Some NeverTrumpers Giving Up The Old Grift, Starting Their New Grift

Just before the election that made me proud to be an American for the first time since 2008, Politico wrote about NeverTrump.

They didn't talk about the existential threat facing NeverTrump grifters: Either Trump would lose and their grift would be over, or Trump would win and their grift would be over.

But Politico chose instead to play up all of the great things NeverTrump could do in the future.

NEVER TRUMP FACES THE EVER AFTER -- We're nine days away from the end of the presidential election (and potentially a few days more away from knowing the victor). But within one of the defining political factions of our era, the possibility of a Harris win is already prompting an existential question: Are we in the last gasps of the Never Trump movement?
Never Trumpers are having probing conversations about that very question.
"I would trade anything for me to not have to beat the drum of a Trumpian threat anymore," TIM MILLER, host of The Bulwark Podcast and former adviser to Our Principles PAC, told Playbook.
One of the biggest bets of Harris' hundred-day campaign is that if she can capture even 5 to 10 percent of NIKKI HALEY's protest vote share...

That bet didn't pay out. Whoops.

CHARLIE SYKES, the Never Trump conservative and former talk radio host, has spent time with Harris for events on the campaign trail, and says he is taken with the "seriousness with which they're trying to create a big tent -- which is not the vibe we had from Democrats in the past."
"Standing there with LIZ CHENEY, we're all really aware of how unusual this alliance is, and I think it just underlines the five-alarm emergency of the campaign," he told Playbook.
If it doesn't work, of course, there is certain to be significant second-guessing of the strategy -- and the time -- the Harris campaign invested into wooing disaffected Republicans.
But even if it does work, it's an open question just how durable this alliance is if Harris wins and Trump recedes from center stage.
....
Far from dissolving, Never Trump could "be more energized if it is responsible in some of these states for dealing a knockout blow to Trumpism in places like the Pennsylvania suburbs and Arizona," [Heath] Mayo said.

Whoops.

If that happens, would the movement have the power to extract policy concessions from a potential Harris administration?

It didn't happen and also "no," they could not have extracted policy concessions.

"This is the million-dollar question," Mayo said. "After she wins, how do we use this political leverage -- because we will have delivered her the White House -- how do we use that leverage to communicate what it looks like for a Harris administration to tack in our direction? What does that mean for NATO and our commitments to our allies abroad? What does the foreign policy look like? What does an economic policy look like?"

It's more like two-bit question.

OLIVIA TROYE, a former Trump administration national security official, said Harris has signaled she wants to foster the coalition on more than just a transactional level.
"She's been very receptive on domestic stuff, immigration, and in the homeland security space," Troye said. "I have no reason to believe that she won't fulfill the promises that she's made about commitments. She said she wants to establish a bipartisan advisory council. She's really been committed to this outreach."
Others are more skeptical.
From its earliest days, the Never Trump movement has been an odd duck in American politics, a hodgepodge coalition that exists to achieve a political outcome that would obviate the need for its own existence.
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And that's one reason to think that this ad hoc coalition has permanently realigned with Democrats -- Cheney, after all, gave $2.5 million to American Bridge 21st Century, the Democratic research shop, as Trumpian Republicans revel in pointing out.

They have permanently realigned with Democrats, who they always agreed with except on the point of American militarism. And yet the media keeps insisting they're Republicans, outside of articles like this.

Even in a world where that happens, there would still be a conceivable use case for the coalition.
"I would like to think that we could kind of close up the stand, have a garage sale and go back to our lives," Sykes told Playbook while driving to Ripon, Wisconsin, the birthplace of the Republican Party. "Then the conservatives in the Never Trump movement would shift into the loyal opposition again. But I don't see that happening."

I can't find a cite now, but just a couple of days after the election, if my memory is correct, Rick Wilson of the National Man-Boy Lincoln Association announced a new grift: Pay him money and he will run ads against Elon Musk and conduct "investigations."

Wilson saw that the NeverTrump grift was hitting its expiration date and so he immediately started up a NeverMusk grift.

Bret Stephens, one of the OG NeverTrumpers who parlayed his party-flip into a well-paid gig writing anti-Trump opinion pieces for the NYT, tries to walk back his Trump derangement.

Eddie Scary for The Federalist:

The media don't get to bounce back into the conversation and be taken seriously just by suggesting they've learned something meaningful.
In hopes of remaining relevant to the political discourse, some big-name people in the media are professing a change of heart or newfound enlightenment that, coincidentally, only arrived after the election, when it no longer matters.

After noting that Joe Scarborough and Steven Smith, the loudmouthed know-noting ESPN gasbag, are saying some supportive things about Trump and offering some criticisms to the Democrats, Scary discusses Bret Stephens' Strange New Respect for MAGA.

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Of greater interest is someone like New York Times columnist Bret Stephens, the self-identified conservative who has rooted against Republicans in virtually every nationwide election since at least 2012. Stephens wrote on Tuesday as a once proud "Biden conservative" that it's "time to drop the heavy moralizing and incessant doomsaying that typified so much of the Never Trump movement." He wrote of a newfound understanding that Trump's voters are largely animated by resentment for a "self-satisfied elite that thinks it knows better but often doesn't, whether the subject is Covid restrictions, immigration policy or how to get our allies to pay more for their defense."

He's just getting this now?

That's why he works for the NYT and you don't -- the important thing isn't getting it right. The important thing is getting it right at just the right time, when the leftwing lunatics all media caters to finally starts to realize they've been hoodwinked.

The key is to jump out right in front of the parade after the parade has begun marching and pretend that you're leading the parade.

Stephens concluded by pledging to "enter the new year by wishing the new administration well, by giving some of Trump's cabinet picks the benefit of the doubt, by dropping the lurid historical comparisons to past dictators, by not sounding paranoid about the ever-looming end of democracy, by hoping for the best and knowing that we need to fight the wrongs that are real and not merely what we fear, that whatever happens, this too shall pass."
That's a pleasant sentiment, but it also comes just a few days too late. Which is to say, weeks after a decisive election. Before that election would have been the opportune time for adopting a more charitable view of your fellow citizens who are concerned less with Jan. 6 and more with their dwindling savings and a southern border overrun by destitute foreigners requiring care courtesy of the rundown American taxpayer.
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Their status is diminished. That's the price they have to pay. Their audiences should ensure they pay it for a long time to come.

Cenk Uguyr (or whatever) is a leftist who's suddenly courting MAGA:

Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks speaks at AmericaFest

“The problem is the establishment. They are controlled by the donor class and mainstream media is their marketing arm. They do not do news. They do propaganda." pic.twitter.com/ReJ31Mfs2W
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) December 21, 2024

Dude, literally right after this the Young Turks showed up. https://t.co/iceUCvpTZD
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) December 22, 2024

Posted by: Ace at 02:41 PM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:42 PM (E7mWg)

2 Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks speaks at AmericaFest

"The problem is the establishment. They are controlled by the donor class and mainstream media is their marketing arm. They do not do news. They do propaganda."

Cenk, meet mirror. Mirror, meet Cenk.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:44 PM (E7mWg)

3 Good afternoon good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 02:45 PM (WXNFJ)

4 I prefer Ana Kasparian to Cenk Uygur… very much so..

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 02:45 PM (PCK5/)

5 Where is Sponge, anyway???

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 02:46 PM (PCK5/)

6 Rookie mistake. Read the content and watched the videos. Found an empty comments area. Womp womp.

Posted by: Doof at December 24, 2024 02:47 PM (RFPHU)

7 Meet the New Grift, Same as the Old Grift

Posted by: (not) The Who at December 24, 2024 02:47 PM (D0HYP)

8 You know, the Tea Party had momentum . . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2024 02:47 PM (D7oie)

9 Where is Sponge, anyway???
Posted by: tubal

Getting the Mrs. a stocking stuffer.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:47 PM (E7mWg)

10 Imagine a world where people had morals and didn't worship money and power to the detriment of others. The shifting morals and ideals all in the name of chasing a buck is repugnant.

I have no idea how these people live with themselves.

