20th Anniversary Repost: Tom Friedman

Originally published Nov. 18, 2015. The joke here -- which I think might have been inspired by a commenter's mention of it -- is that Tom Friedman only says two things in his columns.

1, that the world is interconnected and that there are zero downsides to every culture being leveled and made into corporate consumerist carbon copies, and 2, that every time he gets into a cab in a foreign country, the cabbie has some insight that points out just how right Tom Friedman is that the world is interconnected and that there's zero downside to corporate anti-cultural leveling.

Every single one can't stop themselves from telling Tom Friedman that the two things he thinks are 100% RIGHT.

If Klaus Schwabb had a Tinkerbell, it would be Tom Friedman.

Oh, and the other thing he writes about are glowing paeans to his Communist Chinese heroes, who he thinks are doing a great job of stripping people of their liberty and individuality to make them into perfect soulless production/consumption machines.

But I didn't write about that one here. Just the first two things.

A Conversation With a Cabbie and What It Tells Us About The Next Several Minutes of My Life

by Tom Friedman
Special Guest Columnist for Ace of Spades HQ

I was talking to my cabbie in Cairo, making idle chit-chat as we threaded our way through a colorful and boisterous bazaar, what the locals call a souk, when I pointed out how the world is becoming more interconnected every second.

Then, he stabbed me.

As the blade slipped between my ribs, it occurred to me the rubber of the knife's handle was made in Brazil, and the steel crafted in Japan. Much like the gaudy wares on display at the souk outside the red-flecked windows, my backseat butchering was a glorious melange of the intersection of ideas at the great crossroads of the world.

As my cabbie continued to stab at my torso, I pondered that this moment was made possible by what I call "the pollenization of possibility."

Consider: It required the melding of three cultures, Brazilian, Japanese, and Egyptian, to produce the perforation in my Minnesota-made kidney. It was as if the grand viziers of thought and the great moguls of trade had conspired for years to come together into the red-tipped point of my itinerant assassin's dagger.

You can see this everywhere in the world, in "American" cars with parts made in Japan and largely assembled in Mexico, or in the latest "killer" app, conceived in Silicon Valley but coded in Seoul.

The pace of cross-pollenization and adaptation is unstoppable and ever-increasing, much like the crazed murder-tempo of my assailant's unexpected blood-frenzy.

I hold up my hands in defense, like those "left behind" in the New Economy, trying to protect themselves from the incoming sharp edge of disruptive change. Though, in my case, I was actually trying to protect myself from the incoming the sharp edge of stabbing.

But, just as ideas from far-away cultures penetrate our society, the blade cuts into me like a viral meme, or perhaps a catchy Bollywood song.

But one of those songs that plunges deeply into the meat of your palm and severs the nerves to your fingers.

I cry out to passers-by for help, but just like those left behind by globalization, they are heedless of the changes happening all around them.

Finally, I catch their attention. Then they begin stabbing me too.

As the crowd gathers around me with knives and antiquated farm implements, some scratch-made, some from the nuevas factorias of Veracruz, it strikes to me that I am witnessing what I call the "sudden inevitable."

In my book The Sudden Inevitable, I trace how events that overtake us have percolated in the collective unconscious for decades, even centuries.

This guy just cut off my foot with a shovel.

Ideas are pregnant in the ether before any human speaks them aloud, much like the idea of stabbing me to death has long percolated (I suspect) in the collective mind of my closest confreres.

And thus, as I lie wet and wriggling upon the ground, this conclave of multicultural avatars pulling off my pants and leaving me naked to the waist for God knows what reason, I think about the quickening pulse of international concourse, and how it matches my own quickening pulse, as my heartbeat becomes fast, weak, and thready due to rapid exsanguination. Something of the world has been lost, and it will not be returning any time soon.

Rather like my foot, which I see now has been placed upon a table in the souk and is now being offered for sale at the price of one pound, sixty piastres. I'm rather proud that the foot of a simple man from the farms of Minnesota should command such a lofty price in this place, this chattering beehive of a bazaar where the locals come to haggle over bolts of cotton and baskets of taro, and where Westerners come to be butchered and stripped down for their organs.

And their foot.

I cannot speak any longer. My microrecorder (made in the Netherlands) is almost full. Oh bugger, they just took that too

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:30 PM

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1 Ace -- Satan Pit, please.

Posted by: A Concerned Citizen at December 28, 2023 06:30 PM (zcPgo)

2 Leading Report @LeadingReport 3h
BREAKING: Argentina President Javier Milei to ban government benefits from being labeled “free” when paid for by taxpayers’ contributions.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 06:30 PM (2yu8s)

3 Also, first.

Posted by: A Concerned Citizen at December 28, 2023 06:31 PM (zcPgo)

4 First time being first, in fact.

Posted by: A Concerned Citizen at December 28, 2023 06:31 PM (zcPgo)

5 Insider Corner @insiderscorner 1h
HAPPENING NOW
Pro-Palestine demonstrators CLOSE entrance to World Trade Center building in NYC.

Following a gathering at Zuccotti Park, hundreds marched during the 'Flood NYC for Palestine' emergency protest.

http://tinyurl.com/39avft2r
1:21 minutes

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 06:31 PM (2yu8s)

6 Bernie Sanders @SenSanders 7h
I have tested positive for Covid. My symptoms are minimal and I will continue to work from home in Vermont while isolating in accordance with CDC guidance. I am glad to be fully up to date with the vaccine.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 06:32 PM (2yu8s)

7 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 28, 2023 06:32 PM (Wnv9h)

8 Friedman blows homeless rickshaw drivers.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 28, 2023 06:32 PM (SqeHx)

9 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 2h
JUST IN - A judge has approved new Georgia congressional and state legislative districts likely to retain Republican majorities. - AP

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 06:33 PM (2yu8s)

10 I remember this one like it was yesterday.

*sniff*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 28, 2023 06:35 PM (eaI2m)

11 Another Classic from the Vault.

Posted by: garrett at December 28, 2023 06:35 PM (FtL2R)

12 Now this is definately one of the funniest Ace posts.

Also, news is leaking out that Mayim Bialik was fired from Jeopardy for being too political, too Jewish, and being anti-vax.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 28, 2023 06:35 PM (XV/Pl)

13 Tom Friedman is one of the original Thought Leaders.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 28, 2023 06:36 PM (eaI2m)

14 >>>1 Ace -- Satan Pit, please.

what is "Satan pit"?

Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 06:36 PM (KRtlO)

15 Meeeeeemmmmmmooorrrrrieeeeeesssss cross the corners of my mind. Misty watercolored mmmeeeeeeeeemmmmrreeeeeeeeeesss. Of the way we werrrrrrrrrrrrrre.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 28, 2023 06:37 PM (as3uC)

16 For those of you younger folks who may be new here and not know who Thomas Friedman is, his astrological star sign is Insufferable Twat.

Posted by: Azathoth at December 28, 2023 06:37 PM (wb1YC)

17 EXCLUSIVE! Friedman’s House: A Voice From The Inside
1/16/09
A long-time MNFTIU reader writes to say he/she once worked a cocktail party at Thomas Friedman’s house.

Take it away:
========
Includes Ukraine reference!
http://tinyurl.com/msmsxt7r

Friedman's house:
http://tinyurl.com/yck3ww7e

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 06:38 PM (2yu8s)

18 This is my favorite.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 28, 2023 06:38 PM (x42Y3)

19 JUNE 8, 2011 · 8:26 AM
This is the NYT’s Thomas Friedman’s house – why would you listen to him?

12,000 square feet (plus garages for his SUVs) 7.6 acres, and today he lectures the word on conspicuous consumption. Friedman, like his boss Sulzberger and every communist I have studied or, as in Pinch’s case, known, advocates crushing little people while they themselves are secure in the knowledge that their own wealth won’t be touched. Do go up and visit Pinch’s estate in Stamford/Greenwich. You’ll be reassured, knowing that he and Tom have plenty of land on which to land their private jets after jetting off to global warming conferences in Bali.

http://tinyurl.com/4jx9xpz8

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 06:39 PM (2yu8s)

20 I knew a cabbie. He picked up a fare on New Year's Eve and when the 17 year old started acting vatos locos he kicked him out of his cab. The kid shot my cabbie acquaintance dead. Tried as a juvenile in Commiefornia, he was out in 5 years.

Posted by: torabora at December 28, 2023 06:39 PM (OUiUM)

21 You can't land a Jet on 7.6 acres.

Posted by: garrett at December 28, 2023 06:40 PM (FtL2R)

22 I liked this one because I got fed up with Friedman back in the 90's.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 28, 2023 06:40 PM (xcxpd)

23 See you in 30 minutes!

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 06:40 PM (2yu8s)

24 my Minnesota-made kidney
________________

I say again: Minnesota is giving California more than a run for its money in turning out useless twats.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 28, 2023 06:42 PM (rKWLQ)

25 Tom Friedman is a jew.

Posted by: Johnnie at December 28, 2023 06:42 PM (kHJ4U)

26 Listen China they get it, and flyover country they do not.

//Friedman, TOM Friedman.

Posted by: sven at December 28, 2023 06:42 PM (X0I7i)

27 The non-stupid version of Tom can be found in the TV series 'Connections' or the old cartoon version of 'I, Pencil'

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 28, 2023 06:42 PM (xcxpd)

28 everything about the post is comical, including the pic

Posted by: kallisto at December 28, 2023 06:43 PM (UQjPz)

29 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 2h
JUST IN - A judge has approved new Georgia congressional and state legislative districts likely to retain Republican majorities. - AP
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s)
****
And it won't make a tinkers damn worth of difference.

Posted by: torabora at December 28, 2023 06:43 PM (OUiUM)

30 Stupid answers to dumb questions don’t count if they’re asked by a democrat plant.

Posted by: Nikki Haley you must vote for me at December 28, 2023 06:43 PM (9X60i)

31 Hard to tell Friedman from parody about Friedman.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 28, 2023 06:43 PM (RIvkX)

32 Wonderfully cruel

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 28, 2023 06:43 PM (x42Y3)

33 Then number of times I’ve talked to a taxi driver is in single digits most likely. And I’ve taken hundreds of taxi rides.

Posted by: Montec at December 28, 2023 06:43 PM (BI8w/)

34 I like "The Sudden Inevitable"

That's made-up, but it sounds so Friedman-ish.

Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 06:44 PM (KRtlO)

35 welp I've been posting at least ten years because I remember Kaboom. This THom Friedman essay is another classic.

"...where Westerners come to be butchered and stripped down for their organs.

And their foot."

subtle allegory that stands up to all scrutiny

Posted by: DanMan at December 28, 2023 06:44 PM (8uzBS)

36 @15

>> Of the way we werrrrrrrrrrrrrre.

I have seen both Barbara Streisand and Cher in concert, and...

I enjoyed both shows.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 28, 2023 06:45 PM (XV/Pl)

37 The non-stupid version of Tom can be found in the TV series 'Connections' or the old cartoon version of 'I, Pencil'
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 28, 2023 06:42 PM (xcxpd)
---
"Connections" with James Burke is one of the best "edutainment" programs ever shown on television. Well worth it!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 28, 2023 06:45 PM (BpYfr)

38 >>>3 Then number of times I’ve talked to a taxi driver is in single digits most likely. And I’ve taken hundreds of taxi rides.

I spoke to one the night of the Islamist massacre at the concert in Paris. He realized I was a writer because I was talking with other people in the cab.

He told me that the *real* story was the one no one was talking about: Why they did it.

He meant: Their justification for killing 200 people at a concert Because that was the real story I should be writing about.

I'm not as thrilled about the "interconnectedness" of the world as Friedman is.

Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 06:46 PM (KRtlO)

39 These are great.

But Friday better bring the Kaboom post or I am canceling my platinum life time subscription.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 28, 2023 06:46 PM (HGv+E)

40 36 Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 28, 2023 06:45 PM (XV/Pl)

acid does that to people....

Posted by: sven at December 28, 2023 06:46 PM (X0I7i)

41 Satan pit isjust made up.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 28, 2023 06:47 PM (as3uC)

42 39 Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 28, 2023 06:46 PM (HGv+E)

The Kaboom chronicles were earlier today....

you cannot escape your ovaltine.

Posted by: sven at December 28, 2023 06:47 PM (X0I7i)

43 .>>But Friday better bring the Kaboom post or I am canceling my platinum life time subscription.

sorry I posted that earlier today because today is the actual anniversary day. I was going to save Kaboom for tomorrow, but thought I should post it on the actual anniversary day.

Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 06:47 PM (KRtlO)

44
Aye, The World is Flat. (The B.A. degree in Mediterranean studies has taken him far.)

You're the visionary.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only need to outrun us - for now at December 28, 2023 06:47 PM (GshMh)

45 This is good. Best of Ace of Spades, holiday edition

Posted by: Ex GOP at December 28, 2023 06:47 PM (qS8WV)

46 39 These are great.

