John Oliver’s long-form humor/satire is something I’ve really begun to look forward to, and this is one of the best examples of it yet. A brilliant exposé of GOP distortions and lies about voting rights, and how those lies are used to disenfranchise the poor and minorities.
HE’S FUCKING SPOT ON, as always… and the way that they handle voting within their own state chambers is fucking appalling.
John Oliver is the new Jon Stewart. End of story.
The Republicans should totally “Bork” Obama’s nominee: hold a hearing and ask the nominee tough questions and then hold an up or down vote.
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) February 15, 2016
So Jebby is rolling out “W” for his campaign rally tonight.
FAIL!
Jeebus Jeb! Did you not catch your brother’s approval ratings at the end of his term?
So, you are going to count on your brother that isn’t really well liked, and open your whole family to be steamrolled by Trump. Who is running your campaign? Maybe you should have listened to Mom. It’s sad the poor woman has to see this.
Amazing that a news service couldn’t serve the public and report what John Oliver reports. Too busy nuzzling backsides to care at all about the truth. The Republican party has some truly self righteous bastards posing as servants. And if I’m President Obama, I’m doing every possible thing I can do to appoint my choice to the SC. He owes that to the people who elected him and the nation. He won. Twice. The GOP has done nothing for this nation in over 7 years and now they want their cake and eat it too? Fuck ‘em.
American politics are hopelessly broken and it won’t get much better if Hillary is elected. The GOP will just obstruct the fuck out of her too.
There is one thing I don’t like about John Oliver. His show is on HBO and I don’t subscribe. Sure wish he was on a more general channel. : (
Very true, in the same sense that you can’t dialogue with Sherlock Holmes. https://t.co/zCYGnIkRhV @ReutersWorld
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 15, 2016
Here I will refer to a Page I did a year and a half ago related to this topic:
Academics Ask: Do Non-Citizens Vote in U.S. Elections? (Answer - Yes)
Michele Fiore of Nevada doesn’t seem to know that one can use cash and ‘buy stuff’ without any ID at all.
re: #11 Charles Johnson
These folks seem to be doing a decent job dialoguing with the devil, and these do an excellent job dialoguing with Sherlock Holmes.
*ducks and runs for cover
re: #13 wrenchwench
Michele Fiore of Nevada doesn’t seem to know that one can use cash and ‘buy stuff’ without any ID at all.
Indeed, most of the time when I’m not buying booze, I don’t need ID. FIore is not only nuts but dumb too.
re: #10 ObserverArt
There is one thing I don’t like about John Oliver. His show is on HBO and I don’t subscribe. Sure wish he was on a more general channel. : (
Oliver is a bit too incendiary for a major spot on broadcast TV. If he did this show on such an outlet you can bet many an offended ‘murican would call up and complain to their TV station.
Indubitably. @Green_Footballs @ReutersWorld
— goddamnedfrank (@goddamnedfrank) February 15, 2016
Wow, I didn’t realize ghost voting was such a problem in state legislatures. To combat this problem, I propose that state legislator’s votes be recorded using fingerprint scanners. Since they’re so gung-ho about verifying the identities of voters, they should have no problem with such a system, right?
re: #17 freetoken
Oliver is a bit too incendiary for a major spot on broadcast TV. If he did this show on such an outlet you can bet many an offended ‘murican would call up and complain to their TV station.
Yep. The people who need to see it the most will never watch it.
re: #8 Eclectic Cyborg
American politics are hopelessly broken and it won’t get much better if Hillary is elected. The GOP will just obstruct the fuck out of her too.
The only way to get US politics back on track is for the GOP to disintegrate or fundamentally reform itself.
IMO neither of these things will happen unless the “moderates” (e.g., Mark Kirk et al.) desert the party en masse.
re: #8 Eclectic Cyborg
True-but you have to start at the bottom, like the religious right did when Reagan took office. This is the start.
re: #17 freetoken
Oliver is a bit too incendiary for a major spot on broadcast TV. If he did this show on such an outlet you can bet many an offended ‘murican would call up and complain to their TV station.
