Disney Throws In the Towel; Agrees That Reedy Creek Is No Longer Their Private Corporate Feifdom

The leftwing media has been misinforming its diminishing number of readers for ~~a year~~ two years now, claiming that Disney's legal case to compel a state government to grant it at special, unique benefit no other company is granted, was a strong one.

See, Disney has a First Amendment right to control its own county!

The propaganda media has insisted for a year that The Walls Are Closing In For DeathSantis.

Via Ed Morrissey: the enemy-of-the-people media will now to explain how they got this so wrong, and explain why Disney, who had such an immensely strong legal case, just agreed to drop its claims of a perpetual corporate right to the Reedy Creek area.

Actually, I lied: The media is claiming that this is a draw and Disney got a "settlement."

AP:

Allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Disney reached a settlement agreement Wednesday in a lawsuit over who controls Walt Disney World's governing district.
In a meeting, the members of the board of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District approved the settlement agreement, ending almost two years of litigation that was sparked by DeSantis' takeover of the district from Disney supporters following the company's opposition to Florida's so-called "Don't Say Gay" law.

Morrissey points out that this "settlement" consists of Disney dropping its claims to own the Reedy Creek Improvement District, in exchange for the new body controlling that area not continuing to sue Disney over its illegal actions to keep its filthy claws on the property.

The Tampa Free Press describes this settlement more accurately.

Remember, before the Reedy Creek Improvement District was dissolved, the corrupt Disney pawns controlling it quickly passed "rules" declaring that Disney owned the area forever and ever and no act of the state could ever, ever disturb this perpetual ownership.

Disney now admits that those new "rules" were bullshit.

Florida's Voice
@FLVoiceNews
#BREAKING: DeSantis defeats Disney in court again, lawsuits to be dropped under settlement
The last-minute, far-reaching agreements that gave Disney broad power over their previous self-governing district are declared "null and void" under the agreement

Disney has withdrawn its lawsuits against the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District and acknowledges that the development agreement made at the last minute is invalid and unenforceable. ...
"As usual, the media were wrong," said Florida Governor DeSantis' Communications Director Bryan Griffin Wednesday.
"Today's settlement also includes acknowledgement from Disney that the last-minute Development Agreement is "null and void... hav[ing] no legal effect or enforceability" and stipulates the same to other similar restrictive covenants and comprehensive plan amendments made prior to CFTOD," said Griffin.

In exchange, the current government of the region agrees that it won't continue suing Disney for its corrupt skulduggery.

AP thinks this is a win for Disney.

Bob Iger is spinning his allies in the media, because the proxy vote which may seal his fate is being held on April 3. He needs his allies and shills to continue painting him as the ultimate winner, even after he takes legal loss upon financial disaster.

As Disney loses to DeSantis yet again, it’s a good reminder that if there’s one thing you can count on with absolute certainty, it’s that the media will get everything wrong, never admit it, then demand censorship for everyone else https://t.co/KbAUIXW6iB
— Ian Miller (@ianmSC) March 27, 2024

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:09 PM

Comments

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1 I love DeSantis, Youngkin a close second, followed by J.D. Vance.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 27, 2024 01:11 PM (t/2Uw)

2 Fuck Big Mouse.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at March 27, 2024 01:12 PM (R4t5M)

3 I truly wish Florida wasn't part swamp liable to inundated every year by hurricane.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 27, 2024 01:12 PM (+SDDs)

4 Just think what the Republican party could be if these were the leaders.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 27, 2024 01:13 PM (t/2Uw)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 27, 2024 01:13 PM (Zz0t1)

6 In before someone complains about another Disney post

Posted by: Republican state legislators, governors, and AGs at March 27, 2024 01:13 PM (llON8)

7 I'm familiar with this sort of settlement. This is just the kind of compromise that I make with my wife frequently. When I want one thing and she wants another, we compromise by her getting what she wants and I get to live with it.

(On the off chance she sees this later, this is a joke.)

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 27, 2024 01:13 PM (fKIdX)

8 D'oh!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 27, 2024 01:13 PM (llON8)

9 That guy who pops in to chastise ace for ignoring Florida news will be so happy!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:13 PM (GBKbO)

10 So is Disney selling the land to the Chinese instead?

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 27, 2024 01:13 PM (2yu8s)

11 Via Ed Morrissey: the enemy-of-the-people media will now to explain how they got this so wrong, and explain why Disney, who had such an immensely strong legal case, just agreed to drop its claims of a perpetual corporate right to the Reedy Creek area.

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"Explain what?"
-The media

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:14 PM (GBKbO)

12 Ugh, Disney AGAIN?!?!

(That was for you, Helena!

)

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 27, 2024 01:14 PM (DRSnL)

13 Maybe Disney will shut down DW? Just to show Fla who's boss.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 27, 2024 01:14 PM (0eaVi)

14 Nah the media won't explain

Posted by: steevy at March 27, 2024 01:15 PM (FQmDC)

15 In exchange, the current government of the region agrees that it won't continue suing Disney for its corrupt skulduggery.

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Sounds like the perfect time to send in the building regulation inspectors.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:15 PM (GBKbO)

16 >>> 12 Ugh, Disney AGAIN?!?!

(That was for you, Helena! )
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 27, 2024 01:14 PM (DRSnL)

LOL

Is it October yet???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 27, 2024 01:15 PM (llON8)

17 I love DeSantis, Youngkin a close second, followed by J.D. Vance.

Ditto, but in a very manly way.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2024 01:15 PM (CsUN+)

18 You're just trying to put lipstick on a pig. This is a humiliating defeat for Meatball. I read it online, so it must be true. Only someone totally disinformed would question the media.

I may call the Bidenjugend on you.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 27, 2024 01:15 PM (1bNHn)

19 Norms Restored! For real.

Posted by: Gref at March 27, 2024 01:15 PM (5fDan)

20 Disney and Blackrock heard from today. Shit must be getting real.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 27, 2024 01:15 PM (n17eQ)

21 comprehensive plan amendments made prior to CFTOD

CTFOD = GTFO - Disney

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at March 27, 2024 01:15 PM (w9Wax)

22 Bet it was a gay-looking towel.

Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:16 PM (krQz2)

23 13 Maybe Disney will shut down DW? Just to show Fla who's boss.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 27, 2024 01:14 PM (0eaVi)

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It'd be hilarious.

Disney World essentially kept Disney afloat through the lockdown era because DisneyLand and the cruise line shut down for over a year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:16 PM (GBKbO)

24 >>> 13 Maybe Disney will shut down DW? Just to show Fla who's boss.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 27, 2024 01:14 PM (0eaVi)

They can move to CO and be the venue for the Gay Games.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 27, 2024 01:16 PM (llON8)

25 The House of Mouse must fall.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2024 01:16 PM (5sOEG)

26 Disney and Blackrock heard from today. Shit must be getting real.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 27, 2024 01:15 PM (n17eQ)
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Getting?

Posted by: San Francisco at March 27, 2024 01:16 PM (krQz2)

27 I love DeSantis, Youngkin a close second, followed by J.D. Vance.

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They're all untrustworthy fuckers who should never be given an inch.

I mean, they are politicians.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:16 PM (GBKbO)

28 I want DeSantis to be POTUS in 2028... he gets things done.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 27, 2024 01:16 PM (NpAcC)

29 You know who else illegally seized private property?

Posted by: Big Media at March 27, 2024 01:17 PM (5fDan)

30 The House of Mouse must fall.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2024 01:16 PM (5sOEG)
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Not my favorite Poe story.

Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:17 PM (krQz2)

31 I may call the Bidenjugend on you.

From what I've read, the jugend aren't interested in Biden, other than that he enter the Bidenbunker and not come out under his own power. IYKWIMAITYD

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2024 01:17 PM (CsUN+)

32 The House of Mouse must fall.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2024 01:16 PM (5sOEG)
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Not my favorite Poe story.
Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:17 PM

Concur.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2024 01:17 PM (5sOEG)

33 Disney took a bloodbath like that guy in the disco at the beginning of Blade 1.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 27, 2024 01:17 PM (J8LnB)

34 >>> 28 I want DeSantis to be POTUS in 2028... he gets things done.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 27, 2024 01:16 PM (NpAcC)

Wanna bet?

Posted by: feralgov bureaucrats at March 27, 2024 01:17 PM (llON8)

35 Disney dropped a likely unwinnable suit that would continue to provide bad press for them the longer it went on. The oblique media does it's thing and declares it a draw and/or a win for Disney. I am fresh out of bewilderment.

Posted by: scampydog at March 27, 2024 01:18 PM (2bFN5)

36 You know who else illegally seized private property?

Posted by: Big Media at March 27, 2024 01:17 PM (5fDan)
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Is there a particular tyrant you're looking for?

Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:18 PM (krQz2)

37 30 The House of Mouse must fall.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2024 01:16 PM (5sOEG)
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Not my favorite Poe story.

Better than the Winter of My Discount Tent.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 27, 2024 01:19 PM (l8gTz)

38 "No! A corporation lost its ability to run a section of a state like a fiefdom! This is a major defeat for leftism looking out for the little guy!"
-DU, 94.7% probability

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:19 PM (GBKbO)

39 Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed 30 gun control bills on Tuesday afternoon, using his perch as a Republican governor to restrain Democrats from taking the state in a leftward direction despite the party having taken full control of the legislature in November.

Posted by: Sharon(willows apprentice ) at March 27, 2024 01:19 PM (t/2Uw)

40 > As usual, the media were wrong

Does anyone know which "legal experts" the media relied on for their bad conclusions? Was it just Disney's lawyers, or did they drag out some asshole like Erwin Chemerinsky who can always be relied on to spout some impressive sounding garbage that indicates the more leftist party has a rock solid case and anyone claiming otherwise is a hack.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 27, 2024 01:19 PM (Odg76)

41 I want DeSantis to be POTUS in 2028... he gets things done.

He's been in the private sector (sort of).

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2024 01:19 PM (CsUN+)

42 27 I love DeSantis, Youngkin a close second, followed by J.D. Vance.

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They're all untrustworthy fuckers who should never be given an inch.

I mean, they are politicians.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
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You are correct, sir.

Posted by: Speaker Mike Johnson at March 27, 2024 01:19 PM (i8iVf)

43 Better than the Winter of My Discount Tent.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 27, 2024 01:19 PM (l8gTz)
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I thought that was "Winner".

Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:20 PM (krQz2)

44 @3

>>I truly wish Florida wasn't part swamp liable to inundated every year by hurricane.

Most of my family lives in Florida, I love visiting them but cannot wait to leave.

I was on a project in Doral for four months during the wort of the summer, we all had apartments with attached unconditioned garages, by the time I left my apartment to the time I stepped foot into the car, I was drenched in sweat, then you spend the next 30 minutes driving to site, park, get out of your car, get soaking wet again, then spend 10-12 hours in an air conditioned studio, and repeat the same process going back to your apartment.

It definitely takes a different breed to live in Florida.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 01:20 PM (XV/Pl)

45 1945 Berlin reaches a settlement with invading Soviet forces.

Möhne and Eder dams reach settlement with Number 5 Group, RAF. Agree dog's name will not be promoted in the media.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 27, 2024 01:20 PM (2yu8s)

46 It definitely takes a different breed to live in Florida.

As the old saying goes, it's a great place to visit...

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2024 01:21 PM (CsUN+)

47 DeSantis now needs to ream Mickey a second backhole.

Send in the troops and find every violation on the books. Do sobriety checks daily at every one of their entrances.
Inconvenience the shitstains that still want to experience the magic.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2024 01:21 PM (eYF7X)

48 They're all untrustworthy fuckers who should never be given an inch.

I mean, they are politicians.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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One should never 'love' politicians as they will always break your heart the longer that they are in office. If you view them like your trash collectors and employees, it is far more useful.

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2024 01:21 PM (uf8KX)

49

They really want to turn all the kids gay don;t they. Isn't this what this is about after all?

Apparently some head (lol) guy at the Princeton Queer Homo Assembly got caught with CP. Libs of TikTOk and Andy Ngo covered that.

That won't get covered by the leftist communist media.

All about getting those kids all fucked up o the next generation will be supplicant and not fight back.

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at March 27, 2024 01:21 PM (et1vG)

50
Media: 'In the legal struggle, Disney soundly punched DeSantis' fist with their face'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 27, 2024 01:22 PM (XeU6L)

51 It definitely takes a different breed to live in Florida.

As the old saying goes, it's a great place to visit...
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2024 01:21 PM (CsUN+)
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They are driven crazy about the lack of elevation...and living on a sandbar...but mostly living on a sandbar.

Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:22 PM (krQz2)

52 48 One should never 'love' politicians as they will always break your heart the longer that they are in office. If you view them like your trash collectors and employees, it is far more useful.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2024 01:21 PM (uf8KX)

If they win their re-election Primary, it means they sold out and joined the Mutual Blackmail Club.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 01:22 PM (UnA8+)

53 >>> 41 I want DeSantis to be POTUS in 2028... he gets things done.
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He's been in the private sector (sort of).
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2024 01:19 PM (CsUN+)

Whoa. They expect *results*!

Posted by: Dr. Raymond Stantz at March 27, 2024 01:22 PM (llON8)

54 >>> 13 Maybe Disney will shut down DW? Just to show Fla who's boss.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 27, 2024 01:14 PM (0eaVi)

They can move to CO and be the venue for the Gay Games.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 27, 2024 01:16 PM (llON

"Is there a problem, Peter?"

Posted by: mrp at March 27, 2024 01:23 PM (rj6Yv)

55 So it was a bloodbath?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 27, 2024 01:23 PM (/OoVe)

56 One should never 'love' politicians as they will always break your heart the longer that they are in office. If you view them like your trash collectors and employees, it is far more useful.
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You are correct, sir.

