Sunday Night Open Thread
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I was checking in hoping to learn more about the GOP implosion, but instead I see more dead people on the streets of Missouri and a peaceful anniversary march marred by violence. And don’t even blame the poor dead fucker. His girlfriend survived so you can expect this story will get told. Fucking assholes. Didn’t they learn last year force just makes them look like dicks?
Oh, and I wanted to talk about finally seeing Chicken Run…fun animated movie…but no, fuck it…I’m going to sleep.
Good night.
Well, whoever was shooting, they weren’t standing right there in front of the cops doing it, that’s one thing for sure. So basically, they heard gunshots and just killed some guy at random.
Now, it is being reported that the police shot someone tonight. On August 9th. And that's wild. America. Ferguson.
— deray mckesson (@deray) August 10, 2015
There are no words to describe how disappointed I am right now.
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 10, 2015
Really not what I wanted to hear right before going to bed tonight…
St. Louis County Police confirm it was an officer-involved shooting.
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 10, 2015
I offer some levity from the heaviness. The Best Simpsons tattoo ever.
It was all caught on video too as the media was interviewing the acting police chief. Shootings were at a distance. A lot of them. Different guns too. Sigh.
(1/2) A St. Louis County officer was involved in an officer-involved shooting after comin g under heavy gunfire. pic.twitter.com/L4PqopaEF1
— St. Louis County PD (@stlcountypd) August 10, 2015
(2/2) During the gunfire, at least 2 unmarked cars took shots. We will release more details when available. pic.twitter.com/luPnp6iXqZ
— St. Louis County PD (@stlcountypd) August 10, 2015
No matter what the cops say, nobody that lives there is going to believe them.
re: #11 GlutenFreeJesus
No matter what the cops say, nobody that lives there is going to believe them.
I don’t live there and I don’t believe them already. I wouldn’t believe any cop on any subject, ever—never mind these murderous thugs.
Great. Finished escape TV on a depressing note - True Detective - and log on to this shit.
result of wall st gop attempt to kill trump according to polls so far such as they are
1) trump still on top
2) wall st gop candidates such as jeb & walker lose ground as radicals and outsiders such as cruz, fiorina, and carson take over
24 hour rule y’all.
I know it is easy to not believe anything Ferguson cops say, but we don’t know what happened.
All I know is, this really sucks.
The scene in Ferguson following shooting involving a police officer. pic.twitter.com/kvewlQsV9K
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 10, 2015
re: #8 teleskiguy
I offer some levity from the heaviness. The Best Simpsons tattoo ever.
Awesome work.
St Louis Co police declining to confirm the young man seen wounded in Ferguson video was person shot by officer. Some reports of 2 shootings
— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) August 10, 2015
Pepper spray. Bottles and stones being thrown. Just got hot. Police advanced heavy. Cops tried to grab Low Key. pic.twitter.com/oEpYKNEscA
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 10, 2015
cops making an announcement. “No longer a peaceful protest.” pic.twitter.com/NYtSYnk85r
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 10, 2015
Best thing about True Detective was Vince Vaughn. Other than that…it was just okay.
Police now firing multiple smoke grenades down Canfield Dr despite people retreating, as they were asked
— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) August 10, 2015
Legal observer from National Lawyers' Guild just picked up spent smoke grenade with his hat, which melted. Ferguson. pic.twitter.com/EmLiMAUOT9
— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) August 10, 2015
Wild.
Man shot by police in Ferguson is in “critical, unstable” condition in hospital and undergoing surgery says @stlcountypd chief Belmar
— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) August 10, 2015
Belmar says man shot by four plainclothes detectives from an unarmed vehicle in Ferguson after he shot at them repeatedly at close range
— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) August 10, 2015
Welp this morning I got one of those automated Tweets from something called “Anti-Racism Media” saying that I was “featured” at their blog.
I clicked over there to see which one of my Tweets was featured but I didn’t get far enough down the page to find it. It was all full of racist bullshit from Gatestone, Pam Geller, Spencer, etc. etc.
Blocked now, I hope this means they can’t “feature” any more of my Tweets.
Hugh Hewwit?!? You know they have really left the building when..
#WTF am I listening too??? @msnbc @Morning_Joe #losing
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) August 10, 2015
Morning Lizards. It would be an understatement to call this mornings news depressing.
re: #8 teleskiguy
I don’t think I’ll ever understand tattoos. In an informal survey of my nursing school class, 70% of the women had tattoos but only 4 out of 13 guys did. They will most likely have to wear long sleeves and or turtlenecks when they’re on the job.
And 7 people had to have those rings taken out of their ears and the earlobes fixed. They take that presentation stuff seriously.
re: #29 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
I don’t think I’ll ever understand tattoos. In an informal survey of my nursing school class, 70% of the women had tattoos but only 4 out of 13 guys did. They will most likely have to wear long sleeves and or turtlenecks when they’re on the job.
And 7 people had to have those rings taken out of their ears and the earlobes fixed. They take that presentation stuff seriously.
I’ve never really “gotten” tattoos, either, but that’s just me.
Then again, if I were going to do it, it’d be something no one could see when I’m dressed in normal clothes, sort of like the work done on Ralph Fiennes in Red Dragon.
Mayor of Talladega, AL was viciously attacked on Sunday
“Barton said that he didn’t know why Green <the suspect> would attack him, but The Birmingham News reported that it could have been over an alleged sex tape.
“Barton was caught on hidden video having sex with Green’s wife,” a former divorce lawyer for Green said, according to the newspaper.”
Oh, thaaat.
Re: Trump. In light of his continued popularity with RWNJs, I propose that the saying “Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel” is no longer true. Thanks to social media, we all buy all the ink we could ever want. Insults and the worst sort of behavior is just click-bait now, leading to endless free publicity. I might actually start respecting Trump’s marketing savvy if he actually planned this crap out.
re: #33 LastYearsMan
I don’t think he planned ahead. I really don’t see an end game for him. His support can only go down from here. Or maybe that’s another way of saying he’s about maxed out. Nobody’s going to leave Jeb! or Rubio or whoever to join Trump (or else they would have already). I think he’s going to stay in the low 20s but as other candidates drop out somebody will overtake him in the lead and even the media will eventually grow tired of him saying the same old carp.
re: #29 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
I don’t think I’ll ever understand tattoos. In an informal survey of my nursing school class, 70% of the women had tattoos but only 4 out of 13 guys did. They will most likely have to wear long sleeves and or turtlenecks when they’re on the job.
And 7 people had to have those rings taken out of their ears and the earlobes fixed. They take that presentation stuff seriously.
There’s a female co-worker here, educated, engineering professional. She’s as full of ink as the “Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”
Two full sleeves.
She looks weird when she’s wearing business attire with short sleeved shirt.
Oh Steve that was you sprawled out on the overpass at Bundy Ranch?
#Ferguson whenever I'm shooting at cops, I thank my lucky stars I'm white.
— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) August 10, 2015
re: #35 The Vicious Babushka
There’s a female co-worker here, educated, engineering professional. She’s as full of ink as the “Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”
Two full sleeves.
She looks weird when she’s wearing business attire with short sleeved shirt.
I work at Pizza Hut with a 16 year old girl who is saving for when she turns 18 to get a full sleeve and a huge winged angel on her back - shoulder blades for wings. I find the art work interesting but I doubt I could sit still for even a small session of needle work.
re: #15 blueraven
24 hour rule y’all.
I know it is easy to not believe anything Ferguson cops say, but we don’t know what happened.
All I know is, this really sucks.
I jumped to conclusions a year ago, got burned after the DOJ report debunked all those assumptions, so I’m not gonna do it again. Fool me once… Let the investigation show whether the shooting was justified.
re: #24 Jenner7
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Wild.
Smoke grenades get very hot due to the pyrotechnic method they use to produce smoke. It ought to be noted that their being used is Standard Operating Procedure if police come under gunfire, regardless of the actions any crowds nearby. The smoke grenades are used to block the shooters’ lines of sight and also those of any TV cameras set up to get crowd shots.
re: #37 William Lewis
I work at Pizza Hut with a 16 year old girl who is saving for when she turns 18 to get a full sleeve and a huge winged angel on her back - shoulder blades for wings. I find the art work interesting but I doubt I could sit still for even a small session of needle work.
It must not be as painful as it was years ago.
re: #38 Nyet
I jumped to conclusions a year ago, got burned after the DOJ report debunked all those assumptions, so I’m not gonna do it again. Fool me once… Let the investigation show whether the shooting was justified.
Quite concur.
William, I think you might want to read these, since the M73/M219 Machine Gun was used on the M60:
re: #42 Dark_Falcon
William, I think you might want to read these, since the M73/M219 Machine Gun was used on the M60:
Single worst weapon ever adopted by the US Army. At the height of the ‘73 Yom Kippur war, the Israeli army in desperate need of weapons, threw the M-73’s out of the tanks we gave them and put 1919’s in their place if they had them, or left the co-ax slot empty if they didn’t. Having no MG on board was better than those POS’s. O_o
The Chauchat, as improperly modified for .30-06 is a _distant_ 2nd and the M-85 .50 cal is in third.
re: #36 The Vicious Babushka
Oh Steve that was you sprawled out on the overpass at Bundy Ranch?
Monday morning and Steve is already derping.
re: #43 William Lewis
Single worst weapon ever adopted by the US Army. At the height of the ‘73 Yom Kippur war, the Israeli army in desperate need of weapons, threw the M-73’s out of the tanks we gave them and put 1919’s in their place if they had them, or left the co-ax slot empty if they didn’t. Having no MG on board was better than those POS’s. O_o
The Chauchat, as improperly modified for .30-06 is a _distant_ 2nd and the M-85 .50 cal is in third.
I’d rate the Chauchat closer than distant, more a “disrespectful 2nd”, though at least it was replaced fairly swiftly.
But that makes a nice counterpoint: In dismissing the European-designed Chauchat, the Army dumped it for the American designed BAR, whereas with the American designed M-73 the Army ended up having to go to FN for the European-designed FN MAG after all. We should have just done that in the first place, but Ordnance was being quite stubborn and also quite foolish, again. Their first post-WWII ideas, the M14 and M60 have eventually found good iterations, but the coaxial guns were worthless.
Thankfully, after those 60’s-70’s debacles the US Army stopped trying to design guns, and now just buys them from companies that know how to design them..
re: #37 William Lewis
I work at Pizza Hut with a 16 year old girl who is saving for when she turns 18 to get a full sleeve and a huge winged angel on her back - shoulder blades for wings. I find the art work interesting but I doubt I could sit still for even a small session of needle work.
The best tattoo I ever saw was on a bartender; it was a panther with his haunches on her shoulder, his body stretched down his upper arm, face and whiskers just above the elbow, front legs extended with paws wrapped around her wrists. The panther’s tail hung down her back, with the last bit of it curled up where a tramp stamp would be.
All black except the eyes. Multiple shades of black. Astonishing detail and contour for being all one color.
re: #44 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
There’s lots of derp already percolating.
I’ve got some guy tweeting that PP videos prove PP illegality, even though Congress sat on videos for more than month before they were released knowing that there was nothing illegal indicated in them. And that investigations so far have shown no wrongdoing.
And that abortion is legal.
And that fetal tissue donation is legal.
There’s nothing illegal about what PP did in any of those videos. Squeamishness is not indication of illegality.
Yet this nitwit persists in belief that it’s all proof that PP is going to get the feds to find them doing illegal stuff and shut them down. Yawn.
Oh, and since when is an online poll treated with any seriousness? Chuck Todd says so? Well, that explains that. Online polls are notoriously self selecting and can’t be taken to mean anything other than a popularity contest among those who’ve clicked through.
re: #46 sagehen
The best tattoo I ever saw was on a bartender; it was a panther with his haunches on her shoulder, his body stretched down his upper arm, face and whiskers just above the elbow, front legs extended with paws wrapped around her wrists. The panther’s tail hung down her back, with the last bit of it curled up where a tramp stamp would be.
