Minutes before the election was scheduled to start, Rep. Kevin McCarthy has dropped out of the election for Speaker of the House.
Fire up those popcorn poppers, folks. It’s a clown show and it’s just beginning.
Exclusive photo from House Republican emergency meeting! pic.twitter.com/R4UgCevvdC
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2015
Fire up those popcorn poppers, folks. It’s a clown show and it’s just beginning.
So how long for the Benghazi committee blames Hillary for this?
It’s gotta be because he opened his yap on Clinton and Benghazi. Damage control.
re: #3 Mike Lamb
Which leaves Scalise as the frontrunner?
I don’t know if Skkkalise has declared himself as a candidate.
And of course, Chuck C. Johnson claims credit, as always. He’s a master manipulator. pic.twitter.com/H6dIn2KlSJ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2015
Now it looks like the vote itself has been postponed.
Could a member of the Batshit Insane Caucus whip up enough votes to win?
I really dread finding out who’s going to get the speakership, but I gotta admit this is pretty entertaining.
re: #7 Charles Johnson
No it wasn’t those crazy fucks in the House GOP that have been doing crazy shit for years. Nope, it was some dumbass ginger blogger out of California barely anyone gives a shit about anymore.
Sure, makes PERFECT sense.
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re: #7 Charles Johnson
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The fact that he blabbed about the GOP’s strategy to bring down the Dem frontrunner. Han nothing to do with it. Be careful with what you wish for Chucky Boy because eventually you’re gong to step in your own shit.
Jason Chaffetz says he’s still running for speaker and is presenting himself as a consensus choice.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 8, 2015
One lying scumbag is pretty much the same as any other.
This is why, for the longest time, Boehner has managed to remain Speaker, because the confederacy of dunces assembled against him have no leader. McCarthy ran as the heir apparent and, as many suspected, was too damaged by being associated with Boehner to ever be taken seriously by the wingnut caucus as a suitable replacement. So now the horsetrading begins, as they try to find somebody crazy enough to take the job but sane enough not to want it.
re: #8 makeitstop
Could a member of the Batshit Insane Caucus whip up enough votes to win?
If no one can get enough votes who becomes speaker?
re: #7 Charles Johnson
It was his threat to release the infidelity story that got McCarthy so distracted he accidentally told the truth about the Benghazi Committee.
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re: #14 Eclectic Cyborg
If no one can get enough votes who becomes speaker?
If they can’t find somebody who can win the election, then Boehner remains Speaker.
re: #14 Eclectic Cyborg
If no one can get enough votes who becomes speaker?
It will go to the person who gets the most votes so hypothetically we could if the House R’s are that fragmented be looking at Speaker Pelosi 2.0 in January in which case I will be in an asylum having laughed or consecutive days. Oh yeah and for the mean time, Boehner I think would remain Speaker. Sorry.
If E. Erickson’s right & rumors of a Renee Ellmers affair drove Kevin McCarthy out of the Speaker race, then Charles Johnson gets the credit
— John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) October 8, 2015
re: #16 Blind Frog Belly White
It was his threat to release the infidelity story that got McCarthy so distracted he accidentally told the truth about the Benghazi Committee.
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Of course!
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2015
I’m trying to think of the proper movie analogy for what’s about to come down in the House:
A) The riot at the end of “Animal House” or
B) The scene where all the inmates are released from Arkham in Batman Begins.
re: #7 Charles Johnson
Master something, but manipulator isn’t my first word choice.
And I really doubt it has anything to do with claims of marital infidelity, as if that’s stopped some of the Congress critters from staying around.
Much more likely, is that someone told him that his comments about the Benghazi committee sunk his chances since it gave up the game that the GOP had been trying to play going into 2016 - do the absolute minimum legislatively, and look like they’re busy with hearing after hearing involving Hillary.
re: #14 Eclectic Cyborg
If no one can get enough votes who becomes speaker?
That’s a damn good question, EC. You got me.
But I figure one of these knuckleheads is going to get it done.
They vote again on Speaker in January don’t they?
Freepers are having a field day. Multiple threads about this, so have some choice derp from both of them:
Looks like the hated Chuck C. Johnson was correct, yet again.
—Something potent in those Green Footballs…
—Boener remains. And now we see the Trojan horse effort to maintain Boner as Speaker.
—Our gun rights are under assault more than ever, from a President with a proven record of unconstitutional decrees.
I nominate Ted Nugent.
—NOW are you beginning to understand how Obama has been riding roughshod over the GOP leadership?
Given how the Obamunists have weaponized government, it would be no big stretch to think they have been using the FBI files and NSA surveillance against them.
—Time for a Godly man like Daniel Webster to be leader of the House.
—The guy is not a fighter. I did not like how he responded to his mistake. He should have come out fighting like a Trump would have. But he wilted.
—Is this good or bad news? Good that McCarthy didn’t have enough votes, but hearing rumors that Boehner will stay in until he forces them to raise debt ceiling.
re: #7 Charles Johnson
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Heh, there it is.
I mentioned Chucky did it in the last thread.
If Jason Chaffetz has been insufferable…watch him now. He just spoke and said he was stunned…but he was smiling. He will be campaigning like a mad man to get the Speakers post.
Yuck!
re: #22 Mike Lamb
I’m trying to think of the proper movie analogy for what’s about to come down in the House:
A) The riot at the end of “Animal House” or
B) The scene where all the inmates are released from Arkham in Batman Begins.
The pie fight at the end of “Blazing Saddles”
re: #26 Lidane
Freepers are having a field day. Multiple threads about this, so have some choice derp from both of them:
Seriously, they think this is part of some shadowy effort to keep Boehner as Speaker?
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I read this about a hour before the story broke. Very relevant I think if you want to understand the internal GOP Civil War.
re: #26 Lidane
Freepers are having a field day. Multiple threads about this, so have some choice derp from both of them:
Ted Nugent lol. Well if that happened, CCJ would have a rival for smelliest name in politics.
Wonder how many members of the Freedom Caucus are finding out what the top of Jason Chaffetz’ head looks like.
I gotta stop working while on LGF, I keep missing the new threads.
EXCLUSIVE live video from INSIDE the House Republican conference meeting! pic.twitter.com/ChfOInZ54J
— Jeffrey Young (@JeffYoung) October 8, 2015
re: #18 HappyWarrior
It will go to the person who gets the most votes so hypothetically we could if the House R’s are that fragmented be looking at Speaker Pelosi 2.0 in January in which case I will be in an asylum having laughed or consecutive days.
Doesn’t it have to be a majority of the votes, i.e. 218? Regardless of party?
Admittedly, seeing Nancy Smash back in the Speaker’s chair would be a rare treat indeed, given the House Republicans’ unfortunately huge majority - and the fact that they tend to view Democrats more-or-less like medievals dealt with lepers - that’s a vanishingly unlikely prospect*.
*For which mis-forecast I will be only TOO happy to apologize for!
re: #31 HappyWarrior
rollingstone.com
I read this about a hour before the story broke. Very relevant I think if you want to understand the internal GOP Civil War.
Just because they are educated doesn’t make them sane.
THIS BULLSHIT AGAIN==>
Ben Carson on CNN: If Germans had guns, Hitler’s chances of successful genocide “would have been greatly diminished.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 8, 2015
re: #32 HappyWarrior
Ted Nugent lol. Well if that happened, CCJ would have a rival for smelliest name in politics.