Posted by: Ann at December 24, 2024 02:47 PM (4neFu)

11 Maybe they should try to restore the Ming Dynasty. It'd be a better use of their time and money.

And you can have Cenk. I'd rather have Anna.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 24, 2024 02:48 PM (1bNHn)

12 Stephens concluded by pledging to "enter the new year by wishing the new administration well, by giving some of Trump's cabinet picks the benefit of the doubt, by dropping the lurid historical comparisons to past dictators, by not sounding paranoid about the ever-looming end of democracy, by hoping for the best and knowing that we need to fight the wrongs that are real and not merely what we fear, that whatever happens, this too shall pass."

Yeah, nobody cares. You don't matter in the slightest.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2024 02:48 PM (xCA6C)

13 9 Where is Sponge, anyway???

Posted by: tubal

Getting the Mrs. a stocking stuffer.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:47 PM (E7mWg)

Getting? Or giving?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 02:48 PM (fz7Mb)

14 9 Where is Sponge, anyway???
Posted by: tubal

Getting the Mrs. a stocking stuffer.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:47 PM (E7mWg)

Ah… wanted to wisg them a Merry Christmas and a Happier New Year ( considering the year they had)…

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 02:49 PM (PCK5/)

15 A fluffy spot in time. Democrats wandering in the wilderness. No one knows who makes the decisions in the White House. Meanwhile, the Philippines army announces it will purchase the US Typhon missile system and the PRC is ticked.

Posted by: mrp at December 24, 2024 02:49 PM (rj6Yv)

16 Would that be the same Glenn Beck who famously signed on to a NR piece in 2015 claiming Never Trump?

I guess we all wear mask, Glenn. Metaphorically speaking.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2024 02:49 PM (LkLld)

17
I love how Ace is still gloating. I am too.

I STILL watch election night videos.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 02:49 PM (azvCj)

18 You know whose comments are missing? Jen Rubin's. Until we hear from her, we won't know what to think.

And what about Jonah?

Posted by: Eeyore at December 24, 2024 02:50 PM (1bNHn)

19 I guess we all wear mask, Glenn. Metaphorically speaking.

Smokin!

Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2024 02:50 PM (xCA6C)

20 Getting? Or giving?
Posted by: BCochran1981

LOL.

Getting. We are having torrential rains here in N Texas. He said he was going to wait until it slacked off to run out.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:50 PM (E7mWg)

21 But Politico chose instead to play up all of the great things NeverTrump could do in the future.
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May I suggest seppuku?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 02:50 PM (YqDXo)

22 I love how Ace is still gloating. I am too.

I STILL watch election night videos.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 02:49 PM (azvCj)

Your gloatenboner is still there? Same!

Posted by: Doof at December 24, 2024 02:51 PM (RFPHU)

23 Mayo said. "After she wins, how do we use this political leverage -- because we will have delivered her the White House
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The hubris. They never stop.

Posted by: scampydog at December 24, 2024 02:51 PM (41CYW)

24 Doof!

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 02:52 PM (v6JzV)

25 I mean, Food!

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 02:52 PM (v6JzV)

26 I love how Ace is still gloating. I am too.

I STILL watch election night videos.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 02:49 PM (azvCj)
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I still watch videos of liberal meltdowns. Anyone who blubs over an election is too emotionally unstable to be allowed to vote.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 02:52 PM (YqDXo)

27 Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks

Hmmm....I'm thinking the not so young Turks.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 02:52 PM (W/lyH)

28 Rookie mistake. Read the content and watched the videos. Found an empty comments area. Womp womp.
Posted by: Doof at December 24, 2024 02:47 PM

A bad time of year to make mistakes, what with annual EOY CoB Performance Reviews on the event horizon.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (a3Q+t)

29 What would it take to get somebody to find out how in hell anybody named Cheney has 2.5 million to donate to anything ?

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (9X60i)

30
24 Doof!
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 02:52 PM (v6JzV)

25 I mean, Food!
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 02:52 PM (v6JzV)

Hello Bulgglub!

Posted by: Doof at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (RFPHU)

31 Don't trust Cenk one bit , but he's honest on the Young Turks that he is a socialist. Attacking the propaganda ministries is him saying they're not leftist enough. His schtick is that they are corporate shills who are cater to the elite and they shouldn't be listened to. They are corporate shills because they're lying sacks of crap

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (DopAq)

32 We are having torrential rains here in N Texas. He said he was going to wait until it slacked off to run out.

Well, with him being a Sponge that is probably wise.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (mH6SG)

33 Impostor are going to pop up

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (fwDg9)

34 I think it is interesting that they acknowledge that 'NeverTrump'(c) is a brand rather than some sort of actual moral movement.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 24, 2024 02:54 PM (bss/y)

35 I prefer Ana Kasparian to Cenk Uygur… very much so..
Posted by: tubal

An Armenian and a Turk who get along and work together? WTF?

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 02:55 PM (v6JzV)

36 >>We are having torrential rains here in N Texas. He said he was going to wait until it slacked off to run out.

Good plan. Wait until late on Christmas Eve to go shopping. The stores will be empty.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2024 02:55 PM (LkLld)

37 May I suggest seppuku?

Russian roulette with all chambers loaded.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 02:56 PM (YSM/8)

38 Glenn Beck is a fat blowhard who likes to give teddy bears to illegals and cries on the air like the fat bitch he is.

Posted by: Bill Kristol, Still In The Closet at December 24, 2024 02:56 PM (R/m4+)

39 Impostor are going to pop up
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (fwDg9)

The "high and tights" and the sunglasses will give them away.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 02:56 PM (W/lyH)

40 Good plan. Wait until late on Christmas Eve to go shopping. The stores will be empty.
Posted by: JackStraw
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And fear in the eyes of many shoppers.

Posted by: scampydog at December 24, 2024 02:56 PM (41CYW)

41 A bad time of year to make mistakes, what with annual EOY CoB Performance Reviews on the event horizon.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (a3Q+t)

Open blogger guys who are barely on the practice squad don't count

Posted by: Doof at December 24, 2024 02:56 PM (RFPHU)

42 Cenk Uygur has no credibility as a MAGAt, or even MAGAt - curious.

None

Posted by: kallisto, sensing a YUGE business opportunity. at December 24, 2024 02:57 PM (tzSAX)

43 Good plan. Wait until late on Christmas Eve to go shopping. The stores will be empty.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2024 02:55 PM (LkLld)

Pfffft. It’s not even close to late, panicked, frantic shopping clusterfuck. We’re only in the midafternoon delight of dumbassery.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 02:57 PM (DX6IT)

44 Chunk Wigger and Blast Hardcheese.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 02:57 PM (63Dwl)

45 ...What would it take to get somebody to find out how in hell anybody named Cheney has 2.5 million to donate to anything ? Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (9X60i)

When Hal E. Burton speaks, Grifters listen!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 24, 2024 02:57 PM (Xo+UM)

46 A bad time of year to make mistakes, what with annual EOY CoB Performance Reviews on the event horizon.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 02:53 PM (a3Q+t)
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Great. I just did one for my day job.

Now I have to do one for AoSHQ? What metrics do they use?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 24, 2024 02:57 PM (BpYfr)

47 Stephens wrote on Tuesday as a once proud "Biden conservative" . . . that Trump's voters are largely animated by resentment for a "self-satisfied elite that thinks it knows better but often doesn't, whether the subject is Covid restrictions, immigration policy or how to get our allies to pay more for their defense."

Um. Bret. That's you we resent.

When things take off, Bret wants to be the first in line to say he made peace with MAGA.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at December 24, 2024 02:57 PM (JkCto)

48
Their status is diminished. That's the price they have to pay. Their audiences should ensure they pay it for a long time to come.

__________

Everything is forgiven, but everything has to be paid for.

There is in the sea a rock, 100 miles wide, 100 miles deep and 100 miles high. Every 100 years a little bird comes to sharpen its beak. When the rock is completely worn away, the payment is made.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 02:57 PM (dxSpM)

49 Mere rich people have "Fuck you money."

Elon Musk has "Rape you money."

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 02:58 PM (pMi6S)

50
Open blogger guys who are barely on the practice squad don't count
Posted by: Doof at December 24, 2024 02:56 PM (RFPHU)

________

You, swaggering around with your ONT. I thought you were a big guy now.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 02:59 PM (dxSpM)

51 Didn't Glenn Beck himself do the jumping in front of the parade thing in 2016?

Are our memories THAT short?