Posted by: Lightbringer Barak Hussein Obama, mmm, mmm, mmm! at March 27, 2024 01:23 PM (i8iVf)

57 So it was a bloodbath?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 27, 2024 01:23 PM (/OoVe)
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Conservatives aren't allowed to say that word!

Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:23 PM (krQz2)

58 Does anyone know which "legal experts" the media relied on for their bad conclusions? Was it just Disney's lawyers, or did they drag out some asshole like Erwin Chemerinsky who can always be relied on to spout some impressive sounding garbage that indicates the more leftist party has a rock solid case and anyone claiming otherwise is a hack.
Posted by: bonhomme
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There are experts and then there is media shills. True experts always hedge their bets---media shills are always sure of their position that advances the media's chosen narrative.

Gell Mann amnesia effect--trust not the 'news' for much of anything unless you triagulate and use Kremlinology type analysis to figure out what is actually going on.

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2024 01:24 PM (uf8KX)

59 Words of Advice: Never take a bloodbath in a shithole.

Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:24 PM (krQz2)

60 DeSantis beating Disney. And getting legislation to protect owners from squatters. And working on keeping kids off of social media.

He seems pretty good - he should run for President!

Posted by: blaster at March 27, 2024 01:24 PM (ASVTS)

61 @27

>>They're all untrustworthy fuckers who should never be given an inch. I mean, they are politicians.

DeSantis is a product of the Yale/Harvard/MIC borg, who's never actually worked a real job, so right there he can't be fully trusted.

Youngkin was the CEO of The Carlyle Group, so, again, can never be fully trusted.

I like JD Vance.

Having said that, Youngkin is probably going to be Trumps VP, and would be a good pick.

DeSantis can get into a knife fight with Rubio or Scott for a Senate seat for all I care, he's not going to be in the Trump administration and he's never going to be President.

So, there's that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 01:24 PM (XV/Pl)

62 Nagasaki reaches same agreement with the U.S. Army Air Corps as Hiroshima made three days earlier.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 27, 2024 01:24 PM (2yu8s)

63 41 I want DeSantis to be POTUS in 2028... he gets things done.

He's been in the private sector (sort of).
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2024 01:19 PM (CsUN+)

He's gonna have to tell big name donors to get Fucked and jump into a Woodchipper Feet First if he wants to win over the people who think he already sold out to the Uniparty by running against Trump.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 01:25 PM (UnA8+)

64 Conservatives aren't allowed to say that word!

Aye!

Posted by: Mike Johnson Who Feels Weaker Than Normal at March 27, 2024 01:25 PM (eYF7X)

65 61 DeSantis can get into a knife fight with Rubio or Scott for a Senate seat for all I care, he's not going to be in the Trump administration and he's never going to be President.

So, there's that.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 01:24 PM (XV/Pl)

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I still think DeSantis could make a good AG.

Give him the mission of cleaning out the DOJ and installing as many loyalists from FL as possible, and then sue Disney for bullshit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:25 PM (GBKbO)

66 Does anyone know which "legal experts" the media relied on for their bad conclusions? Was it just Disney's lawyers, or did they drag out some asshole like Erwin Chemerinsky who can always be relied on to spout some impressive sounding garbage that indicates the more leftist party has a rock solid case and anyone claiming otherwise is a hack.
Posted by: bonhomme

They don't rely on legal experts for their bad conclusions. They start with the bad conclusions and then find someone who looks authoritative enough who will tell them what they want to hear.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 27, 2024 01:25 PM (fKIdX)

67 Ted Bundy reached a settlement with the FL parole board.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 27, 2024 01:25 PM (D6aGE)

68 1984 is their instruction manual. The past is whatever they say it is.

FOR NOW, there still exist records to dispute their narrative. But they're working on that.

(It will mainly be remedied by murdering tens of millions of people, like Obama's mentors gleeful admitted.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2024 01:25 PM (JMAcK)

69 Leading Report @LeadingReport
BREAKING: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed a bill that would have allowed some immigrants who are not U.S. citizens to become police officers.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 27, 2024 01:26 PM (2yu8s)

70 61 DeSantis is a product of the Yale/Harvard/MIC borg, who's never actually worked a real job, so right there he can't be fully trusted.

Youngkin was the CEO of The Carlyle Group, so, again, can never be fully trusted.

I like JD Vance.

Having said that, Youngkin is probably going to be Trumps VP, and would be a good pick.

DeSantis can get into a knife fight with Rubio or Scott for a Senate seat for all I care, he's not going to be in the Trump administration and he's never going to be President.

So, there's that.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 01:24 PM (XV/Pl)

I want someone who has actually killed an enemy soldier. Not just gave the order, but pulled the trigger himself.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 01:26 PM (UnA8+)

71 Don't fall in love with politicians.

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at March 27, 2024 01:26 PM (MvF+J)

72 One should never 'love' politicians as they will always break your heart the longer that they are in office. If you view them like your trash collectors and employees, it is far more useful.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2024 01:21 PM (uf8KX)

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: John Cornyn at March 27, 2024 01:26 PM (8sMut)

73 Media: 'In the legal struggle, Disney soundly punched DeSantis' fist with their face'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 27, 2024 01:22 PM (XeU6L)
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He's got a punchable fist.

Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:27 PM (krQz2)

74 They don't rely on legal experts for their bad conclusions. They start with the bad conclusions and then find someone who looks authoritative enough who will tell them what they want to hear.
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That never happens!

Posted by: Eminent Legal Scholar Lawrence Tribe at March 27, 2024 01:27 PM (i8iVf)

75 Decolonize Reedy Creek!!!

Posted by: 29Victor at March 27, 2024 01:27 PM (M+gBW)

76 The same media that got this 100% wrong... on purpose,
Are the same media that got the Trump CO decision 100% wrong ... on purpose,
Are the same media telling you Trump is demanding absolute immunity for everything anytime.

But there is not a pattern there.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 27, 2024 01:27 PM (yikga)

77 Nagasaki reaches same agreement with the U.S. Army Air Corps as Hiroshima made three days earlier.
Posted by: andycanuck
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A diplomatic triumph.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 27, 2024 01:27 PM (XeU6L)

78 If you view [politicians] like your trash collectors and employees...

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You're a hard man. I would never crucify my garbage man upside down while a hired Cossack slowly flogged him to death with a knout. He seems like a cool dude.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 27, 2024 01:27 PM (0FoWg)

79 34 >>> 28 I want DeSantis to be POTUS in 2028... he gets things done.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 27, 2024 01:16 PM (NpAcC)

Wanna bet?

Posted by: feralgov bureaucrats at March 27, 2024 01:17 PM (llON

If Trump wins, the DeepState will fight him tooth and nail in the bureaucratic and Fed Court trenches, while the UniParty-Media Complex turns a lot of its weapons on every non-Democrat the DNC believes has a real shot in 2028. DeSantis and every other realistic 2028 non-Dem POTUS candidate will become Worse Than Trump! faster than you can say Wh!te Suprem@cist.

Posted by: Big Media at March 27, 2024 01:27 PM (5fDan)

80 45 I have heard that is why Peter Jackson cannot get his Dambusters movie done. Refuses to change the name.

Posted by: steevy at March 27, 2024 01:27 PM (FQmDC)

81 Is it October yet???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 27, 2024 01:15 PM (llON8

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No, it needs to hurry up and get here.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 27, 2024 01:27 PM (DRSnL)

82 This could get expensive for Disney in the long run as well. By, essentially, controlling their own County, they controlled the County Court as well. I'm going assume that's where all the general liability claims from the parks ended up.

Welcome to Potterville.

Posted by: Orson at March 27, 2024 01:27 PM (dIske)

83 off sock dammit

Posted by: Gref at March 27, 2024 01:27 PM (5fDan)

84 Don't fall in love with politicians.

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at March 27, 2024 01:26 PM (MvF+J)
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They don't always give you a little extra like Boebert.

Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:28 PM (krQz2)

85 You know who else illegally seized private property?

Posted by: Big Media

Letitia James? Oh, wait...

Posted by: Stu Podaso at March 27, 2024 01:28 PM (DUP34)

86 This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: John Cornyn
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Nobody loves you, so no, it isn't about you.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2024 01:28 PM (i8iVf)

87 If they win their re-election Primary, it means they sold out and joined the Mutual Blackmail Club.
Posted by: XTC

Or simply they want to make a deal for their legacy. Saint Ron as president had plenty of mis-steps as did DJT when they listened to the wrong people and trusted those. Ron had Lebanon, Iran Contra, and Amnesty as his mistakes along with being saddled with GHWB and not replacing him in 1984 as VP. DJT trusted former generals who were more loyal to the Uniparty and their senator patrons them the country, he trusted his legal team to not give him backstabbing uniparty judges to nominate, and so on. He trusted his AG to actually do what he should have done but apparently the disgrace of revealing an illegitimate Jeffy Jr from some floozy made him sterile and then he appointed Bill Barr to be undertaker for the rule of law.

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2024 01:28 PM (uf8KX)

88 They don't always give you a little extra like Boebert.
Posted by: Axeman
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Her too. She was giving that little extra to a Dem gigolo.

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2024 01:28 PM (uf8KX)

89 44
>>I truly wish Florida wasn't part swamp liable to inundated every year by hurricane.

Most of my family lives in Florida, I love visiting them but cannot wait to leave.

I was on a project in Doral for four months during the wort of the summer, we all had apartments with attached unconditioned garages, by the time I left my apartment to the time I stepped foot into the car, I was drenched in sweat, then you spend the next 30 minutes driving to site, park, get out of your car, get soaking wet again, then spend 10-12 hours in an air conditioned studio, and repeat the same process going back to your apartment.

It definitely takes a different breed to live in Florida.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 01:20 PM (XV/Pl)
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Durban, Natal, South Africa has entered the chat.

Posted by: Ciampino - Spring & Fall is great though at March 27, 2024 01:29 PM (qfLjt)

90 Is there a way to "poison" diesel fuel?

I guess there might be, but I imagine it would take a lot to contaminate a ships fuel supply and make its engines and generators die 30 minutes after leaving port.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 27, 2024 01:29 PM (D6aGE)

91 If Trump wins, the DeepState will fight him tooth and nail in the bureaucratic and Fed Court trenches, while the UniParty-Media Complex turns a lot of its weapons on every non-Democrat the DNC believes has a real shot in 2028. DeSantis and every other realistic 2028 non-Dem POTUS candidate will become Worse Than Trump! faster than you can say Wh!te Suprem@cist.

Posted by: Big Media at March 27, 2024 01:27 PM (5fDan)
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And that's the minimum we can hope for: Trump gums up the work and stops the advance.

Hopefully, if the win is "Too Big to Steal" the American voters have wised up to the media by then.

Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:30 PM (krQz2)

92 This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: John Cornyn
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I would not hire you to collect my trash let alone help govern the country. Incompetent and corrupt is not someone I want to collect my trash.

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2024 01:30 PM (uf8KX)

93 Trump will pick Ronna.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 27, 2024 01:30 PM (D6aGE)

94 Florida is the lightning capital of the world. I wonder how the FNM would paint it if Bob Iger was struck by lightning. Probably it would be the fault of Death Santis somehow. Like if EPA or FAA regulations limit lightning rods it would be presented as Florida rules rather than fed rules.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 27, 2024 01:30 PM (wTs+0)

95 DeSantis is a product of the Yale/Harvard/MIC borg, who's never actually worked a real job, so right there he can't be fully trusted.

(Your intense hatred of DeSantis - in spite of his record - is noted.)

DeSantis can get into a knife fight with Rubio or Scott for a Senate seat for all I care, he's not going to be in the Trump administration and he's never going to be President.

So, there's that.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 01:24 PM (XV/Pl)

Seeing as you are expert on what the future brings, what are the winning lotto numbers for next week? Which stock is set to take off? As you are so sure as to what the future brings, you would know, right?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 27, 2024 01:31 PM (8sMut)

96 {i]I guess there might be, but I imagine it would take a lot to contaminate a ships fuel supply and make its engines and generators die 30 minutes after leaving port.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

I read where the Captain/Pilot should have never thrown her in full reverse. Single screw, prop walk, bow turns unpredictably based on sea state and current. Pilot error IMHO.

Posted by: Mike Johnson Who Feels Weaker Than Normal at March 27, 2024 01:31 PM (eYF7X)

97 91 If Trump wins, the DeepState will fight him tooth and nail in the bureaucratic and Fed Court trenches, while the UniParty-Media Complex turns a lot of its weapons on every non-Democrat the DNC believes has a real shot in 2028. DeSantis and every other realistic 2028 non-Dem POTUS candidate will become Worse Than Trump! faster than you can say Wh!te Suprem@cist.

Posted by: Big Media at March 27, 2024 01:27 PM (5fDan)
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And that's the minimum we can hope for: Trump gums up the work and stops the advance.

Hopefully, if the win is "Too Big to Steal" the American voters have wised up to the media by then.
Posted by: Axeman
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Expect the abnormal until the whole fiat currency regime goes down the toilet or some other black swan event even sooner. Biden attracts those like flies on shit.

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2024 01:31 PM (uf8KX)

98 45 1945 Berlin reaches a settlement with invading Soviet forces.

Möhne and Eder dams reach settlement with Number 5 Group, RAF. Agree dog's name will not be promoted in the media.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 27, 2024 01:20 PM (2yu8s)
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That was a Nigerian dog.
BTW What to call a man from Niger? Nigerian is already taken.