The funniest part is that they give CCJ credit for taking down McCarthy but think he runs this site.
re: #38 The Vicious Babushka
Someone let Ben know that the Germans DID have guns. @ddale8
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 8, 2015
re: #38 The Vicious Babushka
THIS BULLSHIT AGAIN==>
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Uh they did have guns. That’s how the genocide fucking happened you imbecile who gets all his information about the Nazis from historical illiterates. A bunch of regular people with guns weren’t going to stop the Nazis. If the Polish, French, etc militaries couldn’t stop them. German gun laws have nothing to do with the fact that the Jewish community in Poland was decimated. Carson should shut the fuck up about things he obviously has no idea what he’s talking about.
re: #22 Mike Lamb
I’m trying to think of the proper movie analogy for what’s about to come down in the House:
A) The riot at the end of “Animal House” or
B) The scene where all the inmates are released from Arkham in Batman Begins.
Got you covered:
Wait. Wut?
Ben Carson on CNN: If Germans had guns, Hitler’s chances of successful genocide “would have been greatly diminished.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 8, 2015
If that’s an accurate quote then I think Carson just showed how completely ignorant he is outside of his medical specialty.
As a reminder, Germany murdered more than 6 million Jews, most of whom lived in countries like Belgium, Netherlands, France, Poland and Russia, which were defended by entire armies with guns, planes, tanks, and yet folded ahead of the Nazi advances.
Out of the 6 million, only about 135k were Germans. The balance were in countries that Germany invaded with its military.
re: #40 Lidane
The funniest part is that they give CCJ credit for taking down McCarthy but think he runs this site.
Yeah that was hilarous.
re: #36 Jay C
Doesn’t it have to be a majority of the votes, i.e. 218? Regardless of party?
Admittedly, seeing Nancy Smash back in the Speaker’s chair would be a rare treat indeed, given the House Republicans’ unfortunately huge majority - and the fact that they tend to view Democrats more-or-less like medievals dealt with lepers - that’s a vanishingly unlikely prospect*.For which mis-forecast I will be only TOO happy to apologize for!
There’s no written rule. The House has adopted the practice of requiring an absolute majority of all Representatives to elect a Speaker.
I think they should elect David Brat Speaker. He’s the guy who beat Cantor, after all. Isn’t that a mandate?
re: #41 Kragar
.@Kragar_LGF @ddale8 @RealBenCarson probably thinks the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor too. His knowledge of history completely garbled.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) October 8, 2015
re: #44 lawhawk
Wait. Wut?
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If that’s an accurate quote then I think Carson just showed how completely ignorant he is outside of his medical specialty.
As a reminder, Germany murdered more than 6 million Jews, most of whom lived in countries like Belgium, Netherlands, France, Poland and Russia, which were defended by entire armies with guns, planes, tanks, and yet folded ahead of the Nazi advances.
Out of the 6 million, only about 135k were Germans. The balance were in countries that Germany invaded with its military.
Exactly and frankly any occupying military power is not going to allow the civiilans in those countries to have guns. It just astounds me how painfully ignorant this man is about the Nazis and how he’s using it to put down common sense gun laws.
re: #47 Barefoot Grin
I think they should elect David Brat Speaker. He’s the guy who beat Cantor, after all. Isn’t that a mandate?
He has the name for it.
re: #44 lawhawk
Wait. Wut?
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If that’s an accurate quote then I think Carson just showed how completely ignorant he is outside of his medical specialty.
As a reminder, Germany murdered more than 6 million Jews, most of whom lived in countries like Belgium, Netherlands, France, Poland and Russia, which were defended by entire armies with guns, planes, tanks, and yet folded ahead of the Nazi advances.
Out of the 6 million, only about 135k were Germans. The balance were in countries that Germany invaded with its military.
And does he seriously believe that those Germans Jews were going to rise up against Hitler, a guy who’d rode to power on a wave of resentment for those he’d claimed “stabbed Germany in the back”?
re: #38 The Vicious Babushka
THIS BULLSHIT AGAIN==>
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Because the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising really managed to stop the Holocaust or the deportation of the Jews from Warsaw or Poland.
re: #30 Targetpractice
Seriously, they think this is part of some shadowy effort to keep Boehner as Speaker?
Boehner would gladly sacrifice his entire liquor cabinet and spray tan supply if he could get the hell out of Dodge tomorrow and these brainiacs think he wants to stay.
El Oh El.
re: #52 Targetpractice
And does he seriously believe that those Germans Jews were going to rise up against Hitler, a guy who’d rode to power on a wave of resentment for those he’d claimed “stabbed Germany in the back”?
Footage of armed Jews would have been a propaganda galore for Goebels. And Ben of course ignores that the Nazis had a lot of people in Europe sympathetic to their aims. Footage of armed Jews would have made that even worse. This is a man who has no grasp whatsoever of what Nazism actually was and frankly that’s okay but he’s running for president comparing sensible policy to the Nazis which is NOT okay.
Exclusive photo from House Republican emergency meeting! pic.twitter.com/R4UgCevvdC
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2015
re: #52 Targetpractice
And does he seriously believe that those Germans Jews were going to rise up against Hitler, a guy who’d rode to power on a wave of resentment for those he’d claimed “stabbed Germany in the back”?
I don’t Tweet this meme too often, every time I do I get batshit gunfuckers all up in my timeline.
re: #37 Mike Lamb
Just because they are educated doesn’t make them sane.
I put them in the ‘evil’ category. It is their intention to burn America to the ground and then rebuild it to their standards.
re: #54 Lidane
Boehner would gladly sacrifice his entire liquor cabinet and spray tan supply if he cold get the hell out of Dodge tomorrow and these brainiacs think he wants to stay.
El Oh El.
I’m sure it makes total sense in their syphilitic brains, that he faked wanting to leave the Speakership so he could get out from under the threats to remove him as Speaker, thus allowing him to bypass a government shutdown to help Planned Parenthood.
re: #57 The Vicious Babushka
I don’t Tweet this meme too often, every time I do I get batshit gunfuckers all up in my timeline.
Precisely.
re: #49 lawhawk
“The Germans bombed Pearl Harbor,” is doubly hilarious because everybody knows that Hollywood liberals staged the whole thing to keep Roosevelt in office so he could grab the guns of the Japanese, Germans, and Italians.
en.wikipedia.org
Look at the casualty figures on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and tell me that “guns” would have prevented the Holocaust.
re: #63 Barefoot Grin
I know him. The name really fits.
Oh you do? I just know of him obviously but the guy just sounds like a real nutjob with a twisted philosophy.
re: #64 HappyWarrior
en.wikipedia.org
Look at the casualty figures on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and tell me that “guns” would have prevented the Holocaust.
Don’t bring a gun to a tank fight.
re: #49 lawhawk
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Not to mention the fact that one thing Weimar-Republic-era Germans feared and hated as much as Communism was the notion of armed gangs of civilians (especially the “wrong kind” of civilians) running around disturbing public order. How does Ben Carson think the Nazis got their original support, anyway?
Just goes to show that Dr, Carson’s knowledge of history is about as solid as his grasp of economics.
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re: #26 Lidane
Looks like the hated Chuck C. Johnson was correct, yet again.
—Something potent in those Green Footballs…
LOLwhut?
re: #65 HappyWarrior
Oh you do? I just know of him obviously but the guy just sounds like a real nutjob with a twisted philosophy.
He’s one of those complicated Christian-economists who taught the Bible of Ayn Rand, thinks humanities professors are flimflam artists. I was in the Richmond area for awhile and had cause to know him then.
Always lovely to hear from you, John! @johnhawkinsrwn
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2015
re: #67 Jay C
Not to mention the fact that one thing Weimar-Republic-era Germans feared and hated as much as Communism was the notion of armed gangs of civilians (especially the “wrong kind” of civilians) running around disturbing public order. How does Ben Carson think the Nazis got their original support, anyway?
Just goes to show that Dr, Carson’s knowledge of history is about as solid as his grasp of economics.