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 02:59 PM (iziT8)

52 Now I have to do one for AoSHQ? What metrics do they use?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

The maximum cubic feet of shelving you can successfully install.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 02:59 PM (v6JzV)

53 Good plan. Wait until late on Christmas Eve to go shopping. The stores will be empty.
Posted by: JackStraw

Shop online. Fill the stocking with Due Dates from Amazon.
Pour another glass.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 02:59 PM (W/lyH)

54 Now I have to do one for AoSHQ? What metrics do they use?

Venn diagrams?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 02:59 PM (mH6SG)

55 Elon Musk tried to buy The Bulwark buy he couldn't find anyone to break a C-note.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 03:00 PM (pMi6S)

56 I screwed up and finally ordered my wife's Christmas present on Sunday night. They promised to deliver by Friday. No excuse, I just, I don't know - screwed up. She wouldn't yell at me but I know she'd be hurt.

It got here a few minutes ago. Saints be praised!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 03:00 PM (WXNFJ)

57 He wrote of a newfound understanding that Trump's voters are largely animated by resentment for a "self-satisfied elite that thinks it knows better but often doesn't, whether the subject is Covid restrictions, immigration policy or how to get our allies to pay more for their defense."
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In which we find out what they knew all along but pretended not to so they could scream Hitler all day.

Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 03:00 PM (lX8VI)

58 "Stephens concluded by pledging to "enter the new year by wishing the new administration well, by giving some of Trump's cabinet picks the benefit of the doubt, by dropping the lurid historical comparisons to past dictators, by not sounding paranoid about the ever-looming end of democracy..."

Bret will flush his pledge down the toilet before sundown on January 1st. Trump won't wish everyone a Happy New Year as Bret thinks he should have, or something. A Never Trumper will always be a Never Trumper. Because their h@tred of Trump goes much much deeper than policy differences. No matter what Trump does or does not do, Never Trumpers will complain that it is Not Who We Are As Americans!

Posted by: Gref at December 24, 2024 03:00 PM (aBgBM)

59 "Chunk Wigger and Blast Hardcheese.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr."

fkn lol

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 03:00 PM (iziT8)

60 Now I have to do one for AoSHQ? What metrics do they use?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

In your case I'm thinking it's sales goals for "These Pants".

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 03:01 PM (W/lyH)

61
Now I have to do one for AoSHQ? What metrics do they use?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

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Weasel's on a PIP, just so's you know. I'd start worrying.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 03:01 PM (dxSpM)

62 I agree with @38

Posted by: kallisto, catching a buzz from homemade fruitcake at December 24, 2024 03:01 PM (tzSAX)

63 If that happens, would the movement have the power to extract policy concessions from a potential Harris administration?

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"The Christian and Conservative Cases for An Open Border and Decriminalizing Pedophilia ... but mostly Decriminalizing Pedophilia."

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 03:01 PM (Yruuv)

64
Yeah, I read a few days after the election, Rick Wilson was starting up a "military grade intel operation" to go after Elon.

Give him millions and he's gonna git Space Daddy.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 03:02 PM (w6EFb)

65 I loathe online Christmas shopping, unless it's for something that I absolutely cannot find in meatspace.

I want to be able to physically inspect the thing I'm buying to give to someone else.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:02 PM (v6JzV)

66 Bret Stephens, went to boarding school, U of Chicago, London School of Economics. No way he wasn't going to be an elitist condescending snot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2024 03:02 PM (DopAq)

67
I can't stop watching videos of Nikki Haley saying that there is NO WAY Trump can win in '24. She is so sure. So overselling it. I think the Bulwark crew mastrubate to these videos.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 24, 2024 03:02 PM (+oR7L)

68 When you have a successful big tent political movement and an opposition that is deliberately imploding itself through purity tests, you get a lot of people jumping on board. The key is not ideological consistency, it's whether the person gives you as much as you give them. These legacy media types have nothing to offer and are near the end of their career lifespans. On the other hand, Lindy Lin is a long-time fundraiser, and has a lot to offer even if you think her ideological conversion is half-hearted. https://shorturl.at/Za4QK

Posted by: The Lower Depths at December 24, 2024 03:03 PM (+b4rY)

69 Now I have to do one for AoSHQ? What metrics do they use?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

How many times have you broken the blog? Double posted? Put up a link to lesbian pron? Regaled the commenters with diet and work out stories?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 03:03 PM (EABvN)

70 The Never Trumpers are just terrified that their left-wing billionaire money will go away, now that they have failed to stop Trump for a second time.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 24, 2024 03:03 PM (uxCna)

71 Back to the kitchen to peel hard boiled eggs.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:03 PM (E7mWg)

72 Not the kind to talk like this, but*

* really means is the kind to talk like this

F this Gd lying bastards. You f'ing losers need to f off. NOBODY LIKES OR BELIEVES YOU EXCEPT GD CRIMINAL Ds AND Rs. Get out of our republic. Scum, polluting vermin. Vile filth. Frauds, fakes, phonies. They need to be ridiculed til the end of their days. Investigate and expose any and all criminality and perversions they engage in. Hound them from the public square. They deserve nothing but damnatio memoriae. F them and the f@gs they barebacked in on.

Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 24, 2024 03:03 PM (0eaVi)

73 >>I can't stop watching videos of Nikki Haley saying that there is NO WAY Trump can win in '24. She is so sure. So overselling it. I think the Bulwark crew mastrubate to these videos.

Underestimate Her.

I Dare You.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 03:03 PM (j6KoD)

74
Rick Wilson was starting up a "military grade intel operation" to go after Elon.

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Rick Wilson couldn't find his own whifferdill even if Kate Upton was holding the mirror.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 03:03 PM (dxSpM)

75 Stephens concluded by pledging to "enter the new year by wishing the new administration well, by giving some of Trump's cabinet picks the benefit of the doubt, by dropping the lurid historical comparisons to past dictators, by not sounding paranoid about the ever-looming end of democracy, by hoping for the best and knowing that we need to fight the wrongs that are real and not merely what we fear, that whatever happens, this too shall pass."

*SNORT*

It's ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS that people like the turd Bret Stephens still believe they have any audience left or anything relevant to say at this point. They have literally opined themselves into oblivion with their shrieking girlie hysteria about Trump and his voters.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 03:04 PM (guGkK)

76 Never My Musk

by The Association

You ask me if there'll come a time
When I grow tired of you
Never, my Musk
Never, my Musk

You wonder if this vote of mine
Will lose its desire for you
Never, my Musk
Never, my Musk

What makes us think the pork will end?
Because we know that the nation depends
On you (on you)

Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba)

Never, my Musk
Never, my Musk

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 03:04 PM (pMi6S)

77 64
Yeah, I read a few days after the election, Rick Wilson was starting up a "military grade intel operation" to go after Elon.

Hmmmm....Hey Rick,
Sumpin'...sumpin'...glass house...stones.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 03:04 PM (W/lyH)

78 Meet the new Rinos, same as the old Rinos.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:04 PM (wZ2Bf)

79 Phuck Fiddy Cenk. He dangled his large numbers of followers out there hoping LIVs would bite
Ole Cheeto Face has completely redeemed himself in my eyes with his assertation on the chalk board, That was an accurate timeline on the rise of Marxism not only in the US but worldwide. President McKinley was whacked by a commie. That was the start of "progressivism" which was the name given to the advancement of communism in this country... Communists like Muslims hid their true intentions are two faced lying demon possessed shape shifters.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 03:05 PM (wDJaI)

80 Again. They don't hate Trump. They hate *you* and always have. They hate him only for giving you a voice and exposing them for the frauds they are. Still happy to take your money though.

Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 03:05 PM (lX8VI)

81 F this Gd lying bastards. You f'ing losers need to f off. NOBODY LIKES OR BELIEVES YOU EXCEPT GD CRIMINAL Ds AND Rs. Get out of our republic. Scum, polluting vermin. Vile filth. Frauds, fakes, phonies. They need to be ridiculed til the end of their days. Investigate and expose any and all criminality and perversions they engage in. Hound them from the public square. They deserve nothing but damnatio memoriae. F them and the f@gs they barebacked in on.
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present

Wow, that's almost YD-worthy.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:05 PM (v6JzV)

82 May I suggest seppuku?

Russian roulette with all chambers loaded.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 02:56 PM (YSM/

________________

An automatic with full magazine would be better, in case there is a number of such people wanting to try their luck.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 03:05 PM (YqDXo)

83 "Would that be the same Glenn Beck who famously signed on to a NR piece in 2015 claiming Never Trump?