Posted by: Ciampino - just another Lab at March 27, 2024 01:32 PM (qfLjt)

99 Imagine if each one of the 20 odd R governors had the backbone of DeSantis...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2024 01:32 PM (ibTVg)

100 If Trump wins, the DeepState will fight him tooth and nail in the bureaucratic and Fed Court trenches, while the UniParty-Media Complex turns a lot of its weapons on every non-Democrat the DNC believes has a real shot in 2028. DeSantis and every other realistic 2028 non-Dem POTUS candidate will become Worse Than Trump! faster than you can say Wh!te Suprem@cist.

Probably, but it's a battle that needs to be fought. There's no time like the present. Every delay in Ragnarok makes them stronger.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2024 01:32 PM (CsUN+)

101 91 Hopefully, if the win is "Too Big to Steal" the American voters have wised up to the media by then.
Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:30 PM (krQz2)

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I think the American people wised up in 2010.

I think Obama won in no small part due to fraud in 2012 (Broward County in FL alone can account for most of his lead in the electoral college). I think Trump won by shitting on the entire political system in 2016. The establishment had to break every voting law in the books in 2020 to beat Trump after 5 years of the media calling him literally Hitler and then shutting down the American economy (mostly through blue states) to hurt him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:32 PM (GBKbO)

102 This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: John Cornyn
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Nobody loves you, so no, it isn't about you.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2024 01:28 PM

Ummm, that's not 100% accurate.

Posted by: The Bush wing of the GOPe at March 27, 2024 01:32 PM (a3Q+t)

103 About politicians:

Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. 4 When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.

Psalm 146: 3-5

That "antiquated" Bible was correct again.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2024 01:32 PM (XkYcA)

104 >>Nagasaki reaches same agreement with the U.S. Army Air Corps as Hiroshima made three days earlier.
Posted by: andycanuck
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U.S. Army Air Force.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 27, 2024 01:32 PM (wzAuc)

105 93 Trump will pick Ronna.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Ewww. I would rather see Tulsi naked.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2024 01:33 PM (eYF7X)

106 I wonder if Trump actually is the certified winner in November, how soon into his presidency the Demedia is going to be telling us: "Look! See! Democracy destroyed!"

"Many Americans haven't yet figured out that our democracy has already been destroyed by Donald Trump's election."

Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:33 PM (krQz2)

107 95 Seeing as you are expert on what the future brings, what are the winning lotto numbers for next week? Which stock is set to take off? As you are so sure as to what the future brings, you would know, right?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 27, 2024 01:31 PM (8sMut)

4 Years of DJT
8 Years of DJT Jr.
8 Years of Eric

That gets Barron to 38 years old, more than eligible to run in 2044.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 01:33 PM (UnA8+)

108 @65

>>I still think DeSantis could make a good AG.

I don't know, maybe.

DeSantis was a nobody backbencher that even his wife would have had a hard time picking out of Congressional Class Photo.

This notion that he's some sui generis fighting, fighting CON hero is comical.

Trump birthed all of these bozos and the thanks he gets for it is a knife in the back from Mr. I don't know nothing about Porn Star Hush Money Payments.

F**k You, you f**king f**k.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 01:33 PM (XV/Pl)

109 I would not hire you to collect my trash let alone help govern the country. Incompetent and corrupt is not someone I want to collect my trash.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2024 01:30 PM (uf8KX)

Well, you don't understand the nuance of DC and the importance of reaching across the aisle to get things done for the people. I cannot understand voters like you who want me to be an obstructionist.

So why don't you just shut up, pay your taxes, and let smart people like me make the decisions?

Posted by: John Cornyn at March 27, 2024 01:33 PM (8sMut)

110 Florida is the lightning capital of the world.

I never knew that. I suppose that's why Tampa Bay's hockey team is called the Lightning.

Well, I learned my one thing for the day.

Posted by: spindrift at March 27, 2024 01:33 PM (OguvZ)

111 43 Better than the Winter of My Discount Tent.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 27, 2024 01:19 PM (l8gTz)
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I thought that was "Winner".

Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:20 PM (krQz2)
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Weiner, Wiener, Whiner .... so many choices!

Posted by: Ciampino - not just another Lab at March 27, 2024 01:34 PM (qfLjt)

112 46 It definitely takes a different breed to live in Florida.

As the old saying goes, it's a great place to visit...
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2024

You acclimate. Though I never acclimated the other direction, I was perpetually cold. Anyway, being here on the gulf coast pretty darn close to Florida, I got to drive home with my top down on my car today. Sun is shining, clouds are white and puffy. Just ignore that alligator over there, it’s fine.

Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2024 01:34 PM (ZdaMQ)

113 That "antiquated" Bible was correct again.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2024 01:32 PM (XkYcA)
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I thought that said "ponces".

I'm going to have to rethink my whole take.

Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:34 PM (krQz2)

114 In Texas news, the decade long legal attempt to take out Ken Paxton today finally ended today with a big wet fart. This is close to being the longest criminal case in Texas history, as fas as having been filed with no trial ever held. Multiple courts and judges were assigned to hear it and all found ways to bail out of the case. Painfully obvious lawfare, which finally ended today. (Continued)

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 27, 2024 01:34 PM (i9ffA)

115 Gators, Crocs, Hurricanes, venomous snakes. Florida is kind of like Australia.

Posted by: steevy at March 27, 2024 01:34 PM (FQmDC)

116 108 Trump birthed all of these bozos and the thanks he gets for it is a knife in the back from Mr. I don't know nothing about Porn Star Hush Money Payments.

F**k You, you f**king f**k.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 01:33 PM (XV/Pl)

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If DeSantis can't do the clearing out of the DOJ, then he's no worse than anyone else. If he wants to prove himself in the AG spot, using it as a stepping stone to the presidency, he has to do it.

Use his ambition, is what I'm saying.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:35 PM (GBKbO)

117 BTW What to call a man from Niger? Nigerian is already taken.
Posted by: Ciampino - just another Lab at March 27, 2024 01:32 PM

Perhaps, like people from Utah aren't Utahians, they're Utahns?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at March 27, 2024 01:35 PM (a3Q+t)

118 the Media but shorter: "Everything far left is amazing, like ice cream and puppies. Everything moderate to conservative is literally Hitler!"

Posted by: Drew in MO at March 27, 2024 01:35 PM (0L51M)

119 That "antiquated" Bible was correct again.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Yep. The events in the Book of Judges or most other books of the prophets indicate the same pattern where good rule goes to bad.

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2024 01:35 PM (uf8KX)

120 Is Niger or Nigeria where all those Princes looking to give you a bunch of money come from?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2024 01:36 PM (ibTVg)

121 {{{{The Walls Are Closing In}}}}

effing posers

Posted by: CZ = FNG, Free Republic of Florida at March 27, 2024 01:36 PM (MkuC5)

122 I don't know, maybe.

DeSantis was a nobody backbencher that even his wife would have had a hard time picking out of Congressional Class Photo.

This notion that he's some sui generis fighting, fighting CON hero is comical.

Trump birthed all of these bozos and the thanks he gets for it is a knife in the back from Mr. I don't know nothing about Porn Star Hush Money Payments.

F**k You, you f**king f**k.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 01:33 PM (XV/Pl)

Damn, dude. We get it. DeSantis looked at you wrong, so your hatred of him only grows stronger.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 27, 2024 01:36 PM (8sMut)

123 115 Gators, Crocs, Hurricanes, venomous snakes. Florida is kind of like Australia.
Posted by: steevy

Chiggers that will bore into any exposed flesh.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2024 01:36 PM (eYF7X)

124 116 If DeSantis can't do the clearing out of the DOJ, then he's no worse than anyone else. If he wants to prove himself in the AG spot, using it as a stepping stone to the presidency, he has to do it.

Use his ambition, is what I'm saying.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:35 PM (GBKbO)

I admire your ability to ignore him calling you a F*cking F*ck.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 01:36 PM (UnA8+)

125 Gators, Crocs, Hurricanes, venomous snakes. Florida is kind of like Australia.
Posted by: steevy

You left out the Burmese pythons.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 27, 2024 01:36 PM (9yWhg)

126 115 Gators, Crocs, Hurricanes, venomous snakes. Florida is kind of like Australia.
Posted by: steevy at March 27, 2024 01:34 PM (FQmDC)

Nah. In Australia there are snakes and other creepy crawling things that chase you.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 27, 2024 01:36 PM (N39Ws)

127 4 Years of DJT
8 Years of DJT Jr.
8 Years of Eric

That gets Barron to 38 years old, more than eligible to run in 2044.
Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 01:33

Sounds awful close to a dynasty. No thank you.

Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2024 01:36 PM (ZdaMQ)

128 DeSantis was a nobody backbencher that even his wife would have had a hard time picking out of Congressional Class Photo.

This notion that he's some sui generis fighting, fighting CON hero is comical.

And Einstein was some nobody in the Swiss Patent Office...until he wasn't. I don't care what he did long ago, I care what he's doing now, and that has been a whole lot of good things.

Trump birthed all of these bozos and the thanks he gets for it is a knife in the back from Mr. I don't know nothing about Porn Star Hush Money Payments.

Seriously? We're back to "Trump is owed loyalty"?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2024 01:36 PM (CsUN+)

129
I admire your ability to ignore him calling you a F*cking F*ck.

At least he didn't call him late to dinner...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2024 01:37 PM (ibTVg)

130 124 I admire your ability to ignore him calling you a F*cking F*ck.
Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 01:36 PM (UnA8+)

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He was addressing that to DeSantis.

Thomas Bender is good people. I like Thomas Bender.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:37 PM (GBKbO)

131 104 >>Nagasaki reaches same agreement with the U.S. Army Air Corps as Hiroshima made three days earlier.
Posted by: andycanuck
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U.S. Army Air Force.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 27, 2024 01:32 PM (wzAuc)

Believe it or not it was the U.S. Army Air Forces. Forces, not Force.

Posted by: Gref at March 27, 2024 01:37 PM (5fDan)

132 I think it's gonna be DeSantis. I think the deal is done and that's why he dropped out unceremoniously.

Despite all bs to the contrary, Trump likes the idea of uniting and a Trump-DeSantis ticket is a Unity Ticket.

Though I would love to see Lake.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2024 01:37 PM (sQu4G)

133 Is it Florida that has the Dickfish?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2024 01:38 PM (eYF7X)

134 84 Don't fall in love with politicians.

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at March 27, 2024 01:26 PM

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They'll cockblock you and then brag about it at the prayer breakfast.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 27, 2024 01:38 PM (wzAuc)

135 115 Gators, Crocs, Hurricanes, venomous snakes. Florida is kind of like Australia.
Posted by: steevy at March 27, 2024 01:34 PM (FQmDC)

My concealed carry permit says your observation is incorrect.

Posted by: CZ = FNG, Free Republic of Florida at March 27, 2024 01:38 PM (MkuC5)

136 One amendment I think we could use - the children/spouse/ex-spouse/parents of any federal elected office are all ineligible to ever hold that office.

No more Clintons, Obamas, or Bushes...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2024 01:38 PM (ibTVg)

137 Bobby-soxer, ca 1952: "I just love Adlai! He's so dreamy! I can't wait to vote for him!"

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at March 27, 2024 01:38 PM (MvF+J)

138 U.S. Army Air Force.
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Excuse my faulty pre-1942 memory.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 27, 2024 01:38 PM (2yu8s)

139 Also, in OZ they literally dragged children in to be clot shotted against their will. DeSantis was one of the best governors in American during COVID...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2024 01:39 PM (ibTVg)

140 Perhaps, like people from Utah aren't Utahians, they're Utahns?
Posted by: Wesley Crusher

What is a Yute? - Judge Haller

Posted by: Stu Podaso at March 27, 2024 01:39 PM (DUP34)

141 "Queer Princeton Alumni" President and outspoken activist Trey Farmer arrested on child pr0n charges.

**SHOCKING**

http://tiny.cc/yrokxz

Posted by: bonhomme at March 27, 2024 01:39 PM (Odg76)

142 132 I think it's gonna be DeSantis. I think the deal is done and that's why he dropped out unceremoniously.

Despite all bs to the contrary, Trump likes the idea of uniting and a Trump-DeSantis ticket is a Unity Ticket.

Though I would love to see Lake.
Posted by: ... at March 27, 2024 01:37 PM (sQu4G)

Just once, Trump needs to actually FOLLOW THROUGH on giving the Killshot to somebody.

Letting Ron back into the fold would show he's still too weak to do that.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 01:39 PM (UnA8+)

143 107 95 Seeing as you are expert on what the future brings, what are the winning lotto numbers for next week? Which stock is set to take off? As you are so sure as to what the future brings, you would know, right?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 27, 2024 01:31 PM (8sMut)

4 Years of DJT
8 Years of DJT Jr.
8 Years of Eric

That gets Barron to 38 years old, more than eligible to run in 2044.
Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 01:33 PM (UnA8+)

I'm old enough to remember when aristocracy and hereditary rulers were frowned upon in this country. (But then, who am I kidding? Plenty of places in this country that have people who cheerfully vote in people to office because daddy or granddaddy had the office once...)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 27, 2024 01:40 PM (8sMut)

144 Paxton (continued): so after having finally set a trial date for mid April, Paxton's attorneys and the prosecution announced a settlement today. (What prosecutor "settles" a legit criminal case?) Paxton will make no admission of wrongdoing, and agree to pay $270,000 to the men they claimed he defrauded (who are still his friends and didn't make the complaint) his attorneys do this is less than the cost of litigation. Oh and he will volunteer to do 100 hours community service. After 10 years of nonsense about this, The End.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 27, 2024 01:40 PM (i9ffA)

145 Trump will pick Ronna.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 27, 2024 01:30 PM (D6aGE)

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Nikita hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at March 27, 2024 01:40 PM (zoXTr)

146 115 Gators, Crocs, Hurricanes, venomous snakes. Florida is kind of like Australia.
Posted by: steevy

What's wrong with Crocs?