So telling the truth is now ‘too incendiary’ for broadcast TV?
Time to summon the meteors.
re: #13 wrenchwench
She only shops at her local Guns n Ammo.
This may be what could really get under Trump’s skin:
Ted Cruz Calls Donald Trump’s Sister, a Judge, an ‘Extremist’
Senator Ted Cruz took aim on Monday at the judicial record of Donald J. Trump’s sister, calling her a “radical pro-abortion extremist” unfit for the Supreme Court.
Mr. Trump has said in the past that his sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, a senior judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia would make an effective Supreme Court justice. On Sunday, he told ABC that he had only suggested it “jokingly.”
Speaking to reporters here on Monday, Mr. Cruz treated Ms. Barry’s prospective nomination as serious.
“Now, it’s good to stand with your sister,” he said. “But Donald’s sister was a Bill Clinton-appointed federal appellate judge who is a radical pro-abortion extremist.”
In fact, Ms. Barry was initially appointed to the bench by Ronald Reagan and promoted by Mr. Clinton.
[…]
Ted really likes to deceive. No wonder Trump is beginning to zero in on him.
When exactly did deploying the phrase “We the People” rhetorically become shorthand code for “I am a profoundly fucking ignorant dilltard”?
— goddamnedfrank (@goddamnedfrank) February 15, 2016
re: #22 EPR-radar
The only way to get US politics back on track if the the GOP to disintegrate or fundamentally reform itself.
IMO neither of these things will happen unless the “moderates” (e.g., Mark Kirk et al.) desert the party en masse.
Democratic voters could help spur along this process if they would just fucking show up in Midterm elections.
Joel “ribeye in the sky” Kleefisch is an absolute moron. He’s married to our own Lieutenant Governor Becky “Wisconsin is open for business” Kleefisch who is also a complete moron.
re: #26 freetoken
Heehee….Obama nominates Trump’s sister to SCOTUS……
re: #14 nines09
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Cool. I was going to check to see if I could find his shows. Thanks.
re: #26 freetoken
This may be what could really get under Trump’s skin:
Ted Cruz Calls Donald Trump’s Sister, a Judge, an ‘Extremist’
Ted really likes to deceive. No wonder Trump is beginning to zero in on him.
Cruz is such a humorless dick. Easy to see why everyone hates him.
re: #27 goddamnedfrank
Right around the time that “family” in the name of a political organization became a code word for anti-gay hatred.
Another ongoing paradox is all the constitution-thumping carried out primarily by people who thoroughly despise all its contents except their personally authored version of the second amendment.
re: #26 freetoken
This may be what could really get under Trump’s skin:
Ted Cruz Calls Donald Trump’s Sister, a Judge, an ‘Extremist’
Ted really likes to deceive. No wonder Trump is beginning to zero in on him.
It really is too bad that Trump is one of the few people with a platform calling Cruz out for his constant lying.
re: #17 freetoken
Oliver is a bit too incendiary for a major spot on broadcast TV. If he did this show on such an outlet you can bet many an offended ‘murican would call up and complain to their TV station.
I understand your point. I was thinking he should be on a channel like Comedy, USA, TNT…I have cable but I don’t subscribe to the big movie channels like HBO, Showtime, The Movie Channel, etc. Used to, but no can afford at this time.
re: #26 freetoken
This may be what could really get under Trump’s skin:
Ted Cruz Calls Donald Trump’s Sister, a Judge, an ‘Extremist’
Ted really likes to deceive. No wonder Trump is beginning to zero in on him.
I sure wish everyone from all around the political world would zero in on him. He needs to be exposed for the lying manipulating slime he is.
re: #36 Le Lapin Tueur
That actually is one of the more pro-life things Scalia has ever done. After all, he’s no longer able to vote for death in all the SCOTUS capital cases.
re: #37 ObserverArt
I sure wish everyone from all around the political world would zero in on him. He needs to be exposed for the lying manipulating slime he is.