All black except the eyes. Multiple shades of black. Astonishing detail and contour for being all one color.
There is a movie with Jennifer Aniston (can’t remember the title, it was a comedy about a bounty hunter co-starring that guy from 300) where she goes into a tattoo parlor and asks for exactly that same thing. I wonder if she, or the screen writer saw that bartender’s ink.
re: #22 Jenner7
Best thing about True Detective was Vince Vaughn. Other than that…it was just okay.
Rachel McAdams was pretty awesome, though the backstory they attempted to create for her seemed incomplete.
I thought the last two episodes went a long way in giving the season some weight, although I never did quite put together the whole plot, something about diamonds, and money and land deals.
Compared to last season, way too many characters and groups of characters to keep track of.
I did like the plot’s use of the victim’s children as the city manager’s killers, although again, would like to have seen this more developed.
re: #49 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Rachel McAdams was pretty awesome, though the backstory they attempted to create for her seemed incomplete.
I thought the last two episodes went a long way in giving the season some weight, although I never did quite put together the whole plot, something about diamonds, and money and land deals.
Compared to last season, way too many characters and groups of characters to keep track of.
I did like the plot’s use of the victim’s children as the city manager’s killers, although again, would like to have seen this more developed.
Never really happy to see a show’s major characters killed off, but I did like how the ending projected a year later with Ani turning over evidence to ?? (some character) along with the news that she bore Ray’s child (and that Ray was the father of his other son).
re: #48 The Vicious Babushka
There is a movie with Jennifer Aniston (can’t remember the title, it was a comedy about a bounty hunter co-starring that guy from 300) where she goes into a tattoo parlor and asks for exactly that same thing. I wonder if she, or the screen writer saw that bartender’s ink.
It was simply called The Bounty Hunter.
re: #50 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Never really happy to see a show’s major characters killed off, but I did like how the ending projected a year later with Ani turning over evidence to ?? (some character) along with the news that she bore Ray’s child (and that Ray was the father of his other son).
And why didn’t Frank just give the guy his suit?
re: #45 Dark_Falcon
The MAG is a far better weapon than any post WWII machine gun the US came up with. I know you think the M-60 was eventually fixed. Perhaps, but I never carried a pig that was worth the weight and didn’t fall apart quickly… The MAG is a fairly heavy monster and many currently don’t like that but the insane reliability that comes with that weight more than makes up for it in my book. It can talk as long as a properly set up M2 and that’s saying a lot.
Rumor was, back in the early 80’s, that the Soviet PKM which was tested alongside the MAG as a M-73/219 replacement actually won the testing. The Army wasn’t quite willing to go that far afield for a new MG and they “massaged” the numbers till the MAG came out a bit better.
That was probably a good idea as changing the 7.62 Russian Rimmed to 7.62 Nato would have probably resulted in as big a mess as the 8mm Lebel to .30-06 Chauchat or the .30-06 version of the MG-42 that ordinance built without changing the dimensions appropriately.
re: #51 Dark_Falcon
It was simply called The Bounty Hunter.
Kinda liked that movie, for whatever reason.
re: #54 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Kinda liked that movie, for whatever reason.
The dude from 300 did the comedy thing pretty well.
And now, after a season of GOT, and True Detective 2, I hope I can finally get to bed early on Sunday night.
I’m a wreck today.
This is the group of people Trump surrounds himself with. This is Trump setting the tone.
This is what the rest of the GOP does without nearly as much fanfare:
Trump defender Jeff Lord says Trump ‘blood' remark was distorted, compares critics to Goebbels http://t.co/oBCvKGrAHv
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) August 10, 2015
re: #57 lawhawk
Trump defender Jeff Lord says Trump ‘blood’ remark was distorted, compares critics to Goebbels
Well, that’s just darling.
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re: #34 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
I predict that, if somehow Trump does get the GOP nomination, 2020 will see a porn actor/actress make a serious push for the presidency.
Either that or Hillary will release a sex tape.
re: #49 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Rachel McAdams was pretty awesome, though the backstory they attempted to create for her seemed incomplete.
I thought the last two episodes went a long way in giving the season some weight, although I never did quite put together the whole plot, something about diamonds, and money and land deals.
Compared to last season, way too many characters and groups of characters to keep track of.
I did like the plot’s use of the victim’s children as the city manager’s killers, although again, would like to have seen this more developed.
It was very well done, if a bit pretentious, except for the absurd superhero raid on the orgy. In the end everyone who has to die dies and everybody who should live lives. (Particularly like that Jordan gets out—theirs is the best love story of the decade.)
re: #57 lawhawk
This is the group of people Trump surrounds himself with. This is Trump setting the tone.
This is what the rest of the GOP does without nearly as much fanfare:
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Team Trump starring in Godwins ‘R’ Us 2: Electoral Bugaloo.
re: #57 lawhawk
Well, a fake Goebbels quote is a good start for such an article.
re: #59 LastYearsMan
I predict that, if somehow Trump does get the GOP nomination, 2020 will see a porn actor/actress make a serious push for the presidency.
Either that or Hillary will release a sex tape.
Nope:
Good Morning Everyone. Schools are starting this week across the country. We start back tomorrow, with students coming in today to get lockers, schedules, ect. And just like this time last year, the town of Ferguson is fresh in our minds.
It has been a crazy year, especially when we think about the intersecting issues of race, class, guns, and law enforcement. Our attention has been grabbed in ways that have times been uncomfortable. What is known as the Black Lives Matters movement has been created. People are more aware (and some more defiant) of the role that race plays in our society. Personally, I’ve been able to take a deeper look back into my own, sometimes painful(emotionally and physically) experiences and now have a more complex view of these issues that I did just a few years ago.
In terms of what has happened over the weekend at Bernie Sanders event, I’m disapointed in the optics. The Black Lives Matters movement, which I feel I’m a part of, is very complex. It must be noted that this movement is a very modern Civil Rights movement, and as such does not fit the mold that we may want it to fit. It can be a movement of leaders, and be leaderless at the same time. There can be a powerful organization, and decentralization together. It goes to the point that Black people are not monolithic, something that some of this country has a bit of a problem understanding. Sure, almost all of us vote Democratic, but in no way are we a guaranteed vote. We want the party that we are a part of to truly value us beyond a vote. We want the country to be a better place for us and for all people. We all can have different ideas for what could be solutions to the ills that face us. At times I go back and forth with myself over the level of intensity the movement should have.
Well, as far as last night, I’ll wait for some more information before trying to give an opinion.
Thanks to this community for being what it is, and not only fostering great discussion over these tough issues, but being so fair minded and open to others experiences and views.
Going to leave you with this from my newspaper yesterday:
Tom Eblen: Lexington police chief's 1962 essay on race relations teaches lessons some have yet to learn http://t.co/VJ59Zyjria
— heraldleader (@heraldleader) August 9, 2015
re: #59 LastYearsMan
I predict that, if somehow Trump does get the GOP nomination, 2020 will see a porn actor/actress make a serious push for the presidency.
Either that or Hillary will release a sex tape.
Kim Kardashian could declare as a candidate for either party.
re: #64 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
Schools are starting this week across the country. We start back tomorrow, with students coming in today to get lockers, schedules, ect
W.T.H.? Already??
re: #59 LastYearsMan
Either that or Hillary will release a sex tape.
Perhaps if it were 50 years old and on Super 8… Say starting in those pants in that one photograph from a month ago…
//// Ok, that’s perverse even for me.
Donald still butthurt over Megyn Kelly==>
Oh really, check out innocent @megynkelly discussion on @HowardStern show 5 years ago—I am the innocent (pure) one!http://t.co/8Hg7f5Q2jE
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 10, 2015
re: #53 William Lewis
The MAG is a far better weapon than any post WWII machine gun the US came up with. I know you think the M-60 was eventually fixed. Perhaps, but I never carried a pig that was worth the weight and didn’t fall apart quickly… The MAG is a fairly heavy monster and many currently don’t like that but the insane reliability that comes with that weight more than makes up for it in my book. It can talk as long as a properly set up M2 and that’s saying a lot.
Rumor was, back in the early 80’s, that the Soviet PKM which was tested alongside the MAG as a M-73/219 replacement actually won the testing. The Army wasn’t quite willing to go that far afield for a new MG and they “massaged” the numbers till the MAG came out a bit better.
That was probably a good idea as changing the 7.62 Russian Rimmed to 7.62 Nato would have probably resulted in as big a mess as the 8mm Lebel to .30-06 Chauchat or the .30-06 version of the MG-42 that ordinance built without changing the dimensions appropriately.
The PKM is very durable, as are all Mikhail Kalashnikov’s designs, but it is not as accurate as the MAG. Of course, some of that is the optics fitted to the few FN MAGs and their semi-auto clones in civilians hands in the US, which the military started buying for use in Afghanistan and Iraq.
re: #68 The Vicious Babushka
Donald still butthurt over Megyn Kelly==>
An actual tweet by an actual political candidate.
More Trump derp:
TRUMP: I would send troops to crush ISIS and then I would take their oil http://t.co/AREU7lTg97 pic.twitter.com/Ftg4CBn5Iw
— Henry Blodget (@hblodget) August 10, 2015
Send in the troops to fight ISIS and take their oil.
Does he even know where ISIS is fighting?
This is the list of countries where ISIS currently has a presence (and I purposefully chose FoxNews as the source, given his likely reliance on Fox for his news):
While the heart of ISIS beats strongest in Syria and Iraq, terrorist cells tied to the group have popped up in 11 countries including Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Indonesia, Philippines, Jordan, Lebanon, Algeria, Egypt and Yemen, according to U.S. intelligence reports.
Of that list, most are actually US allies - including Pakistan, Philippines, Jordan, and Egypt.
The combined populations of those countries? Nearly 3/4 of a billion people.
Indonesia - 237 million; Pakistan 190 million; Philippines 94 million, Egypt 87 million; Algeria 36 million; Afghanistan 32 million; Iraq 32 million; Yemen 23 million.
You get the idea. This isn’t so much as a plan or even a notion, but a pipedream concocted by a fever dreamed neocon who thinks that if bomb enough countries and take their oil, things will somehow improve.
re: #66 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Yeah, the sound of the alarm this morning was painful. Couple of counties in Eastern KY started last week. Trying to get ahead of any possible bad winter and missed days. Last year we had two different winter storms pass through Lexington that dumped 14 inches, and 18 inches of snow respectively. Places in the mountains and hollers have such a hard time with roads that the amount of school days missed can end up in the 25+ range, in an area that already struggles with educational achievement.
re: #64 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
For some reason, our town’s youngsters go back to school on Wednesday. As always, they’ll spend their first few weeks being re-taught what they forgot over the Summer.
It’s much too early for this here…
“Wow you do a great Mitt Romney”
Stephen Colbert commercial this am.
For fuck’s sake, for the last 6+ years Fox “news” has given Trump a platform to spew his hatred and idiocy and just NOW they are pushing back. Fuck them. You reap what you sow. You built that shit sandwich, Fox. Take a big bite.
Breaking News out of Västerås, Sweden:
Triple Stabbing at Swedish IKEA Store
The three victims were stabbed early on Monday afternoon inside the Västerås branch of the global furniture giant, with police called to the scene at around 1pm.
“We don’t have the complete picture yet, but what we know right now is that none of our staff are among the injured. For now we’re focusing on our staff members and customers and are directing all questions to the police, who are investigating at the scene,” Daniela Rogosic, a press officer for Ikea told The Local shortly after 3pm.
But police confirmed that two people had died in the incident.
“A man and a woman who were wounded with a knife and later died of their injuries. Another person is seriously injured. A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder,” a police spokesperson Victoria Holmgren told the TT news agency.
Department store manager Mattias Johansson told regional Swedish newspaper VLT that the victims were “three seemingly ordinary visitors”.
Hat Tip to thelocal.se
#64 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs:
Here in Texas they don’t start for another two weeks: The vacation industry got the legislature to pass a law preventing schools from starting early because so many of them were starting school by this time.