I guess we all wear mask, Glenn. Metaphorically speaking.
Posted by: JackStraw "

Ah yes. Jack got to it first. This fucking Glenn Beck guy.

This fucking guy.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 03:05 PM (iziT8)

84 A Cenk without armor.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:06 PM (wZ2Bf)

85 It's ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS that people like the turd Bret Stephens still believe they have any audience left or anything relevant to say at this point. They have literally opined themselves into oblivion with their shrieking girlie hysteria about Trump and his voters.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 03:04 PM (guGkK)
_________________

Wrong-footed by history.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 03:06 PM (YqDXo)

86
That Bulwark election night video is good Schadenfreude porn.

And that reminds me, someone asked the Kraut Substacker Eugyppius what is the German word for Schadenfreude.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 24, 2024 03:06 PM (w6EFb)

87 Bret Stephens, went to boarding school, U of Chicago, London School of Economics. No way he wasn't going to be an elitist condescending snot
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2024 03:02 PM (DopAq)

So not true.

Bret and I get together at a classy wine bar to yuck it up about the rubes and their fear of exotic sandwich meats about once a month.

Posted by: Rick Wilson at December 24, 2024 03:06 PM (guGkK)

88 65 I loathe online Christmas shopping, unless it's for something that I absolutely cannot find in meatspace.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:02 PM (v6JzV)

Not me. Online for me, and best if it's Amazon. Best shipping, everything good to go. No traffic, no lines, no criminals looking for a victim.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 03:06 PM (2NXcZ)

89 Glenn Beck giving Teddy Bears away at the Border should never be forgotten.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 03:07 PM (j6KoD)

90 We're nine days away from the end of the presidential election (and potentially a few days more away from knowing the victor)

America with boring old paper ballots: Of course we know the victor of the presidential election within a day - we aren't some banana republic

America after spending billions on computerized voting equipment: Maybe. The word is maybe we'll know the winner and maybe we won't

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 03:07 PM (oZhjI)

91 Now I have to do one for AoSHQ? What metrics do they use?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

_______

Weasel's on a PIP, just so's you know. I'd start worrying.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 03:01 PM (dxSpM)

He fell behind on this organic tree farming?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 03:08 PM (VNX3d)

92
*SNORT*

It's ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS that people like the turd Bret Stephens still believe they have any audience left or anything relevant to say at this point. They have literally opined themselves into oblivion with their shrieking girlie hysteria about Trump and his voters.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 03:04 PM (guGkK)

Right?

Are you talkin to me?
Or Do you have a mouse in your pocket?
-Zombie Rodney Dangerfeild

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 03:08 PM (wDJaI)

93 Maybe Rick Wilson could get in the merch business selling confederate themed coolers, t-shirts, and poppers?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 03:08 PM (oZhjI)

94 89 Glenn Beck giving Teddy Bears away at the Border should never be forgotten.
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 03:07 PM (j6KoD)

With that Cruz guy

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 03:08 PM (2NXcZ)

95 Not me. Online for me, and best if it's Amazon. Best shipping, everything good to go. No traffic, no lines, no criminals looking for a victim.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 03:06 PM (2NXcZ)
___________________

This.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 03:08 PM (YqDXo)

96 Cenk, that fat greaseball, bless his grifting heart.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2024 03:10 PM (sAmhv)

97 Everyone ready to proceed to the Walmart for that last minute shopping?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:10 PM (wZ2Bf)

98 I loathe online Christmas shopping, unless it's for something that I absolutely cannot find in meatspace.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:02 PM (v6JzV)

Not me. Online for me, and best if it's Amazon. Best shipping, everything good to go. No traffic, no lines, no criminals looking for a victim.

I would rather be Lizzo's sex slave than have to go the mall at Xmas.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2024 03:10 PM (xCA6C)

99 "That Bulwark election night video is good Schadenfreude porn."

Hah. Bill Krystal's face. That stupid smile on his face.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 03:11 PM (iziT8)

100 The Young Turds are not young.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:11 PM (wZ2Bf)

101 On the Democratic Party: “They're shrinking their tent. They're basically pushing me to bring my tens of millions of dollars that I've raised and can continue to raise to a different team that treats me better, that treats me with common decency.”

From the Lucy Li link above posted.

The demorats were so confident of their POCs and their cheat machine that they alienated media giants Elon and Joe Rogan.

And now they’re pushing away major fundraisers.

When all the dust settles, who will remain in the ever shrinking demorat tent?

Posted by: kallisto, catching a buzz from homemade fruitcake at December 24, 2024 03:11 PM (LLIWf)

102 I've never understood what it is, exactly, that the NeverTrumpers adhere to that is explicitly conservative. It's as if I, as a conservative Catholic Republican - who, incidentally, has never voted for a Democrat - were to go about swearing that I was a practitioner of the true Bolshevism, or an ardent supporter of anarcho-syndicalism.

I think the big donors who hate Trump have chosen poorly in throwing sacks of gold at people whose credentials as any kind of conservative are so obviously bogus that their effectiveness as "conservative" rebels was never going to be effective.

Posted by: Paco at December 24, 2024 03:11 PM (mADJX)

103 I loathe online Christmas shopping, unless it's for something that I absolutely cannot find in meatspace.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:02 PM (v6JzV)

Not me. Online for me, and best if it's Amazon. Best shipping, everything good to go. No traffic, no lines, no criminals looking for a victim.

I would rather be Lizzo's sex slave than have to go the mall at Xmas.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2024 03:10 PM (xCA6C)

I worked Christmas Eve (and the day after) in retail too many years to visit stores those days. Black Friday, as well.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 03:11 PM (VNX3d)

104 I loathe online Christmas shopping, unless it's for something that I absolutely cannot find in meatspace.

I want to be able to physically inspect the thing I'm buying to give to someone else.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:02 PM (v6JzV)

As Mrs.D.and I are over 29, I'm kinda done buying things. Now I am buying experiences. Gift certificate for dinner at her favorite restaurant. A dinner cruise on the Columbia River. A couple days at the Warm Springs in Oregon.
All on line.
All done.
*pours another glass*

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 03:11 PM (W/lyH)

105

Online shopping is great. We live in a remote area and we have to drive almost 2 hours to shop in an area that has lots of stores.

Besides, who wants to be around disease ridden shifty looking people, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (3ek7K)

106 "'I would like to think that we could kind of close up the stand, have a garage sale and go back to our lives,' Sykes told Playbook..."

Excuse me? Go back to your lives? Your life is now grifting. You grifted from one party and now you're grifting for another. What return to life are you talking about? You et al are zebras with stripes that spell "grift". You are not noble. Your garage is empty.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (aXxgO)

107 102. Yikes! Two forms of the word "effective" in the same sentence. Sorry about that.

Posted by: Paco at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (mADJX)

108 Considering the history of who the young Turks were, if it wasn't some hard left coterie the FNM would never stop talking about them being genocidal racists...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (oZhjI)

109 >>>I love how Ace is still gloating. I am too.

i'm in it primarily for the gloating.

Sometimes I think I might start going to church -- out of spite.

I'm not sure that God would appreciate me going to church, no matter what the reason, or if He'd be mad that I'm doing it to spite the left.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (KRtlO)

110 I would rather be Lizzo's sex slave than have to go the mall at Xmas.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2024 03:10 PM (xCA6C)

I wouldn't go that far. But nothing like next day delivery with everything in a box ready for wrapping.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 03:13 PM (2NXcZ)

111 Good news. I got an email from the Trump campaign saying they finally got around to sending out my Dark MAGA hat, 6 weeks after I made my donation.

Bad news, it appears it won't arrive in time for me to wear it on Christmas and enrage certain elements.

