court’s restrictions on firearm safety. The overwhelming majority wanted Roe v. Wade, or something like it, to stay in place. It is not the will of the people.
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What a guy, Larry is a polling expert as well as a self licking ice cream cone of a law professor.
Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 10:43 AM (CXr4y)
Posted by: Rosa Parks at August 16, 2022 10:43 AM (lf83v)
I prevented the Maryland Legislature from assembling, AND shut down over 300 newspapers.
Posted by: Zombie Lincoln at August 16, 2022 10:43 AM (sH61M)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 16, 2022 10:40 AM (XIJ/X)
I find I am less and less sensitive to such these days. Can't help it.
Posted by: ... at August 16, 2022 10:44 AM (pm2hp)
*dunks*
And your Battering.
*dunks*
And Frying.
*dunks*
I pronounce you finger lickin' good!
"Those are people! Not chickens!"
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 16, 2022 10:44 AM (s7Nnc)
https://tinyurl.com/5ykuet4n
twitter link; worth watching full screen.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 16, 2022 10:44 AM (trdmm)
"I agree!" The James Madison replied lackadaisically!
Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2022 10:39 AM (kXYt5)
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"In the end this signifies nothing... really." Stated Truck Monkey pensively
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 16, 2022 10:44 AM (flINI)
Well said.
Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 10:44 AM (CXr4y)
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 16, 2022 10:45 AM (JVCkA)
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 16, 2022 10:45 AM (qfVDK)
And this is true with most of the current hot button political issues.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 16, 2022 10:45 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 16, 2022 10:45 AM (s7Nnc)
"I agree!" The James Madison replied lackadaisically!
Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2022 10:39 AM (kXYt5)
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The funny part is the contrast between the exclamation mark and the use of the descriptor lackadaisically.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:45 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Zombie Lincoln
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You forgot about turning the guns at Fort McHenry on the city of Baltimore with the warning if they secede then they will level the town.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 16, 2022 10:45 AM (3FiQa)
Posted by: CN at August 16, 2022 10:46 AM (VuQO/)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
Even if we believe Tribe's bogus/unsubstantiated claims regarding the wants of the majority, majority-supported unconstitutional law is the definition of majoritarian tyranny. Therefore overturning unconstitutional law is, by definition, a check on majoritarian tyranny.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 10:46 AM (e+yf1)
And this is true with most of the current hot button political issues.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 16, 2022 10:45 AM (ESjRY)
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"90% of people demand universal background checks!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:46 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: polynikes at August 16, 2022 10:47 AM (RH1Zb)
That is, until 2007 when I saw the Ofuckstick crowds mindlessly chanting phrases that literally - almost intentionally - meant nothing.
"Yes We Can"
"Fired Up, Ready to Go"
It was then I knew. And I never forgot it.
Posted by: ...
I knew it when I saw the video of a black guy and mainly white crowd kicking and jeering at a older, homeless black woman who was laying on a Hollywood sidewalk holding a Trump sign.
Posted by: LASue at August 16, 2022 10:47 AM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 16, 2022 10:47 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 10:40 AM (CXr4y)
Defense or acquisition of a territory cannot be inherently illegitimate as all countries are established in this manner. This would render all countries illegitimate, eliminating the concept effectively.
Whether the establishment or existence of a given country(including our own) is morally good or favors our interests is something else entirely. But neither the Confederacy or Union were inherently legitimate or illegitimate due to the means by which they were established.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 16, 2022 10:48 AM (b2nrj)
Smart Rookie Jump Rope With Donut
Wth were they thinking.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 16, 2022 10:48 AM (UuD2k)
They are pretty. But nasty.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 16, 2022 10:45 AM (JVCkA)
...and everywhere...especially pasture boundaries.
Posted by: BignJames at August 16, 2022 10:48 AM (AwYPR)
It's an old troll...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 16, 2022 10:37 AM (XIJ/X)
Kind of reminds me of the Chesterton fence troll in his monomania.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 10:48 AM (dNqv+)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 16, 2022 10:48 AM (BsxTL)
Except we know that that isn’t the will of the people. The overwhelming majority disagree with the court’s restrictions on firearm safety. The overwhelming majority wanted Roe v. Wade, or something like it, to stay in place. It is not the will of the people.
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Should be no problem getting a couple constitutional amendments then, as per the contract also known as the constitution. Or no?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 16, 2022 10:49 AM (fs1hN)
Posted by: REDACTED at August 16, 2022 10:40 AM (us2H3)
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Can you imagine getting any amendment passed today? It's almost as if we live in two different countries ... or something.
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 16, 2022 10:49 AM (WtAgB)
And yet somehow the government and the country as a whole looks NOTHING like it did in say 1981.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 16, 2022 10:49 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 16, 2022 10:49 AM (fs1hN)
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Seriously.
If this shit is so popular, going the actual constitutional amendment route won't be a problem. 2 years max.