The Weimar gun control laws were passed in part to prevent the nazis from running around killing random people.
As soon as they came into power, they adjusted the gun laws to give guns to themselves but nobody else.
The Nazis made it much easier for Germans to own guns https://t.co/oUz02nYOHv @darkenyght1701 @iboudreau
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 8, 2015
The 1938 German Weapons Act, the precursor of the current weapons law, superseded the 1928 law. As under the 1928 law, citizens were required to have a permit to carry a firearm and a separate permit to acquire a firearm. But under the new law:
Gun restriction laws applied only to handguns, not to long guns or ammunition. The 1938 revisions completely deregulated the acquisition and transfer of rifles and shotguns, as was the possession of ammunition.”[5]
The legal age at which guns could be purchased was lowered from 20 to 18.[6]
Permits were valid for three years, rather than one year.[6]
The groups of people who were exempt from the acquisition permit requirement expanded. Holders of annual hunting permits, government workers, and NSDAP members were no longer subject to gun ownership restrictions. Prior to the 1938 law, only officials of the central government, the states, and employees of the German Reichsbahn Railways were exempted.[5]
Manufacture of arms and ammunition continued to require a permit, with the revision that such permits would no longer be issued to Jews or any company part-owned by Jews. Jews were consequently forbidden from the manufacturing or dealing of firearms and ammunition.[5]Under both the 1928 and 1938 acts, gun manufacturers and dealers were required to maintain records with information about who purchased guns and the guns’ serial numbers. These records were to be delivered to a police authority for inspection at the end of each year.
Disarming Jews in Nazi GermanyOn November 11, 1938, the Regulations Against Jews’ Possession of Weapons was promulgated by Minister of the Interior, Wilhelm Frick. This regulation effectively deprived all Jews living in those locations of the right to possess any form of weapons including truncheons, knives, or firearms and ammunition.[7] Some police forces used the pre-existing “trustworthiness” clause to disarm Jews on the basis “the Jewish population ‘cannot be regarded as trustworthy’”.[5]
re: #71 Barefoot Grin
He’s one of those complicated Christian-economists who taught the Bible of Ayn Rand, thinks humanities professors are flimflam artists. I was in the Richmond area for awhile and had cause to know him then.
Oh okay. Yeah I knew about his weird religious and economic views.
He looks like he’s been chased by a pack of hounds.
re: #74 Kragar
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The Nazis made it very easy for “Aryans” to own weapons. That in fact is why something like Kristallnacht was able to occur.
re: #72 Charles Johnson
Since when has pooping on the floor and being proven wrong on every story published been significant? @johnhawkinsrwn @Green_Footballs
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 8, 2015
Mega-dittos! @johnhawkinsrwn
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2015
re: #57 The Vicious Babushka
Germany’s invasion of Poland was triggered by an SS false flag operation in which SS men in civilian clothes took over a German broadcast radio station near the border and announced, in flawless Polish, that the Poles were coming to get Germany. I doubt that it would have taken more than one Jew firing a rifle at someone in uniform to initiate massacres.
re: #50 HappyWarrior
Exactly and frankly any occupying military power is not going to allow the civiilans in those countries to have guns. It just astounds me how painfully ignorant this man is about the Nazis and how he’s using it to put down common sense gun laws.
About 25% of the people the Nazis murdered were young children.
I win! Wow, awesome. I’ll mark this day on my calendar and celebrate every year. @johnhawkinsrwn
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2015
You have to admit he’s the only wingnut “journalist” to gain fame for his defecation habits. @Kragar_LGF @johnhawkinsrwn
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2015
This was all just a three dimensional chess move by Boehner to become Speaker For Life. https://t.co/fPftjQOGJ9
— Matthew Reichbach (@fbihop) October 8, 2015
What I notice from a lot of Conservative Christians especially ones like Carson who like to paint the Nazis as precursors of modern liberals is they like to ignore how rampant Anti-Semitism was in Christianity at that time.
re: #81 Stuff Happens
About 25% of the people the Nazis murdered were young children.
Exactly that too.
BREAKING: GOP Leader Who Spoke To KKK & Voted Against MLK Holiday, Running For House Speaker http://t.co/zDuyhOoSsy pic.twitter.com/K7z4Weppaz
— The Baxter Bean (@TheBaxterBean) October 8, 2015
ROFL:
Five years later: Lost vice presidential campaign Lost re-election Dropped out of speaker race pic.twitter.com/pHuSfVybxn
— Ryan Teague Beckwith (@ryanbeckwith) October 8, 2015
re: #87 Kragar
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Don’t forget, said he would be David Duke without the baggage. Skkalise wanted to be Duke without the stigma of KKK connections but with the ideology.
re: #91 Big Beautiful Door
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re: #88 Lidane
ROFL:
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I should keep this handy the next time I get either a conservative or liberal who tells me that the GOP is in a better position than the DNC because it has so many young, fresh faces to carry the party forward.
re: #74 Kragar
That makes for an interesting question. If the nature of the “arms” in the Second Amendment aren’t specified then I would think that the government could freely regulate what kinds of arms can be borne by all of those well regulated militias.
I’m thinking BB guns.
Now playing in the House of Representatives: the Benny Hill theme.
— Bill Harnsberger (@BillinPortland) October 8, 2015
#Break: NBC tells @frankpallotta that John Boehner “is no longer appearing tonight” on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) October 8, 2015
re: #95 Higgs Boson’s Mate
That makes for an interesting question. If the nature of the “arms” in the Second Amendment aren’t specified then I would think that the government could freely regulate what kinds of arms can be borne by all of those well regulated militias.
I’m thinking BB guns.
The original purpose for the clause “well regulated” was so that all the civilians showing up for their militia service would be carrying the same equipment. That way, parts and ammunition could all be easily traded and replaced from government supplies.
Speaker of House used to be position of power & responsibility. Last 6 years it’s devolved into asst. warden of bad juvie detention center.
— lanebrooks (@lanebrooks) October 8, 2015
re: #100 Kragar
The original purpose for the clause “well regulated” was so that all the civilians showing up for their militia service would be carrying the same equipment. That way, parts and ammunition could all be easily traded and replaced from government supplies.
Article I, Section 8 makes it clear that “the Militia” is to be organized and armed in accordance with rules set down by Congress. Its not referring to a bunch of rednecks getting drunk in the woods while playing with guns.
Nobody wants to be the guy stuck driving the clown car @AmandaMarcotte
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 8, 2015
Boehner: “I will serve as Speaker until the House votes to elect a new Speaker” http://t.co/bjqnkYowzr #alert
— Roll Call (@rollcall) October 8, 2015
LOL! (via Facebook) pic.twitter.com/e1ePRZMpo3
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2015
re: #102 Big Beautiful Door
Article I, Section 8 makes it clear that “the Militia” is to be organized and armed in accordance with rules set down by Congress. Its not referring to a bunch of rednecks getting drunk in the woods while playing with guns.
Of course the war of 1812 had to come alone and show how utterly useless the militia was in regards to sustained long term conflict.
leader pelosi, she trolling, lol https://t.co/vcbrj9I3is
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 8, 2015
Pelosi on speaker race: “I’m sure they’ll find somebody who is capable of accepting the honor.”
— Lauren French (@laurennfrench) October 8, 2015
re: #106 Kragar
Of course the war of 1812 had to come alone and show how utterly useless the militia was in regards to sustained long term conflict.
The War of 1812 only really reminded those in power of why the Continental Army had existed in the first place. Washington and others who’d served as officers remembered rather bitterly about how they’d call for help from local militias for a battle, but those who showed up tended to be poorly disciplined, have virtually no training as a soldier, and ran as soon as the shooting started.
