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Establishment Protegee of Mitch McConnell and Confirmed NeverTrumper John Thune Wins Senate Leadership Vote
Thune only has a majority because of Trump's agenda and Trump's voters. But he will now execute McConnell's agenda of thwarting Trump's agenda and Trump's voters at every turn. Usually he will do so as McConnell did -- sneakily. He will claim to support Trump's agenda publicly and then arrange tactical "losses." He has a coward's heart.Sen. John Thune will replace Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as Republican Senate Majority Leader after a close contest Wednesday that took two ballots to resolve. Thune, McConnell's top deputy and an establishment favorite, must guide a conference hungry for changes after McConnell's iron grip. He's also tasked for guiding President Donald Trump's agenda through the Senate, advancing his nominees swiftly and moving Trump's aggressive legislative agenda. Thune received 23 votes on the first ballot -- four short of locking up a victory. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) received 15, and Sen. Rick Scott 13. On the second ballot, Thune secured a victory over Cornyn 29 to 24. Republicans convened Tuesday night for a leadership forum organized by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) as they grappled with who best to lead them through the Trump administration and beyond. Those discussions centered on how to return more autonomy to individual senators as well as effectively advance a conservative agenda after McConnell often partnered with Democrats to advance legislation, most notably spending bills, disfavored by conservatives.
Newt Gingrich talked about whether Trump would publicly champion Scott on 2Way (Mark Halperin's podcast). Would Trump intervene? he asked. Only if Trump believed his intervention would result in a win for Scott. He wouldn't intervene in a losing cause. Senators are bitchy and vengeful and if you thwart them, they will sabotage you. (Of course, Thune and Cornyn and the rest of the gang of liberals already plan on sabotaging Trump.) So intervening only makes sense if it will result in a win. Remember John McCain and his traitorous vote on ObamaCare?, Gingrinch asked.
I guess the Liberal Establishment Caucus is just too big. We need to do something about that huh? Gingrich said that when you plan to take on members of your party, you have to consider the costs of winning, how much you're "bruising" the people you run over.
The Senate voting for Thune instead of Scott is exactly why everyone hates Congress.
— Malcolm FleX (@Malcolm_fleX4
Enjoy the low approval ratings and I hope to see everyone of you all in breadlines. pic.twitter.com/mmSn8DmSmMNovember 13, 2024
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at November 13, 2024 01:27 PM (DTX3h)
Posted by: BruceWayne at November 13, 2024 01:28 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 01:28 PM (ExV1e)
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Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2024 01:28 PM (N0dT2)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 13, 2024 01:29 PM (ZBPS6)
Honestly, why make it public? Not like it wasn't a given from the beginning.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 13, 2024 01:29 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 01:30 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2024 01:30 PM (EsZUh)
The moment I switched from Republican to independent and never gave another dime to ghe GOP.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 13, 2024 01:30 PM (mzM2O)
Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at November 13, 2024 01:30 PM (DJ7uY)
Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2024 01:30 PM (z/jjr)
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"Oh, gosh. He defeated us guys. We were so close. Just, drat. Better luck next time. Donate today!"
-Mitch
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 01:30 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2024 01:30 PM (AYz4A)
Posted by: Turn 2 at November 13, 2024 01:31 PM (JfxgE)
I hope Ken Paxton takes a real personal interest in Cornyn over the next two years.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 01:31 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 01:31 PM (Hh1ER)
Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at November 13, 2024 01:30 PM (DJ7uY)
in 6 years
Posted by: BruceWayne at November 13, 2024 01:31 PM (CIS44)
People loathed the top of the ticket and voted for Senator only.
The end.
Posted by: runner at November 13, 2024 01:31 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Tech Sgt. Chen at November 13, 2024 01:31 PM (Z8Yh2)
It doesn't get more swampy than John Thune. He's near the bottom of every think tank scorecard of Republicans.
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at November 13, 2024 01:31 PM (V6W16)
Posted by: Marcus T at November 13, 2024 01:31 PM (PR+PB)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 13, 2024 01:31 PM (mzM2O)
when Elon was asked why he endorsed Trump, he could see that at the time of Trump's attempted killing, the man exhibited courage beyond expectations.
A courageous man is the opposite of a coward. The coward has to shield himself by other cowards in his cabal.
The courageous man draws other heroes to him.
my money's on Trump the Hero, not Thune the Zero
Posted by: kallisto at November 13, 2024 01:31 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at November 13, 2024 01:32 PM (lmXzp)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 13, 2024 01:32 PM (ZBPS6)
They are voting for whomever they believe will be best positioned to keep the Senate Gravy Train rolling along for them and their families.
Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2024 01:32 PM (z/jjr)
Yacht Rock is officially a thing.
Bona fide you might say.
Ace's playlist has hit the big time.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 13, 2024 01:32 PM (6ydKt)
Well, at least we can move to vacate the chair in the house, and have some fun with that spectacle if things get out of hand, we need something like 80 GOP Senators to even have a shot at mid-level production.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 13, 2024 01:32 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Moonbeam at November 13, 2024 01:32 PM (4OdbI)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Ready for the Cart at November 13, 2024 01:33 PM (xPJvm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2024 01:33 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 13, 2024 01:33 PM (z0QHk)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Only thing that I can think of, is they want gridlock.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 13, 2024 01:33 PM (kPAiX)
Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 13, 2024 01:34 PM (g/4UX)
Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2024 01:34 PM (z/jjr)
I don't think Thune thought this one through.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 13, 2024 01:34 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: Bulg at November 13, 2024 01:34 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2024 01:34 PM (N0dT2)
The same Cruz who was pissed at McConnell for giving him nothing more to campaign on than a good luck wish?
That Ted Cruz voted for Thune?
WTF?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 13, 2024 01:34 PM (mzM2O)
>>Is Thune proof that all politicians are bastards or is it just the GOP that has so many fucking rats that NY gives them the side eye?
He's been in Washington for 27 years, so this is pretty much a next guy moves up deal.
Unfortunately, this is how the GOPe operates.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 13, 2024 01:34 PM (XV/Pl)
Insh’allah this leads to repudiation of a federal court at some point. Might be biggest contribution Trump can make to a possible recovery path.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 13, 2024 01:34 PM (hf6W+)
If/when Thune acts against Trump, he won't be able to stand the meme-age and the heat delivered by the New Borg in Town,
He will crumble like the coward-clown that he is.
Posted by: kallisto at November 13, 2024 01:34 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 01:35 PM (ksjMr)
Posted by: American Hawkman at November 13, 2024 01:35 PM (9VDxG)
Posted by: illiniwek at November 13, 2024 01:35 PM (Cus5s)
Because the senate has mastered trench warfare.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at November 13, 2024 01:35 PM (0uOD2)
Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2024 01:36 PM (p4NUW)
Delenda Est NBC News:
Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison for sharing military secrets online
Posted by: kallisto at November 13, 2024 01:36 PM (dCxaZ)
McConnell is very much a Trump toady. He had the power to stop this monster at many turns. He supports Trump.
Not always, he's absolutely in favor of the Ukraine war. And spoke publicly and privately against him. I am not giving praise…just saying he's certainly the lesser of 2 evils
Words are cheap. He stole 2 Supreme Court justices from Dems and didn’t lead his caucus to vote to impeach Trump-twice.
Will Thune show some backbone and push back against Trump's agenda. Probably No. When Trump tried to repeal ACA in 2017, there were only 3 Republican senators who voted no: McCain, Collins, Murkowski. Thune voted for the repeal.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 13, 2024 01:36 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at November 13, 2024 01:36 PM (guGkK)
Presidential firing privileges.
1 SC judge/term.
1 Senator/year.
1 Congressman/bill.
Staff goes down with them.
They have to beat their own prior vote to retain position.
Posted by: DaveA at November 13, 2024 01:36 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at November 13, 2024 01:30 PM (DJ7uY)
In 2028. Too late for Trump to stop him.
Good news is in that video ace included at the end, however. Average people have figured out how the sausage gets made in DC. That means that it will be harder to hide the shiv. Thune may not pay, but others will.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2024 01:36 PM (2m0Vp)
Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2024 01:36 PM (p4NUW)
That he is. My goodness. *fans self*
Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at November 13, 2024 01:36 PM (DJ7uY)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 13, 2024 01:36 PM (ZBPS6)
I'd like to believe that. I don't believe that. But I'll let it slide for now to see how this actually plays out before I set Thune on fire. What else can we do? I was assured by many that Mike Johnson was a great pick for Speaker. He turned out to be meh.
My point is we never know what we're going to get until we get it. Plus, I'm still in orgasmic mode after Trump's landslide cock-crushing and aren't ready to think bad thoughts yet.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2024 01:37 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Don Black at November 13, 2024 01:37 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 13, 2024 01:36 PM (JCZqz)
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"Also, I can't believe my health insurance is so much more expensive than it was in 2007."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 01:37 PM (GBKbO)
No more playtime with these losers thinking it's still the old games as usual. We have a country to save.
Posted by: LizLem at November 13, 2024 01:37 PM (wcIbG)
My understanding is that the VP -- as the President of the Senate -- can preside over Senate sessions and thus, instead of a Treasonous Majority Leader like a McConnell or a Thune, can choose whom to recognize for proposed legislation & debate (and which Traitors to ignore).
I've heard that Trump considered doing this in his first term, but of course that rat-bastard Pence wouldn't cooperate.
Let's have JD Vance run the Senate daily when they're in session -- and have frequent recesses so that Trump can make recess appointments. MOAR BOSS MOVES!
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It is actually the constitutional option. Only leaders in the House and Senate specified by the Constitution are the Speaker of the House and the Vice President of the US who is also President of the Senate. The rules of either house flow downhill from those particular offices.
In many states, the Lt. Gov fulfills the original role of the VP in the US Constitution by running state Senates (sometimes that is affected somewhat by party control).
Posted by: whig at November 13, 2024 11:40 AM
Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 13, 2024 01:37 PM (lP9TH)
We'll see if Congress plays the same game this time around.
My default position is: Yes, yes they will.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 13, 2024 01:37 PM (tT6L1)
So to answer the question how could people vote Trump and democrats for the house/senate…there ya go. Lots of people out there who don’t see politics back and white like we do.
Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 13, 2024 01:37 PM (g/4UX)
These guys are sounding much more sane these days.
Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at November 13, 2024 01:37 PM (DJ7uY)
Joe has the biggest smile on his face...
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2024 01:38 PM (uxCna)
No, you won't. Because you can't. The GOPe still hates Trump and wants him out of office. They aren't so stupid as to be open about it this time, but they will still work against him while pretending to be his friend.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 01:38 PM (Hh1ER)
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2024 01:38 PM (pMi6S)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2024 01:38 PM (fs1hN)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2024 01:38 PM (2m0Vp)
Posted by: Bete at November 13, 2024 01:39 PM (LX4y3)
Posted by: ...
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"Why tell the rubes to fuck off once if you can tell them to fuck off twice?"
Posted by: 2009Refugee at November 13, 2024 01:39 PM (0uOD2)
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 01:39 PM (ksjMr)
Posted by: Just saying at November 13, 2024 01:39 PM (UOmPn)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 13, 2024 01:39 PM (b2/S2)
Posted by: Ian S. at November 13, 2024 01:39 PM (2ocoG)
Fiesty Bannon is best Bannon. And he has a lot of revenge still to enact.
He promised he'd leak the votes, I hope he delivers. And all the senators who voted Thune/Cornyn against the will of the people/Trump can go down.
Posted by: LizLem at November 13, 2024 01:39 PM (wcIbG)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Only thing that I can think of, is they want gridlock.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 13, 2024 01:33 PM (kPAiX)
I was being, what you call, sarcastic on account of John Thune being selected as the next Republican blockage in the artery of improving America.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 01:39 PM (ExV1e)
Joe has the biggest smile on his face...
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'Don, it's your clusterf*** now.'
Posted by: Don Black at November 13, 2024 01:40 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at November 13, 2024 01:37 PM (DJ7uY)
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The others are fiddling with their Play-Doh while strings of drool trail from their Prozac-slackened mouths.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 13, 2024 01:40 PM (z0QHk)
Posted by: Just sayin at November 13, 2024 01:40 PM (8VHs6)
Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 13, 2024 01:34 PM (g/4UX)
Yeah? Shithead #2 almost beat Fuckstain #1.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 01:40 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Stateless at November 13, 2024 01:41 PM (jvJvP)
These guys are sounding much more sane these days.
Posted by: IC - Cope Harder
True. Only half of them think McConnell is a Trump cultist rubber stamp.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 13, 2024 01:41 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: PaleRider at November 13, 2024 01:41 PM (zYCTH)
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you can decline an appointment
Posted by: Don Black at November 13, 2024 01:41 PM (/7KEl)
Ok the other hand, Thune pushed for a secret ballot for a reason.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 13, 2024 01:41 PM (mzM2O)
Joe has the biggest smile on his face...
