Mid-Term Elections Are Incredibly Close - and Incredibly Important

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The Senate and Governor races this year are incredibly close, according to the polling: Look How Close Democrats Are to Winning … and Losing.

Using the poll aggregator at the Huffington Post, I’ve compiled the current state of the hottest races this cycle, as well as what would happen if Dems shift the numbers a mere two points, then three points:

In the Senate, if the election was held today and these numbers held up, Republicans would pick up AR, AK, CO, IA, LA, MT, SD, and WV. They would lose Kansas for a net pick up of seven seats, or a 52-48 Mitch McConnell majority. Heck, at that point Kansas Independent Greg Orman would try to caucus with Republicans, and if they took him, that would be a 53-47 GOP majority.

But slide those numbers over just three points — easily doable if we get our “non-likely” voters to the polls, and things change significantly. Suddenly, Republicans are only assured of pickups in AK, LA, MT, and WV, with losses in Kansas and a too-close-to-call race in Arkansas (Blue), Kentucky (Red), and probably South Dakota. Even if they squeaked by in those three states, they’d still be shy of the majority.

It’s vitally important for anyone who cares about liberal values to get out and vote in this upcoming election; it’s going to be very close and the enthusiasm of the base is what will make the difference. Will we see another Republican sweep? I certainly hope not; that would be a real disaster for the country in my opinion. But all of us need to do our part in getting out the vote if we’re going to have a chance of preventing it.

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172 comments
1 teleskiguy  Oct 23, 2014 3:05:56pm

I just wish that more conservatives took the advice of Kevin Williamson

and our pal UpChuck.

2 ObserverArt  Oct 23, 2014 3:06:32pm

Charles, may I suggest it is more important for everyone to vote for Democrats not just anyone who cares about liberal values.

This is about what is real and stopping out-of-control ideology not in everyone’s best interest.

To me you have two choices. Practical and Crazy. People of ALL political stances should see it that way. It is that clear.

3 ausador  Oct 23, 2014 3:06:42pm

Realistically all I can say is Obama better get his veto pen ready because he is going to need it.

4 Jazzy Ponytail  Oct 23, 2014 3:07:29pm
5 dog philosopher  Oct 23, 2014 3:12:21pm

VOTE!

VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!

VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!

VOTE!

6 wrenchwitch  Oct 23, 2014 3:12:57pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

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Babeu knows about knowingly lying.

7 dog philosopher  Oct 23, 2014 3:13:42pm

Criminal Illegals

what about us legals?

8 teleskiguy  Oct 23, 2014 3:19:34pm
9 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 23, 2014 3:19:50pm

Just did early voting today and canceled out all of Dark_Falcon’s votes! WooHoo!

10 teleskiguy  Oct 23, 2014 3:25:44pm

This is awesome.

11 ausador  Oct 23, 2014 3:27:43pm

Not unexpected since Mali shares a very long border with Guinea, hopefully it is contained and eradicated quickly…

12 Bubblehead II  Oct 23, 2014 3:28:52pm

re: #10 teleskiguy

This is awesome.

Watching it here. With music and occasional NASA news breaks. It’s also in color.

13 Vogon Poetry  Oct 23, 2014 3:30:24pm

re: #11 ausador

Hopefully Mali can contain things as Nigeria and Senegal were able to do - getting contact tracing and other protocols in place to handle this case.

Meanwhile, the media here in NYC is essentially running a countdown clock until the results on the latest suspected case comes back later tonight. I hope it’s negative, but am prepared to watch it get confirmed. And Bellevue will handle the case with aplomb. They’ve got good facilities to handle infectious diseases, and if they’re following protocols, then they should be able to limit the spread.

14 teleskiguy  Oct 23, 2014 3:33:03pm

re: #12 Bubblehead II

It’s also in color.

Youtube Video

15 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 23, 2014 3:35:30pm

Two Dutch guys have royally trolled some food snobs and “organic food”-lovers:

Youtube Video

(Don’t forget to switch on the subs.)

16 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 23, 2014 3:38:03pm

I’m hoping that Kentucky voters kick Mitch, and all of these pollsters and pundits, in the balls on November 4.

Kentucky set a record of 3,105,349 registered for the Primary Election held in May.
Since then, that record has been broken with 3,147,157, an increase of 1.4 percent, or 41,800 voters, during those five intervening months.

Lots of interest here, and that is completely due to McConnell vs Grimes.

17 klys  Oct 23, 2014 3:38:39pm
18 Vogon Poetry  Oct 23, 2014 3:40:20pm

Absentee ballots are on the way. And letting people know just how important it is to vote - and to expose just how extreme the GOP is, even here in NJ. Between Christie and his comments about the minimum wage (he wishes he could ignore the issue) or the need for the GOP to control the voting apparatus (so the GOP can depress voter turnout, limit who votes, etc.), and the likes of Scott Garrett, we’ve got plenty of GOPers who are for rolling back rights on all fronts.

19 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 23, 2014 3:41:53pm

re: #17 klys

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I did the camera obscura pinhole thing before the sun set over the ridge behind the house just after 5 pm local time here.

Cats were trying to catch it.

20 piratedan  Oct 23, 2014 3:44:24pm

re: #6 wrenchwitch

he certainly does, the bleepity bleeping bleeping scumbag. These are the folks that are supposed to uphold the law, but then again the area that he serves is also well known for sending illegal immigrants off to summer camp per their prospective legislators, so it’s not much of a stretch to see why he’s the Sheriff.

21 Justanotherhuman  Oct 23, 2014 3:44:43pm

Everyone always forgets about NC…

22 Mattand  Oct 23, 2014 3:45:24pm

re: #18 Vogon Poetry

Absentee ballots are on the way. And letting people know just how important it is to vote - and to expose just how extreme the GOP is, even here in NJ. Between Christie and his comments about the minimum wage (he wishes he could ignore the issue) or the need for the GOP to control the voting apparatus (so the GOP can depress voter turnout, limit who votes, etc.), and the likes of Scott Garrett, we’ve got plenty of GOPers who are for rolling back rights on all fronts.

