Folks, Get Ready for a Shock: With His Last Action as a Senatorial Candidate, Evan McMullin Lied In a Preening, Narcissistic, Sanctimonious Way

He claimed -- in a Tweet, of course; all these Twitter-Based Life-Forms do is Tweet and raise money off of Twitter links -- that while he conceded to Lee, he sternly, heroically advised Mike Lee that he had better uphold his oath to the Constitution, with the unstated but palpable implication that if he didn't, Rough, Tough Evan just might coming for him.

You'll never guess, but it turns out, the lifelong liar was lying about this, and once again counterfeiting himself to make himself look good on Twitter for his Twitter zombie fans.

In a subsequent Facebook post and tweet, McMullin claimed he told Sen. Lee, "I truly hope that he upholds his oath to the Constitution during his upcoming term."
Lee's son John retorted via Twitter: "That is not at all how the call went. I was there. Both candidates were surprisingly cordial. For once, you didn't take the typical pedantic tone -- I was surprised how kind the exchange was. And then you turned around and tweeted this. You have lied and deceived until the very end."

Utah's Republican Party Vice Chairman Jordan Hess would go on to corroborate John's tweet. "I was also there. What @johndlee says is true. McMullin continues to lie," he tweeted.

So here is my guess, and I'll bet six dollars ($6 US) that I'm right: His next grift is a 501(c)(3) about "monitoring and enforcing Muh Constitutional Normz" and this is his opening PR move before he files the paperwork.

Will you donate $100 so that Evan McMullin can pay $8 to an assistant in India to scan the Twitter feeds of Republicans and make snarky comments to them about the Constitution, while using the rest of the money to fund his lavish no-work lifestyle?

(I'm taking it easy today because it's Veterans Day -- I'm not a Veteran, just taking the opportunity to take a half day that better men have secured for me -- and because it was a tough week. Posts today are going to be very quick and superficial.)

Posted by: Ace at 12:00 PM

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1 McConnell just agreed to to fund Kemp's GOTV op to get Walker elected. Mitch will provide the money and Kemp will provide the organization and troops.

Irrespective of my loathing for Mitch, this is how you win. You don't win by being a divisive man-baby more concerned with your fragile ego and throwing pejoratives at your own troops during battle. You do what needs to be done to win the battle.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 12:01 PM (eacmp)

2 Yeet

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022 12:01 PM (/PkxG)

3 !

Posted by: Hawkpilot at November 11, 2022 12:01 PM (CO3WZ)

4 (I'm taking it easy today because it's Veterans Day -- I'm not a Veteran, just taking the opportunity to take a half day that better men have secured for me -- and because it was a tough week. Posts today are going to be very quick and superficial.)

that's ok baby.

My superficial comment is: This morning I started the day by shoo-ing a squirrel away from the bird feeder.

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 12:01 PM (dCxaZ)

5 Good morning, Horde

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at November 11, 2022 12:02 PM (8C7+r)

6 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 11, 2022 12:02 PM (7Q7Ca)

7 Posts today are going to be very quick and superficial.

I can appreciate that.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022 12:03 PM (/PkxG)

8 Ace

Thank you for everything you do for us.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 11, 2022 12:03 PM (1n+EO)

9 These people are, without exception, EVERYTHING they have accused Trump of being.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 11, 2022 12:03 PM (JMAcK)

10 Although come to think of it, preventative squirrel maintenance is a very deep concept.

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 12:03 PM (dCxaZ)

11 Just wrote to both TN Senators, reminding them that the Turtle needs to go.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at November 11, 2022 12:03 PM (CO3WZ)

12 My bet is McMuffin doesn't pay his vendors.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 11, 2022 12:03 PM (aY/Sp)

13 (Ok, they definitely aren't hanging out with Playboy bunnies. But they are EVERYTHING morally they accuse him of being.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 11, 2022 12:04 PM (JMAcK)

14 What could be more superficial than wearing an 'I Pooped Today!' tee-shirt?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 11, 2022 12:04 PM (1n+EO)

15 Irrespective of my loathing for Mitch, this is how you win. You don't win by being a divisive man-baby more concerned with your fragile ego and throwing pejoratives at your own troops during battle. You do what needs to be done to win the battle.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 12:01 PM (eacmp)

I'll put forth the thesis now that DeSantis's greatest liability is some of his supporters.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 12:04 PM (eYoxG)

16 Probably many are thinking about taking a break from politics for a week or two.

I know I am.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 12:04 PM (bW8dp)

17 If Egg McMuffin really wants to cash it, he should start a pay-to-punch company. He has a really punchable face.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 12:04 PM (Y5qcH)

18 "So here is my guess, and I'll bet six dollars ($6 US) that I'm right: His next grift is a 501(c)(3) about "monitoring and enforcing Muh Constitutional Normz" and this is his opening PR move before he files the paperwork."

And he'll make a "unity" ticket with Hill-dawg or Lizard Cheney for a Presidential 2024 grift/run.

Posted by: Thrawn at November 11, 2022 12:04 PM (Rl7KJ)

19 Yeet
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022 12:01 PM (/PkxG)

That's hot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 11, 2022 12:04 PM (7Q7Ca)

20 McConnell just agreed to to fund Kemp's GOTV op to get Walker elected. Mitch will provide the money and Kemp will provide the organization and troops.

Since the election was YESTERDAY, where the fuck was Mitch?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:04 PM (OvB8Q)

21 Posts today are going to be very quick and superficial.

******

I resent that, I may be superficial but I'm not quick!!

Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 12:05 PM (kXYt5)

22 McMullin/Cheney 2024 - The ticket you deplorables deserve.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at November 11, 2022 12:05 PM (TNyrE)

23 Evan McMullin reminds me of Egg McMuffin, and egg mcmuffin reminds me that my buddy uses his air fryer to great effect. He cooked up some "biscuits" with pockets in them that he fills with bacon, egg, and cheez.

that's quality living right there son

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 12:05 PM (dCxaZ)

24 > 12 My bet is McMuffin doesn't pay his vendors.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 11, 2022 12:03 PM (aY/Sp)

Well, he didn't in previous campaigns.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 12:05 PM (bW8dp)

25 McConnell just agreed to to fund Kemp's GOTV op to get Walker elected. Mitch will provide the money and Kemp will provide the organization and troops.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 12:01 PM (eacmp)

based on past history with Mitch, i'll wait until Kemp has the money in hand to believe this is actually happening.

since mitch the Bitch felt comfortable sacrificing winnable races elsewhere... I just hope Walker doesn't say he wants to clean up washington and might support a mitch challenger...

Posted by: SturmToddler at November 11, 2022 12:05 PM (Mkvkw)

26 I like superficial Ace.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 11, 2022 12:05 PM (BdMk6)

27 >Posts today are going to be very quick and superficial.)

I will do the same with my comments
poop
hamburgers, am I right

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 12:05 PM (geLO8)

28 Wait! What?

Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 12:05 PM (kXYt5)

29 "Never miss an opportunity to Shit on the McMuffin"

-Blogonius Day Officus.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 12:06 PM (OLVeZ)

30 ace have you watched Vengeance ? If so I'd like to read your take.

Posted by: polynikes at November 11, 2022 12:06 PM (Kme0F)

31 I resent that, I may be superficial but I'm not quick!!
Posted by: Muldoon

Braggart.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:06 PM (OvB8Q)

32 thanks, Village Idiot's Apprentice, for contributing to the site.

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:06 PM (C1Zwz)

33 Did Mitch just realize he tanked too many Senate races?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 12:06 PM (Y5qcH)

34 McConnell just agreed to to fund Kemp's GOTV op to get Walker elected. Mitch will provide the money and Kemp will provide the organization and troops.

Irrespective of my loathing for Mitch, this is how you win. You don't win by being a divisive man-baby more concerned with your fragile ego and throwing pejoratives at your own troops during battle. You do what needs to be done to win the battle.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 12:01 PM (eacmp)

Yes, Mitch wants to win NOW that he's insured abortion barbie is in the senate to secure his leadership position.

Prior to that, he was happy to kneecap anyone not a safe vote for him.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 11, 2022 12:06 PM (JMAcK)

35 McMullin - another lump of vomit the IC continues to puke out.

Posted by: mr tmz at November 11, 2022 12:06 PM (rJ48h)

36 Morning.

I assume Ace just wants to lounge in his underwear watching funny animal and baby videos on YouTube.

Posted by: Robert at November 11, 2022 12:07 PM (1Yy3c)

37 Why is my desktop suddenly telling me how many miles I am from what's left of Hurricane Nicole?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 11, 2022 12:07 PM (906pl)

38 It's funny that the Never-Trump pedo bunch are now fully supporting DeSantis.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 11, 2022 12:07 PM (pb6ET)

39 I like my threads the same way I like my women, quick and superficial.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2022 12:07 PM (0fVbu)

40 McConnell is co-opting Walker through Kemp. If Walker wins he'll "owe" McConnell... something.

Mitch ain't doing this out of the goodness of his heart.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 11, 2022 12:08 PM (Q4IgG)

41 Why thank you . I am a Super Official --- Evan McMullin

Posted by: polynikes at November 11, 2022 12:08 PM (Kme0F)

42 Mitch ain't doing this out of the goodness of his heart.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 11, 2022 12:08 PM (Q4IgG)

Self-Preservation comes to mind.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 12:09 PM (OLVeZ)

43 Although come to think of it, preventative squirrel maintenance is a very deep concept.
Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 12:03 PM (dCxaZ)

it's a fools errand though. as was pointed out by one of the various engineering podcasters i watch from time to time.

we spend a couple hours at best a few times a month, maybe, trying to keep the squirrel away from the bird food.

that squirrel spends every waking moment trying to get that sweet free food. the only way to beat it is to spend as much time trying to stop it.

somehow, that feels like a parable for democrats...

Posted by: SturmToddler at November 11, 2022 12:09 PM (Mkvkw)

44 This morning I started the day by shoo-ing a squirrel away from the bird feeder.[/ii]

******

Shoeing a squirrel is probably harder than shoeing a horse.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 12:09 PM (kXYt5)

45 Will you donate $100 so that Evan McMullin can pay $8 to an assistant in India to scan the Twitter feeds of Republicans and make snarky comments to them about the Constitution, while using the rest of the money to fund his lavish no-work lifestyle?

------

"Why pay $8 to an assistant when you can hire an under-aged male intern with a sweet young ass?"

-- National Man+Boy Lincoln Association

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 11, 2022 12:09 PM (K3TEc)

46 14 What could be more superficial than wearing an 'I Pooped Today!' tee-shirt?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 11, 2022 12:04 PM (1n+EO)

I would like that tshirt. LOL

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 11, 2022 12:09 PM (BdMk6)

47 t was a tough week. Posts today are going to be very quick and superficial.
****
You never need apologize, Ace. Speaking only for myself, I appreciate anything you can share, because you're doing what most of us can't. Thank you.

Posted by: werewife, princess of Delray Beach at November 11, 2022 12:09 PM (SPNTN)

48 and this is how my day started out, after shoo-ing Mr. Squirrel away from Baby Birdie's feeder:

so I go to my first job, it's at a manufacturer and I was hired to do office type work but sometimes have to assist the shipper. He tells me to follow him to Assembly and there's a bigassed piece of SS bar that he needs to lift, and he asked me if I could lift it.

"Oh hell no, I'm not lifting anything" sez I. "I was hired to do office work, get one of the guys to do it"

wtf is wrong w/people? I have seen WAY too many safety training vids where guys who aren't properly PPE'd end up with crushed fingers and sheet. And those are men, with the upper body strength and capability to lift thing and sheet.

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 12:09 PM (dCxaZ)

49 >>>30 ace have you watched Vengeance ? If so I'd like to read your take.

a while ago. I liked it but didn't love it. I'm a bit sensitive to political knocks on My Peoplez and while the movie tried to be balanced, I thought it was "balanced" in the way that the left is-- condescending. They look very much down at conservatives and rural people. Their idea of being "respectful" to such people is to be kind to them, because they are inferior and mentally handicapped.

Now the movie kind of acknowledged that but it acknowledged that while doing it.

the ending didn't do it for me, I thought it was contrived. I didn't think his attempt to find a Big Idea about Current Moment worked, though I guess I appreciated the effort.

It was okay. I think most people liked it more than I did.

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:09 PM (C1Zwz)

50 I hate these fuckers more everyday.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 11, 2022 12:09 PM (yFgCz)

51 God Bless all that served.

Posted by: rd at November 11, 2022 12:10 PM (Z32m1)

52 37 Why is my desktop suddenly telling me how many miles I am from what's left of Hurricane Nicole?
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 11, 2022 12:07 PM (906pl)

Fancy way of saying, enjoy the rainy weekend...

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 12:10 PM (OLVeZ)

53 I don't care why McConnell is doing it as long as he's doing it.

Posted by: polynikes at November 11, 2022 12:10 PM (Kme0F)

54 A light day is a good plan, Ace.

And I salute my fellow veterans.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 11, 2022 12:10 PM (8wwub)

55 I come here for the superficial posts!

Posted by: Corona exile-back_in_exile at November 11, 2022 12:10 PM (7rzgu)

56 RIP comedian Gallagher. He's smashing watermelons with the angels now.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 12:10 PM (eyxn4)

57 (I'm taking it easy today because it's Veterans Day -- I'm not a Veteran, just taking the opportunity to take a half day that better men have secured for me -- and because it was a tough week. Posts today are going to be very quick and superficial.)

That's a very gracious thing to say Ace. God bless you.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (1Kt+g)

58 Ace, you might not be a veteran (I am a USMC vet BTW), however you are a damn effective fighter with words. I consider you a brother in arms.

Posted by: WinLinBSDAdmin at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (i19xq)

59 I don’t get the concession thing. Is it just a courtesy, or does it actually have any legal force —
i.e., once somebody concedes, are they estopped from challenging the results from that point forward? Can they retract the concession if new information becomes available regarding fraud, etc.?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (atmen)

60 34 McConnell just agreed to to fund Kemp's GOTV op to get Walker elected. Mitch will provide the money and Kemp will provide the organization and troops.
Posted by: Marcus T
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Kemp and GOPe wont do jack shit to turnout voters than typical money wasting robocalls, spam emails, campaign flyers, and pointless media ads. The GA GoPe is allergic to grassroots participation and the voters that need to be reached are not in the urban or suburban areas--they are the rural voters.

Before blather comes in about how wonderful Kemp is--Kemp managed only a +2 over the generic GOP vote for other statewide offices. Given what he spent on various vote buying schemes using Covid money and sidelining Sonny by offering him a patronage job. And he was facing an unappealing Dem for the second time. That is actually a bit lower than what he should have got.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (CXr4y)

61 i did like his meltdown, and thought that was realistic, including the reason for it (the family keeping something from him, which is something people do, I think).