The pictures are gonna be the greatest meme template yet. "And then we realized Michael Malice is right, she actually is a day-drinking retard". (photo: Trump leaning in to say something and Joe laughing his ass off).
Posted by: Ian S. at November 13, 2024 01:41 PM (2ocoG)
Dont trust these sleazebags.
Dude reminds of of a dumber Senator Geary.
Definitely skeltons in that closet. Could be another Larry "WIDESTANCE" Craig.
Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at November 13, 2024 01:42 PM (et1vG)
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 01:42 PM (ksjMr)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 13, 2024 01:41 PM (mzM2O)
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It's been a secret ballot forever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 01:42 PM (GBKbO)
Thune and McConnell, come meet us in the park at night, alone...
Posted by: The Arkancide Machine at November 13, 2024 01:42 PM (wcIbG)
It removed a portion of the people's voice in Senate Elections.
Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2024 01:42 PM (z/jjr)
Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2024 01:36 PM (p4NUW)
I thought it was a guy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 01:42 PM (ExV1e)
There are three possible answers:
1) People that only care about the presidency and did vote for the other offices
2) People that won't vote for Republicans, except Trump
3) People that had an issue with THAT specific Republican and not Trump
or I guess 4) Fraud
In theory you could get an answer to this pretty easily if you have some money and time and just interview people that voted for say Trump and not Hovde. This should be one of the most important things the GOP is doing now. Well, if it was an actual opposition party.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2024 01:42 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Thune says have a cigar at November 13, 2024 01:42 PM (25k9m)
The same Cruz who was pissed at McConnell for giving him nothing more to campaign on than a good luck wish?
That Ted Cruz voted for Thune?
WTF?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 13, 2024 01:34 PM (mzM2O)
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Cruz voted for Scott on the first ballot. When Scott was eliminated, he voted for Thune.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at November 13, 2024 01:42 PM (bNf8H)
John Galt lives.
Posted by: Going deep. Out at November 13, 2024 01:42 PM (pbmKi)
Imagine how awful a person Kamala must be to make Biden into this
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 01:42 PM (Hh1ER)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2024 01:43 PM (W/lyH)
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All these votes are bought. Some are bought by what might be taken away (power, positions,) some are bought by what might be revealed (blackmail) and some are bought by what graft will come their way (or to their families.)
Posted by: Gentlemen, time for a reckoning at November 13, 2024 01:43 PM (v57ms)
Posted by: Marcus Gravey at November 13, 2024 01:43 PM (TIizU)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 01:42 PM (GBKbO)
No shit?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 13, 2024 01:43 PM (mzM2O)
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 01:43 PM (ksjMr)
Dude reminds of of a dumber Senator Geary.
Definitely skeltons in that closet. Could be another Larry "WIDESTANCE" Craig.
Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller
Or Denny Hastert.
Posted by: Bulg at November 13, 2024 01:43 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: LizLem
I think that works mostly for young women looking for promotion, not old white dudes....
Unless your boss is Obama.
Posted by: Kamala Harris at November 13, 2024 01:43 PM (JCZqz)
...Let's have JD Vance run the Senate daily when they're in session -- and have frequent recesses so that Trump can make recess appointments. MOAR BOSS MOVES!
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It is actually the constitutional option. Only leaders in the House and Senate specified by the Constitution are the Speaker of the House and the Vice President of the US who is also President of the Senate. The rules of either house flow downhill from those particular offices.
In many states, the Lt. Gov fulfills the original role of the VP in the US Constitution by running state Senates (sometimes that is affected somewhat by party control).
Posted by: whig at November 13, 2024 11:40 AM
Posted by: ShainS --
Thank you, ShainS and whig! A great end-run solution to the problem of Thune.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2024 01:43 PM (2m0Vp)
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Same here.
It's like Biden, he had full co troll and yet he didn’t really. Even within the full control of the house and senate, there are many warring factions that rarely can come to any agreement. In parliamentary systems it’s the same phenomenon. We just have the parliamentary system inside of the two major parties. It’s an unofficial parliamentary system.
It’s a good thing long term that neither side can ever really have all the power.
Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 13, 2024 01:43 PM (g/4UX)
Trump is going to have to pull some Machiavelli out to maneuver around and over some of these GOPe types.
...and Trump never did shy away from using pork spending to get what he wanted in the first term.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 13, 2024 01:43 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: DaveA at November 13, 2024 01:43 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Doom at November 13, 2024 01:44 PM (FhXTo)
They don't actually have any strong ideology. And yet they are desperately power-hungry.
But if they don't have any particular ideology then for what purpose do they even want power? to impose -- what agenda? The agenda of Kafkaesque gridlock and wheel-spinning?
I understand a wild-eyed ideologue on the Left or the Right craving power to re-mold society as he sees fit, but I don't understand inert overweight soulless old NPCs craving power.
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2024 01:44 PM (pMi6S)
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at November 13, 2024 01:44 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 01:44 PM (ksjMr)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 01:42 PM (GBKbO)
No shit?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 13, 2024 01:43 PM (mzM2O)
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No shit. It's how they've always elected their caucus leaders.
The only reason the Speaker of the House vote isn't secret is because the Constitution demands a public roll call vote for that position. Caucus leader isn't a governmental position. It's a party position.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 01:44 PM (GBKbO)
Trump is going to have to cover South Dakota in Bridges to Nowhere.
Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2024 01:44 PM (z/jjr)
He announced that he'd vote for Scott in the first round so I assume he did. In the second round, he could either vote for Thune or Cornyn so if he did vote for Thune, at least he took the opportunity to spit in Cornyn's eye. So I'm OK with that.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 13, 2024 01:44 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2024 01:34 PM (z/jjr)
My thoughts exactly. As originally constructed, each senator is beholden to the legislature in his state and subject to recall and replacement.
SD has a pretty conservative legislature as I recall.
Repeal the 17th amendment.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 13, 2024 01:44 PM (QGaXH)
A discussion between Trump and Thune over policy and Trump's agenda would be interesting... assuming my imagination isn't bent.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 13, 2024 01:45 PM (Q4IgG)
I mean, I assume no one will be contributing to the NSRC. Take away the money, and make Thune (and the senators bleed) and have to be nice to Trump to get RNC money for their elections...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 13, 2024 01:45 PM (exHjb)
They don't actually have any strong ideology. And yet they are desperately power-hungry.
But if they don't have any particular ideology then for what purpose do they even want power? to impose -- what agenda? The agenda of Kafkaesque gridlock and wheel-spinning?
I understand a wild-eyed ideologue on the Left or the Right craving power to re-mold society as he sees fit, but I don't understand inert overweight soulless old NPCs craving power.
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2024 01:44 PM (pMi6S)
$$$
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 01:45 PM (ksjMr)
Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2024 01:36 PM (p4NUW)
I thought it was a guy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 01:42 PM (ExV1e)
Well. Piper is an 'ette.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2024 01:45 PM (2m0Vp)
Posted by: Ian S. at November 13, 2024 01:39 PM (2ocoG)
Russia and China? Russia and Ukraine? Afghanistan and Iran?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 13, 2024 01:45 PM (VNX3d)
He has a plan.
Posted by: Diogenes
Exactly. It all worked out in the end. 4 years in the wilderness, under constant attack, have forged him into vengeful MechaTrump!
Posted by: Q-Anon and the Conservative Treehouse at November 13, 2024 01:45 PM (JCZqz)
An THEIR 2 Year Terms temper the 6 year Term afforded to the Senators.
Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2024 01:45 PM (z/jjr)
Thune has a chance not to be.
That's the best silver lining I can see.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 13, 2024 01:45 PM (mzM2O)
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at November 13, 2024 01:45 PM (7PziG)
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 01:43 PM (ksjMr)
The dude could literally fart on command!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2024 01:45 PM (+myjY)
Second, the Senate should try and implement some of hte same kind of rules that got McCarthy shitcanned in the House. I don't know if there are even any rules or processes for calling for a change in leadership, but there fucking SHOULD be.
Posted by: deadrody at November 13, 2024 01:45 PM (OeYsY)
They don't actually have any strong ideology. And yet they are desperately power-hungry.
But if they don't have any particular ideology then for what purpose do they even want power? to impose -- what agenda? The agenda of Kafkaesque gridlock and wheel-spinning?
I understand a wild-eyed ideologue on the Left or the Right craving power to re-mold society as he sees fit, but I don't understand inert overweight soulless old NPCs craving power.
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2024 01:44 PM (pMi6S)
One word: Money.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at November 13, 2024 01:45 PM (g8Ew8)
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Remember when Dr Jill kissed Kamala's husband full on the lips in full view of everyone at the SOTU?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2024 01:45 PM (fs1hN)
He is completely beholden to Bid Ag. You know, the folks that are spraying pesticides and weed killers on al our food.
His biggest fights will be with RFK Jr fixing the food supply.
Posted by: Just Lily at November 13, 2024 01:46 PM (CHh/T)
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2024 01:44 PM (pMi6S)
Same reason people become leaders of the HOA.
Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 13, 2024 01:46 PM (g/4UX)
I love that Elon/Vivek's DOGE is going to be transparent about what they are cutting and ask for input. Also that they are going to post the worst examples they find of government waste up on a wall of shame, and let us laugh at it and mock it. Exciting new days ahead.
Posted by: LizLem at November 13, 2024 01:46 PM (wcIbG)
Send in the polar bear with the chainsaws
Posted by: one hour sober at November 13, 2024 01:46 PM (Y1sOo)
They don't actually have any strong ideology. And yet they are desperately power-hungry.
Your analysis can stop right there.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2024 01:46 PM (+myjY)
Posted by: Jonah at November 13, 2024 01:46 PM (YCxFk)
New York Post
@nypost
Couples are turning to kinky sex to save their relationships: survey https://trib.al/inoW05G
If I'm reading the article correctly it appears that millennial women need an app or an actual therapist to tell them to go have kinky sex with their husbands/boyfriends even though they claim to be bored with their regular sex.
I mean...do millennials need an app to tell them to eat food and brush their teeth as well?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2024 01:46 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work laptop at November 13, 2024 01:46 PM (QoyXi)
Posted by: Orson at November 13, 2024 01:46 PM (dIske)
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 01:43 PM (ksjMr)
The dude could literally fart on command!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2024 01:45 PM (+myjY)
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The diet of turnips, carrots, cabbage and potatoes didn't help.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 13, 2024 01:47 PM (z0QHk)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 13, 2024 01:47 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2024 01:46 PM (oZhjI)
Do they need an app to know that big boobs are wonderful?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work laptop at November 13, 2024 01:47 PM (QoyXi)
Posted by: DaveA
Pssst! Séance me! I've got a great idea to pitch you!
Posted by: Zombie Guy Fawkes at November 13, 2024 01:47 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 01:42 PM (GBKbO)
Silence! Your facts have no power here, old* man.
*Yeah, yeah, I know you're only, like, twelve.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 01:47 PM (ExV1e)
The same Cruz who was pissed at McConnell for giving him nothing more to campaign on than a good luck wish?
That Ted Cruz voted for Thune?
WTF?
Posted by: AlaBAMA
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Leadership dynamics in the Senate are where the public sees the 10 percent of the iceberg that is above water. 90 percent of the iceberg is never seen.
And, outside interference in the leadership elections is generally frowned up (Bush getting rid of Trent Lott was the rare exception) and resented by senators. All of them always think they would be a better president than who got elected.
Posted by: whig at November 13, 2024 01:47 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: fd at November 13, 2024 01:47 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: John Cornyn at November 13, 2024 01:47 PM (paSBy)
Posted by: LizLem at November 13, 2024 01:46 PM (wcIbG)
I love that too. Always thought public shaming is highly underrated as a deterrent to bad behavior.
Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at November 13, 2024 01:47 PM (DJ7uY)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2024 01:45 PM (fs1hN)
And then wouldn't even look at him (or her) on Monday.
Posted by: BruceWayne at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2024 01:36 PM (p4NUW)
I thought it was a guy.
Posted by: I used to have a different
He is.
Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2024 01:36 PM (p4NUW)
I thought it was a guy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 01:42 PM
Well, Piper's an 'ette, so...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (ZANHd)
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (ksjMr)
The London Times:
❗️🇺🇦Ukraine could produce a rudimentary nuclear bomb within months if 🇺🇸Trump cuts off military aid, – The Times.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (uxCna)
I love that Elon/Vivek's DOGE is going to be transparent about what they are cutting and ask for input. Also that they are going to post the worst examples they find of government waste up on a wall of shame, and let us laugh at it and mock it. Exciting new days ahead.
Posted by: LizLem at November 13, 2024 01:46 PM (wcIbG)
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Of course it can change.
But it's not going to change, and expecting entrenched power centers to change things for their own detriment is silly.