I got in an argument with a woman running as GOP for town council last year. Her view on the shutdown was that Obama and Obama alone caused it. Local level political denial at its finest.

In my district, the GOP is actually pulling the “Let’s run a retired Eagle; people like football” stunt they pulled when they ran Jon Runyan. Unreal.

23 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 23, 2014 3:45:46pm

re: #21 Justanotherhuman

Everyone always forgets about NC…

heh…NC is the new Kentucky…they NEVER care about us.

Ergo…Rand Paul…

24 Justanotherhuman  Oct 23, 2014 3:48:11pm

re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth

heh…NC is the new Kentucky…they NEVER care about us.

Ergo…Rand Paul…

Hopefully, you won’t always have Mitch…

25 ausador  Oct 23, 2014 3:49:21pm

re: #21 Justanotherhuman

Everyone always forgets about NC…

New Caledonia? Why would we care about elections in Spain?

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26 Justanotherhuman  Oct 23, 2014 3:49:54pm

Health officials say girlfriend of doctor being tested for Ebola in New York has been quarantined as precaution - @NBCNews
end of alert

27 Targetpractice  Oct 23, 2014 3:50:36pm

I consider it a sign of how severely fucked the GOP is as a party going forward that this is the second midterm season of a two-term president who every media outlet is saying is unpopular, yet the control of the Senate remains in limbo. It shouldn’t even be this close, yet we’re actually debating whether the GOP will be able to pull it off next month.

28 wrenchwitch  Oct 23, 2014 3:52:34pm

re: #20 piratedan

he certainly does, the bleepity bleeping bleeping scumbag. These are the folks that are supposed to uphold the law, but then again the area that he serves is also well known for sending illegal immigrants off to summer camp per their prospective legislators, so it’s not much of a stretch to see why he’s the Sheriff.

He even kept one as a pet.

I should use this one for the regular illustration of Sheriff Babeu.

But I just found the photographer for the one with the saguaros. I don’t know why he’s filed under ‘humor’.

29 Justanotherhuman  Oct 23, 2014 3:53:23pm

re: #27 Targetpractice

I consider it a sign of how severely fucked the GOP is as a party going forward that this is the second midterm season of a two-term president who every media outlet is saying is unpopular, yet the control of the Senate remains in limbo. It shouldn’t even be this close, yet we’re actually debating whether the GOP will be able to pull it off next month.

In a country which places so much emphasis on the individual, it’s not surprising.

I’d bet only 1 person in 10 could tell you right now who has a majority in the Senate, and which party rules the House.

30 Mattand  Oct 23, 2014 3:53:23pm

re: #18 Vogon Poetry

It’s also worth pointing out that our esteemed Gov. Christie went stumping for Tea Bag darling Gov. LePage of Maine with the last few weeks.

The ‘moderate’ hero of the current GOP is trying to help re-elect a guy who matches Glenn Beck on the Batshit Crazy scale. This is what passes for rationality in the Republican party these days.

31 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 23, 2014 3:54:13pm

Rand Paul won because of that stupid “Operation Chaos” idea. Vote for him because he’d be easier to beat than the establishment GOP candidate.
Hopefully, Jack Conway (who lost that general election to Rand) will be our next governor instead of the batshit crazy candidates the GOP on tap for next year’s election.

32 ausador  Oct 23, 2014 3:54:40pm

re: #27 Targetpractice

I consider it a sign of how severely fucked the GOP is as a party going forward that this is the second midterm season of a two-term president who every media outlet is saying is unpopular, yet the control of the Senate remains in limbo. It shouldn’t even be this close, yet we’re actually debating whether the GOP will be able to pull it off next month.

Debating it just on the off chance that suddenly hordes of Dem voters decide to show up even though they never have before. Barring that unlikely event Nate Silver has some very bad news for you…
fivethirtyeight.com

33 Vogon Poetry  Oct 23, 2014 3:56:29pm

Because no responsible reporting on the Ebola outbreak and the hysteria over prospective cases here without calling on doomsday preppers for how they’re getting ready.

34 EPR-radar  Oct 23, 2014 3:56:42pm

re: #30 Mattand

It’s also worth pointing out that our esteemed Gov. Christie went stumping for Tea Bag darling Gov. LePage of Maine with the last few weeks.

The ‘moderate’ hero of the current GOP is trying to help re-elect a guy who matches Glenn Beck on the Batshit Crazy scale. This is what passes for rationality in the Republican party these days.

Go Team (R), Go!! is perfectly rational.

35 Targetpractice  Oct 23, 2014 3:57:25pm

re: #32 ausador

Debating it just on the off chance that suddenly hordes of Dem voters decide to show up even though they never have before. Barring that unlikely event Nate Silver has some very bad news for you…
fivethirtyeight.com

“Very bad news” would be 70% or better. Hell, the GOP shouldn’t be looking at less than an 80% chance. 63% in an midterm season where Democrats are defending more seats than Republicans is pretty sad.

36 EPR-radar  Oct 23, 2014 3:58:54pm

re: #32 ausador

Right now, Silver shows a 36% chance of the Democrats keeping control of the Senate from his model.

Not good, but not inevitable doom either.

37 Justanotherhuman  Oct 23, 2014 3:59:10pm

re: #33 Vogon Poetry

Because no responsible reporting on the Ebola outbreak and the hysteria over prospective cases here without calling on doomsday preppers for how they’re getting ready.

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Those people are really nutz.

38 sagehen  Oct 23, 2014 3:59:47pm

re: #13 Vogon Poetry

Hopefully Mali can contain things as Nigeria and Senegal were able to do - getting contact tracing and other protocols in place to handle this case.

Meanwhile, the media here in NYC is essentially running a countdown clock until the results on the latest suspected case comes back later tonight. I hope it’s negative, but am prepared to watch it get confirmed. And Bellevue will handle the case with aplomb. They’ve got good facilities to handle infectious diseases, and if they’re following protocols, then they should be able to limit the spread.

um…. I have a somewhat less confidence in Bellevue.