Posted by: Sid at March 27, 2024 01:40 PM (eYF7X)

147 Ewww. I would rather see Tulsi naked.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2024 01:33 PM (eYF7X)

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That pic you posted in the last thread was Padma Lakshmi, by the way. Not Tulsi.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 27, 2024 01:40 PM (DRSnL)

148 Is there a way to "poison" diesel fuel?

I guess there might be, but I imagine it would take a lot to contaminate a ships fuel supply and make its engines and generators die 30 minutes after leaving port.

Electrical problems on ships are pretty common (salt water and electronics don't mix well) and this ship in particular apparently had a history of them. You can see the diesel engine start up and get set to full throttle almost immediately when the power comes back on the last time before it hit the bridge.

Also, someone on Twitter dug up a book that mentions that the Coast Guard had an active betting pool on a ship hitting the Key bridge when it first opened, so what happened wasn't unforseen.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2024 01:40 PM (2ocoG)

149 Seriously? We're back to "Trump is owed loyalty"?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2024 01:36 PM (CsUN+)
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How about just "read the room"?

Ron did not read the room.

Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:40 PM (krQz2)

150 And Einstein was some nobody in the Swiss Patent Office...until he wasn't. I don't care what he did long ago, I care what he's doing now, and that has been a whole lot of good things.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2024 01:36 PM

TBF, Einstein hasn't added anything new to his body of work for 60 years or so.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at March 27, 2024 01:40 PM (a3Q+t)

151 139 Also, in OZ they literally dragged children in to be clot shotted against their will. DeSantis was one of the best governors in American during COVID...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2024 01:39 PM (ibTVg)

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He still shut down the state for 3 months.

There was one good politician on covid, and it was Kristi Noem. And Kristi Noem sucks.

Covid was such a universal clusterfuck across the board that anyone using actual covid responses as either pros or cons are simply unpersuasive to me. They all sucked.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:40 PM (GBKbO)

152 >>Nagasaki reaches same agreement with the U.S. Army Air Corps as Hiroshima made three days earlier.
Posted by: andycanuck
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U.S. Army Air Force.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 27, 2024 01:32 PM (wzAuc)

Believe it or not it was the U.S. Army Air Forces. Forces, not Force.
Posted by: Gref at March 27, 2024 01:37 PM

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Ah, right. Dammit. If you're gonna correct, be correct.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 27, 2024 01:40 PM (wzAuc)

153 I read this settlement more narrowly. I think it only had to do with that last-minute bullshit development deal. I don't think it means that Disney is conceding total loss of its Reedy Creek status or benefits. I think the battle will continue over those issues. Still: a nice win for DeathSantis and more monkeypox ejaculate on the faces of the media.

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 27, 2024 01:41 PM (iFTx/)

154 Could it be said that today is the day that Their Precious Democracy died?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2024 01:41 PM (zhLdt)

155 @130

>>Thomas Bender is good people. I like Thomas Bender.

I like you too James, perhaps one day I can take you on a tour of a Television/Production Facility and have a Gimlet or two.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 01:41 PM (XV/Pl)

156 Gators, Crocs, Hurricanes, venomous snakes. Florida is kind of like Australia.
Posted by: steevy

What's wrong with Crocs?
Posted by: Sid at March 27, 2024 01:40 PM (eYF7X)
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They go great with your messenger bag.

Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:41 PM (krQz2)

157 143 I'm old enough to remember when aristocracy and hereditary rulers were frowned upon in this country. (But then, who am I kidding? Plenty of places in this country that have people who cheerfully vote in people to office because daddy or granddaddy had the office once...)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 27, 2024 01:40 PM (8sMut)

Unless some badass comes along that makes Trump look like Mitt Romney, where else are you gonna go?

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 01:41 PM (UnA8+)

158 155 I like you too James, perhaps one day I can take you on a tour of a Television/Production Facility and have a Gimlet or two.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 01:41 PM (XV/Pl)

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I'd be up for that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:41 PM (GBKbO)

159 U.S. Army Air Force.
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Excuse my faulty pre-1942 memory.
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Believe it or not it was the U.S. Army Air Forces. Forces, not Force.
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Yes, Wiki uses "Forces" too.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 27, 2024 01:41 PM (2yu8s)

160 Just once, Trump needs to actually FOLLOW THROUGH on giving the Killshot to somebody.

Letting Ron back into the fold would show he's still too weak to do that.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 01:39 PM (UnA8+)

Wait, what?

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 27, 2024 01:42 PM (KbCG3)

161 142 132 I think it's gonna be DeSantis. I think the deal is done and that's why he dropped out unceremoniously.

I have no doubt there was a smoky back room deal with the other primary candidates where Trump said he'd get them some cabinet/high-viz positions in exchange for dropping out. AND the other sides were amenable because all of them wanted Nikke gone and the only way to do that was to unite behind one person.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 27, 2024 01:42 PM (8sMut)

162 146

What's wrong with Crocs?
Posted by: Sid at March 27, 2024

So many things make sense now!

Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2024 01:42 PM (ZdaMQ)

163 158 155 I like you too James, perhaps one day I can take you on a tour of a Television/Production Facility and have a Gimlet or two.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 01:41 PM (XV/Pl)

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I'd be up for that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:41 PM (GBKbO)

And just like that, a bromance is born.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 27, 2024 01:42 PM (KbCG3)

164 That pic you posted in the last thread was Padma Lakshmi, by the way. Not Tulsi.

Now I have disappointment.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2024 01:42 PM (eYF7X)

165 Paxton will make no admission of wrongdoing, and agree to pay $270,000 to the men they claimed he defrauded (who are still his friends and didn't make the complaint) his attorneys do this is less than the cost of litigation. Oh and he will volunteer to do 100 hours community service. After 10 years of nonsense about this, The End.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 27, 2024 01:40 PM (i9ffA)

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"The process IS the punishment, comrade!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at March 27, 2024 01:42 PM (zoXTr)

166 160 Wait, what?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 27, 2024 01:42 PM (KbCG3)

Not a literal shot.

Just, a "F*ck You" that is never rescinded.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 01:43 PM (UnA8+)

167 Morrissey points out that this "settlement" consists of Disney dropping its claims to own the Reedy Creek Improvement District, in exchange for the new body controlling that area not continuing to sue Disney over its illegal actions to keep its filthy claws on the property.
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Bummer. Honestly, this is sort of a typical sweetheart deal giant corps and major Party players get all the time.

They drop the matter against the state, and the state gives them immunity. No fines, no jail, nobody gets fired, and everybody walks away. Disney is the net loser - it lost Reedy Creek and so this sage is in fact a touch different from the typical routine - but nobody at Disney or the former Reedy Creek will be help accountable.

There is no chance you or I could get a deal like that.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:43 PM (6bTRc)

168 Letting Ron back into the fold would show he's still too weak to do that.
Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 01:39 PM (UnA8+)

I think you are at least half right but he's thinking electorally and that is unfortunately still important. I hate it myself.

Needs as many R votes as he can get and DeSantis will undoubtedly assuage a percentage of the party that thinks they know better than Trump.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2024 01:43 PM (sQu4G)

169 163 And just like that, a bromance is born.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 27, 2024 01:42 PM (KbCG3)

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And Doof will pay for it!

I woke up this morning and chose violence!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:43 PM (GBKbO)

170 Is it Florida that has the Dickfish?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2024 01:38 PM

You talkin' about me?

Posted by: Candiru at March 27, 2024 01:43 PM (a3Q+t)

171 152 >>Nagasaki reaches same agreement with the U.S. Army Air Corps as Hiroshima made three days earlier.
Posted by: andycanuck
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U.S. Army Air Force.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 27, 2024 01:32 PM (wzAuc)

Believe it or not it was the U.S. Army Air Forces. Forces, not Force.
Posted by: Gref at March 27, 2024 01:37 PM

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Ah, right. Dammit. If you're gonna correct, be correct.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 27, 2024 01:40 PM (wzAuc)

It took me a while back in the day to understand this one and lock it into my gray matter.

Posted by: Gref at March 27, 2024 01:43 PM (5fDan)

172 $1.13B winning Mega Millions ticket sold in New Jersey.

CBD?
Berserker?

Posted by: Doof at March 27, 2024 01:43 PM (JunzL)

173 "As usual, the media were wrong," said Florida Governor DeSantis' Communications Director Bryan Griffin Wednesday.
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At least that was direct.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:43 PM (6bTRc)

174 >>Thomas Bender is good people. I like Thomas Bender.

I like you too James, perhaps one day I can take you on a tour of a Television/Production Facility and have a Gimlet or two.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 01:41 PM (XV/Pl)
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I like most of the people on her most of the time. And through most disagreements.

Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:43 PM (krQz2)

175 Excuse my faulty pre-1942 memory.

I still remember when FDR dropped those bombs on Japan. People said he shouldn't do it...they said he couldn't do it...you know, since he was a cripple. But even though he couldn't stand, he walked to the plane and got in.

And did he just take on one bomb? No this guy, this sexy manly hunk of a man, who honestly reminds me of myself little, he asked for two bombs. I'll never forget the words he said to me as I got in the fighter plane to escort him, he said Joe you keep those Nips off me and I'll win this damn war. And damn but we did. I mean, it was really me, I shot down 50 planes over California before we even got to Japan, but FDR? He was almost as awesome as me that day.

But...but...I always have to remember that was the day we lost Beau. He was FDR's tail gunner, and some German...I think he was named Trump or Reagan or something...came in with his MIG and got in one lucky bullet. Damn you Trump! You killed Beau!

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 27, 2024 01:44 PM (ibTVg)

176 I woke up this morning and chose violence!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:43 PM (GBKbO)
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And Prometheus!

Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:44 PM (krQz2)

177 Bob Iger is spinning his allies in the media, because the proxy vote which may seal his fate is being held on April 3. He needs his allies and shills to continue painting him as the ultimate winner, even after he takes legal loss upon financial disaster.
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LOL. His "allies."

He owns ABC directly, and it is one of the Big Three.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:44 PM (6bTRc)

178 I have no doubt there was a smoky back room deal with the other primary candidates where Trump said he'd get them some cabinet/high-viz positions in exchange for dropping out.

Don't believe him, Ron!!!!

Posted by: Mitt Romney at March 27, 2024 01:44 PM (CsUN+)

179 I woke up this morning and chose violence!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:43 PM

Everyone chooses violence until they get a Prometheus in their face.

Posted by: Mike Tyson at March 27, 2024 01:44 PM (a3Q+t)

180 As Disney loses to DeSantis yet again, it’s a good reminder that if there’s one thing you can count on with absolute certainty, it’s that the media will get everything wrong, never admit it, then demand censorship for everyone else

I'm going to disagree with Ian Miller. Wrong, used in this manner, implies a level of innocence. Oh, they were just mistaken. Could have happened to anyone.

They were not wrong. They lied.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2024 01:44 PM (zhLdt)

181 I like you too James, perhaps one day I can take you on a tour of a Television/Production Facility and have a Gimlet or two.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 01:41 PM (XV/Pl)

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I'd be up for that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:41 PM (GBKbO)
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*ears perk up*
I was ready to talk about Big Mouse but then someone mention hooch.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2024 01:44 PM (W/lyH)

182 168 Needs as many R votes as he can get and DeSantis will undoubtedly assuage a percentage of the party that thinks they know better than Trump.
Posted by: ... at March 27, 2024 01:43 PM (sQu4G)

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I have yet to see any evidence that VP choices move votes at any material level. (And don't throw Palin at me. McCain lost in a landslide.)

I think the choice is only important for internal concerns at the highest levels of the party. Talking about votes from those levels is just an excuse for one side to argue for its rights at patronage over another.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:44 PM (GBKbO)

183 Now I have disappointment.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2024 01:42 PM (eYF7X)

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That's why I'm here.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 27, 2024 01:44 PM (DRSnL)

184 I like you too James, perhaps one day I can take you on a tour of a Television/Production Facility and have a Gimlet or two.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 01:41 PM (XV/Pl)
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You work in TV?

I'm a broadcaster by training, but not by trade. Emphasis television, but I knew my way around radio pretty decently.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:45 PM (6bTRc)

185 166 160 Wait, what?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 27, 2024 01:42 PM (KbCG3)

Not a literal shot.

Just, a "F*ck You" that is never rescinded.
Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 01:43 PM (UnA8+)

I know you're not being literal. I just don't understand going after one of the most conservative, successful governors we have going for us.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 27, 2024 01:45 PM (KbCG3)

186 $1.13B winning Mega Millions ticket sold in New Jersey.

CBD?
Berserker?
Posted by: Doof at March 27, 2024 01:43 PM (JunzL)

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Fen?

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 27, 2024 01:45 PM (DRSnL)

187 176 I woke up this morning and chose violence!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:43 PM (GBKbO)
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And Prometheus!
Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:44 PM (krQz2)

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Well, technically Kong: Skull Island. Prometheus was better.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:45 PM (GBKbO)

188 Covid was such a universal clusterfuck across the board that anyone using actual covid responses as either pros or cons are simply unpersuasive to me. They all sucked.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I would rate the response from bureaucracies, the medical establishment, etc. as sucking too as well as the people being panicked.

Gubmints--federal, state, and local decided early on to rely on respect muh authoritah!!! instead of changing with actual science. And that was in part by the general people being ignorant as to scientific method and facts.

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2024 01:45 PM (uf8KX)

189 This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: John Cornyn

....

Ken Paxton is going to primary your ass and win.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 27, 2024 01:45 PM (tLs1Y)

190 And Doof will pay for it!

I woke up this morning and chose violence!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:43 PM (GBKbO)

Careful there, Tarheel boy. Did you miss the earlier thread where I mentioned that I learned axe throwing yesterday?