Trust me, this fight is going to be long forgotten by January, much less the 2028 election.
I remember when people were saying that Republicans would never win elections again because they helped pass the Infrastructure bill of 2021.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (GBKbO)
Yeah, that's where we have to be now. We know he'll be awful but maybe not as awful as McConnell.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (Hh1ER)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (Q0kLU)
$$$
Posted by: ...
One word: Money.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons
There are easier ways to make more money in the private sector, I would imagine.
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (pMi6S)
Posted by: Jonah at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (YCxFk)
Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2024 01:44 PM (z/jjr)
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It might come to that, haha.
At least he won't have to pay off Thune's wife with a cabinet post like Turtle got from two administrations.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (6ydKt)
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But don't they look to the RNC for campaign funds? And doesn't Trump control the RNC?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (YqDXo)
Man! This Zegler chick is really doing everything she can to tank that 'Snow White' movie. Which is kind of funny because I know the kid actors have to go through social media training.
I imagine Rachel would be a demon in the sack. An angry demon.
From GatewayPundit.
Actress Rachel Zegler wrote, “May Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace.”
In the post, she complained that her infant daughter may never get to have an abortion.
“I find myself speechless in the midst of this. Another four years of hatred, leaning us towards a world I do not want to live in. Leaning us towards a world that will be hard to raise my daughter in. Leaning us towards a world that will force her to have a baby she doesn’t want. Leaning us towards a world that is fearful.”
The actress said she is “here with you,” to “cry, to yell, to hug.
Posted by: Stateless at November 13, 2024 01:49 PM (jvJvP)
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Did you think he would vote for Cornyn?
Posted by: Pudinhead at November 13, 2024 01:49 PM (AdHga)
LOL They act like its that easy to make a nuke.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 01:49 PM (Hh1ER)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2024 01:46 PM (oZhjI)
There are period apps. Which I guess remind women that they have a period every month?
Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 13, 2024 01:49 PM (g/4UX)
So, what do we do about this 'Thune' ?
Posted by: Don Black at November 13, 2024 01:37 PM (/7KEl)
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"It's too Thune to tell ..."
/obligatory Mike Tyson
Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 13, 2024 01:49 PM (lP9TH)
Posted by: Jonah at November 13, 2024 01:49 PM (YCxFk)
I mean...do millennials need an app to tell them to eat food and brush their teeth as well?
Posted by: 18-1
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Self selected sample from a freaking ap seller. NY Post is basically doing an ad for the ap with this lousy story about a lousy survey conducted by a company with an ap.
Posted by: whig at November 13, 2024 01:49 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 13, 2024 01:49 PM (ckQml)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (YqDXo)
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The RSCC is the primary mover of election funds for the senate.
That's been under Mitch's control for more than a decade.
It's unclear to me if any changes are going to happen around the leader's ability to direct funds from it with Mitch no longer in the position.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 01:50 PM (GBKbO)
LOL They act like its that easy to make a nuke.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 01:49 PM (Hh1ER)
Well, there are YouTube videos now.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2024 01:50 PM (+myjY)
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 01:43 PM (ksjMr)
The whole Holocaust thing was just a practical joke that got out of hand?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 01:50 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 01:50 PM (ksjMr)
oh no quick better give them another 100 billion tax dollars
Ukraine can pound sand
Posted by: brak at November 13, 2024 01:50 PM (25k9m)
I get the opposite impression: she'd be a starfish that laughed at you
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 01:50 PM (Hh1ER)
I don't think Joe Biden has ever been happier in his entire life.
https://tinyurl.com/3puwmfx9
39 seconds; politeness over transition!!!
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 01:50 PM (hovnC)
❗️🇺🇦Ukraine could produce a rudimentary nuclear bomb within months if 🇺🇸Trump cuts off military aid, – The Times.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (uxCna)
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OK. Let's see it.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 01:50 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Jay in PA at November 13, 2024 01:50 PM (i7Q7S)
Thanks, US government! You're just bound and determined to make sure someone starts a nuclear war, aren't you?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 13, 2024 01:50 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: fd at November 13, 2024 01:50 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (uxCna)
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That'll go a long way toward calming things down.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 13, 2024 01:50 PM (z0QHk)
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 01:43 PM (ksjMr)
The dude could literally fart on command!
Posted by: Cicero
Zieh an meinem Finger.
Posted by: Adolf H. at November 13, 2024 01:50 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at November 13, 2024 01:50 PM (wBaIH)
/obligatory Mike Tyson
Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 13, 2024 01:49 PM (lP9TH)
That got a laugh.
*golfclap*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work laptop at November 13, 2024 01:51 PM (QoyXi)
Posted by: Stateless
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Mentally ill people in showbiz should be seen and not heard.
Posted by: whig at November 13, 2024 01:51 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Don Black at November 13, 2024 01:51 PM (/7KEl)
The London Times:
❗️🇺🇦Ukraine could produce a rudimentary nuclear bomb within months if 🇺🇸Trump cuts off military aid, – The Times.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (uxCna)
That's it, Rage Munchkin. Try blackmail.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 13, 2024 01:51 PM (mzM2O)
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Well, ms Zegler, there is a solution to that.
Posted by: BruceWayne at November 13, 2024 01:51 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2024 01:36 PM (p4NUW)
Right?? He's the real sexiest man of the year. People got it wrong.
I said this yesterday...if he ever runs for president, liberal women won't know what to do with themselves.
Posted by: LizLem at November 13, 2024 01:51 PM (wcIbG)
Posted by: SoDak License Plate at November 13, 2024 01:51 PM (z/jjr)
Posted by: Java Joe at November 13, 2024 01:51 PM (WaLgG)
They're trying to send a message.
OTOH, for low-grade WMDs, Ukraine definitely has enough high-level nuclear waste that it could disperse as a weapon.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2024 01:51 PM (uxCna)
Oh the technique is pretty well known. Its gathering the materials that's the challenge.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 01:51 PM (Hh1ER)
New York Post
@nypost
Couples are turning to kinky sex to save their relationships: survey https://trib.al/inoW05G
If I'm reading the article correctly it appears that millennial women need an app or an actual therapist to tell them to go have kinky sex with their husbands/boyfriends even though they claim to be bored with their regular sex.
I mean...do millennials need an app to tell them to eat food and brush their teeth as well?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2024 01:46 PM (oZhjI)
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That's a planted article from a website/app that specializes in promoting "kinky" sex and selling items for that purpose. So take it with a grain of salt. That, plus their description of what is "kinky" seems like normal sex or at least nothing risque.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2024 01:51 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 13, 2024 01:51 PM (ckQml)
Posted by: SuperMayorSuperRonNirenberg - Buff Mayor, Total Hack at November 13, 2024 01:52 PM (sHvce)
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But Putin, Jing, and Xi don't want to kill all of Trump's voters!
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 01:52 PM (hovnC)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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She knows the rule.
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024
What picture is needed? That Hegseth is hot? That I am a girl? I am so confused right now.
Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2024 01:52 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (uxCna)
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That'll go a long way toward calming things down.
Posted by: Captain Obvious
Maybe if they hadn't trusted Obama and the European community, and instead kept the nukes on their land, they wouldn't have been invaded by Russia in the first place?
Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 13, 2024 01:52 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 13, 2024 01:52 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: Don Black at November 13, 2024 01:52 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (uxCna)
__________________
OK. Let's see it.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 01:50 PM (YqDXo)
Yeah, I'd need to see the notes. The could BUY one given all the fucking money we have shoveled at them, but the engineering expertise to build one? Meh.
Japan would be the shortest if they decided to go. Everyone else would need to bulk up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work laptop at November 13, 2024 01:52 PM (QoyXi)
Ukraine could develop a rudimentary nuclear bomb within months if Donald Trump withdraws US military assistance, according to a briefing paper prepared for the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence.
The country would quickly be able to build a basic device from plutonium with a similar technology to the “Fat Man” bomb dropped on Nagasaki in 1945, the report states. “Creating a simple atomic bomb, as the United States did within the framework of the Manhattan Project, would not be a difficult task 80 years later,” the document reads.
With no time to build and run the large facilities required to enrich uranium, wartime Ukraine would have to rely instead on using plutonium extracted from spent fuel rods taken from Ukraine’s nuclear reactors.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2024 01:52 PM (uxCna)
His wife, Barbara Olson died on Flight 77 on 9/11
Posted by: SMOD at November 13, 2024 01:52 PM (RHGPo)
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How? You gonna take Christ away from us?
Hint: It's been tried
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 01:52 PM (ksjMr)
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Forget it, Toots, your 15 minutes is up.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 01:53 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2024 01:52 PM (p4NUW)
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Yes.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 13, 2024 01:53 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: Stateless
So you expect your baby daughter to grow up and be a ho? Who practices no contraception? Great expectations you got for your kiddo there, sugar tits.
These people are sick, sick, sick.
Oh, and did I mention that they are sick?
Posted by: Bulg at November 13, 2024 01:53 PM (v6JzV)
Oh the technique is pretty well known. Its gathering the materials that's the challenge.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 01:51 PM (Hh1ER)
I'm sure that in 1985 you can buy plutonium at every corner drugstore. In 1955 it's a little hard to come by!
Posted by: Doc Brown at November 13, 2024 01:53 PM (+myjY)
Posted by: Jonah at November 13, 2024 01:53 PM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 13, 2024 01:51 PM (ckQml)
We can see the white smoke.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work laptop at November 13, 2024 01:53 PM (QoyXi)
Posted by: keena at November 13, 2024 01:53 PM (RiTnx)
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Well, ms Zegler, there is a solution to that.
Posted by: BruceWayne at November 13, 2024 01:51 PM (CIS44)
If she can sing and dance, she should try Bollywood. I don't think she has a chance, but it would get her out of the US.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 13, 2024 01:53 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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She knows the rule.
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024
What picture is needed? That Hegseth is hot? That I am a girl? I am so confused right now.
Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2024 01:52 PM (p4NUW
Send em a picture of your horse.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 13, 2024 01:53 PM (mzM2O)
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It was Billy Clinton that got Ukraine to give up their nukes.
Posted by: Pudinhead at November 13, 2024 01:53 PM (AdHga)
Why would state legislatures vote to loose their own reps in the fed gov?
I think we need a forensic audit of all the Amendments starting at the end of the civil war.
Put Nevada and Vermont back into territory status.
Them being states and proper constitutional passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments are a bit at odds with each other.
Posted by: Reforger at November 13, 2024 01:53 PM (xcIvR)
And he can toss a fart.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at November 13, 2024 01:53 PM (TIPo8)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Those are the secret deals by senators on an item by item basis for Thune winning. I would imagine that Cruz had a talk with Thune about the RSC excluding sitting senators from being funded by the mutual self aid fund that the RSC is.
But, the RSC pales if Trump controls the RNC and basic fundraising for the party.
Posted by: whig at November 13, 2024 01:54 PM (ctrM5)
*THUMP!!!!*
Posted by: Rachel Zegler's Agent's Forehead Hitting The Desk at November 13, 2024 01:54 PM (+myjY)
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at November 13, 2024 01:54 PM (Da7Vv)
BREAKING: Elon Musk is threatening to fund a primary challenge to any House Republican who doesn’t fall in line with Trump’s agenda, according to senator source on the Hill.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 01:54 PM (hovnC)
Posted by: LizLem at November 13, 2024 01:46 PM (wcIbG)
Agreed. That money gets spent because people don't know. Make it public. Make them defend spending that money when Trump says to cut it. They're all cowards.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 01:54 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2024 01:44 PM (pMi6S)
Same reason people become leaders of the HOA.
Posted by: It is Go Time Donald
As in, some people just have a personality flaw in that they crave power somply for power's sake? Like, trhey are actually Sadists at heart (in the original sense of "Sadist" - someone who derives pleasure from controlling people)?
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2024 01:54 PM (pMi6S)
But, the RSC pales if Trump controls the RNC and basic fundraising for the party.
Posted by: whig at November 13, 2024 01:54 PM (ctrM5)
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I can imagine secret deals. It'd be nice to know them.
I'm as important as any senator. I am a citizen!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 01:54 PM (GBKbO)
That's how I feel about Thune.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 13, 2024 01:54 PM (jyAD3)
And the woman has very little on her resume. Her big hit was the Hunger Games prequel, and it didn't make a lot (she wasn't even in it that much). Her big claim to fame is the dreadful box office bomb remake of West Side Story. Basically she's acting like she has Meryl Streep clout but is barely an actress.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 01:54 PM (Hh1ER)
Ukraine had nukes after the fall of the Soviet Union, but they didn't have the codes needed to detonate the devices.