Mt Sinai, sure. Roosevelt. But I always think of Bellevue as… not the city’s best.

39 Amory Blaine  Oct 23, 2014 3:59:48pm

Nearly 50 DAs decline to investigate Chisholm in John Doe

Nearly 50 elected district attorneys from around Wisconsin have declined a request by a conservative group to investigate the Milwaukee County prosecutor behind a secret probe into Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign and his allies.

Citing a conflict of interest, Dodge County District Attorney Kurt Klomberg, a Republican, turned down the investigation request by the conservative activist Chris Kliesmet, a member of Citizens for Responsible Government, a group that has supported Walker.

After denying Kliesmet’s request for a secret probe into the conduct of Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm, a Democrat, Klomberg then asked 49 other district attorneys around the state whether they would be able to take on the case. One didn’t answer and the other 48 declined to investigate Chisholm, citing conflicts of interest or a lack of resources.

State Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, a Republican, also declined to take the case because of a conflict of interest, Klomberg wrote in a letter Wednesday to Kliesmet.

RWNJ have been beating the drums to investigate DA John Chisholm for some kind of corruption (never too specific). Well I hope this will put an end to it.

40 makeitstop  Oct 23, 2014 4:00:54pm

I have to say, New York’s Democratic Party is spending a lot of money out here in Suffolk County. I’ve been receiving campaign mail at least three times a week for the past month.

An interesting fact - I got a robo-call from the NY Conservative party the other day, and they’re actually endorsing Democrat Jim Gaughran for Suffolk County Comptroller, as a result of the Republican incumbent giving his wife a $50K per year job and assigning her all of the overtime.

41 OhNo!EbolaZombies!  Oct 23, 2014 4:02:15pm

re: #35 Targetpractice

“Very bad news” would be 70% or better. Hell, the GOP shouldn’t be looking at less than an 80% chance. 63% in an midterm season where Democrats are defending more seats than Republicans is pretty sad.

Sometimes I can understand the desire to live in a bubble of un-reality where I could just pretend facts don’t matter.
*sigh*

42 Targetpractice  Oct 23, 2014 4:13:15pm

re: #41 OhNo!EbolaZombies!

Sometimes I can understand the desire to live in a bubble of un-reality where I could just pretend facts don’t matter.
*sigh*

I’d much rather keep hope alive that the odds are still good rather than giving into the despair. That way lies questioning the point of voting at all.

43 Skip Intro  Oct 23, 2014 4:13:18pm

re: #41 OhNo!EbolaZombies!

Sometimes I can understand the desire to live in a bubble of un-reality where I could just pretend facts don’t matter.
*sigh*

The problem with that, like science, is that facts don’t care whether you believe in them or not.

44 wrenchwitch  Oct 23, 2014 4:15:20pm

This belongs on the previous thread, but I think it’s been quarantined.

Unbelievable. Almost.

PORTALES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top health officials say the risk of an Ebola case in the state is low, but administrators at Roosevelt General Hospital aren’t taking any chances.

Starting Friday, the rural eastern New Mexico hospital will begin pre-screening patients and visitors for Ebola at a parking lot checkpoint. Each incoming vehicle must stop so visitors and patients can answer a series of questions regarding recent travel and symptoms.

Hospital CEO Larry Leaming says he’s taking the proactive measure to keep his staff and patients safe.

In the event of a positive screening, Leaming says the suspected patient would be transferred to a quarantined section of the hospital.

A spokeswoman with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says she’s not aware of any other hospitals that have set up parking lot checkpoints.

Portales is in the middle of fucking NO WHERE. Although it’s only about 100 miles from Lubbock, so maybe they have a point.

45 nines09  Oct 23, 2014 4:18:25pm

re: #8 teleskiguy

Normal as opposed to “abnormal” as in “Drag Queen.” As in “Beat Drag Queen with Tiki Torch” normal. Ah. I get it. Will his hoofed friends join in or otherwise contribute to the BBQ? Well?

46 Skip Intro  Oct 23, 2014 4:18:44pm

re: #44 wrenchwitch

So will the screeners be wearing full Ebola garb? Should be a fun job.

47 wrenchwitch  Oct 23, 2014 4:19:59pm

re: #46 Skip Intro

So will the screeners be wearing full Ebola garb? Should be a fun job.

Yes, until it melts in the hot sun and fuses with their skin. I think.

48 nines09  Oct 23, 2014 4:20:38pm

re: #44 wrenchwitch

There are two lines in the paring lot of Roosevelt General . Pick carefully, Very carefully. Try to not act tanned.

49 bill d  Oct 23, 2014 4:21:05pm

re: #44 wrenchwitch

This belongs on the previous thread, but I think it’s been quarantined.

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Unbelievable. Almost.

Portales is in the middle of fucking NO WHERE. Although it’s only about 100 miles from Lubbock, so maybe they have a point.

Makes sense if they are stamping “Ebola free” on their foreheads and sending them on their way. No reason to clog up the real waiting rooms with hypochondriacs.

50 OhNo!EbolaZombies!  Oct 23, 2014 4:22:42pm

re: #43 Skip Intro

re: #42 Targetpractice

All true, and while I’m not one to give up, I find this crap really frustrating.
I mean really, if you’re a Lefty, and you don’t vote, you may as well stick an (R) next to your name.

51 wrenchwitch  Oct 23, 2014 4:23:24pm

re: #49 bill d

Makes sense if they are stamping “Ebola free” on their foreheads and sending them on their way. No reason to clog up the real waiting rooms with hypochondriacs.

For the dyslexics they have a ‘Free Ebola’ stamp.

52 Justanotherhuman  Oct 23, 2014 4:25:10pm

Baking my first of the year pumpkin bread. I’ll probably send it to work with my grandson. Added some dried cranberries to the batter and it looks good.

Want to do a fresh cranberry bread next.