Rep. Peter King tells me that members are crying in cloakroom, unable to handle the unrest and confusion. “A banana republic,” he says.
— Robert Costa (@costareports) October 8, 2015
re: #112 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Seriously?
Boehner’s legacy - a bunch of LITERAL crybabies.
re: #110 Targetpractice
The War of 1812 only really reminded those in power of why the Continental Army had existed in the first place. Washington and others who’d served as officers remembered rather bitterly about how they’d call for help from local militias for a battle, but those who showed up tended to be poorly disciplined, have virtually no training as a soldier, and ran as soon as the shooting started.
The other factor was militia service was limited to 3 months. After 3 months, they were supposed to be let go so they could get back to their civilian businesses.
re: #114 Kragar
The other factor was militia service was limited to 3 months. After 3 months, they were supposed to be let go so they could get back to their civilian businesses.
The Union Army had this problem at the beginning of the Civil War as well.
re: #105 Charles Johnson
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And here I would have imagined that getting banned from Twitter and losing his only real platform for agitation and detoxxing people, that CCJ would have gained a little humility.
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re: #111 Jenner7
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I can’t say I’m really surprised, this shit has gotta be absolutely infuriating for the old hands. If they can’t even bring together the votes to elect a new Speaker, what does that say about their chances of getting anything worthwhile done before the presidential election sucks the remaining air out of DC?
re: #100 Kragar
The original purpose for the clause “well regulated” was so that all the civilians showing up for their militia service would be carrying the same equipment. That way, parts and ammunition could all be easily traded and replaced from government supplies.
Though there is scant unit-level documentation from the time, I believe that “well regulated” also meant that militia members were expected to show up at periodic musters and that they were required to have officers.
re: #114 Kragar
Yeah, that’s not going to be much use against a heavily drilled, professional army. The ability of such an army to put out sustained volleys of fire would scare the crap out of anyone facing them, especially if all you could manage is a sporadic, desultory response.
re: #111 Jenner7
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just pointing out that this emotion and hysteria didnt go down when we had a WOMAN in charge of the House https://t.co/JS9KuLzm58
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 8, 2015
re: #105 Charles Johnson
The Voldemort of American politics? Really? He wants to make that comparison?
A guy who murders, tricks, and achieves power but is undone by love and a teenager who realizes that self-sacrifice and a giving nature is key to defeating and destroying Voldemort.
Or, is Chucky admitting that he’s got more than proverbial skeletons in his closet. Has he been checked for horcruxes?
How can you tell this wingnut has a non-union, minimum wage shit job?
Because otherwise he could afford a new truck!
Truth On A Truck!
@CarmineZozzora @steph93065 @toddgriffith pic.twitter.com/tSPCnacf9b
— DR. TWEET, Ph.D. (@Callisto1947) October 8, 2015
re: #70 sffilk
Did he actually give a reason?
Are you talking about McCarthy?
He said he felt it best to step aside because he wanted to make sure his caucus was unified.
In other words, he knew he didn;t have enough votes and probably that told him if her manages to sway his way in the Freedom gang (TeaPartiers) would most likely make his life pure hell, possibly worse than what Boehner went through.
re: #105 Charles Johnson
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He should be careful about who he compares himself to. Voldermort was kill by his own spell. But then again, uphuck getting destroyed by his own published “works” would be nothing but poetic justice.
re: #111 Jenner7
Rep. Peter King tells me that members are crying in cloakroom, unable to handle the unrest and confusion.
These would be the same people who accuse liberals of being weak on nearly everything. A troop of scouts could enbitch them.
re: #125 Bubblehead II
He already destroyed himself on Twitter.
re: #123 The Vicious Babushka
Bad grammar there too.
re: #123 The Vicious Babushka
How can you tell this wingnut has a non-union, minimum wage shit job?
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Hurr hurr all democrat party is on welfare!!!!!!11
re: #120 Blind Frog Belly White
Yeah, that’s not going to be much use against a heavily drilled, professional army. The ability of such an army to put out sustained volleys of fire would scare the crap out of anyone facing them, especially if all you could manage is a sporadic, desultory response.
There was a reason why Brits didn’t burn the Marine Barracks when they sacked Washington.
re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth
That this kind of chaos is going on with the GOP speaks poorly of the GOP whips. It’s their job to get the counts on votes so they know what will happen in advance. And yet, here we are and the GOP is showing just how screwed up their internal dynamics are.
And Scalise (he of the KKK/white supremacist fame) is the whip.
Told you that he was no good at math.
re: #124 ObserverArt
He said he felt it best to step aside because he wanted to
make sure his caucus was unifiedspend more time with his family.
re: #127 Blind Frog Belly White
He already destroyed himself on Twitter.
Still waiting on the Gawker debacle to reach it’s conclusion.
re: #87 Kragar
The Baxter Bean @TheBaxterBean
BREAKING: GOP Leader Who Spoke To KKK & Voted Against MLK Holiday, Running For House Speaker thehill.com …
1:00 PM - 8 Oct 2015
Oh hell no!
It will be interesting to see how the GOP party handles him. If that duffer gets in, the Democrats and others should fire freely at the whole GOP.
House cloakroom rn pic.twitter.com/U3Y6fzVrLg
— Brian Murphy (@Burrite) October 8, 2015
re: #131 lawhawk
And yet these morons won the House in 2010 and have kept it since. I’m reminded of an SNL sketch back in 1988, with Dana Carvey as GHWB, and John Lovitz as Dukakis. Bush prattles on in that astonishingly inarticulate way that Bushes do, and Dukakis says, “I can’t believe I’m losing to this guy.”
It’s actually a very good comparison because Voldemort was ultimately self-destructive, and Chuck’s lawsuit against Gawker is going to ruin him.
Rep. Peter King tells me that members are crying in cloakroom, unable to handle the unrest and confusion. “A banana republic,” he says.
— Robert Costa (@costareports) October 8, 2015
.@SecolaEdwards Nancy Pelosi will be the Democratic candidate for Speaker. GOP needs a candidate who can get the 218 votes needed to win
— sfpelosi (@sfpelosi) October 8, 2015
re: #94 Targetpractice
I should keep this handy the next time I get either a conservative or liberal who tells me that the GOP is in a better position than the DNC because it has so many young, fresh faces to carry the party forward.
Hmmm. I wonder who that could be?
(whistles)
re: #129 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Hurr hurr all democrat party is on welfare!!!!!!11
You joke. I’ve lived way down among ‘em and I can tell you that most of them are convinced that they would be on Easy Street if the government wasn’t taking all of their money to provide a bunch of [insert stereotype] with posh lifestyles. They truly believe that as godfearing White men they are burdened with supporting America while the rest of us just fuck around.
re: #136 Blind Frog Belly White
Gerrymandering / redistricting is the prime reason that the GOP is in control in the House.
Your #GOP status update for the day: #speaker pic.twitter.com/HeobuUmsVq
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 8, 2015
re: #142 lawhawk
Gerrymandering / redistricting is the prime reason that the GOP is in control in the House.
We need a system which includes proportional representation by at-large candidates so that voters can’t be gerrymandered into irrelevance.
Jeb just crawl into a corner and die already.
Ronald Reagan had it right. https://t.co/n0ku97ZZkE
— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) October 8, 2015
re: #142 lawhawk
Gerrymandering / redistricting is the prime reason that the GOP is in control in the House.
That, and they vote. We Dems, OTOH, only show up every 4 years, then wonder why this shit happens.
The voting thing put the GOP in in 2010. Redistricting kept them in in 2012, and to a lesser extent 2014, where the voting thing also helped.