Ted Cruz or Donald Trump?
Ex-Minuteman Leader’s Desire to Personally Cross-Examine His Child Victims Could Go Before U.S. Supreme Court https://t.co/fLX22bMY4E
— Stephen Lemons (@stephenlemons) February 15, 2016
[…]
“The SCOTUS has never ruled on this issue and it’s a big issue,” he continued. “Do rapists, stalkers, wife batterers and child molesters now have an inalienable right to personally interrogate their victims in court? The Supreme Court has never said that they do, and every single court besides our court of appeals has said that they don’t.”
[…]
As I understand it, the right to confront one’s accusers was a biggie for Scalia. I’m glad he can’t be there on this one.
re: #39 Eclectic Cyborg
Ted Cruz or Donald Trump?
One at a time. Right now Trump is helping wipe out Ted. Then everyone can concentrate on The Donald.
re: #36 Le Lapin Tueur
Sorry, can’t resist this …
I’d have said ‘Too soon’, except for all the stuff that’s been flying around since he died, especially Cruz’s pronouncement that he shouldn’t be replaced this year, while the body was still warm. That pretty much beat the decorum out of the discussion.
re: #41 ObserverArt
One at a time. Right now Trump is helping wipe out Ted. Then everyone can concentrate on The Donald.
And then Marco Rubio walks through the wreckage and gets the nom.
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re: #7 nines09
Amazing that a news service couldn’t serve the public and report what John Oliver reports. Too busy nuzzling backsides to care at all about the truth. The Republican party has some truly self righteous bastards posing as servants. And if I’m President Obama, I’m doing every possible thing I can do to appoint my choice to the SC. He owes that to the people who elected him and the nation. He won. Twice. The GOP has done nothing for this nation in over 7 years and now they want their cake and eat it too? Fuck ‘em.
What I’d really like to know about the MSM is how many times the news story “The GOP is a shit party” has been killed in-house by management in the past few decades.
It’s such an obvious story for any non-wingnut reporter, but it never appears.
re: #31 ObserverArt
Just create a youtube account (free) and subscribe. On the left is the subscription tag.
re: #42 Blind Frog Belly White
I’d have said ‘Too soon’, except for all the stuff that’s been flying around since he died, especially Cruz’s pronouncement that he shouldn’t be replaced this year, while the body was still warm. That pretty much beat the decorum out of the discussion.
I’ve noticed ol’ Mitch McC has been catching a lot of criticism for being one of the first Repugs to get political a half hour after the news broke.
re: #44 EPR-radar
What I’d really like to know about the MSM is how many times the news story “The GOP is a shit party” has been killed in-house by management in the past few decades.
It’s such an obvious story for any non-wingnut reporter, but it never appears.
The problem is a good percentage of corporate executives are Republicans and a lot of them own Newspapers, TV stations, etc.
re: #46 ObserverArt
I’ve noticed ol’ Mitch McC has been catching a lot of criticism for being one of the first Repugs to get political a half hour after the news broke.
Since that criticism isn’t coming from Republicans, it isn’t going to matter to Mitch McConnell.
re: #44 EPR-radar
I really do look at it nothing more than a dog chasing it’s tail. “What’s hot? What’s trending? Go get it. Oh, and don’t rock the boat or actually ask any questions that may offend our “host”.” Simpleton reporting. Never question, only report. Even if it a bald faced damaging lie……SCOOP!
re: #43 Eclectic Cyborg
And then Marco Rubio walks through the wreckage and gets the nom.
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Wounded and defeated. America turns a blind eye to the Republicans this election.
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re: #47 Eclectic Cyborg
The problem is a good percentage of corporate executives are Republicans and a lot of them own Newspapers, TV stations, etc.
Indeed. The ruling class learned their lessons from the muckraking journalism of the progressive era.