53 wrenchwitch  Oct 23, 2014 4:25:20pm

Bill Richardson is reminding people of his existence again by visiting a foreign land to free an imprisoned soul. Oh, wait. Bill grew up there.

54 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 23, 2014 4:25:28pm

re: #51 wrenchwitch

For the dyslexics they have a ‘Free Ebola’ stamp.

Goes good with that free Mumia.

55 bill d  Oct 23, 2014 4:29:53pm
56 Targetpractice  Oct 23, 2014 4:29:53pm

re: #54 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Goes good with that free Mumia.

Free Tibet with every purchase.

57 wrenchwitch  Oct 23, 2014 4:30:20pm

NSFW (language)

Vimeo

58 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 23, 2014 4:30:53pm

re: #56 Targetpractice

Thankfully, Pussy Riot are no longer in prison.

59 blueraven  Oct 23, 2014 4:33:58pm

re: #57 wrenchwitch

NSFW (language)

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Video

Nope

60 makeitstop  Oct 23, 2014 4:34:11pm

re: #50 OhNo!EbolaZombies!

All true, and while I’m not one to give up, I find this crap really frustrating.
I mean really, if you’re a Lefty, and you don’t vote, you may as well stick an (R) next to your name.

Like the man says, ‘If you don’t vote, you voted.’

61 wrenchwitch  Oct 23, 2014 4:36:49pm

re: #59 blueraven

Nope

I enjoyed it, but I made many contributions to the swear jar myself.

62 Justanotherhuman  Oct 23, 2014 4:43:08pm

re: #57 wrenchwitch

NSFW (language)

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Video

I despise using kids to make a point.

63 EPR-radar  Oct 23, 2014 4:45:52pm

Seen elsewhere on the net, yet another nail in the coffin of the farcical idea that Gamergate is about anything other than misogyny:

They’re going to attack Felicia Day, but not Kluwe? Gee whiz…I wonder why that might be. Hmm. Lemme think… who called them “slopebrowed weaseldicks”? Wasn’t Day. Who referred to GG supporters as “basement-dwelling, cheetos-huffing, poopsock-sniffing douchepistol (s)”? Again, not Day.

She was very mild, almost sorrowful, in her criticism. And who was attacked (again)? The woman. What a fucking shocker.

64 teleskiguy  Oct 23, 2014 4:47:31pm

re: #57 wrenchwitch

NSFW (language)

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Video

I couldn’t finish it. I thought it in poor taste.

65 wrenchwitch  Oct 23, 2014 4:47:57pm

re: #62 Justanotherhuman

I despise using kids to make a point.

I suppose they are too young to be making their own points.

66 wrenchwitch  Oct 23, 2014 4:48:29pm

re: #64 teleskiguy

I couldn’t finish it. I thought it in poor taste.

Oh well.

67 klys  Oct 23, 2014 4:49:26pm

re: #66 wrenchwitch

Oh well.

I did wait until I was in college to really adopt the NSFW language.

…but not to start being a feminist. Funny that.

68 GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 23, 2014 4:50:31pm

Did my part and already voted. First time I voted a straight ticket locally and I couldn’t be more proud of myself.

However, I’m not too hopeful for the rest of the country.

69 Dead Tired  Oct 23, 2014 4:52:47pm

I’m really a bit pissed about the way Canada and the world is viewing this attack against the Parliament of Canada. In June we had three RCMP officers killed by a loon who patterned himself after the Sovereign Citizen’s group from the US who themselves are related to RW terrorism there. This loon was a terrorist wannabe.

This latest attack was from an ISIS wannabe who was as affected by the media as much as the Moncton loon. He was born in Quebec, he had no contact with ISIS as far as we know. He didn’t invade Canada in any way. Suggesting that this latest attack is somehow qualitatively different than the attack in Moncton and will change Canada forever doesn’t make sense.

Both instances were home grown terrorists, or they were both crazies affected by social media and terrorist propaganda. We need to be consistent.

The fact one was Muslim and the other not shouldn’t be the deciding factor in how we view and react to these two attacks.

And no, neither indicate we are in more danger today from ISIS than we were last week, and that attack will only change Canadians if we let it.

70 Kragar  Oct 23, 2014 4:52:49pm

re: #63 EPR-radar

Seen elsewhere on the net, yet another nail in the coffin of the farcical idea that Gamergate is about anything other than misogyny:

SPLC/Hatewatch is tracking Gamergaters as an emerging hate group

71 EPR-radar  Oct 23, 2014 4:54:01pm

re: #67 klys

I did wait until I was in college to really adopt the NSFW language.

…but not to start being a feminist. Funny that.

Peak potty mouth for me was about 3rd grade, IIRC. Sadly, political progress came much later.

72 Stanley Seabola  Oct 23, 2014 4:54:14pm

re: #44 wrenchwitch

This belongs on the previous thread, but I think it’s been quarantined.

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Unbelievable. Almost.

Portales is in the middle of fucking NO WHERE. Although it’s only about 100 miles from Lubbock, so maybe they have a point.

This week I wondered if I needed to change my nic. Nah, it’s lifespan has been extended.

73 Vicious Piebola  Oct 23, 2014 4:54:36pm

re: #52 Justanotherhuman

Baking my first of the year pumpkin bread. I’ll probably send it to work with my grandson. Added some dried cranberries to the batter and it looks good.

Want to do a fresh cranberry bread next.

I bought a pack of fresh cranberries, I thought maybe I would do muffins.

74 Dead Tired  Oct 23, 2014 4:54:54pm

re: #72 Stanley Seabola

This week I wondered if I needed to change my nic. Nah, it’s lifespan has been extended.

Change your name to Bill.

75 klys  Oct 23, 2014 4:54:56pm

re: #71 EPR-radar

Peak potty mouth for me was about 3rd grade, IIRC. Sadly, political progress came much later.

Haha, my mother would have scrubbed my mouth out with soap. That’s why I waited until I moved out.

76 Justanotherhuman  Oct 23, 2014 4:55:33pm

re: #65 wrenchwitch

I suppose they are too young to be making their own points.