I'm still gonna do the Trump dance after I open each present.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2024 03:13 PM (LkLld)

112 I would rather be Lizzo's sex slave than have to go the mall at Xmas.
Posted by: Archimedes

She requires at least 8 inches just to get through the vulva region.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 03:13 PM (pMi6S)

113 My position on folks like Cenk is, if there's common ground and he's willing to talk to us, let him, and maybe something productive will result. But there's a difference between opening the door to him and giving him a seat at the table. It's not about punishment, it's sheer common sense: or wariness, if you like.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 03:14 PM (jGGMD)

114 >>I'm not sure that God would appreciate me going to church, no matter what the reason, or if He'd be mad that I'm doing it to spite the left.

God is like Circuit City that way, He has a No Questions Return Policy.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 03:14 PM (j6KoD)

115 I can tell you exactly what's going to happen to the "Never Trump" entities (Bulwark and the lot). They are going to think they've gone to heaven as new sponsors show up and inject a massive amount of capital into their operations. Only, there's going to be a catch. These new sugar daddies are going to insist on more influence on hiring and operations. The reason for this will become apparent in very short order.

Because shortly down the road, they will insist on certain hires. Eventually, they will dispose of the founders and send them packing with the intention of creating their own media outlet to compete with conservative media outlets. They are already half way their thanks to the grifting imbeciles running these outlets now. Days after the election at least 3 Democrat heavy hitter fundraisers commented that they needed to establish social media competitors to the Conservative brands. They're going to basically take operations like the Bulwark right out from under them.

Posted by: Orson at December 24, 2024 03:14 PM (dIske)

116 Babylon Bee, Paper of Record:

'Ok, Who Got Me The MAGA Hat?' Asks Kamala Harris As Jill Biden Stifles Laughter

Jill's gift in return is as good.

https://tinyurl.com/bdhjhujm

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 03:15 PM (VNX3d)

117 Sometimes I think I might start going to church -- out of spite.

I'm not sure that God would appreciate me going to church, no matter what the reason, or if He'd be mad that I'm doing it to spite the left.

Careful. You might find that you actually enjoy an hour of peace and contemplation, and be tempted to go back.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2024 03:15 PM (xCA6C)

118 Call in an Ozempic airstrike.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:15 PM (wZ2Bf)

119 Underestimate Her.

I Dare You.

Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2024 03:03 PM (j6KoD)

"That'll Be Fun"

Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 03:15 PM (lX8VI)

120 It was on my recent trek through the darkest part of the region of the vulva when I shot an elephant in my pajamas.

Posted by: Captain Spalding at December 24, 2024 03:15 PM (guGkK)

121 What the heck is a "Biden conservative"?

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 03:16 PM (Sf2cq)

122 I actually enjoy going to the mall at Christmas. It’s part of the holiday experience.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:16 PM (v6JzV)

123 My son and I used to go to the mall every year to Christmas shop. Then, we'd head to the movies to watch a Disney or Pixar flick.

That ended in 2020 with covid restrictions, and then Hubby and I moved down south in 2022 while my son and his wife are still in New York.

Those are fabulous memories though. My son is now 36, so we did it until he was in his early 30s. (Yes, we would go to a "kids movie" while he was in his 20s and 30s.)

Now? Amazon gift lists for the kids are fantastic. Whatever I can't send online, I substitute with a check.

Posted by: Ann at December 24, 2024 03:16 PM (4neFu)

124 Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds.

FDA approves phase 3 trial using LSD to treat anxiety

https://is.gd/PNMNuX

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 24, 2024 03:16 PM (L/fGl)

125 Sink Urethra was one of the most rabid New Turks.

He can stand outside the big tent selling snowcones and blowjobs.

No need for him and his ilk inside.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 24, 2024 03:16 PM (iJfKG)

126 Sometimes I think I might start going to church -- out of spite.

I'm not sure that God would appreciate me going to church, no matter what the reason, or if He'd be mad that I'm doing it to spite the left.
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (KRtlO)

St. Paul says that all those who preach the Gospel are welcome to do so, even if they don't always have the holiest of reasons.

I feel the same applies for simply going to church. God works in mysterious ways, after all.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 03:16 PM (jGGMD)

127 Besides, who wants to be around disease ridden shifty looking people, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (3ek7K)

Heeeeyyyyy!!!!!
We Hordelings are sitting right here ya know.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 03:17 PM (W/lyH)

128 Not me. Online for me, and best if it's Amazon. Best shipping, everything good to go. No traffic, no lines, no criminals looking for a victim.
________________

On Sunday I had an unprecedented brain wave re a Christmas present for my wife. (I'm normally hopeless about thinking up such presents.)

It's supposed to be delivered by Amazon ... by 10 pm tonight.

Now THAT'S cutting it thin!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 03:17 PM (YqDXo)

129 I'm not sure that God would appreciate me going to church, no matter what the reason, or if He'd be mad that I'm doing it to spite the left.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (KRtlO)

*is sincere for a moment*

Just go. As I told a friend, if I can walk through the doors and not burst into flames, so can you.

I actually take greater solace from reading the Old Testament. So many of the greats that did incredible work for God were awful people. Literally murderers and rapists and adulterers. If God can forgive, restore, and use them, He can do the same for me.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 03:17 PM (fz7Mb)

130 I'm feeling anxious.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:17 PM (wZ2Bf)

131 Gave my neighbor (of Thanksgiving plate fame) a bottle of sparkling wine. She said to expect home made tamales tomorrow. Yum.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 03:18 PM (YSM/8)

132 What the heck is a "Biden conservative"?
Posted by: Emmie

It's like a jumbo shrimp.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 24, 2024 03:18 PM (L/fGl)

133 I don't give a fuck about the bulwark and literally have never thought about them outside seeing them here but they have a video:

"The Night Kamala BECAME the PRESIDENT! Spit Straight FIRE at Trump! | Bulwark Takes"

My God these people. This was about her "closing argument" apparently. Spit fire? Err, that ain't fire and she didn't spit...

Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 03:18 PM (lX8VI)

134 Christmas time is when the overcrowding here in coastal SoCal really becomes apparent. The traffic, and the crowds, are horrendous.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 03:18 PM (YqDXo)

135 What the heck is a "Biden conservative"?
Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 03:16 PM (Sf2cq)

I think it's much the same as a "democratic socialist." Existence always taken for granted, never actually verified.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 03:18 PM (jGGMD)

136 My God these people. This was about her "closing argument" apparently. Spit fire? Err, that ain't fire and she didn't spit...
Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 03:18 PM (lX8VI)

Can confirm.

Posted by: Willie Brown at December 24, 2024 03:19 PM (PiwSw)

137 My God these people. This was about her "closing argument" apparently. Spit fire? Err, that ain't fire and she didn't spit...

Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 03:18 PM (lX8VI)
_______________

Spit fire? Only if she ate a burrito and then held a lighter up to her ass.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 03:19 PM (YqDXo)

138 "Christmas time is when the overcrowding here in coastal SoCal really becomes apparent. The traffic, and the crowds, are horrendous.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara "

Cali is too nice for it's own good.

Posted by: eleven at December 24, 2024 03:20 PM (iziT8)

139 Not me. Online for me, and best if it's Amazon. Best shipping, everything good to go. No traffic, no lines, no criminals looking for a victim.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn

Amazon drivers on strike. You want to ho on strike and ruin Christmas for hundreds of thousands of kids?

Fuck them and the Teamster Union they rode in on. I wouldn't piss on an Amazon van if it were on fire. Don't like the job? Don't like the pay?

Learn to fucking code.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:20 PM (E7mWg)

140 Ace: "He's just getting this now?"

No kidding. The parade has already marched and left town years ago. These pinheads are stumbling into downtown now, reading the tattered and bleached posters, and asking, "Which way did everyone go?".

Yes, this is the Thinking Class alright. Masters of theory and Slaves of reality.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 03:20 PM (aXxgO)

141 No need for him and his ilk inside.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 24, 2024 03:16 PM (iJfKG)

I watched some of his TPUSA interview. The smarm and insincerity oozes out of him.

I hope the only reason Charlie K gave that snake a platform was to troll the left.

Posted by: kallisto, catching a buzz from homemade fruitcake at December 24, 2024 03:20 PM (LLIWf)

142 Sometimes I think I might start going to church -- out of spite.

I'm not sure that God would appreciate me going to church, no matter what the reason, or if He'd be mad that I'm doing it to spite the left.
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (KRtlO)

Ace, I really appreciate how you don't insult or belittle Christianity or Christians. Honest doubts and criticisms are fine, but you never express animus. Thank you!