But Friday better bring the Kaboom post or I am canceling my platinum life time subscription.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 28, 2023 06:46 PM (HGv+E)

Scroll down on the main page. Kaboom thread is below a couple of hours.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 28, 2023 06:47 PM (xcxpd)

47 Bernie Sanders @SenSanders 7h
I have tested positive for Covid. My symptoms are minimal and I will continue to work from home in Vermont while isolating in accordance with CDC guidance. I am glad to be fully up to date with the vaccine.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 06:32 PM (2yu8s)
====
Our advice: turn on the gas and shut all the windows for safety.

Posted by: CDC at December 28, 2023 06:48 PM (RIvkX)

48 31 Hard to tell Friedman from parody about Friedman.

the ambiguity is part of the kink

Posted by: kallisto at December 28, 2023 06:49 PM (UQjPz)

49 >>Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 06:47 PM (KRtlO)

You have failed to Double-Post a single one of these.

Do Better.

Posted by: garrett at December 28, 2023 06:49 PM (FtL2R)

50 These are great.

But Friday better bring the Kaboom post or I am canceling my platinum life time subscription.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 28, 2023 06:46 PM (HGv+E)

Yes, but I'd like to see the one where Donald Trump interviews the Dem presidential candidates on his TV show.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 28, 2023 06:49 PM (eaI2m)

51 I remember reading this when it was first published and laughing my ass off.

At work

In Seattle. And when I was asked, I told them it was a column by Thomas Friedman.

And they nodded and thought well of me.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 28, 2023 06:50 PM (V65Dk)

52 it would seem the Georgia lawsuit brought by Fanni Somebody seems to be at odds with reality. The governor, his chief of staff and the Secretary of State seems to have been caught colluding to cheat the elections of 2020 (and 2022?).

Posted by: DanMan at December 28, 2023 06:50 PM (8uzBS)

53 43 Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 06:47 PM (KRtlO)

Eh tomorrow should be a celebration of the few times we got pudding cups...

maybe break out the f*ck who was that Illinois governor asshole who had his own pudding cup?

Blagojejovovich or something?

Posted by: sven at December 28, 2023 06:51 PM (X0I7i)

54 Scroll down on the main page. Kaboom thread is below a

The Kaboom post is the single greatest contribution this "smart military" blog has ever made to society and I regret that I let something stupid like work prevent me from celebrating its greatness.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 28, 2023 06:51 PM (HGv+E)

55 54 Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 28, 2023 06:51 PM (HGv+E)

Eh I was at work and chortling over it.

Posted by: sven at December 28, 2023 06:52 PM (X0I7i)

56 what is "Satan pit"?
Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 06:36 PM (KRtlO)

Long ago, you did an epic fisking of a written response by a Beta male to his break up with a woman. It was a wall of text in which you noted made him look like a creep and a stalker.

You referenced him having a pit in his backyard, I believe, in which either burned or placed the bones of his victims--the Satan pit, and I remember you expression that "the Satan pit doesn't feed itself" or something to that effect.

Very high-toned and good stuff.

Posted by: A Concerned Citizen at December 28, 2023 06:52 PM (zcPgo)

57 >>>Yes, but I'd like to see the one where Donald Trump interviews the Dem presidential candidates on his TV show.

Oh I posted that on Tuesday.

Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 06:52 PM (KRtlO)

58 i'll link them all in the sidebar tomorrow or over the weekend.

Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 06:52 PM (KRtlO)

59 You can't land a Jet on 7.6 acres.
Posted by: garrett at December 28, 2023 06:40 PM (FtL2R)

Sure you can. Just make the approach really steep.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 28, 2023 06:53 PM (BdMk6)

60 The number of times I’ve talked to taxi driver is in single digits…

I did have a discussion, that made it onto my blog, with a Lyft driver in Raleigh—on Friday March 13 2020. She was annoyed at how people were panicking and hoarding things that shouldn’t matter even if their panic were justified. Then she started going off on the media for fanning those fears.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 28, 2023 06:53 PM (HBuMf)

61 But since you are here Ace.....on Friday do we get busty lesbian pron?

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 28, 2023 06:53 PM (HGv+E)

62 Always like the DSK Thread more than the Friedman Thread, personally. DSK turning out to be innocent of those specific charges, aside.

Ace's Skank-a-Thon should also be in the running.

Posted by: garrett at December 28, 2023 06:53 PM (FtL2R)

63 59 Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 28, 2023 06:53 PM (BdMk6)

"Too soon>?"

//Flight 93

Posted by: sven at December 28, 2023 06:53 PM (X0I7i)

64 >>>Long ago, you did an epic fisking of a written response by a Beta male to his break up with a woman. It was a wall of text in which you noted made him look like a creep and a stalker.
You referenced him having a pit in his backyard, I believe, in which either burned or placed the bones of his victims--the Satan pit, and I remember you expression that "the Satan pit doesn't feed itself" or something to that effect.
Very high-toned and good stuff.

huh, I don't remember that. I tend not to remember stuff that's directly tied to a news cycle, like a fisking.

Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 06:54 PM (KRtlO)

65 I'm not as thrilled about the "interconnectedness" of the world as Friedman is.

Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 06:46 PM (KRtlO)

Friedman likes the interconnected world because the big players get to control more resources and the population to extract and process them, which allows them to create loans and futures on what is neither technically theirs, nor actually dug out of the ground yet.
which is a better business model than actually digging it out, since you make money both on the loans to dig it, to process it, and the eventual transport and sale.
And, of course those loans' repayment a priority at a financial, international, and in extremis at a military intervention level (like in Haiti and Guatemala in our long memory) you can get the local government to squash and complaints about being screwed.

The Patagonia Rebelde is the classic example of this in history.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 28, 2023 06:54 PM (D7oie)

66 Posted by: DanMan at December 28, 2023 06:50 PM (8uzBS)

why at odds with reality?

I remember the twitter timelines of those quislings

and the lt. gov, while *RNC lawyers were discovering all kinds of anomalies and fake ballots in GA, tweeted out about his traditional Thanksgiving camping trip with his son hurr durr durr

Posted by: kallisto remembering that he was a MLB player, that could explain it at December 28, 2023 06:54 PM (UQjPz)

67 64 Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 06:54 PM (KRtlO)

Then there is Ryan of "cake girl" fame...

Posted by: sven at December 28, 2023 06:54 PM (X0I7i)

68 Bernie Sanders @SenSanders 7h
I have tested positive for Covid. My symptoms are minimal and I will continue to work from home in Vermont while isolating in accordance with CDC guidance. I am glad to be fully up to date with the vaccine.

***

I have a light case of polio again. I'm glad I had my booster shot in 1974.