No, they just come off like kids who have been coached.

I would feel the same if it were 10 yr old boys trying to make a “point” with profanity.

And I never have liked that whole “princess” BS, either. I suppose I don’t understand modern “feminism” very well.

77 Vicious Piebola  Oct 23, 2014 4:55:34pm

I couldn’t find macadamia nuts so I used pecans instead.

78 Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 23, 2014 4:55:53pm

re: #75 klys

Haha, my mother would have scrubbed my mouth out with soap. That’s why I waited until I moved out.

I still remember the death glare I got from my grandmother the first (and only) time I dropped an F-bomb in her presence (I think I was 14 or 15).

79 Bubblehead II  Oct 23, 2014 4:56:05pm

Night Lizards. May the Deity of your choice smile down upon you.

80 Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 23, 2014 4:56:19pm

re: #77 Vicious Piebola

If you opened a bakery I’d go there as often as I could. :P

81 bill d  Oct 23, 2014 4:57:18pm

re: #77 Vicious Piebola

I couldn’t find macadamia nuts so I used pecans instead.

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Wow! Gas is almost getting cheap enough for me to drive from Texas and beg for some of those in person.

82 Justanotherhuman  Oct 23, 2014 4:57:40pm

re: #73 Vicious Piebola

I bought a pack of fresh cranberries, I thought maybe I would do muffins.

Muffins are good, too!

83 Vicious Piebola  Oct 23, 2014 4:58:11pm

re: #57 wrenchwitch

NSFW (language)

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Lame.

84 Jazzy Ponytail  Oct 23, 2014 4:58:22pm

Wow. Chuck’s really going for the asshole prize tonight.

85 Stanley Seabola  Oct 23, 2014 4:58:25pm

re: #74 Dead Tired

Change your name to Bill.

? That went miles over my head.

86 ObserverArt  Oct 23, 2014 4:58:58pm

re: #66 wrenchwitch

Oh well.

I liked it. And the one thing I like about it, while it uses young girls and makes some cringe, how do the Republican men treat women as far as politics of women’s issues?

That’s right.

Like Little Girls.

So, little girls telling them to shove it (think of the kids) resonates with the real target of the message. Women that are pissed off and sick of being nothing but the little woman.

But then…I may be reading it wrong as I tend to look at things in many ways.

87 Jazzy Ponytail  Oct 23, 2014 4:59:07pm
88 TedStriker  Oct 23, 2014 4:59:18pm

re: #70 Kragar

SPLC/Hatewatch is tracking Gamergaters as an emerging hate group

Considering that the primary GG membership likely overlaps some with the MRA scene and other fringe groups, it’s not surprising to me.

89 teleskiguy  Oct 23, 2014 5:00:03pm

re: #66 wrenchwitch

Oh well.

EPR-radar is right - as it was for me, peak potty mouth was third or fourth grade, kids cuss (when the adults can’t hear), that life.

If they had made it into a cartoon, I might be more sympathetic. As it looks to me, the children were manipulated by adults to swear like sailors while spouting off boilerplate feminist talking points. Do children of that age even know what rape is? I think the creators of this video are being irresponsible with their messaging.

90 Dead Tired  Oct 23, 2014 5:01:03pm

re: #85 Stanley Seabola

? That went miles over my head.

You wanted to change your name earlier so people wouldn’t mistake you for a man. My comment was comedy of the absurd.

91 EPR-radar  Oct 23, 2014 5:01:20pm

re: #75 klys

Haha, my mother would have scrubbed my mouth out with soap. That’s why I waited until I moved out.

I did behave around the parents, but that was about the only restraint.

92 urbanmeemaw  Oct 23, 2014 5:01:37pm

re: #2 ObserverArt

Charles, may I suggest it is more important for everyone to vote for Democrats not just anyone who cares about liberal values.

This is about what is real and stopping out-of-control ideology not in everyone’s best interest.

To me you have two choices. Practical and Crazy. People of ALL political stances should see it that way. It is that clear.

I voted last week, OA!

93 prairiefire  Oct 23, 2014 5:01:40pm

re: #90 Dead Tired

You wanted to change your name earlier so people wouldn’t mistake you for a man. My comment was comedy of the absurd.

I used to think she was a man.

94 Vicious Piebola  Oct 23, 2014 5:02:12pm

re: #89 teleskiguy

EPR-radar is right - as it was for me, peak potty mouth was third or fourth grade, kids cuss (when the adults can’t hear), that life.

If they had made it into a cartoon, I might be more sympathetic. As it looks to me, the children were manipulated by adults to swear like sailors while spouting off boilerplate feminist talking points. Do children of that age even know what rape is? I think the creators of this video are being irresponsible with their messaging.

The idea of a “live action” South Park episode makes me cringe. Those are adults doing the actual voices.

95 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 23, 2014 5:02:29pm

re: #84 Charles Johnson

Wow. Chuck’s really going for the asshole prize tonight.

He’s showing exactly who is the better human being.

UpChuck: it ain’t you.

96 wrenchwitch  Oct 23, 2014 5:02:43pm

re: #89 teleskiguy

EPR-radar is right - as it was for me, peak potty mouth was third or fourth grade, kids cuss (when the adults can’t hear), that life.

If they had made it into a cartoon, I might be more sympathetic. As it looks to me, the children were manipulated by adults to swear like sailors while spouting off boilerplate feminist talking points. Do children of that age even know what rape is? I think the creators of this video are being irresponsible with their messaging.

Some kids that age know what rape is from first hand experience. Before they know the word for it. Before they know they have a right to not experience it.

97 TedStriker  Oct 23, 2014 5:03:25pm

re: #87 Charles Johnson

I’d pay to see what happens if Chuck was set in the middle of Harlem like John McClane was in Die Hard with a Vengeance…

98 wrenchwitch  Oct 23, 2014 5:04:19pm

re: #76 Justanotherhuman

No, they just come off like kids who have been coached.

I would feel the same if it were 10 yr old boys trying to make a “point” with profanity.