Posted by: Doof at March 27, 2024 01:45 PM (JunzL)

191 I love DeSantis, Youngkin a close second, followed by J.D. Vance.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 27, 2024 01:11 PM (t/2Uw)

Poor Wheels doesn't even get an Honorable Mention.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2024 01:45 PM (zhLdt)

192 Now I have disappointment.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2024 01:42 PM (eYF7X)

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That's why I'm here.
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 27, 2024 01:44 PM (DRSnL)
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Me too.

Posted by: Bourbon at March 27, 2024 01:46 PM (krQz2)

193 Well, technically Kong: Skull Island. Prometheus was better.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:45 PM (GBKbO)
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Man. "Kong: Skull Island" must've *really* sucked...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:46 PM (6bTRc)

194 Unless some badass comes along that makes Trump look like Mitt Romney, where else are you gonna go?

I don't know, but I'm sure hereditary dynasties always end up with some retard grandchild marrying Meghan Markle.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2024 01:46 PM (2ocoG)

195 169 163 And just like that, a bromance is born.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 27, 2024 01:42 PM (KbCG3)

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And Doof will pay for it!

I woke up this morning and chose violence!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:43 PM (GBKbO)

You know what they say, a violent comment board is a polite comment board.

Or something like that.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 27, 2024 01:46 PM (KbCG3)

196 1115 Gators, Crocs, Hurricanes, venomous snakes. Florida is kind of like Australia.
Posted by: steevy at March 27, 2024 01:34 PM (FQmDC)

One of our lanai screens ripped and was flapping in the breeze yesterday. I am sending Hubby out to do a duct tape repair until the screen guys can get here. The snakes scare the beejesus out of me (six poisonous varieties in my area of Florida).

Posted by: Ann at March 27, 2024 01:46 PM (eXrEx)

197 Just once, Trump needs to actually FOLLOW THROUGH on giving the Killshot to somebody.

Letting Ron back into the fold would show he's still too weak to do that.

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This is a really weird hill to want to die on.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 27, 2024 01:46 PM (fKIdX)

198 185 I know you're not being literal. I just don't understand going after one of the most conservative, successful governors we have going for us.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 27, 2024 01:45 PM (KbCG3)

Because he already did the Uniparty's bidding.

And because Trump needs to show that he'll be a ruthless cut-throat bastard if somehow he beats the cheat.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 01:46 PM (UnA8+)

199 188 Gubmints--federal, state, and local decided early on to rely on respect muh authoritah!!! instead of changing with actual science. And that was in part by the general people being ignorant as to scientific method and facts.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2024 01:45 PM (uf8KX)

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Respectfully: fuck the science.

It's the government's job to protect our liberties, not protect our health.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:46 PM (GBKbO)

200 Ken Paxton is going to primary your ass and win.
Posted by: TexasDan at March 27, 2024 01:45 PM

I'm down with that.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 27, 2024 01:47 PM (a3Q+t)

201 190 Careful there, Tarheel boy. Did you miss the earlier thread where I mentioned that I learned axe throwing yesterday?
Posted by: Doof at March 27, 2024 01:45 PM (JunzL)

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Tarheel boy?

So hurtful. So accurate. Still, hurtful.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:47 PM (GBKbO)

202 >>It took me a while back in the day to understand this one and lock it into my gray matter.
Posted by: Gref at March 27, 2024 01:43 PM

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It's was short-lived so forgivable. Like the Boston Braves becoming the Boston Bees.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 27, 2024 01:47 PM (wzAuc)

203 Walt might have earned that, bitches. (There is a good argument even that Walt did not deserve his own personal fiefdom, I mean, what the hell?)

They certainly do and did not.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 27, 2024 01:47 PM (daqPs)

204 If we're talking about politicians we'd like to see nekkid, I vote for Anna Paulina Luna. She is seriously hot.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 27, 2024 01:47 PM (1bNHn)

205
I have yet to see any evidence that VP choices move votes at any material level. (And don't throw Palin at me. McCain lost in a landslide.)

I think the choice is only important for internal concerns at the highest levels of the party. Talking about votes from those levels is just an excuse for one side to argue for its rights at patronage over another.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:44 PM (GBKbO)

Concur.

Posted by: Montec at March 27, 2024 01:47 PM (4+s9S)

206 Forty-eight hours without a delicious cigarette. Not choosing, but only contemplating, violence. Nap seems optimal choice.

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at March 27, 2024 01:48 PM (MvF+J)

207 I would rather subscribe to Tass and Pravda than listen to our MFM for free.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 27, 2024 01:48 PM (ufFY8)

208 Forty-eight hours without a delicious cigarette. Not choosing, but only contemplating, violence. Nap seems optimal choice.
Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at March 27, 2024 01:48 PM (MvF+J)
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Congratulations. Your halfway through the worst of it, I hear.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:48 PM (6bTRc)

209 Because he already did the Uniparty's bidding.

And because Trump needs to show that he'll be a ruthless cut-throat bastard if somehow he beats the cheat.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 01:46 PM (UnA8+)

Welp, I guess that's one way to look at it.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 27, 2024 01:48 PM (KbCG3)

210 I wonder if Disney settled as part of a deal with Peltz.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at March 27, 2024 01:49 PM (oAg81)

211 TJM is Doof's twinkie in the city?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 27, 2024 01:49 PM (daqPs)

212 Trump and DeSantis probably agree on 90% of things.

Yet for some weird reason the Trump and DeSantis followers hate each other.

Posted by: Montec at March 27, 2024 01:49 PM (4+s9S)

213 Careful there, Tarheel boy. Did you miss the earlier thread where I mentioned that I learned axe throwing yesterday?
Posted by: Doof at March 27, 2024 01:45 PM (JunzL)

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Oooh, did you do it shirtless like Jason Momoa?

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 27, 2024 01:49 PM (DRSnL)

214 115 Gators, Crocs, Hurricanes, venomous snakes. Florida is kind of like Australia.

Posted by: steevy at March 27, 2024 01:34 PM (FQmDC)
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You left out Burmese pythons and mosquitoes.

Posted by: Ciampino - scratch your itches while being throttled at March 27, 2024 01:49 PM (qfLjt)

215 One of our lanai screens ripped and was flapping in the breeze yesterday.
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Artist's impression:

https://ace.mu.nu/archives/408948.php

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 27, 2024 01:49 PM (2yu8s)

216 Dude reads the words but puts zero thought into them. Funny.

Posted by: DOYLE at March 27, 2024 01:49 PM (Z8Yh2)

217 212 Trump and DeSantis probably agree on 90% of things.

Yet for some weird reason the Trump and DeSantis followers hate each other.
Posted by: Montec at March 27, 2024 01:49 PM (4+s9S)

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Because politics is cheerleading sports teams in slightly different dress.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:49 PM (GBKbO)

218 $1.13B winning Mega Millions ticket sold in New Jersey.

CBD?
Berserker?
Posted by: Doof at March 27, 2024 01:43 PM (JunzL)

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Fen?
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 27, 2024 01:45 PM (DRSnL)
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Maybe that's why that dude from church is stalking her?

Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2024 01:50 PM (W/lyH)

219 198 And because Trump needs to show that he'll be a ruthless cut-throat bastard if somehow he beats the cheat.
Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 01:46 PM (UnA8+)

Prepare now to be disappointed. Trump is great, Trump is far from perfect.

DeSantis is a conservative. He is also not perfect.

We should not let perfect get in the way of good, especially when it’s really good.

Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2024 01:50 PM (ZdaMQ)

220 You know what they say, a violent comment board is a polite comment board.

Or something like that.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer
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We are very polite on the Gun thread on Sundays.

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2024 01:50 PM (uf8KX)

221 Congratulations. Your halfway through the worst of it, I hear.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:48 PM (6bTRc)

Spoiler: depends. Not for me.

But good luck!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 27, 2024 01:50 PM (daqPs)

222 Tarheel boy?

So hurtful. So accurate. Still, hurtful.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:47 PM (GBKbO)

Did you say that in the style of Porterhouse from Caddyshack? "Tarheel boy?? Why you son of a bitch, I'll show you..."

Posted by: Doof at March 27, 2024 01:50 PM (JunzL)

223 212 Trump and DeSantis probably agree on 90% of things.

Yet for some weird reason the Trump and DeSantis followers hate each other.

Posted by: Montec at March 27, 2024 01:49 PM (4+s9S)

This is like watching the fanbases of two metal bands go at it.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 27, 2024 01:50 PM (KbCG3)

224 48 hours is where all the good chunky phlegm starts coming up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 27, 2024 01:50 PM (daqPs)

225 Posted by: Jordan61 at March 27, 2024 01:45 PM (DRSnL)

Might be Berserker. Unless he was travelling, CBD doesn't live in the county the ticket was purchased in and neither do I. I wouldn't want to win a billion dollars, and I didn't have a ticket. People you're not in years and everyone else comes out of the woodwork. I'd be happy with a million dollars.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2024 01:50 PM (XkYcA)

226 Forty-eight hours without a delicious cigarette. Not choosing, but only contemplating, violence. Nap seems optimal choice.
Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at March 27, 2024 01:48 PM (MvF+J)
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Good luck to you. It does get easier, but the urge does return occasionally. One thing that helps me resist is looking at what a carton costs nowadays.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 27, 2024 01:50 PM (1bNHn)

227 Oooh, did you do it shirtless like Jason Momoa?
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 27, 2024 01:49 PM (DRSnL)

Probably more like Topher Grace in “Win a Date With Tad Hamilton”.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 27, 2024 01:51 PM (9mfKN)

228 208 Forty-eight hours without a delicious cigarette. Not choosing, but only contemplating, violence. Nap seems optimal choice.
Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at March 27, 2024 01:48 PM (MvF+J)
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Congratulations. Your halfway through the worst of it, I hear.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:48 PM (6bTRc)

When I quit, the first week was hell. Then it was kinda meh after that.

I relapsed a couple of times since I was an idiot. But finally kicked the filthy habit. It’s been 15+ years since I last had one.

Posted by: Montec at March 27, 2024 01:51 PM (4+s9S)

229 Yet for some weird reason the Trump and DeSantis followers hate each other.

Posted by: Montec

Tastes great/ less filling

Posted by: TexasDan at March 27, 2024 01:51 PM (tLs1Y)

230 212 Trump and DeSantis probably agree on 90% of things.

Yet for some weird reason the Trump and DeSantis followers hate each other.

Posted by: Montec at March 27, 2024 01:49

A house divided…

Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2024 01:51 PM (ZdaMQ)

231 It's the government's job to ~~protect~~ not infringe our liberties, not protect our health.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:46 PM (GBKbO)
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I sort of like that one better.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at March 27, 2024 01:51 PM (oAg81)

232 One of our lanai screens ripped and was flapping in the breeze yesterday.

One of the unstated hazards of living in Florida: having to get your lanai rescreened every few years. Beats having the flying cockroaches get into your pool though.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2024 01:51 PM (2ocoG)

233 225-Meant "People you're not in touch with in years..."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2024 01:51 PM (XkYcA)

234 219 Prepare now to be disappointed. Trump is great, Trump is far from perfect.

DeSantis is a conservative. He is also not perfect.

We should not let perfect get in the way of good, especially when it’s really good.
Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2024 01:50 PM (ZdaMQ)

It's more that I have a hard time believing that Trump learned anything from the last time around if he's not willing to be that ruthless and cut-throat.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 01:52 PM (UnA8+)

235 159 U.S. Army Air Force.
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Excuse my faulty pre-1942 memory.
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Believe it or not it was the U.S. Army Air Forces. Forces, not Force.
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Yes, Wiki uses "Forces" too.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 27, 2024 01:41 PM (2yu8s)

It should use Forces because the official title was U.S. Army Air Forces. The use of 'Forces' by the Department of Army for the highest category of specialized units became standard in WW2. There were the Army Ground Forces, Army Service Forces, (previously Services of Supply), and the Army Air Forces.

Posted by: Gref at March 27, 2024 01:52 PM (5fDan)

236 This bikini blonde with a delicious melon knew that clapirons and orange jumpsuits were too much to hope for:
http://tiny.cc/rsokxz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:52 PM (6bTRc)

237
Two or Three Things:

1. John Cougar Fuckfacewhatevercamp is a rich fascist cocksucker.

2. Rumors are swirlling that ship/bridge "accident" was the result of a "hack." I think they mean someone, probably Putin (right?), hacked into to the controls/navigattion and set the ship on a collision course.

I suspect it was a combination of foreign incompetence and chinese-made electronic junk.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 27, 2024 01:52 PM (6E48t)

238 Careful there, Tarheel boy. Did you miss the earlier thread where I mentioned that I learned axe throwing yesterday?
Posted by: Doof at March 27, 2024 01:45 PM (JunzL)

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Oooh, did you do it shirtless like Jason Momoa?
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 27, 2024 01:49 PM (DRSnL)

You go right ahead and imagine that I did!

Posted by: Doof at March 27, 2024 01:52 PM (JunzL)

239 This is like watching the fanbases of two metal bands go at it.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 27, 2024 01:50 PM (KbCG3)

Metallica!

Megadeath!

RARRRRRRR!!!!

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 27, 2024 01:52 PM (9mfKN)

240 Disney took a bloodbath like that guy in the disco at the beginning of Blade 1.
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 27, 2024 01:17 PM (J8LnB)

Ironically, the place is called Bloodbath. You can see it behind the DJ when the sprinklers start spraying the blood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2024 01:53 PM (zhLdt)

241 231 It's the government's job to protect not infringe our liberties, not protect our health.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:46 PM (GBKbO)
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I sort of like that one better.
Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at March 27, 2024 01:51 PM (oAg81)

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I don't mind that reading, but still like trial by jury, which the Constitution protects, goes beyond just not infringing but actively protecting.