First you control the media. Then you take everything.
re: #45 nines09
Just create a youtube account (free) and subscribe. On the left is the subscription tag.
Already have an account. Thanks for the tip.
re: #53 ObserverArt
Then you can bring it up in a click. You are welcome.
re: #35 ObserverArt
I understand your point. I was thinking he should be on a channel like Comedy, USA, TNT…I have cable but I don’t subscribe to the big movie channels like HBO, Showtime, The Movie Channel, etc. Used to, but no can afford at this time.
You do bring up a good point. I think there is a market for incendiary political satire on basic cable, as evidenced by TBS picking up a talk show featuring Samantha Bee—another Daily Show alum—that shows promise. This clip had me in stitches:
re: #40 wrenchwench
Here’s the thing… if the defendant in a case like that was represented by counsel, and the victim was called as a witness by the prosecution, there’s no question that defense counsel should be allowed to cross-examine the victim. I’m not sure there is an argument that would rightly prohibit a pro per defendant from cross-examining the victim. Procedural due process is about the rights of the accused to put forward a defense and denying them the right to cross-examine the accuser seems like a denial of fundamental due process.
I don’t like the outcome, but I don’t see what the alternative is. (That said, I am not opposed to courts prohibiting testimony from minors). I think there are procedural safeguards that can be put in place - such as requiring the defendant to submit all questions to the judge before cross-examination, or even having the judge be the one to ask the questions. Perhaps appointed counsel for the cross?
re: #48 EPR-radar
Since that criticism isn’t coming from Republicans, it isn’t going to matter to Mitch McConnell.
A big critic was Morning Joke…one of the first things he said at the top of his show.
I watch about 15-20 minutes just to get a feel for the whole day’s GOP parroting and where the media will be heading. It is amazing how his show seems to reflect what is coming.
re: #56 KGxvi
Here’s the thing… if the defendant in a case like that was represented by counsel, and the victim was called as a witness by the prosecution, there’s no question that defense counsel should be allowed to cross-examine the victim. I’m not sure there is an argument that would rightly prohibit a pro per defendant from cross-examining the victim. Procedural due process is about the rights of the accused to put forward a defense and denying them the right to cross-examine the accuser seems like a denial of fundamental due process.
I don’t like the outcome, but I don’t see what the alternative is. (That said, I am not opposed to courts prohibiting testimony from minors). I think there are procedural safeguards that can be put in place - such as requiring the defendant to submit all questions to the judge before cross-examination, or even having the judge be the one to ask the questions. Perhaps appointed counsel for the cross?
Testimony from minors is an interesting question. I well remember the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, and how a number of people who were probably totally innocent got convicted of horrific crimes based on the mistaken belief that ‘kids don’t lie!’.
re: #36 Le Lapin Tueur
I garner no joy in another mans death, but The Onion nailed it. Truth is truth
I am reminded of a eulogy I either read or dreamt or thought up. Went along the lines of something like this.
“Yes, he was a uncaring hard man. Yes. A bastard. Cruel. Mean. Single minded in his obsessive meanness. A Son Of A Bitch. But now, in this hour of his demise……I would like to draw attention to……..The fact that this man…….Is now………A DEAD SON OF A BITCH! Whoo Hoo! BAM! Give me a bottle!”
re: #56 KGxvi
Here’s the thing… if the defendant in a case like that was represented by counsel, and the victim was called as a witness by the prosecution, there’s no question that defense counsel should be allowed to cross-examine the victim. I’m not sure there is an argument that would rightly prohibit a pro per defendant from cross-examining the victim. Procedural due process is about the rights of the accused to put forward a defense and denying them the right to cross-examine the accuser seems like a denial of fundamental due process.
I don’t like the outcome, but I don’t see what the alternative is. (That said, I am not opposed to courts prohibiting testimony from minors). I think there are procedural safeguards that can be put in place - such as requiring the defendant to submit all questions to the judge before cross-examination, or even having the judge be the one to ask the questions. Perhaps appointed counsel for the cross?