Here in Wisconsin you have to have a special waiver to start before Labor day. Tourism is the only “industry” Walker hasn’t ratfucked into non-existence.
#71 lawhawk:
And I would like to see him take all of ISIS’s oil. He might as well come take all my oil.
re: #64 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
Don’t expect the party to value you for more than your vote (and your energy). it’s a political party, not a theology. Since FDR the Dems have been a fragile herd of perfectly valid interest groups all tending in the same general direction. The RW bastards know the Dem vulnerabilities and have successfully exploited them several times in a generation. I don’t consider myself married to the Democratic Party—I just vote for them every freakn’ time and increasingly donate and work for them. The party is a corrupt, shaky wall but it is the only thing standing between us and Bull Connor. Don’t break it.
(Went to grad school in Lexington in the early ’70s. It was a pretty cool town smothered in money. Of course all little college towns are Shangri-La.)
re: #68 The Vicious Babushka
Donald still butthurt over Megyn Kelly==>
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That Kelly appeared on Howard Stern’s radio show and talked about sex is irrelevant: Trump ‘suggested’ that Kelly had been hard on him for hormonal reasons, which is demeaning and sexist on its face.
The concept of Mallum In Se is relevant here. What Trump said is wrong in and of itself, and said wrongness is separate from anything Megyn Kelly might do.
re: #72 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
Yeah, the sound of the alarm this morning was painful. Couple of counties in Eastern KY started last week. Trying to get ahead of any possible bad winter and missed days. Last year we had two different winter storms pass through Lexington that dumped 14 inches, and 18 inches of snow respectively. Places in the mountains and hollers have such a hard time with roads that the amount of school days missed can end up in the 25+ range, in an area that already struggles with educational achievement.
This past winter, schools in my area were closed for the entire month of February.
re: #79 William Lewis
Here in Wisconsin you have to have a special waiver to start before Labor day. Tourism is the only “industry” Walker hasn’t ratfucked into non-existence.
You guys still make good cheese.
re: #68 The Vicious Babushka
Oh really, check out innocent @megynkelly discussion on @HowardStern show 5 years ago—I am the innocent (pure) one!t.co
Who has ever stated the megyn kelly is innocent and/or pure? Trump continues to attack her which proves he has a problem with women and can’t handle being asked questions by a female journalist.
So before I go wandering off to my errands, I thought I’d share the level of decoration on my Telecaster…
Fronts side:
And back side:
Later lizards.
Sweet delicious irony.
Breitbart denies taking money from Trump for favorable coverage http://t.co/igveZgxsy8 pic.twitter.com/VzuId9TktI
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) August 10, 2015
A bunch of Breitbrats think that the outlet has taken money from Trump in exchange for more favorable coverage. The powers that be deny any such thing.
Mistakes were made. pic.twitter.com/eUFM4qwWe5
— You had one job (@_youhadonejob) August 10, 2015
re: #87 lawhawk
Sweet delicious irony.
A bunch of Breitbrats think that the outlet has taken money from Trump in exchange for more favorable coverage. The powers that be deny any such thing.
Trump admitted during the GOP debate/clown show that he pays people to get favors and things he wants. Let us hope that includes “journalists” as well as politicians.
re: #89 Dr. Matt
Trump admitted during the GOP debate/clown show that he pays people to get favors and things he wants. Let us hope that includes “journalists” as well as politicians.
Could he buy himself caucus delegates?
re: #75 Dr. Matt
For fuck’s sake, for the last 6+ years Fox “news” has given Trump a platform to spew his hatred and idiocy and just NOW they are pushing back. Fuck them. You reap what you sow. You built that shit sandwich, Fox. Take a big bite.
Fox News has also been the GOP’s media megaphone and one of that party’s most effective agents in keeping its base riled up and distracted with hate, fear and suspicion. Fox News commodified the worst aspects of the American id and, in furtherance of its commercial interest, has done its best to make that id’s most excessive manifestations seem if not normal then at least worth considering.
The lady doth protest too much.
re: #86 William Lewis
So before I go wandering off to my errands, I thought I’d share the level of decoration on my Telecaster…
Fronts side:
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Later lizards.
No Sabocat. Am disappoint.
One year later: #Ferguson is still pumping out arrest warrants http://t.co/luHzRmBA5Y pic.twitter.com/obN0V24uaT
— SPLC (@splcenter) August 8, 2015
re: #93 Backwoods_Sleuth
The spice revenue stream must flow!!
re: #90 The Vicious Babushka
Could he buy himself caucus delegates?
He only has to rent them for a few days and they’re all Republicans.
re: #81 Decatur Deb
Don’t expect the party to value you for more than your vote (and your energy). it’s a political party, not a theology. Since FDR the Dems are a fragile herd of perfectly valid interest groups all tending in the same general direction. The RW bastards know the Dem vulnerabilities and have successfully exploited them several times in a generation. I don’t consider myself married to the Democratic Party—I just vote for them every freakn’ time and increasingly donate and work for them. The party is a corrupt, shaky wall but it is the only thing standing between us and Bull Connor. Don’t break it.
(Went to grad school in Lexington in the early ’70s. It was a pretty cool town smothered in money. Of course all little college towns are Shangri-La.)
So True.
And Lexington is just as beautiful as ever. I don’t know if I could ever leave. Been here all 35 of my years. And in particular, as a Black Man, I don’t know if there could be as good a place to come of age in, regarding dealing with police.
LOL! Rand haz huuuge angry about Trump:
Donald Trump is showing he isn’t suited to lead the country, and I think we all need to discuss why. Read my Op-Ed http://t.co/U76641yida
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) August 10, 2015
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re: #96 The Vicious Babushka
Look at this genocide-promoting racist==>
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re: #99 Dark_Falcon
Hitting the spoiler button didn’t reveal anything.
I’m guessing that Tweet was deleted.
Kentucky’s gubernatorial clown car gets another passenger today.
Independent candidate @drewcurtis plans to file more than 9,000 signatures today to get on the #KyGov ballot. pic.twitter.com/azPEKIrV2t
— Theo Keith (@TheoKeith) August 10, 2015
re: #100 The Vicious Babushka
I’m guessing that Tweet was deleted.
Ah, for a moment there I thought that I was watching the evolution of the Rickroll.
re: #43 William Lewis
I clicked around on that afvnews blog and saw a fascinating entry. I had never heard nor read this before, but Germans felt the T34 was INFERIOR to their own tanks (once upgunned in 1942) The commander and gunner were the same person in the Soviet tanks, and that hindered their performance.
re: #97 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
So True.
And Lexington is just as beautiful as ever. I don’t know if I could ever leave. Been here all 35 of my years. And in particular, as a Black Man, I don’t know if there could be as good a place to come of age in, regarding dealing with police.
I’m sure there were several Lexingtons piled on top of each other. In ours the cops were pretty much tied up with drunken fratboys. My wife was an army brat from Ft. Knox, so she was comfortable there. The place was really beautiful, but ungodly expensive. UK sent me to work for a year in Carter and Greenup counties—really beautiful terrain totally screwed up by humans. Barring a Lotto hit, we’re stuck now in Baja Alabama swamps.
re: #103 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
I clicked around on that afvnews blog and saw a fascinating entry. I had never heard nor read this before, but Germans felt the T34 was INFERIOR to their own tanks (once upgunned in 1942) The commander and gunner were the same person in the Soviet tanks, and that hindered their performance.
William had to head out, and I’m out soon but I’ve got time to field this one. The T-34 was regarded as superior to the Mark III and Mark IV panzers in terms of its mobility and armor protection, and was better than the Mark III for firepower and equal to the Mark IV.
The Germans did see the T-34/76’s turret layout as inferior, since as you noted it forced the tank’s commander to load or fire the gun. This coupled with the Soviet practice of keeping the hatches closed in combat that T-34s tended to just follow their commanders blindly, which the Germans called “chicks following a mother hen”, and such tanks were easy to ambush or hit from the flank.
The T-34/85 of 1944 cured the design problem, with the larger turret needed to mount the 85mm gun having enough space for a dedicated loader.
That’s all the time I’ve got. BBT
re: #101 Backwoods_Sleuth
Kentucky’s gubernatorial clown car gets another passenger today.
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re: #106 Decatur Deb
What does KY ‘Independent’ score as? Libertarian? Ideally Trump doesn’t just go third party himself, but spawns a slew of renegades at all levels of TPGOP structure.
Drew Curtis is a nut. His wife is his running mate.
They describe their political leaning as “Citizen Candidates”.
re: #101 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Saw a supporter of his in an ungodly ugly purple “Support Drew Curtis” shirt yesterday.
re: #109 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
Saw a supporter of his in an ungodly ugly purple “Support Drew Curtis” shirt yesterday.
Is this the Drew Curtis who founded FARK?
re: #48 The Vicious Babushka
There is a movie with Jennifer Aniston (can’t remember the title, it was a comedy about a bounty hunter co-starring that guy from 300) where she goes into a tattoo parlor and asks for exactly that same thing. I wonder if she, or the screen writer saw that bartender’s ink.
Could be; the bartender worked at Danceteria, a club that every New Yorker of the early 80’s went to at least once.
re: #108 Backwoods_Sleuth
Drew Curtis is a nut. His wife is his running mate.
They describe their political leaning as “Citizen Candidates”.
“We are not doctors, we’re Citizen Surgeons, but we’ll still get your spleen out.”
re: #113 Decatur Deb
“We are not doctors, we’re Citizen Surgeons, but we’ll still get your spleen out.”
And then maybe have a go at that big red pumping thing also….
re: #113 Decatur Deb
“We are not doctors, we’re Citizen Surgeons, but we’ll still get your spleen out.”
“We also fix branes!”
re: #98 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL! Rand haz huuuge angry about Trump:
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Someone’s jealous.
re: #116 jamesfirecat
And then maybe have a go at that big red pumping thing also….
The RW neo-Knownothings can only exist in a culture that degrades every form of expertise, from K-12 teacher, to climatologist, to paleontologist, to politician.
We really have a good food pantry up here. As a single guy I still get a half dozen eggs, flat bread, box of couscous, several packages of frozen chicken, tuna, pancake mix and fake syrup, bread, in season veggies, fruit, & potatoes. Families get even more. It’s one thing we do right around here.
re: #52 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
And why didn’t Frank just give the guy his suit?
Because there were $3M of diamonds in the pocket.
What’s disturbing honestly is it doesn’t seem to matter what Trump does- making racist statements about Mexican-Americans, smearing McCain’s military service, and making sexist cracks about women and in particular Megyn Kelly. The GOP base eats it all up. That this guy is the frontrunner in the Republican party frankly says a lot about that party. I’d still be shocked if Trump were the nominee but what Trump is showing is that mindset of the Republican base that has been there for years now. He is the racist email you got from your uncle, he is that asshole internet comment on the Yahoo news page, etc. This is what happens when you let people like Limbaugh rather than actual thinking people dominate the discussion in your party. Good riddance GOP. You built this. Stop pretending to be outraged when Donald says sexist crap when you’re the ones who enabled the guy who made “Feminazi” part of our lexicon.
re: #30 Dr Lizardo
I’ve never really “gotten” tattoos, either, but that’s just me.
Then again, if I were going to do it, it’d be something no one could see when I’m dressed in normal clothes, sort of like the work done on Ralph Fiennes in Red Dragon.
The only tattoo I would consider would be a small one of whatever Chinese ideogram has the meaning of ‘sage’. This would be to signify my single ambition.
Disturb rather the tiger in his lair than the sage amongst his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring but to him they are merely toys of the moment to be overturned with the flicking of a finger. - Anonymous
That is if I could trust anyone to give me the right character. I’d hate to go through life with something that actually read ‘Blowjobs $25’.
re: #123 Romantic Heretic
The only tattoo I would consider would be a small one of whatever Chinese ideogram has the meaning of ‘sage’. This would be to signify my single ambition.