And I never have liked that whole “princess” BS, either. I suppose I don’t understand modern “feminism” very well.

I never liked the princess crap. That’s one reason I liked the vid. Kind of stands the princess thing on its head.

99 missliberties  Oct 23, 2014 5:05:40pm

Thank You Charles. It is important.

I don’t want a Republican Senate to be able to appoint any more pro-corporate federalist judges. You know they can if they win a simple majority.

100 teleskiguy  Oct 23, 2014 5:05:59pm

re: #97 TedStriker

I’d pay to see what happens if Chuck was set in the middle of Harlem like John McClane was in Die Hard with a Vengeance…

“A man standing in the middle of Harlem wearing a sign that says I Hate n*****s has either got some serious personal issues, or not all his dogs are barking.” -Zeus Carver, Die Hard With A Vengeance

I maintain that DHWAV is the best film in the franchise.

101 Vicious Piebola  Oct 23, 2014 5:06:56pm

re: #98 wrenchwitch

I never liked the princess crap. That’s one reason I liked the vid. Kind of stands the princess thing on its head.

It would stand the princess thing on its head if they were dressed like superheroes instead of princesses.

102 blueraven  Oct 23, 2014 5:07:56pm

re: #98 wrenchwitch

I never liked the princess crap. That’s one reason I liked the vid. Kind of stands the princess thing on its head.

They could have made that point by talking science, education, finance…
I like the “throw like a girl”, “run like a girl” ads.
To me this is like the PETA ads; meant to shock but in very poor taste. It is counter productive IMHO. I think it will turn a lot of people off.

103 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 23, 2014 5:07:56pm

re: #87 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

Fuck you Chuck.
I have family who have been living in Harlem for decades. Every single one of them work hard for a living.

104 Jazzy Ponytail  Oct 23, 2014 5:08:24pm
105 makeitstop  Oct 23, 2014 5:08:35pm

re: #87 Charles Johnson

I’m sure New York’s Harlem will have no trouble at all subduing #ebola. So many hard working, totally responsible people there who will help

That pasty little punk wouldn’t last five minutes in Harlem - or in any other part of New York, for that matter.

106 wheat-dogghazi-bola  Oct 23, 2014 5:10:11pm

re: #1 teleskiguy

Heh. CCJ gives me another tweet to add to his dossier.

107 wrenchwitch  Oct 23, 2014 5:10:20pm

re: #102 blueraven

They could have made that point by talking science, education, finance…
I like the “throw like a girl”, “run like a girl” ads.
To me this is like the PETA ads; meant to shock but in very poor taste. It is counter productive IMHO. I think it will turn a lot of people off.

From the reaction here it looks like you’re right.

108 RealityBasedEbola  Oct 23, 2014 5:10:21pm

re: #105 makeitstop

That pasty little punk wouldn’t last five minutes in Harlem - or in any other part of New York, for that matter.

I don’t think he could last at a day camp for “sensitive and fragile children”.

RBS

109 Dead Tired  Oct 23, 2014 5:10:39pm

Harper is probably tickled pink this attack was by an ISIS wannabe. With the election coming up next year, he’s guaranteed more people will vote conservative if we feel like we’re being attacked by external terrorist groups.

And no, I’m not suggesting he’s in any way happy that a man died at the hands of this loon. Nobody is.

110 Skip Intro  Oct 23, 2014 5:10:45pm

re: #103 Backwoods_Sleuth

Fuck you Chuck.
I have family who have been living in Harlem for decades. Every single one of them work hard for a living.

Does anybody know what Chuck does for a living?

111 teleskiguy  Oct 23, 2014 5:12:09pm

re: #106 wheat-dogghazi-bola

Heh. CCJ gives me another tweet to add to his dossier.

I was trying to tie that in to my original point - that conservatives should listen to these assholes. I was selective. UpChuck seems to be registered now.

112 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 23, 2014 5:13:24pm

re: #110 Skip Intro

Does anybody know what Chuck does for a living?

He tweets from his mother-in-law’s basement in Fresno and begs for money on the internet.

113 Skip Intro  Oct 23, 2014 5:13:29pm

re: #111 teleskiguy

So what’s Ted running for in 2014?

114 Dead Tired  Oct 23, 2014 5:13:45pm

re: #110 Skip Intro

Does anybody know what Chuck does for a living?

Drives Charles & LGF lizards crazy.

115 TedStriker  Oct 23, 2014 5:13:47pm

re: #100 teleskiguy

“A man standing in the middle of Harlem wearing a sign that says I Hate n*****s has either got some serious personal issues, or not all his dogs are barking.” -Zeus Carver, Die Hard With A Vengeance

I maintain that DHWAV is the best film in the franchise.

I agree; for me, my faves are in this order: 3 (Vengeance), 1, 2, and 4. I haven’t seen enough of the fifth one to make a judgment.

116 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 23, 2014 5:14:39pm

re: #114 Dead Tired

Drives Charles & LGF lizards crazy.

He wishes.

117 RealityBasedEbola  Oct 23, 2014 5:14:43pm

re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth

He tweets from his mother-in-law’s basement in Fresno and begs for money on the internet.

What are the prerequisites for that job, other than an apparent lack of self awareness or a palpable sense of shame?

RBS

118 Justanotherhuman  Oct 23, 2014 5:14:54pm

re: #107 wrenchwitch

From the reaction here it looks like you’re right.

This is what Colorlines has to say about this for-profit organization.

This is the T-Shirt Company Making Money Off of Ferguson

colorlines.com

119 Skip Intro  Oct 23, 2014 5:15:16pm

re: #114 Dead Tired

Drives Charles & LGF lizards crazy.

He reminds me of the ugly kid in the SUV who keeps making faces out of the windows.

120 teleskiguy  Oct 23, 2014 5:16:45pm

re: #113 Skip Intro

So what’s Ted running for in 2014?

A Fox News slot when he loses the Iowa Caucuses and New Hampshire Primary.