And yet...are they even trying this?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:49 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 16, 2022 10:49 AM (fs1hN)
I knew no one reads my comments. 😀
Posted by: polynikes at August 16, 2022 10:50 AM (RH1Zb)
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My answer to Baltimore is we move the FBI HQs there and require all agents to live within the city.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 16, 2022 10:50 AM (3FiQa)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 16, 2022 10:45 AM (s7Nnc)
Did wonders for McArthur's career.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:50 AM (sH61M)
And yet somehow the government and the country as a whole looks NOTHING like it did in say 1981.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 16, 2022 10:49 AM (ESjRY)
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"Protecting the institution of SCOTUS is the most important thing I can do as Chief Justice."
-John Roberts
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:50 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 16, 2022 10:50 AM (UuD2k)
Posted by: quantum mechanic
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Larry has been arguing this canard since he was a wee law professor at Harvard. He thought it was his ticket to the Supreme Court. If you want a refutation, John Hart Ely does a pretty thorough job--the court is not a majoritarian institution and the Constitution does not create a democracy where majority rules but rather a Republic. Essentially, Larry is arguing Vox Populi, Vox Dei but Larry is particular when this applies. It applies to cases where Larry believes his side will win but not to cases where Larry believes he will lose. Essentially, this is what is wrong with the whole great principles of the Constitution version of the Living Constitutionalism which is Larry's idol.
Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 10:51 AM (CXr4y)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 16, 2022 10:51 AM (trdmm)
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 16, 2022 10:49 AM (WtAgB)
We live in three different countries.
China, Venezuela and 1930's Germany.
Posted by: ... at August 16, 2022 10:52 AM (pm2hp)
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Yes.
https://tinyurl.com/2p9xnf39
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 16, 2022 10:52 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 16, 2022 10:51 AM (trdmm)
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Ah, he's been reading Scott Adams.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:52 AM (LvTSG)
"Protecting the institution of SCOTUS is the most important thing I can do as Chief Justice."
-John Roberts
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:50 AM (LvTSG)
Nicely explains the problem.
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 10:52 AM (Vr12I)
"I agree!" The James Madison replied lackadaisically!
Posted by: Muldoon at August 16, 2022 10:39 AM (kXYt5)
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"In the end this signifies nothing... really." Stated Truck Monkey pensively
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 16, 2022 10:44 AM (flINI)
"Talk like this will lead to violets." naturalfake said like a pansy.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 16, 2022 10:52 AM (5NkmN)
87k armed IRS killers!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2022 10:53 AM (BRHaw)
That is, until 2007 when I saw the Ofuckstick crowds mindlessly chanting phrases that literally - almost intentionally - meant nothing.
"Yes We Can"
"Fired Up, Ready to Go"
It was then I knew. And I never forgot it.
Posted by: ...
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First they made their children sing the creepy Obama song. Then they masked, jabbed, and locked them down for two years for no rational reason. Now they are happy to mutilate, sexualize, and expose them to child predators ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 16, 2022 10:53 AM (WtAgB)
Posted by: CN at August 16, 2022 10:53 AM (VuQO/)
87k armed IRS killers!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 16, 2022 10:53 AM (BRHaw)
Now do drinking fountains. Them white cooties and all.
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 10:54 AM (Vr12I)
If this shit is so popular, going the actual constitutional amendment route won't be a problem. 2 years max.
And yet...are they even trying this?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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No, which indicates Larry is full of it. Essentially, Larry wants a choice menu of interpreting the Constitution where Scotus applies some provisions but not others based on 'popular' opinion. This is the majoritarian view of law but curiously does not include things that Larry does not like. Plus, he is a shitty interpreter of polling data.
Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 10:54 AM (CXr4y)
If Larry believed in States Rights, I could even go along with him. Because there will be some state - there are, after all fifty - with enough contrarian views that I can be happy there. What happens in the other 49 states, after all, doesn't bother me much.
But that's not Larry's game, as was well stated above. Majority Rules when it suits him, and Black Letter Law that he controls when it don't.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 10:54 AM (sH61M)
Scroll down to video:
https://tinyurl.com/24d4h2mb
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 16, 2022 10:50 AM (UuD2k)
Very taunt. Low movement.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 10:55 AM (dNqv+)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 16, 2022 10:55 AM (4I/2K)
Posted by: polynikes at August 16, 2022 10:50 AM (RH1Zb)
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It's hard to tell by looking at my comments, but I actually try to review and edit before hitting post. By the time I post, I find usually that someone already beat me to the punch.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 16, 2022 10:55 AM (fs1hN)
Posted by: polynikes at August 16, 2022 10:55 AM (RH1Zb)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 16, 2022 10:55 AM (4I/2K)
Mmmmm, Charo!!!
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 10:56 AM (Vr12I)
Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 10:54 AM (CXr4y)
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It just boggles my mind that there is a cadre of leftists who are convinced that their ideas are the most popular ideas in the country, only besot by the makeup of the nation's internal borders and special interests, and I don't think there's any effort at all, at any level, to pass constitutional amendments.
