The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 8/24/22

Good morning, kids. The results are in from another big primary night and once again President Trump is batting 1.000 with his endorsements. He went 26-0 last night, which includes his goof Democrat primary endorsements. Last night's primaries also included the crucial state of Florida, which looms large for several reasons. Actually, it looms large for one particular reason: the leadership of its governor, Ron DeSantis, who since his taking office a few years ago after an alarmingly close race with drug-addicted felonious pervert and raging leftist (BIRM) Andrew Gillum, has elevated the Sunshine State into one of the last bastions of political, economic and societal sanity here in the nation formerly known as the United States. There is little doubt that had Gillum eked out a win, he would have inflicted on Florida what the handlers of President Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants have done and are doing to this country. Not only do Floridians see this, but it is plain as day to people everywhere. That obviously puts DeSantis in a prime position for a run at the presidency in 2024, and it certainly seems as if that is now his intention.

The new marketing and branding group behind Florida Governor Ron DeSantis purchase ad time on Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity broadcasts. Marketing nationally, and purchasing expensive full minute ad buys targeting the Fox News audience, is confirmation DeSantis has unofficially entered the 2024 campaign race.
All doubts about DeSantis ’24 should be put to rest. As CTH has noted since August 8th the professional political managing of Ron DeSantis for a presidential run has become increasingly clear.
The Florida governor went silent following the raid on Mar-a-Lago, sending one tweet from his private account, then remaining in a bunker for the next five days. No doubt he agreed to stay silent at the guidance of the club managers behind his new political construct [that group almost certainly likely knew in advance of the FBI raid]. He exited the bunker with a new press secretary and national brand image launch.

That last bit is very upsetting to me, since I have generally been in favor of a DeSantis candidacy over Trump. To me, what happened at Mar-a-Lago should absolutely sweep aside all other political considerations given the nature of that unprecedented action. Had DeSantis been the first to loudly condemn what was a naked, Gestapo-like raid, it might have actually boosted his chances at being at the top of the ticket, but more importantly, given him tremendous moral authority going forward. Oh well, what might have been.

There was also another huge win, or wins, out of Florida, which is incredibly good and encouraging news given that it is a bellwether of the national mood.

Florida flipped multiple major school boards from liberal to conservative Tuesday evening, continuing a nationwide trend of parents taking back control of public schools. . .
. . . While primary elections occurred in Florida, New York, and Oklahoma Tuesday, Florida has general elections for school boards, meaning the winners will be the official members of the boards.
Many of the winning candidates have been endorsed by the 1776 Project PAC, an organization that has been instrumental in flipping school boards from liberal to conservative across the country.
“We saw massive election victories all throughout the state of Florida tonight,” 1776 Project PAC founder Ryan Girdusky told Breitbart News Tuesday. “It shows the desire of parents and residents across the country for some normalcy in our education system, and that means pushing against transgender ideology, critical race theory, critical gender ideology, and equity which destroys merit in education.”

It should be noted that DeSantis was not silent on these elections and he was blitzing the campaign trail all across the state in the run-up to these specific elections. He's been an absolute champion in fighting the brainwashing of our children in the schools, which is why we are in the predicament we are in in the first place. It's also the battlefront that will determine the future of this nation. We're not going to deprogram and de-Marxify our kids and even adults overnight. But just like the century-long "long march through the institutions," the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. And something like this is a big one.

Another anecdotal story that confirms this comes not from the miserable failures of Democrat-run failure mills but from one of the last places you'd expect.

Parents at Manhattan’s tony Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School are up in arms over the elementary school librarian — who was suspended from Twitter briefly this month for having tweeted, “Burn White Straight Male Librarianship to the Ground.”
Ingrid Conley-Abrams, 43, wrote the tweet in 2015 but was apparently suspended for it recently after the message was deemed hate speech.
One mother at the $59,000-per-year school said she has been concerned about the outspoken philosophies of Conley-Abrams — who also frequently comes into classrooms to teach, according to three mothers who spoke to The Post — for several years.
“How can I feel comfortable sending my white 9-year-old son into her library or classroom?” the mother said. “What if my son wants to be a librarian? How safe and nurtured are my kids going to be by this person?
“If a student posted that they want to burn down or shoot up a library they would be expelled,” the mother continued. “In addition she’s claiming that gender is fake and she [tweeted] that she wants to keep students from matriculating in the Ivy League. Are parents aware this is what they are paying almost $60,000 a year for?”

I'm going to try and be charitable here and pretend that I'm talking directly to this parent, since the object of the exercise is to try and win people over to our side when they are most open to actually listening and comprehending the message. Like after being left in a coma after being sucker-punched to the pavement by a no-bail criminal.

Private school or public, this is what you get for voting for Democrat-Leftists. Ironically, if you do manage to send your child to an Ivy League college, he or she will return talking and thinking exactly like the rabid freak that so appalled you in the first place. In fact, this beast wanting to exclude your child from the Ivy League might in point of fact save his or her life. Take a look around at the circumstances that led you to where you are in life. All the things that this freak rails against are the very things that led to your success. Hard work and personal responsibility. If you want to believe that you got where you were because of "white privilege," I can't help you and more than that, you shouldn't be surprised let alone complain about what this thing belched up. You vote for it, you support it. On the other hand, if you are as revolted about it as I am, then take a look at the newspapers, books and magazines you read, and the TV programs you watch and start questioning it all.

People like these outraged parents aren't going to start voting GOP just like that. But this is how revolutions, political and cultural (no pun) start.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"By far the most destabilizing fault line in the western world is the one that feminism has opened between men and women. It is set to widen even further if Reset proponents have their way."
Against the Great Reset: "The Great Reset, Feminist-Style"
"A new plant-based 'egg' represents the advent of the transhumanist global state."
Which Came Last?
"10% of our nation’s students are victims of sexual abuse by educators."
Pedophiles Are Proliferating in Our Schools
What did Andrew Weissmann, Louis Freeh, Christopher Wray and Robert Mueller know, and when did they know it?
Inmates Suspected of Involvement in Murder of James "Whitey" Bulger Were Allegedly Aware of His Prison Transfer

RAID ON MAR-A-LAGO

"In their op-ed, Rivkin and Casey argue that the Presidential Records Act of 1978 allowed Trump to have the records allegedly in his possession, and that the general statutes cited in the search warrant — such as the Espionage Act — do not override it."
WSJ Op-ed: "No Legal Basis" for Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant
Jeffrey Lord: "Admits raid 'unprecedented.'”
Judge Rejects DOJ Bid to Keep Trump Affidavit Sealed: Impeach Garland and Wray
Prof. William Jacobson: "Team Biden may not have known of the 'raid' in advance, but their fingerprints are all over this. John Solomon: 'the Biden White House worked directly with the Justice Department and National Archives to instigate the criminal probe into alleged mishandling of documents, allowing the FBI to review evidence retrieved from Mar-a-Lago this spring and eliminating the 45th president’s claims to executive privilege.'”
Mar-a-Lago Raid: Trump Seeks Special Master As Leaked Docs Show Biden Helping FBI Just Prior To Raid By Retroactively Waiving Trump’s Executive Privilege
". . . buddies of Stephen Halper, a guy under internal investigation for three years, the chief deputy to the discredited and terminated Bill Prestlap." (hat tip to commenter MTF - jjs)
FBI Unit Leading Mar-a-Lago Probe Earlier Ran Discredited Trump-Russia Investigation
Lloyd Billingsley: "The former vice president equates critics of the FBI with those who seek defunding of the police."
Pence Is All Wrong About the FBI
Daniel Greenfield: "Children born when the Democrats first began investigating Trump are now first graders."
"We Lied the Last 1,000 Times, Trust Us Now"
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"On the conspiracy charge alone, the two men face up to life in prison." ("conspiring" as in talking smack with several dozen FBI stooges setting them to entrap them - jjs)
Jury Convicts Two Men Of Conspiring To Kidnap Michigan Governor
"Perhaps it’s time to assemble an Aug. 23 Select Committee that, instead of engaging in partisan theater, actually gets to the bottom of the Kenosha riots."
Two Years After Kenosha Riots, Why No August 23 Committee to Investigate the Big Lie That Stoked the Flames?
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"No, this isn't satire."
Now They Want You to EAT Wind Turbines Artificially Turned into Gummy Bears
Let them eat . . . solar panels!
Energy Secretary: "Solar Panels Can Be Financed, So You Don't Have to Have the Big Outlay at the Front"
"Although it is desperate to produce these minerals and confront the Chinese dominance of the mineral market, the [junta] has blocked major mining projects in Minnesota and Alaska."
Biden Junta Moves To Fund Canadian Mines While Blocking US Mining Efforts
"Boasts about his super expensive eco-credentials."
Green Party Official Tells Germans to Use Washcloths Instead of Taking Showers
DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS
"David Crane is a board member of the state-owned Saudi Electricity Company, a top producer of fossil fuels. It works hand in glove with Xi Jinping's Belt and Road initiative."
Pariah No Longer: Biden Junta Taps Saudi Energy Company Board Member for Top Energy Department Post
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"But what if the BLS data is not merely 'off' due to benign factors such as 'residual seasonality' or a post-[Chinese] covid hangover? What if it is intentionally manipulated to make Biden’s economy appear stronger than it is for midterm election purposes even if it means distortions across the entire market?"
Just How Cooked is the Official Jobs Data: PwC Finds More Than Half of US Companies Are Laying Off Workers
"Service industries saw reduced demand as increased interest rates and inflation cut into consumers’ budgets, while manufacturers were forced to cut back production in the face of reduced demand, the release states."
Businesses Make More Cuts in August, Signaling an Increasingly Weakening Economy
"Long-term trends help explain our current economic puzzle."
America’s Growth Challenge
"Much like China’s social credit system which the Communist government wields to reward citizens for approved behaviors and penalize them for non-compliance, the ESG investment scheme similarly seeks to transform American society by assigning companies a score to compel their adherence to a set of subjective goals."
Meet BlackRock: The "Architect of Woke Capitalism" Destroying America from Within
"Biden is also reportedly planning on extending the current pause on student loan debt payments, NBC News reported, citing sources familiar with the plans."
Biden Reportedly Planning To Issue $10,000 Student Loan Forgiveness For Some Borrowers
"Apparently, 31% of Americans really don’t have a clue about anything."
CNBC Survey Finds 59% of Americans "Worry Student Loan Forgiveness Will make Inflation Worse"
AMERICA, AND THE WORLD, IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"What they serve to remind the rest of us."
The Last Covidians
"They defied the Constitution, robbed us of our freedoms, and crushed small businesses." (Apologize? For achieving their goals? - jjs)
It’s About Time Liberals Apologize for Their Chinese COVID Policies
Achmed and his goat-wife, and the two gay guys with the monkey pox-infected poodle, all agree . . .
Dr. Fauci: "We Have to Pay Much More Attention to the Animal/Human Interface"
"The lawsuit had originally named the state of Rhode Island as well as the specific individuals involved, Democrat governor Daniel McKee, the former health department head James McDonald, and labor head Matthew Weldon. The amended complaint now also names another former health department head Nicole Alexander-Scott, as well as the current health department head, Utpala Bandy."
Pushing Back Harder: Oral Surgeon Skoly Amends Lawsuit Against Rhote Island to Note CDC New Guidelines
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
“The DCNG has no specific experience in or training for this kind of mission or unique skills for providing facility management, feeding, sanitation or ground support.”
Pentagon Again Denies D.C. Mayor Bowser’s Request for National Guard to Help With Illegal Immigrants
"This is a dereliction of duty of the worst kind."
Cataloging Biden’s Lies About the Border
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"One month after a Reuters investigation revealed that Hyundai supplier SMART Alabama LLC was using children as young as 12 to manufacture car parts in an Alabama factory, a second Alabama supplier of the automotive giant was found to be employing children in a complaint filed by the Department of Labor."
Car Giant Caught Using Child Labor — Again
"Based upon law and facts."
Charges Dropped Against Atlanta Police in Death of Rayshard Brooks
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"Zatko also alleges that Twitter 'prioritized user growth over reducing spam, though unwanted content made the user experience worse.'”
Former Twitter Security Head Claims He ‘Uncovered Extreme, Egregious Deficiencies’ at the Company
"The amended rules come nearly a year after the platform suspended several high-profile conservative leaders with massive followings for violating the policy."
YouTube Appears to Update Policy Banning Claims That Masks Don’t Stop the Spread of Chinese COVID
"For years, according to the Times Guild's report released Tuesday, the Times has discriminated against employees of color."
NY Times Union Accuses Paper of Systemic Racism in Performance Reviews
"They claim the document written by We the People is undemocratic."
New York Times Piece Attempts to Dismantle the Constitution
They're not "errors." They're lies, and they're intentional. So, spoiler alert: No.
Will the Washington Post Correct Its Seven Huge Errors About Sen. Rick Scott's NRSC?
ABORTION
"Many of the centers do not offer abortion services."
Yelp Now Flagging Listings for Crisis Pregnancy Centers
"The online survey of 1,600 participants conducted earlier this month shows overall 64 percent of Americans support public funding of these centers for mothers, including 70 percent of Democrats."
Poll: Nearly 2 in 3 Americans Support Public Funding for Pregnancy Clinics Democrats Want to "Shut Down"
"Inside the dark and twisted world of America’s biggest serial killer."
Glazov Gang: Worrying About Turtles While Snipping Babies' Necks
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"Florida flipped multiple major school boards from liberal to conservative Tuesday evening, continuing a nationwide trend of parents taking back control of public schools."
Leftists Crushed in School Boards Across Florida
"A recently released study demonstrates the unnecessary nature of much of this damage. That analysis shows that public school districts with tighter [Chinese] Covid restrictions suffered larger enrollment losses, while showing little correlation with [Chinese] Covid case rates."
Study: The More Insane Public Schools Were About Chinese Covid, the More Parents Abandoned Them
It took them this long to realize the kind of dangerous freaks even a school like this is hiring?!
NYC Prep School Parents Livid Over "Woke" Librarian Suspended From Twitter for "Hate Speech"
“This is a dark day for Wisconsin students, who will be taught a curriculum that reduces them down to their body parts.”
Wisconsin School Board Passes Curriculum That Calls Girls a "Person With a Vulva"
THE 2020 ELECTION HEIST AND AFTERMATH
"That we’ve forfeited this much control to a hostile foreign power is one of the most mind-boggling, slow-motion political blunders in modern history."
TikTok’s New "Elections Center" is a Massive Threat to National Security
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"Morningstar’s research arm downgrades companies that partner with the Jewish state."
17 States Demand Answers From Ratings Giant Morningstar Over Anti-Israel Bias
"Judge denies Ben & Jerry’s woke board’s moot motion and rejects its claims of speculative injuries."
Court Denies Ben & Jerry’s Request to Stop Unilever’s Already-Consummated Sale of Ice Cream Maker’s Israeli Business
Raymond Ibrahim: "It’s even worse than it seems."
The Atlantic’s Attack on the Rosary
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
Court documents later revealed that he had slurred speech, red and watery eyes, and a drug in his system at the time of his arrest for DUI. But prosecutors in Napa County later walked back what they called a “boilerplate” drug allegation in the DUI complaint against Pelosi. (we have no justice system - jjs)
Paul Pelosi Pleads Guilty to DUI, Gets No Additional Jail Time
"The funding raises questions about whether Warnock or his employers used Warnock’s position as a senator to benefit from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that some leading economists have blamed for skyrocketing inflation."
"Wife-Beater" Warnock Voted for Chinese COVID Bill That Sent $75,000 to Social Justice Group He Founded
"Christina Bohannan interned at Florida's Department of Environmental Protection."
This Iowa Democrat Says She Worked as an Engineer. It Was an Internship.
POLITICS
Breitbart with the tale of the tape from last night.
Florida, New York, Oklahoma Lock In Party Nominees in Critical Races
"Great candidates!"
Trump Celebrates "ALL" Endorsement Wins in Primary
"The mood had been even uglier about an hour earlier, as a celebratory Nadler addressed his supporters on the Upper West Side. Maloney’s backers at her party in Chelsea booed and jeered the House Judiciary Committee chair’s televised speech, with some yelling 'Traitor!'”
Maloney Cries "Misogyny" After Nadler Knocks Her Off in Nasty Primary Fight
"Crist is now slated to face off as the Democrat candidate against Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, alongside a slate of minor third party and write-in candidates, in the Nov. 8 general election."
Former Republican Governor Wins Florida Democratic Primary
"Gaetz has been a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump’s America First vision, especially in regards to his advocacy for a noninterventionist foreign policy."
America First Rep. Matt Gaetz Decisively Fends Off Primary Opponent
"Rep. [Sean Patrick] Maloney won with 66.7% of the vote, according to NPR."
Incumbent Democrat Beats Out "Titty Caca" AOC-Endorsed Opponent In New York Primary Race

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Hat tip to commenter Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist who thinks this indicates DeSantis will be announcing his candidacy for '24.
Team Behind Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Purchase First National TV Campaign Ad
"The Marble Freedom Trust is a new conservative group headed up by the former Federalist Society vice president Leonard Leo. Recently, the group received the largest known donation on record to a political advocacy group: a $1.6 billion windfall from conservative donor Barre Seid, an electronics manufacturing mogul."
New Conservative Group Receives Record $1.6 Billion Donation From Tech Mogul
"He’s totally in the mix for 2024!"
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Vetoes Controversial Safe-Injection Site Bill
"Following Fetterman’s semi-recent stroke and the lieutenant governor keeping an extremely low profile on the campaign trail, he has not accepted any proposal to debate Oz for the U.S. Senate seat."
John Fetterman Dodges Debates in Pennsylvania as Health Questions Mount in Wake of Stroke
“Watch this video and it will become clear why Fetterman doesn’t want to debate,” political consultant Andrew Surabian said in a post of the speech.
John Fetterman Struggles in Speech Lasting Less than 5 Minutes in Second Public Appearance After Stroke
"According to him, the poll-tightening was expected because Republicans had more competitive primaries than Democrats, and he expects it will take a little time for polling to readjust."
Interview With Robert Cahaly of the Trafalgar Group on the 2022 Midterms
I don't care how wealthy these people are, how freakin' stupid do you have to be to willingly give this hag money?
Cheney Has Tapped Koch Network and Some Trump Consultants in Potential Run for the Presidency
"Decisions made by progressive Democrats over the past two years have greatly damaged our nation. How should Americans address these policy mistakes, so they do not happen again?" (2 years? Try 200 - jjs)
Democrats Evade Accountability to Avoid Political Fallout
"Americans don’t like the Biden [junta] and are ready to hear the Republicans’ case. But do they have one?"
Are Republicans Blowing the Midterms? (if so, is it intentional? - jjs)
"As Democrats continue to hawk snake oil over Republican threats to democracy, GOP leadership continues to pull their punches by not harping upon the policy missteps and flagrant felonies of the ruling party."
Stopping Biden After November
Michael Goodwin: "What does she stand for? What would she do in a full term to improve the lives of 20 million New Yorkers? Most important, what is she willing to fight for?" (Can Goodwin really be this obtuse? Hello, Bruen case?! And that's just for starters - jjs)
New Yorkers Are Still Waiting to See if Kathy Hochul is Cuomo 2.0
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
"As long as Vladimir Putin is in power, it’s going to be too early to say."
Is Ukraine Winning?
"Biden’s handling of Ukraine suggests to taxpayers whose money he is recklessly sending overseas that he’s learned little from a year ago."
Biden Left Weapons Worth Billions to the Taliban. Will Ukraine Aid Meet a Similar Fate?
". . . if the conflict goes on for another year with no end in sight, that could draw both NATO and the United States into a direct conflict with Russia.
America’s Direct Conflict with Russia Tied to Long Conflict in Ukraine
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Sorry for the truly innocent, but if just one psycho-jihadi met his maker, it's a win.
Hundreds Killed In Monsoon Floods Across South Asia
"Hezbollah should take note."
Israeli High-Tech Foils Hamas and Islamic Jihad Terror Schemes
"The terror leader brings Lebanon to the brink of economic collapse."
Nasrallah Threatens Israeli Gas Fields
"The outcome of such a conflict is uncertain, as neither side has experience with or adequate capabilities for the kind of warfare required to win, and threat of escalation is high."
US Likely to Go to War With China in the Next Decade, Experts Say
"The Finnish PM and her party."
In Defense of Sanna Marin
"With the Nuance Party, European Muslims go to the next level."
In Sweden, a Big Step Forward for Islam
"A South African sets the record straight."
Prager U Video: Is Israel an Apartheid State?
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
"Khomeini’s fatwa didn’t just mark Rushdie for assassination."
Salman Rushdie and the West’s Jihad Denial
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
"The agency has started installing flow restrictor devices that restrict how much water is allowed to be used inside the home, as well as entirely shutting it off for the outdoors. Since the new rules were enacted, the agency has put in place 56 flow restrictors. The devices have a small hole for water to flow, which results in low-flow showers and appliances that don’t work as well."
Water Agency Cracks Down On Water Use In Southern California
"New Orleans’ LaToya Cantrell is running away with the competition."
This Woman Is the Worst Mayor in America
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
"Outside the Beltway, there’s an insurgency of fed-up employers fighting back against the health care industry’s plunder of Main Street."
The Pharmacy Benefit Manager Scam
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"It now might be necessary to use Falcon 9, because the federal government under Biden is standing in the way of Starship development."
SpaceX to Use Both Falcon 9 and Starship to Launch Second Generation Starlink Satellites
"Though this data once again suggests that liquid water once flowed on the surface of Mars, for future colonists it is more important in that it identifies the regions where the most valuable resources will likely be found. For example, most of the colored regions on the map are located in the dry equatorial parts of Mars."
A Global Map of Mars' Future Mining Regions
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"Ocean Grove, N.J., is one of those idyllic seaside towns on the Jersey Shore. Buildings from the turn of the 20th century dot the landscape, and it’s such an evocative place that it has earned the nickname 'God’s Square Mile' . . ."
Cross-Shaped Beach Pier Causes Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth for LGBTQ Community Members
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"Ex-Pink Floyd bassist calls American media 'propaganda.’" (he's right, except not in the way he thinks it is - jjs)
Jew Hater Roger Waters Appears on Chinese Propaganda Network
"It’s pathetic that hard-working Americans are held back because they face a language barrier that their political leaders will not lessen through pro-assimilation legislation. The smartphone, as a result, is not a luxury to them; it is both a tool for and barrier to making a living wage."
Our Everyday Technology is Facilitating the Liberal Elite’s Power
Christian Toto: "Basement-rated Daily Show host isn't following in his peer's vital footsteps."
Why Trevor Noah’s Cancel Culture Critique Rings Hollow
“The game developers themselves had replaced Pride flags with American flags.”
Profit Over Pride

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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 07:40 AM

Comments

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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 24, 2022 07:40 AM (bVYXr)

2 And bold.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 24, 2022 07:40 AM (bVYXr)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at August 24, 2022 07:41 AM (Kqk59)

4 Well that's just farzrohr.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2022 07:41 AM (sn5EN)

5 Earlier than thou!

Posted by: Brett at August 24, 2022 07:42 AM (2ndRB)

6 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 24, 2022 07:42 AM (BRHaw)

7 Thank you, J.J.!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 24, 2022 07:43 AM (1n+EO)

8 It's a sick, sad world. Thanks Biden.

Posted by: Case at August 24, 2022 07:43 AM (tmQgQ)

9 Burn White Straight Male Librarianship to the Ground
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You know. The people who conceived, established, cultivated, maintained, and promoted libraries. And who allowed f*ck ups to enter and even hold jobs there.

See also: Voting

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 07:43 AM (7Z4ao)

10 Happy Wednesday, everyone. Let us enjoy the day before we get taxed for doing so.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2022 07:43 AM (4olE8)

11 Top 10?!?!?

Posted by: Mick at August 24, 2022 07:43 AM (sVc11)

12 "A new plant-based 'egg' represents the advent of the transhumanist global state."

Eggplant is gross. I suppose you could burn them to make heat.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2022 07:44 AM (sn5EN)

13 10 Happy Wednesday, everyone. Let us enjoy the day before we get taxed for doing so.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2022 07:43 AM (4olE

*sound of George Harrison scribbling furiously then hitting the Wayback Machine for 1966 . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 24, 2022 07:44 AM (x0n13)

14 Whoa

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at August 24, 2022 07:45 AM (Do5/p)

15 National Review has "Crist Fever". Surprisingly strong results for ol' Charlie. Just might take out DeSantis.

Posted by: occam's brassiere at August 24, 2022 07:45 AM (61uie)

16 Except Marc Molinaro, the excellent County Executive in my former home of Dutchess County, NY lost to the deadly boring Pat Ryan by a couple of thousand votes win NY-19 . Polls showed Molinaro winning. Very angry.