Posted by: Azathoth at December 28, 2023 06:55 PM (wb1YC)

69 To this day I find myself sharing this article every once in a while. Still cracks me up

Posted by: Brother Bob at December 28, 2023 06:55 PM (zZe7j)

70 >>>61 But since you are here Ace.....on Friday do we get busty lesbian pron?

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 28, 2023 06:53 PM (HGv+E)

I was actually wondering if I should try to find that link.

>>>62 Always like the DSK Thread more than the Friedman Thread, personally. DSK turning out to be innocent of those specific charges, aside.

Okay, I'll post that maybe on Monday or Tuesday. i had it in draft to post, but then I thought "This is so convoluted having to explain the whole backstory, and then, that I was wrong, and he was innocent all along."

>>>
Ace's Skank-a-Thon should also be in the running.

I can't find that. I guess it's probably in greatest hits. You can see that I never even think of looking there or updating it.

Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 06:56 PM (KRtlO)

71 sorry I posted that earlier today because today is the actual anniversary day. I was going to save Kaboom for tomorrow, but thought I should post it on the actual anniversary day.
Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 06:47 PM (KRtlO)

will you be doing the flaming clown boners post tomorrow?

Posted by: Kindltot at December 28, 2023 06:56 PM (D7oie)

72 Is fisking an Aceism?

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 28, 2023 06:56 PM (x42Y3)

73 Heh.

I made stock from the beef bones from the rib roast on Christmas Eve last night.

Making soup today. Holy crap, it smells heavenly. I love soup. It's low carb, so it doesn't spike the blood sugars and so very comforting.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 28, 2023 06:56 PM (tBR8T)

74 68 Posted by: Azathoth at December 28, 2023 06:55 PM (wb1YC)

Try my vaccine that does not stop you from getting ill, nor spreading the fun...

ask me for other life hacks!

//Fauci

Posted by: sven at December 28, 2023 06:56 PM (X0I7i)

75 The GA Sec State at the time displayed obvious hostility toward DJT. His verbiage was not one of dismay or reluctant acceptance of the election results, he was positively militant and hostile. An obvious plant.

Posted by: kallisto at December 28, 2023 06:56 PM (UQjPz)

76 Expect more:

@Breaking911 16s
BREAKING: Maine bars Trump from ballot as U.S. Supreme Court weighs state authority to block former president from elections - AP

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 28, 2023 06:57 PM (IG4Id)

77 And, of course those loans' repayment a priority at a financial, international, and in extremis at a military intervention level (like in Haiti and Guatemala in our long memory) you can get the local government to squash and complaints about being screwed.

The Patagonia Rebelde is the classic example of this in history.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 28, 2023 06:54 PM (D7oie)

One of the triggers for the Ukrainian 2014 coup was that the old government was resisting taking IMF loans. So they ran a coup, and got the IMF loans, and Multinational Groups to give influential kickbacks to foreigners...

It will be funny when Russia repudiates those loans, and the "sales" of Ukraine land to foreign interests.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 28, 2023 06:57 PM (asFox)

78 >>>Yes, but I'd like to see the one where Donald Trump interviews the Dem presidential candidates on his TV show.

Oh I posted that on Tuesday.
Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 06:52 PM (KRtlO)

Did I miss the busty lesbian pron post?

Posted by: Methos at December 28, 2023 06:57 PM (Dnobf)

79 Michelle Obama, open carry

https://is.gd/NhwVfb

Posted by: Braenyard at December 28, 2023 06:57 PM (lUstO)

80 >>BREAKING: Maine bars Trump from ballot as U.S. Supreme Court weighs state authority to block former president from elections - AP

ME didn't even bother with Proceedings. They just jumped in on the Sloppy Seconds that Colorado left on the Bed.

Posted by: garrett at December 28, 2023 06:58 PM (FtL2R)

81 You can't land a Jet on 7.6 acres.
Posted by: garrett at December 28, 2023 06:40 PM (FtL2R)

Sure you can. Just make the approach really steep.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 28, 2023 06:53 PM (BdMk6)

Really steep!

Posted by: ValuJet Flight #592 at December 28, 2023 06:58 PM (4I/2K)

82 >>>72 Is fisking an Aceism?

no. I think I saw the term at instapundit but I don't think he invented it, either.

Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 06:58 PM (KRtlO)

83 Shit.

One refresh and that could have been an Amy Schumer joke.

Posted by: Methos at December 28, 2023 06:58 PM (Dnobf)

84 Blagojejovovich or something?
Posted by: sven at December 28, 2023 06:51 PM (X0I7i)

Those were hilarious times, in retrospect. He had his own flaming skull, with the hair.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 28, 2023 06:58 PM (OX9vb)

85 76 Expect more:

@Breaking911 16s
BREAKING: Maine bars Trump from ballot as U.S. Supreme Court weighs state authority to block former president from elections - AP

Posted by: weft cut-loop
------------------------------

Know what Donald calls this? Free promotion.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 28, 2023 06:59 PM (lUstO)

86 84 Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 28, 2023 06:58 PM (OX9vb)

Yup, he really must have pissed Urkle off.

The funny thing is some of us here were warning it was becoming a banana republic then.

Posted by: sven at December 28, 2023 07:00 PM (X0I7i)

87 where do we send our recs for greatest thread ever?

should we send an explanation of why with it?

Posted by: N at December 28, 2023 07:00 PM (RjBju)

88 @72

>>Is fisking an Aceism?

No, Fisking is actually named after a someone.

It was a widely used cliche of the early of the Blogosphere.

It largely died out or was dialed back.

Ace could deliver a bute though.

As I've noted, he did one of this dude from the villiage voice that was Dave Barry at his finest level of humor.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 28, 2023 07:00 PM (XV/Pl)

89 Maine Secretary of State blocks Trump from ballot.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 28, 2023 07:01 PM (63Dwl)

90 tonite's dinner was shrimp tacos cajun style, that means with remoulade

a local taco place has all these combos from brisket to pork to shrimp and they're all delicious...but next week I think I'll have to see if they have a regular tex mex type on the menu

Posted by: kallisto at December 28, 2023 07:02 PM (UQjPz)

91 Baby got back.

https://is.gd/EWpPmh

Posted by: Braenyard at December 28, 2023 07:02 PM (lUstO)

92 are we ever getting old comments restored or are they removed so they are not evidence at our trial when we get to the camps?

Posted by: N at December 28, 2023 07:02 PM (RjBju)

93 IIRC Robert FIsk was a writer for the Guardian who was mugged and wrote a column about how he deserved it.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 28, 2023 07:02 PM (x42Y3)

94 @89

>>Maine Secretary of State blocks Trump from ballot.