I’m all for due process, with limits. You are right, it is tough to sort out.
Interestingly, last year Judge Padilla held an evidentiary hearing into the possible trauma that the two girls, who were 4 and 5 at the time of the abuse, might face.
There’s the limit.
I like the idea of having a judge or someone else ask the (written) questions.
re: #58 Blind Frog Belly White
Testimony from minors is an interesting question. I well remember the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, and how a number of people who were probably totally innocent got convicted of horrific crimes based on the mistaken belief that ‘kids don’t lie!’.
I forget the details I learned in law school, but I believe there are special rules in place for children and other witnesses with diminished capacity.
Question re. last thread: does Priebus (I always want to write Primus) believe what he says?
re: #61 wrenchwench
I’m all for due process, with limits. You are right, it is tough to sort out.
There’s the limit.
I like the idea of having a judge or someone else ask the (written) questions.
I’ve seen a similar compromise where the accused asked questions by video from a separate room.
re: #61 wrenchwench
I’m all for due process, with limits. You are right, it is tough to sort out.
There’s the limit.
I like the idea of having a judge or someone else ask the (written) questions.
Typically, I’ll defer to a trial court judge conducting a hearing on cases involving children and violent crimes.
Jeb! is pulling a Trump:
Bush campaign volunteers not letting reporters out of the press pen to talk to voters at W event. Blaming USSS. #notcool
— Julie Pace (@jpaceDC) February 15, 2016
re: #62 KGxvi
I forget the details I learned in law school, but I believe there are special rules in place for children and other witnesses with diminished capacity.
One of the things I read which made me think, “WTF?” was that some kids apparently claimed (or agreed with the claim) that not only had small animals been ritually sacrificed, but even zoo animals, including a giraffe.
That should have been a clue. It’s hard to hide 18 feet of ritually sacrificed corpse in a small preschool.
re: #67 Backwoods_Sleuth
Afraid of the dolt percentage? Idiot says what? “Jeb? I thought we was bringing Junior back. Uh, wait a minute.’
Lindsey Graham engaging in the “wartime president” bullshit in introducing George W. Bush.
A lot of bad memories all flooding back.
re: #74 bratwurst
Graham is politically in a forest and can’t see the trees.
re: #74 bratwurst
1. Start a war.
2. Call yourself a wartime president.
3. ???
4. Profit.
re: #27 goddamnedfrank
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As soon as the context called for it to be “us, the people” and the RWNJs muffed it..
re: #74 bratwurst
Lindsey Graham engaging in the “wartime president” bullshit in introducing George W. Bush.
A lot of bad memories all flooding back.
Republicans really do live in an alternate world.
First we get blindsided by 9/11, which the all-encompassing incompetence of the Bush administration did nothing to prevent.
Then we embarked on a stupid-ass invasion of Iraq using the most transparently pathetic excuses of all time. At the time I had just voted for W, and I was in favor of doing something about Iraq. Even back then as a blinkered Republican-voting idiot, I could see that the party line about Iraq was the dumbest pack of lies imaginable.
We could put the voter rights and the undocumented resident question to bed once and for all by institution a nationwide ID card: one for citizens and one for legal resident aliens, to be shown when voting, opening a bank account, registering an auto, applying for social benefits or enrolling children in public schools.
It would end all discussion about voter ID or undocumented workers, and cost a lot less than building and maintaining a wall around our country.
Any takers out there?
Any Republican who can’t recognize “Bush fatigue” is real and will sink any nominee can’t really be taken seriously as a campaigner.
re: #79 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
We could put the voter rights and the undocumented resident question to bed once and for all by institution a nationwide ID card: one for citizens and one for legal resident aliens, to be shown when voting, opening a bank account, registering an auto, applying for social benefits or enrolling children in public schools.