That is if I could trust anyone to give me the right character. I’d hate to go through life with something that actually read ‘Blowjobs $25’.
Could be worse, could say “Blowjobs $5”
I’m a horrible person.
re: #40 The Vicious Babushka
It must not be as painful as it was years ago.
They should try it the traditional Japanese method that the yakuza use; bamboo needles.
I have three tattoos. One based off the Irish Brigade’s emblem from the Civil War, a nautical compass, and one of the ship that my great grandfather came to the US from Germany on. Tats aren’t for everyone and I think many opinions on them are generational. i don’t begrudge someone who doesn’t have a tattoo. I just hope that people are equally fair to me because I have them. I see mine as being stories on me about who I am. The first one is in tribute to my Irish ancestors and all those who fought for the Union during her darkest hour, the compass is a tribute to my love of the sea, and the last one by far the most personal is for the immigrants in my family especially my Dad’s grandfather who came here when he was only five.
I do have certain personal rules about tattoos and my body. One is I won’t ever go with something corporate. As much as I enjoy the sports teams I root for, you won’t ever see me get an Oriole bird or the Steelers logo. Two, I don’t go with anything that may have a white supremacist connotation I actually considered a Celtic cross briefly at one point but decided against for two reasons- One I’m not particularly religious anymore but two and more important is how it’s been adapted by white supremacist fuckwads. Finally I also like to avoid cliches which is why I avoided getting an anchor or a shamrock. I get they’re not for everyone. ,
Strangely, I have a small tattoo I got by accident. Once upon a time I stepped on a pencil (it went through my sneaker and into my foot without breaking!) and to this day I still have a black dot on the sole of my foot.
re: #123 Romantic Heretic
The only tattoo I would consider would be a small one of whatever Chinese ideogram has the meaning of ‘sage’. This would be to signify my single ambition.
That is if I could trust anyone to give me the right character. I’d hate to go through life with something that actually read ‘Blowjobs $25’.
There is a delightful ‘little’ novel based on that premise:
While searching for an image for LGF, I hit a strange tattoo genre—Bernini. The artwork tends to be very high quality.
After repeated protests, Bernie Sanders releases racial justice platform http://t.co/IKgXOFBBaB pic.twitter.com/6eUPt7Gm9K
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) August 10, 2015
Forgive me for not succumbing to the vapors over Trump’s slapfight with Megyn Kelly. With all of the hateful, racist, misogynist crap that comes out of rightwing mouths and is either laughed at or encouraged by their minions, I’m not going to lose a lot of sleep over this one.
Apparently, some of them have chosen this hill on which to plant their flag. Take Lindsey Graham (PLEASE, take him far away from me!)
Graham said Trump’s personal attacks on Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly after she questioned him in Thursday night’s primary debate were “an affront to all women” and undermine the Republican Party’s urgent mission to appeal to more women voters.
“I think we’ve crossed that Rubicon, where his behavior becomes about us, not just him,” Graham said.
…”He’s a bully,” Graham said. “He intimidates people by calling them bad names. Like every other bully, he’ll meet his fate only when good people say, ‘Enough.’ Donald Trump, enough already. Take your ball and go home.”
Trump is an asshole, no question. But this sudden hysteria on the part of Republicans, who have championed Rush Limbaugh’s ugly rhetoric for years, along with that of many, many other assholes, is absurd.
WaPo pushing a narrative that tries to show how Trump is out of alignment with the rest of the candidates, just because the other candidates have distanced themselves from him after he made comments over the weekend:
How far the GOP candidates have distanced themselves from Donald Trump, visualized http://t.co/LLus7ZcN3R
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 10, 2015
Let’s just ignore that the GOP candidates have pushed misogynistic, racist, and anti-worker provisions. Let’s further ignore that they’ve all raced to be out front on demanding PP be defunded over bogus agitprop videos that show no wrongdoing by PP, let alone illegality by PP.
Also, the GOP has continued to demand the repeal of the ACA without replacing it with anything else - and whatever “plans” the GOP claims to have hatched as a replacement will never see light of day because they can’t even get enough support to make it out of committee controlled by … wait for it .. the GOP. It’s vaporware and malware. That’s the GOP alternative to the ACA.
Meanwhile, the ACA continues bringing down uninsured rates - and @Charles_Gaba has been unpacking the statistics and noise diving into insurance rate hikes (actual instead of proposed), and insured rates. For instance:
#ACASignups @GallupNews: Rhode Island uninsured rate now beats Massachusetts to an amazingly low 2.7% http://t.co/YwPivJYQEL #ACA #Obamacare
— Charles Gaba (@charles_gaba) August 10, 2015
re: #103 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
I clicked around on that afvnews blog and saw a fascinating entry. I had never heard nor read this before, but Germans felt the T34 was INFERIOR to their own tanks (once upgunned in 1942) The commander and gunner were the same person in the Soviet tanks, and that hindered their performance.
That was the biggest drawback of the T34. Commander and gunner should be separate jobs.
The 75mm guns they put on the Panzer IV and the long 50mm on the Panzer IIIs were much better guns. With their superior ergonomics (5 man crew) along with better communications (intercoms plus a radio with an operator in every tank) meant the German tanks were much better.
Their armour left a lot to be desired though.
ETA: As D_F noted the German tanks were less mobile as well. At least until the PzV (Panther) came out, although that had its own problems.
Welcome to Monday
Rifle-wielding suspect opens fire on Philadelphia street; 1 killed, 2 injured http://t.co/HLz1MQLZww @NBCPhiladelphia pic.twitter.com/0EIYKiMCFe
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) August 10, 2015
re: #135 Romantic Heretic
That was the biggest drawback of the T34. Commander and gunner should be separate jobs.
The 75mm guns they put on the Panzer IV and the long 50mm on the Panzer IIIs were much better guns. With their superior ergonomics (5 man crew) along with better communications (intercoms plus a radio with an operator in every tank) meant the German tanks were much better.
Their armour left a lot to be desired though.
The Russians used sloped armor on the T-34 well before the Germans started seriously doing the same thing with their own tanks.
heh
Fox panics over Target's non-gender specific toy labeling: 'I know it's going to confuse me' http://t.co/8P1OMhk92U pic.twitter.com/zOBUsbRm3o
— Eric W. Dolan (@EWDolan) August 10, 2015
Any other paid subscribers getting a “Content Sponsored by Revlon” pop up ad here today?
Ready! Fire! Aim!
Breitbart Staffers Accuse Site of Taking Cash for Positive Trump Coverage http://t.co/7Pi9r5szRU pic.twitter.com/6JV6VmMAxR
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) August 10, 2015
re: #133 BeachDem
Wasn’t Graham defending Trump immediately after the debate?
re: #133 BeachDem
Forgive me for not succumbing to the vapors over Trump’s slapfight with Megyn Kelly. With all of the hateful, racist, misogynist crap that comes out of rightwing mouths and is either laughed at or encouraged by their minions, I’m not going to lose a lot of sleep over this one.
Apparently, some of them have chosen this hill on which to plant their flag. Take Lindsey Graham (PLEASE, take him far away from me!)
Graham said Trump’s personal attacks on Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly after she questioned him in Thursday night’s primary debate were “an affront to all women” and undermine the Republican Party’s urgent mission to appeal to more women voters.
“I think we’ve crossed that Rubicon, where his behavior becomes about us, not just him,” Graham said.
…”He’s a bully,” Graham said. “He intimidates people by calling them bad names. Like every other bully, he’ll meet his fate only when good people say, ‘Enough.’ Donald Trump, enough already. Take your ball and go home.”
Trump is an asshole, no question. But this sudden hysteria on the part of Republicans, who have championed Rush Limbaugh’s ugly rhetoric for years, along with that of many, many other assholes, is absurd.
I think it’s for that reason why I have a problem with so called moderates like Graham more so than guys like Trump. Trump of course is an asshole buy he’s really speaking the same language and rhetoric that Limbaugh has used on the airwaves for years about women, liberals, and minorities. If the GOP really were actually sincere about having a problem with racism and sexism, they would have never let Rush gain the amount of influence he has in GOP/conservative circles but they have and the reason is simple, they knew that there was a large subset of the population whose bigotries they could exploit for votes and they didn’t care. But they didn’t count on the country A) growing more culturally diverse in the 21st century and B) that the country has grown more socially liberal too. Now, a decade after George W. Bush won re-election exploiting fear of gay marriage, we live in a country where gay marriage is legal from Alabama to Wyoming and the country by and large accepts the SCOTUS decision affirming that and the GOP still panders to a base afraid of that. I really think this goes back to Nixon and Reagan capitalizing on people’s fear of minorities in the 60’s.
Ugh.
12 people killed by American Police this weekend. More than most nations in all of 2015. Up to an astounding 714 for the year for us.
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) August 10, 2015
re: #139 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh
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Only if you’re stupid. I’d say pretty much any toy can be enjoyed by a boy or girl. My niece will play with a ball but she also has a toy dog which would be more popular with girls. The primitives on Fox are just obsessed with labels for boys and girls. Sure there may be a toy that more girls more prefer or more boys might but I see no reason why a boy can’t enjoy an easy bake oven (hey we love baked goods too) and a girl can’t enjoy say playing with Army men. Fox’s model is so cynical.
re: #145 bratwurst
Ugh.
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12 this weekend people and I think that a smaller amount have been killed in the UK in the past decade. That’s a problem and that’s exactly why the BLM folks exist.
Thanks to Cliven Bundy, every time I see “BLM” I think Bureau of Land Management.
re: #140 bratwurst
Any other paid subscribers getting a “Content Sponsored by Revlon” pop up ad here today?
Nope.
An interesting project would be to take all of the statements Trump has made and pair them with similar statements from Congresspeople, pundits, and FOX news people.
re: #86 William Lewis
So before I go wandering off to my errands, I thought I’d share the level of decoration on my Telecaster…
Fronts side:
And back side:
Later lizards.
Nothing on the SG?
re: #149 Timothy Watson
Thanks to Cliven Bundy, every time I see “BLM” I think Bureau of Land Management.
Me too actually. I kept on seeing BLM and I kept on thinking Bureau of Land Management.
Roger Ailes just called. He is a great guy & assures me that “Trump” will be treated fairly on @FoxNews. His word is always good!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 10, 2015
I don’t believe Breitbart took money from Trump because I read it on Breitbart.
re: #142 Timothy Watson
Wasn’t Graham defending Trump immediately after the debate?
Not sure. I try to avoid most of what Lindsey has to say.
re: #151 Belafon
An interesting project would be to take all of the statements Trump has made and pair them with similar statements from Congresspeople, pundits, and FOX news people.
Certainly.
re: #68 The Vicious Babushka
@realDonaldTrump @megynkelly @HowardStern jealous that you're not having sex and she is?
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) August 10, 2015
re: #154 The Vicious Babushka
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I believe it. Ailes knows the market for bitter old assholes since he worked for the bitterest old asshole of them all in Tricky Dick.
re: #154 The Vicious Babushka
Note that Donald Trump often talks about “Trump” the brand. I think he confuses himself and his brand sometimes.
re: #151 Belafon
An interesting project would be to take all of the statements Trump has made and pair them with similar statements from Congresspeople, pundits, and FOX news people.
I’ve actually been working on something similar—give me an hour or so (anything to avoid doing actual work!)
Donald Trump acts less presidential than a B rate celebrity does in a B rate disaster movie.
re: #160 darthstar
Note that Donald Trump often talks about “Trump” the brand. I think he confuses himself and his brand sometimes.
Trump IS his brand.
re: #163 The Vicious Babushka
Made in China!
re: #129 Decatur Deb
There is a delightful ‘little’ novel based on that premise:
My tattoos are all done in invisible ink.
I set up my web browser to automatically change “political correctness” to “treating people with respect” pic.twitter.com/yvNnqUWpNm
— Byron Clark (@byronclarknz) August 4, 2015
That does seem to put the issue in stark relief.
re: #166 lawhawk
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That does seem to put the issue in stark relief.