As can be as self evident as possible, Donks simply do that thing, with zero f**ks to give.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 28, 2023 07:02 PM (XV/Pl)

95 From Wiki Talk:Fisking

Is this concept named after Fisk because his article did it, or becayse his article was itself Fisked by another? This is currently unclear in this article

This article needs 'Fisking'. It makes little sense and offers less enlightenment.

John Ball 16/07/04.

That's what I tried to make clear in my edit yesterday, which was reverted. Fisk's story about taking a beating was debunked point-by-point by Andrew Sullivan, and that's where the term originated. But that had become very unclear as the article was edited. It didn't even become apparent until halfway through the second paragraph.

So according to this Ball invented it referring to an article by Andrew Sullivan.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 28, 2023 07:03 PM (asFox)

96 dinner?

where are you guys it is just now 7pm eastern?

did you guys eat at the senior sitting or something?

Posted by: N at December 28, 2023 07:03 PM (RjBju)

97 Needs to be adapted to the big screen. Tom could even play himself.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at December 28, 2023 07:03 PM (tT6L1)

98 I can actually tell you about the origin of Fisking, but I can't find a link to the Satan Pit post.

Someone--I can't remember who--did a line-by-line refutation of an article by "journalist" Robert Fisk in 2002 or 2003.

It became the style of the time, like hanging an onion from your belt.

Posted by: A Concerned Citizen at December 28, 2023 07:04 PM (zcPgo)

99 I recall reading this one for the first time. Classic than, and still true to today

Posted by: Corona exile-back-in-exile at December 28, 2023 07:04 PM (URIv5)

100 I see now that it was pre-AIDS dementia Andrew Sullivan who fisked Robert Fisk.

Thanks, Oldcat.

Posted by: A Concerned Citizen at December 28, 2023 07:05 PM (zcPgo)

101 >>>93 IIRC Robert FIsk was a writer for the Guardian who was mugged and wrote a column about how he deserved it.

I think he was attacked by Afghan savages. I mean, Afghan Exceptional People.

He did deserve it, though. Not for the reasons he thought.

Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 07:05 PM (KRtlO)

102 Maine SoS bars Trump? Yeah, there are no repercussions for lefties, so why not?

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at December 28, 2023 07:06 PM (tT6L1)

103 what happened with Nikki Haley, did she make an ACW gaffe?

http://tinyurl.com/4fd3dyhj

this clip from Forbes seems to think so, RDS is speaking

Posted by: kallisto at December 28, 2023 07:07 PM (UQjPz)

104 Nowadays, I think we are in the era of "micro-Fisking" when some idiot posts a stupid comment on X (formerly known as Twitter) and is immediately corrected for their stupidity.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 28, 2023 07:07 PM (BpYfr)

105 we should just saw maine off and give it to the canadians

Posted by: N at December 28, 2023 07:07 PM (RjBju)

106 Following a gathering at Zuccotti Park, hundreds marched during the 'Flood NYC for Palestine' emergency protest.

Hundreds?
In a city if millions?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 28, 2023 07:08 PM (W/lyH)

107 >>I think he was attacked by Afghan savages. I mean, Afghan Exceptional People.

He received Liberty's Blessing!

Posted by: David French at December 28, 2023 07:08 PM (FtL2R)

108 This one's a classic, I read it every once in a while.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at December 28, 2023 07:08 PM (lg881)

109 An F-16 can takeoff on less than 1,800 meters, especially if it's not a max weight. So it depends on how you stretch those acres. Same for commercial aircraft like the G800

Posted by: Marcus T at December 28, 2023 07:09 PM (eacmp)

110 Tom Friedman, Paul Krugman and David French walk into a bar...

Posted by: redridinghood at December 28, 2023 07:09 PM (NpAcC)

111 Chicago Alderman Brian Hopkins said that the city simply can’t handle any more migrants, and as a result of the migrant influx in the city, “We’re seeing crime go up, property values go down” and “We’re seeing communities destabilized.”

..

Duh.

What did he think a collapsing civilization would look like?

Posted by: Last Days of the Republic at December 28, 2023 07:09 PM (vcOd1)

112 what is "Satan pit"?

Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 06:36 PM (KRtlO)

I just took my own anti-dementia cocktail, and the line that I remembered was, "The Satan Pit isn't going to fill itself."

If only this blog was searchable.

Posted by: A Concerned Citizen at December 28, 2023 07:09 PM (zcPgo)

113 Following a gathering at Zuccotti Park, hundreds marched during the 'Flood NYC for Palestine' emergency protest.

Hundreds?
In a city if millions?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 28, 2023 07:08 PM (W/lyH)

If they really did Flood NYC, I'd overlook the Palestinian angle and support it. The good people could build an Ark that lands on Trump Tower.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 28, 2023 07:10 PM (asFox)

114 "everytime Trump gets kicked off a ballot, a meatball gets its wings"

Posted by: kallisto quoting that memorable line from It's A Wonderful Life at December 28, 2023 07:10 PM (UQjPz)

115 >>Chicago Alderman Brian Hopkins said that the city simply can’t handle any more migrants, and as a result of the migrant influx in the city, “We’re seeing crime go up, property values go down” and “We’re seeing communities destabilized.”

Brightside: Lettuce will be more affordable than ever.

Posted by: garrett at December 28, 2023 07:10 PM (FtL2R)

116 we should just saw maine off and give it to the canadians
Posted by: N at December 28, 2023 07:07 PM (RjBju)

Derry, Maine is working its spell on the state again I see.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 28, 2023 07:11 PM (4I/2K)

117 DJT is Orangeman BAd and has small hands!!

Posted by: kallisto giving RDS fans equal time at December 28, 2023 07:11 PM (UQjPz)

118 Duh.

What did he think a collapsing civilization would look like?
Posted by: Last Days of the Republic at December 28, 2023 07:09 PM (vcOd1)

Like this wasn't happening just the same in the last 100 years of Democrat misrule in Chicago.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 28, 2023 07:11 PM (asFox)

119 Following a gathering at Zuccotti Park, hundreds marched during the 'Flood NYC for Palestine' emergency protest.

Hundreds?
In a city if millions?
Posted by: Diogenes

then they should march by ground zero

Posted by: N at December 28, 2023 07:11 PM (RjBju)

120 It's not even that cold yet in some of those cities. Waiting until that kicks in. Riots of illegal immigrants will follow. This is not sustainable and they know it.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 28, 2023 07:12 PM (eacmp)

121 >>Chicago Alderman Brian Hopkins said ..., “We’re seeing crime go up, property values go down” and “We’re seeing communities destabilized.”