It would be like Louisiana trying to use the nukes stored at Barksdale Air Force Base.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2024 01:55 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2024 01:36 PM (p4NUW)
That he is. My goodness. *fans self*
Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at November 13, 2024 01:36 PM (DJ7uY)
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Hegseth is married, ladies. Well, for the 3rd time. Maybe you have a shot after all. LOL.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2024 01:55 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 13, 2024 01:55 PM (+m37i)
Oh the technique is pretty well known. Its gathering the materials that's the challenge.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 01:51 PM (Hh1ER)
That, and finishing it before you die from radiation poisoning.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 13, 2024 01:55 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (uxCna
DJT: Run Kodos, he has a board with a nail in it!
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 01:55 PM (ksjMr)
Posted by: Jonah at November 13, 2024 01:55 PM (YCxFk)
The London Times:
❗️🇺🇦Ukraine could produce a rudimentary nuclear bomb within months if 🇺🇸Trump cuts off military aid, – The Times.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (uxCna)
Without our money he won't be able to afford nuke bomb development.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at November 13, 2024 01:55 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: DaveA at November 13, 2024 01:55 PM (FhXTo)
They were expecting the therapist to tell them to start sleeping around... for their mental health.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 01:55 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 13, 2024 01:55 PM (b2/S2)
That's how I feel about Thune.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 13, 2024 01:54 PM (jyAD3)
We have elon money. We need blackmail material. Incentivize.
Every problem has a solution.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work laptop at November 13, 2024 01:56 PM (QoyXi)
Japan would be the shortest if they decided to go. Everyone else would need to bulk up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work laptop at November 13, 2024 01:52 PM (QoyXi)
_________________
Yep. Detonators for implosion devices need high-frequency capacitors (krytons) with wires of precisely the same length because electricity moves at 30 cm/nanosecond, and any mismatch will cause the implosion to fail.
So some serious engineering is involved.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 01:56 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 13, 2024 01:56 PM (pnaBz)
Man! This Zegler chick is really doing everything she can to tank that 'Snow White' movie.
The DT's of staying away from social media must have gotten the better of her. She seemed to be doing a good job of keeping her gob shut for most of this year.
Posted by: Octochicken at November 13, 2024 01:56 PM (oCS0o)
In the post, she complained that her infant daughter may never get to have an abortion.
“I find myself speechless in the midst of this. Another four years of hatred, leaning us towards a world I do not want to live in. Leaning us towards a world that will be hard to raise my daughter in. Leaning us towards a world that will force her to have a baby she doesn’t want. Leaning us towards a world that is fearful.”
The actress said she is “here with you,” to “cry, to yell, to hug.
Posted by: Stateless at November 13, 2024 01:49 PM (jvJvP)
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"When will you realize ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 13, 2024 01:56 PM (ijga9)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 01:55 PM (ExV1e)
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Cure for hysteria?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 01:56 PM (YqDXo)
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Fat Man was the implosion device. It was not simple. That's why they needed to test it at Alamogordo.
Little Boy was the "gun" device. They knew it would work without having a test.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 13, 2024 01:56 PM (z0QHk)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work laptop at November 13, 2024 01:56 PM (QoyXi)
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I do like the way you think.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 13, 2024 01:56 PM (jyAD3)
they will need an entire division of lawyers
Posted by: Don Black at November 13, 2024 01:57 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 13, 2024 01:52 PM (JCZqz)
It was Bill Clinton.
I trusted Bill Clinton in a deal to give up my nukes and all I got was a lousy million corpses and 20% of my country laid waste.
Posted by: Ukraine at November 13, 2024 01:57 PM (x5nKy)
MIC is in panic to get you Trumpublicans on board.
Super-secret Israeli decoders have determined Iran was backing Trump assassins.
Failure to give Ukraine another $200 billion means nuclear war.
Sadly, most conservatives will get in line and back more forever war, because they really have no discernment.
Posted by: Just sayin at November 13, 2024 01:57 PM (8VHs6)
No more playtime with these losers thinking it's still the old games as usual. We have a country to save.
Posted by: LizLem at November 13, 2024 01:37 PM (wcIbG)
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Exactly. He can be made to do the right thing, even if it's for reasons of fear or greed. To quote the great political philosopher Londo Mollari, "They don't care WHY you do what you do, so long as you do it."
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 13, 2024 01:57 PM (QdGJh)
Posted by: Megthered at November 13, 2024 01:57 PM (AN/yl)
________________
May I suggest seppuku?
I mean, we're not crazy about having you in this world either.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 01:57 PM (YqDXo)
I trusted Bill Clinton in a deal to give up my nukes and all I got was a lousy million corpses and 20% of my country laid waste.
Posted by: Ukraine at November 13, 2024 01:57 PM (x5nKy)
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"I got more than that, personally."
-President Zelesnky, the Z-Man
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 01:57 PM (GBKbO)
Give him two in the hat Vlad, he's begging for it.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at November 13, 2024 01:58 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Jonah at November 13, 2024 01:58 PM (YCxFk)
So some serious engineering is involved.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 01:56 PM (YqDXo)
Pfft.
Posted by: A Gun-Type Fission Weapon at November 13, 2024 01:58 PM (+myjY)
Little Boy was the "gun" device. They knew it would work without having a test.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 13, 2024 01:56 PM (z0QHk)
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I believe wiring the explosives for the implosion was exceptionally tricky due to the need for the signal to hit all of the explosives at the same time.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 13, 2024 01:58 PM (tT6L1)
Not really just autocorrect
Posted by: Megthered at November 13, 2024 01:58 PM (AN/yl)
Posted by: deepelemblues at November 13, 2024 01:58 PM (hfKSC)
Nuclear weapon =/= atomic bomb. The materials require extreme refinement and a lot of raw materials. Remember the centrifuges in Iran that Israel destroyed? You can't just go to the Edmonds scientific catalog and buy this stuff.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 01:58 PM (Hh1ER)
Might as well do what you’re going to accuse me of anyway.
The vote is done. Let’s see what he does before we hang him.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 13, 2024 01:58 PM (D6PGr)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 13, 2024 01:58 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Jonah at November 13, 2024 01:59 PM (YCxFk)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2024 01:46 PM (oZhjI)
I almost downloaded a task app to help remind me to do basic chores like folding laundry and cleaning my room. So I am not the one to push back against things like this, ha.
(I know that sounds childish, but some days my ADHD is a beast on my executive functioning skills. Checking off a premade list I don't have to think about is soothing.)
Posted by: LizLem at November 13, 2024 01:59 PM (wcIbG)
Give him two in the hat Vlad, he's begging for it.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
US should cap him.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 13, 2024 01:59 PM (kPAiX)
Failure to give Ukraine another $200 billion means nuclear war.
Posted by: Just sayin at November 13, 2024 01:57 PM (8VHs6)
_________________
The world's most obvious attempt to exert pressure.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 01:59 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: China at November 13, 2024 01:59 PM (z/jjr)
Posted by: Jonah at November 13, 2024 01:59 PM (YCxFk)
Not really just autocorrect
Posted by: Megthered at November 13, 2024 01:58 PM (AN/yl)
Thunderfart?
I haven't paid attention to him, so I'm not sure if it fits. I've been stuck with a rubber stamp senator for so long, that I've given up on paying a lot of attention to the Senate.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 13, 2024 02:00 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 13, 2024 01:59 PM (kPAiX)
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As a gesture of good will to Putin or the American taxpayer?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 13, 2024 02:00 PM (tT6L1)
X usage is at an all-time high and continues to surge.
To all of our users -- of every interest, political party, and point of view -- You will always have a place to engage and join the global conversation freely and safely.
Legacy gatekeepers are yesterday’s “news.” 🚀
Catturd ™ @catturd2 41m
Remember when the Left said Elon Musk would bankrupt Twitter when he bought it? LOL.
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Nice touch with the rocket emoji.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 02:00 PM (hovnC)
So some serious engineering is involved.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 01:56 PM (YqDXo)
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Google AI Robot Engineers FTW!
What could go wrong?
Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 13, 2024 02:00 PM (ijga9)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (uxCna)
So, lemme see if I have this straight, the Ukrainian government is okay with a grinding conventional conflict which will kill, essentially, all the men in their country provided that the US continues shoving money at them but, if that stops, they want to be obliterated by nuclear fire and NOT take the rest of us with them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 02:00 PM (ExV1e)
And the woman has very little on her resume. Her big hit was the Hunger Games prequel, and it didn't make a lot (she wasn't even in it that much). Her big claim to fame is the dreadful box office bomb remake of West Side Story. Basically she's acting like she has Meryl Streep clout but is barely an actress.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 01:54 PM (Hh1ER)
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Zegler seems to somehow have the backing of some major players including Spielberg, who inexplicably cast her in the WSS remake. There's nothing about her looks, talent, or charisma -- or even an ability to not be a toxic twat cuntflap -- that suggests her career is based on anything other than sucking the right dicks.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2024 02:00 PM (iFTx/)
Start by allowing Trump to have recess appointments.
Posted by: El Mariachi at November 13, 2024 02:00 PM (nLFEI)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work laptop at November 13, 2024 01:56 PM (QoyXi)
Unfortunately for the Left not every solution has a problem.
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 02:00 PM (ksjMr)
Posted by: deepelemblues at November 13, 2024 01:58 PM (hfKSC)
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Not being hand-picked by Mitch as his successor was a plus. Backed by Trump was a plus. A slightly better voting record was a plus. Slightly better rhetoric was a plus.
Support of red flag laws was a minus. Being a politician (therefore, gutter trash) was a minus.
Really, Scott was the best of a bad bunch, and the measuring stick was really his opposition to Mitch (as evidenced by his previous run against Mitch in 2022) and Trump's implicit support. It's weak tea and nothing to light hair on fire over, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 02:00 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Jonah at November 13, 2024 01:55 PM (YCxFk)
Yes, giving blowjobs behind the 7-11.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at November 13, 2024 02:01 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: El Mariachi at November 13, 2024 02:01 PM (nLFEI)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 01:58 PM (Hh1ER)
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Oh, so you checked too?
When I was a boy I almost had the Edmonds scientific catalog memorized.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 02:01 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2024 02:01 PM (pMi6S)
Posted by: SMOD at November 13, 2024 01:52 PM (RHGPo)
She had information that may have lead to the indictment of Hildabeast. AND wasn't supposed to be on the plane.
Posted by: Reforger at November 13, 2024 02:01 PM (xcIvR)
Posted by: Candidus at November 13, 2024 02:01 PM (grzzz)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2024 02:00 PM (iFTx/)
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Her casting in WWS was an effort to try and translate social media fans into ticket buyers (Zegler has a big YouTube presence that got her to fame).
It didn't work, and WWS bombed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 02:02 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Reforger
Vermont was never a territory. It was disputed ground between NY, MA, and NH(?). It was de facto independent during the Revolution, but joined the American side.
After the War, the territorial squabbles among the states were resolved, and Vermont joined the Union as the 14th state.
Posted by: Bulg at November 13, 2024 02:02 PM (v6JzV)
Catturd ™ @catturd2 41m
Remember when the Left said Elon Musk would bankrupt Twitter when he bought it? LOL.
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Nice touch with the rocket emoji.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 02:00 PM (hovnC)
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Musk should offer them free one-way trips to Mars.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 13, 2024 02:02 PM (ijga9)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 01:58 PM (Hh1ER)
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Oh, so you checked too?
When I was a boy I almost had the Edmonds scientific catalog memorized.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 02:01 PM (YqDXo)
https://www.edmundoptics.com/
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 13, 2024 02:02 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Jonah at November 13, 2024 02:02 PM (YCxFk)
Give him two in the hat Vlad, he's begging for it.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
US should cap him.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 13, 2024 01:59 PM (kPAiX)
"It ain't personal; it's business..."
Posted by: Tex Lovera at November 13, 2024 02:03 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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She knows the rule.
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 01:50 PM (ksjMr)
She was at the TXMoMe. No photos but I can confirm that she is an 'ette.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 02:03 PM (ExV1e)
I could never afford anything in it but I used to love looking through it
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 02:04 PM (Hh1ER)
What could go wrong?
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If the launch code includes the "n" word, Google AI won't let it detonate.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2024 02:04 PM (fs1hN)
Remember when the Left said Elon Musk would bankrupt Twitter when he bought it? LOL.
________________
Leftists are now claiming that Trump will crash the economy.
As if.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 02:04 PM (YqDXo)
Plus which, I think bombs are relatively easy, missiles or bomber jets to get them where you want them is the big hurdle. Its why it would be nice to have a secure border so Iran doesn't get some nut to smuggle in a bomb in a backpack across the mexican border.
Posted by: PaleRider at November 13, 2024 02:04 PM (zYCTH)
Do I let my love for Lasseter overcome my hatred of Zegler...
Posted by: LizLem at November 13, 2024 02:04 PM (wcIbG)
The dude cut his campaigns 40mill checks often.
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at November 13, 2024 02:04 PM (7PziG)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2024 02:00 PM (iFTx/)
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Her casting in WWS was an effort to try and translate social media fans into ticket buyers (Zegler has a big YouTube presence that got her to fame).