Molinaro will be running against someone else in the new NY-19 district in November. Let's hope he's learned some hard lessons from this election

Posted by: Victoria at August 24, 2022 07:45 AM (qkdUx)

17 Moronin, Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at August 24, 2022 07:46 AM (u7pQw)

18 I make a mean eggplant lasagna. 🍆

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 24, 2022 07:46 AM (89T5c)

19 Looks at the NY Post article about the librarian.

Nose rings are becoming as much a warning sign as listing your pronouns.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2022 07:47 AM (4olE8)

20 15 National Review has "Crist Fever". Surprisingly strong results for ol' Charlie. Just might take out DeSantis.
Posted by: occam's brassiere at August 24, 2022 07:45 AM (61uie)

You left out the /sarc tag at the end of that prediction.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 24, 2022 07:48 AM (x0n13)

21 "Wife-Beater" Warnock Voted for Chinese COVID Bill That Sent $75,000 to Social Justice Group He Founded "

Warnock has so far spent $61k of his campaign fund for child care expenses.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2022 07:48 AM (sn5EN)

22

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 24, 2022 07:49 AM (SWi3y)

23 Dr. Fauci: "We Have to Pay Much More Attention to the Animal/Human Interface"
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We should start by feeding Fauci to beagles.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 24, 2022 07:49 AM (TgBWG)

24 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 24, 2022 07:49 AM (GYIa4)

25 Nose rings are becoming as much a warning sign as listing your pronouns.

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It's mentioned here often, but aposematism is a real thing and something that should absolutely be taught to your children at a young age.

Not just green and blue hair on 30 year old women. Any rainbow flag applies immediately as well.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 07:49 AM (7Z4ao)

26 Trifecta!

Man tests positive for monkeypox, COVID-19 and HIV at the same time.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 24, 2022 07:50 AM (yikp0)

27 The Florida governor went silent following the raid on Mar-a-Lago, sending one tweet from his private account, then remaining in a bunker for the next five days. No doubt he agreed to stay silent at the guidance of the club managers behind his new political construct [that group almost certainly likely knew in advance of the FBI raid]. He exited the bunker with a new press secretary and national brand image launch.

That last bit is upsetting to me….To me, what happened at Mar-a-Lago should absolutely sweep aside all other political considerations given the nature of that unprecedented action.

Me too JJ. He staked out the usual GOPE turf at Crunch Time. Big red flag for me. GOPE is using RD to run a splitter strategy that results in a Niki Haley type with the nomination. I thought he was smarter than that. No way I pick him over Trump.

Posted by: Mitch the Bitch at August 24, 2022 07:52 AM (FZS3h)

28 Motor Biscuit’s summary – “The 2022 GMC Hummer EV is extremely rad.

“However, there is no way to argue that it is efficient, practical, or even good for the environment.

“It isn’t. It’s a 10,000-lb truck that has 1,000 hp, costs $100 bucks to fill, and nearly two hours to do so. All this comes at the initial cost of somewhere north of $100,000 and a loooong wait.

Posted by: SMOD at August 24, 2022 07:52 AM (QhggB)

29 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 24, 2022 07:53 AM (f4iLQ)

30 Mornin' Mo-rons!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at August 24, 2022 07:55 AM (OPPgv)

31 Maybe all of Baltimore could go to mail in ballots.

It's the USPS....what could possibly go wrong?

https://tinyurl.com/mwh6bsb6

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 24, 2022 07:55 AM (1n+EO)

32 Researchers in Italy have reported the first known case of someone testing positive for monkeypox, COVID-19 and HIV at the same time. All three infections were new and followed a short trip to Spain.

Posted by: SMOD at August 24, 2022 07:55 AM (QhggB)

33 Man tests positive for monkeypox, COVID-19 and HIV at the same time.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 24, 2022 07:50 AM (yikp0)
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Wasn't that the dude who had his nose fall off?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2022 07:56 AM (YIVH2)

34 The national ad of DeSantis is not a precursor to a Presidential run, imo. He needs money and that is a pathway to get it. In order to counter all the dark PAC dollars that will be portraying Charlie Christ as a great former governor, except this time he is a D not a R, he needs cash. Last night, the laments from the wine-aunt crowd on Nikki Fried’s loss were humorous. Truly an lol moment: they now have to vote for Charlie.

Posted by: EveR at August 24, 2022 07:56 AM (MUpk6)

35 Good morning morons and happy birthday.

Denounce all non-nooders

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2022 07:57 AM (EZebt)

36 All three infections were new and followed a short trip to Spain.
Posted by: SMOD at August 24, 2022 07:55 AM (QhggB)

***

DON'T GO TO SPAIN!!

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 24, 2022 07:57 AM (flINI)

37 "Man tests positive for monkeypox, COVID-19 and HIV at the same time."

Give that guy a Triple Crown and wreath.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2022 07:57 AM (sn5EN)

38 Carolyn Maloney wins elections for 30 years and when she finally loses one, cries Sexism! Pathetic

Why I am increasingly unmoved by claims of discrimination

Posted by: Mitch the Bitch at August 24, 2022 07:57 AM (FZS3h)

39 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

Just spent a bit over 2 hours catching up on work that was left over and never done from yesterday, now catching up on yesterday's links and the Morning Report.

I only needed to see the very opening of that Tim Burton Addams reboot to know it's going to be a piece of woke garbage. If you begin with your Wednesday Addams character attending "Nancy Reagan High School," then I know you're a leftist nitwit.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 07:58 AM (AW0uW)

40 RedState: More Whistleblowers Reveal 'out of Control' FBI Including Fake Cases, Even False Affidavits

Posted by: SMOD at August 24, 2022 07:59 AM (QhggB)

41 Today is Aug 24, 1984

Posted by: Despise Marxist and Twitter Rat Bastards at August 24, 2022 07:59 AM (8m/Xb)

42 34 Oops, sorry “crist” not “Christ”. What a horrible mistake.

Posted by: EveR at August 24, 2022 07:59 AM (MUpk6)

43 Does the Carolyn Maloney loss count against Trump’s endorsement record ?
.. or did he endorse Nadler ?

Posted by: SMOD at August 24, 2022 08:01 AM (QhggB)

44 That last bit is upsetting to me….To me, what happened at Mar-a-Lago should absolutely sweep aside all other political considerations given the nature of that unprecedented action.

I always said Heavy D was going to disappoint me at some point. For the moment, however, I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps his team briefed him on how the DoJ kicked themselves in the nuts over this and they are letting things play out. Perhaps.

But this is something to watch closely - if he keeps dodging comment or, even worse, spits out some of the Dem lies about 'classified documents,' then he will very quickly find himself as popular as Pence.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 08:02 AM (AW0uW)

45 RedState: More Whistleblowers Reveal 'out of Control' FBI Including Fake Cases, Even False Affidavits.

Build a Secret Police and, get this, they'll do Secret Police kinds of shit.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 08:02 AM (7BReP)

46 RedState: More Whistleblowers Reveal 'out of Control' FBI Including Fake Cases, Even False Affidavits
Posted by: SMOD at

Not surprised in the least. Bet the rest of the IC is the same.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 24, 2022 08:02 AM (89T5c)

47 Motor Biscuit’s summary – “The 2022 GMC Hummer EV is extremely rad.

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Of course it is, same as a Aston Martin DB11, a McClaren 720s, a 1971 Dodge with a cammed 440 bored 30 over, or any motorcycle. They're interesting and completely impractical for people that need an Accord.

Stop being absurd.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 08:02 AM (Yp3LT)

48 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

Just spent a bit over 2 hours catching up on work that was left over and never done from yesterday, now catching up on yesterday's links and the Morning Report.

I only needed to see the very opening of that Tim Burton Addams reboot to know it's going to be a piece of woke garbage. If you begin with your Wednesday Addams character attending "Nancy Reagan High School," then I know you're a leftist nitwit.

in fairness, it is a movie, the default should be that it is garbage, why bother?

Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:03 AM (uPbsD)

49 DON'T GO TO SPAIN!!
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 24, 2022 07:57 AM (flINI)
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Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane.

Posted by: Biden's Dog at August 24, 2022 08:03 AM (odVni)

50 DON'T GO TO SPAIN!!

But I kinda like the music!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 08:03 AM (AW0uW)

51 43 Does the Carolyn Maloney loss count against Trump’s endorsement record ?
.. or did he endorse Nadler ?
Posted by: SMOD at August 24, 2022 08:01 AM (QhggB)

I was a bit surprised that Nadler won - but then again I wanted both of them to lose, so can't say I cared. Obviously a machine election, I can't believe any living breathing person voted for him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 08:04 AM (r46W7)

52 if you have done something that has you somehow needing a honda you should reexamine you choices.

Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:04 AM (uPbsD)

53 DON'T GO TO SPAIN!!

But I kinda like the music!

Apparently, you really gotta' watch how they use it.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 08:04 AM (7BReP)

54 Hiya Skip's phone !

Posted by: JT at August 24, 2022 08:05 AM (T4tVD)

55 I have zero sympathy for private school parents clutching their pearls. Honey, enjoy your sh*t sandwich, and by the way, please donate to our Annual Fund.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2022 08:06 AM (EZebt)

56 Per the D’s who like to post on my local Congressman’s FB page, the DOJ’s National Security Division is currently investigating DeSantis’ “Executive Office.” What that means, I have no idea, but it is an attorney that has been the loudest voice on this.

Posted by: EveR at August 24, 2022 08:06 AM (MUpk6)

57 if you have done something that has you somehow needing a honda you should reexamine you choices.

*

You mean like requiring to get back and forth to a job in a car that can also take you and your wife and child to the beach or grandparents on the weekend?

EVs are a communist answer - literally, it's China laws driving the U.S. demand - to a question no one here is asking, and it's a big part of why Trump/MAGA is so dangerous to the gravy train.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 08:06 AM (Yp3LT)

58 DON'T GO TO SPAIN!!

Certainly not those rainy plains.

Posted by: Hunter Bidens' laptop at August 24, 2022 08:06 AM (cY9wR)

59 Wasn't that the dude who had his nose fall off?
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Nein. He is German.

And I forgot to add to my blurb that it was in Italy, luckily updated by SMOD.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 24, 2022 08:07 AM (yikp0)

60 41 Today is Aug 24, 1984
Posted by: Despise Marxist and Twitter Rat Bastards at August 24, 2022 07:59 AM (8m/Xb)

===
...and the clock struck thirteen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2022 08:08 AM (EZebt)

61 Thanks JJ !

Posted by: JT at August 24, 2022 08:08 AM (T4tVD)

62 Cross-Shaped Beach Pier Causes Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth for LGBTQ Community Members
___________

The cross-shaped pier is being built on privately-owned property, and anyone who wishes will be able to use it.

Still, LBGTQRSTUVWXYZ types still claim the cross shape is "bullying" to them.

I don't like seeing rainbow flags and other symbols of their butt-f*cking "pride" constantly being displayed in schools and other government buildings, but somehow they're not 'bullying" me with their offensive bullshit.

Enough with the double standards.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at August 24, 2022 08:08 AM (MvHI3)

63 You mean like requiring to get back and forth to a job in a car that can also take you and your wife and child to the beach or grandparents on the weekend?

in fairness, I mean doing those things in a way that is devoid of excitement, passion and is entirely boring.

Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:08 AM (uPbsD)

64 Hiya EveR !

Posted by: JT at August 24, 2022 08:08 AM (T4tVD)

65 Honestly, I'm surprised to learn Charlie Crist was still alive.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2022 08:09 AM (EZebt)

66 I would like to see Granholm live off of less than $100k.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 08:09 AM (R8uWY)

67 Researchers in Italy have reported the first known case of someone testing positive for monkeypox, COVID-19 and HIV at the same time. All three infections were new and followed a short trip to Spain.

Is that sort of like the Sodomite Bug Catcher's equivalent of the Triple Crown?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2022 08:09 AM (3hSHB)

68 Don’t go to that country where the rain stays mainly in the plain.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 24, 2022 08:09 AM (mK6pw)

69 He is German.

And I forgot to add to my blurb that it was in Italy,
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If a Jap gets it badly next, the CDC could change the name to Axispox.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 24, 2022 08:10 AM (yikp0)

70 Home solar NEVER pays for itself.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 08:10 AM (R8uWY)

71 Researchers in Italy have reported the first known case of someone testing positive for monkeypox, COVID-19 and HIV at the same time.

I'll call it now. Imminent Covid-19 death.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 08:11 AM (7BReP)

72 Good morning, JT. Hope you have a great day!

Posted by: EveR at August 24, 2022 08:11 AM (MUpk6)

73 44 Perhaps his team briefed him on how the DoJ kicked themselves in the nuts over this and they are letting things play out.

So he is sharing a Team with Tim Scott?
Yikes

Posted by: Mitch the Bitch at August 24, 2022 08:11 AM (FZS3h)

74 Great. MonkeyBatAids.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 08:11 AM (R8uWY)

75 in fairness, I mean doing those things in a way that is devoid of excitement, passion and is entirely boring.

Well you can be like that Italian guy visiting Spain.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2022 08:11 AM (3hSHB)

76 "Biden" orders airstrikes against Iran-backed groups in Syria.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 24, 2022 08:11 AM (yikp0)

77 [that group almost certainly likely knew in advance of the FBI raid].'

This came up just after the raid, and I ask again, why the hell would the Governor's office have known about the raid in advance? The Fed's never tell any State officials what they're doing, they think that all State officials are ignoring peons and not worth talking to about anything. Florida doesn't have it's own CIA that keeps tabs on the Fed Govm't, so how would they have known?

AND, if they HAD known, what could they have done? Send State Troopers out to have a shootout with the Feds, over a raid that did have a legal warrant? (admittedly flawed) I simply do not understand the criticism of DeSantis on this; I get that people wish he would talk more about it, but then no other State Governor in the nation has said anything about it either, have they?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 08:11 AM (r46W7)

78 in fairness, is there an accord type r? that would be a fun ride.

stuff a 500 hp motor and some big fat tires in there?

Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:12 AM (uPbsD)

79 "I only needed to see the very opening of that Tim Burton Addams reboot to know it's going to be a piece of woke garbage. If you begin with your Wednesday Addams character attending "Nancy Reagan High School," then I know you're a leftist nitwit."

I just watched it, good grief. It looks like he made it for teenage girls that want to straight up murder guys. Piranhas eating a guy's junk? Really? Tim doesn't understand the Adams Family.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 24, 2022 08:12 AM (qH6FZ)

80 in fairness, I mean doing those things in a way that is devoid of excitement, passion and is entirely boring.

*

I never had money growing up. Then I did. Now it's looking like I won't again. Well, I will, it just will be worth half or less of what it looked like it was going to be worth as I saved and saved and didn't go on $5000 vacations every year as I planned for my family's future. Yeah, I'm a sucker. I should've been buying new sh*t and enjoying life in debt. Live and learn.

No longer applies, I guess, but:

Until that man is financially secure and able to tuck away $500+ each month into a retirement account until he leaves the workforce I'd encourage him to drive Accords. Used ones if he can.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 08:12 AM (6A8uw)

81 All three infections were new and followed a short trip to Spain.

It must have been a toilet seat.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 08:12 AM (R8uWY)

82 I looked at the Breitbart article about Gaetz, and only the name of Gaetz's opponent is mentioned.

Was the primary challenge by a GOPe or a relabeled Democrat? (not that there's much daylight between the two)

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 08:13 AM (5pTK/)

83 Home solar NEVER pays for itself.

It does if the utility company tells you that it will cost over $50k to run a wire from your house to their nearest pole.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2022 08:13 AM (3hSHB)

84 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 24, 2022 08:13 AM (CbzHy)

85
Well you can be like that Italian guy visiting Spain.

in fairness, why would somebody do that, it is as if somebody from rwanda visited congo

Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:13 AM (uPbsD)

86 I have zero sympathy for private school parents clutching their pearls. Honey, enjoy your sh*t sandwich, and by the way, please donate to our Annual Fund.

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I don't know if I was more shocked that they seem clueless as to what's been building in schools (public and private) culturally for years, ie. hate whitey, or the fact that they pay $60 grand a year for tuition for grade school.

How could they not know what's been brewing in these festering classrooms??? It's literally everywhere. I didn't read the article, but all that sicko librarian experienced was a suspension? Did they not even have the stones to fire this person?

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 24, 2022 08:13 AM (sVtYq)

87 I saw a story the other day that Morticia and Gomez's romantic relationship is problematic.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 08:14 AM (R8uWY)

88 I just watched it, good grief. It looks like he made it for teenage girls that want to straight up murder guys. Piranhas eating a guy's junk? Really? Tim doesn't understand the Adams Family.

Maybe not. But it sounds like he's got Woke Feminism down to a science.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 08:14 AM (7BReP)

89 Don't you dare think of cutting the DOJ's budget by a single penny.

Then the terrorists will win.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:14 AM (LvTSG)

90 If DeSantis is indeed running against Trump for '24, that answers every question I will ever have about him. What a terminal fucking disappointment the GOP really is.

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 08:14 AM (t6WSm)

91 Are we already doing a remake of the Addams remake?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 08:14 AM (R8uWY)

92 Any talk by people that DeSantis is going to run against Trump is just an attempt to sow discord between the two.

DeSantis won't challenge Trump, he is too smart of a politician to do something that dumb. He is set up to go for the nomination if Trump decides not to run, but otherwise he is going to be the VP choice.

Last night the most important bellwethers of the election were the specials in NY. NY-23 and NY-19 were supposed to be wins, but NY-19 was a close loss. These were establishment candidates who are the choices of McCarthy. Trump endorsed neither candidate, but did endorse Tenney in her primary (who did win) who will compete for the redrawn NY-23 in November.

Turn out was terrible in these specials. This shows that when Trump is involved, turn out is high, but without his involvement the base doesn't care.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 24, 2022 08:15 AM (uha4H)

93 I never had money growing up. Then I did. Now it's looking like I won't again. Well, I will, it just will be worth half or less of what it looked like it was going to be worth as I saved and saved and didn't go on $5000 vacations every year as I planned for my family's future. Yeah, I'm a sucker. I should've been buying new sh*t and enjoying life in debt. Live and learn.

No longer applies, I guess, but:

Until that man is financially secure and able to tuck away $500+ each month into a retirement account until he leaves the workforce I'd encourage him to drive Accords.

if I were going to buy an accord I would buy a hyundai or kia instead.

Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:15 AM (uPbsD)

94 5 buses of illegals arrived from Texas to New York City this morning.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2022 08:15 AM (NpAcC)

95 Good morning, JT. Hope you have a great day!
Posted by: EveR

Thank you !

And I wish the same to you !

Posted by: JT at August 24, 2022 08:15 AM (T4tVD)

96 Speaking of cross shaped, I when I was on the operating table yesterday, the table had these arms which swung out for me to put my arms on.

I made the comment I hoped someone didn't show up with nails.

I'm not sure if anyone caught what I said, but, it amused me.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 08:15 AM (5pTK/)

97 To buttress JJ's point about our public schools, take a gander at this ZH piece about Chicago's vanishing student bodies, as well the horrendous math and language proficienies the 'educators' are achieving there.

https://tinyurl.com/5khszzdn

Most of these kids will never get over what's been and being done to them. A lost generation.

Morning, y'all.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 24, 2022 08:15 AM (JOtiF)

98 "John Fetterman Struggles in Speech Lasting Less than 5 Minutes in Second Public Appearance After Stroke"

When do the Pennsylvania and National Democrat Party bosses force Fetterman to withdraw then install a better candidate? Similar to the illegal but court-approved shenanigan in New Jersey 12 or so years back.

Posted by: Gref at August 24, 2022 08:16 AM (AMIL/)

99 Morning JJ, Horde. Off to read fabulous content !

Posted by: mpfs at August 24, 2022 08:16 AM (hApyX)

100 Trump needs to shit or get off the pot. Either he is running or he is not. But I guess if he says he is not, all of the media fire will be concentrated on Ron. So maybe Trump can hold out and be a shield for a while.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 08:16 AM (R8uWY)

101 if I were going to buy an accord I would buy a hyundai or kia instead.

Its tough to beat Kia's warranty right now, especially at those prices.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 08:16 AM (7BReP)

102 DeSantis can wait to run in 2028. It's absolutely vital that Trump is the one to crush the democrats in 2024. Only a Trump win can demoralize and render insane the left along with proving that no matter what the deep state does, it can't defeat democracy.

Posted by: jwest at August 24, 2022 08:17 AM (/BlEx)

103 90 If DeSantis is indeed running against Trump for '24, that answers every question I will ever have about him. What a terminal fucking disappointment the GOP really is.
Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 08:14 AM (t6WSm)

As the Spartans replied to Alexander, "IF".

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 08:17 AM (r46W7)

104 Its tough to beat Kia's warranty right now, especially at those prices.

indeed

Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:17 AM (uPbsD)

105 Turn out was terrible in these specials. This shows that when Trump is involved, turn out is high, but without his involvement the base doesn't care.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 24, 2022 08:15 AM (uha4H)
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Didn't DeSantis move to limit how much the FBI was allowed to operate in FL after the Mar A Lago raid? I don't remember the specifics, but I seem to recall the usual suspects having a hissy fit over it.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 08:18 AM (5pTK/)

106 All three infections were new and followed a short trip to Spain.

It must have been a toilet seat.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 08:12 AM (R8uWY)
+++++
Looks like San Fran has the right idea. Do your business on the sidewalk.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 24, 2022 08:18 AM (dr4Q1)

107 Not a Kid Rock fan, but I happened to hear this today:

A nation of pussies is our next generation
And these minions and their agendas
Every opinion has a millennial offended
But this amendment one, it rings true

Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 08:18 AM (qpX6U)

108 98 "John Fetterman Struggles in Speech Lasting Less than 5 Minutes in Second Public Appearance After Stroke"

That is racist for pointing that out. The poor guy had a stroke. You cant point out his disability. We should call him brave and deem the election won.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 08:18 AM (R8uWY)

109 I haven't had one in over 15 years, but Accords constantly win awards for a reason. Not only are they reliable, but they're tuned to still give a bit of fun, too. I remember a late 90s magazine comparing an Accord LX to a 3 series BMW and it was 90% of the performance in 90% of situations or something similar, and the big problem was - naturally - front vs rear wheel drive. IIRC swapping tires on the Accord made a huge difference after the test, too, which makes sense. That's how the modern Camaro punches so far above its class.

Mazdas are where the real action is, though.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 08:19 AM (6A8uw)

110 John Fetterman was someone I knew nothing about a few weeks ago, tbh. I don't say this lightly, but that is one creepy, crazy dude. The guy literally oozes malevolence. I mean, sure PA, if that's what floats your boat, but as bad or questionable as Oz is, there really is no contest here.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 24, 2022 08:19 AM (sVtYq)

111 Guten morgen horden

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 24, 2022 08:19 AM (gbzeC)

112 We need a thread to write Crist campaign slogans. I'll start things off:

Florida's last chance for the Gillum glory days!

Posted by: Hunter Bidens' laptop at August 24, 2022 08:19 AM (cY9wR)

113 I get that people wish he would talk more about it, but then no other State Governor in the nation has said anything about it either, have they?
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 08:11 AM (r46W7)

I would expect some (R) governors to make noise, especially those who are supposedly on the MAGA train. I think the frustration stems from DeSantis being the guv of FL and Trump living there. One would think a GOP governor and one who supposedly has ties to Trump would come out swinging against Stinkfinger's Gestapo.

But as I always say, what do I know? I'm just an asshole commenter on a Smart Military Blog.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 08:19 AM (AW0uW)

114 Morning peeps.

It's nice to see some of the nation's schoolboards being taken over from the leftists but I've always contended that if the parents are in fact on board with the whole transgender thing there's a bigger problem than schoolboards.

The schools themselves are infested with insane weirdos who have the blessings of way too many parents to do as they see fit with their kids.

Schoolboards are one answer, but not "the answer."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2022 08:20 AM (BFigT)

115 in fairness, if you wander through youtube, the 20 somethings are doing bunches of vids that are anti sjw and anti feminist.

Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:20 AM (uPbsD)

116 Turn out was terrible in these specials. This shows that when Trump is involved, turn out is high, but without his involvement the base doesn't care.

I wonder if there are some well funded dark nationwide PACs out there that just coincidentally follow Trump endorsements.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2022 08:20 AM (3hSHB)

117 As the Spartans replied to Alexander, "IF".

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 08:17 AM (r46W7)

I am holding out hope, believe me.

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 08:20 AM (t6WSm)

118 Chorus, "Good Morning Stabby Vmom!"

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 08:20 AM (5pTK/)

119 if I were going to buy an accord I would buy a hyundai or kia instead.

*

Yeah, a neighbor bought a Hyundai. Then replaced all his vehicles with Hyundais. They're impressive and one will probably be our oldest's first car.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 08:20 AM (6A8uw)

120
Turn out was terrible in these specials. This shows that when Trump is involved, turn out is high, but without his involvement the base doesn't care.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 24, 2022 08:15 AM (uha4H)

I believe turnout in NY-19 was only 20% of what it was in 2020. Clearly the candidate did not have what it took to motivate people to go out and vote for him; so, GOP-e all the way. Agree about DeSantis, there's no reason for him to say anything about 2024 now. He's running for Governor this fall, and as to the rest, stay quiet and see how things shake out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 08:21 AM (r46W7)

121 Supposition 1:
The red wave is receding because of polls.

Supposition 2:
Conservatives swept school boards in FL elections.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:21 AM (LvTSG)

122 Didn't DeSantis move to limit how much the FBI was allowed to operate in FL after the Mar A Lago raid? I don't remember the specifics, but I seem to recall the usual suspects having a hissy fit over it.

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That reminds me, the other day, I read where the Capitol Police have opened a field office in the Tampa area. How can they do this? What jurisdiction do they have to operate in Florida? What does DeSantis have to say about it?

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 24, 2022 08:22 AM (sVtYq)

123 When do the Pennsylvania and National Democrat Party bosses force Fetterman to withdraw then install a better candidate? Similar to the illegal but court-approved shenanigan in New Jersey 12 or so years back.
Posted by: Gref

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Hon Robert Torricelli (D- pride of NJ) at August 24, 2022 08:22 AM (cY9wR)

124 in fairness, ondas are overrated and over priced, they have been riding the repurtation for some time now.

the hyundais and kias are as good, have a 10% discount and a 100,00 mi warranty.

Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:22 AM (uPbsD)

125 Turn out was terrible in these specials. This shows that when Trump is involved, turn out is high, but without his involvement the base doesn't care.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 24, 2022 08:15 AM (uha4H)
*******
We're are own worst enemy. People complain that things are going off the rails and then just sit home and don't even attempt to make a difference.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2022 08:22 AM (NpAcC)

126 Mornin'! Enjoying yet another windows-open start in August. What global warmening?

Posted by: Catherine at August 24, 2022 08:22 AM (ZSsrh)

127 All three infections were new and followed a short trip to Spain.

It must have been a toilet seat.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 08:12 AM (R8uWY)
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Looks like San Fran has the right idea. Do your business on the sidewalk.

Sad to observe that street wisdom provides better health guidance than the CDC.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2022 08:22 AM (3hSHB)

128 125 We're are own worst enemy. People complain that things are going off the rails and then just sit home and don't even attempt to make a difference.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2022 08:22 AM (NpAcC)

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Voting doesn't matter. Dominion will make Democrats rule us for a thousand years.

Just go fishing instead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:23 AM (LvTSG)

129 Whoever put the statistics together on the "10% of our nation’s students are victims of sexual abuse by educators" claim are engaging in click bait.

This is a total bullshit statement.

As much as I hate public schools, lumping "unwanted touching" in with intercourse makes this article worthless.

Posted by: jwest at August 24, 2022 08:23 AM (/BlEx)

130 I will point out that CTH is Trump cult central. It lost all sense regarding anything that happens to Trump and is pathologically paranoid about anything not worshipping Trump . I will visit there occasionally as Sundance will post info on issues that are not receiving press anywhere else.. But any site that has a pencil drawing of Trump as a permanent fixture., and has a large contingent of commenters who call Trump “our lion” creeps me out and is worthy of having its opinions considered suspect.

Posted by: Jen the original at August 24, 2022 08:23 AM (mumhj)

131 Supposition 1:
The red wave is receding because of polls.

Supposition 2:
Conservatives swept school boards in FL elections.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:21 AM (LvTSG)
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It appears to me the GOPe throws away elections with the excuse, "That's not who we are."

GOP MAGA candidates, who are very vocal about destructive Democrats policies tend to win.

my .02, anyway.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 08:23 AM (5pTK/)

132 Morning, and thanks for the news J.J.

It seems odd that DeSantis would be trying to win the governorship and throw his hat in the ring for 2024. His silence on the Trump raid was very disappointing. And if he runs against Trump in 2024 he will be showing his true colors. I so sick of republicans.

Posted by: spypeach at August 24, 2022 08:23 AM (gnwe5)

133 Hiya Catherine !

Posted by: JT at August 24, 2022 08:24 AM (T4tVD)

134 Trump will announce after the midterms. The McConnell wing wants to blame any losses on him. Trumo is keeping that attack off the table.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 24, 2022 08:24 AM (uha4H)

135 25 It's mentioned here often, but aposematism is a real thing and something that should absolutely be taught to your children at a young age.

Not just green and blue hair on 30 year old women. Any rainbow flag applies immediately as well.

1. I love the education I get here. I learn new words like aposematism. Thanks!

2. Good point on the rainbow flag. Teach your children early.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2022 08:24 AM (4olE8)

136 I just watched it, good grief. It looks like he made it for teenage girls that want to straight up murder guys. Piranhas eating a guy's junk? Really? Tim doesn't understand the Adams Family.
Posted by: lowandslow at August 24, 2022 08:12 AM (qH6FZ)

Good God. I'm glad I didn't watch it, then. No doubt Wednesday sports an evil smile as the guy dies.

I expect that, if you cornered him, Burton would say he was returning to the 'original' Charles Addams worldview. The difference, however, is that while Addams' cartoons could be morbid or disturbing (see the one of Uncle Fester waving a car to pass him - he's directing them right into the path of an oncoming truck), he was never straight-up violent for its own sake.

The reason people loved the TV version was because, like The Munsters, the titular characters thought they were a regular American family and didn't believe they were monsters or misfits. The repeated Addams re-imaginings have turned them into supernatural ghouls, rather than friendly neighbors.

See also Rob Zombie's shit show Munsters.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 08:24 AM (AW0uW)

137 "the hyundais and kias are as good, have a 10% discount and a 100,00 mi warranty."

Wasn't one of them just popped for using child labor recently?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 24, 2022 08:24 AM (1n+EO)

138 Crist? Christ.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 08:25 AM (R8uWY)

139 Are FL Dems that stupid? Rhetorical.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 08:25 AM (R8uWY)

140 Wasn't one of them just popped for using child labor recently?

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Apparently folks are allowed to talk about it if it's related to South Korea.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 08:25 AM (6A8uw)

141 52 if you have done something that has you somehow needing a honda you should reexamine you choices.
Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:04 AM (uPbsD)

The first car I bought for myself was a Civic EX because I wanted to learn how to drive a stick shift and getting in the car and driving it was the best way.

That car lasted 263,000 miles before I had to donate it. I won't speak ill of Hondas.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2022 08:26 AM (4olE8)

142 Crist winning his primary amuses me. The Crist makes Jeb look positively dynamic.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 08:26 AM (5pTK/)

143 136 See also Rob Zombie's shit show Munsters.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 08:24 AM (AW0uW)

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I don't care much about Zombie or his movies, but the vibe I get from his Munsters movie is "loving tribute" not post-modern deconstruction.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:26 AM (LvTSG)

144 I would expect some (R) governors to make noise, especially those who are supposedly on the MAGA train."

Gov. Abbott has come under some criticism here, and he hasn't said anything about it - but he's sure got the Mayors of NYC and DC jumping with his buses, isn't he? And as I'm sure he planned, Mayor Adam's idiotic statements are already being turned into campaign ads for this fall.

Being able to claim with full justification that "NEW YORK HATES ME!!!" is the greatest possible endorsement of all time in Texas politics.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 08:26 AM (r46W7)

145 Kias are the ones a 14 year old can start with a USB cable, right?

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2022 08:26 AM (sn5EN)

146 Speaking of cross shaped, I when I was on the operating table yesterday, the table had these arms which swung out for me to put my arms on.

I made the comment I hoped someone didn't show up with nails.

I'm not sure if anyone caught what I said, but, it amused me.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing

You OK ?

Posted by: JT at August 24, 2022 08:26 AM (T4tVD)

147 David Crane, the Energy Department nominee, is a very weird guy. Strange personality. Odd family. All his ties to Russia, Saudi, and China are just the beginning. His only plus is that he is pro-nuclear.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2022 08:26 AM (JoHrE)

148 139 Are FL Dems that stupid? Rhetorical.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 08:25 AM (R8uWY)

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They told me the Orange Man was bad.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:26 AM (LvTSG)

149 Chris Bedford from The Federalist was on Laura Ingraham's show last night and said that with amount of money Trump has raised he needs to start helping the Senate candidates he has endorsed.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2022 08:26 AM (NpAcC)

150 We're are own worst enemy. People complain that things are going off the rails and then just sit home and don't even attempt to make a difference.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2022 08:22 AM (NpAcC)

Or maybe the worthless GOP doesn't give them any reason to attempt to make a difference.
I'm always surprised the voter turnout is as high as it is. In a sane world it would be around 10%. Because who really wants any of these people in office?

Posted by: lowandslow at August 24, 2022 08:27 AM (qH6FZ)

151 So they want people to eat windmill blades? They are classified as toxic waste. Carbon fiber, fiberglass, balsa, sounds tasty.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 24, 2022 08:27 AM (lTGtQ)

152 "the hyundais and kias are as good, have a 10% discount and a 100,00 mi warranty."

Wasn't one of them just popped for using child labor recently?

in fairness, I do not know, but it would not bother me, factory work is better than having you tits sawed off and hormoned to switch sexes.

it is a bit funny that there was a time where the most abusive sex sawings were muslims removing clits.

Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:27 AM (uPbsD)

153 You OK ?
Posted by: JT at August 24, 2022 08:26 AM (T4tVD)
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Outpatient hernia repair surgery. I'm actually not nearly as sore today as I thought I would be.

Thanks for asking, I really appreciate it!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 08:27 AM (5pTK/)

154 If Trump decides to run the battle between him and McConnell will be lit. I think we'll see a GOP more animated about something than we've ever seen in our lifetime.

I figure the more America First/MAGA candidates Trump can stuff into Congress the better he thinks his chances are to pin McConnell down.

Current status: dubious.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2022 08:27 AM (BFigT)

155 "Yeah, a neighbor bought a Hyundai. Then replaced all his vehicles with Hyundais."

I'm a Hyundai fan. They DO honor their warranty. I don't see why all car companies can't offer the same 100K powertrain warranty.

Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 08:28 AM (qpX6U)

156 HAHAHAHA

"Previous Reuters reporting has shown how some minors, often immigrants, get hired for Alabama factory jobs through recruitment agencies."

https://tinyurl.com/2nyr4ccv

That's hilarious. Yeah, let me get my tissues out to cry for the illegals again.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 08:28 AM (g6ohO)

157 the Florida election resulting in massive school board flips is the best news in a very long time.

Well done, Floridians!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2022 08:28 AM (JoHrE)

158 The Last Covidians

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They still exist. I suspect they always will now. We went to see Steve Martin in Greenville last Friday. He had on stage with him a great band called Steep Canyon Rangers. The violinist wore a flipping mask...on stage! I couldn't believe it. Then I read he is originally from Berkely and the band is from Asheville. Then I believed it. Still, he looked ridiculous.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 24, 2022 08:28 AM (sVtYq)

159 Whitey Bulger was assassinated to stop him from ratting on the people in the FBI he controlled like Bobby Mueller.

Remember the FBI basically pretended Whitey controlling the FBI in the northeast was just some low level schmuck going off the reservation.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2022 08:28 AM (ESjRY)

160 John Fetterman was someone I knew nothing about a few weeks ago, tbh. I don't say this lightly, but that is one creepy, crazy dude. The guy literally oozes malevolence. I mean, sure PA, if that's what floats your boat, but as bad or questionable as Oz is, there really is no contest here.

A state held hostage by one city, Philadelphia. In 2020, after the ballot box stuffing, fulling one half of Bidens entire vote total, over 1.5 million, came from the counties enclosing that make up Philly and the surrounding burbs.

For comparison, Pittsburgh went 60/40 Biden. Metro Philly went over 80/20.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 08:28 AM (7BReP)

161 I vote for the same reason I still watch the opening of SNL every Saturday night.

I hope for even one laugh.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2022 08:28 AM (EZebt)

162 I usually drive a car that nobody wants to steal. I even leave the key in the ignition when it's parked at the house. They would steal my truck first.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2022 08:29 AM (sn5EN)

163 154 If Trump decides to run the battle between him and McConnell will be lit. I think we'll see a GOP more animated about something than we've ever seen in our lifetime.

I figure the more America First/MAGA candidates Trump can stuff into Congress the better he thinks his chances are to pin McConnell down.

Current status: dubious.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2022 08:27 AM (BFigT)

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I dislike McConnell a lot, but he's not dumb. He knows he won't be able to win a face to face public battle with Trump in the political sphere of the Republican Party.

He'll quietly accept Trump as the nominee publicly, and then work to undermine him as much as he can behind closed doors.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:29 AM (LvTSG)

164 I don't care much about Zombie or his movies, but the vibe I get from his Munsters movie is "loving tribute" not post-modern deconstruction.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:26 AM (LvTSG)

same here - it looked like a faithful remake. Perhaps some have forgotten how silly the original Munsters always was.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 08:29 AM (r46W7)

165 The first car I bought for myself was a Civic EX because I wanted to learn how to drive a stick shift and getting in the car and driving it was the best way.

That car lasted 263,000 miles before I had to donate it. I won't speak ill of Hondas.

in fairness that is not that many mi and hyundai and kia had not even been founded then.

Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:29 AM (uPbsD)

166 in fairness, I do not know, but it would not bother me, factory work is better than having you tits sawed off and hormoned to switch sexes.

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The part that I can't get past is that the surgeries seem to be intentional hack-and-slash. The scars and stitches look horrible. Like they're on purpose on already mentally damaged children.

You don't have to sew up wounds to look like someone was in a horror movie. They are doing it on purpose.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 08:30 AM (g6ohO)

167 Its tough to beat Kia's warranty right now, especially at those prices.

indeed
Posted by: confederatefifth

Letter going around on Facebook from Mac Haik Chevrolet in Houston. Announcing a $6000 NON refundable deposit for the 2023 Corvette Z06, which will be sold at $90,000 OVER MSRP.

Supposedly they dropped it after being flamed.

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 24, 2022 08:30 AM (CbzHy)

168 "Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you. For you, Lord, have delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before the Lord in the land of the living."

Psalm 116:7-8

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2022 08:30 AM (VpIIl)

169 in fairness, ondas are overrated and over priced, they have been riding the repurtation for some time now.

I've owned two Accords. One I got rid of after about 100K miles because the repair bills were becoming larger than a car payment. The one I have now is at about 106K and still runs well.

I might think about a Hyundai if I live long enough to need a new car.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 08:30 AM (AW0uW)

170 164 same here - it looked like a faithful remake. Perhaps some have forgotten how silly the original Munsters always was.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 08:29 AM (r46W7)

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People assume, I guess, that it's going to be some grungy awful thing considering, well, every other movie Zombie has made. Literally every other movie.

But that trailer is garishly lit (probably best to watch in black and white) is innocently nice.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:31 AM (LvTSG)

171 We're are own worst enemy. People complain that things are going off the rails and then just sit home and don't even attempt to make a difference.
Posted by: redridinghood

Whaddya want me to do ? (BE NICE !)

Posted by: JT at August 24, 2022 08:31 AM (T4tVD)

172 Amen, Marcus.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 08:31 AM (5pTK/)

173 John Fetterman was someone I knew nothing about a few weeks ago, tbh. I don't say this lightly, but that is one creepy, crazy dude. The guy literally oozes malevolence. I mean, sure PA, if that's what floats your boat, but as bad or questionable as Oz is, there really is no contest here.

He looks like Lurch An evil Lurch.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2022 08:31 AM (JoHrE)

174 Today is National Waffle Day!

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2022 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

175 Person with a vulva
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If there's no such thing as a man and a woman then what the fuck is a trans??? You can't trans from or to something that doesn't exist. It's not ideology. It's cult brainwashing mental mindfuck insanity, nothing more or less.

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 08:32 AM (t6WSm)

176 rom Mac Haik Chevrolet in Houston. Announcing a $6000 NON refundable deposit for the 2023 Corvette Z06, which will be sold at $90,000 OVER MSRP.

Supposedly they dropped it after being flamed.
Posted by: r

they should have the franchise revokd by chevy.

Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:32 AM (uPbsD)

177 166 The part that I can't get past is that the surgeries seem to be intentional hack-and-slash. The scars and stitches look horrible. Like they're on purpose on already mentally damaged children.

You don't have to sew up wounds to look like someone was in a horror movie. They are doing it on purpose.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 08:30 AM (g6ohO)

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Remember the South Park saga where Cartman couldn't wait to get a Nintendo Wii (Jesus...that episode was forever ago), so he froze himself in time and went to the future which allowed Mrs. Garrison to meet and sleep with Richard Dawkins?

Yeah, they chose to show Mrs. Garrison's boobs...Ew...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:32 AM (LvTSG)

178 Whaddya want me to do ? (BE NICE !)
Posted by: JT at August 24, 2022 08:31 AM (T4tVD)
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Local elections. FL wiped out their CRT pedo grooming proponents statewide, it appears.

Seems like a really good start.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 08:33 AM (5pTK/)

179 Supposition 1:
The red wave is receding because of polls.

Supposition 2:
Conservatives swept school boards in FL elections.
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A Leftist suppository.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 24, 2022 08:33 AM (yikp0)

180 171 "What are you prepared to do ?" (the character Jim Malone, played by Sean Connery, The Untouchables)

Posted by: Despise Marxist & Twitter Rat Bastards at August 24, 2022 08:33 AM (8m/Xb)

181 "People complain that things are going off the rails and then just sit home and don't even attempt to make a difference."

I'm 68. I'm betting I'll croak before America does, but it is admittedly a long shot. Lying back and letting it happen.

Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 08:33 AM (qpX6U)

182 Trump will announce after the midterms. The McConnell wing wants to blame any losses on him. Trumo is keeping that attack off the table.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 24, 2022 08:24 AM (uha4H)

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Except Biden is going to set the world on fire after the midterms.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2022 08:33 AM (EZebt)

183 174 Today is National Waffle Day!
Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2022 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

or maybe not!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 24, 2022 08:33 AM (BRHaw)

184 Would DeSantis run if Trump runs? Does he intend to directly challenge Trump? How would he handle the inevitable barbs Trump would toss at him without responding in such a way to alienate Trump's legions? To run a purely positive campaign and hope to demonstrate he was the more fit and capable executive (by implication, younger, more vital and with none of Trump's baggage) would seem to be his likely strategy.

If so, he's miscalculating. If Trump runs, the nomination is his -- barring illness. And attacking Trump directly would ruin DeSantis.

Maybe DeSantis is trying to show or impress Trump that Trump's time has come and gone, to preempt him. This would also be a mistake.

It's all up to Trump.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 24, 2022 08:33 AM (H8QX8)

185 " Today is National Waffle Day!
Posted by: redridinghood"

Wow!. I think I'll have a waffle. Well, maybe not. Ok, I'll do it. If it's not a bad idea. I just don't know.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2022 08:33 AM (sn5EN)

186 Today is National Waffle Day!

I may participate. Might not. Really can't decide.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 08:33 AM (7BReP)

187 ""Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 08:31 AM (5pTK/) "

Heal quickly, my friend.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2022 08:34 AM (VpIIl)

188 Yeah, they chose to show Mrs. Garrison's boobs...Ew...

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I've been thinking a lot about the piles of sh*t stickers, emojis, etc. you see everywhere these days. It's become normal. No one, not even kids, thinks anything about it unless their parents - prudes like us - reject it and don't allow it in the house.

Feces. Normal. Perfectly normal, something you play with.

Sound familiar?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 08:34 AM (g6ohO)

189
Wind turbine blades could be recycled into gummy bears for human consumption at the end of their lifespan, according to new research from scientists at Michigan State University.

There's no way this is cost-effective at any scale. But the Junta will give millions of dollars of grants to any school that says it will work on it.

Posted by: Gref at August 24, 2022 08:34 AM (AMIL/)

190 130 Jen

Thank you for voicing your opinion. I absolutely agree.

Posted by: EveR at August 24, 2022 08:35 AM (MUpk6)

191 "People complain that things are going off the rails and then just sit home and don't even attempt to make a difference."

We lack organization to do anything effective.

The uniparty has bribed/blackmailed/destroyed the organization that the right originally had.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2022 08:35 AM (ESjRY)

192 188 Feces. Normal. Perfectly normal, something you play with.

Sound familiar?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 08:34 AM (g6ohO)

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Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:35 AM (LvTSG)

193 It's also Ukraine Independence Day today.
Send more taxpayers' money Stat!/

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2022 08:35 AM (NpAcC)

194 Anyway bunch of work to do today.

Final thoughts, complaining about DeSantis response to Mar-a-Lago is disingenuous. His response was fine. This is Trump's fight not his.

DeSantis won't run against Trump. Not sure how many times he has to publicly announce it until people believe it, but whatever.

People are trying to trigger Trump's ego and torpedo the relationship between him and DeSantis with all this "DeSantis is running" bullshit.

MAGA won last night, GOPe lost. The wave is defined by candidate and issue resonance with the MAGA agenda. Where MAGA in on the ballot in November it will win. Where GOPe is on the ballot it will struggle. This is not going to be a traditional wave election, it is a realignment election.

Trump endorsement is the most important credential a candidate needs right now. Expect to see a bunch of people coming to him hat in hand asking for it after the NY-19 loss.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 24, 2022 08:35 AM (uha4H)

195 People are tired. Lots of people. Really really tired.

Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2022 08:35 AM (bRFB+)

196 @ Marcus: Thank you.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 08:35 AM (5pTK/)

197 "Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 24, 2022 08:24 AM (uha4H)"

What's your general take on yesterday? Methinks NY 19 is a cautionary tale, especially turnout.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2022 08:35 AM (VpIIl)

198 I don't care much about Zombie or his movies, but the vibe I get from his Munsters movie is "loving tribute" not post-modern deconstruction.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:26 AM (LvTSG)

I suppose it annoys me because I don't think anyone can compete with the original cast - certainly there can never be a better "Grandpa" than Al Lewis, even if he was a lunatic left-winger. I'll go to see it, but considering nearly everything these days is an in-your-face attempt at destroying pleasant memories, I don't hold out hope for much.

Anyway, looking forward to your thoughts on von Stroheim movies. I would recommend the Arthur Lennig bio for an in-depth look at his movies and his career.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 08:35 AM (AW0uW)

199 139 Are FL Dems that stupid? Rhetorical.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 08:25 AM (R8uWY)

There is one very significant lesson we can take from these results - the official Democrat Party in Florida, just like in Texas, is now dead. A retread ex-republican can get more votes in the Dem primary than any honest Democrat can. Same thing has happened in Texas; there are plenty of people who don't like current leadership, but the Texas Democrat Party no longer exists as any functioning or coherent organization.

if you've forgotten, there is only one reason that Beto got the Texas dem nomination so easily, and it is because he's the only candidate who was able to self finance his campaign. The Texas Dem party is stone cold broke - might as well not even exist. Now Florida is in the same boat.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 08:36 AM (r46W7)

200 The uniparty has bribed/blackmailed/destroyed the organization that the right originally had.
Posted by: 18-

in fairness, that is what they want you to believe

Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:37 AM (uPbsD)

201 Remember the South Park saga where Cartman couldn't wait to get a Nintendo Wii (Jesus...that episode was forever ago), so he froze himself in time and went to the future which allowed Mrs. Garrison to meet and sleep with Richard Dawkins?