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (C1Zwz)

62 It's weird how fake republicans are gigantic jackasses.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (DcKNO)

63 I think I may go for a drive over to the Olympic Peninsula this weekend. There's an oyster farm out there that has amazing oysters and clams. You sit outside by the bay and eat and drink and it's chilly and damp and the fire is hot and crackling. You bring blankets for your lap and wear a rain coat and drink prosecco and eat oysters jn the half shell.

It's lovely. Out of range.

Anyone want to join me?

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (n+hRS)

64 40 McConnell is co-opting Walker through Kemp. If Walker wins he'll "owe" McConnell... something.

Mitch ain't doing this out of the goodness of his heart.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 11, 2022 12:08 PM (Q4IgG)

Didn't Walker win Trump's endorsement by not backing Mitch? Or was that Oz? Or both?

Either way, Mitch rules the roost.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (KbCG3)

65 Don't worry, I'm sure superficial still includes cruel.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (UuD2k)

66 Fuck it. I hope Walker takes the money and stabbs Yertle the Turtle in the back. Fuck him.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (yFgCz)

67 that squirrel spends every waking moment trying to get that sweet free food. the only way to beat it is to spend as much time trying to stop it.

Plus, they're like Spiderman with the way they can walk down a wall head first, holy crap, they are agile - and crafty.
I think I will just get him his own feeder downstairs so the little birdies can eat in peace.

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (dCxaZ)

68 This morning I started the day by shoo-ing a squirrel away from the bird feeder.

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 12:01 PM (dCxaZ)

You know, of course, it'll be back.

Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (AwYPR)

69 59 I don’t get the concession thing. Is it just a courtesy, or does it actually have any legal force —
i.e., once somebody concedes, are they estopped from challenging the results from that point forward? Can they retract the concession if new information becomes available regarding fraud, etc.?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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No legal effect.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (CXr4y)

70 *Swoon*!!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (1n+EO)

71 Yes, Mitch wants to win NOW that he's insured abortion barbie is in the senate to secure his leadership position.

--

Wait, did that old lizard face Murkowski win?

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 11, 2022 12:12 PM (sVtYq)

72 that squirrel spends every waking moment trying to get that sweet free food. the only way to beat it is to spend as much time trying to stop it.

Posted by: SturmToddler at November 11, 2022 12:09 PM (Mkvkw)

Or you could place another feeder in an easier place for the squirrel to get to?

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 12:12 PM (OLVeZ)

73 Martini Farmer @ 40-
McConnell has the power of deepstate but it may not effect Herschel Walker like he thinks.

Posted by: Eromero at November 11, 2022 12:12 PM (va2of)

74 One thing you can say about Mitch McConnell, he's always there when he needs something from you.

Posted by: Azathoth at November 11, 2022 12:12 PM (wb1YC)

75 Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:09 PM (C1Zwz)

I agree with all that except I thought the opening scene was supposed to be the balance . Showing how shallow and f'd up and condescending the big city culture is.

Posted by: polynikes at November 11, 2022 12:12 PM (Kme0F)

76 Am I the only one thought Ace was a veteran all this time? I thought I remember someone well-known describing it as a military blog.

Posted by: Tikvah at November 11, 2022 12:12 PM (ccDca)

77 Gallagher's roller skates have wings.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 11, 2022 12:13 PM (yFgCz)

78 i.e., once somebody concedes, are they estopped from challenging the results from that point forward? Can they retract the concession if new information becomes available regarding fraud, etc.?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (atmen)

Hi. If you may recall I used to be the next President of The United States.

Posted by: Al Gore at November 11, 2022 12:13 PM (1Yy3c)

79 67 that squirrel spends every waking moment trying to get that sweet free food. the only way to beat it is to spend as much time trying to stop it.

Plus, they're like Spiderman with the way they can walk down a wall head first, holy crap, they are agile - and crafty.
I think I will just get him his own feeder downstairs so the little birdies can eat in peace.
Posted by: kallisto
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Use hot pepper flakes or soak the bird seed in liquid hot peppers. Birds cannot 'taste' it so no effect on them but squirrels hate it. We got tired of fixing bird feeders torn up by tree rats.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:13 PM (CXr4y)

80 55 I come here for the superficial posts!
Posted by: Corona exile-back_in_exile at November 11, 2022 12:10 PM (7rzgu)

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HA! (Who doesn't?)

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 11, 2022 12:13 PM (DcKNO)

81
Anyone want to join me?

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (n+hRS)

I would sincerely love to do that, (except for shlurping up the raw oysters) it sounds divine. But there is a time/space obstacle that I cannot presently defeat.

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 12:13 PM (dCxaZ)

82 >once somebody concedes, are they estopped from challenging the results from that point forward? Can they retract the concession if new information becomes available regarding fraud, etc.?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

ask Al Gore

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 12:13 PM (geLO8)

83
Mitt Romney is pissed that Lee didn't lose. Mitt so wanted to be the Senior Senator of Utah. He's still stuck being the Junior senator.

little Mitt

Posted by: portlandon at November 11, 2022 12:13 PM (+oR7L)

84 Best way to deal with a squirrel problem is to feed them so much that they get fat.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 12:13 PM (UuD2k)

85 Heard over comms:

Terp: (in foreign language) put down your weapons and come out

*no response*

Army: (shouting in English) put down your weapons and come out.

Muj: "Fuck you, boss."

Comms Traffic: Did he just call you "boss"?

*laughter*

Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 12:14 PM (eacmp)

86 The elephant is the only animal with four knees

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 12:14 PM (geLO8)

87 Thank you, Whig.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 12:14 PM (atmen)

88 Or you could place another feeder in an easier place for the squirrel to get to?

yes this is my plan. My neighbors frown on the squirrel-shooting. will a BB gun kill a squirrel, or just maim him?

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 12:14 PM (dCxaZ)

89 Use hot pepper flakes or soak the bird seed in liquid hot peppers. Birds cannot 'taste' it so no effect on them but squirrels hate it. We got tired of fixing bird feeders torn up by tree rats.
Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:13 PM (CXr4y)

They sell bird seed that is already treated with hot peppers. Guy I know says it doesn't work, but who knows?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 12:14 PM (UuD2k)

90 it's a fools errand though. as was pointed out by one of the various engineering podcasters i watch from time to time.

we spend a couple hours at best a few times a month, maybe, trying to keep the squirrel away from the bird food.

that squirrel spends every waking moment trying to get that sweet free food. the only way to beat it is to spend as much time trying to stop it.

somehow, that feels like a parable for democrats...

Posted by: SturmToddler at November 11, 2022 12:09 PM (Mkvkw)
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There are some great videos on YT by former NASA engineer Mark Rober building incredible obstacle courses in his back yard for squirrels who cleverly figure out how to get through them to the awaiting walnut prizes.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 11, 2022 12:15 PM (K3TEc)

91 >>> Why is my desktop suddenly telling me how many miles I am from what's left of Hurricane Nicole?
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 11, 2022 12:07 PM (906pl)

When one of the bigwigs at my company sends out an email it's always prefixed with, "From the desk of...". I've
always wondered if some of his other office furniture is a little jealous.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2022 12:15 PM (0fVbu)

92 And I salute my fellow veterans.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 11, 2022 12:10 PM (8wwub)

*returns salute*

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 11, 2022 12:15 PM (BdMk6)

93 >>>76 Am I the only one thought Ace was a veteran all this time? I thought I remember someone well-known describing it as a military blog.

yes that is unfortunate, it was described that way long ago and I always correct that but still the idea persists. people used to generally claim that any blog that sprung up during the iraq war era was a "milblog."

have never stolen valor and always correct people.

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:15 PM (C1Zwz)

94 Will you donate $100 so that Evan McMullin can pay $8 to an assistant in India to scan the Twitter feeds of Republicans and make snarky comments to them about the Constitution, while using the rest of the money to fund his lavish no-work lifestyle?
++++
No. There are so many things I would rather spend $100 on right now:
- Having my shirts dry-cleaned so I don't have to iron
- Booze
- Paying off the boss-man of the roving gang of monkeypox spreaders that set up shop down the road
- Processing my pocket lint to recover trace minerals
- Filling my gas tank next month
- Giving it to a snarky smartass who makes me laugh unexpectedly

The list really does go on

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:15 PM (t0OGg)

95 Stupid question time...

How comes nobody (Including the Boss) has a red nic suddenly?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 11, 2022 12:15 PM (1n+EO)

96 McConnell just agreed to to fund Kemp's GOTV op to get Walker elected. Mitch will provide the money and Kemp will provide the organization and troops.

Irrespective of my loathing for Mitch, this is how you win. You don't win by being a divisive man-baby more concerned with your fragile ego and throwing pejoratives at your own troops during battle. You do what needs to be done to win the battle.

IOW, it's starting to dawn on Mitch just how angry we are, and he's trying to CHA. Too little, too late, turtle.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 12:15 PM (eOEVl)

97 The elephant is the only animal with four knees
Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 12:14 PM (geLO

Every animal has a high knee.

Posted by: Waraiotoko at November 11, 2022 12:15 PM (Ot1yJ)

98 88 Or you could place another feeder in an easier place for the squirrel to get to?

yes this is my plan. My neighbors frown on the squirrel-shooting. will a BB gun kill a squirrel, or just maim him?
Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 12:14 PM (dCxaZ)

Nothing less than a .22 or a shotgun will do the job... Humanely.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 12:15 PM (OLVeZ)

99 Kevin Conroy RIP.

If you ever watched Batman: The Animated Series with or without your kids or played the video games, you know who he is.

Posted by: Azathoth at November 11, 2022 12:15 PM (wb1YC)

100 So of course, now I see red.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 11, 2022 12:15 PM (1n+EO)

101 The elephant is the only animal with four knees

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 12:14 PM (geLO

I didn't know dogs had kneecaps 'til my pup displaced one.

Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022 12:16 PM (AwYPR)

102 I should fatten the tree rats up. Economy not looking good.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 11, 2022 12:16 PM (yFgCz)

103 68 This morning I started the day by shoo-ing a squirrel away from the bird feeder.

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 12:01 PM (dCxaZ)

You know, of course, it'll be back.
Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (AwYPR)

I've had the same feeder from Yankee Flipper for years and years. Not the one that spins but the spring-loaded base one that shuts down when any real weight is put on the perches.

Never had a squirrel succeed in breaking in.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 11, 2022 12:16 PM (906pl)

104 sniffybigtoe @ 84-
Then eat them smothered in onion gravy with grits.

Posted by: Eromero at November 11, 2022 12:16 PM (va2of)

105 Did he ever pay the guys who supplied the party tent and stage for his 2020 campaign?

Posted by: Ted Torgerson DeSantis/Lake 2024 at November 11, 2022 12:16 PM (vN+oL)

106 >>>I agree with all that except I thought the opening scene was supposed to be the balance . Showing how shallow and f'd up and condescending the big city culture is.

yeah but I don't think the texas culture was any more free of vice or superficiality. They were also popping pills and sleeping around and dreaming of being famous without actually doing anything to earn it.

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:16 PM (C1Zwz)

107 Either way, Mitch rules the roost.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer
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Not really. Party leaders work for their colleagues and when they become an embarrassment, they suddenly retire for reasons of health or get appointed to ambassador etc.

Mitch played too open a role in recent defeats and I think that will do him in regardless of what happens in GA. He is becoming a liability and the most hated party leader in America. Even the grifting opportunities are shrinking because he is allowing the Dems to destroy the economy and wreck a lot of industrial firms. At some point, he will be taken out by his own colleagues.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:16 PM (CXr4y)

108 Anyone want to join me?
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (n+hRS)
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Sounds lovely, other than the oysters (never cared for them) and the fact that the jaunt would start about 2,500 miles from me.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:16 PM (t0OGg)

109 When one of the bigwigs at my company sends out an email it's always prefixed with, "From the desk of...". I've
always wondered if some of his other office furniture is a little jealous.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2022 12:15 PM (0fVbu)

It's just the en-suite shitter spoofing the other fixtures.

Posted by: Waraiotoko at November 11, 2022 12:16 PM (Ot1yJ)

110 Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, compares with Tank Abrams comparing her loss to the persecution of St. Paul and the early Christians.

Yes. She actually did. 😡

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2022 12:16 PM (ptqGC)

111 "Kemp and GOPe wont do jack shit to turnout voters than typical money wasting robocalls, spam emails, campaign flyers, and pointless media ads."

Kemp arguably has the best GOTV op this cycle and it goes beyond the typical GOP Fail Ops. Take a look at it. It needs improvement, but it's better than most. By the way, this also signals the GOP feels Walker has a very good shot at winning.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 12:17 PM (eacmp)

112 Plus, they're like Spiderman with the way they can walk down a wall head first, holy crap, they are agile - and crafty.
I think I will just get him his own feeder downstairs so the little birdies can eat in peace.
Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (dCxaZ)

it's not a bad plan, and they do tend to go for the easier food.

as long as the racoon doesn't take down the baffle the squirrels can't get to my bird food poles.

but it's been a battle.

the other thing you could consider is hot pepper coated seed. birds can't taste it but squirrels can and don't like it.

usually...

Posted by: SturmToddler at November 11, 2022 12:17 PM (Mkvkw)

113 @56

>>RIP comedian Gallagher. He's smashing watermelons with the angels now.

That's too bad, he was of an era when things were mostly good natured and fun.

RIP Gallagher

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 11, 2022 12:17 PM (pV3Bm)

114 Elephants are high-knees animals.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 12:17 PM (atmen)

115 IOW, it's starting to dawn on Mitch just how angry we are, and he's trying to CHA. Too little, too late, turtle.

Although this raises the question: do turtles actually have asses? I mean, those shells could cover a lot of sins.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 12:17 PM (eOEVl)

116 102 I should fatten the tree rats up. Economy not looking good.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 11, 2022 12:16 PM (yFgCz)

This has always been my back up plan... speaking of its about that time to inspect the trap springs.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 12:17 PM (OLVeZ)

117 88 Gamo 1000 fps air rifle will get the job done. Waste not, want not. An overnight marinade in Italian dressing makes squirrel most tasty.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 11, 2022 12:17 PM (lz5hY)

118 It's like Led Zeppelin said, Whole Lotta Love.

Biological Male Wins Miss America Pageant In New Hampshire…

https://bit.ly/3URvA2C

Sometimes the best woman for a job is a man.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 11, 2022 12:17 PM (FVME7)

119 have never stolen valor and always correct people.
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:15 PM (C1Zwz)

I thought it was the Puerto Rican kids who spread that rumor.

Posted by: polynikes at November 11, 2022 12:17 PM (Kme0F)

120 Use hot pepper flakes or soak the bird seed in liquid hot peppers. Birds cannot 'taste' it so no effect on them but squirrels hate it. We got tired of fixing bird feeders torn up by tree rats.
Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:13 PM (CXr4y)

Thank you for this... man I couldn't keep a feeder up. I'll try this.

Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 12:17 PM (53oGX)

121 Have I mentioned that our breakfast sandwich is WAY better than this turd?

Posted by: Wendy's at November 11, 2022 12:17 PM (0A5+1)

122 The elephant is the only animal with four knees

*covers up third knee with hoodie*

Posted by: Sen. John Lumperman at November 11, 2022 12:17 PM (hPvGe)

123 > will a BB gun kill a squirrel, or just maim him?