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 03:21 PM (Sf2cq)

143 Amazon drivers on strike. You want to ho on strike and ruin Christmas for hundreds of thousands of kids?

Fuck them and the Teamster Union they rode in on. I wouldn't piss on an Amazon van if it were on fire. Don't like the job? Don't like the pay?

Learn to fucking code.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:20 PM (E7mWg)

Learn to DIG!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 03:21 PM (VNX3d)

144 I think it's much the same as a "democratic socialist." Existence always taken for granted, never actually verified.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 03:18 PM (jGGMD)
________________

"Democratic socialist" is an implicit admission that socialists/ communists typically are NOT democratic, and so the current version is trying to stave off that conclusion by explicitly including "democratic" in their name.

They're not democratic, of course, but just trying to suck in the rubes. Kinda like including "American" in the names of everything they do.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 03:21 PM (YqDXo)

145 New Turks.

-
The Turks load a boat.

https://is.gd/B6dHT5

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 24, 2024 03:22 PM (L/fGl)

146 Amazon drivers on strike. You want to ho on strike and ruin Christmas for hundreds of thousands of kids?

Fuck them and the Teamster Union they rode in on. I wouldn't piss on an Amazon van if it were on fire. Don't like the job? Don't like the pay?

Learn to fucking code.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:20 PM (E7mWg)

Learn to DIG!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 03:21 PM (VNX3d)
_____________

Learn to pick vegetables. I'm seeing a lot of opportunity there after January 20th.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 03:22 PM (YqDXo)

147 I'm not sure that God would appreciate me going to church, no matter what the reason, or if He'd be mad that I'm doing it to spite the left.
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (KRtlO)

God can use anything to reach people. Not being condescending in the least but my point is I doubt it would make Him mad.

Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 03:23 PM (lX8VI)

148 Gave my neighbor (of Thanksgiving plate fame) a bottle of sparkling wine. She said to expect home made tamales tomorrow. Yum.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism

Crap. I was going to get a bottle of Bailey's Irish Cream and drove right past the liquor store, 34 miles away.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:23 PM (E7mWg)

149 The Krauts are getting frisky, but in a good way.

https://is.gd/qkPeEP

Posted by: Archimedes at December 24, 2024 03:23 PM (xCA6C)

150 Ace, you got any special plans for tomorrow?

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:24 PM (v6JzV)

151 Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 03:17 PM (fz7Mb)

*blinks*

*does happy Snoopy dance*

So good to see you, BC!

Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 03:25 PM (Sf2cq)

152 I saw Frisky Krauts open for...

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:25 PM (v6JzV)

153 it’s kinda like a good present seeing zombie & BCochran1981.

Merry, Merry Christmas, everyone!

Posted by: cherries are the best at December 24, 2024 03:25 PM (VDqpU)

154 Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:20 PM (E7mWg)

Yes, everything I ordered arrived on time, and once or twice a day early. I used to try to use small retailers but almost got burned by a "staffing issue" and 10 day delay in shipping. I hated being told "you have to expect this in December" Fortunately, Amazon had the same item with free overnight delivery and it arrived on time and far ahead of the smaller business with the crap attitude. Lesson learned.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 03:26 PM (2NXcZ)

155 I would rather slide down a 50 foot razor blade into a pool of isopropyl alcohol and crushed glass than to go mall shopping during Christmas rush.

Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 24, 2024 03:26 PM (1FWWQ)

156 What's the worst that could happen? Turn you into a pillar of salt? Who doesn't like salt?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2024 03:26 PM (LkLld)

157 I'm not sure that God would appreciate me going to church, no matter what the reason, or if He'd be mad that I'm doing it to spite the left.

God is like Circuit City that way, He has a No Questions Return Policy.
Posted by: garrett

That's a good take.

The OG version is the parable of the Prodigal Son.

Go to church because you love God, go to church because you want to fight Stan, they're both good reasons.

Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (DgGvY)

158 Nice try, assholes. BINGO cards fir everyone lacking a Presidential Pardon who Hunter Biden has to testify against. Either that or Hunter is in stir until he speaks. Remember O.J? Better than that.

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (QSrLX)

159 O Nevertrump
O Nevertrump
How lowly is your status?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (fs1hN)

160 Ah the Bulwark says on that video that Kamala intends to be "Obama-ish" as president and "move past the division and fighting".

They're not even in Cloud Cuckoo Land. I don't think wherever they purport to dwell even exists in real life. Even asylums would be like nah bro save it.

Posted by: ... at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (lX8VI)

161 It would be hilarious if Elon Musk buried Rick Wilson in bullshit lawsuits. Better double-check your sources, Pissdad.

Posted by: Supreme Gentleman at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (JfTEZ)

162 BCochran???

Yay!!!

Your carrot chili is immortal with the Horde.

Merry Christmas.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (QwOvD)

163 It’s good to see yall too!

I mentioned to AtC earlier that a friend from high school had posted an Ace tweet and that made me smile. Then in a previous thread Alex was asked how I was, so I figured I’d swing by and say hello. Hang out for a bit.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (Jtz/H)

164 think it's much the same as a "democratic socialist." Existence always taken for granted, never actually verified.
Posted by: Dr. T

Almost everyone forgets that "socialism" is not just same modified low-key soft version of communism that's easy to accept and live with, just a slight tilt leftward from capitalism -- no. "Socialism" is (according to Marx and Lenin) the necessary transitional step to true communism -- and true communism has ton this date never been implemented in any country.

Socialism is in fact faaaarrrrrrrr to the left of what people assume, and the countries that we tradtionally think of as "communist" are in facta ll "socialist," by their own definition.

Want to know what a real socialist country looks like?

THe USSR was socialist (not communist) -- the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

This form of socialism is known as "international socialism."

Nazi Germany was socialist -- THe National Socialist Party.

This form of socialism is known as "national socialism."

Cuba is socialist. Mainland China is socialist. Neither are communist.

TRUE communism is so far of the charts that people can't even visualize it.

[cont]

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (pMi6S)

165 Yes, everything I ordered arrived on time, and once or twice a day early. I used to try to use small retailers but almost got burned by a "staffing issue" and 10 day delay in shipping. I hated being told "you have to expect this in December" Fortunately, Amazon had the same item with free overnight delivery and it arrived on time and far ahead of the smaller business with the crap attitude. Lesson learned.
Posted by: long night ending

We had to cancel the grandkids gifts. Then scramble to find replacements. Fuck the drivers.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (E7mWg)

166 I'm not sure that God would appreciate me going to church, no matter what the reason, or if He'd be mad that I'm doing it to spite the left.
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at December 24, 2024 03:12 PM (KRtlO)

"what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice" Philippians 1:18

Posted by: Josephistan at December 24, 2024 03:28 PM (CC1vn)

167 Go to church because you love God, go to church because you want to fight Stan, they're both good reasons.
Posted by: mikeski at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (DgGvY)

Yeah, fuck Stan!

Posted by: Vanya at December 24, 2024 03:28 PM (g1h/9)

168 AP!!!!! Holy hell. I was thinking of you not long ago.

The damned carrot chili. *sigh*

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 03:28 PM (Jtz/H)

169 Deplorable Jay Guevara: "They're not democratic, of course, but just trying to suck in the rubes."

They can have any color Ford they want as long as it's black. They can also vote for whomever they want as long as it's Stalin. Their selections are endless.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 03:28 PM (aXxgO)

170 I would rather slide down a 50 foot razor blade into a pool of isopropyl alcohol and crushed glass than to go mall shopping during Christmas rush.
Posted by: Life of Wryly

I liked to go people watch, well after the shopping was done.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:29 PM (E7mWg)

171 Fuck Kyle.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:29 PM (wZ2Bf)

172 The key is to jump out right in front of the parade after the parade has begun marching and pretend that you're leading the parade.

----------------

The Rosie Ruiz media.

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 03:29 PM (2Wq/p)

173 They can have any color Ford they want as long as it's black. They can also vote for whomever they want as long as it's Stalin. Their selections are endless.