Yeah, they chose to show Mrs. Garrison's boobs...Ew...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:32 AM (LvTSG)
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As I recall, they also showed ACTUAL FOOTAGE of Garrison having his sex change (as in real, honest to goodness live action footage of the procedure).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2022 08:37 AM (YIVH2)

202 Nothing but praise for Honda here. I had an Accord that my grandson is still driving and it has well over 200k on it. Also have a CRV that I am still driving just about to turn over 200k. Very few problems with either one of them.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 24, 2022 08:37 AM (dr4Q1)

203 Trump endorsement is the most important credential a candidate needs right now. Expect to see a bunch of people coming to him hat in hand asking for it after the NY-19 loss.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 24, 2022 08:35 AM (uha4H)
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The GOPe are going to be forced to make a choice: Go MAGA and keep their job or fall on their GOPe sword.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 08:37 AM (5pTK/)

204 198 Anyway, looking forward to your thoughts on von Stroheim movies. I would recommend the Arthur Lennig bio for an in-depth look at his movies and his career.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 08:35 AM (AW0uW)

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I just look forward to seeing that gloriously imported carriage in all it's amazing 100 year old, beaten-up print clarity.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:38 AM (LvTSG)

205 in fairness, if hondas were so great the japanese would not be driving toyotas

Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:38 AM (uPbsD)

206 The GOPe are going to be forced to make a choice: Go MAGA and keep their job or fall on their GOPe sword.

Easy call. They'll lose elections before they lose control of the party. They've done it before. I see no reason why they won't do it again.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 08:38 AM (7BReP)

207 138 Crist? Christ.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 08:25 AM (R8uWY)
139 Are FL Dems that stupid? Rhetorical.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 08:25 AM (R8uWY)

Lol. I'd guess that Crist has a zero point zero chance of beating DeSantis, but he'll have wads of donated cash to play with and get his name in the papers occasionally. He's such a grifter.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 24, 2022 08:38 AM (JOtiF)

208 Pretty funny Fauci video:

https://youtu.be/Fx3ae2u-Qm0

Posted by: Ghost of Patton at August 24, 2022 08:39 AM (hlMOJ)

209 199 There is one very significant lesson we can take from these results - the official Democrat Party in Florida, just like in Texas, is now dead. A retread ex-republican can get more votes in the Dem primary than any honest Democrat can. Same thing has happened in Texas; there are plenty of people who don't like current leadership, but the Texas Democrat Party no longer exists as any functioning or coherent organization.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 08:36 AM (r46W7)

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Remember when FL was a purple state? It was, like, 5 years ago.

What happened?

Oh, the GOP governor took election integrity seriously.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:39 AM (LvTSG)

210 Honda makes some pretty nice portable generators, if a bit pricy.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 24, 2022 08:39 AM (KD5bY)

211 Easy call. They'll lose elections before they lose control of the party. They've done it before. I see no reason why they won't do it again.
Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 08:38 AM (7BReP)
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How many elections can they afford to lose? Eventually donations will dry up if they cannot win key victories.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2022 08:39 AM (YIVH2)

212 here is one very significant lesson we can take from these results - the official Democrat Party in Florida, just like in Texas, is now dead. A retread ex-republican can get more votes in the Dem primary than any honest Democrat can. Same thing has happened in Texas; there are plenty of people who don't like current leadership, but the Texas Democrat Party no longer exists as any functioning or coherent organization.

are you running your best of comments now?

Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:39 AM (uPbsD)

213 201 As I recall, they also showed ACTUAL FOOTAGE of Garrison having his sex change (as in real, honest to goodness live action footage of the procedure).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2022 08:37 AM (YIVH2)

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That was another episode (Jerry becomes a dolphin one), but yeah. It was...gross.

They'd never make that episode now. Something has happened to South Park.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:40 AM (LvTSG)

214 Wind turbine blades could be recycled into gummy bears for human consumption at the end of their lifespan, according to new research from scientists at Michigan State University.

There's no way this is cost-effective at any scale. But the Junta will give millions of dollars of grants to any school that says it will work on it.
Posted by: Gref at August 24, 2022 08:34 AM (AMIL/)

I would like to remanufacture my own turds into gummi bears and force feed them to the so-called "scientists" who wrote that study.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 08:40 AM (r46W7)

215 Did somebody say waffles?

Posted by: Willlard Romney at August 24, 2022 08:40 AM (KD5bY)

216 People are tired. Lots of people. Really really tired.

Amen, brother.

Posted by: jewells45 at August 24, 2022 08:41 AM (nxdel)

217 Today is National Waffle Day!

I just had scrambled eggs.

sorry

Posted by: JT at August 24, 2022 08:41 AM (T4tVD)

218 are you running your best of comments now?
Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:39 AM (uPbsD)

you never said anything, I thought you missed it the first time. I only write for you, you know.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 08:41 AM (r46W7)

219 In fairness, Hondas are fine if you like Hondas.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2022 08:41 AM (sn5EN)

220 Is there a chicken and waffle day?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 24, 2022 08:41 AM (BOmIL)

221 you never said anything, I thought you missed it the first time. I only write for you, you know.

Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:42 AM (uPbsD)

222 I don't see how Fetterman holds any lead. He has the same positions as Sandy Cortez. I can't see that playing well statewide in Pennsylvania. Maybe in the Phili suburbs due to the fraud margin, but not statewide. Plus the man clearly has some lasting physical impairments.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2022 08:42 AM (VpIIl)

223 How many elections can they afford to lose? Eventually donations will dry up if they cannot win key victories.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2022 08:39 AM (YIVH2)

Honestly, I think they'll crash the party into the ditch before they let somebody else drive. Look at the age of all the power players. Now tell me, does that look to you like a bunch that's terribly concerned with the future of the party ten years down the road ?

Now look at the leadership on the Left. Mostly the same deal. And that's part of today's problem. Nobody's playing a long game anymore. And the rest of us are just along for the ride.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 08:42 AM (7BReP)

224 I just look forward to seeing that gloriously imported carriage in all it's amazing 100 year old, beaten-up print clarity.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:38 AM (LvTSG)

?

As you are wont to say, "I don't get it."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 08:42 AM (AW0uW)

225 Wind turbine blades could be recycled into gummy bears for human consumption at the end of their lifespan, according to new research from scientists at Michigan State University.

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Although I've enjoyed gummy bears over the years, I admit there's always been something a bit "off" about the flavor/texture. I had no idea that they were recycling toxic chemicals, but now I can see how that would explain the texture/flavor.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2022 08:42 AM (YIVH2)

226 Texas school district bans use of preferred pronouns, discussion of sexual orientation in school classes and transgenders in sports. I supposed they'll be sued by "asleep" parents (I don't want to call these folks "woke" anymore) but good for that school board:

tinyurl.com/3rjcnnjd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2022 08:43 AM (wvo9L)

227 Or maybe the worthless GOP doesn't give them any reason to attempt to make a difference.
I'm always surprised the voter turnout is as high as it is. In a sane world it would be around 10%. Because who really wants any of these people in office?
Posted by: lowandslow at August 24, 2022 08:27 AM (qH6FZ)

You have to look at it as a feedback loop. Doing what you say results in enthusiasm with the base. When was the last time the GOP did what they said they were going to do? Trump created more support because he actually tried to do what he said he was going to do. Doing the "we aren't as crazy as those guys" doesn't cut it.

Posted by: WiNO - Amish Vampires in Space at August 24, 2022 08:43 AM (EpDzw)

228 I see the WH gave the green light for the raid on Mar at Lago. Gee, I completely shocked by this.

More coffee and waffles...

Posted by: dantesed at August 24, 2022 08:43 AM (88xKn)

229 Now look at the leadership on the Left. Mostly the same deal. And that's part of today's problem. Nobody's playing a long game anymore. And the rest of us are just along for the ride.
Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 08:42 AM (7BReP)
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Geriatric losers on both sides does not lend itself to a healthy, functioning republic. You are right about that.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2022 08:43 AM (YIVH2)

230 Although I've enjoyed gummy bears over the years, I admit there's always been something a bit "off" about the flavor/texture. I had no idea that they were recycling toxic chemicals, but now I can see how that would explain the texture/flavor.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2022 08:42 AM (YIVH2)
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So, does that mean your book thread picture is a selfie after eating gummy bears?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 08:43 AM (5pTK/)

231 Is there a chicken and waffle day?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 24, 2022 08:41 AM (BOmIL)
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Oct. 20th

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2022 08:43 AM (NpAcC)

232 224 As you are wont to say, "I don't get it."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 08:42 AM (AW0uW)

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I feel like you're joshing me, but...

https://tinyurl.com/4a4m2xtm

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:44 AM (LvTSG)

233 > Honda makes some pretty nice portable generators, if a bit pricy.
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Fairly quiet too. But, yea, $$$

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2022 08:44 AM (BFigT)

234 A merry morning early sponders.

[scroll] [scroll] [scroll] [scroll] [scroll] [scroll] [scroll]
Whoot, mon, JJ, tha's a ho lotta links.

Dog's walked, dog and cat fed, MiladyJo awakened, and coffee is brewed. Time to find out what JJ has to say and links to.

Posted by: mindful webworker - sun shining brightly at August 24, 2022 08:44 AM (5pkZu)

235 Panhandlers are fucking nutz!

Rebekah Jones, who was fired from her job with Florida’s health department in 2020 and then gained notoriety for making unsubstantiated accusations that Governor Ron DeSantis’s administration was fudging the state’s Covid-19 numbers, won the Democratic nomination for Congress in the state’s Panhandle region on Tuesday.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 24, 2022 08:44 AM (BRHaw)

236 As I mentioned in the earlier thread the school board elections are huge. Miami-Dade flipped. Yes it’s a bellwether.

Posted by: Squid at August 24, 2022 08:44 AM (reMfC)

237 in fairness, waffls, are just fat, lazy tacos.

Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:45 AM (uPbsD)

238 Paul, if you're still there, that's why so many of us would like to see the complete search warrant.

Glad to have you on our side on this.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 08:45 AM (g6ohO)

239 Dude...

Yahoo News headline:

"Covid Conspiracy Theorist Rebekah Jones Wins Dem Nomination for Congress in Florida"

YAHOO NEWS CALLS HER A COVID CONSPIRACY THEORIST

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:45 AM (LvTSG)

240 The only way the democrats can win in 2024 is if DeSantis primaries Trump, so the GOPe will push that.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 24, 2022 08:45 AM (lTGtQ)

241 Trump created more support because he actually tried to do what he said he was going to do. Doing the "we aren't as crazy as those guys" doesn't cut it.

Only other guy to create that kind of enthusiasm in my lifetime was Reagan.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 08:46 AM (7BReP)

242 Actually, it looms large for one particular reason: the leadership of its governor, Ron DeSantis, who since his taking office a few years ago after an alarmingly close race with drug-addicted felonious pervert and raging leftist (BIRM) Andrew Gillum, has elevated the Sunshine State into one of the last bastions of political, economic and societal sanity here in the nation formerly known as the United States.
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That election was one of those rare events that let you see two paths simultaneously shortly after it happens. Florida - and by extension the country - dodged one hell of a bullet.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 24, 2022 08:46 AM (WWh8n)

243 What percent of MAGA candidates are MAGA?

What percent of Tea Party candidates were Tea Party?

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 08:46 AM (t6WSm)

244 " amazing 100 year old, beaten-up print clarity."

"Decasia" (2002) is a good doc about the surprising beauty of rotted nitrate film stock.

Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 08:47 AM (qpX6U)

245 "If there's no such thing as a man and a woman then what the fuck is a trans??? You can't trans from or to something that doesn't exist.
Posted by: ..."

They are transitioning form one social construct (man or woman) to the other social construct. Which is weird because I was told those social constructs were bad and you should just let nature/science take its course.

Posted by: Ripley at August 24, 2022 08:47 AM (MxEKc)

246 "Florida - and by extension the country - dodged one hell of a bullet.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)"

The bullet missed and hit Georgia.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2022 08:47 AM (sn5EN)

247 Panhandlers are fucking nutz!

I would imagine there are more conservatives in the TX panhandle than Democrats so minus cheating, her chances seem slim.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2022 08:48 AM (wvo9L)

248 If Trump does run, DeSantis is poised ahead of everyone else as VP material.

If Trump does not, then DeSantis is still ahead of the gope clown car of Suck.

And if he can fund raise and get positive polling outside of Florida, then the large donors will notice.

Posted by: Blue Hen at August 24, 2022 08:48 AM (cY9wR)

249 "A new plant-based 'egg'..."

Nope.

And thank you for another terrific (if infuriating) MR.

Posted by: Flyover at August 24, 2022 08:48 AM (Rbu5d)

250 243 What percent of MAGA candidates are MAGA?

What percent of Tea Party candidates were Tea Party?
Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 08:46 AM (t6WSm)''

Important question. This much is certain -- not 100%.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 24, 2022 08:49 AM (H8QX8)

251 @222

>>I can't see that playing well statewide in Pennsylvania.

Most statewide offices in PA are held by Democrats, as Philly and Pittsburg go so goes the state.

So it really doesn't matter what plays well, as long as they can barricade themselves in the Philly vote center and cram paper into a tabulator, they can put son of meat puppet into the Senate.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2022 08:49 AM (VrF9T)

252 A Wisconsin school board approved a sexual education curriculum which instructs educators to refer to females as a “person with a vulva,” Fox 6 reported Monday.

Hmmm. Twelve-year old Thomas comes home from school and says, "Mom, show me your vulva so I know what one looks like." Hilarity does not ensue. Nor does it ensue when at a different house, twelve-year old Rebecca says the same to her Mom.

Posted by: Gref at August 24, 2022 08:49 AM (AMIL/)

253 243 What percent of MAGA candidates are MAGA?
What percent of Tea Party candidates were Tea Party?
Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 08:46 AM (t6WSm)

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The Tea Party was undone by two things.

The first was outright incoherence. "Cut the budget, but not my thing," is a regular thing in politics, but as a rallying cry it undermined the Tea Party before it ever got to Congress.

The second was its nebulousness. There was no centralized structure to the movement, which made picking off individual members easy for the GOPe, which quickly either turned genuine members of the movement with promises of funding for their campaigns (and other things, for sure) or knocking them out through primaries.

MAGA has some of the first problem (but no more than any other political movement at the national level), but none of the second. That's all due to Trump.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:49 AM (LvTSG)

254 Except Biden is going to set the world on fire after the midterms.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2022 08:33 AM (EZebt)
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Right. Apparently he's on some kind of huge winning streak at the moment. At least that's what they're saying.
All the wins seem to have something to do with spending huge amounts of money when inflation is already high and the country is broke.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 24, 2022 08:50 AM (dr4Q1)

255 I feel like you're joshing me, but...

https://tinyurl.com/4a4m2xtm
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:44 AM (LvTSG)

I did not know that! Now I realize I have seen that carriage in some older films, had no idea it had such a history.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 08:50 AM (r46W7)

256 Good morning!

DeSantis got a new press secretary?
Why?!?!?! He already had the most kick-a$$ one possible.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2022 08:50 AM (I/doM)

257 Emails from the UW Comms staff on the made-up 'trans mutilation is good for kids' study, which was destroyed by Jesse Singal (the 'very,very long article'):

FYI, I read through his exceedingly long (very, very long) article, which claimed the research was flawed or, at worst, made up, but given the extremely positive pick up by mainstream media, I would agree and just let this be,” Gregg emailed

Posted by: motionview, a National Divorcee at August 24, 2022 08:50 AM (c86jt)

258 The only way the democrats can win in 2024 is if DeSantis primaries Trump, so the GOPe will push that.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

And they have no influence over either.

Not that DeSantis is acting independently. My take is, he is playing the long game, and that neither need or want the GOPe.

Posted by: Blue Hen at August 24, 2022 08:50 AM (cY9wR)

259 Mike Pence seems to believe, if by some chance he manged to be the nominee in 2024, that the FBI/Deep State/Dem machine will not slander, smear and create BS scandals about him. Really? That alone disqualifies him

Posted by: Ripley at August 24, 2022 08:50 AM (MxEKc)

260 Re: trans if there aren't men and women

"Over the past decade, the Pritzkers of Illinois, who helped put Barack Obama in the White House and include among their number former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, current Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, and philanthropist Jennifer Pritzker, appear to have used a family philanthropic apparatus to drive an ideology and practice of disembodiment into our medical, legal, cultural, and educational institutions."

https://tinyurl.com/29g39qxv

concerted push by members of one of the richest families in the United States to transition Americans from a dimorphic definition of sex to the broad acceptance and propagation of synthetic sex identities (SSI)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 08:50 AM (g6ohO)

261 255 I did not know that! Now I realize I have seen that carriage in some older films, had no idea it had such a history.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 08:50 AM (r46W7)

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“It is Vienna. Vienna, before the great war of 1914—Vienna the melodious, the romantic, the dramatic—my Vienna!”

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:51 AM (LvTSG)

262 Amazing how people can be worried about GMOs but Frankeneggs and wind turbine blade based gummi bears are fine.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2022 08:51 AM (sn5EN)

263 "plant based egg" is not an egg.

That is false/deceptive advertising a

Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2022 08:51 AM (I/doM)

264 DeSantis got a new press secretary?
Why?!?!?! He already had the most kick-a$$ one possible.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2022 08:50 AM (I/doM)
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Pushaw is now the press secretary for the DeSantis campaign.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 08:51 AM (5pTK/)

265 Why?!?!?! He already had the most kick-a$$ one possible.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2022 08:50 AM (I/doM)

Pushaw left the Governor's office to join the DeSantis Campaign.

Posted by: motionview, a National Divorcee at August 24, 2022 08:51 AM (c86jt)

266 I feel like you're joshing me, but...

https://tinyurl.com/4a4m2xtm
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:44 AM (LvTSG)

I presumed you were referring to The Wedding March but I was thinking of this coach:

https://tinyurl.com/r78j8vt4

And I'm pretty sure I have that costume book somewhere in my collection.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 08:51 AM (AW0uW)

267 >>> in fairness, waffls, are just fat, lazy tacos.

>Recently I saw somebody put some green shit on a pizza and I thought, "this fool just turned his pizza into a taco."

Posted by: Willlard Romney at August 24, 2022 08:51 AM (KD5bY)

268 Political Election Projections
@tencor_7144

Marc Molinaro actually outperformed his fellow special electioners, basically running even with Trump while everyone else is running behind by ~5%. Can't take away he's a good candidate, but the GOP has a turnout problem they need to fix

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2022 08:51 AM (NpAcC)

269 The Florida governor went silent following the raid on Mar-a-Lago, sending one tweet from his private account, then remaining in a bunker for the next five days. No doubt he agreed to stay silent at the guidance of the club managers behind his new political construct [that group almost certainly likely knew in advance of the FBI raid]. He exited the bunker with a new press secretary and national brand image launch.
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That is distressing indeed and merits very close attention. I think that the period following the MAL raid and his absurd "Top Gun" ad are rare missteps. Those cannot continue if he has higher ambitions. Like Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis is real. Real is good. If he goes fake - and the "Top Gun" ad *dripped* fake - and starts waiting for polls for responding to stuff, then he has no value as a ball-carrier. You can't march down the field if you wait for polls before deciding the route.

Moving Pushaw to "rapid response" for the campaign *might* be a mistake, but time will tell. She is one of his greatest assets.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 24, 2022 08:51 AM (WWh8n)

270 Meant Florida Panhandle, not Texas. Sorry.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2022 08:51 AM (wvo9L)

271 That election was one of those rare events that let you see two paths simultaneously shortly after it happens. Florida - and by extension the country - dodged one hell of a bullet.

Posted by: Joe Mannix

Rudy Giuilani said in an interview that a truckload of fake ballots was intercepted in South Florida that would have made up the difference.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 24, 2022 08:51 AM (lTGtQ)

272
DeSantis got a new press secretary?
Why?!?!?! He already had the most kick-a$$ one possible.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2022 08:50 AM (I/doM)

She made a lateral move over to his gubernatorial campaign. She'll still be doing the same thing, even harder.

(btw - isn't "gubernatorial" a really weird word to mean "Governor's" ???)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 08:52 AM (r46W7)

273 The Leftists have been funding Leftists groups since Barky days. And getting court judgment to fund Leftists organizations

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 24, 2022 08:52 AM (f4iLQ)

274 Mike Pence seems to believe, if by some chance he manged to be the nominee in 2024, that the FBI/Deep State/Dem machine will not slander, smear and create BS scandals about him. Really? That alone disqualifies him
Posted by: Ripley at August 24, 2022 08:50 AM (MxEKc)
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Pence is probably already owned by the Deep State and will play ball. It probably won't really require any threats.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 08:52 AM (5pTK/)

275 The “goofs” are presumably losses assuming the Trump endorsement was intended to be the kiss of death.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 24, 2022 08:52 AM (HAAOD)

276 You can see mom's Volvo any time. It'sout in the driveway.

Posted by: kraken at August 24, 2022 08:52 AM (Vr12I)

277 I stand with Trump. DeSantis not now, 2028 if he lives up to expectations.

Posted by: Dr. I love children Nokoff at August 24, 2022 08:53 AM (4h9M3)

278 240 The only way the democrats can win in 2024 is if DeSantis primaries Trump, so the GOPe will push that.
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Honestly, I think Trump and DeSantis are working as tag team wrestlers in a cage match.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 24, 2022 08:53 AM (ppL7t)

279 >>"10% of our nation’s students are victims of sexual abuse by educators."

10%?

Holy sh#t that is bad. Outrageaous.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2022 08:53 AM (I/doM)

280 It was Hyundai that has the child-labor issue. Second violation, I think.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 24, 2022 08:54 AM (mK6pw)

281 Honestly, I think Trump and DeSantis are working as tag team wrestlers in a cage match.

this

Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:54 AM (uPbsD)

282 Maybe a Pence/Hogan 2024 ticket.

Just what the GOPe would like.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 24, 2022 08:54 AM (1n+EO)

283 So it really doesn't matter what plays well, as long as they can barricade themselves in the Philly vote center and cram paper into a tabulator, they can put son of meat puppet into the Senate.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2022 08:48 AM (FVrDO)

Especially Philly. A simple cruise by Wiki on the Penn 2020 results would open a lot of eyes here. Especially when you start clicking on where the counties are located.

Team Biden won / fabricated 470K additional votes in Philly county alone. Add the adjacent counties, the burbs ? Another 275K votes. In a state they stole by a total of 80K votes.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 08:54 AM (7BReP)

284 What are the chances that a young Trump without any of his weaknesses, and with many of his strengths,, who is also young and clean and articulate and looks like a standard issue Republican so as not to "scare" touchy women, happens to arrive in our lives out of nowhere?

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 08:54 AM (t6WSm)

285 It was Hyundai that has the child-labor issue. Second violation, I think.

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Posted link above.

Staffing agencies are sending in underage illegals.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 08:54 AM (g6ohO)

286 Meant Florida Panhandle, not Texas. Sorry.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I forgive ya !

Posted by: JT at August 24, 2022 08:54 AM (T4tVD)

287 I see PDT as somewhat of a chaotic brawler and DeSantis as a more focused brawler.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 08:54 AM (5pTK/)

288 A Wisconsin school board approved a sexual education curriculum which instructs educators to refer to females as a “person with a vulva,” Fox 6 reported Monday. ...
Posted by: Gref at August 24, 2022 08:49 AM (AMIL/)
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A side effect of this is that if the woman or girl in question has been the victim of female genital mutilation - plenty of that in the Muslim world - then they are denied their womanhood by this standard. The gymnastics these people go through to avoid defining their absurd positions continue to have knock-on effects in the very groups they purport to elevate.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 24, 2022 08:55 AM (WWh8n)

289 "I think that the period following the MAL raid and his absurd "Top Gun" ad are rare missteps. "
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I think he was told by some consultant that his image was too corporate and staid and he needed to "loosen up" and show another side. It smacks of bad consultancy.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 24, 2022 08:55 AM (H8QX8)

290 Speaking of Florida, today is the 30th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 24, 2022 08:55 AM (rJ48h)

291 267 >>> in fairness, waffls, are just fat, lazy tacos.
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Not when you put pecans in them. Then they are Heaven.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 24, 2022 08:55 AM (ppL7t)

292 Today is National Waffle Day!

*******

That probably explains why I'm having trouble deciding what to have for breakfast.