Most BB guns will kill a squirrel, depending on the skill of the shooter and the gun not being rusted out crap.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 12:17 PM (eyxn4)

124 >>>(I'm taking it easy today because it's Veterans Day -- I'm not a Veteran, just taking the opportunity to take a half day that better men have secured for me -- and because it was a tough week. Posts today are going to be very quick and superficial.)

Good call. Let's content ourselves with thanking a veteran and contemplating firing squads for the traitors.

Posted by: Dr. T at November 11, 2022 12:18 PM (tp+tP)

125 When one of the bigwigs at my company sends out an email it's always prefixed with, "From the desk of...". I've
always wondered if some of his other office furniture is a little jealous.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2022 12:15 PM (0fVbu)

Would you really want to know he was writing those emails on his phone while he was taking a dump?

"From the shitter of..."

Posted by: Robert at November 11, 2022 12:18 PM (1Yy3c)

126 Like Beto, this prick will run for office in 2024, and some morons in Utah will vote for this grifting bald douche.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2022 12:18 PM (bkUtD)

127 yes that is unfortunate, it was described that way long ago and I always correct that but still the idea persists. people used to generally claim that any blog that sprung up during the iraq war era was a "milblog."

have never stolen valor and always correct people.
Posted by: ace
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Given what you've seen on the blog, I bet you have the 1000 yard stare though.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:18 PM (CXr4y)

128 That's too bad, he was of an era when things were mostly good natured and fun.

RIP Gallagher
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 11, 2022 12:17 PM (pV3Bm)

Back when Psychologists could prescribe LSD and MDMA... (or so I heard)

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 12:18 PM (OLVeZ)

129 110 Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, compares with Tank Abrams comparing her loss to the persecution of St. Paul and the early Christians.

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She would have been better off comparing her loss to the loss of tensile strength of her Spanx.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 11, 2022 12:18 PM (DcKNO)

130 I totally did not *dislike* the movie. I would give it a recommend. I just wouldn't give it a strong recommend.

it was good-ish.

So what I really would have preferred is a much stronger focus on the genre elements -- comedy, mystery -- and a lighter attempt at the "literary" elements (cultural critique/finding philosophical meaning).

I didn't think he managed much as far as the latter and it took away from the time I would have rather spent on the reasons I rented the movie (comedy detective stuff).

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:19 PM (C1Zwz)

131 Best way to deal with a squirrel problem is to feed them so much that they get fat.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 12:13 PM (UuD2k)

It hasn't worked with getting rid of poor people.

Posted by: Every Wal-Mart everywhere at November 11, 2022 12:19 PM (FJYfm)

132 For Veteran's Day, the West Point Glee Club will be joining the Tabernacle Choir for a special broadcast on Sunday morning: https://tinyurl.com/3jdrd68a

The program will be broadcast here, starting at 11:30 ET on Sunday morning: https://tinyurl.com/yk3by8hs

(As part of this process, I have learned that "glee club" just means "choir group." I really did not know this.)

Posted by: Half Dozen at November 11, 2022 12:19 PM (c7HsI)

133 IOW, it's starting to dawn on Mitch just how angry we are, and he's trying to CHA. Too little, too late, turtle.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 12:15 PM (eOEVl)

I think that's an optimistic take on Mitch and our relative situation. We have in this cycle an ongoing struggle between Trump and Mitch(largely Mitch's fault as Trump wanted to work with the GOPe so long as they would push his voters' policies). No way he goes quietly into the night especially in a furor of anti-Trump activity. So it's more likely that he's co-opted Walker than that he's reconciled with MAGA.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 12:19 PM (eYoxG)

134 High-kneeds, I meant.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 12:19 PM (atmen)

135 Mitt Romney is pissed that Lee didn't lose. Mitt so wanted to be the Senior Senator of Utah. He's still stuck being the Junior senator.

little Mitt

Posted by: portlandon at November 11, 2022 12:13 PM (+oR7L)

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He's still the most-penetrated and penetrating Senior Center-Fill in the Senate's "Lucky Pierre Delecto" orgies, so he's got that going for him.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 11, 2022 12:19 PM (K3TEc)

136 Although this raises the question: do turtles actually have asses? I mean, those shells could cover a lot of sins.
Posted by: Archimedes

If you open up a turtle shell, is the little reptile inside covered with tattoos? Seems like they should be.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at November 11, 2022 12:19 PM (dSoUP)

137 >>>Given what you've seen on the blog, I bet you have the 1000 yard stare though.

i kind of have an open mouth gawp if that's what you mean

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:19 PM (C1Zwz)

138 110 Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, compares with Tank Abrams comparing her loss to the persecution of St. Paul and the early Christians.

Yes. She actually did. 😡
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2022 12:16 PM (ptqGC)

I dunno, Charlie Crist comparing himself to Jesus may be in the running.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 11, 2022 12:19 PM (PiwSw)

139 I agree with all that except I thought the opening scene was supposed to be the balance . Showing how shallow and f'd up and condescending the big city culture is.
Posted by: polynikes at November 11, 2022 12:12 PM (Kme0F)

That's the beginning of every slasher-in-the-woods movie ever made.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 11, 2022 12:19 PM (BdMk6)

140
There are some great videos on YT by former NASA engineer Mark Rober building incredible obstacle courses in his back yard for squirrels who cleverly figure out how to get through them to the awaiting walnut prizes.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink

Our two grandkids want to watch those all the time.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 11, 2022 12:19 PM (pNxlR)

141 ... we spend a couple hours at best a few times a month, maybe, trying to keep the squirrel away from the bird food. ...
Posted by: SturmToddler at November 11, 2022 12:09 PM (Mkvkw)
++++
The best disincentive is to have a cat.

The downside is that the cat will also use the bird feeder. The cat won't eat the seed, but it will eat the birds.

My dad used to refer to our bird feeder as the "cat feeder." No squirrels, though!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:19 PM (t0OGg)

142 dreaming of being famous without actually doing anything to earn it.
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:16 PM (C1Zwz)

Hey, I'm commenting on this blog now ain't I?

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 12:19 PM (OLVeZ)

143 I've always wondered who was the first guy that cracked open an Oyster and said to himself... "ya know what? I am going to eat that"

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at November 11, 2022 12:20 PM (flINI)

144 An overnight marinade in Italian dressing makes squirrel most tasty.

when I was a wee kallisto, my dad took me hunting with him. He got a squirrel, then I watched him, um..."dress" it? when we got home. I can still smell the fur wet with fresh blood.

Then mom cooked it. What I don't get is this: the squirrel was shot with a shotgun. Wouldn't the squirrel meat be full of little pellets?

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 12:20 PM (dCxaZ)

145 >Biological Male Wins Miss America Pageant In New Hampshire…

https://bit.ly/3URvA2C

THAT'S GOTTA be parody

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 12:20 PM (geLO8)

146 >>I thought it was the Puerto Rican kids who spread that rumor.

ha, what is that from?

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:20 PM (C1Zwz)

147 (I'm taking it easy today because it's Veterans Day -- I'm not a Veteran, just taking the opportunity to take a half day that better men have secured for me -- and because it was a tough week. Posts today are going to be very quick and superficial.)

That's a very gracious thing to say Ace. God bless you.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 11, 2022 12:11 PM (1Kt+g)

Ditto Chairborne!
Ace it's people like you and what you do here that made serving worthwhile.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 11, 2022 12:20 PM (anj39)

148 Grandma Aspirin Factory Would sautee the squirrel in butter, onions, s+p, and some wooster sauce. Pretty good.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 11, 2022 12:20 PM (yFgCz)

149 Sounds lovely, other than the oysters (never cared for them) and the fact that the jaunt would start about 2,500 miles from me.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:16 PM (t0OGg)

I used to feel the same way until a friend noticed I was chewing them. He said "of course they taste terrible if you chew them!" I said "well then what the hell is the point of eating them if you don't dare chew them?". Ironically once I stopped chewing but just swallowing them I started to like them...and still do to this day.

Go figure.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 11, 2022 12:20 PM (1Kt+g)

150 I watched Mission Impossible Fallout brought to you by BMW last week after enjoying MI Rogue Nation brought to you by BMW a while back.

Fallout was an awful mess from stem to stern. The writers tried to be too clever by half, ended up being merely absurd, and as a result nothing made any sense. Disappointing after Rogue Nation.

And no Rebecca Ferguson showing off in a slinky evening dress as compensation either.

Be Better, Tom.

Posted by: spindrift at November 11, 2022 12:20 PM (h5TKJ)

151 Thank you for this... man I couldn't keep a feeder up. I'll try this.
Posted by: Inogame,

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Some birdseed has it already mixed in at a premium price though.

We took to using suet feeding as less messy and Home Depot sells a brand that has pepper mixed in it. Never a problem with squirrels eating it and birds love it.

Then you can buy the pepper flakes online (don't fill your feeders on a windy day though) to add in or you can use stuff like Franks Hot Sauce etc. with the cheapest liquid hot sauce you can find.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:20 PM (CXr4y)

152 "Anyone want to join me?"
That sounds awesome! I wish I could.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, thanks vets at November 11, 2022 12:20 PM (jTmQV)

153 Pollak: Save the January 6th Committee!

Republicans say that the new U.S. House of Representatives majority, which they are likely to control, should immediately disband the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. I wish to disagree in the strongest possible terms: the work of the committee remains incomplete, and must be allowed to continue, because the American people expect and deserve to know the full truth.

The committee has yet to hear from outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who was in charge of security arrangements at the Capitol that day. She should be called to testify, and should be asked to hand over all of her documents, text messages, and phone records pertaining to the Capitol riot. She should be eager to comply, because she cares deeply about the truth, and protecting our democracy.

Posted by: SMOD at November 11, 2022 12:20 PM (RHGPo)

154 "Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, compares with Tank Abrams comparing her loss to the persecution of St. Paul and the early Christians."

Upside down or rightside up, I see no earthly way to get that whale on a cross.

Posted by: Wally at November 11, 2022 12:21 PM (FJYfm)

155 Superficial, as opposed to?

Posted by: Smart Ass at November 11, 2022 12:21 PM (FjlUt)

156 Thank yous and discounts on Veterans Day are appreciated and welcome. I wish the VA could learn how to do that in a more meaningful way.

Posted by: Eromero at November 11, 2022 12:21 PM (va2of)

157 yeah but I don't think the texas culture was any more free of vice or superficiality. They were also popping pills and sleeping around and dreaming of being famous without actually doing anything to earn it.
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:16 PM (C1Zwz

Vice yeah but superficiality I thought had a distinguishable difference.

Posted by: polynikes at November 11, 2022 12:21 PM (Kme0F)

158 Then mom cooked it. What I don't get is this: the squirrel was shot with a shotgun. Wouldn't the squirrel meat be full of little pellets?
Posted by: kallisto

Sometimes. They are also small enough that the pellets travel clean thru.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:21 PM (OvB8Q)

159 have never stolen valor and always correct people.
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:15 PM (C1Zwz)
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I have a hat I won at a shooting competition put on by retired 82nd Airborne which says "82nd Airborne" on it with "top rifle" embroidered on the back.

I don't wear it, because when I do, people think I was in the 82nd.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 11, 2022 12:21 PM (5pTK/)

160 Biological Male Wins Miss America Pageant In New Hampshire…

https://bit.ly/3URvA2C

THAT'S GOTTA be parody
Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 12:20 PM (geLO

THAT is exactly what I thought. He/She is a wilderbeast

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 11, 2022 12:21 PM (dO/0d)

161 Let's just go whole hog. Elections don't matter anymore so let's have the most effed up election ever:

D - Biden/Harris 2 Electric Boogaloo

R - DeSantis/Cotton

I - Trump/some whackadoo

I - Chaney/McMuffin

Let's get a split electorate and toss it to the House. It'll be either Trump or DeSantis who wins.

Posted by: Shenanigans at November 11, 2022 12:21 PM (ZR7kf)

162 My superficial comment is: This morning I started the day by shoo-ing a squirrel away from the bird feeder.
Posted by: kallisto
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I was there.

The terror.

Posted by: brian williams at November 11, 2022 12:21 PM (yikp0)

163 Maybe I should Senator for a few months before I start Presidenting.

Posted by: FETTERMAN at November 11, 2022 12:21 PM (z9V4B)

164 ace, I will echo what others have said. You have a rare talent and your work is well appreciated. I usually trend to the smart-ass side of things, but setting that aside for a moment there is great value in having a site like yours.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 12:21 PM (kXYt5)

165 Actually, I used to hunt squirrels a lot, mostly as a kid with a dream and a .22. Gave it up realizing the little fucks have more entertainment value than meat.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 11, 2022 12:21 PM (lz5hY)

166 Go figure.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 11, 2022 12:20 PM (1Kt+g)
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Huh. Next time the opportunity presents itself, I'll give it a shot.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:21 PM (t0OGg)

167 McMullin?
I shan't believe it.
/s

Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 11, 2022 12:21 PM (Rbu5d)

168 He's still the most-penetrated and penetrating Senior Center-Fill in the Senate's "Lucky Pierre Delecto" orgies, so he's got that going for him.

o.m.g.

I think I'd rather spend a half-hour meditating on the scent of fresh-killed squirrel meat than even a nanosecond of that particular scene, tyvm

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 12:22 PM (dCxaZ)

169 99 Kevin Conroy RIP.

If you ever watched Batman: The Animated Series with or without your kids or played the video games, you know who he is.
Posted by: Azathoth at November 11, 2022 12:15 PM (wb1YC)

As a kid/teen... of all the Cartoons on the afternoon lineup, this was the best.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 12:22 PM (OLVeZ)

170 You all have a great day!

Back later!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 11, 2022 12:22 PM (5pTK/)

171
>>RIP comedian Gallagher. He's smashing watermelons with the angels now.

i first wrote in the sidebar "He's smashing watermelons in Heaven" and then thought "I cannot write that, even tongue in cheek."

You are stronger than me.

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:22 PM (C1Zwz)

172 >>>My bet is McMuffin doesn't pay his vendors.

Wut?

Posted by: Dildo Lubricators Local #817 at November 11, 2022 12:22 PM (HmZuC)

173 "I've always wondered who was the first guy that cracked open an Oyster and said to himself... "ya know what? I am going to eat that"

Same starving dude what stood on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay, looked at a blue crab and said...'I can eat that'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 11, 2022 12:22 PM (1n+EO)

174 i kind of have an open mouth gawp if that's what you mean
Posted by: ace
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Well opening your mouth helps when the artillery fires so you got that going for you.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:22 PM (CXr4y)

175 They're just openly telling everybody now how fucking boned we are.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 11, 2022 12:22 PM (9inf2)

176 I've always wondered who was the first guy that cracked open an Oyster and said to himself... "ya know what? I am going to eat that"
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at November 11, 2022 12:20 PM (flINI)

Sexual metaphor, or do you mean a literal oyster?