I'll never forget Bernie Sanders complaining that there were too many brands of deodorant and that the government should limit them...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 03:29 PM (oZhjI)

174 Prediction for 2025 The shapeshifters are going to change their tune, do a 180 in an attempt to woo our new MAGA LIV's . Much like the bait and switch artist commercials on late night TV, where the item you order in a micro version of what you thought you were getting. Its like trying to find a television pastor you can trust and many tell half truths.
New MAGAs need to be vetted then shepherded for maximum effect and longevity of the revolution... This place AofSpHQ is waaaayyyy to cray cray for novice politicos. Its kind like the time I was invited to play Raquette ball for the first time. It was a game of four wall partners.. Um the ball was just whizzing around and people were connecting at will while I could hardly keep and eye on it. It took a long time to get it right.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 03:30 PM (wDJaI)

175

we live in a very small town in Wyoming. We haven't ever had issues with Amazon deliveries. We order a lot from Walmart also and no issues there. It doesn't make sense. Everything we order has to go through Salt Lake City.

It doesn't make sense just like most stuff these days.

Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 03:30 PM (3ek7K)

176 Glad to see you BCochran. Stay awhile.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 03:30 PM (QwOvD)

177 152 I saw Frisky Krauts open for...
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:25 PM (v6JzV)

Kraftwerk at the Munich Olympiahalle in 2007.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 24, 2024 03:30 PM (PiwSw)

178 It would be hilarious if Elon Musk buried Rick Wilson in bullshit lawsuits. Better double-check your sources, Pissdad.
Posted by: Supreme Gentleman at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (JfTEZ)

How anyone could put out an election day video like Wilson did and show his face in public again boggles the mind. Who is listening to these guys at this point?

Posted by: Vanya at December 24, 2024 03:30 PM (g1h/9)

179 The Krauts are getting frisky, but in a good way.

https://is.gd/qkPeEP
Posted by: Archimedes

Damn Islamophobes!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 24, 2024 03:30 PM (L/fGl)

180 no criminals looking for a victim.
Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January

No porch pirates with in-person shopping.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:30 PM (v6JzV)

181 I'll never forget Bernie Sanders complaining that there were too many brands of deodorant and that the government should limit them...
Posted by: 18-1
____

Sanders will always be a filthy hippie.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 24, 2024 03:31 PM (fs1hN)

182 We had to cancel the grandkids gifts. Then scramble to find replacements. Fuck the drivers.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:27 PM (E7mWg)

Sorry for your troubles. My dogs' new harness and leash sets are " four stops away".

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 03:31 PM (2NXcZ)

183 Running around finishing Christmas preparations - wanted to stop by and wish Ace, all the COBs, and the Horde a very Merry Christmas! Thank you for keeping my faith in humanity and sharing lots of schadenfreude! :-)

Posted by: Iris at December 24, 2024 03:31 PM (bOJ2I)

184 cherries are the best: "it's kinda like a good present seeing zombie & BCochran1981."

It's a Festivus Miracle!

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at December 24, 2024 03:31 PM (aXxgO)

185 Bernie is a filthy rich old hippie.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 03:31 PM (QwOvD)

186 Yeah, fuck Stan!
Posted by: Vanya

Sorry; saving myself for Joe.

Posted by: Stan at December 24, 2024 03:32 PM (sDWtc)

187 I still can't get over the level of self-delusion they have to actually--on the record--say they really believed Harris would work with them.

The "rated most liberal" senator?

The one who told the Teamsters to "f off, I can win without you?"

If delusion was coal, they'd have enough to power China for 100 years.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 24, 2024 03:32 PM (VBpV1)

188 it’s kinda like a good present seeing zombie & BCochran1981.

Merry, Merry Christmas, everyone!
Posted by: cherries are the best

It's a Christmas Miracle!
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Posted by: Tiny Tim

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:32 PM (E7mWg)

189 Merry Christmas, Iris.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:32 PM (v6JzV)

190 Harris's attempts at creating a "big tent" included, among other things, refusing to say how she would be voting on the California referendum that finally (too late?) brought back some punishments for retail theft.
She had to walk a fine line in order not to upset either the pro-theft or the anti-theft wings of her party.
The referendum passed with 70% of the vote, for which I'm glad, even though I left California a while ago.
Anyway, this shows her seriousness and moderation.

Posted by: PG at December 24, 2024 03:32 PM (uZ2lt)

191 My lovely neighbors had invited me to join their xmas day dinner tomorrow but had to cancel because their daughter has a fever. So I suppose I should get something out of the freezer today to thaw so I can cook it tomorrow. My brother sent me an Omaha Steaks box. Okay but not great steak from my experience with a box a couple years ago but this box has bacon wrapped filets, so probably pretty decent.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 24, 2024 03:32 PM (UKUm3)

192 2 Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks speaks at AmericaFest

"The problem is the establishment. They are controlled by the donor class and mainstream media is their marketing arm. They do not do news. They do propaganda."

Cenk, meet mirror. Mirror, meet Cenk.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 02:44 PM (E7mWg)

He isn't doing anything other than moving in the direction where he sees the $$$

Fuck that loser.

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 03:34 PM (Fg0Nr)

193 Under actual communism, there is no private property. No private ownership of anything.

No nuclear family. No mariage. Communal raising of children.

No voting. No elections.

No freedom of speech. No freedom of thought.

EVERYTHING is "communally" owned. Shared living spaces. Your job is assigned to you by the state.

Dissent is not allowed. Arguing is not allowed. Protest is not allowed. To speak agains the system is immediate imprisonment or execution.

Etc. etc. etc.

Lenin and Stalin and Mao know that the average person couldn't cope with the extreme transition from the medieval feudal nature of Russian and Chinese society directly all the way to communism, so they developed "socialism" as the transitional stage to get people ready for actual communism.

But so far no country has ever dared go that fin al step -- basically because society inevitably collapses while still in the socialism phase.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 03:34 PM (pMi6S)

194 You will own nothing and be happy. You will eat za bugs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:36 PM (wZ2Bf)

195 No nuclear family. No marriage. Communal raising of children.
Posted by: zombie

When the Bolshies came to power in Russia, the peasants thought that communism meant communal ownership and use of women. The Bolshies had to disabuse them of that notion.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:37 PM (v6JzV)

196 The Krauts are getting frisky, but in a good way.

https://is.gd/qkPeEP
Posted by: Archimedes

No chants, no signs, no costumes, no drama. Just a lot of pissed of Germans walking like they are going to a sermon.

It would scare me to death.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2024 03:37 PM (D7oie)

197 130 I'm feeling anxious.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:17 PM (wZ2Bf)

What's a matta Bunky?

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 03:38 PM (wDJaI)

198 There will be some who should be warmly welcomed - Bill Ackman, Nicole Shanahan, Russell Brand, Glen Greenwald, Joe Rogan, Tulsi, RFK Jr and yes, Elon Musk. They will disagree on many things but agree on many others that are more important. This is key - build the Base by addition. There are those that should be engaged, but not yet and maybe never trusted as they have left a Party that would not even listen or engage faithfully with them - maybe that Ana Kasperian chick is in this group - she was already behaving and speaking as if longing for sanity months before the election. Then there are those like Bret Stephens, Cenk and others that have had miraculous post-election conversions.... they are never to be trusted and should be pariahs forever... or at least a few election cycles.

Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at December 24, 2024 03:38 PM (xaNfJ)

199 But what's worse is how they still think that Trump is the cause, not the response.

Just how far up your own ass do you have to be to think that conservatives are being tricked into voting for Trump?

That "if we just get rid of Trump, things will go back to 2003?"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 24, 2024 03:38 PM (VBpV1)

200 >>>cherries are the best: "it's kinda like a good present seeing zombie & BCochran1981."

It's a Festivus Miracle!

yes it is!…thanks to ace, our own frank costanza.