Conservatives love to bitch about “political correctness” until someone calls Ronald Reagan a senile old puppet or makes a crack about Christianity. The right loves to claim that they’re against political correctness but that’s a load of horse shit.
re: #124 jamesfirecat
Could be worse, could say “Blowjobs $5”
I’m a horrible person.
Warning, catholic joke punchline.
Priest to Mother Superior: Sister, what’s a blowjob?
MS: $5 here, same as downtown.
re: #162 HappyWarrior
Donald Trump acts less presidential than a B rate celebrity does in a B rate disaster movie.
This is actually more presidential than Donald Trump.
re: #139 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh
I couldn’t find the graphic, but there’s a flowchart to answer “How to Tell if a Toy is for Boys or Girls” —
Is this toy operated with your genitals?
If yes, this toy is not for children.
If no, this toy is for both boys and girls.
re: #169 Dr Lizardo
This is actually more presidential than Donald Trump.
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Hahaha that’s exactly the kind of movie I was thinking about albeit one with a much lower budget than ID4 did.
re: #154 The Vicious Babushka
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So, Donald©, you’re not only a bloviating asshole but you’re a gullible bloviating asshole.
People like you and Roger divide people into two categories; minions and enemies. Neither of you are minions to the other.
re: #167 HappyWarrior
Conservatives love to bitch about “political correctness” until someone calls Ronald Reagan a senile old puppet or makes a crack about Christianity. The right loves to claim that they’re against political correctness but that’s a load of horse shit.
As I’ve noted before most of those complaining about ‘political correctness’ are really complaining it’s not their type of political correctness.
lol
Congrats to The Daily Caller, this is great news for them. pic.twitter.com/bS9icZM1gc
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 10, 2015
re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth
lol
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Why do all these guys look like every arrogant prick I’ve ever known in school?
re: #173 Romantic Heretic
As I’ve noted before most of those complaining about ‘political correctness’ are really complaining it’s not their type of political correctness.
And you’d be 100% right there. A lot of what they claim is “PC” isn’t even PC at all just mere human decency.
re: #180 Decatur Deb
Damn. CCJ missed another gig.
“My name is CCJ and I’d like to welcome you to Chik a Fila.”
This is my good side. #MewseumMonday pic.twitter.com/QPUquM6a6x
— William the Cat (@WilliamtheCat2) August 10, 2015
re: #181 HappyWarrior
“My name is CCJ and I’d like to welcome you to Chik a Fila.”
“Welcome to Costco, I hate you.”
LOL
@viciousbabushka its funny you call him a dumbass. Government taxes us all into a corner and you call Rand the dumbass. You must be a troll.
— Mootski (@Mootskicat) August 10, 2015
Someone was thinking again.
re: #154 The Vicious Babushka
Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump
Roger Ailes just called. He is a great guy & assures me that “Trump” will be treated fairly on @FoxNews. His word is always good!
11:35 AM - 10 Aug 2015
Is Ailes a little worried his news channel is going to lose some viewership or is he living in a TRUMP® building and is afraid of getting kicked out?
Last week everyone seemed to think Ailes and FOX would do everything they could to dump The TRUMP® in the debate and get him lowered in polls to get him out of the race. Looks like that blew up in Ailes face and he fears the TRUMP®.
This is getting stranger by the day…
#morningjoe Here's some truth! pic.twitter.com/3qgURMmmP7
— philip harris (@pharris830) August 10, 2015
re: #190 The Vicious Babushka
its funny you call him a dumbass. Government taxes us all into a corner and you call Rand the dumbass. You must be a troll.
Nobody taxes baby into a corner!!!!!1
I wonder how many current Reagan-worshipers know that their idol supported the 1994 assault weapons ban?
re: #167 HappyWarrior
Conservatives love to bitch about “political correctness” until someone calls Ronald Reagan a senile old puppet or makes a crack about Christianity. The right loves to claim that they’re against political correctness but that’s a load of horse shit.
Hey, we will be the arbiters of what is and what is not political correctness, you politically correct libtard!
Drawings Depict a Former Chinese Prisoner’s Alleged Torture by Police
The hand-drawn images are bizarre and disturbing. One shows a man locked in a cage while a police officer pours boiling water on his head. Another shows him suspended from the ceiling by handcuffs as an officer jabs his side with an electric baton.
They are amateurishly drawn, with faces showing strangely neutral expressions amid scenes of severe cruelty. Yet they have captured public attention in China for their surprisingly candid depiction of abuse by the police.
Rush Limbaugh offers advice: 'Mr. Trump, get back to the issues. That's why you're where you are.'
— Byron York (@ByronYork) August 10, 2015
LMAO. That’s a howler alright.
Stick to the issues. Empty platitudes that don’t consist of a single policy. Except for hating on minorities, women, and wanting to get rid of the ACA - just like the rest of the GOP.
Some policy.
re: #194 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Nobody taxes baby into a corner!!!!!1
I remember that movie, Dirty Deprecation .
re: #76 Teukka
Monitoring the story at the moment. Nothing new other than that the perp was arrested trying to use a transit bus as an escape vehicle.
Rightwingers in the country are already speculating on the perp and what might’ve happened, and it ain’t pretty (I don’t think I even can repeat the slurs here).
Reminder:
Erickson says all candidates told him it was worth a govt shutdown to defund Planned Parenthood except Huckabee who wd use debt ceiling
— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) August 8, 2015
15 year old #AndreGreen killed by police in Indianapolis last night. 4th teenager killed by police this past week. pic.twitter.com/elLyiBWMzo
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) August 10, 2015
NC Open Carry Wingnut Kills His Own Kids
NBCNews: Drunk N.C. dad kills sons, 3 and 4, before attempting suicide, police say http://t.co/msTjFIfBkq
— NBC fan (@NbcWashFan) August 9, 2015
NC Open Carry Supporter Fatally Shoots 3 And 4-year-old Sons http://t.co/vExSgy7ByV #GunSense pic.twitter.com/3zkE0xyM7p
— Jade Helm Commander (@Anomaly100) August 10, 2015
re: #198 lawhawk
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LMAO. That’s a howler alright.
Stick to the issues. Empty platitudes that don’t consist of a single policy. Except for hating on minorities, women, and wanting to get rid of the ACA - just like the rest of the GOP.
Some policy.
You mean to say that “I’ll return America to greatness,” isn’t a policy? Or was that a fallacy? Mendacity?
Yeah Bibi. That’s some “crackdown”.
There have been no arrests yet in direct connection with the attack.
re: #195 Shiplord Kirel
I wonder how many current Reagan-worshipers know that their idol supported the 1994 assault weapons ban?
The AWB is pretty much a dead issue these days. The RWNJs would react exactly as they would if you ordered ammosexuals to report to a Planned Parenthood/FEMA clinic for mandatory castration.
re: #201 lawhawk
Erickson says all candidates told him it was worth a govt shutdown to
defund Planned Parenthood[insert wingnut policy goal here] except Huckabee who wduse debt ceiling[insert other wingnut policy goal here]
re: #206 Shiplord Kirel
The AWB is pretty much a dead issue these days. The RWNJs would react exactly as they would if you ordered ammosexuals to report to a Planned Parenthood/FEMA clinic for mandatory castration.
Wish that fucker a couple comments up that killed his kids would have been castrated long ago, that fucking piece of shit.
re: #208 Eventual Carrion
Wish that fucker a couple comments up that killed his kids would have been castrated long ago, that fucking piece of shit.
The second link shows his Facebook page, full of gun-fucking memes.
@Mootskicat Rand could ask founder of the company I work for, I think he'd say we DO work for poor people, our customers @viciousbabushka
— jay (@random__name) August 10, 2015
re: #203 The Vicious Babushka
NC Open Carry Wingnut Kills His Own Kids
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But it’s too “soon” to talk about gun control. Gah. I know it’s not a winning or even popular around here issue but I’m going to strongly support the first person that runs for president that actually has the honesty to talk about guns and what they actually are.
re: #203 The Vicious Babushka
NC Open Carry Wingnut Kills His Own Kids
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People will scream about how many Blacks were killed in Chicago this weekend. I wonder how many family members were killed by good guys with guns over the same weekend. We had 8 in Texas, these two little boys and I bet if you could get national figures some gun nuts would be amazed the numbers might be more than they would think and be just as outrageous as a Chicago weekend.
But for sure, it is way too early to talk about guns. And that’s because it’s way too late to change idiot thinking when it is supported by big bucks.
re: #210 Jayleia
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And yet taxes are at a historical low here. Those who bitch about taxes really have no fucking idea how low they actually are in this country. These greedy assholes want to live in a modern society but they bitch about having to pay for it. Modernity just didn’t come like that.
It is now official:
http://t.co/bkarjO9FG5 founder Drew Curtis files to run for Kentucky governor as an independent http://t.co/cyCk0wkJL7
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) August 10, 2015
Speaking at a news conference in front of the Capitol, Drew Curtis said he and his wife are citizen candidates, not politicians.
Curtis said he did not know from which political party he would draw more votes, but predicted that he will win the race and not be a spoiler. He was a Democrat before changing to an independent last year.
Curtis said Conway is beholden to special interests funding his campaign and Bevin can’t remember his policy positions after he says them.
As governor, Curtis said, he would consult with his friends in Silicon Valley and try to use his digital entrepreneurship background to bring broadband Internet access to all parts of Kentucky.
snip
On issues, Curtis said he believes the state has enough money to continue funding an expanded Medicaid program in 2017, but he was not sure about 2020.
He said he would sign into law a measure allowing the use of recreational marijuana in the state if the legislature approved it.
He also said county clerks should “do their job” and issue marriage licenses to all qualifying couples
Curtis said he voted for Democrat Barack Obama for president in 2008 but had forgotten his presidential preference in 2012.
Of this year’s down-ticket candidates for other state constitutional offices, he said he liked lieutenant governor candidate Hampton, saying they had talked about popular fictional characters “Batman” and “The Walking Dead.”
Curtis declined to be pegged as a liberal or conservative, calling himself “an ultra-pragmatist.”
ok……
So why do I keep getting Revlon popup ads even though I’m logged in and have paid to not see any ads?
re: #214 Backwoods_Sleuth
It is now official:
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ok……
Forgot his presidential preference? Gosh BWS, what is it with Kentucky politicians and not saying who they voted for. First Grimes and now this guy heh.
re: #212 ObserverArt
The all-life-is-sacred crowd has never once picketed a gun shop.
re: #215 Skip Intro
So why do I keep getting Revlon popup ads even though I’m logged in and have paid to not see any ads?
Don’t know.
I’ve got a paid subscription, but I also have AdBlock
re: #213 HappyWarrior
And yet taxes are at a historical low here. Those who bitch about taxes really have no fucking idea how low they actually are in this country. These greedy assholes want to live in a modern society but they bitch about having to pay for it. Modernity just didn’t come like that.
Whatever the tax rate is it’s confirmed fact Obama made it higher than ever before to fund all the welfares and food stamps and Obama’s vacation trips!!!!11
re: #203 The Vicious Babushka
His firearm was uninjured. /
re: #219 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Whatever the tax rate is it’s confirmed fact Obama made it higher than ever before to fund all the welfares and food stamps and Obama’s vacation trips!!!!11
Ha of course, these are the same people who believe the ridiculous bit about Obama having a ridiculously high amount of executive orders and his predecessors having an equally ridiculously low amount.
re: #134 lawhawk
I have to say that I despise the term “The Donald”. What kind of crap is that supposed to mean?
His name is Trump. Is “The Donald” some sort of honorary term for a disgusting POS who should instead always be called a disgusting POS?
re: #220 lawhawk
His firearm was uninjured. /
Dana Loesch is praying for the firearm’s full recovery.
re: #140 bratwurst
Any other paid subscribers getting a “Content Sponsored by Revlon” pop up ad here today?
Yes, and it’s becoming really annoying.
re: #222 Skip Intro
I have to say that I despise the term “The Donald”. What kind of crap is that supposed to mean?