Posted by: Wally at November 11, 2022 12:22 PM (FJYfm)

177 Tough talking egghead from Utah learns everything he knows from Pierre Delecto.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 11, 2022 12:23 PM (geVLo)

178 I don't wear it, because when I do, people think I was in the 82nd.
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Because you were in the 101st, like me??

Posted by: brian williams at November 11, 2022 12:23 PM (yikp0)

179 Happy Veteran's Day to me, and all other veterans.

This we'll defend.

Posted by: Candidus at November 11, 2022 12:23 PM (PlJzG)

180 people used to generally claim that any blog that sprung up during the iraq war era was a "milblog."

***

Man, where has the last couple of decades gone?

My wife was scrolling YouTube on the living room flat screen the other day and a Paul Anka song video went by.

I laughed and grabbed my phone to look up the old Paul Anka rant Ace made famous and f*ck me, that was 2004 on this blog.

Posted by: Azathoth at November 11, 2022 12:23 PM (wb1YC)

181 >THAT is exactly what I thought. He/She is a wilderbeast

Posted by: Nevergiveup

'she' looks like Horatio Sanz of SNL

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 12:23 PM (geLO8)

182 I'll bet six dollars ($6 US)
........

How much is that in pesos?

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 12:23 PM (v0R5T)

183 Sorry I'll stop trying to make this a movie thread. That's supposed to happen much later. 😀

Posted by: polynikes at November 11, 2022 12:23 PM (Kme0F)

184 We are ALL taking it easy today thanks to a veteran.

Thanks Veterans!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 11, 2022 12:23 PM (HlyYF)

185 The committee has yet to hear from outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who was in charge of security arrangements at the Capitol that day. She should be called to testify, and should be asked to hand over all of her documents, text messages, and phone records pertaining to the Capitol riot. She should be eager to comply, because she cares deeply about the truth, and protecting our democracy.
Posted by: SMOD at November 11, 2022 12:20 PM (RHGPo)
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Good grief. Give it a break. It will be pointless and stupid. Just disband the stupid thing and do something that matters.

They'll never do something that matters, but they still disband the stupid thing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:24 PM (t0OGg)

186 Swedish Chef makes squirrel stew:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCxpQ5sjo8s

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 12:24 PM (UuD2k)

187 A lot of things don't taste as bad if you don't chew them. Unless you need the selenium, why would you want to eat oysters if you just swallow them?

Crab Louie > anything oyster

Come to think of it, if I could eat crab & shrimp louie, Cobb salad, and a Reuben everyday, I'd be fat and happy.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 11, 2022 12:24 PM (KAi1n)

188 >>> Kemp arguably has the best GOTV op this cycle and it goes beyond the typical GOP Fail Ops. Take a look at it. It needs improvement, but it's better than most. By the way, this also signals the GOP feels Walker has a very good shot at winning.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 12:17 PM (eacmp)

They actually send multiple groups door to door.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2022 12:24 PM (0fVbu)

189 We took to using suet feeding as less messy

I did this one time and the suet cake was swarmed by those bitch-ass starlings

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 12:24 PM (dCxaZ)

190 Posts today are going to be very quick and superficial.
.........

Moar boobehs?

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 12:24 PM (v0R5T)

191 I don't wear it, because when I do, people think I was in the 82nd.
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Because you were in the 101st, like me??

Posted by: brian williams

Wait, I thought you were in the original band of brothers, and got killed on D-Day?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 12:24 PM (eOEVl)

192 >>Same starving dude what stood on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay, looked at a blue crab and said...'I can eat that'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

now do Rocky Mountain oysters

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 12:24 PM (geLO8)

193 Biological Male Wins Miss America Pageant In New Hampshire…

https://bit.ly/3URvA2C

THAT'S GOTTA be parody
Posted by: DB

He's as ugly as hammered dog shit. But allthe beautiful girls were enthusiastically clapping for him.

Fuck 'em. They wanted that shit.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:25 PM (OvB8Q)

194 Come to think of it, if I could eat crab & shrimp louie, Cobb salad, and a Reuben everyday, I'd be fat and happy.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 11, 2022 12:24 PM (KAi1n)
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And very, very poor.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:25 PM (t0OGg)

195 "Thank yous and discounts on Veterans Day are appreciated and welcome. I wish the VA could learn how to do that in a more meaningful way."

You see where Veterans are now able to get the lifetime National Parks Pass for free?

ANY veteran, not just disabled or the other previous limitations.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 11, 2022 12:25 PM (1n+EO)

196 Watermelons everywhere heave a sigh of relief.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 11, 2022 12:25 PM (FVME7)

197 Wait, I thought you were in the original band of brothers, and got killed on D-Day?
Posted by: Archimedes

He got better.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:25 PM (OvB8Q)

198 New update on the AZ shit show... its not a couple hundred thousand remaining to be counted... its now grown to... *ahem*

FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 12:25 PM (OLVeZ)

199 iirc, Walker said he would concentrate on large population centers for big rallies. Fine I guess, but he needs to throw some red meat to the MAGA base imo, maybe even rallies in smaller venues ... 2-3 a day till the election. (I've never heard him speak, not sure he can do the Trump thang, but just showing up counts.)

Posted by: illiniwek at November 11, 2022 12:25 PM (Cus5s)

200 i first wrote in the sidebar "He's smashing watermelons in Heaven" and then thought "I cannot write that, even tongue in cheek."

You are stronger than me.

Heh. No way. Maybe I'm just less self-aware.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 12:26 PM (eyxn4)

201 Come to think of it, if I could eat crab & shrimp louie, Cobb salad, and a Reuben everyday, I'd be fat and happy.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 11, 2022 12:24 PM (KAi1n)
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Not bad. Mine would be tuna steaks. Seared hard, raw in the middle, some lemon and pepper, bed of rice or risotto, green salad on the side and a glass of bourbon to cap it off.

Mmmm. Man, I might do that for dinner tomorrow.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:26 PM (t0OGg)

202 My superficial comment is: This morning I started the day by shoo-ing a squirrel away from the bird feeder.
Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022

***
I read that as "shooting a squirrel."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 12:26 PM (J2vNu)

203 165 Actually, I used to hunt squirrels a lot, mostly as a kid with a dream and a .22. Gave it up realizing the little fucks have more entertainment value than meat.
Posted by: bill in arkansas
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Old timers used meat like that in as a bit of protein in stews unless they got a mess of them. Big families, a squirrel or two simply was not enough to feed the family unless used as a supplement.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:26 PM (CXr4y)

204 I'll never forget a friend of mine telling me how hilarious Gallagher was, and me never thinking quite as much of that friend.

Posted by: Candidus at November 11, 2022 12:26 PM (PlJzG)

205 111 "Kemp and GOPe wont do jack shit to turnout voters than typical money wasting robocalls, spam emails, campaign flyers, and pointless media ads."

Kemp arguably has the best GOTV op this cycle and it goes beyond the typical GOP Fail Ops. Take a look at it. It needs improvement, but it's better than most. By the way, this also signals the GOP feels Walker has a very good shot at winning.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 12:17 PM (eacmp)

I could check all my spam texts but I don't think I got any from Kemp. Got plenty of Ds texting me though.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 12:26 PM (eYoxG)

206 My superficial comment is: This morning I started the day by shoo-ing a squirrel away from the bird feeder.
Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022
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Kallisto's adventures of shoe and squirrel!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:27 PM (t0OGg)

207 I loved Gallagher.
His humor and observations on life were always funny and spot on!
And the Sledge-O-Matic was awesome!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 11, 2022 12:27 PM (anj39)

208 I read that as "shooting a squirrel."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 12:26 PM (J2vNu)

You need to start smaller and escalate a little slower my friend

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 12:27 PM (OLVeZ)

209 I'll bet six dollars ($6 US)
........

How much is that in pesos?
Posted by: wth

72,487.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:27 PM (OvB8Q)

210 >>>58 Ace, you might not be a veteran (I am a USMC vet BTW), however you are a damn effective fighter with words. I consider you a brother in arms.

first of all, thank you for your service and happy belated birthday.

as for "brother in arms," that's too kind and also too silly, I couldn't even get to the risk-your-life part of military service, because the getting up early and deprivation of comfort parts of it would already be too much for me. But I appreciate the sentiment.

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:27 PM (C1Zwz)

211 My superficial comment is: This morning I started the day by shoo-ing a squirrel away from the bird feeder.
Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022

***
I read that as "shooting a squirrel."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

That would have been more effective.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at November 11, 2022 12:27 PM (dSoUP)

212 The old tough guy act to the end.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 11, 2022 12:27 PM (bVYXr)

213 Ace, which $6? Today's or tomorrow's? By the time you win your bet (and you will), you might need to collect $10 or more!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:27 PM (t0OGg)

214 124 >>>(I'm taking it easy today because it's Veterans Day -- I'm not a Veteran....

I didn't serve either - my dad served in WWII - he discouraged my from even considering it in the immediate post-Vietnam era.

Thanks to all who served!

I work in aerospace and while we get a generous number of holidays - this isn't one of them*.

*We get a year-end shut-down in lieu of such days as MLK, Presidents, etc.

Posted by: Anonymous Guy in Kalifornistan at November 11, 2022 12:27 PM (IKI7s)

215 Moar boobehs?
Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 12:24 PM (v0R5T)
==================
Ace's ranking of Brigitte Lahaie's greatest movie roles?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 11, 2022 12:27 PM (cSU1R)

216 Shoo a squirrel and you will be free of squirrels for 15 minutes. Give a squirrel the bubonic plague and you will be free of squirrels for 15 years!

Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 12:28 PM (kXYt5)

217 Kallisto's adventures of shoe and squirrel!
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Wait until Moose finds out.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:28 PM (OvB8Q)

218 Good grief. Give it a break. It will be pointless and stupid. Just disband the stupid thing and do something that matters.

They'll never do something that matters, but they still disband the stupid thing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:24 PM (t0OGg)

No, they have to undo all the damage the committee has done. It has cost people MILLIONS of dollars in legal fees, and has not only corrupted the system but sent people to JAIL.

Someone needs to be held accountable OR IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 11, 2022 12:28 PM (oHd/0)

219 He's as ugly as hammered dog shit. But allthe beautiful girls were enthusiastically clapping for him.

Fuck 'em. They wanted that shit.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:25 PM (OvB8Q)

I wonder if any of them were told, "Applaud this beautiful woman, or we will ruin your life."

Posted by: Dr. T at November 11, 2022 12:28 PM (tp+tP)

220 My guess about how people started eating a certain thing is that they saw some animal eat it first. If the animal didn’t immediately drop dead, they would give it a try.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 12:28 PM (atmen)

221 "Posts today are going to be very quick and superficial."

Darn. I was hoping for cruel and sanctimonious.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2022 12:29 PM (NpAcC)

222 Shoo a squirrel and you will be free of squirrels for 15 minutes. Give a squirrel the bubonic plague and you will be free of squirrels for 15 years!

Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 12:28 PM (kXYt5)

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Not to mention your obnoxious neighbors.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 11, 2022 12:29 PM (K3TEc)

223 When I come to power, any website operator that doesn't include a "reject all" button in the cookie consent manager gets a year in the box.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:29 PM (t0OGg)

224 Not bad. Mine would be tuna steaks. Seared hard, raw in the middle, some lemon and pepper, bed of rice or risotto, green salad on the side and a glass of bourbon to cap it off.

Mmmm. Man, I might do that for dinner tomorrow.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

I love seared tuna steaks. I use a bunch of fresh lime juice and some Mayo whisked together and a lot of fresh ground black pepper. Alice thin and serve on a bed of greens. So good.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022 12:29 PM (mca1W)

225 New update on the AZ shit show... its not a couple hundred thousand remaining to be counted... its now grown to... *ahem*

FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard

What are they doing, counting one ballot an hour? Are they hourly?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 11, 2022 12:29 PM (FVME7)

226 Wait, I thought you were in the original band of brothers, and got killed on D-Day?
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I got better to save Private Ryan so, one day, he'd help the Dems achieve their goals. Just like FDR.

Posted by: brian williams at November 11, 2022 12:29 PM (yikp0)

227 as for "brother in arms," that's too kind and also too silly, I couldn't even get to the risk-your-life part of military service, because the getting up early and deprivation of comfort parts of it would already be too much for me. But I appreciate the sentiment.

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:27 PM (C1Zwz)

You could have been a submariner. We never knew what time we were getting up and really didn't sleep much anyway.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 12:29 PM (UuD2k)

228 36 degrees in OKC right now with a blustery north wind. I'm ready for spring.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 11, 2022 12:29 PM (BdMk6)

229

Gallagher passed away.

I'm glad I grew up in the 70s, with real comedy

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at November 11, 2022 12:29 PM (XnbJC)

230 He's as ugly as hammered dog shit. But allthe beautiful girls were enthusiastically clapping for him.

Fuck 'em. They wanted that shit.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:25 PM (OvB8Q)

So now multidated men are better at being women than biological women? What a topsy-turvy, messed-up world we live in!

Posted by: Thrawn at November 11, 2022 12:29 PM (Rl7KJ)

231 He's as ugly as hammered dog shit. But allthe beautiful girls were enthusiastically clapping for him.

Fuck 'em. They wanted that shit.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:25 PM

I am not so sure.

If I knew I would be executed if I didn't clap for Stalin, I would probably have clapped and then tried to be subversive to his rule out of the spotlight.

I can see a picture of one of the girls not clapping going viral, and them being labelled as transphobes and banned from further competitions.

Tough choices for a 16-yo girl.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 11, 2022 12:29 PM (HlyYF)

232 He's as ugly as hammered dog shit. But allthe beautiful girls were enthusiastically clapping for him.

Fuck 'em. They wanted that shit.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:25 PM (OvB8Q)

I remember in the old days when feminists wanted to end these contests. But now, by making the pageants ridiculous, trannies may have accomplished it.

Just another example of men being better women than women are.

Posted by: Wally at November 11, 2022 12:30 PM (FJYfm)

233 199 iirc, Walker said he would concentrate on large population centers for big rallies. Fine I guess, but he needs to throw some red meat to the MAGA base imo, maybe even rallies in smaller venues ... 2-3 a day till the election. (I've never heard him speak, not sure he can do the Trump thang, but just showing up counts.)
Posted by: illiniwek
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Not wise in my estimation. Warnock is the former pastor of ML King's old church and has the urban black voters knocked down. Hershel would do better hunting for votes in the rural areas that probably still remember his football glory days. But, his strategists may know a bit more where he ran behind the other GOP candidates and why. It could be that the falloff was from the wealthier white corporate class in the suburban counties around Atlanta.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:30 PM (CXr4y)

234 223 When I come to power, any website operator that doesn't include a "reject all" button in the cookie consent manager gets a year in the box.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:29 PM (t0OGg)

And make it *clear* which settings mean On and Off.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 11, 2022 12:30 PM (PiwSw)

235 "FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND." Posted by: tryhardneckbeard

and they are allegedly in the red areas, which is why "they" are holding on to them till last, to rob R's of their victory speeches.