It didn't work, and WWS bombed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 02:02 PM (GBKbO)
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Social media fans based on what??? I'm sticking to the dick theory. Even if she somehow bamboozled Spielberg, that wouldn't explain how she keeps getting big roles despite being box office poison.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2024 02:04 PM (iFTx/)
That’s the stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever heard. Ignoring the engineering difficulties, suppose they did produce one and use it. What will they have accomplished? By using it first, they will have completely justified Russia in striking back a few minutes later with about 50 nukes of their own. Yeah, that’s a brilliant plan.
They’d be better off building a rudimentary lathe.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 13, 2024 02:04 PM (pnaBz)
I could never afford anything in it but I used to love looking through it
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 02:04 PM (Hh1ER)
Just the idea of owning your own laser was awesome.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2024 02:04 PM (+myjY)
Posted by: BruceWayne at November 13, 2024 02:05 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 02:03 PM (ExV1e)
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A wee little 'ette, but most definitely an 'ette.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 13, 2024 02:05 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: Humble Doom Merchant at November 13, 2024 02:05 PM (cMODS)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
As Monica Lewisnky described in her deposition, Clinton had a "right dick," in that it bent sideways to the right. (Plus had vitiligo-esque white splotches, which is gross..)
So, sucking the right dick is always a good career choice.
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2024 02:05 PM (pMi6S)
Right?? He's the real sexiest man of the year. People got it wrong.
I said this yesterday...if he ever runs for president, liberal women won't know what to do with themselves.
Posted by: LizLem at November 13, 2024 01:51 PM (wcIbG)
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Vance-Hesgeth 2028
"Ladies, just look at those eyes."
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 13, 2024 02:05 PM (6ydKt)
Now you’ve taken 200 billion of our tax dollars to ‘protect’ your border when we lose trillions with ours wide open .
Impossible for me to have any empathy for Ukraine.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 13, 2024 02:06 PM (D6PGr)
Ukraine could produce a rudimentary nuclear bomb within months if 🇺🇸Trump cuts off military aid, – The Times.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (uxCna
Wait... who exactly is Ukraine at war with?
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 02:06 PM (ksjMr)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 13, 2024 02:06 PM (vO42M)
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I'm not sure that a 35+ year old nuclear device is still usable. I know that we rotate out old stuff and replace it with new.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 13, 2024 02:06 PM (z0QHk)
Posted by: A Gun-Type Fission Weapon at November 13, 2024 01:58 PM (+myjY)
But for the standard old uranium gun weapon, you DO need Uranium separation. Think Ukraine could put together an Oak Ridge, Tenn in a couple months?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work laptop at November 13, 2024 02:06 PM (QoyXi)
Posted by: Enough BS at November 13, 2024 02:06 PM (2NXcZ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2024 02:04 PM (iFTx/)
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Hollywood wants the star to be the reason movies succeed and fail. It makes explaining why some succeed and others fail easy.
So, they try to create stars.
Not saying Zegler hasn't been used like probably any actress of any prominence over the past century, just that, like the League of Shadows trying new methods to destroy civilization when it becomes too corrupt, this time Hollywood tried: pre-existing social media fanbase.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 02:06 PM (GBKbO)
Cruz knows that Rat Fucker Cornyn to well to vote for him. The only person in the senate worse than Thune would have been Cornyn. At least there is some minor chance we can get reciprocity with Thune. There is zero chance had it been Cornshit.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at November 13, 2024 02:06 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (uxCna
Wait... who exactly is Ukraine at war with?
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 02:06 PM (ksjMr)
Exactly. Sounds an awful lot like extortion, doesn't it?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work laptop at November 13, 2024 02:07 PM (QoyXi)
I could never afford anything in it but I used to love looking through it
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 02:04 PM (Hh1ER)
__________________
I had a whole functioning lab when I was 12. I blew my entire allowance on glassware and reagents at a nearby chemical stores company. (Clarkson Chemical, in Chula Vista; my father used to actually buy the stuff, because there was no way they'd sell most of the reagents to a 12 year-old!)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 02:07 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work laptop at November 13, 2024 02:07 PM (QoyXi)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2024 01:51 PM (iFTx/)
Wow. I've never considered having sex on a Tuesday.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 02:07 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Enough BS at November 13, 2024 02:07 PM (2NXcZ)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 13, 2024 02:07 PM (d2bW3)
@redsteeze retweeted
Charles C. W. Cooke
@charlescwcooke
1h
John Thune was the best option for Senate Majority Leader. The job requires a particular set of skills, and they aren't the ones that have been loudly discussed over the last week. I'm glad he was chosen. He'll be good in the role.
Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 02:07 PM (VnUSN)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 13, 2024 02:07 PM (d2bW3)
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I doubt Thune is worse.
It could be like the move from Reid to Schumer. Schumer is not as smart as Reid was or as cunning, but he was still bad. Just not as bad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 02:08 PM (GBKbO)
New York Post
@nypost
Couples are turning to kinky sex to save their relationships: survey https://trib.al/inoW05G
If I'm reading the article correctly it appears that millennial women need an app or an actual therapist to tell them to go have kinky sex with their husbands/boyfriends even though they claim to be bored with their regular sex.
I mean...do millennials need an app to tell them to eat food and brush their teeth as well?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2024 01:46 PM (oZhjI)
If these kids knew what their parents did/do behind closed doors, they would run screaming into the night, crying for ALL of the brain bleach.
Every generation thinks that they invented sex 🙄🙄🙄
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at November 13, 2024 02:08 PM (SRRAx)
If your daughter is having unprotected sex, yes, birth control! I'm glad you are finally stepping up to the plate! Stop being a drama queen.
Posted by: LizLem at November 13, 2024 02:08 PM (wcIbG)
Posted by: zombie
______
*cuck husband appears behind her on her tiktok video*
"Actually our state law does allow...."
*leftist mom of the year waves him off*
"I don't need your mansplaining!"
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2024 02:08 PM (fs1hN)
Exactly. Sounds an awful lot like extortion, doesn't it?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work laptop at November 13, 2024 02:07 PM (QoyXi
Also doesn't it indicate they DON'T need aid?
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 02:08 PM (ksjMr)
BREAKING: Elon Musk is threatening to fund a primary challenge to any House Republican who doesn’t fall in line with Trump’s agenda, according to senator source on the Hill.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 01:54 PM (hovnC)
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Musk's not fooling around.
Posted by: WisRich at November 13, 2024 02:08 PM (Qgr0I)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at November 13, 2024 02:09 PM (pGTZo)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work laptop at November 13, 2024 02:09 PM (QoyXi)
As if.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 02:04 PM (YqDXo)
As with every other Republican President they will attempt to do everything they can to make sure it happens.
Homelessness of course will now increase by 200% and every other terrible stat that they have suppressed.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 13, 2024 02:09 PM (D6PGr)
@redsteeze retweeted
Charles C. W. Cooke
@charlescwcooke
1h
John Thune was the best option for Senate Majority Leader. The job requires a particular set of skills, and they aren't the ones that have been loudly discussed over the last week. I'm glad he was chosen. He'll be good in the role.
Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 02:07 PM (VnUSN)
_________________________
#DeportWorthlessToryLimeys
Posted by: Humble Doom Merchant at November 13, 2024 02:09 PM (cMODS)
This is John Thune - no different than Liz Cheney.
Senator John Thune @SenJohnThune 6 Jan 2022
My statement on the anniversary of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot⬇️
Jack Poso @JackPosobiec Nov 11
FLASHBACK: Here are Thune *and* Cornyn going on broadcast TV and TRASHING President Trump after the E Jean Carroll case just last year - 2023
Nick Sortor @nicksortor 1h
🚨 #BREAKING: John Thune WINS the vote for Senate Majority Leader over John Cornyn
29-24
The Senate has BETRAYED Americans.
Catturd ™ @catturd2 1h
Trump won a historic landslide and a national mandate so naturally our Republican Senate elects one of the biggest Trump haters on planet earth as Majority leader @johnthune
These skunks hate you.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 02:09 PM (hovnC)
Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 13, 2024 01:52 PM (JCZqz)
OTOH, if NATO hadn't expanded eastward after promising to not do so, they wouldn't have been invaded by Russia in the first place.
Or, if the CIA hadn't run a color revolution in Ukraine, they wouldn't have been invaded by Russia in the first place.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 02:10 PM (ExV1e)
Jai Courtney
Taylor Kitsch
Armie Hammer
Sam Worthington
Ruby Rose
All pushed relentlessly in the press, all duds. Most are fine as character actors. But leads they ain't.
Posted by: El Mariachi at November 13, 2024 02:10 PM (nLFEI)
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 13, 2024 02:10 PM (eZwyX)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 02:07 PM (ExV1e)
'How about a kiss boy?! You don't need to go barging at the clitoris right off!'
Posted by: Aetius451AD work laptop at November 13, 2024 02:10 PM (QoyXi)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (uxCna
Wait... who exactly is Ukraine at war with?
Posted by: ...
If Trump cuts their aid, they won't have two months.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 13, 2024 02:11 PM (kPAiX)
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (pMi6S)
Easier than coming up with new bullshit every day to make yourself rich, and having people beating down your door to enrich you? How much easier do you want?
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 02:11 PM (ksjMr)
Posted by: WisRich at November 13, 2024 02:08 PM (Qgr0I)
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Something tells me that Musk won't get away with it as easily as Soros&Son have.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 13, 2024 02:11 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger - Certified Trump Justice Warrior and Wagshambas Expert at November 13, 2024 02:11 PM (M7vhK)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work laptop at November 13, 2024 02:11 PM (QoyXi)
Taylor Kitsch
Armie Hammer
Sam Worthington
Ruby Rose
All pushed relentlessly in the press, all duds. Most are fine as character actors. But leads they ain't.
Posted by: El Mariachi at November 13, 2024 02:10 PM (nLFEI)
Armie Hammer has PNG for quite awhile now, after the whole cannibal stuff
Posted by: BruceWayne at November 13, 2024 02:12 PM (CIS44)
I think the one from Arkansas overtook the one from TN as the youngest.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 13, 2024 02:12 PM (D6PGr)
Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger - Certified Trump Justice Warrior and Wagshambas Expert at November 13, 2024 02:11 PM (M7vhK)
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Why are reliably red states run by machine politics that are probably more corrupt than DC on a per capita basis?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 02:12 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 02:03 PM (ExV1e)
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A wee little 'ette, but most definitely an 'ette.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 13, 2024 02:05 PM (tT6L1)
Piper is a dear! So sweet - glad I got to make her acquaintance 😊♥️🦎
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at November 13, 2024 02:12 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at November 13, 2024 02:12 PM (xcxpd)
Why would state legislatures vote to loose their own reps in the fed gov?
I think we need a forensic audit of all the Amendments starting at the end of the civil war.
Put Nevada and Vermont back into territory status.
Them being states and proper constitutional passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments are a bit at odds with each other.
Posted by: Reforger
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Non-starter on revoking the 17th. But too many people never look at the history of the Senate under the old rules and there is a reason that by the time the amendment passed, most states filled those seats via popular referenda instead of the state leg selecting the senator.
Senate, then as now, was filled with corrupt senators and party bosses with even less consideration for their constituents than there is now.
Basically all the Founders recognized that all of the Constitution and its provisions does not work if the people of the US themselves are corrupt because politics is always downstream from society. A corrupt and venal society breeds corrupt and venal officeholders.
Posted by: whig at November 13, 2024 02:12 PM (ctrM5)
That, plus the razor-thin majority in the House, means that the President needs the best and brightest in his Office of Legislative Affairs, particularly his choice for Director.
Posted by: mrp at November 13, 2024 02:12 PM (rj6Yv)
Teresa I missed any update and have been thinking/worrying. How are you?
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 02:12 PM (ksjMr)
Posted by: Jonah at November 13, 2024 02:12 PM (YCxFk)
Posted by: torabora at November 13, 2024 02:12 PM (XBYfz)
Thanks Washington Generals.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 13, 2024 02:10 PM (eZwyX)
I was going to go with Washington Privates, but they're much more useful than Congress. Perhaps the Washington Ball Washers? Washington Shysters? Washington Scum?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 13, 2024 02:13 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Don Black at November 13, 2024 02:13 PM (/7KEl)
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Carolina Biological. I wanted a real human skull for a candy dish. Then I got married. Nope.
Posted by: Freds Revenge 'I was killed too you know' at November 13, 2024 02:13 PM (dXALN)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at November 13, 2024 02:13 PM (pGTZo)
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I have no idea what you mean.