His name is Trump. Is “The Donald” some sort of honorary term for a disgusting POS who should instead always be called a disgusting POS?
Indeed. I’ve always found him obnoxious and frankly pathetic since I was a kid.
re: #217 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Ted Cruz can screech about how he’s all pro life and that all lives shouldn’t be cut short, except for that bit where he supports the death penalty.
.@tedcruz says he's for protecting lives til natural death. However he supports death penalty http://t.co/tEcmVt0v3g https://t.co/vByMv2stUT
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 10, 2015
re: #226 lawhawk
Ted Cruz can screech about how he’s all pro life and that all lives shouldn’t be cut short, except for that bit where he supports the death penalty.
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To be fair to Cruz, that’s pretty much every prominent anti-abortion Republican. Not saying you’re wrong though to call out Ted since Texas GOPers tend to be particularly assholish about the DP.
re: #222 Skip Intro
I have to say that I despise the term “The Donald”. What kind of crap is that supposed to mean?
His name is Trump. Is “The Donald” some sort of honorary term for a disgusting POS who should instead always be called a disgusting POS?
It’s like “The Donster” or “The Donmeister” or “El Donarino” if you’re not into that whole brevity thing.
re: #215 Skip Intro
So why do I keep getting Revlon popup ads even though I’m logged in and have paid to not see any ads?
Because your hair smells marvelous.
re: #159 HappyWarrior
I believe it. Ailes knows the market for bitter old assholes since he worked for the bitterest old asshole of them all in Tricky Dick.
Ailes’ record: Worked for Nixon, invented Rush Limbaugh, invented the first openly partisan “news” network.
What I want on a discussion from guns from a politician. A) A tact acknowledgment that the sole purpose of a gun is to end another life whether that’s a human being or wild game. B) Acknowledging that compared with the UK, Canada, and many of our other Western allies, we have an extremely high rate of gun related deaths both accidental and on purpose. C) That guns shouldn’t be political props. D) That the NRA and GOA should go pound sand and are filled with racist twits. You do that and you’ll get my attention candidates. Oh and E) points out that likening gun control to the Holocaust and Nazism is offensive as fuck and degrading the memory of those killed by the Nazis and their allies.
re: #230 Skip Intro
Ailes’ record: Worked for Nixon, invented Rush Limbaugh, invented the first openly partisan “news” network.
Oh? I didn’t know he was responsible for Rush. Why doesn’t that surprise me in the slightest?
And another.
Did Charles sell the site to Revlon, since the popup claims to be the sponsor of content here?
re: #233 HappyWarrior
Oh? I didn’t know he was responsible for Rush. Why doesn’t that surprise me in the slightest?
He took Limbaugh national, so he also gets credit for inventing RW hate radio.
I’m getting nothing, running chrome with the AdBlock extension.
re: #236 Skip Intro
He took Limbaugh national, so he also gets credit for inventing RW hate radio.
Ah okay. I did not know that. Yet another reason why Ailes is a hate merchant.
re: #237 Jayleia
I’m getting them every time a new comment posts, using Firefox.
re: #218 Backwoods_Sleuth
Don’t know.
I’ve got a paid subscription, but I also have AdBlock
I have paid & are getting it too. 1st world prob.
Wingnuts are now spamming soft-porno pictures of Megyn Kelly because something something TRUMP WAS RITE!!!!1!!!!!
Not getting it here fortunately. The little good things in life.
re: #241 The Vicious Babushka
Wingnuts are now spamming soft-porno pictures of Megyn Kelly because something something TRUMP WAS RITE!!!!1!!!!!
Onward wingnut soldiers. Man these fuckers are fucked up. I think Kelly’s a pathetic hack but the comments Trump made about her were not only unpresidential but they were cowardly and sexist as fuck.
re: #241 The Vicious Babushka
Wingnuts are now spamming soft-porno pictures of Megyn Kelly…
And if that doesn’t make her recant then she gets The Comfy Chair.
re: #203 The Vicious Babushka
NC Open Carry Wingnut Kills His Own Kids
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At least his 2nd Amendment rights weren’t violated. That’s the only thing that matters here.
Sweet jeebus - this is a scary video out of Taiwan:
!! RT @BuzzFeedNews: Dashcam records terrifying video of Typhoon Soudelor tornado in Taiwan http://t.co/zIZsjEUlM9 pic.twitter.com/gBl8dFnYNd
— Michael Rusch (@weeddude) August 10, 2015
I’m on day 4 of trip. It’s just survival mode at this point. What a time in portland. Gotta go pay the bill. Bbl
re: #247 Skip Intro
At least his 2nd Amendment rights weren’t violated. That’s the only thing that matters here.
That sadly is what Wayne LaPierre will probably say or is no doubt thinking.
re: #247 Skip Intro
At least his 2nd Amendment rights weren’t violated. That’s the only thing that matters here.
Right on schedule I got a hate-tweet from a gun-fucker calling me a “Bloomberg gun-snatching troll”
I mean, because who else would be horrified that a gun-fucker shot his own kids in a drunken rage?
I won’t embed that here because I blocked its ass.
After two weeks of waiting patiently, it is finally here!
Donald Trump is buying positive coverage from http://t.co/2gVwQEKi08 — and editorial staffers are outraged http://t.co/PSdkcpQp2g
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 10, 2015
re: #239 Skip Intro
I’m getting them every time a new comment posts, using Firefox.
Well something has definitely changed. I wasn’t getting them. For S&G I reloaded the page and got the ad. Also a paid subscriber.
Grigory Trumpsputin, Poisoned, Stabbed 13 Times, Still Very Not Dead
re: #242 HappyWarrior
Not getting it here fortunately. The little good things in life.
Don’t reload the page then. I wasn’t getting them until I did.
re: #254 Bubblehead II
Well something has definitely changed. I wasn’t getting them. For S&G I reloaded the page and got the ad. Also a paid subscriber.
AND USING ADBLOCK
Uh oh…I think we know who is going to be bumped from the main stage next month to make room for Carly Fiorina:
We'll have our new Iowa poll out in the next hour or so- Trump still leads, Fiorina in double digits, very bad news for Rand Paul
— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) August 10, 2015
re: #255 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
At his point, I’m worried his running for office is part of his plan to awaken the Ogdru Jahad.
re: #258 bratwurst
Uh oh…I think we know who is going to be bumped from the main stage next month to make room for Carly Fiorina:
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Kasich?
megyn kelly
“if you cant stand the heat, get out of the kitchen”
re: #260 The Vicious Babushka
Kasich?
He did stick out like a sore thumb on that stage the other night, but despite Rush Limbaugh trying to tear him down I’d wager he gets to stay around.
re: #261 Bubblehead II
Nope.
I reloaded the page to see what would happen. A Revlon box opened but Adblock shut it down before it could display content.
I get the revlon ad every time I refresh the page (which I have to do since were still stuck on IE9 here at work).
I never buy Revlon products. Now I have an even better reason to not buy them.
re: #264 The Vicious Babushka
I reloaded the page to see what would happen. A Revlon box opened but Adblock shut it down before it could display content.
I have disabled Adblock here because it occasionally messes with Storified tweets (nothing would be displayed).
I am seeing the Revlon ad too.
Well, I’m going to run Malwarebytes to see if I’ve “caught’ something.
BBL.
But Steve would have a shit fit if a Buddhist person said “Christianity sucks”
I'm 'onna flat-out say it. Buddhism sucks.
— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) August 10, 2015
re: #254 Bubblehead II
Well something has definitely changed. I wasn’t getting them. For S&G I reloaded the page and got the ad. Also a paid subscriber.
I just checked through our code carefully and if you’re subscribed there’s absolutely none of our advertising code loading anywhere. I don’t know where that Revlon popup is coming from, but it doesn’t seem to be originating at LGF. I have to suspect some kind of adware in your browsers; is anyone seeing this popup who isn’t using Firefox?
Be interesting to see what Charles finds out. Someone has figured out a way to inject this ad were it shouldn’t be.
re: #271 Charles Johnson
Chrome.
re: #270 The Vicious Babushka
The man is deep.
re: #271 Charles Johnson
I just checked through our code carefully and if you’re subscribed there’s absolutely none of our advertising code loading anywhere. I don’t know where that Revlon popup is coming from, but it doesn’t seem to be originating at LGF. I have to suspect some kind of adware in your browsers; is anyone seeing this popup who isn’t using Firefox?
YES…Chrome on a Mac here.
re: #271 Charles Johnson
I just checked through our code carefully and if you’re subscribed there’s absolutely none of our advertising code loading anywhere. I don’t know where that Revlon popup is coming from, but it doesn’t seem to be originating at LGF. I have to suspect some kind of adware in your browsers; is anyone seeing this popup who isn’t using Firefox?
Chrome here. I have a subscription AND Adblock. The Revlon box grays out the screen, opens a box before Adblock shuts it down in about 2 seconds.
re: #271 Charles Johnson
I just checked through our code carefully and if you’re subscribed there’s absolutely none of our advertising code loading anywhere. I don’t know where that Revlon popup is coming from, but it doesn’t seem to be originating at LGF. I have to suspect some kind of adware in your browsers; is anyone seeing this popup who isn’t using Firefox?
Interesting. Let me try IE 10 and see if pops up there as well.
re: #271 Charles Johnson
I just checked through our code carefully and if you’re subscribed there’s absolutely none of our advertising code loading anywhere. I don’t know where that Revlon popup is coming from, but it doesn’t seem to be originating at LGF. I have to suspect some kind of adware in your browsers; is anyone seeing this popup who isn’t using Firefox?
I saw it as well - Firefox on a Win 10 PC here. Running AdBlock as well. (Although LGF is whitelisted)
Ah, OK. I found a bug in another section of the code that was causing this. Fixed now.
re: #270 The Vicious Babushka
But Steve would have a shit fit if a Buddhist person said “Christianity sucks”
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And how much does this tool actually know about Buddhism?
re: #259 Kragar
At his point, I’m worried his running for office is part of his plan to awaken the Ogdru Jahad.
It’s either that, or Trump has used his wealth to discover the location of R’lyeh, and this is all part of the plan to awaken Great Cthulhu from his slumber.
Iä! Iä!
I had a single = where I should have had a double ==.
re: #280 HappyWarrior
About as much as he knows about comedy.
re: #282 Charles Johnson
I had a single = where I should have had a double ==.
an entomological classic
re: #280 HappyWarrior
And how much does this tool actually know about Buddhism?
Probably even less than he thinks he knows about Islam.
re: #258 bratwurst
Uh oh…I think we know who is going to be bumped from the main stage next month to make room for Carly Fiorina:
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Rand Paul thought he could succeed where his father could not by being more of a politician. I bet he ends up doing worse than Dad did. Rand thinks pandering is a way of leadership. He doesn’t know that the way to GOP voters hearts is to be a bigoted ass clown who thinks that because they’ve run a business they can lead a nation.
re: #285 The Vicious Babushka
Probably even less than he thinks he knows about Islam.
Buddhism is the one with the elephant right.//
re: #280 HappyWarrior
And how much does this tool actually know about Buddhism?
im sure he thinks buddhism is just some religion where god is a fat guy
This ought to be good.
You guys, I promise to watch John Oliver with the kid, and to live-tweet our watching, once I take a nap. Love, Alice— Alice Dreger (@AliceDreger) August 10, 2015
Women are live-tweeting their periods at Donald Trump http://t.co/4173yYUNE7 pic.twitter.com/btsUqaw67B
— The Independent (@Independent) August 10, 2015
re: #271 Charles Johnson
Seamonkey with adblockers here (sorry Charles). The Revlon ad wouldn’t let me log in. Forgot to check if it was AdsbyLou. I’ve had issues with that company doing full screen ads on two sites I pay bills on that are supposed to be secure and still had the secure sign in the bottom corner. (Back to lurking)
re: #289 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
im sure he thinks buddhism is just some religion where god is a fat guy
Yeah I think that’s the extent of what most of these types see about Buddhism. Buddha isn’t the fat guy despite popular conception.
re: #280 HappyWarrior
And how much does this tool actually know about Buddhism?