The "door #3" box (where machines in R areas did not work) they said only had 17,000. Those would be mostly R votes .. so either most voters refused to use them, or maybe 50-70% of them "fell out of the truck" on the trip to the well guarded central HQ (where the lib sheriff had guards on the roof, and ordered no pictures).

Posted by: illiniwek at November 11, 2022 12:30 PM (Cus5s)

236 It's gonna be an awesome commission check.

Posted by: Hewlit Packard Office Printers Regional Sales Rep at November 11, 2022 12:30 PM (cupoy)

237 Kevin Conroy RIP.

If you ever watched Batman: The Animated Series with or without your kids or played the video games, you know who he is.
Posted by: Azathoth at November 11, 2022

***
I first noticed him as an on-screen regular on the Search For Tomorrow soap back in '84-'85, just before the show finally ended. He was, what, 30-something then, so he must have been nearing 70 now?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 12:30 PM (J2vNu)

238 This wet bikini brunette with extremely generous sideboob won't be sending one thin dime to Evan McMullin or anyone like him:
https://is.gd/AA6lSx

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:30 PM (t0OGg)

239 RIP comedian Gallagher. He's smashing watermelons with the angels now.
Posted by: bonhomme

Unless God is a GIANT watermelon.....

Posted by: JT at November 11, 2022 12:30 PM (T4tVD)

240 God Bless all that served.
Posted by: rd at November 11, 2022 12:10 PM (Z32m1)
.......

Yes. Both my father and older brother died active duty Navy pilots. Today I will raise another toast to all Veterans.

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 12:30 PM (v0R5T)

241 The elephant is the only animal with four knees

Posted by: DB -
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There's a knee on both of my legs. I also have a wee-knee and a hi-knee.

Posted by: irright at November 11, 2022 12:31 PM (SchQD)

242 Oysters must have been a big thing here because some properties, mine included, have an oyster cooking setup built into the brick wall along the property perimeter. A place to set the oysters, a fire box, and a chimney built into the wall. House was built in the 40s. People would spend a morning on the shore collecting then take home their bounty to roast. I guess steamed is more popular now but back then they roast/steamed them.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2022 12:31 PM (0fVbu)

243 Gallagher is to watermelons as...

...ace is to Taters

Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 12:31 PM (kXYt5)

244 Same starving dude what stood on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay, looked at a blue crab and said...'I can eat that'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Yeah, you can eat that, but you might starve.

Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022 12:31 PM (AwYPR)

245 197 Wait, I thought you were in the original band of brothers, and got killed on D-Day?

Posted by: Archimedes

He got better.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:25 PM

In that case, Newt Gingrich is probably immortal.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 11, 2022 12:31 PM (HlyYF)

246 I just don't understand how this McMuffin guy is still a thing. I really don't. Who is supporting him in any way, and why?

I put him in the same category as that Japanese guy from the other day. Except the Japanese guy is much more eloquent.

Posted by: bluebell at November 11, 2022 12:31 PM (pTb/Z)

247 So now multidated men are better at being women than biological women? What a topsy-turvy, messed-up world we live in!
Posted by: Thrawn

Except for Lola.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 11, 2022 12:31 PM (FVME7)

248 36 degrees in OKC right now with a blustery north wind. I'm ready for spring.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons

43 southeast of you. 17 mph north wind.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:32 PM (OvB8Q)

249 I first noticed him as an on-screen regular on the Search For Tomorrow soap back in '84-'85, just before the show finally ended. He was, what, 30-something then, so he must have been nearing 70 now?

***

66 years old.
He's been the voice of Batman for 30 years.

Posted by: Azathoth at November 11, 2022 12:32 PM (wb1YC)

250 RIP Kevin Conroy

For people close to my age (29) the Bruce Timm Batman voiced by Conroy was definitive.

Posted by: Bourbonchicken at November 11, 2022 12:32 PM (44ww/)

251 220 My guess about how people started eating a certain thing is that they saw some animal eat it first. If the animal didn’t immediately drop dead, they would give it a try.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 12:28 PM (atmen)

More accurate than you think.

https://tinyurl.com/yru7jfh8

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 12:32 PM (OLVeZ)

252
Maybe I should Senator for a few months before I start Presidenting.
Posted by: FETTERMAN

Look, you got this far without thinking for yourself. Don't mess things up by starting to think that you do NOW.

-- FETTERMAN'S LUMP

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 11, 2022 12:32 PM (pNxlR)

253 We fed almost 60 veterans breakfast at our VFW post this morning. We were told to expect 25-30. Glad we overbought on everything.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 11, 2022 12:32 PM (bVYXr)

254 I thought it was "starve a squirrel, shoot a raccoon"??

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 11, 2022 12:32 PM (yikp0)

255 >My guess about how people started eating a certain thing is that they saw some animal eat it first. If the animal didn’t immediately drop dead, they would give it a try.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

this makes sense
you have thought this thru, and would have been a successful caveman

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 12:32 PM (geLO8)

256 So why aren't you demanding DeSantis campaign to get Walker elected? This is silly. Donald Trump is not in office right now, in part due to McConnell's actions. Yet we are somehow supposed to be impressed that McConnell wants to help Walker during the run off, when he couldn't bother to do that during the campaign.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at November 11, 2022 12:32 PM (5HBd1)

257 Moar boobehs?
Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 12:24 PM (v0R5T)

This wet bikini brunette with extremely generous sideboob won't be sending one thin dime to Evan McMullin or anyone like him:
https://is.gd/AA6lSx
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:30 PM (t0OGg)
..........

Thank you, sir.

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 12:33 PM (v0R5T)

258 >I thought it was "starve a squirrel, shoot a raccoon"??

starve a cold, feed a beaver

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 12:33 PM (geLO8)

259 >>>now do Rocky Mountain oysters

Posted by: DB

>They used to feed them to the cow dogs and when they started fornicating like rabbits, somebody thought, I need to spice things up for Ma Johnson.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 11, 2022 12:33 PM (geVLo)

260 So now multidated men are better at being women than biological women? What a topsy-turvy, messed-up world we live in!
Posted by: Thrawn

Except for Lola.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

That's because she was a showgirl.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:33 PM (OvB8Q)

261
Kemp arguably has the best GOTV op this cycle and it goes beyond the typical GOP Fail Ops. Take a look at it. It needs improvement, but it's better than most. By the way, this also signals the GOP feels Walker has a very good shot at winning.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 12:17 PM (eacmp)
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Now lets see how Trump responds. I almost envision the Super hero dilemma.

Botton1: Support Walker, his endorsed candidate.

Button2: Tell GA MAGA crowd game is rigged now that Mitch/Kemp is involved.

What to do? What to do?

Posted by: WisRich at November 11, 2022 12:34 PM (G0vdT)

262 103...Never had a squirrel succeed in breaking in.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 11, 2022 12:16 PM (906pl)

The spinning ones are so funny.
We have a farm cat. We don't have a Squirrel problem.

Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 11, 2022 12:34 PM (Rbu5d)

263 Apparently in Nevada, cameras in the ballot counting areas mysteriously shut down.

Weird, that.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2022 12:34 PM (ptqGC)

264 >>>Mitt Romney is pissed that Lee didn't lose. Mitt so wanted to be the Senior Senator of Utah. He's still stuck being the Junior senator.

I cannot stand him. I truly wish I could take my vote back. Backstabbing jagoff.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2022 12:34 PM (VWp7G)

265 We had a strange little upstairs kitchen in Mom and Dad's house, probably for canning, all screened in. Dad would have coffee there before going to the bakery (many times). He had a little squirrel he used to feed off the back porch roof. He also had an owl he admired at zero dark thirty. Guess who won?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 11, 2022 12:34 PM (lz5hY)

266 256 So why aren't you demanding DeSantis campaign to get Walker elected? This is silly. Donald Trump is not in office right now, in part due to McConnell's actions. Yet we are somehow supposed to be impressed that McConnell wants to help Walker during the run off, when he couldn't bother to do that during the campaign.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at November 11, 2022 12:32 PM (5HBd1)
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I agree. I think DeSantis should go to GA.

Posted by: WisRich at November 11, 2022 12:34 PM (G0vdT)

267 Vagene McMuffin is about as tough as a wet taco stuffed between Lizzo's ample ass cheeks.

He smells like one too.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 11, 2022 12:34 PM (R/m4+)

268 36 in OKC? Luxury! 29 out here on the plains in KS with a low in the teens again tonight. My merino wool thermals got here the other day, so I'm good.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at November 11, 2022 12:35 PM (5HBd1)

269 205 111 "Kemp and GOPe wont do jack shit to turnout voters than typical money wasting robocalls, spam emails, campaign flyers, and pointless media ads."

Kemp arguably has the best GOTV op this cycle and it goes beyond the typical GOP Fail Ops. Take a look at it. It needs improvement, but it's better than most. By the way, this also signals the GOP feels Walker has a very good shot at winning.
Posted by: Marcus T
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I disagree and have my reasons which I don't care to disclose. You have to have people on the ground and for that you have to have people willing to crawl over broken glass to work for you. No evidence that Kemp has that going for him or the other GOP executive officials in office around here. Dunno whether Hershel has that fire in the belly or not but the GA GoPer types are not his friend nor particularly successful.

Youngkin or DeSantis did a far better job electorally than Kemp did despite spending about as much as DeSantis to far less effect.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:35 PM (CXr4y)

270 We had a strange little upstairs kitchen in Mom and Dad's house, probably for canning, all screened in. Dad would have coffee there before going to the bakery (many times). He had a little squirrel he used to feed off the back porch roof. He also had an owl he admired at zero dark thirty. Guess who won?
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 11, 2022 12:34 PM (lz5hY)
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An *upstairs* canning kitchen? Odd.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:35 PM (t0OGg)

271 How long till women figure out that these dudes in drag are doing donuts in their front yards?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 11, 2022 12:35 PM (1n+EO)

272 >>> FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard

What are they doing, counting one ballot an hour? Are they hourly?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 11, 2022 12:29 PM (FVME7)

Occam's Razor. The number of uncounted ballots are increasing because they're manufacturing more ballots.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2022 12:35 PM (0fVbu)

273 Evan McMuffin is a douchebag

Posted by: SMOD at November 11, 2022 12:36 PM (RHGPo)

274 June 5, 1944.

https://bit.ly/3G5brSR

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 11, 2022 12:36 PM (FVME7)

275 The elephant is the only animal with four knees

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022

***
I've read that it is also the only animal that cannot jump. True?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 12:36 PM (J2vNu)

276 Biden Apologizes For Leaving His Brain On Barley Mill Road, Speaks Gibberish at Global Climate Conference in Egypt

Posted by: SMOD at November 11, 2022 12:36 PM (RHGPo)

277 239 RIP comedian Gallagher. He's smashing watermelons with the angels now.

Posted by: bonhomme

Unless God is a GIANT watermelon.....

Posted by: JT at November 11, 2022 12:30 PM

I figured God is letting Gallagher smash watermelons as a reward.

You know, the Communist watermelons - green on the outside, red on the inside. (Are avenging angels still allowed?)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 11, 2022 12:36 PM (HlyYF)

278 264 >>>Mitt Romney is pissed that Lee didn't lose. Mitt so wanted to be the Senior Senator of Utah. He's still stuck being the Junior senator.

I cannot stand him. I truly wish I could take my vote back. Backstabbing jagoff.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp
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Wyatt, if it makes you feel better, the Philly Dems probably threw your ballot in the trash anyway so your vote was never consummated. Go forth and sin no more!!!

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:36 PM (CXr4y)

279 Now lets see how Trump responds. I almost envision the Super hero dilemma.

Botton1: Support Walker, his endorsed candidate.

Button2: Tell GA MAGA crowd game is rigged now that Mitch/Kemp is involved.

What to do? What to do?
Posted by: WisRich

Do both.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:37 PM (OvB8Q)

280 >>>How long till women figure out that these dudes in drag are doing donuts in their front yards?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

In their bitchin' Camaro!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2022 12:37 PM (VWp7G)

281 New update on the AZ shit show... its not a couple hundred thousand remaining to be counted... its now grown to... *ahem*

FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 12:25 PM (OLVeZ)
.........

Tomorrow it will be 81 million.

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 12:37 PM (v0R5T)

282 Lunchtime!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 12:37 PM (J2vNu)

283 New update on the AZ shit show... its not a couple hundred thousand remaining to be counted... its now grown to... *ahem*

FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard

What are they doing, counting one ballot an hour? Are they hourly?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 11, 2022 12:29 PM (FVME7)

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It takes time to get all those ballots from Mexico across the border.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 11, 2022 12:37 PM (K3TEc)

284 I cannot stand him. I truly wish I could take my vote back. Backstabbing jagoff.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2022 12:34 PM (VWp7G)

Same.

I signed up to help his stupid campaign too. Know when I got my first message? The Wednesday after the 2012 election. What a fuckin' joke, on him and on me for believing it.

Posted by: Thrawn at November 11, 2022 12:37 PM (Rl7KJ)

285 270 Never figured it out. Corner room,lots of breeze. All screened in.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 11, 2022 12:38 PM (lz5hY)

286 The elephant is the only animal with four knees

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022

***
I've read that it is also the only animal that cannot jump. True?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

White elephants don't jump.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:38 PM (OvB8Q)

287 I agree. I think DeSantis should go to GA.
Posted by: WisRich
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Would especially be a smart play for S. and Mid Georgia visits--not far from Tallahassee at all.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:38 PM (CXr4y)

288 >>>Wyatt, if it makes you feel better, the Philly Dems probably threw your ballot in the trash anyway so your vote was never consummated. Go forth and sin no more!!!
Posted by: whig

I still believe it is the worst city in America. Arguably the most corrupt city in America as well. I always assume my ballot is negated the second I vote.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2022 12:38 PM (VWp7G)

289 I signed up to help his stupid campaign too. Know when I got my first message? The Wednesday after the 2012 election. What a fuckin' joke, on him and on me for believing it.
Posted by: Thrawn
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His campaign consultants building Orca got rich so there is that.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:39 PM (CXr4y)

290 >>>I signed up to help his stupid campaign too. Know when I got my first message? The Wednesday after the 2012 election. What a fuckin' joke, on him and on me for believing it.
Posted by: Thrawn

Wow, that's bad, even for a Romney.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2022 12:39 PM (VWp7G)

291
This wet bikini brunette with extremely generous sideboob won't be sending one thin dime to Evan McMullin or anyone like him:
https://is.gd/AA6lSx
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:30 PM (t0OGg)

So superficial.....and appreciated.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 11, 2022 12:39 PM (BdMk6)

292 We fed almost 60 veterans breakfast at our VFW post this morning. We were told to expect 25-30. Glad we overbought on everything.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 11, 2022 12:32 PM (bVYXr)
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Thank you for doing that, they must have really enjoyed it. I always love your posts about your VFW activities.