Meanwhile, the reaction by the commenters over at foxnews.com are all over the map. Some of them are whooping it up, some are hurling rage-insults at imagined Democratic boogeymen, some are pounding their chests and vowing REVOLOOSHUN!!! some are predicting the splintering of the GOP into factions … basically, all the dysfunction of the GOP-controlled congress, with more racism and less attention to spelling and grammar.
A sampling:
Yep, JEB!! is announced as next to take a bullet from his own peeps. The loony GOP base is so consumed with hate that they will kill their own, just so they can hurt someone.Umm. Someone using a DHS IP address edited Renee Ellmers’ Wikipedia page to allege an affair with McCarthy pic.twitter.com/U88gCiCaK6
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) October 8, 2015
Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council is now blaming President Obama for the #UCCShooting http://t.co/fV6pEYPzQg
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) October 8, 2015
re: #142 lawhawk
Gerrymandering / redistricting is the prime reason that the GOP is in control in the House.
Indisputable. Now to find someone who has the brains and the perseverance to oversee the district by district campaign to restore a semblance of balance. Those states didn’t get gerrymandered overnight and if you paid attention to off-year politics then you saw what was coming.
The Democratic leadership is reminding me way to much of General George B. McClellan. Time for one Grant and a couple of Shermans.
That tragic moment when you realize that John Boehner *is* the best they can do.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) October 8, 2015
It may take a firm commitment to shut down the government and to take the US to the brink of default on the debt limit to win 218 votes for the Speakership from the GOP. The sane members of the GOP House should tell the “Freedom Caucus” to go to hell, and make a deal with the Democrats to raise the debt limit and fund the government with sequester limits lifted at least until March of 2017.
So Benghazi has claimed another victim. #KevinMcCarthy
— Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) October 8, 2015
OT:
We note the passing of iconic Louisiana Chef Paul Prudhomme who hosted many @PBS cooking shows. Thank you, Chef. pic.twitter.com/rKfbo4r556
— PBS Food (@PBSFood) October 8, 2015
re: #154 The Vicious Babushka
In today’s GOP, comrade, unintentional honesty is severely punished.
re: #100 Kragar
I am wrong in thinking that ‘well regulated militia’ was to help keep the imported black farm animals from jumping over the property fence to freedom to ensure the plantation owners could maximize profits with the cheapest labor possible?
McCarthy did NOT even tell Speaker Boehner he was dropping out (!?!) per reports and no one wants to be Speaker.
— Sarah Reese Jones (@srjones66) October 8, 2015
It was a math game, and the extremists refused to back McCarthy on the floor, so 50 of the GOPers threw the party into chaos.
Great @jonkarl on why Kevin McCarthy dropped out of speaker race: http://t.co/CdyeysPECP
— Ben Siegel (@benyc) October 8, 2015
It had precisely Dick to do with Chucky.
re: #157 missliberties
I am wrong in thinking that ‘well regulated militia’ was to help keep the imported black farm animals from jumping over the property fence to freedom to ensure the plantation owners could maximize profits with the cheapest labor possible?
Slave rebellion is certainly something the Militia could be called up to suppress.
Well, the GOP-led @HouseBenghazi committee did bring down someone, but it wasn’t @HillaryClinton. HA! #SpeakerOfTheHouse
— Chico Delainky (@ChicoDelainky) October 8, 2015
re: #142 lawhawk
Gerrymandering / redistricting is the prime reason that the GOP is in control in the House.
Their inability to compromise and the resultant chaos is a self-inflicted wound.
Boehner could be forced to stay. The Republican Speakership is like the Hotel California. You can check out but you can never…
— Sarah Reese Jones (@srjones66) October 8, 2015
re: #156 Higgs Boson’s Mate
In today’s GOP, comrade, unintentional honesty is severely punished.
Ayep, which is why the few “moderates” in the House ranks are not going to broker any sort of deal with Democrats, at least not out in the open. Because they know the wingnuts will geld them at the voting booth for even thinking of working with Democrats.
re: #161 Big Beautiful Door
Slave rebellion is certainly something the Militia could be called up to suppress.
Not to mention the key reason behind the South’s military traditions.
re: #136 Blind Frog Belly White
And yet these morons won the House in 2010 and have kept it since. I’m reminded of an SNL sketch back in 1988, with Dana Carvey as GHWB, and John Lovitz as Dukakis. Bush prattles on in that astonishingly inarticulate way that Bushes do, and Dukakis says, “I can’t believe I’m losing to this guy.”
They won in 2010 with false promises to destroy Obama and Obamacare The tea party deals with their disappointment by having tantrums.
Yet the tax payers write their paychecks while they complain about big gummint spending. The irony.
re: #38 The Vicious Babushka
THIS BULLSHIT AGAIN==>
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It’s incredible that in my lifetime the party of Lincoln and Eisenhower has become the party of #wingnut derp. @ddale8
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) October 8, 2015
re: #160 lawhawk
It was a math game, and the extremists refused to back McCarthy on the floor, so 50 of the GOPers threw the party into chaos.
It had precisely Dick to do with Chucky.
Which means Upchuckery will continue claiming “credit”.
re: #147 Khal Wimpo
Meanwhile, the reaction by the commenters over at foxnews.com are all over the map. Some of them are whooping it up, some are hurling rage-insults at imagined Democratic boogeymen, some are pounding their chests and vowing REVOLOOSHUN!!! some are predicting the splintering of the GOP into factions … basically, all the dysfunction of the GOP-controlled congress, with more racism and less attention to spelling and grammar.
A sampling:
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Hurr hurr GOP is all libtards only Real Conservative should be Speaker!!!!
re: #145 The Vicious Babushka
Jeb just crawl into a corner and die already.
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Hey @JebBush #RonaldReaganWasRight pic.twitter.com/NFJoDC0FEZ
— Franklin (@franklinftw) October 8, 2015
re: #155 Lidane
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That man taught me about the holy trinity of Louisiana cooking.
Onions, Celery and Green Peppers.
RIP in chef…and thanks for the tips.
Nancy Pelosi right now, probably pic.twitter.com/t6tgwiJd6Y
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) October 8, 2015
Interesting parallel to the current GOP situation: Remember how fucked up Iraq got when Saddam was deposed?
When you remove the person holding back the crazies, anarchy is sure to ensue.
Also … hilarious MT @JeffreyGoldberg: The image of GOP congressmen crying in the cloakroom because they can’t find a Speaker is…unsettling
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) October 8, 2015
This is what happens when you have a tyranny of the minority (which can be just as damaging as the tyranny of the majority). It’s one of the things that the Founders warned of when they created the federal system of government - along with separation of powers and a bicameral legislature where one side is directly represented and is in perpetual churn (the House) and the Senate, which had a longer term outlook since they were elected every 6 years.
Why stupid, poor people vote GOP, straight from a wingnut==>
#HillaryClinton #UniteBlue #BernieSanders #SenatorBoxer #SenWarren #POTUS #NancyPelosi #Hillary2016 #climatechange pic.twitter.com/xIjJjJsR0O
— Mary Budesheim (@MaryPatriotNews) October 8, 2015
re: #179 The Vicious Babushka
Why stupid, poor people vote GOP, straight from a wingnut==>
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And that is why she’s going to vote for the party which nuked eight million jobs in the last recession.
I demand reparations. Not for slavery but for the existence of this fucking guy. https://t.co/nnAqgjVI1z
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) October 8, 2015
Amusing how racist #BlackTwitter can be whilst abusing someone for being racist who’s not being racist.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 8, 2015
re: #174 Big Beautiful Door
OMG that’s funny
I agree. I stumbled across it. There is a lot of damn good satire in there. This is a scream.
House GOP right now pic.twitter.com/3iy3plmdyo
— Jesse Byrnes (@jessebyrnes) October 8, 2015
Guess today’s a good day to break out all the panic gifsJust remember…it’s the Democrats who are in disarray. John Boehner would give his left nut for his party to only be in disarray.