Posted by: Tennessee Politics at November 13, 2024 02:13 PM (M7vhK)
Posted by: Jonah at November 13, 2024 02:13 PM (YCxFk)
It is, its basically "you have to keep giving us billions or we'll start a nuclear war" which isn't gonna happen. Look I have sympathy for Ukraine, they were invaded by a mobster state to just take land because they didn't like how Ukraine was doing things. Fine, I didn't like how they were doing things, either. But that doesn't justify invasion, that was the entire point of the Treaty of Westphalia.
But Ukraine is insanely corrupt, they are selling the weapons we send them in bazaars around the world, and the money isn't going primarily to the war effort but to pockets of Ukranians in power (and being laundered to US corruptocrats).
So I get them being desperate: they want that money to keep pouring in, and are up against the wall against a much bigger, much more powerful opponent that is winning. But they're going about it all wrong and cannot be trusted, either. I am sick of the USA becoming entangled with scumbag conflicts where there are no good guys.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 02:13 PM (Hh1ER)
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 02:13 PM (ksjMr)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at November 13, 2024 02:12 PM (SRRAx)
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Yes, Piper is a treasure, as are you. Glad to have seen you the last two TX gatherings.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 13, 2024 02:14 PM (tT6L1)
Charles C. W. Cooke
@charlescwcooke
2h
Not the role of the United States House of Representatives.
Rachel Schilke
@rachel_schilke
3h
GOP Rep. Troy Nehls tells reporters the conference should be in lock-step with Trump:
“If Donald Trump says, ‘jump three feet high and scratch your head,’ we all jump three feet high and scratch our heads. That’s it.”
Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 02:14 PM (VnUSN)
Posted by: WisRich at November 13, 2024 02:14 PM (Qgr0I)
BREAKING: Elon Musk is threatening to fund a primary challenge to any House Republican who doesn’t fall in line with Trump’s agenda, according to senator source on the Hill.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 01:54 PM (hovnC)
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Wonderful. God love Elon Musk.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 02:14 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Enough BS at November 13, 2024 02:07 PM (2NXcZ)
What hasn’t he done that you think he can do?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 13, 2024 02:14 PM (D6PGr)
Trump just joked he isn't running again in 2028 unless House Republicans "figure something else out" LMAO.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 02:15 PM (hovnC)
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2024 02:01 PM (pMi6S)
Right there in line with their embracing of transgender agendas and sterilizing them at the age of 6.
Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2024 02:15 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 01:54 PM (hovnC)
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Good for Elon.. Putting his money where his mouth is...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 13, 2024 02:15 PM (IyPmt)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Because of how campaigns are financed and reliance on using TV ads, etc. skews power toward those with the biggest checkbooks aka Chamber of Commerce effect.
Posted by: whig at November 13, 2024 02:15 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 01:54 PM (hovnC)
Soon: Left introduces bill to ban money from politics.
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 02:15 PM (ksjMr)
Trump just joked he isn't running again in 2028 unless House Republicans "figure something else out" LMAO.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 02:15 PM (hovnC)
DICTATOR REEEEEEEEEEE
Posted by: BruceWayne at November 13, 2024 02:15 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2024 02:16 PM (AYz4A)
I could never afford anything in it but I used to love looking through it
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 02:04 PM (Hh1ER)
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I had a whole functioning lab when I was 12. I blew my entire allowance on glassware and reagents at a nearby chemical stores company. (Clarkson Chemical, in Chula Vista; my father used to actually buy the stuff, because there was no way they'd sell most of the reagents to a 12 year-old!)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 02:07 PM (YqDXo
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My high school had a very serious lab used by real researchers. My bio teacher (foolishly) allowed me unrestricted and unsupervised access. I squandered this trust by fucking around and finding out. 13-year-old me wanted to create a "hyper acid" from the existing super acids. I ended up creating an acid bomb that literally blew up in my face. I was incredibly lucky that the exploding acid missed by eyes (by millimeters) and I had the presence of mind to go right for the safety-wash station. I still have very faint scars on my hands from acid burn. The lab was almost destroyed.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2024 02:16 PM (iFTx/)
So I should just grab my ankles?
Posted by: Finland at November 13, 2024 02:16 PM (x5nKy)
They're trying to send a message.
OTOH, for low-grade WMDs, Ukraine definitely has enough high-level nuclear waste that it could disperse as a weapon.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2024 01:51 PM (uxCna)
Maybe they didn't give up ALL their nukes after the Soviet Union fell.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 13, 2024 02:16 PM (QGaXH)
334 Why do reliably red states keep sending us RINO rat fucking fucks who fucks a ratters fuck?
Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger - Certified Trump Justice Warrior and Wagshambas Expert at November 13, 2024 02:11 PM (M7vhK)
Because the instant a state becomes “reliable” elections become predictable and machine politics take over. Sadly Texas is there right now - the final outcome is known in advance, so the real contest is who the Party allows on its primary ballot, and who it doesn’t.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 13, 2024 02:16 PM (pnaBz)
Posted by: Freds Revenge 'I was killed too you know' at November 13, 2024 02:13 PM (dXALN)
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I used to get cultures of protozoans that I couldn't find to culture myself. Particularly Stentor (looks like a tornado), which apparently in the presence of lithium salts undergoes incomplete mitosis, producing Siamese twin Stentors.
I thought that would be cool to see.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 02:16 PM (YqDXo)
Charles C. W. Cooke
@charlescwcooke
2h
Not the role of the United States House of Representatives.
Rachel Schilke
@rachel_schilke
3h
GOP Rep. Troy Nehls tells reporters the conference should be in lock-step with Trump:
“If Donald Trump says, ‘jump three feet high and scratch your head,’ we all jump three feet high and scratch our heads. That’s it.”
Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 02:14 PM (VnUSN)
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Cooke wants a return to an idealized view of American governance where the three branches were jealous of their own powers and were in conflict based on those oppositional powers.
Until Congress actually acts like it, though, it will always be subject to party whims.
The House could pass individual budget bills with clearly outlined priorities and clear language about what the executive can and can't do. Instead, they sign CRs. So, Congress is just an enabling chamber for the executive.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 02:16 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2024 02:16 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 13, 2024 02:16 PM (tT6L1)
If your daughter is having unprotected sex, yes, birth control! I'm glad you are finally stepping up to the plate! Stop being a drama queen.
Posted by: LizLem at November 13, 2024 02:08 PM (wcIbG)
See? There ARE alternatives to abortion!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at November 13, 2024 02:16 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
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He could have moved to recess during Trump's first term. Deny unanimous consent to move massive spending bills to the floor, etc.
Posted by: whig at November 13, 2024 02:16 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 13, 2024 02:16 PM (pnaBz)
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And then the machine exerts its influence upwards with federal seats that "the people" choose.
People want SD to stop supporting Thune?
Attack him at the local level by attacking the machine in the state that backs him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 02:17 PM (GBKbO)
Zendaya
Timothée Chalamet
Pedro Pascal
Hollywood used to be better at creating stars, but they keep pushing actors and actresses that they want to be big but actual ticket buyers don't care much about.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 02:17 PM (Hh1ER)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 13, 2024 02:17 PM (ANuwa)
Interesting discussion about U.S. vs. China:
https://youtu.be/4WRj8JFNkiM
(w/ Shawn Ryan - 8mins47s)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 13, 2024 02:17 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2024 01:48 PM (uxCna
Wait... who exactly is Ukraine at war with?
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 02:06 PM (ksjMr)
Exactly. Sounds an awful lot like extortion, doesn't it?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work laptop at November 13, 2024 02:07 PM (QoyXi)
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Vlad has an opportunity here. Get some troops over the border into Ukraine, plant a few Soviet-era nukes or at least essential parts of nukes that Ukraine "didn't relinquish," then "recover" them and show the world that Ukraine is a rogue state looking to nuke their neighbors. Use the report from The Times as justification for the raid, and even thank them for tipping him off. He's probably smarter than the Bush/Cheney people, so he might be able to pull it off.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 13, 2024 02:17 PM (QdGJh)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 13, 2024 02:06 PM (vO42M)
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Gloria Allred already has dozens of women lined up who will "testify" to Hegseth high school rape parties from decades ago where he grabbed them all by the mish simultaneously!
Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 13, 2024 02:18 PM (lP9TH)
PDT urged Noem to run against Thune in 2022, but she declined. Giving her a high-profile job in DC might make Thune a bit anxious about 2028.
Posted by: EveR at November 13, 2024 02:18 PM (MUpk6)
Is Ukraine run by the Mullahs now?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 13, 2024 02:18 PM (D6PGr)
"Ladies, just look at those eyes."
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Seems like the ladies get a lot of eye candy with this administration.
But we guys get Melania back, so it's a fair trade.
Posted by: Bulg at November 13, 2024 02:18 PM (v6JzV)
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Thune and Barasso represent 1 state each, equal to every other senator.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2024 02:18 PM (fs1hN)
That's how I spent my boyhood. That, and playing baseball!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 02:18 PM (YqDXo)
@charlescwcooke
2h
Not the role of the United States House of Representatives.
Rachel Schilke
@rachel_schilke
3h
GOP Rep. Troy Nehls tells reporters the conference should be in lock-step with Trump:
“If Donald Trump says, ‘jump three feet high and scratch your head,’ we all jump three feet high and scratch our heads. That’s it.”
Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 02:14 PM (VnUSN)
Actually, that is the role of the House. They reflect the will of the people, and the people spoke on Guy Fawkes Night. The Senate was meant to be the "cooling saucer".
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2024 02:18 PM (2m0Vp)
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 02:18 PM (hovnC)
I thought that would be cool to see.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 02:16 PM (YqDXo)
It would. Definitely. Now I feel foolish wanting a candy dish. Shoulda thought bigger.
Posted by: Freds Revenge 'I was killed too you know' at November 13, 2024 02:19 PM (dXALN)
I could never afford anything in it but I used to love looking through it
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When my son was little his head would explode when the new Thomas the Tank Engine catalogue would arrive. I would read it it to him nightly. It still amazes me how much and how fast little kids learn things.
Posted by: Pudinhead at November 13, 2024 02:19 PM (AdHga)
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Thune and Barasso represent 1 state each, equal to every other senator.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2024 02:18 PM (fs1hN)
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I remember when it was the worst that McCarthy was from California.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 13, 2024 02:19 PM (GBKbO)
I'm sure that in 1985 you can buy plutonium at every corner drugstore. In 1955 it's a little hard to come by!
Posted by: Doc Brown at November 13, 2024 01:53 PM (+myjY)
EXCELLENT!!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 13, 2024 02:19 PM (QGaXH)
You didn't gain superpowers and become Acid Man?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 02:19 PM (Hh1ER)
BREAKING: Elon Musk is threatening to fund a primary challenge to any House Republican who doesn’t fall in line with Trump’s agenda, according to senator source on the Hill.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 01:54 PM (hovnC)
PRO TIP: Don't blow up the budget by hiring Beyonce and Oprah.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2024 02:19 PM (+myjY)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1)
Some of these should be PPV - especially at the highest levels. It would be illuminating, if not hilarious.
I might even get cable again if that's the only way to watch.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 13, 2024 02:19 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 13, 2024 02:19 PM (lP9TH)
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2024 02:01 PM (pMi6S)
Despite the fact that the loudest of them all live in states where elective abortion up to the 53rd trimester is permitted.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 02:20 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Piper
Did you get the three-days-dead guy out of the tanning booth?
Posted by: Bulg at November 13, 2024 02:20 PM (v6JzV)
"Ladies, just look at those eyes."
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Seems like the ladies get a lot of eye candy with this administration.
But we guys get Melania back, so it's a fair trade.
Posted by: Bulg at November 13, 2024 02:18 PM (v6JzV)
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"Hey, what about me??"
-- "Admiral" Rachel Levine
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2024 02:20 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 13, 2024 02:20 PM (6ydKt)
The big reason is Crimea.
Posted by: torabora at November 13, 2024 02:20 PM (XBYfz)
If Little Boy was still around, I can guarantee that barring excessive rust or corrosion, it would still go off. The half life of U235 is millions of years. The only thing that fails in a nuke is the initial neutron generator and all that does is speed up the process by a few fission generations. Since a fission generation is about 10 nanoseconds the bomb wouldn't have much extra chance to disassemble itself. The fusing radar might require replacing some components, but the bomb itself would still go.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at November 13, 2024 02:20 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at November 13, 2024 02:12 PM (SRRAx)
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Yes, Piper is a treasure, as are you. Glad to have seen you the last two TX gatherings.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 13, 2024 02:14 PM (tT6L1)
Aww, you're so sweet! I am glad we got to meet, too. I plan on being at the 10th MoMe 😊♥️🦎
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at November 13, 2024 02:20 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2024 02:16 PM (iFTx/)
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Wow. You WERE lucky. VERY lucky.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 02:21 PM (YqDXo)
Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh 4h
#NEW: Don Lemon is leaving X.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 02:21 PM (hovnC)
Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 13, 2024 02:19 PM (lP9TH)
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I dunno about those but by the looks of his arms he's going to be the most tatted up SecDef in history.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 13, 2024 02:21 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Pudinhead
A don't remember a catalog, but my son also loved the Thomas stuff.