Also, borders, respecting contracts, other stuff.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:53 PM (GBKbO)

242 Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social @TrumpDailyPosts 16h
Wow! Ronna McDaniel got fired by Fake News NBC. She only lasted two days, and this after McDaniel went out of her way to say what they wanted to hear. It leaves her in a very strange place, it’s called NEVER NEVERLAND, and it’s not a place you want to be. These Radical Left Lunatics are CRAZY, and the top people at NBC ARE WEAK. They were BROKEN and EMBARRASSED by LOW RATINGS, HIGHLY OVERPAID, “TALENT.” BRING BACK FREE AND FAIR PRESS - MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN 2024!

Donald Trump Truth Social 07:37 PM EST 3/26/24

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 27, 2024 01:53 PM (2yu8s)

243 198 185 I know you're not being literal. I just don't understand going after one of the most conservative, successful governors we have going for us.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 27, 2024 01:45 PM (KbCG3)

Because he already did the Uniparty's bidding.

And because Trump needs to show that he'll be a ruthless cut-throat bastard if somehow he beats the cheat.
Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 01:46 PM (UnA8+)
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What exactly did DeSantis do to sell us out? I've never understood that. Taking $ from them doesn't count; it's politics.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 27, 2024 01:53 PM (1bNHn)

244 One of the unstated hazards of living in Florida: having to get your lanai rescreened every few years. Beats having the flying cockroaches get into your pool though.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2024 01:51 PM (2ocoG)

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They have those in Texas, too. So gross.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 27, 2024 01:53 PM (DRSnL)

245 Respectfully: fuck the science.

It's the government's job to protect our liberties, not protect our health.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Even in colonial times and every era since there were all sorts of health rules in communities and colonies including quarantines, govt. shutdowns, etc.
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Like wars, disease outbreaks cause problems but those are best handled at the local level except for travel among international and state borders.

It is always the case that more liberties exist when a new regime is set up and then the populace and the politicians collaborate to lessen those liberties over time.

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2024 01:53 PM (uf8KX)

246 DeSimps crowing about how Ron beat Disney yet people who work for a living in Florida can't afford their home owners insurance. Yet they're puzzled how he lost so badly to Trump.

Posted by: Iron-Wombat at March 27, 2024 01:53 PM (AZEmO)

247 Careful there, Tarheel boy. Did you miss the earlier thread where I mentioned that I learned axe throwing yesterday?
Posted by: Doof at March 27, 2024 01:45 PM

* hears Doof's voice from behind *

"I say, do you have any Grey Poupon?"

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 27, 2024 01:54 PM (a3Q+t)

248 Gators, Crocs, Hurricanes, venomous snakes. Florida is kind of like Australia.
Posted by: steevy

What's wrong with Crocs?

Posted by: Sid

Well, the rest of the Horde thinks they make the ewok and Garrett gay....

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 27, 2024 01:54 PM (N6ZZ2)

249 Well played Mannix. Well played,

Posted by: Montec at March 27, 2024 01:54 PM (4+s9S)

250 This bikini blonde with a delicious melon knew that clapirons and orange jumpsuits were too much to hope for:
http://tiny.cc/rsokxz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:52 PM (6bTRc)

I count three.

And yowza.

Posted by: spindrift at March 27, 2024 01:54 PM (OguvZ)

251 @184

>>I'm a broadcaster by training, but not by trade. Emphasis television, but I knew my way around radio pretty decently.

I've worked in cable, production, post-production, field service engineering and systems integration since the 80's.

In my current iteration, I'm a Broadcast Systems Integration Project Manager, I build television and production facilities.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 01:54 PM (XV/Pl)

252 This bikini blonde with a delicious melon knew that clapirons and orange jumpsuits were too much to hope for:
http://tiny.cc/rsokxz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:52 PM (6bTRc)

Melons - plural

Posted by: Doof at March 27, 2024 01:54 PM (JunzL)

253 Trump and DeSantis probably agree on 90% of things.

Yet for some weird reason the Trump and DeSantis followers hate each other.

Posted by: Montec at March 27, 2024 01:49 PM (4+s9S)

Well they don't agree 90% with each other on what DeSantis does in FL if what Trump has said is any indication.

Posted by: polynikes at March 27, 2024 01:54 PM (WmV84)

254 Good luck to you. It does get easier, but the urge does return occasionally. One thing that helps me resist is looking at what a carton costs nowadays.
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You know who else quit smoking when he realized how much he was spending on the habit??

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 27, 2024 01:54 PM (2yu8s)

255 230 212 Trump and DeSantis probably agree on 90% of things.

Yet for some weird reason the Trump and DeSantis followers hate each other.

Posted by: Montec at March 27, 2024 01:49

A house divided…
Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2024 01:51 PM (ZdaMQ)
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I think it's more like a small fanatical group of their followers hate each other. I like both Trump and DS and have said as much on this site like 500x.

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 27, 2024 01:54 PM (iFTx/)

256
btw, are we going to waste more $$ on ukraine, which is OBVIOUSLY ALL going into the pockets of a few dozen people, or are we going to replace that bridge first?

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 27, 2024 01:55 PM (6E48t)

257 In my current iteration, I'm a Broadcast Systems Integration Project Manager, I build television and production facilities.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 01:54 PM (XV/Pl)
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Very cool stuff.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:55 PM (6bTRc)

258 It's the government's job to protect our liberties, not protect our health.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Ahahahaha....

Posted by: The EPA, FDA, etc. at March 27, 2024 01:55 PM (fKIdX)

259 246 DeSimps crowing about how Ron beat Disney yet people who work for a living in Florida can't afford their home owners insurance. Yet they're puzzled how he lost so badly to Trump.
Posted by: Iron-Wombat at March 27, 2024 01:53 PM (AZEmO)

Are these the same homeowners who gave him a 20 point win in 2022? 🤣

Posted by: Montec at March 27, 2024 01:55 PM (4+s9S)

260 246 DeSimps crowing about how Ron beat Disney yet people who work for a living in Florida can't afford their home owners insurance. Yet they're puzzled how he lost so badly to Trump.
Posted by: Iron-Wombat at March 27, 2024 01:53 PM (AZEmO)

As an Iowan, I assure you, homeowner insurance rates in FL had zero to do with the primary here.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 27, 2024 01:55 PM (9mfKN)

261 I think it's more like a small fanatical group of their followers hate each other. I like both Trump and DS and have said as much on this site like 500x.

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 27, 2024 01:54 PM (iFTx/)

Same. My voting preferences were always Trump, DeSantis, stay home.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 27, 2024 01:55 PM (KbCG3)

262 btw, are we going to waste more $$ on ukraine, which is OBVIOUSLY ALL going into the pockets of a few dozen people, or are we going to replace that bridge first?
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 27, 2024 01:55 PM (6E48t)
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LOL. It's the US government. They'll choose both and put it on the tab.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:55 PM (6bTRc)

263 You go right ahead and imagine that I did!
Posted by: Doof at March 27, 2024 01:52 PM (JunzL)

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Oh, I will.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 27, 2024 01:55 PM (DRSnL)

264 This bikini blonde with a delicious melon knew that clapirons and orange jumpsuits were too much to hope for:
http://tiny.cc/rsokxz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:52 PM (6bTRc)

LOL

How does she walk in that thing?

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at March 27, 2024 01:55 PM (ufFY8)

265 I count three.

And yowza.
Posted by: spindrift at March 27, 2024 01:54 PM (OguvZ)

Yowza is an understatement.

Posted by: polynikes at March 27, 2024 01:56 PM (WmV84)

266 I think it's more like a small fanatical group of their followers hate each other. I like both Trump and DS and have said as much on this site like 500x.

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 27, 2024 01:54 PM (iFTx/)

Same. My voting preferences were always Trump, DeSantis, stay home.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 27, 2024 01:55 PM (KbCG3)

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Yep, me too.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 27, 2024 01:56 PM (DRSnL)

267 How does she walk in that thing?
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at March 27, 2024 01:55 PM (ufFY

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Either very carefully or not at all, I reckon.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:56 PM (6bTRc)

268 255. I think it's more like a small fanatical group of their followers hate each other. I like both Trump and DS and have said as much on this site like 500x.
Posted by: Elric Blade at March 27, 2024 01:54 PM (iFTx

Same. I wish Trump would reduce the rhetoric, and it seems like maybe he has? Dare I say that out loud?

Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2024 01:56 PM (ZdaMQ)

269
I think it's more like a small fanatical group of their followers hate each other. I like both Trump and DS and have said as much on this site like 500x.
Posted by: Elric Blade at March 27, 2024 01:54 PM (iFTx/)

As do I. You’re probably right it’s the loud fringe on both sides that wants a fight. Most of us would be happy with either one as president.

Posted by: Montec at March 27, 2024 01:57 PM (4+s9S)

270 256
btw, are we going to waste more $$ on ukraine, which is OBVIOUSLY ALL going into the pockets of a few dozen people, or are we going to replace that bridge first?
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 27, 2024 01:55 PM (6E48t)

It’s going to be AND - Both will get funded and we’ll soon be 36 trillion dollars in debt.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 27, 2024 01:57 PM (9mfKN)

271 This bikini blonde with a delicious melon knew that clapirons and orange jumpsuits were too much to hope for:
http://tiny.cc/rsokxz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:52 PM (6bTRc)
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Heavy photoshop. I think the girl is topless in the actual pic and the bikini top is airbrushed in. That level of manipulation and enhancement always raises red flags. Verdict: unbangable absent more intel.

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 27, 2024 01:57 PM (iFTx/)

272 She has an odd face.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 27, 2024 01:57 PM (daqPs)

273 You go right ahead and imagine that I did!
Posted by: Doof at March 27, 2024 01:52 PM (JunzL)

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Oh, I will.
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 27, 2024 01:55 PM (DRSnL)

Gonna make me blush!

Posted by: Doof at March 27, 2024 01:57 PM (JunzL)

274 246 DeSimps crowing about how Ron beat Disney yet people who work for a living in Florida can't afford their home owners insurance. Yet they're puzzled how he lost so badly to Trump.
Posted by: Iron-Wombat at March 27, 2024 01:53 PM (AZEmO)

So affording homeowners' insurance was a problem only when DeSantis came along?

And Disney is an evil company.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 27, 2024 01:57 PM (8sMut)

275
btw, how's that 2-year supposed "war" in ukraine going? You know, the "war" with absolutely no media coverage or video.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 27, 2024 01:58 PM (6E48t)

276 Rumors are swirlling that ship/bridge "accident" was the result of a "hack." I think they mean someone, probably Putin (right?), hacked into to the controls/navigattion and set the ship on a collision course.

I suspect it was a combination of foreign incompetence and chinese-made electronic junk.

On the ship end it was likely poor maintenance (cue a montage of the "the customer never changed their oil until the engine locked up" clips from Just Rolled In).

On the bridge end it was because every "expert" in the 70s said putting a bridge there just meant it would get knocked down, but the state wanted the cheapest possible option.

I love conspiracy theories too, but this seems obviously mundane.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2024 01:58 PM (2ocoG)

277 This bikini blonde with a delicious melon knew that clapirons and orange jumpsuits were too much to hope for:
http://tiny.cc/rsokxz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not

Good heavens. I hope she doesn’t sneeze!

Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2024 01:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

278 First, DeSantis has to figure out how to run a national campaign. And success in FL with a friendly legislature is not the same as getting things done in DC. But we'll see what happens.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 27, 2024 01:58 PM (yeEu9)

279 This bikini blonde with a delicious melon knew that clapirons and orange jumpsuits were too much to hope for:
http://tiny.cc/rsokxz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:52 PM

The Montgomery's Tubercles on her right side are unusual in my experience.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at March 27, 2024 01:58 PM (a3Q+t)

280 In my current iteration, I'm a Broadcast Systems Integration Project Manager, I build television and production facilities.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 01:54 PM (XV/Pl)
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Very cool stuff.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:55 PM (6bTRc)
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I once linked two tin cans together with a length of string so I could talk to the kid at the other end.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2024 01:58 PM (W/lyH)

281 120 Is Niger or Nigeria where all those Princes looking to give you a bunch of money come from?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2024 01:36 PM (ibTVg)
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Nigeria.

Posted by: Ciampino - Princess Pinky with the treasure to share at March 27, 2024 01:58 PM (qfLjt)

282 If you choose to live in a place that has hurricanes then I dunno? Maybe your insurance should be expensive? Crazy I know.

Posted by: Montec at March 27, 2024 01:58 PM (4+s9S)

283 So, if the Doof v. TJM cage match gonna be televised? Are bookies taking odds?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 27, 2024 01:59 PM (9yWhg)

284 Scott Adams retweeted:
Tom Fitton @TomFitton 13h
Former WH lawyer confirms he, behind Trump's back, organized threats of mass resignations to successfully thwart Trump from appointing an acting attorney general (@JeffClarkUS) who would seriously investigate 2020 election. politi.co/3Txnk93

‘Assured failure’: Ex-White House lawyer provides new details of final days of Trump’s 2020...
Pat Philbin gave his first public testimony about the chaotic final days of the Trump presidency.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 27, 2024 01:59 PM (2yu8s)

285 >>This bikini blonde with a delicious melon knew that clapirons and orange jumpsuits were too much to hope for:
http://tiny.cc/rsokxz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:52 PM

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Well I'll be spittin' seeds.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 27, 2024 01:59 PM (wzAuc)

286 And that's the minimum we can hope for: Trump gums up the work and stops the advance.

It will take time to replace the Congress, and the inevitable liars who'll get in during the first few waves of replacement. We need a President who'll hold the line. That's probably the best we'll be able to ask for until 2032, minimum.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2024 02:00 PM (zhLdt)

287 The Montgomery's Tubercles on her right side are unusual in my experience.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at March 27, 2024 01:58 PM (a3Q+t)
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I'd say the obvious, but you got me to look up a term I didn't know and thus I learned something.