Wolf Blitzer to Ben Carson: Murdoch is suggesting Obama isn’t a real black man. Carson: “Everybody’s entitled to their opinion.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 8, 2015
re: #182 nines09
I agree. I stumbled across it. There is a lot of damn good satire in there. This is a scream.
LOL, that is brilliant.
re: #158 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Shhhh!
Last night after watching Blood Lion and the for profit business of Caged Hunting, I was reminded of the tension between property rights and moral imperatives & questions of barbarism. They lions are raised on private farms to be shot by the highest bidder. They can’t be shut down because of property rights and big profits.
It reminded me a lot of the arguments before the Civil War about property rights and taking your owned farm animals to the new territories.
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
I bet if someone called him Uncle Tom he wouldn’t say “you’re entitled to your opinion.”
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
I believe Ben Carson is an actual fool.
Let’s go to the White House for their reaction to this breaking news about the GOP:
their responseSenate Democratic leader Harry Reid (R-NV) told the Republican party that the chaos over the succession contest for House speaker is no excuse for allowing the U.S. to default on its debt.
………
“Republican chaos is likely to get worse before it gets better but the economic livelihood of the American people should not be threatened as a result of Republicans’ inability to govern,” he continued.
talkingpointsmemo.com
It was his own brain.
Ben Carson Responds To Tabloid Report Claiming He Left A Sponge In A Person’s Brain http://t.co/45gfsUMdHw | Via BuzzFeed
— Think Smarter (@ProudlyLiberal) October 8, 2015
re: #192 The Vicious Babushka
He has a childish understanding of history.
re: #193 jaunte
We can’t allow the utter chaos of the Republican party to threaten the full faith and credit of the United States. http://t.co/ZVgcgljOYH
— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) October 8, 2015
re: #7 Charles Johnson
The closest Chuck comes to master anything is masturbater. @Green_Footballs :-)
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) October 8, 2015
Just received an email from Freedomworks celebrating ‘taking McCarthy down.’ We are at a critical moment here, I think.
— Karoli (@Karoli) October 8, 2015
Right wing media are *really* trying hard to push the McCarthy/Ellmers “affair” rumor out there.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2015
re: #14 Eclectic Cyborg
If no one can get enough votes who becomes speaker?
Per Jason Linkins:
And, as the Atlantic’s Russell Berman reports, while Chaffetz does not have enough support to compete with McCarthy at the House GOP’s informal vote, Chaffetz believes that the 30 or so members of the House’s mysterious “House Freedom Committee” (a sort of semi-secret society in the House that apparently reckoned that naming themselves “The No Boehners Club” was a touch too juvenile) will collectively vote against McCarthy, prevent him from hitting the magic number, and transform an orderly handover of power into a prolonged debacle:
That scenario is precisely what frightens rank-and-file Republicans.
The House could become institutionally paralyzed until it found a candidate that a majority of its voting members supported as speaker. And if the Republican leader fell short on the first ballot, there’s no guarantee the party would quickly settle on someone else. “We’ve got to figure out how to get to 218 before we get to the floor. Because otherwise we could be literally doing this through the fall,” said Representative Tom Rooney, a McCarthy ally from Florida.
How bad could that be, for Boehner? In 1923, it took nine rounds of voting to finally give Frederick Gillet the gavel, but these votes all took place over the course of three days, which would leave Boehner plenty of time to get home for Thanksgiving. As Berman notes, however, back “in the 19th century it took as long as two months for the House to agree on a leader.” In a similar situation, that would mean Boehner is stuck as the House speaker through the next debt ceiling vote.
But again, let’s underscore that this would just be a crazy and unlikely nightmare scenario, okay? The only thing that needs to happen for Boehner to start his retirement is for the House Republican caucus to arrive at a consensus position in a peaceable and timely manner. Which is ironic, because if Boehner’s colleagues had done this specific thing with something approaching “regularity,” the Ohio representative might not be trying to get the hell out of town right now.
So, yea, things could be worse in the US House “@AJENews: Protesting MPs release tear gas in Kosovo parliament pic.twitter.com/c8JIikV89T”
— Dr. Michael Bitzer (@CatawbaPolitics) October 8, 2015
If Boehner has to remain Speaker, will he resign his seat anyway? Will we have a non-member Speaker? What fun!
#GOPPlannedShutdown #IStandWithPP #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/KB770bLLJK
— Jerome B Masters (@jeromebristow76) October 8, 2015
re: #197 WhatEVs
Master floor shitter maybe.
Made myself a smoothie in my office & watching news about GOP mtg to elect next Speaker not going smoothly pic.twitter.com/rlSd3AJIn6
— Charles Rangel (@cbrangel) October 8, 2015
re: #105 Charles Johnson
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Hmm. This comes to mind:
Grandiose delusions (GD) or delusions of grandeur are a subtype of delusion that occur in patients suffering from a wide range of mental illnesses … and a substantial portion of those with substance abuse disorders. GDs are characterized by fantastical beliefs that one is famous, omnipotent, wealthy, or otherwise very powerful.
He is certainly having them this morning.
Wow, Spencer Stone (Paris train hero) stabbed multiple times in a bar.
Didnt get the location. Suspects identified as 2 Asian males who fled in a car.
re: #208 blueraven
Wow, Spence Stone (Paris train hero) stabbed multiple times in a bar.
Didnt get the location. Suspects identified as 2 Asian males who fled in a car.
Spencer Stone Stabbed in California
“We firmly believe that this is not a terrorism-related event and that it is in no way related to the incident that occurred in France,” police said in a statement. They called the stabbing “a nightlife-related incident.”
re: #179 The Vicious Babushka
Why stupid, poor people vote GOP, straight from a wingnut==>
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re: #179 The Vicious Babushka
.@MaryPatriotNews pic.twitter.com/yQ90rBcgBb
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 8, 2015
Agreed. He spilled the beans about the Benghazi committee. Loose lips sink ships. @cmbsweden
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2015
re: #208 blueraven
Wow, Spencer Stone (Paris train hero) stabbed multiple times in a bar.
Didnt get the location. Suspects identified as 2 Asian males who fled in a car.
I wonder if it looked like this…
(apologies in advance if I offended anyone)
Ben Carson: I got held up once at Popeye’s — but I told the gunman to rob an employee, instead http://t.co/fccIUwkr6l Stop talking, Ben.
— Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) October 8, 2015
Shoot that guy, he has the money!
Trump, in Vegas, claims a scalp: “You know Kevin McCarthy is out…They’re giving me a lot of credit for that.”
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) October 8, 2015
Uh oh. Someone’s stepping all over Chucky’s credit for taking down McCarthy, which wasn’t true even on the face of it.
Issa doesn’t rule out a Speaker run pic.twitter.com/QorjJBRMvX
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) October 8, 2015
Seeing how things are going for Jeb Bush these days, I propose a little change in his campaign logo.
I wonder what they demanded … pic.twitter.com/6izWr7vAHE
— digby (@digby56) October 8, 2015
re: #198 jaunte
Just received an email from Freedomworks celebrating ‘taking McCarthy down.’ We are at a critical moment here, I think.
— Karoli
RWNJ continuing to execute master plan of destroying GOP which will leave them with….
re: #198 jaunte
FreedomWorks is still a thing?
re: #223 Stuff Happens
“We want you to force through our agenda!”
“That isn’t how any of this works, guys.”
“You’re out!”
Someone really needs to remind Ben that the holocaust wouldn’t have happened if the Christians in Germany, France, Spain, Poland and everywhere else didn’t round up their Jews and serve them to hitler on a silver platter. See what he has to say about that. That bullshit about guns saving them makes me want to punch something.