It would end all discussion about voter ID or undocumented workers, and cost a lot less than building and maintaining a wall around our country.
Any takers out there?
If such an ID were also used for verifying employment eligibility, I’d be all for it.
re: #79 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Biometrics, DNA, embeddable chips under the skin.
re: #81 EPR-radar
If such an ID were also used for verifying employment eligibility, I’d be all for it.
Wingnut heads would explode over the ‘National Identification Card’ thing, much as some did over RealID.
Crowd filling up @UAW Local 600 in Dearborn, Michigan, right now to hear @BernieSanders speak tonight: pic.twitter.com/wbjOFTRjGx
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) February 15, 2016
re: #82 freetoken
Biometrics, DNA, embeddable chips under the skin.
MIND CONTROL CHIPS, YOU MEAN!!!!
re: #82 freetoken
Biometrics, DNA, embeddable chips under the skin.
With your rabies and other shot records.
re: #85 Blind Frog Belly White
MIND CONTROL CHIPS, YOU MEAN!!!!
The chips aren’t for mind control. They are for remote controlled assassinations (they can release Ricin).
Mind control is from the Orbital Mind Control Lasers.
My pearls!!! WHERE ARE MY PEARLS???!!
Dick Cheney on #Scalia replacement: “I’m of those who believe that it would be best if it was left until the next president was elected.”
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 15, 2016
re: #76 Nyet
1. Start a war.
2. Call yourselfrunning mate a wartime president.
3.???be Dick Cheney
4. Profit.
FTFY
re: #83 Blind Frog Belly White
Wingnut heads would explode over the ‘National Identification Card’ thing, much as some did over RealID.
Which is why some state Driver Licenses are no longer valid ID for entering a Military Base or other Federal Facility. Still valid (I believe) for air travel however.
RBS
re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth
My pearls!!! WHERE ARE MY PEARLS???!!
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Places bottle of smelling salts under BWS’s nose.
RBS
re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth
My pearls!!! WHERE ARE MY PEARLS???!!
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Funny, I don’t remember Dick saying that shit in ‘08, when his party was raising all sorts of a ruckus over Dubya being told his nominees were not getting votes.
re: #36 Le Lapin Tueur
Sorry, can’t resist this …
I’m amazed that the camera lens didn’t crack when that freak smiled…
re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth
I think Dick Cheney needs to go to Hell. While there, he can look into which circle of Hell is celebrating the return of its infernal ruler after a long absence.
re: #91 Reality Based Steve
Places bottle of smelling salts under BWS’s nose.
RBS
Thanks. I so totally did NOT see that one coming….
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re: #81 EPR-radar
If such an ID were also used for verifying employment eligibility, I’d be all for it.
Require it when buying a gun, too.
re: #83 Blind Frog Belly White
Wingnut heads would explode over the ‘National Identification Card’ thing, much as some did over RealID.
Plenty of dudebros on the Left would also totally oppose it…
re: #97 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Plenty of dudebros on the Left would also totally oppose it…
“The government will have all your personal info! And they’ll use the RFID chip to track your every movement and hack your computers! Even put in little microcameras to watch you as you sleep! Don’t look at me like that, it’s true!!!”
re: #15 KGxvi
I am rather enjoying Lucifer. It runs the risk of being a one trick pony though.
I think Piers Anthony did an interesting take on Satan in For Love of Evil
re: #97 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Plenty of dudebros on the Left would also totally oppose it…
I’m no dudebro, but a national ID card sounds like another weapon against the undocumented, not to be redundant and all.
Two Muslim women with hijab on stage in row right behind where @BernieSanders to speak at @UAW Local 600 in Dearborn pic.twitter.com/ohw9zhTWE3
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) February 15, 2016
re: #81 EPR-radar
If such an ID were also used for verifying employment eligibility, I’d be all for it.
The point is, without such a system in place, all we have are piecemeal easily politically instrumentalized stopgap and pseudo-measures.