How can you tell?

Posted by: garrett at December 28, 2023 07:12 PM (FtL2R)

122 New Migrant ‘Poverty’ Caravan Moves North

..

Send them to Chicago and NYC.

Posted by: Last Days of the Republic at December 28, 2023 07:12 PM (vcOd1)

123 everytime Trump gets kicked off a ballot, a meatball gets its wings"
Posted by: kallisto quoting that memorable line from It's A Wonderful Life at December 28, 2023 07:10 PM (UQjPz)

And Trump gains 5 points.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 28, 2023 07:13 PM (BdMk6)

124 We need a "best of" comments. I've been on the front page a few times, although I'm pretty sure that was to call me an idiot.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 28, 2023 07:13 PM (eacmp)

125 Nowadays, I think we are in the era of "micro-Fisking" when some idiot posts a stupid comment on X (formerly known as Twitter) and is immediately corrected for their stupidity.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 28, 2023 07:07 PM (BpYfr)

On YT there is a Mega Fisking where a group does almost frame by frame fiskings of movies and other videos. Its called EFAP - every frame a pause. The fiskings can be up to 12 hours long.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 28, 2023 07:14 PM (asFox)

126 I need to find some blue and white face paint so I have something to wear when I go to vote

Posted by: N at December 28, 2023 07:14 PM (RjBju)

127 TWO LAUNCHES

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch

X-37B SpacePlane launch

8:07 p.m. EST (0107 UTC) on Thursday, December 28, 2023

https://is.gd/TY83EO

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-36

Window Opens: December 28th at 11PM EST (04:00 UTC on the 29th)

https://is.gd/FRZKtk

Posted by: Ciampino - coverage commentary has begun at December 28, 2023 07:14 PM (qfLjt)

128 Chicago Alderman Brian Hopkins said ..., “We’re seeing crime go up, property values go down” and “We’re seeing communities destabilized.”

How can you tell?

Posted by: garrett at December 28, 2023 07:12 PM (FtL2R)

Good question.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 28, 2023 07:14 PM (BdMk6)

129 Tom Friedman's a funny guy. Prolly mentioned already, his book "From Beirut To Jerusalem" at the time I read it, I thought it was brilliant.

I wonder if I'd still think so today.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2023 07:14 PM (aoVW/)

130 If anybody needs one reason this place is great I always point to this column. Thanks Ace for a thing of beauty

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 28, 2023 07:15 PM (iYJk7)

131 Ace, if you made a book of some of the best posts, I'd buy it. Especially if you included the comments.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 28, 2023 07:15 PM (OX9vb)

132 On YT there is a Mega Fisking where a group does almost frame by frame fiskings of movies and other videos. Its called EFAP - every frame a pause. The fiskings can be up to 12 hours long.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 28, 2023 07:14 PM (asFox)
---
yeah, I've seen those EFAP videos recommended to me as well. Seems a bit extreme to me, though I do like most of the YouTubers who participate in those...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 28, 2023 07:15 PM (BpYfr)

133 Bernie Sanders @SenSanders 7h
I have tested positive for Covid. My symptoms are minimal and I will continue to work from home in Vermont while isolating in accordance with CDC guidance. I am glad to be fully up to date with the vaccine.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 06:32 PM (2yu8s)

Dees word "voccine," I dono think it means what you think it means.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2023 07:15 PM (aoVW/)

134 Have Bill Kristol or Brian Stelter ever served as a Special Guest Columnist for Ace of Spades HQ?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 28, 2023 07:16 PM (a3Q+t)

135 >>Chicago Alderman Brian Hopkins said that the city simply can’t handle any more migrants, and as a result of the migrant influx in the city, “We’re seeing crime go up, property values go down” and “We’re seeing communities destabilized.”

Brightside: Lettuce will be more affordable than ever.
Posted by: garrett at December 28, 2023 07:10 PM (FtL2R)

Under federal guidelines, homeowners speaking at an "Affordable Housing" hearing to place such housing smack dab in their communities may not refer to crime, property values, or destabilization resulting from such a placement.

Suck it, alderman!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 28, 2023 07:16 PM (4I/2K)

136 my initial thought was to stage all illegals in Delaware until they can be processed through a hearing to determine their appeals for asylum. I'm open to allowing Maine share in the fun.

Posted by: DanMan at December 28, 2023 07:17 PM (8uzBS)

137 Duh.

What did he think a collapsing civilization would look like?
Posted by: Last Days of the Republic at December 28, 2023 07:09 PM (vcOd1)

Cheer up.
Thousands more hitting the border every day.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 28, 2023 07:17 PM (W/lyH)

138 I read the first part of the Beirut one when Lee Smith got a place for me on the junket to Beirut. I don't remember liking it or disliking it. Seemed just to be fluff.

His idea of writing about foreign countries is just to praise everything about them so he doesn't get in trouble with the multicultural left.

Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 07:18 PM (KRtlO)

139 site:acecomments.mu.nu "Satan pit"

Returns nothing. Are you sure that was the phrase?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 28, 2023 07:18 PM (HBuMf)

140 Bernie Sanders @SenSanders 7h
I have tested positive for Covid. My symptoms are minimal and I will continue to work from home in Vermont while isolating in accordance with CDC guidance. I am glad to be fully up to date with the vaccine.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 06:32 PM (2yu8s)

Or maybe you've got just the common cold, asshole.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 28, 2023 07:18 PM (BdMk6)

141 yeah, I've seen those EFAP videos recommended to me as well. Seems a bit extreme to me, though I do like most of the YouTubers who participate in those...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 28, 2023 07:15 PM (BpYfr)

Well Mauler "Longman" is known for extremism. He has like 15 hour reviews in three parts of Star Wars Sequel movies that take months to finish...possibly because he does these 6 hour podcasts a few times a week. He's admitted editing other videos while on a podcast of someone elses.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 28, 2023 07:18 PM (asFox)

142 "God as my witness I thought migrants could fly"

Posted by: N at December 28, 2023 07:18 PM (RjBju)

143 On YT there is a Mega Fisking where a group does almost frame by frame fiskings of movies and other videos. Its called EFAP - every frame a pause. The fiskings can be up to 12 hours long.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 28, 2023 07:14 PM (asFox)
---
yeah, I've seen those EFAP videos recommended to me as well. Seems a bit extreme to me, though I do like most of the YouTubers who participate in those...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 28, 2023 07:15 PM (BpYfr)

Jacksfilms did a video on the Cats trailer when it came out. I don't remember how long the video was, but obviously much longer than the trailer, because he stopped every few seconds.