So I'll adjust it to simply, "watch your fuckin' step, Wesley."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 02:00 PM (6bTRc)

288 282 If you choose to live in a place that has hurricanes then I dunno? Maybe your insurance should be expensive? Crazy I know.
Posted by: Montec at March 27, 2024 01:58 PM (4+s9S)

In the FL homeowners’ defense, we did rebuild all the areas of New Orleans that are below sea-level.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 27, 2024 02:00 PM (9mfKN)

289 268 Same. I wish Trump would reduce the rhetoric, and it seems like maybe he has? Dare I say that out loud?
Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2024 01:56 PM (ZdaMQ)

I'm conflicted. Part of me (the part that wants to be respectable) wants him to tone it down, part of me (the part that feels like I have to be mean-spirited to get people to see me as not weak) wants him to ratchet it up to ridiculous levels.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 02:00 PM (UnA8+)

290 yet people who work for a living in Florida can't afford their home owners insurance. Yet they're puzzled how he lost so badly to Trump.
Posted by: Iron-Wombat at March 27, 2024 01:53 PM (AZEmO)

When you live in a disaster prone area with catastrophic flooding - what do you expect? And from what I've read, this year could be an active hurricane year (follow @bigjoebastardi).

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 27, 2024 02:00 PM (N39Ws)

291 256
btw, are we going to waste more $$ on ukraine, which is OBVIOUSLY ALL going into the pockets of a few dozen people, or are we going to replace that bridge first?

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 27, 2024 01:55 PM (6E48t)

A bridge to Ukraine you say?!

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 27, 2024 02:00 PM (KbCG3)

292 Because politics is cheerleading sports teams in slightly different dress.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:49 PM (GBKbO)

I have never understood this. I voted DeSantis in the primary. Does this mean I won't vote for Trump in the general? No.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 27, 2024 02:00 PM (8sMut)

293 264 This bikini blonde with a delicious melon knew that clapirons and orange jumpsuits were too much to hope for:
http://tiny.cc/rsokxz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:52 PM (6bTRc)

LOL

How does she walk in that thing?

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at March 27, 2024 01:55 PM (ufFY

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Men are happy to pick her up and take her wherever she wants. It's called "titty privilege", I think.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 27, 2024 02:00 PM (1bNHn)

294 236 This bikini blonde with a delicious melon knew that clapirons and orange jumpsuits were too much to hope for:
http://tiny.cc/rsokxz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:52 PM (6bTRc)

I prefer my melons seedless.

WOULD NOT BANG.

Posted by: Rosey Grier at March 27, 2024 02:00 PM (wtvvX)

295 The TvD stuff gets old. Entertaining, but old. Like watching Biden fall down a set of stairs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 27, 2024 02:01 PM (daqPs)

296 @280

>>I once linked two tin cans together with a length of string so I could talk to the kid at the other end.

It's pretty much all glass, category cable and SMPTE 2110, so very similar to stringing tin cans together.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 02:01 PM (XV/Pl)

297 My homeowners went up 25% in Houston because they forecasted a busy hurricane season. The insurance commission believed them and allowed the rate hike.

Posted by: polynikes at March 27, 2024 02:01 PM (WmV84)

298 ***

I once linked two tin cans together with a length of string so I could talk to the kid at the other end.

Posted by: Diogenes

Luxury! You had string? And tin cans?

We threw rocks at each other to get their attention and yelled.

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 27, 2024 02:01 PM (N6ZZ2)

299 >>>Remember, before the Reedy Creek Improvement District was dissolved, the corrupt Disney pawns controlling it quickly passed "rules" declaring that Disney owned the area forever and ever and no act of the state could ever, ever disturb this perpetual ownership.

Which part of the following old saying did Disney and Leftwing Media not understand?

"No man's life, liberty, or property are secure while the Legislature is in session."

Posted by: Gref at March 27, 2024 02:01 PM (5fDan)

300 Perhaps, like people from Utah aren't Utahians, they're Utahns?
Posted by: Wesley Crusher

Utards (fondly)

Posted by: Joe Mama at March 27, 2024 02:01 PM (lZVy/)

301 It's pretty much all glass, category cable and SMPTE 2110, so very similar to stringing tin cans together.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 02:01 PM (XV/Pl)
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Just very fancy and precise strings and even fancier and more precise cans.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 02:01 PM (6bTRc)

302 This bikini blonde with a delicious melon knew that clapirons and orange jumpsuits were too much to hope for:
http://tiny.cc/rsokxz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not

Good heavens. I hope she doesn’t sneeze!
Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2024 01:58 PM (ZdaMQ)
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If she does I want to watch it...in slomo.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2024 02:02 PM (W/lyH)

303 Respectfully: fuck the science.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:46 PM (GBKbO)
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That's what I tell all my dates!

Posted by: Tony "The Science" Fauci at March 27, 2024 02:02 PM (krQz2)

304 Diverticulitis?

Does no one think of the older people amongst us?

Or is that only the smaller seeds?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 27, 2024 02:02 PM (daqPs)

305 If you choose to live in a place that has hurricanes then I dunno? Maybe your insurance should be expensive? Crazy I know.

If you aren't on/very near the coast, hurricanes are mostly just an inconvenience (power's out for a day or 3). But yes, insurance rates should be tied to the risk. Ditto for Tornado Alley, mudslides/wildfires in Cali, and various other places with fairly frequent problems.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2024 02:02 PM (2ocoG)

306 I prefer my melons seedless.

WOULD NOT BANG.
Posted by: Rosey Grier

I don't even like watermelon. So, I think she should take that top off right away.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 27, 2024 02:03 PM (9yWhg)

307 297 My homeowners went up 25% in Houston because they forecasted a busy hurricane season. The insurance commission believed them and allowed the rate hike.
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Umm, they believed that inflation would be in the 25% range and didn't want to go full CA with insurers leaving the state.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 27, 2024 02:03 PM (n17eQ)

308 @301

>>Just very fancy and precise strings and even fancier and more precise cans.

At the end of the day, it's just wires man.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 02:03 PM (XV/Pl)

309 Because politics is cheerleading sports teams in slightly different dress.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:49 PM (GBKbO)
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Hey, I still like Meatball Ron.

Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 02:03 PM (krQz2)

310
I mentioned the spike in homeowners insurance two weeks ago. My premium has nearly DOUBLED in 6 years!

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 27, 2024 02:03 PM (6E48t)

311 This bikini blonde with a delicious melon knew that clapirons and orange jumpsuits were too much to hope for:
http://tiny.cc/rsokxz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:52 PM (6bTRc)
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Heavy photoshop. I think the girl is topless in the actual pic and the bikini top is airbrushed in. That level of manipulation and enhancement always raises red flags. Verdict: unbangable absent more intel.
Posted by: Elric Blade at March 27, 2024 01:57 PM (iFTx/)

Topless photos of her (Zienna Sonne) do not appear to be available. Don't ask me how I know.

Posted by: Doof at March 27, 2024 02:04 PM (wZY3B)

312 I still think DeSantis could make a good AG.
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I don't know, maybe.

No one knows how any of them will do. There were a lot of cabinet secretaries in Trump's first term we were excited about... only to be disappointed.

Better to get DeSantis in as something than not. Give him a chance to do big things in DC. Walk into '28 as the presumptive nominee.

I don't think Trump holds a grudge over the campaign. It was just hard racing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2024 02:04 PM (zhLdt)

313 And from what I've read, this year could be an active hurricane year (follow @bigjoebastardi).

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 27, 2024 02:00 PM (N39Ws)

If Bastardi is saying hurricanes, then there probably will be. He seems to be about the only competent weather guy left.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2024 02:05 PM (XjtdB)

314 From today's Adam Schiff bleg:

"And he has attacked me — repeatedly — because he believes I represent everything he despises — just as you do — people who still believe in small-d democratic ideals and the rights set forth in our Constitution. You know, the values he abhors." (I added the bold.)

So Adam Schiff's ~~victims~~ voters despise small-d democratic ideals and the rights set forth in our Constitution?

Sounds right ...

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 27, 2024 02:05 PM (a3Q+t)

315 Joe continues to forgive student loans and allows illegals in ignoring Congress and the courts so what's stopping Disney from just ignoring the Florida government?

Posted by: torabora at March 27, 2024 02:05 PM (+80Yi)

316 205 I have yet to see any evidence that VP choices move votes at any material level.
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Trump's pick seems more consequential than is usually the case, because he's only up for one term. I really hope he chooses someone who can be a great candidate in 2028.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at March 27, 2024 02:05 PM (woPEM)

317 288 282 If you choose to live in a place that has hurricanes then I dunno? Maybe your insurance should be expensive? Crazy I know.
Posted by: Montec at March 27, 2024 01:58 PM (4+s9S)

In the FL homeowners’ defense, we did rebuild all the areas of New Orleans that are below sea-level.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 27, 2024 02:00 PM (9mfKN)
________

The flood-insurance and disaster-relief programs are completely fucked up and it's mainly the result of fed intervention on behalf of favored constituents and to fuck unfavored ones. There are people in landlocked areas with no perceivable flood risk paying tens of thousands of dollars a year on mandatory flood policies. Then there are huge oceanfront estates directly in the path of hurricanes that pay less than that. It's a total clusterfuck. By design.

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 27, 2024 02:05 PM (iFTx/)

318

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 27, 2024 02:05 PM (a3Q+t)

319 292 Because politics is cheerleading sports teams in slightly different dress.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:49 PM (GBKbO)

I have never understood this. I voted DeSantis in the primary. Does this mean I won't vote for Trump in the general? No.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 27, 2024 02:00 PM (8sMut)

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I hate everyone in politics.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 02:05 PM (GBKbO)

320 If we're talking about politicians we'd like to see nekkid, I vote for Anna Paulina Luna. She is seriously hot.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 27, 2024 01:47 PM (1bNHn)

Put my vote in for either Nancy Pelosi or Murkowski.
Seriously, by bid to lose weight needs a kickstart, and the resultant purge and loss of appetite might just do the trick.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 27, 2024 02:06 PM (FCbAQ)

321 141 "Queer Princeton Alumni" President and outspoken activist Trey Farmer arrested on child pr0n charges.
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Hmm alumnus if it's just one. Alumna for the feminists.

Posted by: Ciampino - bellum, bellum, bellum at March 27, 2024 02:06 PM (qfLjt)

322 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:44 PM (GBKbO)

I think it usually doesn't matter but Palin definitely brought in a ton from sadsack McCain. That landslide would have been epic and instead it was just embarrassing.

It was a wave election based almost entirely on the concept of Fixing Racism Forever (ironic!), and Obama was running against Bush's phantom third term and an utter POS candidate.

In this case Trump will want a united Party and I do think it matters somewhat. I don't like the choice myself but I think he could definitely do worse.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2024 02:07 PM (sQu4G)

323 off, stale sock

Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 27, 2024 02:07 PM (wtvvX)

324 At the end of the day, it's just wires man.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 02:03 PM (XV/Pl)
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It's a system of tubes!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 02:07 PM (6bTRc)

325 It's funny sad that the same Trump supporters snarked that if Romney would have gone after Obama as hard as he did against his primary opponents he may have won while Trump praised Newsom while bashing DeSantis.

I can take the bashing. It's the praising that is unnecessary and off putting.

Posted by: polynikes at March 27, 2024 02:07 PM (WmV84)

326 271 Heavy photoshop. I think the girl is topless in the actual pic and the bikini top is airbrushed in. That level of manipulation and enhancement always raises red flags. Verdict: unbangable absent more intel.

no love for amd?

Posted by: chatgpt at March 27, 2024 02:08 PM (v3pYe)

327 This bikini blonde with a delicious melon knew that clapirons and orange jumpsuits were too much to hope for:
http://tiny.cc/rsokxz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not

I'm thinking the Watermelon Carnival in Water Valley Mississippi. She has my vote for Miss Melons.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2024 02:08 PM (W/lyH)

328 It's the government's job to protect our liberties, not protect our health.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Concur.

Posted by: scampydog at March 27, 2024 02:08 PM (2bFN5)

329 @324

>>It's a system of tubes!

I mean, the man wasn't lying.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 02:08 PM (XV/Pl)

330 Trump is 1000x better than Biden.

Posted by: polynikes at March 27, 2024 02:08 PM (WmV84)

331 The House of Mouse must fall.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2024 01:16 PM (5sOEG)
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Not my favorite Poe story.
Posted by: Axeman at March 27, 2024 01:17 PM (krQz2)

"The Tell-Tale Vibrator" is a pretty good one though.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 27, 2024 02:08 PM (nFnyb)

332 282 If you choose to live in a place that has hurricanes then I dunno? Maybe your insurance should be expensive? Crazy I know.
Posted by: Montec at March 27, 2024

Hi. Me again. There are weather issues in a lot of states. We have had companies refuse and drop people who have never made a claim in over 30 years. Now Sally hit hard in 2020, but it didn’t lay every single house to rubble. And there have been years with nothing or low cat hurricanes. Houses here are now built to a gold standard - ability to withstand a cat 5. Should we pay more? Yeah, just like those in Tornado Alley. But it’s gotten ridiculous.

But none of this is Ron or Memaws fault. Our issue is insurance companies themselves.

Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2024 02:09 PM (ZdaMQ)

333 Since Disney owns SW, this is tangentially related: It appears that it’s been 25 years since Episode 1 was released, so it looks like it will be in theaters this Spring.