Posted by: bluebell at November 11, 2022 12:39 PM (pTb/Z)

293 118...Sometimes the best woman for a job is a man.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 11, 2022 12:17 PM (FVME7)

They should just open the contests to trannies and transies. Just get out over with.

Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 11, 2022 12:39 PM (Rbu5d)

294 Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:35 PM (CXr4y)

I had canvassers for Walker come by my house twice and leave flyers in the month before election day.

Posted by: Tank Abrams at November 11, 2022 12:39 PM (aCgRi)

295 >I've read that it is also the only animal that cannot jump. True?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

that's the only elephant trivia I know

dogs and bees smell fear

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 12:39 PM (geLO8)

296 Off morbidly obese sock.

Posted by: Bert G at November 11, 2022 12:40 PM (aCgRi)

297 Biden Apologizes For Leaving His Brain On Barley Mill Road, Speaks Gibberish at Global Climate Conference in Egypt

Posted by: SMOD at November 11, 2022 12:36 PM (RHGPo)

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"I left my brain ... on Barley Mill Road"

/Apologies to Tony Bennett

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 11, 2022 12:40 PM (K3TEc)

298 Biden at it again, especially at the start, but with wolves supporting him later...

@disclosetv
NOW - Biden says he is determined to make "transformational changes," then a strange sound briefly interrupts his speech at COP27.

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/
1591096222546153477

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 11, 2022 12:40 PM (yikp0)

299 "as for "brother in arms," that's too kind and also too silly, I couldn't even get to the risk-your-life part of military service, because the getting up early and deprivation of comfort parts of it would already be too much for me. But I appreciate the sentiment.

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:27 PM (C1Zwz)"

I was once tdy with another family member in Germany. They had cans of beer in the barracks vending machine. So, there's that.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 12:40 PM (eacmp)

300 I still believe it is the worst city in America. Arguably the most corrupt city in America as well. I always assume my ballot is negated the second I vote.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp
---------------------------------
There you go. Your vote never happened. Now, feel free to open fire on Mittens.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:40 PM (CXr4y)

301 An *upstairs* canning kitchen? Odd.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Not really. Heat rises. And you can when crops come in. Still could be warm out and not wanting to heat up the house.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:40 PM (OvB8Q)

302 184 We are ALL taking it easy today thanks to a veteran.

Thanks Veterans!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 11, 2022 12:23 PM (HlyYF)

^^Seconded! and full support to Ace for also taking a holiday.

Posted by: Iris at November 11, 2022 12:40 PM (foa6+)

303 Off-topic request to the Cobs/Moderators:

I love the gibberish-ization of the troll posts. Could we also do something like that with "work-at-home" spammers? Maybe not gibberish, but ribald satire, mocking the fuck out of them?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2022 12:40 PM (zIfSG)

304 Elephants only jump when they see mice.

The things you learn from cartoons.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 12:40 PM (atmen)

305 >>> 36 in OKC? Luxury! 29 out here on the plains in KS with a low in the teens again tonight. My merino wool thermals got here the other day, so I'm good.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at November 11, 2022 12:35 PM (5HBd1)

75 and completely overcast.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2022 12:41 PM (0fVbu)

306 Hey...remember when people thought Mike Lee was in trouble?

How much money did Mike Lee raise in those couple of weeks that could have gone to GA, AZ, or NH?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 12:41 PM (LvTSG)

307 I've read that it is also the only animal that cannot jump. True?
Posted by: Wolfus

********

Or the huge manatee!!!!!

Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 12:41 PM (kXYt5)

308 294 Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:35 PM (CXr4y)

I had canvassers for Walker come by my house twice and leave flyers in the month before election day.
Posted by: Tank Abrams
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Glad to know. Just curious, was it in the ATL metro or elsewhere in the state.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:41 PM (CXr4y)

309 >>>And then you turned around and tweeted this. You have lied and deceived until the very end.

lol, what a douchebag.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 12:41 PM (yHsuS)

310 ok here's one thing I do know

do not buy a house wherein the living room shall have a vaulted or cathedral ceiling

good luck heating that space

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 12:41 PM (geLO8)

311 (I'm taking it easy today because it's Veterans Day -- I'm not a Veteran, just taking the opportunity to take a half day that better men have secured for me -- and because it was a tough week. Posts today are going to be very quick and superficial.)

=========

So, Star Trek...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 12:41 PM (LvTSG)

312 I'll bet all six of the people who read McMullin's post were taken in by it.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 11, 2022 12:41 PM (S/NWs)

313 Not really. Heat rises. And you can when crops come in. Still could be warm out and not wanting to heat up the house.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:40 PM (OvB8Q)
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Most canning kitchens I've seen - the old ones anyway - are a shack out back. Drag the equipment over and heat the hell out of that place.

In places I've seen with two kitchens (a sparse "canning kitchen" and the real kitchen), the canning kitchen has usually been in the basement. Putting it upstairs would make some sense, I just haven't ever seen it before.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:42 PM (t0OGg)

314 285 270 Never figured it out. Corner room,lots of breeze. All screened in.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 11, 2022 12:38 PM

Any chance it was a "sleeping porch"?

The ones I have seen are typically small, but do have access from the main bedroom or nearby hallway.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 11, 2022 12:42 PM (HlyYF)

315 @disclosetv
NOW - Biden says he is determined to make "transformational changes," then a strange sound briefly interrupts his speech at COP27.

------

He'll double-down on destruction now that he has "a mandate" (expect him to rule by Unconstitutional Executive Order, issuing them as frequently as he sharts -- I mean, who's gonna stop him?) and will run in 2024, whether comatose or dead -- and likely win with over 100 million "votes."

/Only half-joking

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 11, 2022 12:42 PM (K3TEc)

316 Maybe I should Senator for a few months before I start Presidenting.
Posted by: FETTERMAN

Look, you got this far without thinking for yourself. Don't mess things up by starting to think that you do NOW.

-- FETTERMAN'S LUMP

I do the thinking around here

--FETTERMAN'S WIFE

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at November 11, 2022 12:42 PM (8aKLl)

317 Glad to know. Just curious, was it in the ATL metro or elsewhere in the state.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:41 PM

Augusta area.

Posted by: Bert G at November 11, 2022 12:43 PM (aCgRi)

318 ok here's one thing I do know

do not buy a house wherein the living room shall have a vaulted or cathedral ceiling

good luck heating that space

Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 12:41 PM

Or changing those light bulbs. We have recessed lighting so you cant use those bulb changers on a stick thingies.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 11, 2022 12:43 PM (bVYXr)

319 The detective read the headline ELEPHANT SUICIDE FROM 44TH FLOOR OF NAKATOMI TOWER.

"Jumped?"

"or was pushed?"

Posted by: Bourbonchicken at November 11, 2022 12:44 PM (44ww/)

320 I think I may go for a drive over to the Olympic Peninsula this weekend. There's an oyster farm out there that has amazing oysters and clams. You sit outside by the bay and eat and drink and it's chilly and damp and the fire is hot and crackling. You bring blankets for your lap and wear a rain coat and drink prosecco and eat oysters jn the half shell.

It's lovely. Out of range.

Anyone want to join me?
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022

***
Sounds amazing, and I'd love to if I could. (Seriously? Wearing a raincoat to eat --? And what is prosecco?)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 12:44 PM (J2vNu)

321 In places I've seen with two kitchens (a sparse "canning kitchen" and the real kitchen), the canning kitchen has usually been in the basement.

Putting it upstairs would make some sense, I just haven't ever seen it before.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Me either. That was the only justification I could come up with. I agree though, a separate outbuilding would make more sense.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:44 PM (OvB8Q)

322 Now you tell people!!

@NPR · 14h
Wholesale turkeys are 23% more expensive than a year ago — potatoes and cranberries cost more too. Many Americans are bracing for a post-holiday debt hangover as stubborn inflation lingers.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 11, 2022 12:44 PM (yikp0)

323 >>>I still believe it is the worst city in America. Arguably the most corrupt city in America as well. I always assume my ballot is negated the second I vote.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp

>It used to be Chicago, but you could be right.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 11, 2022 12:44 PM (geVLo)

324 I figured canning kitchens were built near where the cans are gonna be stored, because who wants to schlep dozens of cans farther than necessary?

Posted by: Waraiotoko at November 11, 2022 12:44 PM (Ot1yJ)

325 Happy Veteran's Day to all our wonderful Moron Veterans.

Posted by: LASue at November 11, 2022 12:45 PM (Ed8Zd)

326
Gallagher's mort?

Rumor has it that Gallagher went mortadell a long time ago and his TWIN BROTHER has been "Gallagher" since.

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at November 11, 2022 12:45 PM (faR+C)

327 The October Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices came out yesterday and its a doozy.

The Net Percentage of Domestic Banks Reporting Stronger Demand for Mortgage Loans is sinking faster than Joe Biden’s oratory skills as The Fed tightens their monetary belts.

Jumbo mortgages, those that are greater than FHFA’s conforming loan limit, are tanking as well.

And today, the University of Michigan consumer survey for housing buying conditions fell to the lowest level in recorded history.

Posted by: SMOD at November 11, 2022 12:45 PM (RHGPo)

328 Stupid is as stupid does

/Forrest Lump

Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 12:45 PM (kXYt5)

329 We fed almost 60 veterans breakfast at our VFW post this morning. We were told to expect 25-30. Glad we overbought on everything.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 11, 2022 12:32 PM (bVYXr)
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Thank you for doing that, they must have really enjoyed it. I always love your posts about your VFW activities.

Posted by: bluebell at November 11, 2022 12:39 PM (pTb/Z)

The local elementary school had a breakfast and Veteran's day assembly. Cub Scouts did the flag ceremony, and there were songs, poems, and essay contest winner presentations. Then at the end, they had the vets walk by the kids lined up and gave high fives. It was awkward for me, but I got to see a lot of the kids that I coached or played against, so it was kind of cool.

Thank you, veterans and your families for your service and sacrifice.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 12:45 PM (yHsuS)

330 Coming soon to a nation near you...

shevereshtus @shevereshtus · 19h
Iran has voted to execute 15,000 protestors currently under arrest.

An emergency session of the UN Security Council has been called for tomorrow, where they are expected to vote to condemn Shlomo Yitzhak of Maalei Adumim for extending his patio by 3 feet, at the behest of UNHRC.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 11, 2022 12:45 PM (yikp0)

331 Thx. Richmond County has an interesting political history. I would think Walker could get quite a few votes from that area because too many GA pols concentrate on metro ATL.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:45 PM (CXr4y)

332 Trantrnsfromnatal?

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 12:45 PM (v0R5T)

333 Use hot pepper flakes or soak the bird seed in liquid hot peppers. Birds cannot 'taste' it so no effect on them but squirrels hate it. We got tired of fixing bird feeders torn up by tree rats.
Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:13 PM (CXr4y)

Well, it might give the birds the shits, but then, how could you tell?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2022 12:46 PM (zIfSG)

334 RIP to the ultimate voice of Batman. Kevin Conroy. Here's HeelvsBabyface's tribute to him.

https://youtu.be/uC3D2EwoqgA

Posted by: buzzion at November 11, 2022 12:46 PM (aRLgQ)

335 Upside down or rightside up, I see no earthly way to get that whale on a cross.
Posted by: Wally at

Attach her to said cross while cross is laying on the ground. Chinook helo with a hook grabs cross and hoist the bitch in the air. Fly around the state at about 200 ft above ground until it reaches ocean. Cut hook cable and Bombs away bitch!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 11, 2022 12:46 PM (Wy1BU)

336 Ok I see.

Posted by: Floridachick at November 11, 2022 12:46 PM (X8MxD)

337 Difference between McMullin and Miss Lindsey and Eyepatch?

Posted by: Aetius451AD, Doomscroller Emeritus at November 11, 2022 12:46 PM (CwQXo)

338 I agree. I think DeSantis should go to GA.
Posted by: WisRich at November 11, 2022 12:34 PM (G0vdT)

GA does not like outsiders meddling in their affairs. Walker needs help from somewhere inside GA.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 12:46 PM (OLVeZ)

339 Gallagher's Sledge-O-Matic > Chekov's Gun

Posted by: Waraiotoko at November 11, 2022 12:47 PM (Ot1yJ)

340 I figured canning kitchens were built near where the cans are gonna be stored, because who wants to schlep dozens of cans farther than necessary?
Posted by: Waraiotoko at November 11, 2022 12:44 PM (Ot1yJ)
++++
Traditionally they were an outbuilding because you need to your canning when things are fresh, which usually means the weather is hot and you don't want it turning your house into one big oven.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:47 PM (t0OGg)

341 Is Rubio making a play for Senate Leader?

From Rubio's Twitter account:
The Senate GOP leadership vote next week should be postponed

First we need to make sure that those who want to lead us are genuinely committed to fighting for the priorities & values of the working Americans (of every background) who gave us big wins in states like #Florida

https://bit.ly/3hBLzUc

Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 12:47 PM (eyxn4)

342 Anyone want to join me?
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022

I and the little flounders would be down if we were over there. Sounds like fun.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 12:47 PM (yHsuS)

343 Well, there is this-

Elise Stefanik endorses Trump for 2024 presidential run
"I am proud to endorse Donald Trump for president in 2024. It is time for Republicans to unite around the most popular Republican in America who has a proven track record of conservative governance."

https://tinyurl.com/bddt4z3h

Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2022 12:47 PM (NpAcC)

344 Well, it might give the birds the shits, but then, how could you tell?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2022 12:46 PM (zIfSG)
++++
I'll tell you how.

Posted by: Your car's pock-marked lacquer at November 11, 2022 12:48 PM (t0OGg)

345 An *upstairs* canning kitchen? Odd.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
*
Not really. Heat rises. And you can when crops come in. Still could be warm out and not wanting to heat up the house.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022

***
If I ever have a 2-story home in a cold climate, I'll fix up an auxiliary dinette space upstairs and have breakfast there when winter comes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 12:48 PM (J2vNu)

346 Difference between McMullin and Miss Lindsey and Eyepatch?

Posted by: Aetius451AD, Doomscroller Emeritus at November 11, 2022 12:46 PM (CwQXo)

One of these kids can't get elected.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 12:48 PM (yHsuS)

347 his TWIN BROTHER has been "Gallagher" since.
Posted by: Soothsayer

********

Sort of a "Dread Prop Comic Roberts" type thing, eh?

"Sleep well Wesley, I'll most likely kill you in the morning."

Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 12:48 PM (kXYt5)

348 Rubio is going to be the standard bearer of ... whom exactly?

Posted by: Aetius451AD, Doomscroller Emeritus at November 11, 2022 12:48 PM (CwQXo)

349 Well, it might give the birds the shits, but then, how could you tell?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
-------------------
Birds literally cannot process the capsaisin in their digestive system and it passes right on out with no effects. Similar for other plants that birds can eat but mammals cannot.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:48 PM (CXr4y)

350
Best Batman voice was Olan Soule.

He sounded so friendly, yet commanding.