I get it on one level. Relying on the courts has been very good to them for decades, but things have changed and there isn't one seriously law professor, NGO, or rich progressive who says, "Let's make this happen using the constitutional amendment process." It's so weird.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:56 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 16, 2022 10:53 AM (WtAgB)
THIS. It has been weighing on my heart so heavy the past 2 days. They are killing/crucifying the children. They are also stripping the parent's right to protect their own children from the government that is seeking to destroy them. It's sick and it's evil. I cannot believe this is where we are. How do we fix it?
Posted by: Miss Issippi at August 16, 2022 10:57 AM (sI15f)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 16, 2022 10:57 AM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 16, 2022 10:58 AM (flINI)
Posted by: kraken at August 16, 2022 10:58 AM (Vr12I)
Just messing with ya . Actually thought someone probably posted that before me already in the 300+ comments.
Posted by: polynikes at August 16, 2022 10:58 AM (RH1Zb)
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 16, 2022 10:58 AM (flINI)
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"No one remembers me..."
-The Raisin
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:58 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: CN at August 16, 2022 10:58 AM (VuQO/)
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 16, 2022 10:53 AM (WtAgB)
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I talked a coworker of mine to join me in attending an Obama rally in 2008. It was one of the creepiest things I've ever seen. The mindless, worshipful devotion was just off the charts weird.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 16, 2022 10:58 AM (YIVH2)
An honest reply would probably cause the FBI to knock on my door.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 16, 2022 10:59 AM (1n+EO)
Posted by: davidt at August 16, 2022 10:59 AM (oTZbj)
Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 10:54 AM (CXr4y)
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Dershowitz has been hocking his latest (50th) book on conservative talk radio -- primarily Salem hosts -- and mentioned something I don't recall hearing at the time: Tribe called for Garland to prosecute Trump for attempting to murder Pence. The asshat is, and likely always has been, clinically insane ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 16, 2022 10:59 AM (WtAgB)
Brennan is a duplicitous asshole.
Posted by: Archer at August 16, 2022 11:00 AM (gmo/4)
They just want people to believe they are.
Posted by: davidt at August 16, 2022 10:59 AM (oTZbj)
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1) I'm sure that many true believers in blue enclaves do believe that their ideas are the most popular.
2) Those that don't do believe in their ability to shape narratives to get what they want (eg gay marriage).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 11:00 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 16, 2022 11:00 AM (dNqv+)
Its why they sneer at flyover country. It why blue cities sneer at rural populations. Chicago could make their Liberal Utopia - within the borders of Chicago - and leave those booger picking, sister humping rubes downstate to rot if they wished.
But that's not their nature. It's not human nature to simply be happy determining one's own fate and fortune. Everybody has to meddle. Its the HOA mentality, applied to politics. And nothing allows for for more meddling, with less personal risk, than politics.
Posted by: Once More With Feeling at August 16, 2022 11:01 AM (sH61M)
I don't know anybody that voted for Nixon !
Posted by: polynikes at August 16, 2022 11:01 AM (RH1Zb)
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 16, 2022 10:59 AM (WtAgB)
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Everyone knows that Roger Ramjet can never be murdered
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 16, 2022 11:01 AM (flINI)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 16, 2022 11:01 AM (EYMuX)
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Depends on whether you believe consent of the governed or not. You are arguing on the basis of positivism--what exists is therefore what is legitimate. Social contract theory though contradicts your thesis because in that each person gives up a bit of their rights to government in order to protect the rest of these rights. The rights are inherent to the individual and government cannot create them. Locke focuses on property but others focus on different rights including Rousseau.
Essentially, what you are arguing is the entirely illusionary institution known as the 'state' which in reality is no more than a shared agreement among individuals. States per se have no rights--only powers and limitations on those powers because they are not human. Humans within a state have the right to self defense writ large if they commonly agree that the state is valid.
Posted by: whig at August 16, 2022 11:01 AM (CXr4y)
Posted by: CN at August 16, 2022 11:01 AM (VuQO/)
-The Raisin
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 16, 2022 10:58 AM (LvTSG)
We remember...we're watching...waiting...drying patiently.
Posted by: BIG RAISIN at August 16, 2022 11:02 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: whig
Which, to me, is simply the antithesis of the intent of the constitution. It defines the mechanism by which it can change: amendments. Other than that, it doesn't "live" according the political whims of each age.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 16, 2022 11:02 AM (e+yf1)
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They have no idea that we don't worship Trump like they worshipped the JEF. Projection as usual.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 16, 2022 11:02 AM (fs1hN)
Posted by: CN at August 16, 2022 11:03 AM (VuQO/)
Posted by: CN at August 16, 2022 11:04 AM (VuQO/)
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It's the mindless worship that I really don't understand. If they did any reading, they could see that JEF was nothing being handled and trained and doing what someone else told him to do. How did they get so brain dead? And it has only gotten worse. They refuse to think for themselves and have become little Obamas, just going along with their peers and not asking any questions and refusing to see any other point of view, and worshipping whomever the latest leftist diety is.
Posted by: megthered at August 16, 2022 11:07 AM (AdxHD)
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