I don't know if he was parodying this type of thing, but if he was I didn't know it, and I thought it was a hoot anyway.

But that's Jack. He's just funny no matter what he does.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2023 07:19 PM (aoVW/)

144 Bernie Sanders @SenSanders 7h
I have tested positive for Covid. My symptoms are minimal and I will continue to work from home in Vermont while isolating in accordance with CDC guidance. I am glad to be fully up to date with the vaccine.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 06:32 PM (2yu8s)

Dees word "voccine," I dono think it means what you think it means.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2023 07:15 PM (aoVW/)
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I doubt Bernie is all that familiar with the concept of "work" either.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 28, 2023 07:20 PM (BpYfr)

145 I sometimes get Paul Krugman and Tom Friedman mixed up. Yes, I know Krugman is an economist , but they're both about the same age, sort of look alike and are both leftist idiots.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 28, 2023 07:20 PM (RSbhh)

146 Returns nothing. Are you sure that was the phrase?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 28, 2023 07:18 PM (HBuMf)

I'm getting nothing too. I'll tell you guys what, I'll find my own sad sack Beta male breakup letter somewhere on the internet and do my own fisking, with hookers and blackjack!

Posted by: A Concerned Citizen at December 28, 2023 07:21 PM (zcPgo)

147 I sometimes get Paul Krugman and Tom Friedman mixed up. Yes, I know Krugman is an economist , but they're both about the same age, sort of look alike and are both leftist idiots.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 28, 2023 07:20 PM (RSbhh)

Krugman is the one that is wrong on everything. Friedman might have gotten something right.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 28, 2023 07:21 PM (asFox)

148 Update on Hamassholes' WTC 'protest'...

Viral News NYC @ViralNewsNYC 1h
Pro Hamas and Pro Palestinians protesters Block the Entrance to the 911 memorial, blocking families of those who lost people during 9/11

Video by @loudlabsnyc

http://tinyurl.com/sb9sffac
40 seconds; a bunch wearing disguises i.e. keffiyeh as masks.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 07:22 PM (2yu8s)

149 I'm getting nothing too. I'll tell you guys what, I'll find my own sad sack Beta male breakup letter somewhere on the internet and do my own fisking, with hookers and blackjack!
Posted by: A Concerned Citizen at December 28, 2023 07:21 PM (zcPgo)

I'd say you were trying to tarnish the blog's reputation with this slander....but it would fit right in.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 28, 2023 07:22 PM (asFox)

150 Friedman might have gotten something right.

What was that?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 28, 2023 07:23 PM (RSbhh)

151 I remember reading this thing from Friedman the first time. It was sophomoric then and it still is today.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 28, 2023 07:23 PM (W/lyH)

152 I read the first part of the Beirut one when Lee Smith got a place for me on the junket to Beirut. I don't remember liking it or disliking it. Seemed just to be fluff.

His idea of writing about foreign countries is just to praise everything about them so he doesn't get in trouble with the multicultural left.
Posted by: ace at December 28, 2023 07:18 PM (KRtlO)

Yeah, I read it sometime in the 90s, I certainly would have been a LOT more naive then. To me the eye opening aspect of it was him pointing out all the different factions involved, whereas teevee would have had a simple good guys v. bad guys perspective.

That's why I say, if I read it now it might strike me as complete bullshit, but I'm a wee bit more cynical these days, so....

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2023 07:23 PM (aoVW/)

153 I believe it is that krugman has always been wrong about everything and friedman has never been right about anything.

Posted by: N at December 28, 2023 07:23 PM (RjBju)

154 "TWO LAUNCHES"

Not only is SpaceX displaying an amazing launch cadence, The Eastern Test Range has upped their game too.

It used to take at least two weeks to tear down and reconfigure between launches.

Posted by: pawn at December 28, 2023 07:23 PM (QB+5g)

155 I found "Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes", but I don't think that one is really going to make the cut.

Posted by: A Concerned Citizen at December 28, 2023 07:24 PM (zcPgo)

156 Bernie Sanders @SenSanders 7h
I have tested positive for Covid. My symptoms are minimal and I will continue to work from home in Vermont while isolating in accordance with CDC guidance. I am glad to be fully up to date with the vaccine.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 06:32 PM (2yu8s)

Oooo!!!!
How stunning!
How brave!
shut up assho!e.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 28, 2023 07:24 PM (W/lyH)

157 >>>@ 103 what happened with Nikki Haley, did she make an ACW gaffe?
====================
Nikki Haley flubbed a Town Hall question about what caused the Civil War ... http://tinyurl.com/4hej3mkr

Posted by: Kathy at December 28, 2023 07:25 PM (LPNLk)

158 Bernie Sanders @SenSanders 7h
I have tested positive for Covid. My symptoms are minimal and I will continue to work from home in Vermont while isolating in accordance with CDC guidance. I am glad to be fully up to date with the vaccine.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 06:32 PM (2yu8s)

Oooo!!!!
How stunning!
How brave!
shut up assho!e.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 28, 2023 07:24 PM (W/lyH)

This probably lands him a free cottage in Maryland or something. Never does anything without a bribe

Posted by: Oldcat at December 28, 2023 07:26 PM (asFox)

159 the best synonym for hate is cilantro

Posted by: N at December 28, 2023 07:26 PM (RjBju)

160 @ 103 what happened with Nikki Haley, did she make an ACW gaffe?
====================
Nikki Haley flubbed a Town Hall question about what caused the Civil War ... http://tinyurl.com/4hej3mkr
Posted by: Kathy at December 28, 2023 07:25 PM (LPNLk)

She said that Stonewall Jackson was a worse general than Patrick Cleburne.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 28, 2023 07:27 PM (asFox)

161 Nikki Haley...Jeb Bush with a uterus.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at December 28, 2023 07:28 PM (tT6L1)

162 Masker...

johnny maga @_johnnymaga 18m
This is the woman who just declared Trump to be disqualified from the ballot in Maine

Every. Single. Time.

http://tinyurl.com/4xasm8jc
photos

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 07:28 PM (2yu8s)

163 what happened with Nikki Haley, did she make an ACW gaffe?

she was questioned about the civil war and essentially answered that she thought slavery was no biggie or something

Posted by: N at December 28, 2023 07:28 PM (RjBju)

164 SpaceX falcon Heavy at T-38 minutes

Posted by: Ciampino - coverage commentary has begun ... at December 28, 2023 07:28 PM (qfLjt)

165 Nikki Haley...Jeb Bush with a uterus.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at December 28, 2023 07:28 PM (tT6L1)

and bigger bazongas

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 28, 2023 07:28 PM (4I/2K)

166 What a rabbithole. There are so many old posts. Does everyone remember constant posts about this asshole named Alan Grayson? I guess that he used to be a thing.