Posted by: cherries are the best at December 24, 2024 03:38 PM (VDqpU)

201
But so far no country has ever dared go that fin al step -- basically because society inevitably collapses while still in the socialism phase.
Posted by: zombie

You might want to do a bit of research on Sweden.
They don't own anything, the State owns everything.
You don't own the work of your hands. Yup, the State owns it.
Etc, etc, etc.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 24, 2024 03:39 PM (OQ4/y)

202 Riffing on LSD as a treatment for anxiety.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:39 PM (wZ2Bf)

203 Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 03:34 PM (pMi6S)

I still think that was the big plan for the West. Import a violent proletariat to squash dissent, lock people into 15 minute cities and control what they buy, and how much they can purchase. The Oxford council even decided on 3-5 article of clothing per year. They thought they had it locked up, then Elon rocked the boat with X and here we are. I don't think people give that decision the dredit it deserves. His face should be on the $20.00.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 03:40 PM (2NXcZ)

204 The modern world has a central ethos that the absolute bottom line for anything is personal wealth generation. This is what leads to the constant position changing amongst "political thinkers". They aren't learning and evolving, they are tinkering with their brands and observing the competition to see what position brings in the most cash. No different than pro athletes where they try to sell you that they have team loyalty when they are really only loyal to their paycheck.

Posted by: azjaeger at December 24, 2024 03:41 PM (3/XaG)

205 But so far no country has ever dared go that fin al step -- basically because society inevitably collapses while still in the socialism phase.
Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 03:34 PM (pMi6S)

That's because there isn't a last step-- or rather, it's impossible. The book to read, IMO, is Lenin's "State and Revolution". He says flat out that yes, they'll nationalize all the housing, but at first, they will have to charge the inhabitants rent to cover things like maintenance and repairs. After a certain amount of time, when the state has withered away due to lack of need, then housing will be free. He never explains in detail just how we go from labor and materials having cost to labor and materials being free while simultaneously removing the government.

Posted by: Vanya at December 24, 2024 03:41 PM (g1h/9)

206 The Swedes put prisoners in villas nicer than anyplace I have ever lived.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:41 PM (wZ2Bf)

207 Communism require government to enforce it, an the only thing governments excel at is making dead bodies and black markets.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 24, 2024 03:42 PM (D7oie)

208 Merry Christmas, morons.

Posted by: Ogre at December 24, 2024 03:43 PM (dTDAJ)

209 The Swedes put prisoners in villas nicer than anyplace I have ever lived.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Those are only for the muzzies, you'd get an apt in the Malmo.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 24, 2024 03:43 PM (OQ4/y)

210 Lenin was, frankly, an idiot. A shrewd political tactician, perhaps, but an idiot in everything else.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:43 PM (v6JzV)

211 >>> That's right, MAGAts -- Elon Musk is the real president, dummies! (Last thread)

If true Musk would be the first real African American president we have had. The ProgTards are all about that so why try to make this a bad thing. ProgTards should be tooting their horn that this great African American holds so much influence on Trump that it is really the AA that is president and give Trump the support they gave the last/current puppet president.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2024 03:43 PM (/lPRQ)

212 *pours emergency Baileys into USB port for rickb*

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 24, 2024 03:44 PM (PiwSw)

213 The siren song of, "Everything for everybody for free."

Posted by: davidt at December 24, 2024 03:44 PM (i0F8b)

214 Just another great thing Trump did was to purge the Republican party of the NeverTrump grifters. Now, instead of getting fat off of Republican donors they are getting fat off of Democrat donors. I say let them keep grifting off the Democrats for as long as they like.

Posted by: JTSmith at December 24, 2024 03:45 PM (Jx3QM)

215 well said garrett (@114) !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 03:46 PM (cY18j)

216 Lenin was, frankly, an idiot. A shrewd political tactician, perhaps, but an idiot in everything else.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:43 PM (v6JzV)

Well, yes. To lay out the example he did and fail to see the Underpants Gnome level fail in it takes a special kind of voluntary blindness.

Posted by: Vanya at December 24, 2024 03:46 PM (g1h/9)

217 They want to turn America into Venezuela… at least they spare us the Zimbabwe solution..

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 03:46 PM (PCK5/)

218 It just occurred to me that Javier Milei may be getting a helicopter for Christmas.

Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 03:47 PM (Fg0Nr)

219 >>>He never explains in detail just how we go from labor and materials having cost to labor and materials being free while simultaneously removing the government.
Posted by: Vanya
---

Only masters and servants remain. Seventh century is a bitch.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 03:47 PM (7qi4l)

220
Sanders will always be a filthy soviet socialist commie hippie.

Posted by: Chuck Martel

Fixed it for me. Trolly should add pinko in there too.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 03:48 PM (MsrgL)

221 Dachas for me but not for thee… the Bernie Plan..

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 03:49 PM (PCK5/)

222 Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks speaks at AmericaFest

“The problem is the establishment. They are controlled by the donor class and mainstream media is their marketing arm. They do not do news. They do propaganda."

Interesting. He uses the 'they' form of 'we'.

Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2024 03:49 PM (OkFiN)

223 Sanders even honeymooned in the USSR iirc.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:50 PM (wZ2Bf)

224 218 It just occurred to me that Javier Milei may be getting a helicopter for Christmas.
Posted by: jsg at December 24, 2024 03:47 PM (Fg0Nr)
Yuge! Luxurious! Seats 20. Long range, powerful engines.

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 03:50 PM (MHGlo)

225 To me, the distinction between socialism and communism is irrelevant. Like the distinction between Islam and Satanism.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:50 PM (v6JzV)

226 Nood. Ick.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 24, 2024 03:50 PM (PiwSw)

227 225 To me, the distinction between socialism and communism is irrelevant. Like the distinction between Islam and Satanism.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 03:50 PM (v6JzV)

The only difference I could ever see was the fascism..

Posted by: tubal at December 24, 2024 03:51 PM (PCK5/)

228 The left:
Kids are so dumb, they think a guy with a beard will give them stuff for free. (A picture of Santa)

Also the left:
(Shows them a picture of Karl Marx):

Reeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 03:52 PM (E7mWg)

229 Only masters and servants remain. Seventh century is a bitch.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 03:47 PM (7qi4l)

And that was the plan for Maui. No rebuilding of destroyed properties, just apartment complexes for "the workers". Little doubt who the masters were going to be.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at December 24, 2024 03:52 PM (2NXcZ)

230 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 24, 2024 03:52 PM (cY18j)

231 Rural King has a line of clothing called Troll Co. I found that funny. The store reaks of chicken shit though.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 03:53 PM (wZ2Bf)

232
Red Kammie's campaign toward the end: "Look, black dudes -- WEED!"

Jebus, she was worse than the Duke brothers in "Trading Places".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 03:53 PM (cWeHZ)

233 I was livid when this was released.

Glenn Beck Mocks Donald Trump By Covering His Face With Crushed Cheetos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVz92-oHW4Q

Hot awesome sauce.. Trump crashed into Becks speech
Donald Trump crashes Glenn Beck s caucus speech

https://tinyurl.com/24dsburb

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 03:56 PM (wDJaI)

234 207 Communism require government to enforce it, an the only thing governments excel at is making dead bodies and black markets.
Posted by: Kindltot

The only country that ALMOST implemented true communism was "Kampuchea" -- i.e. Khmer Rouge-controlled Cambodia. They planned to do so, but they never got past the initial "kill everyone" phase, because the Khmer Rouge were booted out by an invading army -- ironically by the merely-socialist Vietnamese, who didn't want all the refugees that would have fled any attempt to create a long-term truly-communist neighboring Cambodia.

Communism is so insane, even socialists can't tolerate it.

Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2024 03:56 PM (pMi6S)

235 Open blogger guys who are barely on the practice squad don't count
Posted by: Doof
-------
I'm only in the band, but at least I get 10 minutes on the field every Saturday.

Posted by: buddhaha at December 24, 2024 04:02 PM (NE+I8)

236 "They wave the red flag to oppose the red flag" - Mao.

Posted by: 13times at December 24, 2024 04:08 PM (X7TGX)

237 I'll never forget Bernie Sanders complaining that there were too many brands of deodorant and that the government should limit them...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 03:29 PM (oZhjI)
__________________

Says the man with three houses.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 24, 2024 04:23 PM (YqDXo)

238 The Never Trumpers have sailed into the Mines and they have no map

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 24, 2024 04:25 PM (FLiOE)

239 "CHARLIE SYKES, the Never Trump conservative and former talk radio host"

should be:
"CHARLIE SYKES, the Never Trump anti-conservative and former talk radio host"

Posted by: Roland Felix Hirsch at December 24, 2024 06:47 PM (Ke8zc)

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