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at November 11, 2022 12:48 PM (faR+C)

351 337 Difference between McMullin and Miss Lindsey and Eyepatch?
Posted by: Aetius451AD, Doomscroller Emeritus at November 11, 2022 12:46 PM (CwQXo)

They hid their true colors until after they got into office.

Posted by: buzzion at November 11, 2022 12:48 PM (aRLgQ)

352 I think it's more likely that it was a sleeping porch. They used to be common on houses.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at November 11, 2022 12:48 PM (5HBd1)

353 Sununu says Graham, Scott cost GOP with abortion, Social Security remarks

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 11, 2022 12:48 PM (pb6ET)

354 Sort of a "Dread Prop Comic Roberts" type thing, eh?

"Sleep well Wesley, I'll most likely kill you in the morning."
Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 12:48 PM (kXYt5)

*non-pun golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD, Doomscroller Emeritus at November 11, 2022 12:48 PM (CwQXo)

355 341 Is Rubio making a play for Senate Leader?

From Rubio's Twitter account:
The Senate GOP leadership vote next week should be postponed

First we need to make sure that those who want to lead us are genuinely committed to fighting for the priorities & values of the working Americans (of every background) who gave us big wins in states like #Florida

https://bit.ly/3hBLzUc
Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 12:47 PM (eyxn4)

========

Rick Scott has been making a pay for it for a year, and he's the other senator from Florida.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 12:48 PM (LvTSG)

356 And what is prosecco?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 12:44 PM (J2vNu)

Hint:
I have three bottles in my den fridge.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 11, 2022 12:49 PM (anj39)

357 341 Is Rubio making a play for Senate Leader?

From Rubio's Twitter account:
The Senate GOP leadership vote next week should be postponed

First we need to make sure that those who want to lead us are genuinely committed to fighting for the priorities & values of the working Americans (of every background) who gave us big wins in states like #Florida

https://bit.ly/3hBLzUc
Posted by: bonhomme
------------------------------------
Mebbe. I think it might be a good call there.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:49 PM (CXr4y)

358 >>> Or changing those light bulbs. We have recessed lighting so you cant use those bulb changers on a stick thingies.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 11, 2022 12:43 PM (bVYXr)

I had a two story living room with recessed lights. What worked, with difficulty, was the stick with a suction cup on the end. As long as you didn't over torque them going in the suction cup could remove them too. But it would take a number of attempts.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2022 12:49 PM (0fVbu)

359 337 Difference between McMullin and Miss Lindsey and Eyepatch?
Posted by: Aetius451AD, Doomscroller Emeritus at November 11, 2022 12:46 PM (CwQXo)

Egg: No follicles
Lindsey: Follicles
Eyepatch: Follicles

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 11, 2022 12:49 PM (PiwSw)

360 Joe Biden Honors Veterans Day by Praising Climate Envoy John Kerry as ‘Literally One of the Most Decorated Men to Fight’

What a load of horseshit and on Veterans Day? Jesus Christ you senile old fuck

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 11, 2022 12:49 PM (dO/0d)

361 I've read that it is also the only animal that cannot jump. True?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

An elephant can jump ... once.

Posted by: elephant knee surgeon at November 11, 2022 12:49 PM (h5TKJ)

362 I think it's more likely that it was a sleeping porch. They used to be common on houses.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at November 11, 2022 12:48 PM (5HBd1)
++++
If you ever want someone to look at you like you're insane, mention a "sleeping porch" to a European.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:49 PM (t0OGg)

363
It Is More Likely That Donald Trump Get Divorced And Remarried In The Next 18 Months Than He Get The Republican '24 Nomination

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at November 11, 2022 12:50 PM (faR+C)

364 Nothing less than a .22 or a shotgun will do the job... Humanely.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 12:15 PM (OLVeZ)

How about a bird feeder with an electrified grid, controlled by a button in the house? See a squirrel, zap a squirrel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2022 12:50 PM (zIfSG)

365 And what is prosecco?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 12:44 PM (J2vNu)
++++
Not technically champagne.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:50 PM (t0OGg)

366 Elephants only jump when they see mice.

The things you learn from cartoons.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 12:40 PM (atmen)
.........

and the albino ones can't dance.

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 12:50 PM (v0R5T)

367 figured canning kitchens were built near where the cans are gonna be stored, because who wants to schlep dozens of cans farther than necessary?
Posted by: Waraiotoko

My grandmother kept empty canning jars in the cellar. The shed built over top of the cellar had the canning kitchen and the smokehouse. Everything processed in the shed wound up being stored in the cellar.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 11, 2022 12:50 PM (Wy1BU)

368 353 Sununu says Graham, Scott cost GOP with abortion, Social Security remarks
Posted by: Maj. Healey
-----------------------
He and his dad can STFU. They have done nothing much for anyone else other than kibitzing.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:50 PM (CXr4y)

369 Best Batman voice was Olan Soule.

He sounded so friendly, yet commanding.
Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at November 11, 2022

***
I remember that actor. When did he play Batman -- the animated Saturday morning "Super Friends" things?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 12:51 PM (J2vNu)

370 Geez, all it had was a little 20" range and a sink, We figured the previous nuts used it for canning because of the screens.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 11, 2022 12:51 PM (lz5hY)

371 >>>It used to be Chicago, but you could be right.
Posted by: Dr. Bone

We're close to Chicago with murders per capita. Hooray us!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2022 12:51 PM (VWp7G)

372 Geez, all it had was a little 20" range and a sink, We figured the previous nuts used it for canning because of the screens.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 11, 2022 12:51 PM (lz5hY)
++++
Sounds like a canning kitchen, yeah.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:51 PM (t0OGg)

373 #341 Didn't PDT appear with Rubio during the election??

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 11, 2022 12:51 PM (yikp0)

374 > I've read that it is also the only animal that cannot jump. True?

I've never seen film of an elephant jumping, to my recollection. I have seen them run though, and they're surprisingly fast. Based on that, I think an elephant might be able to jump if it wanted.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 12:51 PM (eyxn4)

375 350
Best Batman voice was Olan Soule.

He sounded so friendly, yet commanding.
Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at November 11, 2022 12:48 PM (faR+C)

On Voice alone? Michael Keaton... (as I walk out the door)

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 12:52 PM (OLVeZ)

376 1 McConnell just agreed to to fund Kemp's GOTV op to get Walker elected. Mitch will provide the money and Kemp will provide the organization and troops.

IT'S A TRICK !!

Posted by: REDACTED at November 11, 2022 12:52 PM (us2H3)

377
I remember that actor. When did he play Batman -- the animated Saturday morning "Super Friends" things?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Yes.

I was "raised" by the Super Friends cartoon.
Also, Scooby Doo. That's why I am the way I am.

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at November 11, 2022 12:52 PM (faR+C)

378 I laughed and grabbed my phone to look up the old Paul Anka rant Ace made famous and f*ck me, that was 2004 on this blog.

How do I find that rant? I'd love to read it.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 11, 2022 12:52 PM (1Kt+g)

379 Hey what do you know, McMuffin is still an asshole.

Posted by: exdem13 at November 11, 2022 12:52 PM (W+kMI)

380 We're close to Chicago with murders per capita. Hooray us!
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2022 12:51 PM (VWp7G)
++++
Not good enough.

Second place is just the first loser. We'll take the crown the next year and die trying!

Posted by: Larry Krasner at November 11, 2022 12:52 PM (t0OGg)

381 Birds literally cannot process the capsaicin in their digestive system and it passes right on out with no effects. Similar for other plants that birds can eat but mammals cannot.
----------------------
No shit?

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 11, 2022 12:52 PM (yikp0)

382 I've never seen film of an elephant jumping, to my recollection. I have seen them run though, and they're surprisingly fast. Based on that, I think an elephant might be able to jump if it wanted.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 12:51 PM (eyxn4)

For example, if an Otter snuck up behind one...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 11, 2022 12:53 PM (PiwSw)

383 Can Stacy Abrams jump?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 12:53 PM (atmen)

384 I can personally vouch for Evan as a man of integrity and manners, just what we conservatives need at this important time.

Posted by: Andrew McCarthy at November 11, 2022 12:53 PM (SHORd)

385 "From Rubio's Twitter account:
The Senate GOP leadership vote next week should be postponed"
Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 12:47 PM (eyxn4)

It should be postponed until all the Senators have a say. It was pathetic for McConnell to call for a leadership vote when there are undecided races.
McConnell, f'n weasel. *spit*

Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 12:53 PM (qH6FZ)

386 Geez, all it had was a little 20" range

Those gas f*ers are expensive! $600.00 easy.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 12:53 PM (OvB8Q)

387 Trump on the attack against Youngkin now. Says he sounds Chinese. OoofDa

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 11, 2022 12:53 PM (pb6ET)

388 >>>1 Is Rubio making a play for Senate Leader?

From Rubio's Twitter account:
The Senate GOP leadership vote next week should be postponed

First we need to make sure that those who want to lead us are genuinely committed to fighting for the priorities & values of the working Americans (of every background) who gave us big wins in states like #Florida

https://bit.ly/3hBLzUc
Posted by: bonhomme

shhh, next thread

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:53 PM (C1Zwz)

389 Good post, Ace. Breaks the heat some, or until our 2nd wind.
Heh.
-------------------
@63. Wow, sounds lovely. Enjoy.

And, cheers to your young Marine!

Posted by: Lola at November 11, 2022 12:54 PM (NIYa7)

390 It should be postponed until all the Senators have a say. It was pathetic for McConnell to call for a leadership vote when there are undecided races.
McConnell, f'n weasel. *spit*
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 12:53 PM (qH6FZ)

Except for a possible win in GA I think it's pretty much set

Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 12:54 PM (bs+z0)

391 GA does not like outsiders meddling in their affairs. Walker needs help from somewhere inside GA.

Serious?

Ron DeSantis is a freaking Rock Star, not just for the GOP but anyone who appreciates constitutional values and leadership. If it's true that Georgians don't want "outsiders" to promote votes for a GA candidates, GOP is even stupider than I thought.

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 12:54 PM (dCxaZ)

392 Geez, all it had was a little 20" range and a sink, We figured the previous nuts used it for canning because of the screens.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 11, 2022 12:51 PM (lz5hY)
++++
Uhhh, having a range of 20 inches is not, how you say, "little."

Posted by: The Paolo at November 11, 2022 12:54 PM (t0OGg)

393 I remember that actor. When did he play Batman -- the animated Saturday morning "Super Friends" things?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Yes.

I was "raised" by the Super Friends cartoon.
Also, Scooby Doo. That's why I am the way I am.

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at November 11, 2022 12:52 PM (faR+C)

Luxury. I was raised by fear of strangers behind a locked door and bologna sandwiches, and not the high dollar Oscar Meyer bologna, either.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 12:54 PM (yHsuS)

394 I've read that it is also the only animal that cannot jump. True?

I've never seen film of an elephant jumping, to my recollection. I have seen them run though, and they're surprisingly fast. Based on that, I think an elephant might be able to jump if it wanted.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022

***
They are fast -- they can outrun a man on level ground. But generally, I think, the animals that can jump have the rear legs longer or larger somehow than the front; see cats, humans, and dogs. The elephant has 4 very similar tree-trunk legs. Maybe that has something to do with it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 12:54 PM (J2vNu)

395 Do baby elephants hop??

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 11, 2022 12:54 PM (yikp0)

396 I still believe it is the worst city in America. Arguably the most corrupt city in America as well. I always assume my ballot is negated the second I vote.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2022 12:38 PM (VWp7G)

You've apparently never been to Chicago.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 11, 2022 12:55 PM (1Kt+g)

397 348 Rubio is going to be the standard bearer of ... whom exactly?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
----------------
For whom mebbe. Rubio may not want the job for himself but given his comfortable win may be viewing the long game now. Such as another run for prezzie that can't happen if Turtle remains. Same for other senators with high hopes--Turtle is becoming a drag and probably an embarrassment for them.

McConnell's style of leadership is simply awful and is becoming a drag on the ticket. With a bunch of his cronies bowing out these last two cycles, I think any debts owed to McConnell are getting outweighed by the cost of him as leader for individual senators.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:55 PM (CXr4y)

398 McConnell just agreed to to fund Kemp's GOTV op to get Walker elected. Mitch will provide the money and Kemp will provide the organization and troops.

IT'S A TRICK !!
Posted by: REDACTED

Does this buy Walker off from supporting an opposing majority leader?

Posted by: Oedipus at November 11, 2022 12:55 PM (diCyK)

399 shhh, next thread

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:53 PM (C1Zwz)

lol

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 12:55 PM (yHsuS)

400 How do I find that rant? I'd love to read it.

It's on the sidebar, and yes it is legit funny

Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 12:55 PM (dCxaZ)

401 Hey, Wyatt, I bet you're waiting for the pardonlalooza! You know who.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 11, 2022 12:55 PM (lz5hY)

402 388 shhh, next thread
Posted by: ace at November 11, 2022 12:53 PM (C1Zwz)

=========

*considers mentioning Prometheus*

*thinks better of mentioning Prometheus and does not mention Prometheus*

*does own part to keep thread Prometheus free*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 12:55 PM (LvTSG)

403
Sounds more like Rubio is vying to be Whip, the second-in-command.

No way he'd challenge mitch the gimp.

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at November 11, 2022 12:55 PM (faR+C)

404 Except for a possible win in GA I think it's pretty much set
Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 12:54 PM (bs+z0)

That's what I mean, GA should have a say if Walker wins.

Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 12:56 PM (qH6FZ)

405 @NewsWire_US · 2h
BIDEN ADMIN STOPS TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS - CNBC

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 11, 2022 12:56 PM (yikp0)

406 Enough politics for at least one day.

For all of you who have served and are serving, my grateful thanks from a VERY proud vet.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 11, 2022 12:56 PM (KATBx)

407 There's the next question. Are elephants really terrified of mice? I suppose they would fear the little buggers getting up their trunk, huh? Is that true?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 12:56 PM (J2vNu)

408 Ron DeSantis is a freaking Rock Star, not just for the GOP but anyone who appreciates constitutional values and leadership. If it's true that Georgians don't want "outsiders" to promote votes for a GA candidates, GOP is even stupider than I thought.
Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 12:54 PM (dCxaZ)

-------------

One step above PA

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at November 11, 2022 12:56 PM (cMXNt)

409
(Seriously? Wearing a raincoat to eat --? And what is prosecco?)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Eat and then go to the Gallagher show.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 11, 2022 12:57 PM (63Dwl)

410 Serious?

Ron DeSantis is a freaking Rock Star, not just for the GOP but anyone who appreciates constitutional values and leadership. If it's true that Georgians don't want "outsiders" to promote votes for a GA candidates, GOP is even stupider than I thought.
Posted by: kallisto
------------------------
DeSantis is not going to hurt Walker but could benefit him as DeSantis can go schmooze with the corporate set along with Walker for fundraisers in the Metro area and is viewed favorable by neglected S. Georgia which is closer to Tallahassee than Atlanta. Plus, UGA whipped Florida like a dog so no resentment there.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:57 PM (CXr4y)

411
Trump is still the "star" of his own Reality TV Show in his head, and he thinks this is still 2015.

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at November 11, 2022 12:57 PM (faR+C)

412 Do baby elephants hop??
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 11, 2022 12:54 PM (yikp0)
........

Until they're teens, then they twerk.