It is common practice all over Europe that you cannot sign a lease, an employment contract, open a bank account or even get a mobile phone in your name without showing proof of legal residence.
It would never fly in the USofA but I cannot think of a simpler, cheaper or more egalitarian alternative.
The neighborhood where @BernieSanders is to speak tonight is about 90% Yemeni-American Muslim. Sits next to historic Ford Rouge plant.
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) February 15, 2016
Bottom line: anyone dumb enough to fall for the “he kept us safe” line deserves to have Jeb! as their commander in chief.
re: #83 Blind Frog Belly White
Especially the CATO folks.
re: #100 wrenchwench
I’m no dudebro, but a national ID card sounds like another weapon against the undocumented, not to be redundant and all.
I would like to see everyone living and working in the USA to be documented. Not by deporting all the unregistered ones, but by instituting a system that encompasses everyone living and working there.
re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth
My pearls!!! WHERE ARE MY PEARLS???!!
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Let me fix this:
“I’m of those that believe there are no legitimately elected Democratic presidents and that any exercise of constitutional authority is best left for a Republican president.”
Now it’s properly translated.
re: #103 The Vicious Babushka
Muslims? Hijab? Bernie’s toast.
Don’t know what Trump is doing to the GOP, but Freep is unwinding like a cheap sweatsock.
Funny how after this weekend, 30 degrees feels strangely comfortable.
re: #106 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I would like to see everyone living and working in the USA to be documented. Not by deporting all the unregistered ones, but by instituting a system that encompasses everyone living and working there.
Spit in the cup, please.
re: #107 Mike Lamb
Let me fix this:
“I’m of those that believe there are no legitimately elected Democratic presidents* and that any exercise of constitutional authority is best left for a Republican president.”
Now it’s properly translated.
*Democrats are elected only through a combination of voter fraud and promises of free stuff to moochers at the expense of honest, hardworking taxpayers.
re: #110 makeitstop
Funny how after this weekend, 30 degrees feels strangely comfortable.
I remember one time in grade school after a particularly lengthy cold spell we had a day that the temperature went up to 32 degrees. People were walking around in t-shirts.
re: #114 Eclectic Cyborg
I remember one time in grade school after a particularly lengthy cold spell we had a day that the temperature went up to 32 degrees. People were walking around in t-shirts.
I was just outside in a flannel, brushing off the remaining snow from my truck.
I might go to rehearsal without 10 layers of clothing for a change.
re: #109 Decatur Deb
Don’t know what Trump is doing to the GOP, but Freep is unwinding like a cheap sweatsock.
Apparently The Donald said that the GOP wasn’t honoring it’s end of the pledge, that he wasn’t being treated fairly. He didn’t outright say that “I’m going 3rd party”, what he said is that they were in default, and because they were in default, he could do whatever he had to do.
Yea, I’ve been watching it over there, isn’t it delightful. They are busy destroying themselves.
RBS
re: #109 Decatur Deb
Don’t know what Trump is doing to the GOP, but Freep is unwinding like a cheap sweatsock.
Wingnuts don’t know what to do. Before last year, they had a rather deep love affair with Ted, no matter how much they may have instinctively wanted to punch him in the face. But then along came Donald and swept them away with racism, bigotry, hatred, and all the sweet nothings they could handle. If he doesn’t win the nomination or even runs third party, expect a great deal of garment rending and blood spilling.
re: #111 Decatur Deb
Spit in the cup, please.
Again, all the other approaches to addressing the problem of voter ID and undocumented residents are going to be stopgap, inconsistently applied, often counterproductive and all to easily instrumentalized to realize political ends.
Trump is treating the GOP like a business partner. That might not end well for them.
re: #110 makeitstop
Funny how after this weekend, 30 degrees feels strangely comfortable.