BTW - leaving for Israel next week and if anyone has a restaurant we MUST eat at, I’m all ears. 5 nights in Jerusalem, 2 in Tzfat, 4 in Tel Aviv, 1 night in Eilat (to visit Petra the next day) and back to Tel Aviv for one night before we leave.
re: #220 jaunte
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in case anyone is curious about who is a member of the House Freedom Caucus:
en.wikipedia.org
re: #223 Stuff Happens
brains…
At the Zombie Deli, they had Democrat brains & Republican brains in separate trays. Democrat brains were $1/lb while Republican brains were $1000/oz
Zombie customer yells WHY GOP BRAINS SO MUCH MONEYS!!!!
Zombie counter guy says HEY U KNOW HOW MUCH GOP BRAINS IT TAKES TO MAKE 1 OZ!!!!
re: #227 Backwoods_Sleuth
in case anyone is curious about who is a member of the House Freedom Caucus:
en.wikipedia.org
What about GOHMERT!! and Steve Hates Immigrants King?
re: #226 leftynyc
Someone really needs to remind Ben that the holocaust wouldn’t have happened if the Christians in Germany, France, Spain, Poland and everywhere else didn’t round up their Jews and serve them to hitler on a silver platter. See what he has to say about that. That bullshit about guns saving them makes me want to punch something.
BTW - leaving for Israel next week and if anyone has a restaurant we MUST eat at, I’m all ears. 5 nights in Jerusalem, 2 in Tzfat, 4 in Tel Aviv, 1 night in Eilat (to visit Petra the next day) and back to Tel Aviv for one night before we leave.
PAPAGAYU Brazilian Steak House in Jerusalem.
re: #38 The Vicious Babushka
THIS BULLSHIT AGAIN==>
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Germans or Jews? Carson will probably go up in the polls since Republican voters appear to reward delusional commentary.
re: #227 Backwoods_Sleuth
in case anyone is curious about who is a member of the House Freedom Caucus:
en.wikipedia.org
There’s also a Liberty Caucus, in case the Freedom Caucus isn’t providing enough Liberty.
Don’t forget the Tea Party Caucus!!
re: #233 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Featuring some of the same members
en.wikipedia.org
including GOHMERT!
re: #235 jaunte
Featuring some of the same members
en.wikipedia.org
my congresscritter is in that one
re: #227 Backwoods_Sleuth
in case anyone is curious about who is a member of the House Freedom Caucus:
en.wikipedia.org
Thanks! I just wanted to know what important governing function the House Freedom Caucus served.
The House Freedom Caucus is a congressional caucus consisting of conservative Republican members of the United States House of Representatives.[6] It was formed by a group of Congressmen as a “smaller, more cohesive, more agile and more active” group of conservatives. Many members are also part of the conservative House group the Republican Study Committee.[7][8] According to its mission statement, “The House Freedom Caucus gives a voice to countless Americans who feel that Washington does not represent them. We support open, accountable and limited government, the Constitution and the rule of law, and policies that promote the liberty, safety and prosperity of all Americans.”[9] The caucus is sympathetic to the Tea Party movement.[10]
Other than being “agile,” “cohesively” and “actively” super-duper conservative (so, simultaneously agile and rigid? okay), I still don’t know what important governing function they serve, or what they do that’s so important that McCarthy couldn’t have delivered for them.
re: #226 leftynyc
Manta Ray in Tel Aviv. Lavan at the Jerusalem cinema (below Mt. Zion Hotel).
While in Jerusalem, get yourself to Machene Yehuda and check out the food vendors there - pick up herbs/spices and baked goods, especially chocolate rugelach or pita with olive oil and za’atar.
Fun fact, and not without irony considering the current GOP situation: Mortal Kombat was first released in arcades exactly 23 years ago today…
re: #203 The Vicious Babushka
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That’s a great caricature. Chaffetz really is kind of a skeevy-looking dude. I normally don’t fault people for their appearance but I think it’s ok this time because he actually is a skeevy dude.
re: #239 Eclectic Cyborg
I dropped a serious amount of coin on that game. Has it been that long? Sheesh.
re: #237 Emoprog Refugee
I still don’t know what important governing function they serve, or what they do that’s so important that McCarthy couldn’t have delivered for them.
If you hate government, it working terribly or not working at all is your goal.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) October 8, 2015
re: #241 lawhawk
I dropped a serious amount of coin on that game. Has it been that long? Sheesh.
The first signs of getting old are hitting you.
Mike Huckabee says the race for speaker is “about burning the corrupt Washington political machine to the ground”
— Caitlin Huey-Burns (@CHueyBurnsRCP) October 8, 2015
re: #231 The Vicious Babushka
Thanks for the tip. I do love a good steak or rack of lamb.
re: #244 Backwoods_Sleuth
So Huckabee is “all about burning the” country? Because like it or not, Washington is the American government. @CHueyBurnsRCP
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) October 8, 2015
Kind of amazing that the GOP spent years claiming POTUS couldn’t lead. Look at them now.
— Beach Peanuts (@BeachPeanuts) October 8, 2015
re: #238 lawhawk
Thanks for the info. We already have one reservation at Mayeyuda which I understand is a restaurant at the market. Getting so excited. Haven’t been back to Israel in 20 years.
re: #244 Backwoods_Sleuth
Mike Huckabee says the race for speaker is “about burning the corrupt Washington political machine to the ground”
Ignoring completely, of course, that those trying to accomplish said burning are card-carrying members of said corrupt machine.
That’s as bad as a Fox News screaming head (take your pick, there are plenty) complaining about the ‘mainstream media.’
re: #247 Backwoods_Sleuth
[Ron Fournier]Why doesn’t President Obama lead? Why can’t Obama be more like the Republicans?[/Ron Fournier]
.@benshapiro Only if it’s @NancyPelosi. Why? Because the House is in need of an adult, not a spoiled brat throwing a temper tantrum.
— Bubblehead II (@BubbleheadII) October 8, 2015
re: #249 makeitstop
Ignoring completely, of course, that those trying to accomplish said burning are card-carrying members of said corrupt machine.
That’s as bad as a Fox News screaming head (take your pick, there are plenty) complaining about the ‘mainstream media.’
Some people just want to watch the world burn.
McCarthy Withdrawal Shows House GOP Is Completely Failing Gov’t 101
“…McCarthy obviously saw what Boehner saw several weeks ago. He either would have had to meet at least some of the Freedom Caucus’ demands for high-level leadership and committee positions (the equivalent of ministries in a parliamentary system) and take-no-prisoners legislative tactics, tell the Freedom Caucus to go to hell, get Democrats to support him or decide not to run.
……
In a parliamentary government this would lead to a call for a new election. In the GOP-controlled House of Representatives, there’s just chaos.”
forbes.com
re: #246 WhatEVs
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Huckabee who famously gave a prisoner clemency because he bought his sap show about Christianity shouldn’t be talking about corruption. And yes Washington is our government like it or not.
I honestly wish if these guys hate government so much that they would let people who actually appreciate it run it. You don’t see me applying for a job as a mathematician.
Buried lede: This isn’t rock bottom https://t.co/NKeDWBc9IK
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 8, 2015
Kevin McCarthy suggests House Republicans are ungovernable, may need to “hit rock bottom” http://t.co/fLfT1e4a2T pic.twitter.com/MeQfUoFt14
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 8, 2015
I don’t feel bad for the establishment at all. They cared about power more than getting shit done and welcomed in the Jordans and other assholes with welcome arms when they had their eyes on controlling the House.
re: #256 Backwoods_Sleuth
Wow
Republicans are ungovernable… Kinda refreshing to see some truth telling.
re: #259 HappyWarrior
I don’t feel bad for the establishment at all. They cared about power more than getting shit done and welcomed in the Jordans and other assholes with welcome arms when they had their eyes on controlling the House.