It’s not Christianity. That’s enough for him.
re: #294 Blind Frog Belly White
It’s not Christianity. That’s enough for him.
Yeah that’s what I figured. If it’s not Christianity or his idea of Judaism, it’s bad.
re: #293 HappyWarrior
Yeah I think that’s the extent of what most of these types see about Buddhism. Buddha isn’t the fat guy despite popular conception.
Everything I know about Buddhism I learned from Steely Dan, like never play ‘Boddhisatva’ on the car stereo when traversing an area with speed traps.
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Some family friends are Buddhist, and the wife invited Mrs. FBW to a chanting session. They were chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo, and Mrs. FBW reports that after a while, what she started hearing was “I-am-now-holding-a-gun, I-am-now-holding-a-gun, I-am-now-holding-a-gun”.
Here’s the Iowa PPP Poll results if anyone’s interested. (I got these from NeoGAF so no direct cite yet but I trust them to be accurate)
New PPP Iowa Poll
Trump - 19
Walker - 12
Carson - 12
Bush - 11
Fiorina - 10
Cruz - 9
Huckabee - 6
Rubio - 6
Kasich - 3
Paul - 3
Jindal - 2
Perry - 2
Santorum - 2
Christie - 1
Gilmore - <1
Graham - <1
Pataki - 0
re: #298 Poligeek
Iowa- Trump 19, Carson/Walker 12, Bush 11, Fiorina 10, Cruz 9, Huckabee/Rubio 6, Kasich/Paul 3: http://t.co/Gl788D0zyE
— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) August 10, 2015
re: #298 Poligeek
So Carly’s in and Christie’s out?
re: #298 Poligeek
Here’s the Iowa PPP Poll results if anyone’s interested. (I got these from NeoGAF so no direct cite yet but I trust them to be accurate)
New PPP Iowa Poll
Trump - 19
Walker - 12
Carson - 12
Bush - 11
Fiorina - 10
Cruz - 9
Huckabee - 6
Rubio - 6
Kasich - 3
Paul - 3Jindal - 2
Perry - 2
Santorum - 2
Christie - 1
Gilmore - <1
Graham - <1
Pataki - 0
Ouch…for Rand Paul.
Here’s a link to their full Poll article / Breakdown if anyone wants it - Link
re: #298 Poligeek
Here’s the Iowa PPP Poll results if anyone’s interested. (I got these from NeoGAF so no direct cite yet but I trust them to be accurate)
New PPP Iowa Poll
Trump - 19
Walker - 12
Carson - 12
Bush - 11
Fiorina - 10
Cruz - 9
Huckabee - 6
Rubio - 6
Kasich - 3
Paul - 3Jindal - 2
Perry - 2
Santorum - 2
Christie - 1
Gilmore - <1
Graham - <1
Pataki - 0
3 of the 5 candidates over 10% have no elected experience. And man Rand Paul is slipping big time.
re: #282 Charles Johnson
I had a single where I should have had a double .
There are days like that.
Kind of explains Rand’s idiotic Trump hatefest at IJReview.
re: #296 Blind Frog Belly White
Everything I know about Buddhism I learned from Steely Dan, like never play ‘Boddhisatva’ on the car stereo when traversing an area with speed traps.
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Some family friends are Buddhist, and the wife invited Mrs. FBW to a chanting session. They were chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo, and Mrs. FBW reports that after a while, what she started hearing was “I-am-now-holding-a-gun, I-am-now-holding-a-gun, I-am-now-holding-a-gun”.
For me it was helpful to learn about Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism in 9th grade. It was part of our world history course. Not sure if they still do it but it was helpful for me since I learned that Nirvana was more than just the band of the 90’s.
I still can’t believe a segment of the GOP base believes that Trump i) is a legitimate candidate, ii) “tells it like it is”, and iii) will actually be president.
re: #303 HappyWarrior
3 of the 5 candidates over 10% have no elected experience. And man Rand Paul is slipping big time.
Does anyone know if Paul managed to bamboozle the Kentucy state lege into passing the law that would have allowed him to run for president and keep his Senate seat?
re: #308 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Does anyone know if Paul managed to bamboozle the Kentucy state lege into passing the law that would have allowed him to run for president and keep his Senate seat?
not yet
I am honestly not surprised Rand is slipping. He tries to be all things to all people. He’ll try to sound socially libertarian when pandering to younger voters but he’ll also try to sound socially right wing. He does the same thing with foreign policy.
heh
Rand Paul campaign email yesterday: “There's no doubt my performance Thursday night served as a massive momentum boost to my campaign.”
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 10, 2015
re: #305 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s what I was thinking. And Graham had a case of the vapors over Trump as well, probably figuring that at this point, it couldn’t hurt.
re: #303 HappyWarrior
3 of the 5 candidates over 10% have no elected experience. And man Rand Paul is slipping big time.
Fiorina is actually playing that up - “The Political Class has failed you”. So we should let a failed CEO have a chance?
re: #308 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Does anyone know if Paul managed to bamboozle the Kentucy state lege into passing the law that would have allowed him to run for president and keep his Senate seat?
No idea. If I were the DSCC, I’d target him hard. I’m sure they are already ahead of schedule though.
re: #306 HappyWarrior
it was helpful for me since I learned that Nirvana was more than just the band of the 90’s.
Dude, everybody knows Nirvana was a Manhattan rock club in the 80s!
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re: #311 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh
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Sure if you meant negative momentum, Randal with one l.
re: #307 Dr. Matt
27%…there’s always going to be that 27%
re: #311 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh
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A little more of that momentum, and he’ll go right over the cliff.
re: #314 makeitstop
Dude, everybody knows Nirvana was a Manhattan rock club in the 80s!
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Heh truth be told. I actually have two bands called Nirvana in my ITunes. The other is a UK band from the 60’s that I got on some 60’s British Rock compilation I have.
re: #308 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Does anyone know if Paul managed to bamboozle the Kentucy state lege into passing the law that would have allowed him to run for president and keep his Senate seat?
oh, and it will take more than the leg passing a law.
It would require an amendment to Kentucky’s Constitution.
OTOH, he may have been able to browbeat the state’s GOP into changing the presidential nomination process from voting booth to a caucus.
re: #303 HappyWarrior
3 of the 5 candidates over 10% have no elected experience.
Many conservatives consider that a positive attribute. Hiring a president with zero elected experience is like hiring a CEO will zero business experience. I don’t *want* a President that needs OJT.
re: #311 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh
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re: #316 Jayleia
27%…there’s always going to be that 27%
I always wonder how many of this 27% I actually know. I suspect that a father of a friend of my brother’s fits into it but I’ve never met the man and only am suspecting based off what my brother says and another friend of his who like my brother and I is definitely liberal.
re: #303 HappyWarrior
3 of the 5 candidates over 10% have no elected experience. And man Rand Paul is slipping big time.
Interesting thing - there are virtually no undecideds. Those numbers add up to >98%
re: #320 Dr. Matt
Many conservatives consider that a positive attribute. Hiring a president with zero elected experience is like hiring a CEO will zero business experience. I don’t have a President that needs OJT.
Oh I know that. Just observing. It’s definitely a virtue to them.
re: #323 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
Interesting thing - there are virtually no undecideds. Those numbers add up to 98%
A lot can change between now and January but if I’m the establishment and seeing those numbers, I’m definitely worried.
Ready. Fire. Aim!
Jaw Dropping Nonsense - Erick Erickson: “Jeb Bush is The Most Conservative Republican Governor”… http://t.co/tXiNAiK1jo via @thelastrefuge2
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) August 10, 2015
re: #320 Dr. Matt
Many conservatives consider that a positive attribute. Hiring a president with zero elected experience is like hiring a CEO will zero business experience. I don’t have a President that needs OJT.
My Wingnut cousin is a big fan of Fiorina and Carson. So far, he doesn’t seem to like Trump, though since he’s a fan of Breitbart and such, it’s hard to see why not.
re: #320 Dr. Matt
Many conservatives consider that a positive attribute. Hiring a president with zero elected experience is like hiring a CEO will zero business experience. I don’t have a President that needs OJT.
Yet they still bitch about Obama being a ‘community organizer’ and having to ‘learn on the job.’
A little consistency would be nice, but I guess that ain’t happening any time soon.
re: #310 HappyWarrior
Paul may have actually polled better had he not strayed so far from the libertarian line. He’s taken so many far right positions that the only thing authentically libertarian about him is his first name.
re: #324 HappyWarrior
Oh I know that. Just observing. It’s definitely a virtue to them.
It’s great point/observation….and scary.
re: #320 Dr. Matt
We had that already in 2001. Although he didn’t get training, he just did what he was told to do, and his handlers probably made him think they were his own ideas!
re: #321 Decatur Deb
“Rotor separation added a massive boost to the helicopter’s momentum.”
They will pick up speed after throwing a blade. It’s okay as long as you’re not picky about altitude.
re: #328 makeitstop
Yet they still bitch about Obama being a ‘community organizer’ and having to ‘learn on the job.’
A little consistency would be nice, but I guess that ain’t happening any time soon.
HURR HURR OBAMA NEVER EVEN HAD A LEMONADE STAND!!!! HE HAS NO EXPERIENCES TO BE POTUS!!!!!!
re: #321 Decatur Deb
“Rotor separation added a massive boost to the helicopter’s momentum.”
A Night In Sickbay was the most watched Episode of Star Trek Enterprise!
Kudzu, you can’t kill it
New @MorningConsult poll has Trump surging post-debate. http://t.co/fBE2bPQNq0 pic.twitter.com/AxGeODVdeH
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) August 10, 2015
re: #307 Dr. Matt
I still can’t believe a segment of the GOP base believes that Trump i) is a legitimate candidate, ii) “tells it like it is”, and iii) will actually be president.
He is their fantasy of what a “real man” should be; white male privilege personified. And if Trump’s ego demands he run as an independent, millions of them will vote for him in the Fall.
re: #332 Higgs Boson’s Mate
They will pick up speed after throwing a blade. It’s okay as long as you’re not picky about altitude.
There’s a single component that keeps the rotor on some masts. It’s called the “Jesus nut”.
re: #328 makeitstop
Yet they still bitch about Obama being a ‘community organizer’ and having to ‘learn on the job.’
A little consistency would be nice, but I guess that ain’t happening any time soon.
At least Candidate Obama was a state senator and US senator.
re: #325 HappyWarrior
A lot can change between now and January but if I’m the establishment and seeing those numbers, I’m definitely worried.
Big difference between 2012 and today is that there really isn’t an ‘inevitable’ candidate, like Romney was. Oh, I know the GOP primary electorate toyed with the idea of a different crazy nutbag every month, and Newt Gingrich twice, Romney was always second. They’d keep coming back to him.
Jeb!? If he was supposed to be the ‘annointed successor’, he’s sure failing to gain any support.
re: #328 makeitstop
Yet they still bitch about Obama being a ‘community organizer’ and having to ‘learn on the job.’
A little consistency would be nice, but I guess that ain’t happening any time soon.
Jesus was a community organizer.
re: #339 Dr. Matt
At least Candidate Obama was a state senator and US senator.
But Sarah Palin was more qualified, they told us.
re: #341 aagcobb
Does it involve cannibalism?//
“Hannibal Lector,
“Wearing a face that he keeps in a jar by the door…”
(to the tune of Eleanor Rigby)
re: #303 HappyWarrior
3 of the 5 candidates over 10% have no elected experience. And man Rand Paul is slipping big time.
No experience (or only a couple/few years worth of elected office) only makes a candidate unqualified if they are Dem, all others (ok, only Repubs) it is perfectly ok.
re: #330 Dr. Matt
It’s great point/observation….and scary.