121 EPR-radar  Oct 23, 2014 5:18:20pm

re: #114 Dead Tired

Drives Charles & LGF lizards crazy.

“pointing and laughing” is hardly the same as “being driven crazy”.

Anyone care to guess when CCJ or a like-minded tool first gets the GOP nomination for POTUS? 2024 seems about right to me.

122 Vicious Piebola  Oct 23, 2014 5:19:08pm

NO YOU SHITBAG that would be @gatewaypundit and @ChuckCJohnson
The people you mention are ACTUAL JOURNALISTS

123 Dead Tired  Oct 23, 2014 5:19:34pm

re: #121 EPR-radar

“pointing and laughing” is hardly the same as “being driven crazy”.

Anyone care to guess when CCJ or a like-minded tool first gets the GOP nomination for POTUS? 2024 seems about right to me.

Some of our fellow lizards get pretty frustrated by his lies.

124 Kid A  Oct 23, 2014 5:19:42pm
125 wrenchwitch  Oct 23, 2014 5:21:55pm

re: #118 Justanotherhuman

This is what Colorlines has to say about this for-profit organization.

This is the T-Shirt Company Making Money Off of Ferguson

colorlines.com

I am not a supporter of FckH8. Unless you count having reposted that vid as support. I am heartened to see that Ed Morrisey and the like are horrified by it.

126 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 23, 2014 5:22:22pm

re: #119 Skip Intro

He reminds me of the ugly kid in the SUV who keeps making faces out of the windows.

Chuck in childhood:

Youtube Video

127 ObserverArt  Oct 23, 2014 5:22:25pm

re: #92 urbanmeemaw

I voted last week, OA!

Good. I just received my mail in ballot yesterday. I either missed seeing the notice card earlier, or I was skipped. Who knows, they may have failed to cover my zip code since it is one of the areas Husted and his buddies would love to skip over.

Mine will be going out this weekend. I use the main post office, so it’ll be in by Tuesday latest.

128 teleskiguy  Oct 23, 2014 5:24:02pm

On topic: I voted on Monday, got my good friend and mountaineering partner to vote on Wednesday, she got her roommate to vote today.

129 BeachDem  Oct 23, 2014 5:25:18pm

Hey upchuck, listen to Tina and don’t worry your pretty little head about catching ebola.

130 wheat-dogghazi-bola  Oct 23, 2014 5:26:34pm

re: #111 teleskiguy

I was trying to tie that in to my original point - that conservatives should listen to these assholes. I was selective. UpChuck seems to be registered now.

Oh, well. I updated my update.

131 Stanley Seabola  Oct 23, 2014 5:27:54pm

My nic is still a-OK.

132 Justanotherhuman  Oct 23, 2014 5:28:38pm

re: #125 wrenchwitch

I am not a supporter of FckH8. Unless you count having reposted that vid as support. I am heartened to see that Ed Morrisey and the like are horrified by it.

Who is Ed Morrisey?

133 Dead Tired  Oct 23, 2014 5:30:20pm

re: #129 BeachDem

[Embedded content]

Hey upchuck, listen to Tina and don’t worry your pretty little head about catching ebola.

[Embedded image]

In what world does it matter who a victim of disease votes for?

134 TedStriker  Oct 23, 2014 5:30:52pm

re: #132 Justanotherhuman

Who is Ed Morrisey?

One of the Hot Air bunch…

135 ObserverArt  Oct 23, 2014 5:31:56pm

Again, regarding those FCKH8 vids.

Were they even made for general consumption?

I think it good to keep some perspective. It is not like those are going to be shown on Saturday morning kiddie shows. They won’t even make it late night on Conan, or The Tonight Show.

From what I can tell, they are radical for a web site for radical viewpoints. They are signing to the choir. If it gets that choir all singing together and they hit the polls to vote…more power to them.

136 Higgs Boson's Mate  Oct 23, 2014 5:33:03pm

re: #129 BeachDem

Dr. Craig Spencer was working with Doctors Without Borders. That means that he did more good in one day than upchuck will do in his whole rancid, petty life.

137 teleskiguy  Oct 23, 2014 5:33:08pm

Hey, Jonah Goldberg is a better human than UpChuck (not by much).

138 wrenchwitch  Oct 23, 2014 5:33:09pm

re: #126 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Chuck in childhood:

[Embedded content]

THAT WAS WONDERFUL

/no really, I liked it

139 teleskiguy  Oct 23, 2014 5:35:15pm
140 darthstar  Oct 23, 2014 5:36:53pm
141 Justanotherhuman  Oct 23, 2014 5:37:18pm

Looks like the pumpkin bread will stay home. Munchkin is having a slice now, and I couldn’t contain myself, either. : ) Turned out great.

142 teleskiguy  Oct 23, 2014 5:37:42pm

Dr. Craig Spencer is in good hands in NYC. Hopefully the virus hasn’t taken most of its course and he can recover.

So that’s what, four (4) confirmed cases on American soil with one (1) fatality.

My head is on fire!

143 Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 23, 2014 5:39:09pm

CONFIRMED!!!!
oh wait…

144 Dead Tired  Oct 23, 2014 5:39:23pm

re: #142 teleskiguy

Dr. Craig Spencer is in good hands in NYC. Hopefully the virus hasn’t taken most of its course and he can recover.

So that’s what, four (4) confirmed cases on American soil with one (1) fatality.

My head is on fire!

These nurses and doctors have probably saved many lives.

145 Targetpractice  Oct 23, 2014 5:40:17pm

re: #139 teleskiguy

[Embedded content]

PANIC!!!!

//

146 bill d  Oct 23, 2014 5:40:31pm

Has Governor Cuomo hurt anyone while trying to reach a microphone yet?

147 bill d  Oct 23, 2014 5:41:01pm

BAN ALL TRAVEL INTO AND OUT OF NEW YORK!!

148 darthstar  Oct 23, 2014 5:41:09pm
149 Targetpractice  Oct 23, 2014 5:41:54pm

re: #148 darthstar

[Embedded content]

Quickly, we must demolish all the bridges in and out of Manhattan!!