Someone once said something about with power comes responsibility.
re: #233 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Fuck off! ‘Judean People’s Front’. We’re the People’s Front of Judea! https://t.co/KQrN7OEbMZ
— Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) October 8, 2015
re: #256 Backwoods_Sleuth
Kevin McCarthy suggests House Republicans are ungovernable, may need to “hit rock bottom” t.co pic.twitter.com
— Judd Legum
Obama’s fault for dividing America, passing Obamacare…
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re: #262 Stuff Happens
Someone once said something about with power comes responsibility.
Uncle Ben was a commie who didn’t use a gun to protect himself. //
re: #263 Kragar
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re: #259 HappyWarrior
I don’t feel bad for the establishment at all. They cared about power more than getting shit done and welcomed in the Jordans and other assholes with welcome arms when they had their eyes on controlling the House.
Me neither. They sucked up to the tea party which birthed Trump and now this mess. They’re getting exactly what they deserve.
I am so far behind so I will catch up later but send kitten pictures, please. My MiL just cited Benghazi as for why she considers Fox the most accurate of the cable news.
/sob
re: #267 leftynyc
Me neither. They sucked up to the tea party which birthed Trump and now this mess. They’re getting exactly what they deserve.
All revolutions devour each other or so the old saying goes. They cared more about power than actually working with Obama because they didn’t have the balls to their party that Obama wasn’t Satan. It’s only going to get worse for them.
Search For Adults Continues Among House Republic Party Members
mccarthy drops out citing lack of experience controlling kindergarteners
re: #270 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
Search For Adults Continues Among House Republic Party Members
mccarthy drops out citing lack of experience controlling kindergarteners
I had better luck coaching middle schoolers in basketball. Only one year of three did we not reach our goal of every guy scoring once.
… otherwise they’d have to admit he was pressured out because he told the truth about the Benghazi committee. /2
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 8, 2015
re: #272 HappyWarrior
I had better luck coaching middle schoolers in basketball. Only one year of three did we not reach our goal of every guy scoring once.
The most thrilling moment in sports for me this year was watching my daughter shoot a basket in a 6th grade game.
re: #237 Emoprog Refugee
smaller, more cohesive, more agile and more active
do they practice scrum or kanban?
re: #268 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I am so far behind so I will catch up later but send kitten pictures, please. My MiL just cited Benghazi as for why she considers Fox the most accurate of the cable news.
/sob
There was a video posted here sometime yesterday with a kitten copying mommy cat cleaning herself. I watched it a dozen times. I’ll try and find it for you.
re: #268 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I am so far behind so I will catch up later but send kitten pictures, please. My MiL just cited Benghazi as for why she considers Fox the most accurate of the cable news.
/sob
You didn’t marry her.
So, when does the media begin blaming Democrats for this clusterfuck?
re: #277 wrenchwench
I know, thank everything.
It was complete with the “when I was your age I was a liberal Democrat” and everything.
THANKFULLY I have to take the car to get new tires put on.
re: #268 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I am so far behind so I will catch up later but send kitten pictures, please. My MiL just cited Benghazi as for why she considers Fox the most accurate of the cable news.
/sob
Your eyerolling muscles may get worn out.
re: #279 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I know, thank everything.
It was complete with the “when I was your age I was a liberal Democrat” and everything.
THANKFULLY I have to take the car to get new tires put on.
I assume you didn’t ask if that was before she became senile./
re: #253 jaunte
McCarthy Withdrawal Shows House GOP Is Completely Failing Gov’t 101
Forbes.
Republican’s don’t know how to deal with what is now the U.S. equivalent of a parliamentary system of government.
Not counting Democrats, there are now three political parties in the House of Representatives. They all call themselves “Republicans” and caucus together but they so don’t play well together in the sandbox that they’re really different entities in an extremely fragile coalition.
The largest of these three parties is the “Boehners” - the more establishment and mainstream (relatively speaking, of course) group that’s thinks it’s job is to govern. They are about 150 Boehners, which means it doesn’t have enough votes to do anything without the support of the other two parties.
FORBES. The monster that the rich created.
What we are witnessing is the beginning of the end of the Republican Party. It’s plop plopping and fizz fizzing like an Alka Seltzer tablet right before our eyes.
re: #281 Big Beautiful Door
I assume you didn’t ask if that was before she became senile./
I do still need to get along with her.
Which I do fine as long as we don’t talk politics. Which is normally a hard and fast rule that I broke this morning why why why I should have bailed when my FiL did.
Anyway, really leaving. Thank you all, you’re helping a ton already. I may be back to vent more after, it helps.
re: #279 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I know, thank everything.
It was complete with the “when I was your age I was a liberal Democrat” and everything.
THANKFULLY I have to take the car to get new tires put on.
My godmother told me when I was 18 about how I’d be different when I’m older. I’m not.
She has dementia now, sorry to say.
re: #268 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I am so far behind so I will catch up later but send kitten pictures, please. My MiL just cited Benghazi as for why she considers Fox the most accurate of the cable news.
/sob
With a hat tip to Wrenchwench for posting yesterday.
KITTEN TRIES TO COPY MOMMA! pic.twitter.com/rHRnkZVGSz
— Emergency Kittens (@EmrgencyKittens) October 7, 2015
Hope it helps.
re: #274 Big Beautiful Door
The most thrilling moment in sports for me this year was watching my daughter shoot a basket in a 6th grade game.
It’s a lot of fun. We had a couple games where one of the boys I coached was sinking down threes like a pro. He was in a zone that day. We were down 15 points at one point but those threes got us back in it.
re: #286 wrenchwench
My godmother told me when I was 18 about how I’d be different when I’m older. I’m not.
She has dementia now, sorry to say.
As I have gotten older I have become much more liberal. I was a big fan of Reagan as a teenager.
re: #273 Charles Johnson
This could spectacularly blow up in The Rage Furby’s face if the affair rumor isn’t true.
re: #285 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Good luck with the tires, and wishing you patience with the MIL. We lost my MIL in 2007, sad to say, but I’m sure she’d be watching Fox these days as she was then. Loved her dearly, but she was an end-times believer who went to a church run by a flat-out Dominionist preacher. The congregation left the Southern Baptists because the SB were too liberal. Had to do a whole lotta tongue-biting when we visited her in Texas. Where I almost lost it was seeing the magazine on her coffee table that was touting an article called “Investing for the End Times.”
On the other hand, hubby says he grew up hearing the n-word tossed casually around in the Texas family. By the end of her life, she no longer used that word, and there are a few black families in their congregation. I suppose we take small hope where we can.
re: #289 Big Beautiful Door
As I have gotten older I have become much more liberal. I was a big fan of Reagan as a teenager.
It may not be that you’re more liberal. My best friend was a republican when I met him - loved Reagan. But the cons lost him on the social issues when the religious right took over. The party left him. Same may have happened to you.
re: #285 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I do still need to get along with her.
Which I do fine as long as we don’t talk politics. Which is normally a hard and fast rule that I broke this morning why why why I should have bailed when my FiL did.
Anyway, really leaving. Thank you all, you’re helping a ton already. I may be back to vent more after, it helps.
It’s been a year and a half, and the Older Boy’s Girlfriend STILL has not introduced him to her folks. He’s met both her sisters, and Mrs. FBW has met, and even hung out with her Mom, but she is afraid of introducing her liberal, atheist boyfriend, whose ASD gives him ‘filter issues’ to her Conservative Christian father who has anger issues.
I suspect she fears a matter/antimatter explosion.
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