Posted by: Nosmo King at August 24, 2022 08:56 AM (kXYt5)

293 I live just a little south of Ocean Grove and am thrilled to see that they are not backing down on their new cross-shaped pier. The town was founded as a Methodist Camp Meeting way back in the 1800s. Until not so long ago, you couldn't drive on Sundays in the town. It's still a dry town and you can't go on their beach until after noon on Sundays. (Why? Because you should be in church!)

There is a vibrant Tent City community (nothing like the ones in CA) that surrounds the Great Auditorium which is a massive wood structure that hosts religious services as well as concerts. There are also hundreds of beautiful examples of Victorian architecture that rival those of Cape May except, unfortunately, they are packed very closely together. The worry has always been that if one of these homes catches fire, the whole town will be lost.

However, it is a lovely, relaxing tourist spot with great restaurants and just a short hop to more exciting nightlife if that's what you're into.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 24, 2022 08:56 AM (3ImbR)

294 Rudy Giuilani said in an interview that a truckload of fake ballots was intercepted in South Florida that would have made up the difference.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 24, 2022 08:51 AM (lTGtQ)
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I have no reason to disbelieve it. IIRC, the "interception" was a normal traffic stop, but I might be misremembering it. If that's the case, the Florida's progress was the result of dumb luck. Terrifying thought.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 24, 2022 08:56 AM (WWh8n)

295 New Orleans has got them one fine black Bull Conner of a Mayor. LaToya The Destroya. Fuck.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 24, 2022 08:56 AM (ppL7t)

296 Not even a sliver of a chance DeSantis runs against Trump or agrees to be VP. First off, they are both Floridians and changing Trump's residency is a massive undertaking, with all its tax and homestead protections, so it won't happen.

More importantly, DeSantis is well aware of the Nance description of the Vice Presidency. So that won't happen. My personal bet is on Kari Lake, if she keeps sounding so aggressive and performs well as governor.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2022 08:56 AM (0YrBk)

297 ideology and practice of disembodiment into our medical, legal, cultural, and educational institutions."
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So they want us to become brains in jars, able to swap our bodies as our mood suits us.

As always, I've seen this played out in numerous science fiction stories (including one I'm reading right now). It doesn't end well.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2022 08:57 AM (YIVH2)

298 What was it they were freaking out about not too long ago that had the "Same chemicals as yoga mats!" Reee! But now they want to chemically process used wind turbine blades into kids candy?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 08:57 AM (R8uWY)

299 "Decasia" (2002) is a good doc about the surprising beauty of rotted nitrate film stock.
Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 08:47 AM (qpX6U)

I just looked at the trailer. I will definitely have to watch that.

I spent the past weekend with my muse, sketching out the plot for my new Theda Bara novel. At some point, I want my narrator to channel me and do a soliloquy about why he loves silent movies.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 08:57 AM (AW0uW)

300 "I think that the period following the MAL raid and his absurd "Top Gun" ad are rare missteps. "

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Don't discount intentional subterfuge.

It has apparently worked everywhere it's been tried. It's what got us to this point.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 08:57 AM (g6ohO)

301 I missed the origin story on 'Chuy.' Is Chuy a pseudonym that Ace uses now, or is Chuy a new commenter?

Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 08:57 AM (qpX6U)

302 "I think that the period following the MAL raid and his absurd "Top Gun" ad are rare missteps. "
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I think he was told by some consultant that his image was too corporate and staid and he needed to "loosen up" and show another side. It smacks of bad consultancy.
Posted by: Ordinary American

Imagine crist or fried trying to outshine DeSantis or this.

They can't come close, and he is moving now from strength to strength.

And we may see the 'top gov' bit die a quiet death as he sets his mind on the long game.

Posted by: Blue Hen at August 24, 2022 08:57 AM (cY9wR)

303 Any stat given as 10% is a clickbait lie.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 24, 2022 08:58 AM (yikp0)

304 How long before the radicalized parents demand the schoolboards return to the radicals? It took the normals years to muster the type of effort required to retake some of those boards.

Bet the leftists take them back sooner unless those "normal" parents get a bit radical on their own.

We'll see how it goes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2022 08:58 AM (BFigT)

305 used wind turbine blades > vaxx

Posted by: confederatefifth at August 24, 2022 08:58 AM (uPbsD)

306 284 What are the chances that a young Trump without any of his weaknesses, and with many of his strengths,, who is also young and clean and articulate and looks like a standard issue Republican so as not to "scare" touchy women, happens to arrive in our lives out of nowhere?
Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 08:54 AM (t6WSm)

Given my life experiences, I'd lay odds on it being a young Gary Busey instead. (cue up Gary Busey laugh here)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 08:58 AM (r46W7)

307 "That last bit is very upsetting to me, since I have generally been in favor of a DeSantis candidacy over Trump."

From now until the end of the 2024 primary season, you can be a fan of the Last Refuge/Conservative Treehouse guy, or you can be a fan of DeSantis. Not both.

Last Refuge is a Trump man period, and he rightly senses that DeSantis is a threat to Trump. DeSantis would make a much more effective President than Trump. So Last Refuge is now talking nearly as much crap about DeSantis as he does about the Democrats.

And it is crap. DeSantis has a new (state) press secretary because his remarkable old one is now working on his campaign. He's not being influenced by some new RINO svengali.

DeSantis quickly and clearly attacked the Mar-A-Lago raid. Last Refuge Guy couldn't have written a better statement himself. So now Last Refuge will just keep on writing that DeSantis hasn't defended Trump -- that is, within the last 24 hours.

With respect to DeSantis v Trump, Last Refuge is not much more reliable than the MSM. If you favor Trump, that may be cool with you. If you favor DeSantis, Last Refuge is going to get real old real fast.

Posted by: NCC at August 24, 2022 08:58 AM (gVnna)

308 I missed the origin story on 'Chuy.' Is Chuy a pseudonym that Ace uses now, or is Chuy a new commenter?
Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 08:57 AM (qpX6U)
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It's the last entry in the sidebar, and too long to post here (character limit). Go catch it before it rolls off!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 24, 2022 08:59 AM (WWh8n)

309 Maybe a Pence/Hogan 2024 ticket.

Just what the GOPe would like.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 24, 2022 08:54 AM (1n+EO)

Campaign slogan : Low-T is for Me!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 24, 2022 08:59 AM (89T5c)

310 Throwing people into spinning wind turbine blades is 100% effective at preventing Covid.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 08:59 AM (R8uWY)

311 >>She made a lateral move over to his gubernatorial campaign. She'll still be doing the same thing, even harder.

Excellent!

And yes, gubernatorial is a funky word, lol!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2022 08:59 AM (I/doM)

312 That probably explains why I'm having trouble deciding what to have for breakfast.
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I had a Breakfast Taco this morning. Ondelay, arriba!

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 24, 2022 08:59 AM (ppL7t)

313 How long before the radicalized parents demand the schoolboards return to the radicals? It took the normals years to muster the type of effort required to retake some of those boards. Bet the leftists take them back sooner unless those "normal" parents get a bit radical on their own.

One of the worst, must self-defeating characteristics of Contemporary Conservatism is that constant default to politeness.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 09:00 AM (7BReP)

314 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:49 AM (LvTSG)

The Tea Party was undone by a few things. One it was zombified by "Tea Party Republicans" like ho ho Marco Rubio.

Two it was killed by slander generated by the wonderfully timed shooting of a D congresswoman, which they very carefully massaged and blamed on the Tea Party as political violence and made it toxic to support. I watched it happen in real time.

MAGA dies with Trump. Once the head of the snake is gone, we get related to the sidelines of political life again. We may not like it, and some of us may fight it, but it will happen.

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 09:00 AM (t6WSm)

315 308 It's the last entry in the sidebar, and too long to post here (character limit). Go catch it before it rolls off!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 24, 2022 08:59 AM (WWh8n)

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Long story short:

Ace is running for governor of Texas on the Democratic ticket.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:00 AM (LvTSG)

316 Bet the leftists take them back sooner unless those "normal" parents get a bit radical on their own.

We'll see how it goes.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2022 08:58 AM (BFigT)

The leftists didn't take them because anyone actually supported them - the left was able to take them because everyone said "aw who the hell cares about school boards, I don't!" Well, the left cared.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 09:00 AM (r46W7)

317 Pence/Beto 24/ 4ever!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:00 AM (R8uWY)

318 What are the chances that a young Trump without any of his weaknesses, and with many of his strengths,, who is also young and clean and articulate and looks like a standard issue Republican so as not to "scare" touchy women, happens to arrive in our lives out of nowhere?
Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 08:54 AM (t6WSm)

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That's why heavy, elderly, brash Trump is being destroyed and his business associates targeted. It's also why unarmed Americans who walked on the grass protesting a stolen election per the terms of the Constitution - and correctly per the Democrats change of rules, I might add, as multiple states have proven - on January 6th are facing years in prison for "parading."

The punishment isn't for them. It's for everyone else.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 09:01 AM (g6ohO)

319 If he goes fake - and the "Top Gun" ad *dripped* fake -

I more or less shrugged my shoulders at it until the end with his kid. Then I cringed, yugely.

I don't know who advised him to make that ad, but I'd fire their asses.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 09:01 AM (AW0uW)

320 Decisions, Decisions - a limerick

There once was a fellow named Stoffel
With a breakfast dilemma most awful
Each morning he'd find
He couldn't make up his mind
Pancakes? Or eggs? Or should I waffle?

Posted by: Muldoon at August 24, 2022 09:02 AM (kXYt5)

321 >>Man tests positive for monkeypox, COVID-19 and HIV at the same time.

Must've been a helluva party!

He should avoid playing golf in the rain or running with scissors or. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2022 09:02 AM (I/doM)

322 314 MAGA dies with Trump. Once the head of the snake is gone, we get related to the sidelines of political life again. We may not like it, and some of us may fight it, but it will happen.
Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 09:00 AM (t6WSm)

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If Trump died in 2020, I'd agree. If Trump were to die today, I'd agree but insist that it would continue for a little while longer in some, misshapen form.

If Trump can get through 2024 and regain the presidency, I think MAGA has a chance of outliving Trump. It could be Macedonia after the death of Alexander, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:02 AM (LvTSG)

323 301 I missed the origin story on 'Chuy.' Is Chuy a pseudonym that Ace uses now, or is Chuy a new commenter?
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I think Chuy is riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. So, basically, a Breakfast Taco.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 24, 2022 09:02 AM (ppL7t)

324 Don't forget the IRS starved off any avenue for Tea party groups to raise money by refusing to grant tax exempt status to them.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:02 AM (R8uWY)

325 The punishment isn't for them. It's for everyone else.

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Addendum: As another moron pointed out, this isn't new territory. South Americans have been doing this for decades.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 09:02 AM (g6ohO)

326 And also for demanding the names and addresses of all donors. But not to intimidate them. No.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:03 AM (R8uWY)

327 The dumb "Top Gun" political ad just shows that DeSantis is a politician. And that is always the final word when it comes to comparisons between Trump and anybody else. The others are ALL politicians.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 24, 2022 09:03 AM (H8QX8)

328 Chuy is the Kaboom of ace handles.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 09:03 AM (5pTK/)

329 Chuy's has good tex mex.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:03 AM (R8uWY)

330 Man tests positive for monkeypox, COVID-19 and HIV at the same time.

Must've been a helluva party! He should avoid playing golf in the rain or running with scissors or. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2022 09:02 AM (I/doM)

Why ? He's doomed to imminent death by Covid ? I say, take up skydiving. Chainsaw juggling. Why not ? The dude has absolutely nothing to live for now. Not with the 'Vid Reaper tapping on his shoulder.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 09:03 AM (7BReP)

331 I like waffles but I don't have any more room on my shelf for gizmos. Maybe I'll make a pancake and pretend it's a waffle

Posted by: Willlard Romney at August 24, 2022 09:03 AM (KD5bY)

332 Guten Morgen, Horden! We are almost 72 hours into JT the Wonder Dog's integration, and all animals have reached an uneasy truce. There's still the occasional whining and hissing, but everyone can be in the same room. Progress!

Oh, and Pooky got up just once last night, compared to the 5-7 times he was averaging a month ago. Also progress!

Posted by: pookysgirl, still learning doggy stuff at August 24, 2022 09:04 AM (XKZwp)

333 Taco in every pot; and pot in every Taco!
Chuy 2024!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 24, 2022 09:04 AM (yikp0)

334 329 Chuy's has good tex mex.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:03 AM (R8uWY)

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They changed their menu. There's one in Birmingham that Dolley and I went to regularly when we lived there. We went back last year, and the menu is all wrong.

We no longer feel the desire to revisit Chuy's when we go back.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:04 AM (LvTSG)

335 Does a waffle maker qualify as a gizmo? They're such a standard breakfast staple that I never would've thought that. It's like calling a coffee pot or toaster a gizmo.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 09:04 AM (g6ohO)

336 322 314 MAGA dies with Trump. Once the head of the snake is gone, we get related to the sidelines of political life again. We may not like it, and some of us may fight it, but it will happen.
Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 09:00 AM (t6WSm)

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If Trump died in 2020, I'd agree. If Trump were to die today, I'd agree but insist that it would continue for a little while longer in some, misshapen form.

If Trump can get through 2024 and regain the presidency, I think MAGA has a chance of outliving Trump. It could be Macedonia after the death of Alexander, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:02 AM (LvTSG)

So the Bidens are the incestuous Ptolemaic dynasty...

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 24, 2022 09:04 AM (b2nrj)

337 So they want us to become brains in jars, able to swap our bodies as our mood suits us.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2022 08:57 AM

It was Igor's fault!

Posted by: Dr. Frank N. Stein at August 24, 2022 09:04 AM (a3Q+t)

338 The under 30 vote must be a nuclear meltdown for the Dems if Joe is throwing a Hail Mary pass on student loan debt forgiveness. I think the Dems plan is to campaign this fall and in '24 on the message that the evil, youth-hating Rethuglicans will reverse this $10K debt cancellation AND re-start the loan payments, while many of you still suffer from the economic effects of COVID and Putin's invasion of Ukraine!

Vote Democrat! We will keep giving you free stuff! The Republicans will take back all the freebies we gave you and never give you any new freebies!

Posted by: Gref at August 24, 2022 09:04 AM (AMIL/)

339 Chuy's has good tex mex.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:03 AM (R8uWY)

Good margaritas, too!

Posted by: The Bush twins at August 24, 2022 09:05 AM (7FozI)

340 In conversation with a friends daughter it struck me she really thinks the world is transitioning to renewable energy sources. Democrats in administration think this too.

Despite the growth in demand for electricity already far outstripping even the barest possibility that renewables can supply even a small fraction of overall demand, they really think this impossibility is true.

And, here I thought it was just cynical grifters taking advantage of ignorant and naive value signalers when it might well be the reverse: the idiots are really in charge.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2022 09:05 AM (PbMBZ)

341 Moving Pushaw to "rapid response" for the campaign *might* be a mistake, but time will tell. She is one of his greatest assets.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 24, 2022 08:51 AM (WWh8n)

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Agreed. That was more distressing to me than the amateurish Top Guv ad.

Posted by: ShainS -- VDH-Endorsed-by-Proxy Connoisseur of Cruelty at August 24, 2022 09:05 AM (7TGq0)

342 Refuge is a Trump man period, and he rightly senses that DeSantis is a threat to Trump. DeSantis would make a much more effective President than Trump
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If that Top Gun ad proves anything it is that Trump would wipe the floor with DeSantis like he did to all comers in 2016. But it *would* create a handy rift in the party, which would lend some questions as to why it is being done.

The idea that "DeSantis would be a much more effective president than Trump" is going to need more than pure assertion. It's ridiculous on its face, and at BEST, in the most charitable form, and all wind at one's back, one could maybe get away with saying the assertion is *inconclusive*. But I'm being kind.

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 09:05 AM (t6WSm)

343 I think the Dems plan is to campaign this fall and in '24 on the message that the evil, youth-hating Rethuglicans will reverse this $10K debt cancellation AND re-start the loan payments, while many of you still suffer from the economic effects of COVID and Putin's invasion of Ukraine!

The GOP should offer to support it now, as long as the universities eat the bill instead of the taxpayer. Win, win.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 09:06 AM (7BReP)

344 Regarding Conservative Treehouse and Ron DeSantis: I have a lot of respect for Sundance as one of the few investigative reporters on our side. He gets it right almost every time. But that website has spiraled into an extreme level of MAGA/purity testing. Read it long enough and you'll come away feeling like every single elected republican is a snake / sellout of MAGA. Rand Paul isn't to be trusted. Ted Cruz can't be trusted. Only Donald Trump - the genius playing 3D chess - stands between us and the Deep State / Global Reset agenda.

I'm not dismissing this as paranoid conspiracy, because it's real. But if we had a senate full of Rand Pauls and Ted Cruz', we'd be nowhere near the calamatous shape we're in today.

With respect to DeSantis, this guy has done more to fight the left than any governor in my lifetime. He hits them in the mouth. IF (big if) your intent were to dismantle the permanent natsec/doj 4th branch, the last thing you'd do is announce those intentions prior to taking office.

Posted by: SMFH at August 24, 2022 09:06 AM (OkpI3)

345 So they want us to become brains in jars, able to swap our bodies as our mood suits us.

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We joke, but this is actively being researched and people are convinced we're extremely close. Similar to whatever battery breakthrough, I guess.

I don't remember the terms but it should be easy to search for. Look for things like consciousness transfer, eternal life computer, etc.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 09:06 AM (g6ohO)

346 I feel like you're joshing me, but...

https://tinyurl.com/4a4m2xtm
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 08:44 AM (LvTSG)
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Fascinating! I knew Stroheim was a demon for period detail down to the underwear, but to have the actual carriage uniforms?

" So authentic were the uniforms, Western employee House recalled, “I pulled out a coat from our Vienna lot and gave it to [an extra of Austrian descent]. He scrutinized it for a moment, and said, ‘That’s mine.’ He looked at the rag, and read his own name on it. He felt in his trembling fingers the four medals hanging on the breast. They were his too. Then he turned around to hide his face, and started crying.”"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2022 09:07 AM (Dc2NZ)

347 So the Bidens are the incestuous Ptolemaic dynasty...
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 24, 2022 09:04 AM (b2nrj)

Which means Melania must be Roxanne. Do the Dance of the Seven Veils!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 09:07 AM (r46W7)

348 342 The idea that "DeSantis would be a much more effective president than Trump" is going to need more than pure assertion. It's ridiculous on its face, and at BEST, in the most charitable form, and all wind at one's back, one could maybe get away with saying the assertion is *inconclusive*. But I'm being kind.
Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 09:05 AM (t6WSm)

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If both men were president in mirror universes that were identical save which one was president, and both tried to fund the wall through Congress, would the difference in who proposes it to Congress actually make a difference to Congress?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:07 AM (LvTSG)

349 Joe Biden expected to announce $10,000 student loan forgiveness program Wednesday: report
President Biden's expected student loan forgiveness will cost American taxpayers an estimated $300 billion

https://tinyurl.com/3dsswyam

This is the worse thing he has done yet. This government bribe money will only go to families making less than $100K/Year. Where was this free money when I graduated from HS? It is more welfare for lower income people.

Posted by: vic /S at August 24, 2022 09:07 AM (mZwKe)

350 I enjoy reading comments on NYTimes stories that are sure to cause liberal wailing and gnashing of teeth. However, the comments on their story on Biden's pending student debt cancellation are mostly good and also worth a read. Surprisingly, most commenters are against it and aren't being lit up by the other commenters.

https://tinyurl.com/yx786z8y

Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2022 09:07 AM (VJsqe)

351 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸@RepMTG
Last night, I was swatted just after 1 am.
I can’t express enough gratitude to my local law enforcement here in Rome, Floyd County.

I'm sure the FBI will get right on this, after brunch, maybe.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 24, 2022 09:07 AM (qH6FZ)

352 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:02 AM (LvTSG)

Yes that is the one exception. In that case Trump can build in a legacy *and* appoint a successor.

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 09:07 AM (t6WSm)

353 "It's the last entry in the sidebar, and too long to post here (character limit). Go catch it before it rolls off!"

OK, I read it, I think it means it's an Ace pseudonym. Chuy chided me yesterday about criticizing the DeSantis Top Gun ad. Did not mean to piss anybody off, esp. Ace. Mean Nasty Asshole gp is pretty much retired now; I'd hoped folx had noticed.

Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 09:08 AM (qpX6U)

354 In conversation with a friends daughter it struck me she really thinks the world is transitioning to renewable energy sources. Democrats in administration think this too.

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Yep. All they have to do is advertise it. It's the same way all-items recycling worked if you're old enough to remember the garbage barge not having somewhere to park briefly.

THERE'S NO ROOM IN THE LANDFILLS!!!

Next thing you know, we're paying China to take all of our trash and burn it.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 09:08 AM (g6ohO)

355 : report
President Biden's expected student loan forgiveness will cost American taxpayers an estimated $300 billion
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How much money could Trump not get from "Republicans" for the wall again?

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 09:08 AM (t6WSm)

356 "Cross-Shaped Beach Pier Causes Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth for LGBTQ Community Members"

Maybe they'd like one in the shape of a hammer and sickle.

Posted by: Flyover at August 24, 2022 09:08 AM (Rbu5d)

357 MAGA dies with Trump. Once the head of the snake is gone, we get related to the sidelines of political life again. We may not like it, and some of us may fight it, but it will happen.
Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 09:00 AM (t6WSm)
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Doubt it. It's a movement Trump agrees with and promotes, but it is still a movement with long and deep roots. It's Agnew's "silent majority", it's the Tea Party, and it is the moral majority, all wrapped up into one.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2022 09:08 AM (PbMBZ)

358 Speaking of Florida, there were 100,000 more votes in the Republican primary for Agriculture Commissioner than there were for Democrat Governor. Pretty telling on voter enthusiasm, and how much the voter rolls have shifted in recent years.

Posted by: Tofer732 at August 24, 2022 09:08 AM (imVto)

359 In conversation with a friends daughter it struck me she really thinks the world is transitioning to renewable energy sources. Democrats in administration think this too.

Yes they do. The average person also can't read anything on their electric bill other than the amount they owe. They don't understand the basic algebra of how to figure out how many years it would take to break even on those new solar panels. They don't understand how to look at that EV, and compare the cost of running the charger for that with the cost of running their heat pump.

The only thing they're going to understand is rolling blackouts.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 09:08 AM (7BReP)

360 314 we may have maga escape velocity. It’s close.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 24, 2022 09:09 AM (HAAOD)

361 If Trump died in 2020, I'd agree. If Trump were to die today, I'd agree but insist that it would continue for a little while longer in some, misshapen form.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:02 AM

We're working hard to implement the Tea Party playbook with MAGA, but we can't do it without resources, specifically yours. Won't you donate today?

Posted by: GOPe at August 24, 2022 09:09 AM (a3Q+t)

362 DeSantis has been over hyped by the conservatives, imho. He will screw things up royally if he runs in 2024 and that's probably what he'll decide to do.

Posted by: Ziba at August 24, 2022 09:09 AM (4h9M3)

363 352 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:02 AM (LvTSG)

Yes that is the one exception. In that case Trump can build in a legacy *and* appoint a successor.
Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 09:07 AM (t6WSm)

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I think that was his plan for his second term. His announcement for support in the 2024 GOP primary would have ended the race pretty quickly. I think he was approaching it like a CEO approaches a transition plan to a board of directors.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:09 AM (LvTSG)

364 Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 09:08 AM (qpX6U)

Ace was out of line. But it's his place so he can be as out of line as he wants.

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 09:10 AM (t6WSm)

365 361 We're working hard to implement the Tea Party playbook with MAGA, but we can't do it without resources, specifically yours. Won't you donate today?
Posted by: GOPe at August 24, 2022 09:09 AM (a3Q+t)

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Send me a prepaid mailer so I can write you a physical check. On a brick.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:10 AM (LvTSG)

366 337 So they want us to become brains in jars, able to swap our bodies as our mood suits us.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2022 08:57 AM

It was Igor's fault!
Posted by: Dr. Frank N. Stein at August 24, 2022 09:04 AM (a3Q+t)

I want my head to be able to walk around on Zombie Agnew's Robot Body.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 09:10 AM (r46W7)

367 Rand Paul isn't to be trusted. Ted Cruz can't be trusted. Only Donald Trump - the genius playing 3D chess - stands between us and the Deep State / Global Reset agenda.