Posted by: A Concerned Citizen at December 28, 2023 07:29 PM (zcPgo)

167 SpaceX falcon Heavy at T-38 minutes

it was supposed to be "spacexfalcon big fattie" but then fat shaming so

Posted by: N at December 28, 2023 07:29 PM (RjBju)

168 Nikki Haley...Jeb Bush with a uterus.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at December 28, 2023 07:28 PM (tT6L1)

and bigger bazongas
Posted by: Count

and not as good at sucking dicks

Posted by: N at December 28, 2023 07:30 PM (RjBju)

169 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene @RepMTG 4h
Both my daughter’s houses just got swatted today.

Big thanks to the police who responded! We appreciate you and support you!

Whoever is doing this, you are going to get caught and it won’t be funny to you anymore.

@FBI
Dec 28, 2023 · 7:53 PM UTC

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 07:30 PM (2yu8s)

170 and bigger bazongas
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 28, 2023 07:28 PM (4I/2K)
----

Jeb Bush with bazongas is still Jeb Bush.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at December 28, 2023 07:30 PM (tT6L1)

171 She said that Stonewall Jackson was a worse general than Patrick Cleburne.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 28, 2023 07:27 PM (asFox)

I thought she said he took his good sweet time getting from Kernstown to McDowell.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2023 07:32 PM (KJ+dH)

172 and bigger bazongas
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 28, 2023 07:28 PM (4I/2K)
----

Jeb Bush with bazongas is still Jeb Bush.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at December 28, 2023 07:30 PM (tT6L1)

Bigger dusky bazongas, then.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 28, 2023 07:32 PM (4I/2K)

173 johnny maga @_johnnymaga 18m
This is the woman who just declared Trump to be disqualified from the ballot in Maine

Every. Single. Time.

http://tinyurl.com/4xasm8jc
photos
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 07:28 PM (2yu8s)

I can’t keep up. He was ruled ineligible for the primary ballot in Colorado because insurrectionist you know. Then their SoS said he’d be on the ballot unless SCOTUS rules otherwise. Also Michigan said he could be on the ballot. This is the first I’ve heard of Maine shenanigans…. They’re cowards but it seems clear SCOTUS will have to rule on this nonsense as it’s blooming all over the country…

Yes the AWFL Karen looks as you’d expect; and photographed in a mask (sigh)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 28, 2023 07:33 PM (xT8gx)

174 I bet they would find out who if someone offered a $10K reward for info.

Posted by: pawn at December 28, 2023 07:34 PM (QB+5g)

175 Jeb Bush with bazongas is still Jeb Bush.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at December 28, 2023 07:30 PM

Star Fleet archives indicate the last name incarnation of the referenced politician was Jeb!

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 28, 2023 07:34 PM (a3Q+t)

176 Yes the AWFL Karen looks as you’d expect; and photographed in a mask (sigh)
------
Alone, in her mansion.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 07:35 PM (2yu8s)

177 Star Fleet archives indicate the last name incarnation of the referenced politician was Jeb!
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 28, 2023 07:34 PM (a3Q+t)

Shut up, Wesley.

Posted by: Obligatory at December 28, 2023 07:35 PM (iwI0S)

178 The Tom Friedman parody is hilariously classic

Oh, and I’m watching something called the Pop Tarts Bowl and the announcers are beclowning themselves eating pop tarts on air and editorializing on their deliciousness. It’s a harmless form of whoring but I’m not sure I could do it and retain my dignity and self respect

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 28, 2023 07:36 PM (xT8gx)

179 Yes the AWFL Karen looks as you’d expect; and photographed in a mask (sigh)
------
Alone, in her mansion.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 07:35 PM (2yu8s)

Until the camera gets turned off, then she takes hers off, but makes her servants leave theirs on.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2023 07:37 PM (8i39X)

180 162 Masker...

johnny maga @_johnnymaga 18m
This is the woman who just declared Trump to be disqualified from the ballot in Maine

Every. Single. Time.

http://tinyurl.com/4xasm8jc
photos

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 07:28 PM (2yu8s)
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She looks surprised, maybe hot iron in fartclam?

Posted by: Ciampino - Tire iron is first step at December 28, 2023 07:37 PM (qfLjt)

181 T minus 29 minutes

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 28, 2023 07:37 PM (4I/2K)

182 That's why they're called Pop Tarts.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 07:37 PM (2yu8s)

183 52 it would seem the Georgia lawsuit brought by Fanni Somebody seems to be at odds with reality. The governor, his chief of staff and the Secretary of State seems to have been caught colluding to cheat the elections of 2020 (and 2022?).
Posted by: DanMan at December 28, 2023 06:50 PM (8uzBS)

Will Tank become guv now?

Posted by: Montec at December 28, 2023 07:37 PM (BI8w/)

184 The Café is open
nood

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 28, 2023 07:39 PM (2yu8s)

185 George Carlin was right about advertising…. And a few other things as well. And was hilarious in the process….. his bit on germs and handwashing was particularly germane to the covid era. He left too soon

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 28, 2023 07:39 PM (xT8gx)

186 127 TWO LAUNCHES

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch

X-37B SpacePlane launch

8:07 p.m. EST (0107 UTC) on Thursday, December 28, 2023

https://is.gd/TY83EO

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-36

Window Opens: December 28th at 11PM EST (04:00 UTC on the 29th)

https://is.gd/FRZKtk

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Posted by: Braenyard at December 28, 2023 07:55 PM (lUstO)

187 I was at a book reading/signing with Freidman about 15 years ago. (I write crime thrillers) Thought he was a pompous ass at the meet and greet beforehand, but he topped himself. Halfway through the reading he checks his phone, blurts out that some momentous event had occurred somewhere in the world and Tom had to deal with it STAT. He rushed our for the "airport" to total silence in the room. I walked over to the podium, said something like if there was a nuclear war coming we were in good hands.

Posted by: Fat Jonah of Krypton at December 28, 2023 08:16 PM (PwP1X)

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Literally it's been decades.

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Posted by: Ronzoni at December 28, 2023 09:07 PM (tof4A)

189 Thomas Friedman NEVER wrote anything remotely this good.

Also, with all of the listed "attacks", why wasn't he fried? Fried man.

Posted by: Roland F Hirsch at December 28, 2023 09:22 PM (oMkPq)

190 What happened to this joker anyway?

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