Very much so. If this is how Trump deals with journalists that don’t kiss his ass, how the hell is he going to deal with a tough foreign leader? Of course, his fuck you attitude too is a virtue. I remember one of my problems with McCain as a candidate was that he had a known bad temper. Now a lot of presidents have had tempers. Most famously Truman but they could control it. Trump is a loose cannon and sadly that’s a positive selling point for him to GOP voters.
re: #347 Dr. Matt
And Jesus built my hotrod
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Thought he just did the tuck-and-roll.
re: #346 Eventual Carrion
No experience (or only a couple/few years worth of elected office) only makes a candidate unqualified if they are Dem, all others (ok, only Repubs) it is perfectly ok.
When all else fails, harp on about “executive” experience, I remember Carly trying to claim that Palin’s 1 1/2 years as governor of Alaska made her more qualified than Biden even though Biden had been in the Senate 35 years in 2008.
re: #263 bratwurst
He did stick out like a sore thumb on that stage the other night, but despite Rush Limbaugh trying to tear him down I’d wager he gets to stay around.
So, what Rush Lardbaugh say about Kasich?
Let me guess…his medicaid expansion and softening view on same sex marriage…so he is not conservative Republican wingnutty enough.
re: #152 Eventual Carrion
Nothing on the SG?
Not yet. Who knows eventually but the Tele was always rather destined for this because of Joe Strummer ;D
re: #340 Blind Frog Belly White
Big difference between 2012 and today is that there really isn’t an ‘inevitable’ candidate, like Romney was. Oh, I know the GOP primary electorate toyed with the idea of a different crazy nutbag every month, and Newt Gingrich twice, Romney was always second. They’d keep coming back to him.
Jeb!? If he was supposed to be the ‘annointed successor’, he’s sure failing to gain any support.
Right. Bush is sort of next in line but unlike Romney or McCain before, he has never run for President before. Romney and McCain’s past runs for president defintiely gave them a leg up over their competitors and the ability to do the next in line thing. Jeb frankly would probably be doing even worse if he didn’t have his father’s name and connections. .
re: #351 ObserverArt
So, what Rush Lardbaugh say about Kasich?
Let me guess…his medicaid expansion and softening view on same sex marriage…so he is not conservative Republican wingnutty enough.
Rush always has that one Republican that he hates. Your lucky governor is that Republican. If I were Kasich, I’d wear it as a badge of honor that a pig like Rush hates me but unfortunately knowing how politicians are granted I don’t know Kasich like you do, I’d expect him to pander to try to curry favor with the dittohead crowd.
I went to the bernie event last night in portland. It was yooooooge. It is so great to see soooooo many people involved & excited. Black lives matter were out front & were powerful. At one point people were telling their own bullshit police story.
So glad I went.
re: #326 lawhawk
Ready. Fire. Aim!
I should have been better prepared for this hot wingnut on wingnut action.
Do we know which campaign Erick son of Erick is latching onto?
They like to say being a Senator is just voting on shit which is stupid. In the Senate, you have to pass legislation and work with people. I understand why people prefer governors but legislative experience has some virtues that executive experience does not. My ideal candidate in 2008 was someone like Bill Richardson who had executive, legislative, and even diplomatic experience. Now the other side of the battle is you have to be charismatic and likable and Bill wasn’t that.
re: #356 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
I should have been better prepared for this hot wingnut on wingnut action.
Do we know which campaign Erick son of Erick is latching onto?
he’s killed his wingnut cred now so he’ll have to go establishment
re: #358 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
he’s killed his wingnut cred now so he’ll have to go establishment
He’s always been an establishment lackey which is why he’s spitting on Trump and lauding Bush.
re: #328 makeitstop
Yet they still bitch about Obama being a ‘community organizer’ and having to ‘learn on the job.’
A little consistency would be nice, but I guess that ain’t happening any time soon.
Having some types of business experience might help a president. Neither Trump nor Fiorina has the kind of experience I was thinking of.
re: #358 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
he’s killed his wingnut cred now so he’ll have to go establishment
I’m guessing Cruz
No, I have not endorsed Jeb Bush. http://t.co/2004ZSyDon
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) August 10, 2015
re: #361 The Vicious Babushka
I’m guessing Cruz
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I dunno. I see him more as a Rubio or Jindal guy for some reason. Dunno why. Cruz does though fit with his zealot like mindset on religion though.
re: #360 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Having some types of business experience might help a president. Neither Trump nor Fiorina has the kind of experience I was thinking of.
It’s sort of like Romney’s business experience. Someone like Steve Jobs had business experience I’d want in a leader since Apple and Jobs were and are innovators. Mitt’s business at Bain was mostly focused on helping other businesses cut expenditures (read people and wages.). And then you have Donald who has had to declare for bankruptcy several times and Carly who by all accounts did a terrible job running HP.
Now that said I want my president to have some form of elected experience. I think we only elected two people ever who were never elected to any office- Grant and Eisenhower. And they had been key generals during two of the most important wars this nation ever fought. Not including Washington since I think he technically did have some elected experience but if he did not, I’d qualify him in with the same qualifier for Grant and Ike. Our other general-presidents like Harrison and Jackson had prior elected experience. I think Jackson had even been Senator from Tennessee. I know he and Harrison were at least House members.
re: #307 Dr. Matt
I still can’t believe a segment of the GOP base believes that Trump i) is a legitimate candidate, ii) “tells it like it is”, and iii) will actually be president.
It’s ironic that they’re babbling about Trump “telling it like it is” since that’s Gov. Bridgegate’s campaign slogan. That’s got to piss Christie off.
re: #361 The Vicious Babushka
…the most conservative Governor in the country when he was there.
The most conservative Governor in the country 2020:
Are you going to pick me to run your law firm even though I’ve never been a practicing lawyer? The chief of surgery even though I’ve never gotten my license to practice medicine? You need someone with elected experience so you have someone who understands how government works. Running a country is different from running a business.I wouldn’t want some politician who has never been in business to run a company just like that and I think it’s reasonable of me to expect the same of a businessman turned politician.
Breitbart Staffers Believe Trump Has Given Money To Site For Favorable Coverage
Love to see this proven out. LOL.
So, here’s a look at the first Korean trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
It’s mostly 95% footage from what we’ve seen - except for the first couple of seconds, which looks quite interesting.
Here’s an article from io9: io9.com
One thing I’ve noted - this film has Lawrence Kasdan credited as screenplay writer, along with J.J. Abrams. Of course, Kasdan co-wrote the screenplay for The Empire Strikes Back along with the late Leigh Brackett so that’s a positive sign.
HURR HURR FOX WAS OUT TO GET TRUMP!!!!1!!!!
SHAMELESS=> FOX News Debate Anchors Actively Planned Zingers - Prepared to Escort Trump From Stage https://t.co/daEH5TFrvd @gatewaypundit
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) August 10, 2015
re: #362 HappyWarrior
I dunno. I see him more as a Rubio or Jindal guy for some reason. Dunno why. Cruz does though fit with his zealot like mindset on religion though.
Thought he was more of a Walker guy, but his quip about Bush being the most severely conservative gop gov would sort of put the kebosh to any Walker hookup.
re: #370 The Vicious Babushka
HURR HURR FOX WAS OUT TO GET TRUMP!!!!1!!!!
This would have been fine for a Democrat Party debate, though……
re: #370 The Vicious Babushka
HURR HURR FOX WAS OUT TO GET TRUMP!!!!1!!!!
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I love it when they snip at each other. Fun times in Cleveland next summer I am expecting. Maybe mirror mirror on the wall will tell them that none of them are the most conservative of them all.
re: #367 HappyWarrior
Experience helps all right. I for one am surprised to see seventeen wealthy and well-known Americans trying their best to give our nation a lube job.
re: #370 The Vicious Babushka
HURR HURR FOX WAS OUT TO GET TRUMP!!!!1!!!!
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Hopefully just the kind of disrespect necessary to induce Trump into making a third party run.
re: #371 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Thought he was more of a Walker guy, but his quip about Bush being the most severely conservative gop gov would sort of put the kebosh to any Walker hookup.
I think he’s saying that Jeb was the most conservative governor during his time as governor of Florida. I don’t know a lot about other Republican governors of that era but Jeb did oppose same sex couples being to adopt and he did do that Terry Schiavo thing. I don’t see Walker as being Erick’s guy though. I think Walker is more the Wall Street Koch candidate. Erick in my observations seems to be more a cultural warrior than a coddle the very wealthy type. I mean he believes in that too don’t get me wrong but he seems to like cultural warriors.
re: #374 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Experience helps all right. I for one am surprised to see seventeen wealthy and well-known Americans trying their best to give our nation a lube job.
For some dumb reason in politics, we love the plucky outsider who hates the government and doesn’t trust it yet wants to be a part of it. I’ve never gotten that subset of populism and it frankly is why I don’t trust populism as an ideology.
re: #365 Lidane
It’s ironic that they’re babbling about Trump “telling it like it is” since that’s Gov. Bridgegate’s campaign slogan. That’s got to piss Christie off.
Amazing how far Christie has fallen. Even here at LGF with the recent polling everyone is talking about Rand falling back and not much mention of Christie.
It’s bad when even the haters can’t be bothered to hate on you.
/ Chris who?
re: #376 Timothy Watson
?
Irvin Kershner directed The Empire Strikes Back.
Oops. You’re right. Got Kasdan mixed up with Kershner.
It’s funny because it’s true
Jeb Bush always looks like someone just asked him to name his favorite Lil Wayne song pic.twitter.com/y4Cm3j4CeJ
— Brian Gaar (@briangaar) August 9, 2015
I wish they would have (tried to) escort him off the stage and he broke free and did martial arts moves and kicked heads and broke bones!
Then with his asshole mouth all bloody from eating the still beating hearts of Fox News security, he shouts YOU WANNA PIECE OF ME, MEXICO? COME AT ME PUTIN!!!!!!
I don’t see any way that The Donald doesn’t damage the GOP. With that my advice is to grab more popcorn and …
re: #370 The Vicious Babushka
HURR HURR FOX WAS OUT TO GET TRUMP!!!!1!!!!
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There may be some truth to that.
re: #326 lawhawk
Ready. Fire. Aim!
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all the republics have had to choose sides now
re: #379 ObserverArt
Amazing how far Christie has fallen. Even here at LGF with the recent polling everyone is talking about Rand falling back and not much mention of Christie.
It’s bad when even the haters can’t be bothered to hate on you.
/ Chris who?
I’m honestly not surprised at all about how hard Christie has fallen. I really think Bridgegate or not or the embrace of Obama after Sandy, he wasn’t a strong candidate. This may sound weird but I always thought he was too “urban” for GOP national politics. Successful GOP candidates usually have a suburban or rural vibe to them. Christie is a loud mouth from Jersey. Again I know it sounds silly but that was always my perception about why Christie would flop in a GOP primary. I know other things happened to diminish his star but I really never thought his star was particularly that shiny.
March organizer said they're going to demand US Attorney Richard Callahan disband #Ferguson police department pic.twitter.com/mkpTpLcndw
— Lisa Brown (@LisaBrownSTL) August 10, 2015
Proclamation and demands the clergy will give to US atty Rich Callahan. pic.twitter.com/3rh7Jlh88r
— Rachel Lippmann (@rlippmann) August 10, 2015
The officers at the DOJ have threatened to use chemical agents on protestors and it appears they have called STL Metro Officers.
— deray mckesson (@deray) August 10, 2015
re: #374 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Experience helps all right. I for one am surprised to see seventeen wealthy and well-known Americans trying their best to give our nation a lube job.
I don’t particularly care how much political experience they have. I care that they have a firm grasp of the issues, especially in foreign policy.
We can probably make it through just about any economic policy, albeit painful, it can be reversed.
Wars…not so much.
Tyrone Harris, shot by police last night in Ferguson, just charged with series of crimes including 4 X 1st degree assault on law enforcement
— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) August 10, 2015
— deray mckesson (@deray) August 10, 2015
Netta arrested…
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