I don't know how much I "trust" Teh Donald, but Paul and Cruz voting to award medals to the murdering capitol police - and never, ever, admitting their error or even trying to justify it in the face of overwhelming evidence Ashli Babbitt was set up and deliberately murdered - renders them dead to me.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 09:10 AM (AW0uW)

368 366 I want my head to be able to walk around on Zombie Agnew's Robot Body.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 09:10 AM (r46W7)

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Aroooo...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:10 AM (LvTSG)

369 >>I see PDT as somewhat of a chaotic brawler and DeSantis as a more focused brawler.

I see Trump as the entire offensive line of the 1958 Browns and DeSantis as Jim Brown. Jim was fantastic but a big part of his success was running behind one of the best lines in NFL history.

DeSantis has done a great job in Florida but it's pretty likely he never would have been governor if not for Trump. Ron barely squeaked by a gay crackhead and got a big boost in his campaign once Trump endorsed him.

Trump is a force of nature. He has changed the entire political landscape in the US and beyond. I've never seen a politician like him in my life and I doubt I ever will. Pointing out Trump's faults misses the point entirely. He changes outcomes with a press release.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2022 09:11 AM (ZLI7S)

370 Jew Hater Roger Waters Appears on Chinese Propaganda Network.

NBC?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 24, 2022 09:11 AM (yQpMk)

371 356

I bet if that pier were painted in rainbow colors they'd be all right with it.

Posted by: Ziba at August 24, 2022 09:11 AM (4h9M3)

372 That DeSantis was silent about the Trump raid is very troubling to me.

True leaders have one thing in common - strong character. The Trump raid should have been strongly and publicly denounced. We need a leader with strong character and conviction in the Presidency.

Posted by: Archer at August 24, 2022 09:11 AM (gmo/4)

373 >>"Cross-Shaped Beach Pier Causes Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth for LGBTQ Community Members"

Gosh, that doesn't sound very Tolerant(tm)!
Love means love, baby, including loving Christ.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2022 09:12 AM (I/doM)

374 Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2022 09:07 AM (Dc2NZ)

That story sounds suspiciously like the one about the MGM costume department giving Frank Morgan a frock coat to wear as Professor Marvel, and having it turn out to be L. Frank Baum's own frock coat.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 09:13 AM (AW0uW)

375 I'm not dismissing this as paranoid conspiracy, because it's real. But if we had a senate full of Rand Pauls and Ted Cruz', we'd be nowhere near the calamatous shape we're in today.

With respect to DeSantis, this guy has done more to fight the left than any governor in my lifetime. He hits them in the mouth. IF (big if) your intent were to dismantle the permanent natsec/doj 4th branch, the last thing you'd do is announce those intentions prior to taking office.

Posted by: SMFH at August 24, 2022 09:06 AM (OkpI3)
*******
It's deja all over again and it's got to stop. QAnon and the likes of the Lin Wood types did more harm than good.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2022 09:13 AM (NpAcC)

376 I see Trump as the entire offensive line of the 1958 Browns and DeSantis as Jim Brown. Jim was fantastic but a big part of his success was running behind one of the best lines in NFL history.

DeSantis has done a great job in Florida but it's pretty likely he never would have been governor if not for Trump. Ron barely squeaked by a gay crackhead and got a big boost in his campaign once Trump endorsed him.

Trump is a force of nature. He has changed the entire political landscape in the US and beyond. I've never seen a politician like him in my life and I doubt I ever will. Pointing out Trump's faults misses the point entirely. He changes outcomes with a press release.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2022 09:11 AM (ZLI7S)
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That is a fair analogy.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 09:13 AM (5pTK/)

377 You may recall that is the 80s AIDS was originally known as 'gay cancer'. Since they are talking about renaming monkeypox, I'd like to suggest 'gay smallpox'.

Posted by: motionview, a National Divorcee at August 24, 2022 09:13 AM (c86jt)

378 Trump is a force of nature. He has changed the entire political landscape in the US and beyond. I've never seen a politician like him in my life and I doubt I ever will. Pointing out Trump's faults misses the point entirely. He changes outcomes with a press release.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2022 09:11 AM (ZLI7S)

That's because none of us has seen a Nationalist Populist in our lifetimes. Reagan wasn't.

And now we see a few. Trump. DeSantis. A few others. The entire question of "what happens to MAGA after Trump" hinges, I think, on one very simple question. Are enough ambitious people willing to accept that title and run with it ? Because its the obvious winning message. All anyone has to do to embrace it, and this is no small thing for those types of folks, is fight the establishment.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 09:14 AM (7BReP)

379 I've never seen a politician like him in my life and I doubt I ever will.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2022 09:11 AM (ZLI7S)

I don't think of Trump as a politician, but I don't know what word truly describes him.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 24, 2022 09:14 AM (45fpk)

380 Doubt it. It's a movement Trump agrees with and promotes, but it is still a movement with long and deep roots. It's Agnew's "silent majority", it's the Tea Party, and it is the moral majority, all wrapped up into one.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2022 09:08 AM (PbMBZ)

It is, but remember what it was like when we lost Breitbart? Multiply that times 1,000.

They have "plans" for relegating us to the sidelines, including within our own asshole party. Imagine no Trump or DeSantis. Who is "our" candidate in 2024?

Our movement will be alive in our hearts and minds and on small corner blogs until they shut them down. In political life we will be back to the silent "violent" (lie) fringe.

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 09:14 AM (t6WSm)

381 [From the link "A new plant-based 'egg' represents the advent of the transhumanist global state."]

"The best eggs don’t come from chickens; they come from plants."

Just like the best men don't come from sperm, but from child mutilation factories formerly known as children's hospitals ...

Posted by: ShainS -- VDH-Endorsed-by-Proxy Connoisseur of Cruelty at August 24, 2022 09:14 AM (7TGq0)

382 Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 09:08 AM (qpX6U)

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I'm with you insofar as I don't think it helps DeSantis with anyone other than DeSantis lovers. It's red meat for us, but we don't need persuading. It's pretty damn cringy though, and the other side will use it against him.

I liked it ok, but think it was an unforced error.

Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2022 09:14 AM (VJsqe)

383 The Munsters opening theme was fantastic.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 24, 2022 09:14 AM (mK6pw)

384 I don't think of Trump as a politician, but I don't know what word truly describes him.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 24, 2022 09:14 AM (45fpk)

Leader

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 09:15 AM (t6WSm)

385 Trump is a force of nature. He has changed the entire political landscape in the US and beyond. I've never seen a politician like him in my life and I doubt I ever will. Pointing out Trump's faults misses the point entirely. He changes outcomes with a press release.
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Yep. He is a force of nature. He reminds me Anyd Jackson.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 24, 2022 09:15 AM (ppL7t)

386 Pushaw had to move from her State role to a campaign role. Can't help with the campaign from her state job.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:16 AM (5BUTF)

387 Hall of Fame QB, Len Dawson, Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl winner, dies aged 87.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 24, 2022 09:16 AM (yikp0)

388 Leader

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 09:15 AM (t6WSm)

Yes, I think that fits pretty well.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 24, 2022 09:17 AM (45fpk)

389 Len seemed like a nice guy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 24, 2022 09:17 AM (7FozI)

390 Leader
Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 09:15 AM (t6WSm)

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Fighter

Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2022 09:18 AM (VJsqe)

391 I'm not dismissing this as paranoid conspiracy, because it's real. But if we had a senate full of Rand Pauls and Ted Cruz', we'd be nowhere near the calamatous shape we're in today.

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Those names sound familiar. Didn't they give a medal to the guy who killed Ashley Babbit?

And wasn't Cruz the one who blamed the Americans who got the permits to march for the violence in Charlottesville?

Say, didn't Cruz also publicly speak out against Trump when Trump was putting tariffs on Mexico until they did something about all of their illegals?

No. No thank you.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at August 24, 2022 09:18 AM (qyOWd)

392 We need a leader with strong character and conviction in the Presidency.
Posted by: Archer at August 24, 2022 09:11 AM

Ah'm tanned, noways t'hired, and READY!

Posted by: Mrs. Wm. J. "Bubba" Clinton at August 24, 2022 09:18 AM (a3Q+t)

393 "Cross-Shaped Beach Pier Causes Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth for LGBTQ Community Members"

I read that story online. The person who's part of the most anguished describes himself as a former Christian, and surprise (!) he's a lawyer and wants the ACLU to look into it. I see $$$ signs, Ocean Grove is a former Methodist revival/camp meeting site. You sound like a big ninny as well as a weepy fool if you think most people who go to Ocean Grove are going to be offended by a cross shaped pier. He's sooo worried about Jews and gays and Muslims being so very upset by a cross shaped pier. Would they notice it unless they were a seagull floating overhead? I think they probably wouldnt be unless they were leftists. Oh, yes, 97% or more of the responses online are from people who think those getting their panties in a wad are ridiculous.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2022 09:18 AM (wvo9L)

394 The Munsters opening theme was fantastic.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 24, 2022 09:14 AM (mK6pw)

There were two versions of that - the original, organ-driven version of the first season and then the surf-rock power pop one of the second.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 09:18 AM (AW0uW)

395 Nailed it regarding Columbia Prep parents. We have relatives with children that go there. They admitted that they thought Trump did a good job as president but they just couldn't bring themselves to vote Republican. I hate it for the kids but the parents deserve the NY city they are getting. Unfortunately, like most parents of kids there, they can afford to own properties in other places and spend very little time in NY outside the school year so they only get the "benefits" of their voting part of the year.

Posted by: madmike at August 24, 2022 09:18 AM (PTEZ/)

396 I guess I might be the only one who thought "Top Gov" was a good ad, but then I think it's purpose was to raise DeSantis' name recognition among LIV's. Recall one of the recent national polls showed that most LIV's still thought DeSantis was a Puerto Rican shortstop.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 09:19 AM (r46W7)

397 It does if the utility company tells you that it will cost over $50k to run a wire from your house to their nearest pole.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 24, 2022 08:13 AM (3hSHB)

Inlaws house burnt in the Complex fire. Started by downed power lines. Calfagelectricity is cutting a ditch in the road for the new underground lines. There is half a mile of solid granite to dig into to get from the box to the property AND we have to put in a $40,000 car charging station with 200 amp service.

We might not rebuild.

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2022 09:19 AM (+xvnT)

398 >>I don't think of Trump as a politician, but I don't know what word truly describes him

You're right, grammie. He's more of a cultural force rather than just a politician. He's bigger than just politics.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2022 09:19 AM (ZLI7S)

399 And I'm here
to remind you
of the hate I feel when I think of you
To be fair, I must deny you
of the cross-shaped pier that built down there
You, you, you oughta know

Posted by: Alanis More-upset at August 24, 2022 09:19 AM (WWh8n)

400 DeSantis wasn't silent on the raid at MAL. He said that it was politically motivated and that the Biden administration was using the Feds to target its rivals.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2022 09:19 AM (NpAcC)

401 And now we see a few. Trump. DeSantis. A few others. The entire question of "what happens to MAGA after Trump" hinges, I think, on one very simple question. Are enough ambitious people willing to accept that title and run with it ? Because its the obvious winning message. All anyone has to do to embrace it, and this is no small thing for those types of folks, is fight the establishment.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 09:14 AM (7BReP)

The persecution of Trump, his family, and his friends and associates is intended to deter non-GOPe people from running for POTUS. However, as we all know, any Republican candidate, MAGA-type or Jeb!-type, will be from now on persecuted at full-anti-Trump-strength after becoming the R nominee.

Posted by: Gref at August 24, 2022 09:20 AM (AMIL/)

402 Rand Paul has done a lot to expose Fauci as a fraud, and that's been helpful in bringing the truth out.
His vote for the Capitol Police Award was ignoble, but I don't throw him out based solely on that error.

Posted by: Ziba at August 24, 2022 09:20 AM (4h9M3)

403 Hall of Fame QB, Len Dawson, Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl winner, dies aged 87.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 24, 2022 09:16 AM (yikp0)

I still think of that awesome locker room picture of him smoking a Lucky Strike and drinking a Fresca. RIP

Posted by: lowandslow at August 24, 2022 09:21 AM (qH6FZ)

404 . However, as we all know, any Republican candidate, MAGA-type or Jeb!-type, will be from now on persecuted at full-anti-Trump-strength after becoming the R nominee.

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Yep. It's not a bad idea to determine who we should vote for based on the left's reaction. Bush-Hitler level nudge nudge stuff that Cheney and Pence get, or FBI raids that Trump get?

I'm going Trump every time.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at August 24, 2022 09:21 AM (qyOWd)

405 Because it's not as if they're going to issue insignias and only Christians could walk on the cross shaped pier.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2022 09:21 AM (wvo9L)

406 comment not found

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:21 AM (LvTSG)

407 damn

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:21 AM (LvTSG)

408 “How can I feel comfortable sending my white 9-year-old son into her library or classroom?” the mother said. “What if my son wants to be a librarian? How safe and nurtured are my kids going to be by this person?
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You can't be, and he can't be and he won't be. These people hate you. They hate your husband. They hate your children. They hate the world you live in. Wise up.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 24, 2022 09:21 AM (WWh8n)

409 396 I guess I might be the only one who thought "Top Gov" was a good ad, but then I think it's purpose was to raise DeSantis' name recognition among LIV's. Recall one of the recent national polls showed that most LIV's still thought DeSantis was a Puerto Rican shortstop.

I liked it too Tom!

We just re-watched the original Top Gun with the kids and that was probably more cringe (but they liked it a lot! usually the old movies are a massive fail).

btw speaking of chubby pilots, Tom Cruise had SUCH the cute babyface in that!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 24, 2022 09:22 AM (w0NJk)

410 And wasn't Cruz the one who blamed the Americans who got the permits to march for the violence in Charlottesville?

Don't forget Cruz also blamed the left-fomented violence at Trump rallies on Trump supporters.

I have no use for that nickelfucker.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 09:22 AM (AW0uW)

411 408 You can't be, and he can't be and he won't be. These people hate you. They hate your husband. They hate your children. They hate the world you live in. Wise up.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 24, 2022 09:21 AM (WWh8n)

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"But that just means that I'm a racist, right?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:22 AM (LvTSG)

412 His vote for the Capitol Police Award was ignoble, but I don't throw him out based solely on that error.

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Didn't he vote "present" for something recently?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at August 24, 2022 09:22 AM (qyOWd)

413 "As CTH has noted since August 8th the professional political managing of Ron DeSantis for a presidential run has become increasingly clear."

You see this as the terrible thing it is. Ironically, if DeSantis had sent out the state police to have a friendly chat with the FBI until questions were answered, I'd likely be on the DeSantis train now- just because he took a risk and won. And most Republicans would see someone who could use the forces at his disposal to challenge the Deep State physically and win (even if it was staged).

But he chose to whiff. So be it. The FBI and New York cabal are clearly terrified of Trump to the point they're ready to destroy American democracy. Someone would need to do a lot, and quickly, to outweigh that in my estimation.

Posted by: trev006 at August 24, 2022 09:22 AM (4q6WQ)

414 16 Except Marc Molinaro, the excellent County Executive in my former home of Dutchess County, NY lost to the deadly boring Pat Ryan by a couple of thousand votes win NY-19 . Polls showed Molinaro winning. Very angry.
Posted by: Victoria at August 24, 2022 07:45 AM

DU is certainly crowing about this win of theirs. NY19: 54-46 for Ryan with 94% in. This special election is a bellwether. DEMOCRAT WON! Kornacki playing up Molinaro (R) over Ryan (D)

They even have a lame dark Brandon meme they're sharing.
https://tinyurl.com/mrkv5ube
Odd choice for a guy with a reputation around kids.

This one is about over Ryan leads by 7000 votes and there are about that many left to count. This was a close district in 2020 right? Was it Biden or Trump +3?

D+2 Obama won it twice. TFG won in 2016 and Biden won in 2020. Dems have the momentum

Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at August 24, 2022 09:22 AM (NCgXW)

415 409 btw speaking of chubby pilots, Tom Cruise had SUCH the cute babyface in that!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 24, 2022 09:22 AM (w0NJk)

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Baby don't have teeth that fucked up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:22 AM (LvTSG)

416 That DeSantis was silent about the Trump raid is very troubling to me.

True leaders have one thing in common - strong character. The Trump raid should have been strongly and publicly denounced. We need a leader with strong character and conviction in the Presidency.

Posted by: Archer at August 24, 2022 09:11 AM (gmo/4)

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At least Cocaine Mitch delivered a strongly-worded statement about the heinous MAL raid.

Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS -- VDH-Endorsed-by-Proxy Connoisseur of Cruelty at August 24, 2022 09:22 AM (7TGq0)

417 394 MP4, whichever version is the really jazzy one, that’s the one I like.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 24, 2022 09:22 AM (mK6pw)

418 The association isn’t backing down on the pier, either. Construction will begin in September, and everyone involved is looking forward to the pier serving the community well.

Oh yeah? Well cancel the construction company! Cancel the construction company's bank! Cancel their lumber supplier! Cancel the lumber supplier's bank! Cancel their MasterCard! They will comply with my offense!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:23 AM (R8uWY)

419 Those names sound familiar. Didn't they give a medal to the guy who killed Ashley Babbit?

And wasn't Cruz the one who blamed the Americans who got the permits to march for the violence in Charlottesville?

Say, didn't Cruz also publicly speak out against Trump when Trump was putting tariffs on Mexico until they did something about all of their illegals?

No. No thank you.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at August 24, 2022 09:18 AM (qyOWd)

I have far more respect for Manchin and Sinema than I do for anyone in the Senate GOP, for now. When Schumer had the power and the votes to get BBB or anything else across the finish line, they alone held out. Yes, they eventually gave in, but at least they stood in the way of leadership. McConnell is the leader of absolutely nothing, and it doesn't - at least on the surface - cost anyone to cross him, yet nobody does. Yes, the Turtle controls the purse-strings, but Rick Scott has nothing to say about this either?

Cruz, Lee et al are worthless.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 24, 2022 09:23 AM (mdjgu)

420 Len seemed like a nice guy.

He truly was. One of his nephews was a friend of mine and I got to hang out when Len was around on several occasions.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 24, 2022 09:23 AM (Xrfse)

421 406 comment not found
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:21 AM

At least Pr*m*th**s wasn't mentioned.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 24, 2022 09:23 AM (a3Q+t)

422 Brenda Snipes was permitted by Rick Scott’s Sec of State to keep counting imaginary ballots until the Saturday after the election, when she was forced to certify the final number. The Sec of State could have stopped it, but he didn’t. That is how DeSantis won, despite the cheat. She attempted to add votes, even after certifying, but, finally, the former Democrat SOS stopped it.

Posted by: EveR at August 24, 2022 09:23 AM (MUpk6)

423 109...Mazdas are where the real action is, though.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Gas demand is below pandemic levels at August 24, 2022 08:19 AM (6A8uw)

We just bought oa Mazda cx5 on Monday. The ride is much better than the comparable Toyota, Nissan, and Chevy we tested. The interior appointments and communication/ entertainment interfaces are superior.

Posted by: Flyover at August 24, 2022 09:24 AM (Rbu5d)

424 Posted by: EveR at August 24, 2022 09:23 AM (MUpk6)

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It worked, didn't it?

Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2022 09:24 AM (VJsqe)

425 I'm puzzled at the cross shaped pier. I'm guessing there are cross shaped piers all over, because they offer lots of room for sightseeing and fishing.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at August 24, 2022 09:25 AM (qyOWd)

426 Yep. It's not a bad idea to determine who we should vote for based on the left's reaction. Bush-Hitler level nudge nudge stuff that Cheney and Pence get, or FBI raids that Trump get? I'm going Trump every time.

I'll criticize Trump every time he does something I see as bone-headed. I also can't imagine voting for anyone else in '24. Quite literally, can't imagine bothering to participate in the UniParty's sham process for any other candidate.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 09:25 AM (7BReP)

427 Cruz called J6 an insurrection and went along with the murdered cops story.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:25 AM (R8uWY)

428 Has anyone really taken on an in-depth study on how effective any of the TV style advertising really is? In the last few years, it just seems like a stupid way to give billions of dollars to a media industry that hates us.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 24, 2022 09:26 AM (qH6FZ)

429 396 I guess I might be the only one who thought "Top Gov" was a good ad, but then I think it's purpose was to raise DeSantis' name recognition among LIV's. Recall one of the recent national polls showed that most LIV's still thought DeSantis was a Puerto Rican shortstop.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 09:19 AM (r46W7)

I first heard the ad audio-only and loved it. When I saw the TV ad, I thought it was a mistake to use the Top Gun-style visual theme.

Posted by: Gref at August 24, 2022 09:26 AM (AMIL/)

430 btw speaking of chubby pilots, Tom Cruise had SUCH the cute babyface in that!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 24, 2022 09:22 AM (w0NJk)

The only gayer 80's movie would be actual gay porn. And yet I'm okay with it.

Posted by: trev006 at August 24, 2022 09:26 AM (4q6WQ)

431 A most excellent comment in the NY Post concerning student debt forgiveness.
NYU Ethan (he/him)
It's a start, but only a start. I'm currently about $100k in debt after my dad said he wouldn't continue to fund my undergraduate degree after 4 years. However, I'm double majoring in music therapy and Indigenous Culture Studies. I don't have a lot of time to work between community organizing with BLM, handing out cell phones to migrants (bienvenidos immigrantes!) and watching after my therapy dog, Mr. Trotsky. Working is not a lifestyle choice that fits into my lived experience. Work makes me feel unsafe. It's only fair that my student loans be forgiven and offered a universal basic income from the traumas I've already suffered.

Bravo, Ethan.

Posted by: mpfs at August 24, 2022 09:26 AM (hApyX)

432 I have far more respect for Manchin and Sinema than I do for anyone in the Senate GOP, for now.

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Same here. And it's funny to hear how Schumer doesn't know the rules like McConnell or whatever, but he got a major bill passed in 2021 increasing taxes on middle and low incomes, and just passed another one.

But Mitch is smart!

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at August 24, 2022 09:26 AM (qyOWd)

433 Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:23 AM (R8uWY)

The land is basically owned by the Ocean Grove whatever it's called Association and the money for the pier was donated by a private individual. If the little weenies are upset by a cross shaped pier they can go hang out as Asbury Park which is a gay mecca. And any of the gays who are not leftists probably don't care either.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2022 09:27 AM (wvo9L)

434 No worries. Liz Cheney will be helping to take out Mike Lee, Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley./

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2022 09:27 AM (NpAcC)

435 395 Nailed it regarding Columbia Prep parents. We have relatives with children that go there. They admitted that they thought Trump did a good job as president but they just couldn't bring themselves to vote Republican. I hate it for the kids but the parents deserve the NY city they are getting. Unfortunately, like most parents of kids there, they can afford to own properties in other places and spend very little time in NY outside the school year so they only get the "benefits" of their voting part of the year.
Posted by: madmike at August 24, 2022 09:18 AM (PTEZ/)

Less than 300,000 people voted for Eric Adams for mayor of NYC. In a city of millions, and in the wake of the worst mayor the city ever had, less than 600,000 people turned out to vote for either Adams or Sliwa. If all the registered Republicans at least got out of bed to vote for Sliwa, they'd have a different mayor right now.

Leave NYC if you can, folks, like JJS did. It is finished.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 24, 2022 09:27 AM (mdjgu)

436 It is, but remember what it was like when we lost Breitbart? Multiply that times 1,000.
Posted by: ... at August 24, 2022 09:14 AM (t6WSm)
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Don't disagree.

But I think Trump has tapped into a political vein that existed before him and will exist after he goes. His contributions are his pugnaciousness, which we all have hungered for, his intelligent policies, and his incredible honesty. He literally said "I can't be bought" and he couldn't be. Which, of course, is why the deep state is trying so hard to destroy him.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2022 09:27 AM (9nkDa)

437 At least Ron didn't Dukakis himself with that ad.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:27 AM (R8uWY)

438 The only gayer 80's movie would be actual gay porn. And yet I'm okay with it.

well I mean ... they were NAVY pilots so...

Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 24, 2022 09:28 AM (w0NJk)

439 Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at August 24, 2022 09:25 AM (qyOWd)

Ban intersections!! They're cross shaped. Someone might be offended!!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2022 09:28 AM (wvo9L)

440 We just bought oa Mazda cx5 on Monday. The ride is much better than the comparable Toyota, Nissan, and Chevy we tested. The interior appointments and communication/ entertainment interfaces are superior.