Posted by: Bulg at November 13, 2024 02:21 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 13, 2024 02:21 PM (ljnbz)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 02:21 PM (Hh1ER)
@Oilfield_Rando on X has been posting some of the extreme stuff we're all paying for. For example:
Agency for International Development grant (2023)
Amount: $1,499,999
Recipient: Grupa Izadji
Purpose: This activity aims to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in Serbia's workplaces and business communities, by promoting economic empowerment of and opportunity for LGBTQI+ people in Serbia. It will foster an environment that increases employment potential for LGBTQI+ persons, expands opportunities for LGBTQI+ entrepreneurs, and reduces workplace discrimination.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at November 13, 2024 02:21 PM (CwhoI)
Damn! That's quite the marker he's laying down.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 13, 2024 02:22 PM (i24o9)
BREAKING: Elon Musk is threatening to fund a primary challenge to any House Republican who doesn’t fall in line with Trump’s agenda, according to senator source on the Hill.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 01:54 PM (hovnC)
PRO TIP: Don't blow up the budget by hiring Beyonce and Oprah.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2024 02:19 PM (+myjY)
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Ronna Romney McDaniel recommends flowers -- LOTS OF FLOWERS!
Is FTD still around?
Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 13, 2024 02:22 PM (lP9TH)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 02:19 PM (Hh1ER)
that was basically Zeitgeist's power (of X-Force)
Posted by: BruceWayne at November 13, 2024 02:22 PM (CIS44)
You didn't gain superpowers and become Acid Man?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 02:19 PM (Hh1ER)
Did the research scientists want to know what you did, and how you made it? Or did they already know?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 13, 2024 02:22 PM (VNX3d)
you think they'll wait that long? i find your unwarranted optimism disturbing.
Posted by: anachronda at November 13, 2024 02:22 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Bulg at November 13, 2024 02:22 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2024 02:01 PM (pMi6S)
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What about their transgender daughters? How can they get abortions? What if they have beards at the time?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 02:23 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Hyman Roth at November 13, 2024 02:23 PM (5MA0f)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 02:17 PM (Hh1ER)
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I believe the destruction of scripts destroyed star power. Stars seem to have gotten to the point they don't care if their name is attached to a terrible movie, as long as the check clears.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 13, 2024 02:23 PM (tT6L1)
You didn't gain superpowers and become Acid Man?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 02:19 PM (Hh1ER)
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Sadly not. But I was very lucky that day. Could have ended much much worse. I have no idea what the fuck I was thinking playing around with deadly acids like that. But I was young and dumb and feared nothing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2024 02:23 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 02:13 PM (ksjMr)
Now, that IS kinky!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at November 13, 2024 02:23 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 13, 2024 02:21 PM (ljnbz)
It's probably too soon to decide whether to throw Thune into a remote area of Nebraska's Sand Dunes.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 13, 2024 02:24 PM (VNX3d)
is give Thuuunnne a chance…”
Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2024 02:24 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 13, 2024 02:22 PM (VNX3d)
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Oh, they knew. Trust me. These include people who made chlorine trifluoride. /shudder
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 02:24 PM (YqDXo)
is give Thuuunnne a chance…”
Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2024 02:24 PM (PCK5/)
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LOL. Glad I'm the not the only one who thought that.
Posted by: Jordan61 at November 13, 2024 02:24 PM (DRSnL)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Cooke is still mired in his Englishness. He should remember Bagehot and his work on the unwritten British Constitution. Basically his thesis which is quite true for the US as well is that one could not understand how Britain worked by its supposed unwritten Constitution. Instead, in his time, he argued that ordinary MP's had no effect, neither did the Queen, but what mattered was the Cabinet.
In our country, we have ceded power of individual senators in favor of the party leadership in the Senate. In the House, the leadership runs the show.
Seniority used to alleviate some of the coordination problems and information problems in both legislative branches via strong chairs. But now, leadership has been centralized into something like the British government--the PM and Chancellor basically run the domestic politics with the PM and the Foreign Secretary running foreign policy.
Posted by: whig at November 13, 2024 02:24 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2024 02:19 PM (+myjY)
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Heh, Elon is so rich, a couple of million is change from the couch cushions.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 13, 2024 02:25 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: Bulg at November
This was in my house, and I am bad about it because the cleaning person was here yesterday and completely skipped the 1/2 bath. So I did it.
Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2024 02:25 PM (QzINz)
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 02:12 PM (ksjMr)
Went in for a biopsy and a Mediport installation yesterday - will know more next week.
All I can say is that Fentanyl is a helluva drug 🤣🤣🤣
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at November 13, 2024 02:25 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 13, 2024 02:25 PM (tT6L1)
That bastard is going to buy all the Batmobiles isn't he?
Posted by: BruceWayne at November 13, 2024 02:26 PM (CIS44)
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Why did this explode? Did you perchance include hydrogen peroxide in this witches' brew? Please tell me you didn't.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 02:26 PM (YqDXo)
So I should just grab my ankles?
Posted by: Finland at November 13, 2024 02:16 PM (x5nKy)
You mean the country that was "moderate" between the CCCP and NATO for 45 years and decided to not get involved while dealing freely with both sides is now having the vapors because Putin is the most evil man alive and eats roasted kittens while they are buying fuel and selling goods to both sides?
Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2024 02:26 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2024 02:26 PM (QzINz)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work laptop at November 13, 2024 02:10 PM (QoyXi)
Clitoris, snort, you probably believe in Rhode Island.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 02:26 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bulg at November
This was in my house, and I am bad about it because the cleaning person was here yesterday and completely skipped the 1/2 bath. So I did it.
Posted by: Piper
Ah, I see. Good help is so hard to find these days.
Posted by: Bulg at November 13, 2024 02:26 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 13, 2024 02:26 PM (IyPmt)
Paul Ryan is discussing the future of the GOP with Jonah Goldberg. It's hard to let go.
Sean Davis @seanmdav 2h
The political equivalent of a dinosaur and a dodo bird discussing the future of animal life on earth.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 02:26 PM (hovnC)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 13, 2024 02:22 PM (i24o9)
How is our most Christian promoting president a serial philanderer who appeared at one time to have the appromixate personal values of a sewer rat? Only God can tell you.
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 02:26 PM (ksjMr)
Posted by: BruceWayne at November 13, 2024 02:26 PM (CIS44)
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Gosh, why ever would Bruce Wayne care about Batmobiles?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 13, 2024 02:27 PM (tT6L1)
Amount: $1,499,999
Recipient: Grupa Izadji
Purpose: This activity aims to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in Serbia's workplaces and business communities, by promoting economic empowerment of and opportunity for LGBTQI+ people in Serbia. It will foster an environment that increases employment potential for LGBTQI+ persons, expands opportunities for LGBTQI+ entrepreneurs, and reduces workplace discrimination.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at November 13, 2024 02:21 PM (CwhoI)
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one would guesss that "donations" to foreign countries above $1.5 have more restrictions or something. This is going to be fun.
Posted by: LASue at November 13, 2024 02:28 PM (VPuca)
Posted by: whig at November 13, 2024 02:24 PM (ctrM5)
Which means there is no real domestic policy, everything is focused to service the foreign policy. Which is a problem the US faces as well.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2024 02:28 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: ...
I know, right?
-- Zombie King David
Posted by: Bulg at November 13, 2024 02:28 PM (v6JzV)
You didn't gain superpowers and become Acid Man?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 13, 2024 02:19 PM (Hh1ER)
Did the research scientists want to know what you did, and how you made it? Or did they already know?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 13, 2024 02:22 PM (VNX3d)
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The incident was mostly swept under the rug and I got a talking-to, but that was it. It later became a joke and there's an entry in my HS yearbook to that effect.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2024 02:28 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 02:28 PM (hovnC)
All I can say is that Fentanyl is a helluva drug 🤣🤣🤣
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at November 13, 2024 02:25 PM (SRRAx)
LOL glad you're hanging in, sending prayers daily and crossing various appendages.
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 02:28 PM (ksjMr)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at November 13, 2024 02:21 PM (CwhoI)
__________________
Money well-spent. I was worried about Serbian perverts before, but not now.
cc: Donald Trump
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 02:29 PM (YqDXo)
Every generation thinks that they invented sex 🙄🙄🙄
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief
My kids would faint from shock. "Mom and Dad are pretty ....... Um... Well they are kinda boring. They like hanging out at home. Pretty sure the words too tired for that are used very often"
After they find the videos when we die....
"THEY DID WHAT?!?!?! BURN THESE VIDEOS RIGHT THE FUCK NOW!!!!!"
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at November 13, 2024 02:29 PM (4XwPj)
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Rhode Island is the G spot no one can find.
Posted by: Pudinhead at November 13, 2024 02:30 PM (AdHga)
These are interesting times.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 13, 2024 02:30 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2024 02:16 PM (AYz4A)
Tomorrow is my Friday this week, which is good cuz I'm kinda pissed at my employer right now.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 02:30 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 13, 2024 02:30 PM (wyMQY)
I also told my FB friends that I wanted a photocopy of my face on the Trump "Fight!" meme - one of my dear friends accepted the challenge.
If I can figure out how to turn it into a file, I will post it 😊♥️🦎
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at November 13, 2024 02:30 PM (SRRAx)
Sorry -- too Thune??
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 02:28 PM (hovnC)
hahacanuck!
Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 02:31 PM (VnUSN)
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 02:26 PM (ksjMr)
Don't care. I am just glad he is on our side, because what the leftists do to children that survive the womb and their murder attempts should land them in a shallow mass grave.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 13, 2024 02:31 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2024 02:31 PM (PCK5/)
These are interesting times.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Excuse me,
"Malcomb FleX'
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 13, 2024 02:31 PM (/lPRQ)
Oh good, I was afraid we would stop funding Ukraine and reduce the possibility of nukular war.
Now I can relax.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 13, 2024 02:31 PM (wroqk)
A pick like Gabbard would terrify the career bureaucrats.
Posted by: SMOD at November 13, 2024 02:32 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at November 13, 2024 02:25 PM (SRRAx)
!!!
Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 02:32 PM (VnUSN)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 13, 2024 02:26 PM (IyPmt)
Hmm. I think he looks pretty nice. I didn't know he was such a bad guy until yesterday, in fact I thought he had done some strong work on questioning someone or another in senate hearings, but that's about it.
Posted by: LASue at November 13, 2024 02:32 PM (VPuca)
National Institutes of Health grant (2023)
Amount: $1,432,248
Recipient: Nevada System Of Higher Education
Purpose: Enhancing measurement and characterization of roles and experiences of sexual and gender minority caregivers of persons living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
Posted by: Citizen Cake at November 13, 2024 02:32 PM (CwhoI)
Will he get things passed, robust, MAGA policies that need to be passed ASAP before the mid-terms when the Dems will have a very good chance at reclaiming the house.
That's the second danger...
If the Dems take the house in 2026, they will start passing laws and Thune will be pressured to "work with Dems" to get a "bi-partisan compromise" on the President's desk, etc.
Posted by: Shenanigans at November 13, 2024 02:32 PM (pZ0Mr)
Damn! That's quite the marker he's laying down.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 13, 2024 02:22 PM (i24o9)
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[My comment this morning after viewing that:]
[Closing sentence:] "Under my leadership, this madness will end."
It's like Morning In America Again!
Damn, it's like having one of The Horde going to The White House ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 13, 2024 02:32 PM (8kfkB)
Wyoming has a population of 576 k. South Dakota has 886 k.
Thune can't be as stupid as Liz Cheney with the home folks.
Posted by: Auspex at November 13, 2024 02:33 PM (J7rFa)
______________
Why did this explode? Did you perchance include hydrogen peroxide in this witches' brew? Please tell me you didn't.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 02:26 PM (YqDXo)
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Not sure but I was pretty much just randomly mixing shit together. I was also "testing" the results by adding organic matter -- bugs and shit -- to see how much quicker the new acid would dissolve it. It's possible that gasses given off from the dissolving matter created a compressed "bomb" in the sealed glass container I used that eventually exploded.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2024 02:33 PM (iFTx/)
A pick like Gabbard would terrify the career bureaucrats.
Posted by: SMOD at November 13, 2024 02:32 PM (RHGPo)
LOL.. And she's on some secret list at the TSA when she travels....What sweet revenge that would be
Posted by: It's me donna at November 13, 2024 02:33 PM (IyPmt)
https://tinyurl.com/ywtbmydk
screencap
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 02:33 PM (hovnC)
I care because I've read the stories my whole life and now we are seeing it play out before our eyes.