I know TJM is going to rush out and buy a ticket right now.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 27, 2024 02:09 PM (9mfKN)

334 I hate everyone in politics.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 02:05 PM (GBKbO)

I find it easier to convey my hatred in english.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 27, 2024 02:09 PM (GkFGh)

335 I mean, the man wasn't lying.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 02:08 PM (XV/Pl)
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No. He didn't understand a word he was saying, or the descriptive/analogous manner in which he was correct, but he wasn't lying.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 02:09 PM (6bTRc)

336 327 This bikini blonde with a delicious melon knew that clapirons and orange jumpsuits were too much to hope for:
http://tiny.cc/rsokxz
Posted by: Joe Mannix

I wonder if she spits pits?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2024 02:09 PM (eYF7X)

337 333 Since Disney owns SW, this is tangentially related: It appears that it’s been 25 years since Episode 1 was released, so it looks like it will be in theaters this Spring.

I know TJM is going to rush out and buy a ticket right now.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 27, 2024 02:09 PM (9mfKN)

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It's all nine movies. A marathon.

And thanks, I saw TPM enough in theaters. 9 times. I'm done.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 02:10 PM (GBKbO)

338 This bikini blonde with a delicious melon knew that clapirons and orange jumpsuits were too much to hope for:
http://tiny.cc/rsokxz
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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Looks like a bottle of Bacardi in the top left of that photo.

Posted by: scampydog at March 27, 2024 02:10 PM (2bFN5)

339 This bikini blonde with a delicious melon knew that clapirons and orange jumpsuits were too much to hope for:
http://tiny.cc/rsokxz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 01:52 PM (6bTRc)

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That is some serious and triggering cultural appropriation right there!

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at March 27, 2024 02:10 PM (5lVd8)

340 275
btw, how's that 2-year supposed "war" in ukraine going? You know, the "war" with absolutely no media coverage or video.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 27, 2024 01:58 PM (6E48t)

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The war that's so important nobody talks about it anymore. Except when they need more money, then it is vitally important. So utterly important that if you don't agree to give Ukraine billions and billions more, you're nothing but an unpatriotic nincompoop un-American who wants Putin to rule the world.

Posted by: washrivergal at March 27, 2024 02:11 PM (F6UFz)

341 Disney World essentially kept Disney afloat through the lockdown era because DisneyLand and the cruise line shut down for over a year

Yes. Florida and DeSantis saved them, and to show their appreciation Disney decided to throw a rainbow flag in Florida's face for having the audacity of trying to protect first graders from the gay/tranny menace.

Posted by: Chuck C at March 27, 2024 02:11 PM (yOPBE)

342 325

Trump praised Newsom while bashing DeSantis.

I can take the bashing. It's the praising that is unnecessary and off putting.
Posted by: polynikes at March 27, 2024 02:07 PM (WmV84

Newsome is part of the family. I am sure that can get awkward. Don’t forget Kimberly G was married to him.

Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2024 02:11 PM (ZdaMQ)

343 @333

>>I know TJM is going to rush out and buy a ticket right now.

I liked the prequels, I even liked Jar-Jar Binks, the only thing I didn't like was that they killed off Darth Maul, who for my money was a great bad guy and character.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 02:11 PM (XV/Pl)

344 341 Disney World essentially kept Disney afloat through the lockdown era because DisneyLand and the cruise line shut down for over a year

Yes. Florida and DeSantis saved them, and to show their appreciation Disney decided to throw a rainbow flag in Florida's face for having the audacity of trying to protect first graders from the gay/tranny menace.
Posted by: Chuck C at March 27, 2024 02:11 PM (yOPBE)

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The animators whose work was being redone by better animators were going to go on strike!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 02:11 PM (GBKbO)

345 I've worked in cable, production, post-production, field service engineering and systems integration since the 80's.

In my current iteration, I'm a Broadcast Systems Integration Project Manager, I build television and production facilities.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 01:54 PM (XV/Pl)

Retired in 2019 after a career in television broadcast engineering in the NY market. It once was challenging, fun and interesting. That began to change in the 90's. It was finally time to retire and tinker with my electronics hobbies. What else?

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at March 27, 2024 02:12 PM (iODuv)

346 Die Mouse Die 🐁

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2024 02:12 PM (fwDg9)

347 343 I liked the prequels, I even liked Jar-Jar Binks, the only thing I didn't like was that they killed off Darth Maul, who for my money was a great bad guy and character.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 02:11 PM (XV/Pl)

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I is trash. II is even worse.

III is good space opera and obviously the only one that Lucas cared about.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 02:12 PM (GBKbO)

348 A bridge to Ukraine you say?!
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A bridge to Bar???
https://tinyurl.com/y8xtcran

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 27, 2024 02:12 PM (2yu8s)

349 I liked the prequels, I even liked Jar-Jar Binks, the only thing I didn't like was that they killed off Darth Maul, who for my money was a great bad guy and character.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 02:11 PM (XV/Pl)

Agreed that they killed off Maul too soon.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 27, 2024 02:13 PM (XjtdB)

350 344 The animators whose work was being redone by better animators were going to go on strike!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 02:11 PM (GBKbO)

Doesn't that all get done in Korea, anyway?

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 02:13 PM (UnA8+)

351 292 Because politics is cheerleading sports teams in slightly different dress.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 01:49 PM (GBKbO)

I have never understood this. I voted DeSantis in the primary. Does this mean I won't vote for Trump in the general? No.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
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Newt Gingrich had a column the other day---despite his lack of wisdom on the policy front--he was/is a historian. He discussed how Al Smith went from supporting FDR as governor to hating his guts as president for transforming the Dem party. He then uses that an a comparison with the Trump GOPe split. A lot of the elite GOP hate is simply because Trump for better or worse is transforming the GOP party from the bottom up.

A lot of teh GOPe wanted to be in the establishment and now they find that establishment is the worst thing one can do in the newer more populist GOP. That is why they are fighting a losing rearguard action and the Ronna Romney types are finding out whatever compromises they did for the Establishment won't get repaid. Lot of anxiety over that one.

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2024 02:13 PM (uf8KX)

352 Fiefdom not Feifdom

Posted by: Ciampino - belli, bello, bello at March 27, 2024 02:13 PM (qfLjt)

353 Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2024 02:09 PM (ZdaMQ)

Actually insurance companies payout about $1.15 for every dollar of premium. It's about the eco mic environment to make money on investing that drives rates as much as the climate environment.

Posted by: polynikes at March 27, 2024 02:13 PM (WmV84)

354 I is trash. II is even worse.

III is good space opera and obviously the only one that Lucas cared about.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 02:12 PM (GBKbO)
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I walked out of II and never saw III.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 27, 2024 02:14 PM (6bTRc)

355 NOOD

Posted by: Doof at March 27, 2024 02:14 PM (wZY3B)

356 DeSantis has done some really kick ass work in Florida and I'm not sure who else could have taken his place with the same effectiveness/fearlessness had he been successful in securing the R nomination. Would love to see him run in 2028. Also, he has surrounded himself with some really good people like his communications team. Sign of a good leader.

Posted by: Cheri at March 27, 2024 02:14 PM (oiNtH)

357 To me, the best thing about Florida is DeSantis. Otherwise, it's hot, humid, hurricane swept, and flat as Twiggy's chest.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at March 27, 2024 02:15 PM (pohLc)

358 I think the boat crash was a true accident due to the ship power failure. Winds were pushing the ship southerly. You can see the lights go off, the ship twisting towards the south (towards the camera). Then, when the power blinked back on, black smoke from the stack, probably the engines starting up again.

Also, when the lights went back on, only some of them were up. Sam Mercogliano speculates that was an emergency generator.

Power went off again, and when it was restored, you can see the ship just start to turn to port before it crashed.

So, I am thinking it was an unfortunate accident.

They also dropped the port anchor early, but you can't stop a big ass ship going 8 knots on a dime.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 27, 2024 02:15 PM (ufFY8)

359 I can take the bashing. It's the praising that is unnecessary and off putting.
Posted by: polynikes at March 27, 2024 02:07 PM (WmV84)

I must have missed where Newsom was Trump's opponent in anything.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2024 02:15 PM (sQu4G)

360 349 Abortion bans lose elections. Voters are aligned with Republicans on almost every issue, but the fixation on granting the government power to ban abortion will elect democrats.
Posted by: NVgems at March 27, 2024 02:13 PM (fpzDt)

Our Eternal Souls are more important than a bunch of AWFLs' precious fee-fees.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 02:16 PM (UnA8+)

361 NYPost:

Jon Stewart found to have overvalued his NYC home by 829% after labeling Trump’s civil case ‘not victimless’

In 2014, Stewart sold his 6,280-square-foot Tribeca duplex to financier Parag Pande for $17.5 million. The property’s asking price at that time is not available in listing records.

But according to 2013-2014 assessor records obtained by The Post, the property had the estimated market-value at only $1.882 million. The actual assessor valuation was even lower, at $847,174.

Records also show that Stewart paid significantly lower property taxes, which were calculated based on that assessor valuation price — precisely what he called Trump out for doing in his Monday monologue.

Posted by: SMOD at March 27, 2024 02:17 PM (RHGPo)

362 Our Eternal Souls are more important than a bunch of AWFLs' precious fee-fees.
Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2024 02:16 PM (UnA8+)

A-fucking-men

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2024 02:17 PM (sQu4G)

363 I liked the prequels, I even liked Jar-Jar Binks, the only thing I didn't like was that they killed off Darth Maul, who for my money was a great bad guy and character.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 02:11 PM (XV/Pl)

They built up Darth Maul only to kill him off easily.

He might as well have slipped on a banana peel and bonked his head.

The forerunner of the "Winter is Coming" flopperoo from GoT.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 27, 2024 02:17 PM (nFnyb)

364 What Ace does not provide is that the State of Florida has settled a lawsuit over the Don't Say Gay bill before the Disney one about two weeks ago.

Not widely covered but

NYT coverage
https://tinyurl.com/pc972sdn
Politico coverage
https://tinyurl.com/2d6s9ur8

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2024 02:17 PM (uf8KX)

365 @347

>>I is trash. II is even worse. III is good space opera and obviously the only one that Lucas cared about.

Having seen SW, TESB and ROTJ contemporaneously and living through the paradigm shifting zeitgeist of it all, I went into the prequels wanting that same experience, it didn't deliver exactly that, but I enjoyed the films none the less.

They are harmless little confections from a man with his heart in the right place, unlike the vandals who vomitted forth the last three piles of crap.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 27, 2024 02:18 PM (XV/Pl)

366 360 349 Abortion bans lose elections. Voters are aligned with Republicans on almost every issue, but the fixation on granting the government power to ban abortion will elect democrats.
Posted by: NVgems
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Your concern is noted.

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2024 02:19 PM (uf8KX)

367 To me, the best thing about Florida is DeSantis. Otherwise, it's hot, humid, hurricane swept, and flat as Twiggy's chest.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at March 27, 2024 02:15 PM (pohLc)

Florida's got nipples!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at March 27, 2024 02:20 PM (nFnyb)

368 It's all nine movies. A marathon.

And thanks, I saw TPM enough in theaters. 9 times. I'm done.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 27, 2024 02:10 PM (GBKbO)

Just TPM at my local theater.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 27, 2024 02:22 PM (9mfKN)

369 Well, surrender is a form of settlement I suppose...

Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at March 27, 2024 02:22 PM (ARlwA)

370 I think Iger's big walk away win here was getting the government to use the term "settlement". '"Can't you just call it a settlement" he mewled? "Whatever" said DeSantis.

Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at March 27, 2024 02:23 PM (ARlwA)

371 Let's see, the government got everything it wanted, and Disney got...what exactly? Right...nothing.

Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at March 27, 2024 02:23 PM (ARlwA)

372 Posted by: SMOD at March 27, 2024 02:17 PM (RHGPo)

Yeah, so what?

Posted by: Jon Stewart at March 27, 2024 02:23 PM (WmV84)

373 Captain and Crew of DALI Cargo Ship Were Taken to Walmart Before Ship Crashed into Key Bridge

... OMG .. TO A WALMART

Posted by: SMOD at March 27, 2024 02:24 PM (RHGPo)

374 I really can't fathom a corporation receiving billions of $ in benefits deciding, hey, we want to now weigh in on social issues and force the government to comply with our vision for society.

The thing is, being woke makes you stupid, because it means elevating less important things too high in the hierarchy of things. In this case your billions in tax breaks were critically important, and the opinion of a few employees about childhood education was not. But woke made you think that, yeah, we are standing up for this or that, fighting the man....ooopsie.

Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at March 27, 2024 02:26 PM (ARlwA)

375 Was the media ALWAYS this wrong and there weren’t enough sources to out the bullshit?

I know Hurst said you provide the pictures and I’ll provide the war, but this is happening even with the “small stuff” stories.

Posted by: Jake Speed at March 27, 2024 02:30 PM (0oBe7)

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Posted by: granville at March 27, 2024 02:32 PM (QKAlt)

377 Respectfully: fuck the science.

It's the government's job to protect our liberties, not protect our health.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Riiight - Fuck “The Jungle”, what’s the problem with a few fingers and rat meat in your hamburger.

Required pasteurization is for babies. Fuck you nanny-state assholes.
/sarcasm

Posted by: Jake Speed at March 27, 2024 02:34 PM (0oBe7)

378 New thread on Biden being heckled re: the Middle East. NOOD

Posted by: gdgm+ at March 27, 2024 03:18 PM (w0+ZH)

379 I was watching a video on YouTube yesterday, and I got a ad from Disney promoting their board nominees over that "evil" Nelson Peltz. I was directed to go to the "Votedisney.com" website.

I owned Disney stock a few years ago, but I sold it a while back. I don't know how I got targeted for the ad. The YouTube video I was watching had nothing to do with Disney.

Posted by: bleakdaze at March 27, 2024 04:50 PM (rTsmm)

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