Seems like Mazda consistently upsizes their engines. Where the other compacts run a 2.0, they run a 2.4. And so on.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 09:28 AM (7BReP)

441 DeSantis has a chance to be reelected. We need a generational change in the country the type that Reagan created. Four years of Trump and then back to a communist is not going to change the trajectory of the country.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 24, 2022 09:29 AM (Spr0s)

442 425 I'm puzzled at the cross shaped pier. I'm guessing there are cross shaped piers all over, because they offer lots of room for sightseeing and fishing.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at August 24, 2022 09:25 AM (qyOWd)

To point out something any sane person knows instantly, the cross shape is an extremely practical design for a fishing pier, since it maximizes the number of people who can be out next to the sea.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 09:29 AM (r46W7)

443 He literally said "I can't be bought" and he couldn't be. Which, of course, is why the deep state is trying so hard to destroy him.

He said he couldn't be bought, but bought other politicians such as HRC. Baller. Then they went out of their way to make up emoluments violations against him.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:29 AM (R8uWY)

444 436 But I think Trump has tapped into a political vein that existed before him and will exist after he goes. His contributions are his pugnaciousness, which we all have hungered for, his intelligent policies, and his incredible honesty. He literally said "I can't be bought" and he couldn't be. Which, of course, is why the deep state is trying so hard to destroy him.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2022 09:27 AM (9nkDa)

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The vein he tapped into has been part of the American DNA since it's inception. What Trump brings is organization and money. That's what would get lost if Trump went away.

He's the lynchpin of the movement as an effective force right now. I think he's working on making sure that it can survive the loss of one lynchpin.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:29 AM (LvTSG)

445 DeSantis has a chance to be reelected. We need a generational change in the country the type that Reagan created. Four years of Trump and then back to a communist is not going to change the trajectory of the country.

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Yes, that's why we're hoping for four years of Trump and then VP DeSantis can give us eight more.

It's our only hope.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at August 24, 2022 09:30 AM (qyOWd)

446 Asbury Park which is a gay mecca.

*******

How can Asbury Park mecca somebody gay? I thought they were born that way.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 24, 2022 09:30 AM (kXYt5)

447 "the cross shape is an extremely practical design for a fishing pier, since it maximizes the number of people who can be out next to the sea."

Fractal pier for the win.

Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 09:30 AM (qpX6U)

448 It is a cross shaped pier on Christian owned property in full view of gay people. It must be motivated by hate.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:30 AM (R8uWY)

449 Bravo, Ethan.
Posted by: mpfs at August 24, 2022 09:26 AM (hApyX)
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was that actually printed in the Post, or did you write it?

Pitch perfect. Every line is great.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2022 09:30 AM (9nkDa)

450 424

FL suffered through 4 years of Nikki Fried as AG Commissioner, so it did work. Brenda just didn’t have enough time to get. W for Nelson and Gollum, though.

Posted by: EveR at August 24, 2022 09:30 AM (MUpk6)

451 Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 09:29 AM (r46W7)

I expect the man who donated the money was well aware of the Camp Meeting Association of the town, but I'm sure it was a practical idea as well

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2022 09:30 AM (wvo9L)

452 Recall one of the recent national polls showed that most LIV's still thought DeSantis was a Puerto Rican shortstop.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 09:19 AM (r46W7)

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"Come on, man! Everybody knows that the best shortstops are from the Dominican Republic or the Governors Mansion in New York ..."

Posted by: ShainS -- VDH-Endorsed-by-Proxy Connoisseur of Cruelty at August 24, 2022 09:31 AM (7TGq0)

453 The vein he tapped into has been part of the American DNA since it's inception. What Trump brings is organization and money. That's what would get lost if Trump went away.

Nationalist Populism. And its pretty much the opposite now of the UniParty, which is Globalist Corporatism.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 09:31 AM (7BReP)

454 To point out something any sane person knows instantly, the cross shape is an extremely practical design for a fishing pier, since it maximizes the number of people who can be out next to the sea.
Posted by: Tom Servo

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I've noticed this in modern Science. You can no longer say things that people know. You have to cite some peer reviewed journal for everything.

WTF, folks? There is a basic level of knowledge that everyone is supposed to possess. You should be able to look at a cross-shaped pier and understand how the perimeter increase gives the folks charging $10/head per visitor more income.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at August 24, 2022 09:31 AM (qyOWd)

455 Maybe they could have a rainbow colored and flag shaped pier.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2022 09:32 AM (wvo9L)

456 A pier full of mens bathrooms.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at August 24, 2022 09:32 AM (qyOWd)

457 Bravo, Ethan.

Posted by: mpfs at August 24, 2022 09:26 AM (hApyX)
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Great troll by Ethan.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 09:32 AM (5pTK/)

458 One guy whines, so we get no 930 art?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:33 AM (R8uWY)

459 MP4, whichever version is the really jazzy one, that’s the one I like.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 24, 2022 09:22 AM (mK6pw)

Second season version. Lots of thundering drums, chewy horns and surf guitar. There were even lyrics to it, which were never broadcasted.

Here's a link to many different covers:

https://tinyurl.com/8m9ytryz

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 09:33 AM (AW0uW)

460 I can hardly stand to look at my Yahoo home page. It looks like it was designed by imbeciles for a 13 year old audience with the collective IQ of 60. This is how we got the government we have. How long can an imbecile society stand? Most Americans do well to wipe their own asses.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 24, 2022 09:33 AM (QSjkU)

461 Ban intersections!! They're cross shaped.

This would certainly account for the massive grant money installing all the "crescents of embrace" on the highways around here.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 24, 2022 09:33 AM (x61Im)

462 I really hope we can avoid Trump/DeSantis fratricide in '24... we don't have enough good guys that we can afford to lose any to friendly fire.

> Baby don't have teeth that fucked up.

Rumor has it that when OCrazyHo-Tittycaca first went to the orthodontist, she showed him a Top Gun poster and said "Like that".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 24, 2022 09:33 AM (bW8dp)

463 349 Joe Biden expected to announce $10,000 student loan forgiveness program Wednesday: report
President Biden's expected student loan forgiveness will cost American taxpayers an estimated $300 billion

Once upon a time this would have been called a "moral hazard." But what can you expect from a man and a movement who are themselves moral hazards.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 24, 2022 09:33 AM (H8QX8)

464 Art is late by 3 minutes.

The only conclusion is that CBD has been abducted by aliens.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:34 AM (LvTSG)

465 > It is a cross shaped pier on Christian owned property in full view of gay people.
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Apparently there's a lot of gays around. Like 9 out of 10 people.

Apparently.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2022 09:34 AM (BFigT)

466 Ban lines which intersect at a 90 degree angle!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:34 AM (R8uWY)

467 I've noticed this in modern Science. You can no longer say things that people know. You have to cite some peer reviewed journal for everything.

WTF, folks? There is a basic level of knowledge that everyone is supposed to possess. You should be able to look at a cross-shaped pier and understand how the perimeter increase gives the folks charging $10/head per visitor more income.

That's the thing, there's no basic, agreed upon level of knowledge anymore. Only the approved tombs of the High Priests. Everything else is sacrilege.

I'm not trying to be funny. That's how it works now. There is no such thing as independent thought. Only the official positions of the Church of Science.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 09:34 AM (7BReP)

468 I don't like the idea that GOPe funded and produced DeSantis' Top Gov video.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 24, 2022 09:34 AM (m7R0k)

469 President Biden's expected student loan forgiveness will cost American taxpayers an estimated $300 billion

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We're at 40%-50% real inflation right now and the bill they just passed hasn't kicked in yet.

This is on purpose. They intend to destroy every dollar you saved.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at August 24, 2022 09:34 AM (qyOWd)

470 466 Ban lines which intersect at a 90 degree angle!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:34 AM (R8uWY)

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"Good, I was tired of teaching math shit."
-Geometry teachers

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:34 AM (LvTSG)

471 One guy whines, so we get no 930 art?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

*******

Gotta let those links percolate, man!

Posted by: Muldoon at August 24, 2022 09:34 AM (kXYt5)

472 Art is late by 3 minutes.

The only conclusion is that CBD has been abducted by aliens.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:34 AM (LvTSG)

Or, he's on vacation....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2022 09:34 AM (7bRMQ)

473 Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 24, 2022 09:33 AM (x61Im)

"Crescents of embrace." LOL. I think traffic circles were designed by sociopaths who want to kill off some of the surplus population (J/K) and I try to avoid traffic circles whenever possible.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2022 09:35 AM (wvo9L)

474 > How can Asbury Park mecca somebody gay?

Should be "gay mecha".

Like a giant gay robot from a Japanese cartoon.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 24, 2022 09:35 AM (bW8dp)

475 "Art is late by 3 minutes."

Waiting for paint to dry.

Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 09:35 AM (qpX6U)

476 No Art Thread ?

Posted by: JT at August 24, 2022 09:35 AM (T4tVD)

477 Anyone get a call for bail from CBD?

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 24, 2022 09:36 AM (f4iLQ)

478 It seems gays are offended by God. This is like an insect being offended by a gravel truck. The end result is predictable.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 24, 2022 09:36 AM (QSjkU)

479 Another reason I didn't love the DeSantis ad was it made me fear that the press is going to his head.

Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2022 09:36 AM (VJsqe)

480 Anyone get a call for bail from CBD?
Posted by: Skip's phone at August 24, 2022 09:36 AM (f4iLQ)
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Anyone else willing to send CBD French Toast and syrup for bail?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 09:36 AM (5pTK/)

481 Recall one of the recent national polls showed that most LIV's still thought DeSantis was a Puerto Rican shortstop.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 09:19 AM (r46W7)
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Steve Cohen will sign him, for $350 million!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2022 09:36 AM (9nkDa)

482 450 Honestly, I typed Gillum and it autocorrected to Gollum. How appropriate!

Posted by: EveR at August 24, 2022 09:36 AM (MUpk6)

483 There's a guest post by Kris just sitting there in the background...

Oh, Kris...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:36 AM (LvTSG)

484 @419 Darrel Harris-Manchin just held out for more money to grease palms(his). He's up to his neck with this "green energy" BS and thats what he held out for. It was pure theater. Him and Joe Barraso(R WY) sponsor the Fission For The Future Act(among other things) and you have Bill Gates with his TerraPower Company building one of the Natrium Reactors in Wyoming, subsidized by us like every green energy thing is.
He didn't hold up BBB for altruistic reasons. He's as much a part of this EV shit being rammed down our throats as the Biden Administration is.

Posted by: JROD at August 24, 2022 09:36 AM (0jZnq)

485 President Biden's expected student loan forgiveness will cost American taxpayers an estimated $300 billion.

Hang the cost on the universities. Think of all the birds you can kill with that one stone. The existing university system. Useless degrees. An absolute ton of foreign students coming her on visas. The benefits would go on and on.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 09:37 AM (7BReP)

486 Maybe CBD got caught in the time warp of that one Ace thread yesterday.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 24, 2022 09:37 AM (mK6pw)

487 Art is late by 3 minutes.

The only conclusion is that CBD has been abducted by aliens.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang

He's devouring waffles with maple syrup !

Posted by: JT at August 24, 2022 09:37 AM (T4tVD)

488 I dare CBD to repost Nekkid Lardass on ottoman. Come on chicken boy, give it to us!

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 24, 2022 09:37 AM (QSjkU)

489 Great troll by Ethan.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 09:32 AM (5pTK/)
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It would be interesting to see how many people think his comment was not sarcasm and agreed with it.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2022 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

490 Another reason I didn't love the DeSantis ad was it made me fear that the press is going to his head.
Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2022 09:36 AM (VJsqe)
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After campaign consultants purposely derailed a few GOP candidates, i think one should take a long hard look at ads put out by campaigns.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 09:38 AM (5pTK/)

491 MP4, if you're still around, I posted a plug for your latest book on a community board asking about summer reads.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2022 09:38 AM (7bRMQ)

492 476 No Art Thread ?
Posted by: JT at August 24, 2022 09:35 AM (T4tVD)

Perhaps the blog is taking advice from yesterday's commenter to give us more time to appreciate The Morning Report?

*ducks*

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 24, 2022 09:38 AM (mdjgu)

493 Looks like Garland finally got one of our own. Or, maybe he filed his NJ concealed carry application and today is the day long exam and psychological observation.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2022 09:38 AM (9nkDa)

494 Has someone tried shaking the server?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:38 AM (R8uWY)

495 NYU Ethan (he/him)
It's a start, but only a start. I'm currently about $100k in debt after my dad said he wouldn't continue to fund my undergraduate degree after 4 years. However, I'm double majoring in music therapy and Indigenous Culture Studies. I don't have a lot of time to work between community organizing with BLM, handing out cell phones to migrants (bienvenidos immigrantes!) and watching after my therapy dog, Mr. Trotsky. Working is not a lifestyle choice that fits into my lived experience. Work makes me feel unsafe. It's only fair that my student loans be forgiven and offered a universal basic income from the traumas I've already suffered. ...
Posted by: mpfs at August 24, 2022 09:26 AM (hApyX)
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This has to be parody, right?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 24, 2022 09:38 AM (WWh8n)

496 Here's my favorite bit of ancient art, which I hope will be featured on the art thread someday:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Susa

Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 09:39 AM (qpX6U)

497 Can a cob post another cobs post if a cob could post posts?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:39 AM (R8uWY)

498 > President Biden's expected student loan forgiveness will cost American taxpayers an estimated $300 billion

The federal government is currently spending about a billion dollars *per hour*.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 24, 2022 09:39 AM (bW8dp)

499 I dare CBD to repost Nekkid Lardass on ottoman. Come on chicken boy, give it to us!

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 24, 2022 09:37 AM (QSjkU)

You're insane, because he WILL do it. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2022 09:39 AM (VwHCD)

500 Meh, it's no Rothko

Posted by: Muldoon at August 24, 2022 09:39 AM (kXYt5)

501 This has to be parody, right?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 24, 2022 09:38 AM (WWh8n)
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I'm pretty sure Trotsky the wonder therapy dog is a "tell."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 09:39 AM (5pTK/)

502 We should introduce Ethan to Sarah.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 24, 2022 09:39 AM (mK6pw)

503 Another reason I didn't love the DeSantis ad was it made me fear that the press is going to his head.
Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2022 09:36 AM (VJsqe)
*******
Well, Trump isn't exactly modest either.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2022 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

504 The art-starved readers are re-proving Pavlov's Dog experiment this morning.

Posted by: Gref at August 24, 2022 09:40 AM (AMIL/)

505 I look forward to Muldoon's limerick about the empty void that is the Art Thread.

Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2022 09:40 AM (VJsqe)

506 I'm gonna take out a student loan !

Posted by: JT at August 24, 2022 09:40 AM (T4tVD)

507 I'm pretty sure Trotsky the wonder therapy dog is a "tell."

(bienvenidos immigrantes!) was a nice touch.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 09:40 AM (7BReP)

508 The federal government is currently spending about a billion dollars *per hour*.

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Do you have a link for current numbers? I know we talked about it a year or so ago and it was up to $13M/second, but I haven't seen any recent numbers.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at August 24, 2022 09:40 AM (qyOWd)

509 I need one of those Don't Tread on Florida signs in the top photo

Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 24, 2022 09:41 AM (uha4H)

510 He didn't hold up BBB for altruistic reasons. He's as much a part of this EV shit being rammed down our throats as the Biden Administration is.
Posted by: JROD at August 24, 2022 09:36 AM (0jZnq)

Trust me, JROD - I'm not saying that Manchin was ever a paragon of virtue here. In fact, I always knew that he would cave, as he always does, in the end, to serve his Democratic masters - and his pocketbook.

I am saying, however, that in holding out he exhibits more courage than any GOP Senate member - and all the while the GOP holds the minority, and can't do anything anyway.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 24, 2022 09:41 AM (mdjgu)

511 I hope the weenie, weepy gay folks who don't like a cross shaped pier don't ever buy an old house with old fashioned window panes. They'd have to have intense therapy everytime they walked from room to room.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2022 09:41 AM (wvo9L)

512 President Biden's expected student loan forgiveness will cost American taxpayers an estimated $300 billion

The federal government is currently spending about a billion dollars *per hour*.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Meh. A billion here, a billion there & pretty soon it's 1929 again.

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 24, 2022 09:41 AM (CbzHy)

513 256...DeSantis got a new press secretary?
Why?!?!?! He already had the most kick-a$$ one possible.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2022 08:50 AM (I/doM)

She went to work for his campaign

Posted by: Flyover at August 24, 2022 09:41 AM (Rbu5d)

514 I'm pretty sure Trotsky the wonder therapy dog is a "tell."
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 09:39 AM (5pTK/)
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Oh, I dunno. "Trot"sky is a conceivable commie dog (or horse) name. Like "Chairman Meow" for a cat.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 24, 2022 09:42 AM (WWh8n)

515 Oh, yeah, that Post post? It's pretty darn literate, so, no way it was produced by a leftist millennial.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 09:42 AM (5pTK/)

516 CBD's on vaca. He'll post at 9 pacific time. Probably.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2022 09:42 AM (7bRMQ)

517 I recently tried rewatching Top Gun for the first time since childhood, and failed. It's just too dumb to sit through... I made it maybe 45 minutes or an hour, and bailed. And I'll watch practically anything.

Also, I'm pretty sure this movie is singlehandedly responsible for the Navy's undeserved reputation for certain things. Jeebus. I get that the gays run H'wood and the movies reflect that, but WOW.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 24, 2022 09:42 AM (IXpV7)

518 I don't think of Trump as a politician, but I don't know what word truly describes him.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 24, 2022 09:14 AM (45fpk)

Trump. The Un-cola!

Posted by: Archer at August 24, 2022 09:43 AM (gmo/4)

519 Has someone tried shaking the server?
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Unplug it from the modem for a few minutes.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 24, 2022 09:43 AM (yikp0)

520 466 Ban lines which intersect at a 90 degree angle!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:34 AM (R8uWY)

I was told there would be no geography!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 24, 2022 09:43 AM (BRHaw)

521 Oh, I dunno. "Trot"sky is a conceivable commie dog (or horse) name. Like "Chairman Meow" for a cat.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 24, 2022 09:42 AM (WWh8n)
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Well, an epic troll is almost indistinguishable from a leftist barking seal post. I'm pretty sure it's troll, because it's so well done.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 09:43 AM (5pTK/)

522 MP4, if you're still around, I posted a plug for your latest book on a community board asking about summer reads.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2022 09:38 AM (7bRMQ)

Thank you! Link?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 09:43 AM (AW0uW)

523 Unplug it from the modem for a few minutes.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 24, 2022 09:43 AM (yikp0)

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Pump the gas pedal a few times and then try turning her over.

Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2022 09:44 AM (VJsqe)

524 I need one of those Don't Tread on Florida signs in the top photo
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 24, 2022 09:41 AM (uha4H)
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Just added to the list of "Extremist symbols". Illegal to own or display. Arrest that lovely woman in the red dress and bring her to the President, bound and gagged.

Posted by: Lavrenti Garland at August 24, 2022 09:44 AM (9nkDa)

525 I am suffering trauma through lived experience with Ethan.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:44 AM (R8uWY)

526 378 Trump is a force of nature. He has changed the entire political landscape in the US and beyond. I've never seen a politician like him in my life and I doubt I ever will.
Posted by: JackStraw

That's because none of us has seen a Nationalist Populist in our lifetimes. Reagan wasn't. All anyone has to do to embrace it, and this is no small thing for those types of folks, is fight the establishment.
Posted by: Rinse and Repeat
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The people in the establishment of both parties--Dem and Rep are simply cutouts and cats paws for the wealthy donors behind globalism. That is who you have to fight. Trump was once asked one time about who was actually behind all of this, and Trump replied a bunch of names that you would not know.

Posted by: whig at August 24, 2022 09:44 AM (CXr4y)

527 Ban lines which intersect at a 90 degree angle!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 09:34 AM (R8uWY)

Wait until they hear about the conspiracy of the 3-4-5 triangle.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 09:45 AM (7BReP)

528 If DeSantis does try to run in 2024 it will tell me everything I need to know about him.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2022 09:45 AM (VwHCD)

529 "517 I recently tried rewatching Top Gun for the first time since childhood, and failed. It's just too dumb to sit through"

I totally bought into Kelly McGillis as the 'PhD astrophysicist' who never piloted a plane being taken seriously by fighter jocks.

Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 09:45 AM (qpX6U)

530 https://is.gd/B7bM7a

This is the link to the 14 Aug article that someone on the Weekend Threads posted regarding DeSantis' national ambitions. The Moron said that this wasn't a good sign then.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 24, 2022 09:45 AM (mdjgu)

531 Hey. this isn't Mussolini's Italy where the art runs on time.

Chill!

Posted by: Archer at August 24, 2022 09:45 AM (gmo/4)

532 I guess I might be the only one who thought "Top Gov" was a good ad, but then I think it's purpose was to raise DeSantis' name recognition among LIV's. Recall one of the recent national polls showed that most LIV's still thought DeSantis was a Puerto Rican shortstop.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2022 09:19 AM (r46W7)

I first heard the ad audio-only and loved it. When I saw the TV ad, I thought it was a mistake to use the Top Gun-style visual theme.
Posted by: Gref

Do a split screen with this ad on one side, and biden pretending to drive a muscle car. Dreck brandon loses then and there.

Posted by: Blue Hen at August 24, 2022 09:45 AM (cY9wR)

533 "Perhaps it’s time to assemble an Aug. 23 Select Committee that, instead of engaging in partisan theater, actually gets to the bottom of the Kenosha riots."

Two Years After Kenosha Riots, Why No August 23 Committee to Investigate the Big Lie That Stoked the Flames?

Egregious error in the article, because Jacob Blake was not killed, he was injured.
Mistakes like that undermine otherwise good points in an article preaching to the choir with little chance of larger circulation.

Posted by: Buddy at August 24, 2022 09:45 AM (MFphb)

534 So, as long as we’re talking about The Munsters:

Pat Priest or Beverley Owen?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 24, 2022 09:45 AM (mK6pw)

535 Thank you! Link?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 09:43 AM (AW0uW)

It's a private board, I get paid for posting stuff. You have to have a sign in. It's C Space. Sorry.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2022 09:46 AM (7bRMQ)

536 Multi-purpose generic art thread Mad Lib-merick

There once was a [gender] from [place]
Whose [body part] was as big as a [nautical term]
By the end of the [unit of time]
It was found to be [colorful adjective]
And as for the [farm animal], [ famous person] [pun].

Posted by: Muldoon at August 24, 2022 09:46 AM (kXYt5)

537 I need one of those Don't Tread on Florida signs in the top photo
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 24, 2022 09:41 AM (uha4H)
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Just added to the list of "Extremist symbols". Illegal to own or display. Arrest that lovely woman in the red dress and bring her to the President, bound and gagged.
Posted by: Lavrenti Garland

Pfffft. I'm wanting a combat rosary and I'm not Catholic.

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 24, 2022 09:46 AM (CbzHy)

538 535 It's a private board, I get paid for posting stuff. You have to have a sign in. It's C Space. Sorry.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2022 09:46 AM (7bRMQ)

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*kicks dirt*

*says nothing*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:46 AM (LvTSG)

539 Greta Thunberg Cult Has Gone 'Bust': Sky News

Greta Thunberg's guilt-trip climate shame tour appears to have hit the wall, as green pipe dreams with zero practical solutions meet the realities of, well, reality.

https://tinyurl.com/u36fwv8d

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 24, 2022 09:46 AM (m7R0k)

540 The people in the establishment of both parties--Dem and Rep are simply cutouts and cats paws for the wealthy donors behind globalism. That is who you have to fight. Trump was once asked one time about who was actually behind all of this, and Trump replied a bunch of names that you would not know.

Posted by: whig at August 24, 2022 09:44 AM (CXr4y)

I call them the Globalist Corporatists. Seems as apt a label as any other.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 09:46 AM (7BReP)

541 539 Greta Thunberg Cult Has Gone 'Bust': Sky News

Greta Thunberg's guilt-trip climate shame tour appears to have hit the wall, as green pipe dreams with zero practical solutions meet the realities of, well, reality.

https://tinyurl.com/u36fwv8d
Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 24, 2022 09:46 AM (m7R0k)

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Those who called her ideas simplistic nonsense years ago are wrong, and the people who said she was right are morally just and should be listened too.