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 02:33 PM (ksjMr)
Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2024 02:31 PM (PCK5/)
I would put my money on Admunson since he only uses dogs, and not horses.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2024 02:34 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2024 02:34 PM (PCK5/)
According to a detailed investigation by The Jerusalem Post, a disturbing connection has emerged between the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and last Thursday’s orchestrated assault on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam. At the center of the controversy stands Ayman Nejmeh, a former UNRWA educator who now heads PGNL (Palestinian community in the Netherlands), the organization implicated in coordinating the violent confrontation.
In a development that has sent shockwaves through European diplomatic circles, Nejmeh—who suspiciously scrubbed his UNRWA employment history from social media platforms following the incident—had previously posted content supporting militant activities. The timing of his social media alterations has raised significant red flags among security analysts.
The investigation reveals a sophisticated network of coordination behind what initially appeared to be spontaneous violence. Despite local authorities’ preemptive cancellation of a planned protest before the Maccabi Ajax football match, organizers utilized encrypted messaging platforms to orchestrat
Posted by: SMOD at November 13, 2024 02:34 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 02:34 PM (ksjMr)
Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2024 02:31 PM (PCK5/)
I would put my money on Admunson since he only uses dogs, and not horses.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2024 02:34 PM (D7oie)
Hah! Well played..
Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2024 02:34 PM (PCK5/)
Trump War Room @TrumpWarRoom 3h
🚨 President Donald J. Trump announces White House Senior Staff: @DanScavino, @StephenM, @JamesBlairUSA, @TayFromCA.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 02:35 PM (hovnC)
Posted by: ...
I know, right?
-- Zombie King David
Posted by: Bulg at November 13, 2024 02:28 PM (v6JzV)
Crazy times.
-- St. Paul, St. Augustus, St. Pelagia, & St. Mary of Egypt.
Posted by: LASue at November 13, 2024 02:35 PM (VPuca)
Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2024 02:34 PM (PCK5/)
Agreed.. And I don't think Hegseth will be confirmed either
Posted by: It's me donna at November 13, 2024 02:35 PM (IyPmt)
Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2024 02:31 PM (PCK5/)
I would put my money on Admunson since he only uses dogs, and not horses.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2024 02:34 PM (D7oie)
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For scientific discovery give me Scott; for speed and efficiency of travel give me Amundsen; but when disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2024 02:35 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2024 02:31 PM (PCK5/)
I would put my money on Admunson since he only uses dogs, and not horses.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2024 02:34 PM (D7oie)
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Heh, And I don't remember who won that race. I should look it up. Nah.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 13, 2024 02:35 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 13, 2024 02:32 PM (8kfkB)
Yep.
Every time I see or hear some kid going on about how he or she is a LGBTQ, non-binary, plural, furry cup of noodles, I want to strangle the nearest leftist. Pure evil.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 13, 2024 02:36 PM (i24o9)
Yashar Ali 🐘
@yashar
Nov 12
We’ll see who Trump picks for DNI and DCIA, but so far this national security team of Marco Rubio, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Waltz is the most unequivocally, unapologetically pro-Israel team in a while.
Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 02:36 PM (VnUSN)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2024 02:36 PM (VQe0Y)
Posted by: davidt at November 13, 2024 02:36 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Kindltot
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In the administrative state, the primary job that the legislative branch does is allocate money here and there and figure out some way via taxes, borrowing, etc. to write the checks. So domestic politics is by and large now budgetary politics (true for the US as well).
Until Trump, most of foreign policy in the US was rancid remnants of the stale Marshall Plan, Petro and Euro dollar and oil markets, and a decaying Cold War alliance and intel gathering system.
The US was expected to be there to actually fight and the client states were allowed to let their own contributions wither into almost nothing. US policymakers got high on their own bullshit as hegemon during the Clinton years and started doubling down on Color Revolutions, etc. along with Invade the World, Invite the World bullshit to try to magnify the US into a lasting imperial trading superpower.
Posted by: whig at November 13, 2024 02:36 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Citizen Cake
Easier to molest than little kids?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 13, 2024 02:36 PM (/lPRQ)
A pick like Gabbard would terrify the career bureaucrats.
Posted by: SMOD
If the senate refuses to confirm, have the US Marshals physically disband the organization.
Only offices that are legal are those specified in the Constitution or enacted by the legislature.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 13, 2024 02:36 PM (kPAiX)
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 13, 2024 02:37 PM (hovnC)
Will he get things passed, robust, MAGA policies that need to be passed ASAP before the mid-terms when the Dems will have a very good chance at reclaiming the house.
Posted by: Shenanigans at November 13, 2024 02:32 PM (pZ0Mr)
Inflation is being driven by overspending by various levels of Government. Local, State, and Fed, spending is 44.9% of GDP... and they can't tax their way out of debt.
Thune will go along with the now normal stupid Continuing resolution crap.. which means inflation stays... which will destroy the economy, and Trump with it.
THAT is the existential threat to the US... our own Politicians and Big Gov.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2024 02:37 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 13, 2024 02:37 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 13, 2024 02:37 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at November 13, 2024 02:37 PM (pGTZo)
@AMAZlNGNATURE
Here's a Beaver carrying a carrot and a head of lettuce back to his home.
https://tinyurl.com/y539mmc5
Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 13, 2024 02:37 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: ... at November 13, 2024 02:33 PM (ksjMr)
That's fair. I am not bothered by the how or why here. I am just thankful.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 13, 2024 02:37 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
Sounds like one of my late-night culinary experiments.
Posted by: Bulg at November 13, 2024 02:38 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2024 02:33 PM (iFTx/)
DINGDINGDINGDING
Posted by: Tex Lovera at November 13, 2024 02:38 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2024 02:07 PM (YqDXo)
I was younger than 12 when my parents gave me kids-level chemistry set. I told my Dad that I wanted some more chemicals. I didn't have a plan, or an idea. I was just a seven year old who had dream of doing something ... interesting. So Dad had a pal who was a chemist at Dow and he gave my Dad some stuff, and I started mixing.
Nothing "interesting", thank God. The house didn't lift from the foundations, and being seven years old, I got bored with chemistry until high school.
Posted by: mrp at November 13, 2024 02:38 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Eh. Dunno. Most presidents come a cropper when messing with internal leadership fights in their own party. Even FDR in his second term fresh from a massive blowout re-election. Had his butt kicked in the 1938 elections from Senators from his own party that he tried to remove via primarying them.
Posted by: whig at November 13, 2024 02:39 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief at November 13, 2024 02:25 PM (SRRAx)
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OMG! Do you know how many young children read this blog?
j/k
/I've never had a narcotic or hallucinogen -- and keep telling my wife (much to her chagrin) that I want to at least try them once before I die ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 13, 2024 02:39 PM (8kfkB)
Peter Schiff
@PeterSchiff
I hate to rain on this parade, but the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is not a real department. It exists outside of government and has no authority to do anything. Like any one of a number of independent think tanks that already exist, it's free to make any recommendations it wants, and the government is free to ignore them all. Even if the Trump administration actually proposes some of the DOGE recommendations, they mean nothing unless Congress votes to pass them, which it won’t.
Since no Democrats will vote in favor of eliminating any government department or agency—except perhaps the Space Force—the House will need over 98% of Republican votes. This is nearly impossible to achieve with so many RINOs still in the House and so many representing swing districts. In the Senate, even if all Republicans vote in favor of the cuts, they still don’t have 60 votes.
Also, regarding firing government workers, the civil service unions make that nearly impossible. The best Trump can do is allow the workforce to shrink naturally through attrition. That will help, but the savings over the course of his term will be minimal...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 13, 2024 02:40 PM (TGPs7)
A pick like Gabbard would terrify the career bureaucrats.
Posted by: SMOD at November 13, 2024 02:32 PM (RHGPo)
LOL.. And she's on some secret list at the TSA when she travels....What sweet revenge that would be
Posted by: It's me donna
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Point her to the highest SES slot that doesn't require confirmation, strip clearance and then fire everyone between her and POTUS - Instant acting DNI.
Bonus Tip - Invite the 'in between individually to meeting with POTUS, above TS meeting - "You do what she directs you to do, if you don't you will stripped of clearance and terminated. If you mention this meeting you will be put in solitary for National Security reasons... And will likely be shot avoiding arrest."
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 13, 2024 02:42 PM (/lPRQ)
@StephenKing
Did you hear about the dolphin restaurant?
Not many customers, true, but it still serves a porpoise.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 13, 2024 02:47 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Tom Perry at November 13, 2024 02:48 PM (MX0bI)
The 17th amendment was the worst decision we ever made because Senators effectively are beholden only to the people that pay them and not to the states they were designed to represent.
The Senate is and has been siloed without any accountability. They control who runs the Blob that is attacking its own People.
Thune is bad. Very bad.
Posted by: Danimal28 at November 13, 2024 02:51 PM (klw0w)
Posted by: ShainS
Keep your Tramadol & T #2 & T #3
Tylenol #4 - goes down like Pez Candy
Morphine - doesn't even blunt the pain
Dilaudid - finally.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 13, 2024 02:51 PM (kPAiX)
@PeterSchiff
I hate to rain on this parade, but the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is not a real department. It exists outside of government and has no authority to do anything.
EO bitchez! EO.
Executive Orders suck, don't they?
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 13, 2024 02:52 PM (kPAiX)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 13, 2024 02:42 PM (/lPRQ)
The first "shot" should be tasking Director Gabbard to personally pull the security clearances of each of the "51 former intelligence officials" responsible for the Hunter Biden letter that still have active clearances.
Posted by: mrp at November 13, 2024 02:56 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at November 13, 2024 03:02 PM (bufu1)
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 13, 2024 03:02 PM (eZwyX)
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at November 13, 2024 03:03 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: ShainS
Don't try any narcotics, opioids, cocaine, meth, ecstasy, etc. They're all crap.
Psychedelics like LSD or psilocybin are the best. It's possible to have a bad trip, but there are well-known precautions which will reliably avoid that. The positive effects of the experience are long-lasting, and it's impossible to become addicted.
My last acid trip was more than five years ago. I love that stuff.
Posted by: Tom Perry at November 13, 2024 03:23 PM (MX0bI)
I'd like to believe that. I don't believe that. But I'll let it slide for now to see how this actually plays out before I set Thune on fire. What else can we do? I was assured by many that Mike Johnson was a great pick for Speaker. He turned out to be meh.
My point is we never know what we're going to get until we get it. Plus, I'm still in orgasmic mode after Trump's landslide cock-crushing and aren't ready to think bad thoughts yet.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 13, 2024 01:37 PM (iFTx/)
Even if he wants to be his own power independent of Trump, he has an interest in being the Majority Leader and not Minority as he builds his power. As such he has reasons to not fight while he is weak and Trump is on the ascendant. A key would be getting the funding for senate races out of his claws.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 13, 2024 03:31 PM (n7h9X)
Too thune to tell
Posted by: Magic 8 ball at November 13, 2024 03:32 PM (HcoTw)
@PeterSchiff
I hate to rain on this parade, but the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is not a real department. It exists outside of government and has no authority to do anything.
EO bitchez! EO.
Executive Orders suck, don't they?
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 13, 2024 02:52 PM (kPAiX)
This assumes the new heads of department that Trump appointed want to keep the rank and file that DOGE wants to fire that hate him poisonously and will fight him every step of the way. In fact they are on the same side.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 13, 2024 03:34 PM (n7h9X)
Also, regarding firing government workers, the civil service unions make that nearly impossible. The best Trump can do is allow the workforce to shrink naturally through attrition. That will help, but the savings over the course of his term will be minimal...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 13, 2024 02:40 PM (TGPs7)
You have no idea how creative you can get to achieve this. Transfers every 6 months? Assignments out of state? I'm sure there are army bases around that you wouldn't even need to spring for hotel expenses.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 13, 2024 03:37 PM (n7h9X)
Posted by: SMOD at November 13, 2024 02:34 PM (RHGPo)
Oh I am so shocked. No way GAZA got arms and weapons without the cooperation of the UN and other Aid organizations for decades.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 13, 2024 03:40 PM (n7h9X)
they will need an entire division of lawyers
Posted by: Don Black at November 13, 2024 01:57 PM (/7KEl)
Well they won't, they are just making recommendations.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 13, 2024 03:41 PM (n7h9X)
I had an interesting date once in college, trying to pretend to cook, and blew up an old gas oven due to not lighting a pilot light. Shook the earth boom.
Asbestos rained down on the food in the skillet, I was deaf for awhile and in shock, and had a huge bruise on my leg from the oven door impact. Part of my long hair singed up to my shoulder on one side.
He yelled, wth? from the LR and I said, "What?"
Needless to say, we did not eat asbestos chicken dinner.
Drank a beer in silence after he led me away to the couch with wooden spoon aloft. He turned off all the burners.
Then he left and I never saw him again, and I never questioned why.
It was awesome!
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What would you recommend about your publish that you just made some days ago?
Any positive?
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