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2022 12:57 PM (v0R5T)

413 For all of you who have served and are serving, my grateful thanks from a VERY proud vet.
Posted by: irongrampa at November 11, 2022 12:56 PM (KATBx)

Seconded.. My Husband is a vet

Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 12:57 PM (bs+z0)

414 1 McConnell just agreed to to fund Kemp's GOTV op to get Walker elected. Mitch will provide the money and Kemp will provide the organization and troops.

Irrespective of my loathing for Mitch, this is how you win. You don't win by being a divisive man-baby more concerned with your fragile ego and throwing pejoratives at your own troops during battle. You do what needs to be done to win the battle.
========
I would agree with everything you said, if McConnell had been even 50% supporting of the MAGA push in the primaries and the general election this year. But no, he's a self-centered Uniparty man who offers help after the electoral battle, no doubt at a great price. With friends like him, who needs Democrats?

Posted by: exdem13 at November 11, 2022 12:57 PM (W+kMI)

415 What's that brown stuff between elephant's toes?

Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022 12:57 PM (AwYPR)

416 Enough politics for at least one day.

For all of you who have served and are serving, my grateful thanks from a VERY proud vet.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 11, 2022 12:56 PM (KATBx)

And thank you. Enjoy the weekend.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 12:57 PM (yHsuS)

417 When did King Harv become Mr. Clean?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 11, 2022 12:58 PM (7Q7Ca)

418 415 What's that brown stuff between elephant's toes?
Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022 12:57 PM (AwYPR)

Peanut butter.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 11, 2022 12:58 PM (PiwSw)

419 Sounds more like Rubio is vying to be Whip, the second-in-command.

No way he'd challenge mitch the gimp.
Posted by: Soothsayer
------------------------
IF a pause happens, McConnell does not have the votes probably to stay leader because a majority of the caucus, I think, has to agree to the pause. If no pause, then McConnell probably has the votes.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:58 PM (CXr4y)

420 Do baby elephants hop??
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 11, 2022

***
Well, they certainly do walk!

Posted by: Henry Mancini at November 11, 2022 12:59 PM (J2vNu)

421 @NewsWire_US · 2h
BIDEN ADMIN STOPS TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS - CNBC

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 11, 2022 12:56 PM (yikp0)

lolgf, suckers.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 12:59 PM (yHsuS)

422 BIDEN ADMIN STOPS TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS - CNBC
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 11, 2022 12:56 PM (yikp0)

You fucked up, you trusted us.

Posted by: Democrats at November 11, 2022 12:59 PM (v0R5T)

423 What's that brown stuff between elephant's toes?
Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022
*
Peanut butter.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 11, 2022

***
Slow running natives

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 12:59 PM (J2vNu)

424 I would agree with everything you said, if McConnell had been even 50% supporting of the MAGA push in the primaries and the general election this year. But no, he's a self-centered Uniparty man who offers help after the electoral battle, no doubt at a great price. With friends like him, who needs Democrats? Posted by: exdem13
------------------------
Agreed. Time for GOP senators to take out the trash as leader.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:59 PM (CXr4y)

425 EVERY conservative in America who can help Walker this next month should camp out in GA ( Leave Trump out of this for a sec ) and someone should actually spend money to dig up the dead bodies on warnock, because we know they exist

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 11, 2022 01:00 PM (dO/0d)

426 Last night I saw an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas, I’ll never know.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 01:00 PM (atmen)

427 422 BIDEN ADMIN STOPS TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS - CNBC
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 11, 2022 12:56 PM (yikp0)

You fucked up, you trusted us.
Posted by: Democrats at November 11, 2022 12:59 PM (v0R5T)

========

Well, there was the circuit court order that stopped it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:00 PM (LvTSG)

428 420 Do baby elephants hop??
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 11, 2022

***
Well, they certainly do walk!
Posted by: Henry Mancini at November 11, 2022 12:59 PM (J2vNu)

And talk!

Posted by: Robert Fripp at November 11, 2022 01:00 PM (PiwSw)

429 For all of you who have served and are serving, my grateful thanks from a VERY proud vet.
Posted by: irongrampa
___

Back atcha, IG.

Can't say that I'm proud, after all, I joined since I was too stupid to do anything else.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 11, 2022 01:00 PM (zxstO)

430 What's that brown stuff between elephant's toes?
Posted by: BignJames

Slow people.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 01:00 PM (OvB8Q)

431 Do baby elephants hop??
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 11, 2022 12:54 PM (yikp0)

Interest them in Asian cooling and you can get baby elephants to wok.

Wok.

Baby elephant. Wok.

Is this thing on?

Posted by: spindrift at November 11, 2022 01:00 PM (h5TKJ)

432 McNothin lecturing?

That's like listening to Paul Krugman for economic advice.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 11, 2022 01:00 PM (r9WNo)

433 Why is it dangerous to go into the jungle between 2 and 4 in the afternoon?

Because that's when elephants are jumping out of trees.

Why are pygmies so short?

They went into the jungle between 2 and 4 in the afternoon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 01:00 PM (J2vNu)

434 Or cooking, even.

Posted by: spindrift at November 11, 2022 01:00 PM (h5TKJ)

435 Anyone else hear that, while the AZ boots counters are slow- walking the count they're still going out and bringing in drop boxes? Effectively counting votes that were cast up until today?

Posted by: 29Victor at November 11, 2022 01:01 PM (BJKQV)

436
Did he ever pay the guys who supplied the party tent and stage for his 2020 campaign?
Posted by: Ted Torgerson DeSantis/Lake 2024

You'd have to be fucking nuts to give any political campaign Net 30 terms. Cashier's check on delivery, MAYBE credit card on delivery after a medium-long term history of paying COD without problems.

Company check? Fuck you.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 11, 2022 01:01 PM (n+4am)

437
Has it occurred to you that the Democrats WANT to run on Student Loans in '24??

They want it to be stopped by "the Republicans" and a "Texas judge," mayhaps?

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at November 11, 2022 01:01 PM (faR+C)

438 Can't say that I'm proud, after all, I joined since I was too stupid to do anything else.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 11, 2022 01:00 PM (zxstO)

Be proud of what you have done. I am.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 01:01 PM (yHsuS)

439
If you ever want someone to look at you like you're insane, mention a "sleeping porch" to a European.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 12:49 PM (t0OGg

I loved sleeping in my grandparents' sleeping porch.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 11, 2022 01:01 PM (BdMk6)

440
Ron DeSantis is a freaking Rock Star...
Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 12:54 PM (dCxaZ)

In Florida... every where else its cause Never Trumpers want someone else but Trump. They haven't stopped to realize that he is Pro-Trump... but I wouldn't expect any less from the GOPe that is always looking for someone else to win it for them.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:01 PM (OLVeZ)

441 414 1 McConnell just agreed to to fund Kemp's GOTV op to get Walker elected. Mitch will provide the money and Kemp will provide the organization and troops.

Irrespective of my loathing for Mitch, this is how you win. You don't win by being a divisive man-baby more concerned with your fragile ego and throwing pejoratives at your own troops during battle. You do what needs to be done to win the battle.
========
I would agree with everything you said, if McConnell had been even 50% supporting of the MAGA push in the primaries and the general election this year. But no, he's a self-centered Uniparty man who offers help after the electoral battle, no doubt at a great price. With friends like him, who needs Democrats?
Posted by: exdem13 at November 11, 2022 12:57 PM (W+kMI)

Ah so Walker has agreed to support McConnell for Senate Majority Leader then.

Posted by: buzzion at November 11, 2022 01:01 PM (aRLgQ)

442 Interest them in Asian cooling and you can get baby elephants to wok.

Wok.

Baby elephant. Wok.

Is this thing on?
Posted by: spindrift at November 11, 2022

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How could you describe an Asian cooking implement found in a wood in Germany?

A Wok in the Black Forest

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 01:01 PM (J2vNu)

443 385 "From Rubio's Twitter account:
The Senate GOP leadership vote next week should be postponed"
Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2022 12:47 PM (eyxn4)

It should be postponed until all the Senators have a say. It was pathetic for McConnell to call for a leadership vote when there are undecided races.
McConnell, f'n weasel. *spit*
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I heard that. McConnell has no other ambition now but to retain his personal power until he dies, even with the Republic in existential peril. Now I understand why the mob acclaimed Caesar.

Posted by: exdem13 at November 11, 2022 01:02 PM (W+kMI)

444 nood

Posted by: Kindltot at November 11, 2022 01:02 PM (xhaym)

445 Nood flaming skull.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 01:02 PM (yHsuS)

446
Re: GA

This is a Really Bad Time for Trump to start shooting off his mouth, taking focus off GA.

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at November 11, 2022 01:02 PM (faR+C)

447 If McConnell were ousted as leader, he'd quit his seat right there like a little bitch.

But doesn't KY have a new thing where the Governor is required to fill the seat with an appointment of the prior occupant's party? (Or am I imagining that shit?)

Posted by: Oedipus at November 11, 2022 01:02 PM (diCyK)

448 You fucked up, you trusted us.
Posted by: Democrats at November 11, 2022 12:59 PM (v0R5T)

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Well, there was the circuit court order that stopped it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 01:00 PM (LvTSG)

I don't think the Dems are going to fight this one too hard... Campaign on it for two years... you bet. Fight it all the way to the Supreme... heh.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 01:03 PM (OLVeZ)

449 Ace and Cliny Eastwood starred in Sergio Leone's "The Quick and the Superficial ".

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 11, 2022 01:03 PM (gZ1zc)

450 Why do elephants wear green baseball caps?

So they can tiptoe across pool tables without being seen!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 01:03 PM (J2vNu)

451
And talk!
Posted by: Robert Fripp

Fuck you, Bob. That was my idea.

Posted by: Adrian Belew at November 11, 2022 01:03 PM (n+4am)

452 Isn’t the Black Forest where they make cuckoo woks?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 01:03 PM (atmen)

453 Slow people.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 01:00 PM (OvB8Q)
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People who fucked with an elephant. Elephants are smart and don't like being teased.

I saw a video from somewhere (Indonesia, I think) where they were using elephants to help with construction. A construction worker was eating a candy bar and the elephant wanted some of it (they love sugar). The construction worker, knowing he was out of range of the chained elephant, offered it some and then snatched it away. This went on several times. The elephant very slowly backed up a little bit each time to pull the guy into range. Then he knocked the guy a good a distance sideways with his trunk, making him drop the candy. The elephant got some candy and the guy got some broken bones.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 01:04 PM (t0OGg)

454 35 Anyone else hear that, while the AZ boots counters are slow- walking the count they're still going out and bringing in drop boxes? Effectively counting votes that were cast up until today?
Posted by: 29Victor at November 11, 2022 01:01 PM (BJKQV)

So, in other words, they're ballot harvesting.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 11, 2022 01:04 PM (BdMk6)

455 It should be postponed until all the Senators have a say. It was pathetic for McConnell to call for a leadership vote when there are undecided races.
McConnell, f'n weasel. *spit*
Posted by: lowandslow
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McConnell's main strength is he doesn't give one thin shit what others think about him. That is also his downside as he is loyal to a shrinking group of cronies but not to newer senators.

This is also because Mitch wants the votes of retiring friends of Mitch to vote rather than recuse themselves. Portman, Toomey, etc.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:04 PM (CXr4y)

456 447 If McConnell were ousted as leader, he'd quit his seat right there like a little bitch.

But doesn't KY have a new thing where the Governor is required to fill the seat with an appointment of the prior occupant's party? (Or am I imagining that shit?)
Posted by: Oedipus
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Yep. Beshears (sp) has to appoint someone off of a GOP provided list. Twould be hilarious if they put Bevan on that list and Beshears appointed him--Mitch would have a stroke.

Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 01:05 PM (CXr4y)

457 Yeah Senatuh. Mitch McConnell needs an alignment.

Posted by: Willie Cicci at November 11, 2022 01:06 PM (Qzn2/)

458 441 414
I would agree with everything you said, if McConnell had been even 50% supporting of the MAGA push in the primaries and the general election this year. But no, he's a self-centered Uniparty man who offers help after the electoral battle, no doubt at a great price. With friends like him, who needs Democrats?
Posted by: exdem13 at November 11, 2022 12:57 PM (W+kMI)

Ah so Walker has agreed to support McConnell for Senate Majority Leader then.
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Wouldn't surprise me if that was the agreed-upon price for winning the Senate seat. The process of corruption begins even before the oath is administered.

Posted by: exdem13 at November 11, 2022 01:07 PM (W+kMI)

459 Birds literally cannot process the capsaisin in their digestive system and it passes right on out with no effects. Similar for other plants that birds can eat but mammals cannot.
Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 12:48 PM (CXr4y)

My point there was that birds shit all the time, anyway.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2022 01:09 PM (zIfSG)

460 Where are we on the diesel stock and the railroad strike?

Posted by: Brunnhilde at November 11, 2022 01:10 PM (aW5/6)

461 Talk about your ironies of ironies - the 2022 mid-terms has both Mitch and McCarthy in hot water.

So, GOP wins house, wins the Senate (possibly) AND we get rid of these two grifters? Who's better than us, huh?

Posted by: Boswell at November 11, 2022 01:17 PM (+Cgut)

462 Anyone else hear that, while the AZ boots counters are slow- walking the count they're still going out and bringing in drop boxes? Effectively counting votes that were cast up until today?
Posted by: 29Victor at November 11, 2022 01:01 PM (BJKQV)

Kari supposedly has her people watching the boxes. I'd imagine that means that new boxes or ballots will not be counted.

Posted by: McConnell's Turtle Mom at November 11, 2022 01:48 PM (eoQWY)

463 Talk about your ironies of ironies - the 2022 mid-terms has both Mitch and McCarthy in hot water.

So, GOP wins house, wins the Senate (possibly) AND we get rid of these two grifters? Who's better than us, huh?
Posted by: Boswell at November 11, 2022 01:17 PM (+Cgut)

Well that is the genius of Trump - he makes his enemies out themselves, go to far, and destroy themselves without him even doing very much.

Posted by: McConnell's Turtle Mom at November 11, 2022 01:49 PM (eoQWY)

464 How many people is he going to shaft this time on their invoices while he accepted donations knowing full well he screwed people over on what he owed them the last time?

Posted by: EllaMentary at November 11, 2022 02:25 PM (iFPST)

465 We veterans accept your thankful nature AoS, but your snark is a soldier's food! Serving people who understand this fruited plane is the most special place on earth is our highest honor.

Posted by: Danimal28 at November 11, 2022 03:34 PM (klw0w)

466 Fetterman for Prison 50 years do I have a 2nd Vote?

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