Also, she's too old for our elite now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:47 AM (LvTSG)

542 Signed up to volunteer at the election board in my county.

Posted by: sidney at August 24, 2022 09:48 AM (Uy/WF)

543 Posted by: Muldoon at August 24, 2022 09:46 AM (kXYt5)

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The art thread should be rife with limericks!

Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2022 09:48 AM (VJsqe)

544 "517 I recently tried rewatching Top Gun for the first time since childhood, and failed. It's just too dumb to sit through"

Didn't it end with a battle which would have actually precipitated a world war between USSR and USA? Yay!

Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 09:48 AM (qpX6U)

545 Greta Thunberg's guilt-trip climate shame tour appears to have hit the wall, as green pipe dreams with zero practical solutions meet the realities of, well, reality.

Can't see how this is possible for one who simply oozed so much charisma out of her every pore. I don't get it.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 09:49 AM (7BReP)

546 The Sum of All Fears > Top Gun

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:49 AM (LvTSG)

547 Also, she's too old for our elite now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:47 AM (LvTSG)

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Did Biden get a whiff of her hair before that happened?

Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 24, 2022 09:49 AM (RFKzk)

548 490 Another reason I didn't love the DeSantis ad was it made me fear that the press is going to his head.
Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2022 09:36 AM (VJsqe)
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After campaign consultants purposely derailed a few GOP candidates, i think one should take a long hard look at ads put out by campaigns. Posted by: blake
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Campaign consultants/managers essentially work for themselves, not really the candidate and to do that as a career from race to race requires a reputation for being big donor friendly and those donors expect quid pro quo. They are one of the sources of rot in the parties.

Posted by: whig at August 24, 2022 09:49 AM (CXr4y)

549 "Art is late by 3 minutes."

Give me time. It's my first baby.

Posted by: Art at August 24, 2022 09:49 AM (sn5EN)

550 Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 24, 2022 09:46 AM (m7R0k)

Stupidity is poor combat strategy.

/shit Sun Tzu said.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 24, 2022 09:49 AM (QSjkU)

551 Panhandlers are fucking nutz!

Rebekah Jones, who was fired from her job with Florida’s health department in 2020 and then gained notoriety for making unsubstantiated accusations that Governor Ron DeSantis’s administration was fudging the state’s Covid-19 numbers, won the Democratic nomination for Congress in the state’s Panhandle region on Tuesday.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 24, 2022 08:44 AM (BRHaw)

She got 23K of 35K primary votes. Gaetz got 73K of 106K on the Republican side.

The General Election is a formality.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 24, 2022 09:49 AM (yQpMk)

552 So, as long as we’re talking about The Munsters:

Pat Priest or Beverley Owen?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 24, 2022 09:45 AM (mK6pw)

Yvonne De Carlo. Yum, yum.

Anyway, work is done and it's time to ride. Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 09:49 AM (AW0uW)

553 $300B is a lot of vote buying

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 24, 2022 09:50 AM (f4iLQ)

554 It's 8:50 Central and my CDO is not dealing well with no art thread.

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 24, 2022 09:50 AM (CbzHy)

555 Who has 10:30 in the Art Thread pool?

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 24, 2022 09:50 AM (yikp0)

556 Signed up to volunteer at the election board in my county.
Posted by: sidney at August 24, 2022 09:48 AM (Uy/WF)
*******
Thank you.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2022 09:50 AM (NpAcC)

557 I totally bought into Kelly McGillis as the 'PhD astrophysicist' who never piloted a plane being taken seriously by fighter jocks.
Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 09:45 AM (qpX6U)
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Unsurprisingly, that is the only character in the movie based upon a real person. Later in life, an Obama administration DoD appointee, unsurprisingly.

Posted by: Lavrenti Garland at August 24, 2022 09:50 AM (9nkDa)

558 It's a private board, I get paid for posting stuff. You have to have a sign in. It's C Space. Sorry.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2022 09:46 AM (7bRMQ)

Well, thank you for thinking of me, anyway.

Remember TJM and Christopher Taylor are also good reads.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 09:50 AM (AW0uW)

559 543 Posted by: Muldoon at August 24, 2022 09:46 AM (kXYt5)

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The art thread should be rife with limericks!
Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2022 09:48 AM (VJsqe)

It would be funny to have a thread with limericks the Horde came up with, using Muldoon's formula.

None would surpass the master, but seeing the attempts would be hilarious.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 24, 2022 09:51 AM (mdjgu)

560 558 Well, thank you for thinking of me, anyway.

Remember TJM and Christopher Taylor are also good reads.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 09:50 AM (AW0uW)

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Anna Puma, too.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:51 AM (LvTSG)

561 The Sum of All Fears (book) >> The Sum of All Fears (movie)

Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 09:51 AM (qpX6U)

562 A response to Ethan in the comment section after the Biden loan forgiveness story said this:

I hear you comrade - and this doesn't even take into account your 10-year plan for that Master's Degree in Art History. My niece (formerly nephew) no longer identifies as white - she's hedging her bets for those reparation $$$ that are just around the corner...

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2022 09:51 AM (wvo9L)

563 I totally bought into Kelly McGillis as the 'PhD astrophysicist' who never piloted a plane being taken seriously by fighter jocks.

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That's another thing. I'm sure McGillis was a nice enough lady, and she's pretty. But she wasn't even close to hot enough for a leading lady. Especially by '80s standards. Maybe that was to play to the ladies, and make them feel pretty enough to land a Cruise or Kilmer. Or maybe it's because all women look the same to the kinda guys who put together that celebration of Greek love. But it was a weird choice.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 24, 2022 09:51 AM (IXpV7)

564 > Do you have a link for current numbers?

Trump's last budget, for FY2021, was proposed as $4.8 trillion, but wound up being $7.2 trillion (due to COVID, etc.), or about $822 million per hour.

Dopey's budget, for FY2022, is still being hammered out, but I don't think any of us expects it to be less, now, do we?

https://www.govinfo.gov/app/ collection/budget/2022

(remove space)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 24, 2022 09:52 AM (bW8dp)

565 >>>It would be funny to have a thread with limericks the Horde came up with, using Muldoon's formula.

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We could answer the age-old question: Is there such a thing as too many limericks?

Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2022 09:52 AM (VJsqe)

566 Regarding the DeSantis political theater. Whomever on his staff thought making that was "helpful" is an idiot. Cringe doesn't do enough to describe how awful it is.

It reeks of GOPe.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2022 09:52 AM (BFigT)

567

Pat Priest.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 24, 2022 09:52 AM (m7R0k)

568 The Sum of All Fears (book) >> The Sum of All Fears (movie)
Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy

The Fear of all Sums
--Algebra Test

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 24, 2022 09:52 AM (CbzHy)

569 Didn't it end with a battle which would have actually precipitated a world war between USSR and USA? Yay!

I tapped out when Hollywood's shortest actor, Tom Cruise, suddenly was a world class beach volleyball player. Now, if he was a top notch jockey on his free time ? That I would have believed.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 09:52 AM (7BReP)

570 We could answer the age-old question: Is there such a thing as too many limericks?

Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2022 09:52 AM (VJsqe)

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Much like Eggplant Parmesan, just, no.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 09:53 AM (5pTK/)

571 Kelly McGillis washing her Amish foot >> PhD astrophysicist Kelly McGillis.

Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 09:53 AM (qpX6U)

572 Rep. Maloney Cries Misogyny After Losing Seat to Rep. Nadler

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Wha? She's whining about losing to a fine figure of a man like Nadler?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 24, 2022 09:53 AM (FVME7)

573 My antidote to the missing Art Thread naked Ottoman guy threat...

https://tinyurl.com/4knpepuf

Girl at Her Toilet
Adolphe Valette (1876–1942)
Manchester Art Gallery

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 24, 2022 09:53 AM (yikp0)

574 I call them the Globalist Corporatists. Seems as apt a label as any other. Posted by: Rinse and Repeat
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I call them oligarchs which is a fancy word for people who believe themselves to be aristocrats but without the duties that inherited aristocracy required. Masked tyrants is another name for them.

Posted by: whig at August 24, 2022 09:54 AM (CXr4y)

575 That's another thing. I'm sure McGillis was a nice enough lady, and she's pretty. But she wasn't even close to hot enough for a leading lady. Especially by '80s standards. Maybe that was to play to the ladies, and make them feel pretty enough to land a Cruise or Kilmer. Or maybe it's because all women look the same to the kinda guys who put together that celebration of Greek love. But it was a weird choice.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Was. She's had medical issues and now looks like a grandma.

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 24, 2022 09:54 AM (CbzHy)

576 Joe Manchin Has Made Himself the Nation's Most Unpopular Political Figure

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Well, it's neck and neck between him and Ham Hock Cheney.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 24, 2022 09:54 AM (FVME7)

577 Well, I'm out for now.

Later!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 24, 2022 09:55 AM (5pTK/)

578 I call them the Globalist Corporatists. Seems as apt a label as any other. Posted by: Rinse and Repeat
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I call them oligarchs which is a fancy word for people who believe themselves to be aristocrats but without the duties that inherited aristocracy required. Masked tyrants is another name for them.
Posted by: whig at August 24, 2022 09:54 AM (CXr4y)

I guess any of those will work. Davos Appointed Assholes simply has too many syllables. Just doesn't flow well.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 09:55 AM (7BReP)

579 "Was. She's had medical issues and now looks like a grandma."

I think she turned lesbian at some point.

Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 09:55 AM (qpX6U)

580 "I totally bought into Kelly McGillis as the 'PhD astrophysicist' who never piloted a plane being taken seriously by fighter jocks."

It's funny how the mind works, after seeing her transform into a dyke lumberjack, I watch her old stuff and can't see how anyone thought she was all that attractive. I see a linebacker now.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 24, 2022 09:55 AM (qH6FZ)

581 You didn't like young muscular men in the locker room, snapping each others tight, naked keisters with wet towels and Kenny Loggins blaring in the background?

Posted by: Willlard Romney at August 24, 2022 09:55 AM (KD5bY)

582 576 Joe Manchin Has Made Himself the Nation's Most Unpopular Political Figure

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Well, it's neck and neck between him and Ham Hock Cheney.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 24, 2022 09:54 AM (FVME7)

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He became shockingly popular until he got paid. I look forward to him raising several million dollars from NYC to run in 2024, and barely showing up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 09:56 AM (LvTSG)

583 That's another thing. I'm sure McGillis was a nice enough lady, and she's pretty. But she wasn't even close to hot enough for a leading lady. Especially by '80s standards. Maybe that was to play to the ladies, and make them feel pretty enough to land a Cruise or Kilmer. Or maybe it's because all women look the same to the kinda guys who put together that celebration of Greek love. But it was a weird choice.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Was. She's had medical issues and now looks like a grandma.
Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 24, 2022 09:54 AM
*****
Well that... and she's a butch lesbian.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2022 09:56 AM (NpAcC)

584 566 Regarding the DeSantis political theater. Whomever on his staff thought making that was "helpful" is an idiot. Cringe doesn't do enough to describe how awful it is.

It reeks of GOPe.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2022 09:52 AM (BFigT)

Looks like a retread of Dan Crenshaw's stupid ad with all those other TX candidates.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 24, 2022 09:57 AM (mdjgu)

585 > $300B is a lot of vote buying

Eh... about half of what Dopey has proposed for "deploy green and conservation-based
infrastructure" (whatever the fuck that is) and an eighth of what he has for "Invest in child care infrastructure".

As usual, the hot button issue is being flogged, while the real steal is happening elsewhere.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 24, 2022 09:57 AM (bW8dp)

586 It's funny how the mind works, after seeing her transform into a dyke lumberjack, I watch her old stuff and can't see how anyone thought she was all that attractive. I see a linebacker now.

I thought she was hot back in the day, in a certain 1s and 0s kind of way.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 09:57 AM (7BReP)

587 "She's had medical issues and now looks like a grandma."

Food poisoning?

Something she ate?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 24, 2022 09:57 AM (1n+EO)

588 I never saw lumberjack McGillis. I just saw a chick who's regular hot, a 1, no question, but not movie hot.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 24, 2022 09:57 AM (IXpV7)

589 Where's the Art Thread? We want boobs!

Posted by: Artf at August 24, 2022 09:58 AM (sn5EN)

590 Didn't it end with a battle which would have actually precipitated a world war between USSR and USA? Yay!

Ya know, I can't actually remember the plot of the first TG. Something, something, airplanes, something. Goose, something...

Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2022 09:58 AM (nfrXX)

591 In 2015, when PEN gave an award to French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo----twelve of whose staff had been murdered by two jihadist terrorists over cartoons deemed offensive to Islam---- 200 authors protested the award, accusing PEN of "valorizing selectively offensive material: material that intensifies the anti-Islamic, anti-Maghreb, anti-Arab sentiments already prevalent in the Western world."

Amazing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2022 09:58 AM (9nkDa)

592 That's another thing. I'm sure McGillis was a nice enough lady, and she's pretty. But she wasn't even close to hot enough for a leading lady. Especially by '80s standards. Maybe that was to play to the ladies, and make them feel pretty enough to land a Cruise or Kilmer. Or maybe it's because all women look the same to the kinda guys who put together that celebration of Greek love. But it was a weird choice. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Given the character, it would have not made sense to cast the current hot thing in a bikini as a Phd.

Posted by: whig at August 24, 2022 09:59 AM (CXr4y)

593 I never saw lumberjack McGillis. I just saw a chick who's regular hot, a 1, no question, but not movie hot.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 24, 2022 09:57 AM (IXpV7)

Her transformation has been amazing. Her entire damn head grew. Absolutely grew. I've seen nothing like it since Barry Bonds found that magical exercise training regimen, also known as steroids, that added a full hat size to his melon.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 24, 2022 09:59 AM (7BReP)

594 I totally bought into Kelly McGillis as the 'PhD astrophysicist' who never piloted a plane being taken seriously by fighter jocks.

Only character in the whole damn movie that was based on an actual person, and you had to hit it.

https://tinyurl.com/5bbp48ts

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 24, 2022 10:00 AM (x61Im)

595 The lack of art is putting a serious crimp in my pun-making.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 24, 2022 10:00 AM (mK6pw)

596 I thought Ace was the only one allowed to screw up this badly.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 10:00 AM (R8uWY)

597 The DeSantis ad reminded me of something Chris Christie might have made. Not a good association. I'm trying to get it our of my head.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2022 10:00 AM (9nkDa)

598 CBD's pay will be docked.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 10:01 AM (R8uWY)

599 We may be forced to fish for ourselves, and see what fresh art we can land on the boat.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2022 10:02 AM (9nkDa)

600 Art NOOD.

Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at August 24, 2022 10:02 AM (qpX6U)

601 The hosting company had to bring another cooling unit online because of all the simultaneous page refreshes on this server.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 24, 2022 10:02 AM (R8uWY)

602 We may be forced to fish for ourselves, and see what fresh art we can land on the boat.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2022 10:02 AM (9nkDa)

Get the gaff!

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 24, 2022 10:03 AM (yQpMk)

603 NOOD art is here!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 24, 2022 10:03 AM (mK6pw)

604 I would like to propose a little common sense. Every fucking politician who goes into office with less than 1 million in assets, and 4 years later is worth 10 million+ be investigated by an independent board. It is rather obvious they are corrupt.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 24, 2022 10:03 AM (QSjkU)

605 Isn't Brian May one of them PhD'd Astro-somethings?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 24, 2022 10:03 AM (1n+EO)

606 I guess any of those will work. Davos Appointed Assholes simply has too many syllables. Just doesn't flow well.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat
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DA works--Davos Assholes
You have a talent for rhetoric. I use oligarchs because this type has caused ruin before because like the Pritzkers mentioned above, they just cannot stop their appetites for power, money, and deviancy. I am sure 'Jennifer' of that crowd is simply delighted with how many lives it has led to ruin with nonsense. Pied Piper indeed stealing the children from their parents.

Posted by: whig at August 24, 2022 10:04 AM (CXr4y)

607 >>>"valorizing selectively offensive material: material that intensifies the anti-Islamic, anti-Maghreb, anti-Arab sentiments already prevalent in the Western world."
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If I ever can endow a writing award, I'm using this accusation as the wording for the prize.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2022 10:04 AM (9nkDa)

608 > I watch her old stuff and can't see how anyone thought she was all that attractive.

Indeed. I remember thinking she was super hot when the first Top Gun came out. I rewatched it recently in preparation for the new one and... meh. Not so much.

I suppose it goes to show how much being slathered with the current "hot girl" makeup and hair style does.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 24, 2022 10:06 AM (bW8dp)

609 Since you mentioned it, it will now be Lucien Freud week.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 24, 2022 10:06 AM (x61Im)

610 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 24, 2022 09:52 AM (bW8dp)

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Thanks

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at August 24, 2022 10:06 AM (qyOWd)

611 art is here

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2022 10:06 AM (9nkDa)

612 Well, thank you for thinking of me, anyway.

Remember TJM and Christopher Taylor are also good reads.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 24, 2022 09:50 AM (AW0uW)

The "payment" is Amazon discounts. I posted your book was on AZ, so maybe someone will look.

Didn't have TJM and CRT's titles to hand. If someone responds to my post, I can add them too. No dirt kicking necessary.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2022 10:09 AM (7bRMQ)

613 612 Didn't have TJM and CRT's titles to hand. If someone responds to my post, I can add them too. No dirt kicking necessary.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2022 10:09 AM (7bRMQ)

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My books are listed through my nic, but here are three:

The Battle of Lake Erie: https://tinyurl.com/2cpddvnu
Crystal Embers: https://tinyurl.com/yzms3u5y
The Sharp Kid: https://tinyurl.com/bddpcb8e

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 24, 2022 10:11 AM (LvTSG)

614 Or maybe it's because all women look the same to the kinda guys who put together that celebration of Greek love. But it was a weird choice.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 24, 2022 09:51 AM (IXpV7)

Greek love? What's a woman got to do with it??

Posted by: Ancient Greeks at August 24, 2022 10:13 AM (7bRMQ)

615 I usually don’t comment on morning thread - kids and school and want not…. I was going to comment on the whole DeSantis/CTH issue. But NCC gets it. 307

"That last bit is very upsetting to me, since I have generally been in favor of a DeSantis candidacy over Trump."

From now until the end of the 2024 primary season, you can be a fan of the Last Refuge/Conservative Treehouse guy, or you can be a fan of DeSantis. Not both.

Last Refuge is a Trump man period, and he rightly senses that DeSantis is a threat to Trump. DeSantis would make a much more effective President than Trump. So Last Refuge is now talking nearly as much crap about DeSantis as he does about the Democrats.

And it is crap. DeSantis has a new (state) press secretary because his remarkable old one is now working on his campaign. He's not being influenced by some new RINO svengali.

DeSantis quickly and clearly attacked the Mar-A-Lago raid. Last Refuge Guy couldn't have written a better statement himself. So now Last Refuge will just keep on writing that DeSantis hasn't defended Trump -- that is, within the last 24 hours.

Posted by: Justin Castreau at August 24, 2022 10:14 AM (ZW1rs)

616 Cruz called J6 an insurrection and went along with the murdered cops story.

Is the video showing the storming of the capital fake?
Is the video showing people fighting with the police fake?
Jan. 6th is the dumbest thing our side has ever done.
I believe they were egged on and let in by the FBI and Pelosi, but our people fell for it.

Posted by: Eskimo at August 24, 2022 10:18 AM (ZYNmu)

617 Green Party Official Tells Germans to Use Washcloths Instead of Taking Showers

When I stayed at my wife's grandfather's place, he had a 1 gallon water heater, so I would take a little bit of water, wet my body and hair, lather up, and with some more water, rinse myself. This is a step worse.

Posted by: Buffalo Bill at August 24, 2022 10:58 AM (ynpvh)

618 Yelp will place a consumer notice on crisis pregnancy centers informing users that the centers "provide limited medical services and may not have licensed medical professionals onsite"

Just like most abortion centers!

Posted by: Buffalo Bill at August 24, 2022 11:04 AM (ynpvh)

619 615 Posted by: Justin Castreau at August 24, 2022 10:14 AM (ZW1rs)

I always try to present a balanced picture of things so as to engage commenters and engender critical thought.

I do support DeSantis BUT that said, regardless of where Conservative Treehouse is coming from, his radio silence after the M-a-L raid is in fact troubling to me for the reasons I cite.

It is what it is. I give him tremendous credit for what he has accomplished vis a vis Florida and the culture/political war we are in. Love his spirit.

But, this is something that is worth discussing. And I think that raid will indeed boost Trump going forward. Love both guys for different reasons. Maybe they can unite on one ticket.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 24, 2022 11:12 AM (x0n13)

620 From article on Israeli influence in Lebanon: "This positive trend has only accelerated since the signing of the Abraham Accords, which witnessed the clinching of multiple peace treaties between Israel and her Arab neighbors."

Weren't Obama's Middle East achievements wonderful? I mean Biden's! No, I mean Bubba's!! Yeah, no it was Hillary, right? Right?! Who - John Kerry? Charlie Crist? Bueller?

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at August 24, 2022 11:12 AM (peWy1)

621 Floods in Afghanistan, drought in China. How it goes sometimes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2022 11:18 AM (ynpvh)

622 619 615 Posted by: Justin Castreau at August 24, 2022 10:14 AM (ZW1rs)

I always try to present a balanced picture of things so as to engage commenters and engender critical thought.

I do support DeSantis BUT that said, regardless of where Conservative Treehouse is coming from, his radio silence after the M-a-L raid is in fact troubling to me for the reasons I cite.

It is what it is. I give him tremendous credit for what he has accomplished vis a vis Florida and the culture/political war we are in. Love his spirit.

But, this is something that is worth discussing. And I think that raid will indeed boost Trump going forward. Love both guys for different reasons. Maybe they can unite on one ticket.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 24, 2022 11:12 AM (x0n13)

Well, can't run together, as both from Florida, and Constitution forbids Pres & VP from same state...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2022 11:20 AM (ynpvh)

623 I am Kurt's mother.

Posted by: Vanessa Carlson at August 24, 2022 12:33 PM (B/wtU)

624 JJ. I love you man. But how many times does DeSantis have to comment on this? I found multiple articles (including DeSantis saying he would seek ways to reduce federal police interference in his state) about DeSantis and th met lago raid.

I will vote for either. And at this point I don’t think Trump is entitled to it. He was awesome. But his ego and desire to stay in good with dc kept him from doing many of the things he needed.

CTH comments on DeSantis seemed like the mirror image of never trump. Saying that his press secretary was moved because she was too noisy makes zero sense. She’s where she needs to be. In his campaign. But CTH turned it into a GOPE conspiracy.

Anyway. Please don’t ban me!

Posted by: Justin Castreau at August 24, 2022 01:36 PM (ZW1rs)

625 Anyway. Please don’t ban me!
Posted by: Justin Castreau at August 24, 2022 01:36 PM (ZW1rs)

Why would I ban you? Just for politely disagreeing with me?

Anyway, as I said, I link as many things as I can. I may or may not agree with the author(s). And I agree with you; either one gets my vote.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 24, 2022 01:46 PM (x0n13)

626 JJ’s poor judgment continues to amaze me.

JJ relies on biased Liberal mainstream media propaganda to claim the Russian military is taking a historic beating in Ukraine.

Similarly here, JJ relies on the anonymous Sundance at The Conservative Treehouse to claim DeSantis did not come out immediately to condemn the FBI’s raid of President Trump’s home (FALSE, Ron DeSantis did immediately condemn the FBI raid and referred to it as the action of a “Banana Republic”

and to claim Ron DeSantis has decided to fight against President Trump for the 2024 GOP Presidential nomination (rather than the more rationale and likely accurate claim DeSantis is raising his national profile to run for President if President Trump decides not to do so; AND if President Trump decides to run, to be the obvious choice to serve as President Trump’s VP — which while unconventional is allowed under the Constitution, even though both reside in Florida).

If JJ wants to be considered as more than a somewhat decent polemist; to be considered as someone offering educated, well supported opinions, he needs to expand his reading and improve his judgment.

Posted by: Just a dummy at August 24, 2022 02:17 PM (U2W4Y)

627 Posted by: Just a dummy at August 24, 2022 02:17 PM (U2W4Y)

The word is "polemicist." "Pole-mist" is what you tend to leave at a titty bar. Learn to spell or at least use a dictionary if you're trying to expand your vocabulary beyond two or three syllables.

You know, for someone who sure doesn't appreciate my work, you sure come here a lot. Mostly when the thread has been dead for several hours.

And you never hit either my or Ace's tip jar.

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