//

150 bill d  Oct 23, 2014 5:42:09pm

CHRISTIE SHOULD SHUT DOWN THE BRIDGES AGAIN!!!

151 teleskiguy  Oct 23, 2014 5:42:43pm

re: #149 Targetpractice

Quickly, we must demolish all the bridges in and out of Manhattan!!

//

What about the TUNNELS?!?

//

152 bill d  Oct 23, 2014 5:42:57pm

re: #149 Targetpractice

Quickly, we must demolish all the bridges in and out of Manhattan!!

//

Then send in Snake Plissken.

153 darthstar  Oct 23, 2014 5:43:15pm

re: #149 Targetpractice

Quickly, we must demolish all the bridges in and out of Manhattan!!

//

I blame the Port Authority.

154 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Oct 23, 2014 5:43:43pm

re: #149 Targetpractice

Quickly, we must demolish all the bridges in and out of Manhattan!!

//

Where is Bane when you need him? /
Also send for shirtless Putin on a bear.

155 Targetpractice  Oct 23, 2014 5:43:56pm

re: #152 bill d

Then send in Snake Plissken.

I thought he was dead?

/

156 Higgs Boson's Mate  Oct 23, 2014 5:44:38pm

I don’t can’t understand why upchuck is so freaked out. Not even Ebola would go to Fresno voluntarily.

157 darthstar  Oct 23, 2014 5:44:57pm

re: #152 bill d

Then send in Snake Plissken.

158 Dead Tired  Oct 23, 2014 5:46:05pm

I watched season 5 episode 1 of Walking Dead on AMC’s website.
I tried to watch episode 2 but they wanted me to login.
Pricks.

159 Justanotherhuman  Oct 23, 2014 5:46:53pm

re: #147 bill d

BAN ALL TRAVEL INTO AND OUT OF NEW YORK!!

Well, at least above 110th St…

Youtube Video

Harlem sure has changed…

160 Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 23, 2014 5:47:31pm

And suddenly the RWNJs are having “I am Legend” visions floating through their head.

161 teleskiguy  Oct 23, 2014 5:47:46pm

From one of the kings of the Smart Take:

162 Justanotherhuman  Oct 23, 2014 5:47:53pm

Officials to hold press conference at 9 pm ET after patient tests positive for Ebola in New York City - @NYCMayorsOffice
end of alert

163 makeitstop  Oct 23, 2014 5:48:21pm

re: #155 Targetpractice

I thought he was dead?

/

So did everybody else.

164 sagehen  Oct 23, 2014 5:49:10pm

re: #129 BeachDem

[Embedded content]

Hey upchuck, listen to Tina and don’t worry your pretty little head about catching ebola.

[Embedded image]

“West 147th Street” isn’t considered “upper west side.” Anything above 96th is Harlem.

165 klys  Oct 23, 2014 5:54:13pm

I made a quick comment upstairs but I’ll leave this one here.

166 Fundamentalist Youth Pastor  Oct 23, 2014 5:58:23pm

re: #87 Charles Johnson

And that’s coming from someone who lives in Fresno.

167 ObserverArt  Oct 23, 2014 6:01:42pm

re: #165 klys

I made a quick comment upstairs but I’ll leave this one here.

[Embedded content]

That’s right. We have to be on opposite sides tonight klys. I’m a Jackets fan. Let’s hope it is a good one. We always have a bad time in San Jose. Wish we had our full team against The Sharks. We have a few key injuries already.

168 Romantic Heretic  Oct 23, 2014 6:02:20pm

re: #109 Dead Tired

Harper is probably tickled pink this attack was by an ISIS wannabe. With the election coming up next year, he’s guaranteed more people will vote conservative if we feel like we’re being attacked by external terrorist groups.

And no, I’m not suggesting he’s in any way happy that a man died at the hands of this loon. Nobody is.

He’s not happy, but he also doesn’t give a shit.

Image: stephen-harper-bob-paulson-data.jpg

When I first saw that picture my thought was, “Man. He can’t fake concern to save his life.”

If my understanding is correct I hold Our Dear Leader partly responsible for this.

We used to have a long gun registry here in Canada. A person owning a firearm had to register it. The police liked at as they could find out in that most dangerous of policing situations, domestic calls, whether there were firearms in the residence or not. The registry saved more than a few lives.

The ‘Conservatives’ got rid of most of it in 2011.

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau had a criminal record, and people with criminal records were not allowed to possess firearms. Had he tried I’m sure he would have been flagged.

So I hold Our Dear Leader partly responsible for yesterday’s tragedy, in my opinion.

169 BeachDem  Oct 23, 2014 6:47:16pm

re: #164 sagehen

“West 147th Street” isn’t considered “upper west side.” Anything above 96th is Harlem.

Hey—upchuck didn’t even get upper west side right—called it upper west. But he’s an AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST, so there’s that. (I point out, once again, that he doesn’t even get that media is a plural noun—I know, pedantic, but my standards for AWARD-WINNING JOURNALISTS are high.)

170 Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 23, 2014 6:59:29pm

re: #147 bill d

BAN ALL TRAVEL INTO AND OUT OF NEW YORK!!

Build a wall around Manhattan and then block and mine all the bridges!!
//// ;P

171 William Barnett-Lewis  Oct 23, 2014 7:34:56pm

re: #77 Vicious Piebola

I couldn’t find macadamia nuts so I used pecans instead.

[Embedded content]

Yummy! Pecans are better. Black walnut would have been better still but pecans will do nicely.

172 pyite  Oct 24, 2014 3:12:19pm

There is way too much noise being made about the Senate this time around. If I were a Democrat, I would pay a lot more attention to the Governors’ races.

There is a structural advantage to whichever party controls the state voting procedures. Not a huge advantage, but at least they can prevent the voter ID nonsense to a certain extent.

They are even more important from 2016-2019 because whoever is in power in 2020 will get to do the every-ten-years gerrymandering. The only reason Republicans control the House is because they had an advantage in 2010.


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