Here in SE Alaska it’s a comfortable 55* and sunny. It’s been a fairly warm and wet winter. We had no measureable snowfall in January though it has been very rainy.
re: #113 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
*Democrats are elected only through a combination of voter fraud and promises of free stuff to moochers at the expense of honest, hardworking taxpayers.</blockquote
Democrats* being the only demographic, of course, who is not permitted to vote in their own self-interest.
*Technically—that’s only minority democrats.
re: #119 Eclectic Cyborg
Trump is treating the GOP like a business partner. That might not end well for them.
Donald listened to the Tea Party. The GOP thought they could use them as a megaphone and still keep them in check, being totally deaf to the clear message that the TP hates “politics as usual” regardless of which party is conducting it. They were ready to turn on the GOP and only used it themselves to get their voices heard.
re: #121 Cheechako
Here in SE Alaska it’s a comfortable 55* and sunny. It’s been a fairly warm and wet winter. We had no measureable snowfall in January though it has been very rainy.
I’ve got some of your snow here in the backwoods.
Come on down and get it, please.
re: #118 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Again, all the other approaches to addressing the problem of voter ID and undocumented residents are going to be stopgap, inconsistently applied, often counterproductive and all to easily instrumentalized to realize political ends.
I always vote for the wrong side in Brave New World.
re: #119 Eclectic Cyborg
Trump is treating the GOP like a business partner. That might not end well for them.
The GOP will have to file for Moral Bankrupcy.
re: #120 The Vicious Babushka
The wingnuts and Geller & Co. won’t care.
re: #119 Eclectic Cyborg
Trump is treating the GOP like a business partner. That might not end well for them.
They were insane to let him in at all. The second he announced they should have nuked his campaign from orbit, brought up the 70’s DOJ racism in housing lawsuit and straight up labeled him persona non-grata as a white supremacist. That would have been risky and, as it happens, taken far more leadership than the cowards running the RNC are capable of mustering.
re: #120 The Vicious Babushka
IT’S FREAKING DEARBORN
What happens in Dearborn doesn’t stay in Dearborn.
re: #110 makeitstop
Funny how after this weekend, 30 degrees feels strangely comfortable.
85 here. Santa Ana winds. ha.
George W. Bush goes a whole speech without bashing PBO by name yet Jeb does it within the first minute.
— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) February 15, 2016
Yes, several people really are leaving the @JebBush event in Charleston after George W finished speaking and Jeb has the mic.
— Michael Mathes (@MichaelMathes) February 15, 2016
re: #121 Cheechako
Here in SE Alaska it’s a comfortable 55* and sunny. It’s been a fairly warm and wet winter. We had no measureable snowfall in January though it has been very rainy.
We’re getting 55 degrees here tomorrow. Which is nice, because I got a gig in NYC tomorrow night, and going into NYC when it’s cold is a pain in the butt.
re: #110 makeitstop
Funny how after this weekend, 30 degrees feels strangely comfortable.
And I’m starting to get used to 85 degree weather in the middle of the normally wettest month during the biggest el Nino in recent history.
re: #124 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’ve got some of your snow here in the backwoods.
Come on down and get it, please.
Sorry, we didn’t get to snowbird in Arizona this winter so I’m enjoying the warmer but rainy weather. I’ve only used my snowblower twice and each time there was no more than 6” of snow.
Fmr. President George W. Bush: “We do not need someone in the Oval Office who mirrors and inflames our frustration.” https://t.co/MQQKxPoeQ5
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 15, 2016
re: #133 Skip Intro
And I’m starting to get used to 85 degree weather in the middle of the normally wettest month during the biggest el Nino in recent history.
Yeah. El Nino. What’s up with that?
re: #138 CuriousLurker
I almost feel sorry for him.
Yeah, here to. Almost. In the sense that deep down, his heart and soul are not really in the campaign, as if he had to convince himself to live up to something that was expected of him.
re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Hey, lets face it, there have been times we really came to see the warmup act.
RBS
re: #128 goddamnedfrank
They were insane to let him in at all. The second he announced they should have nuked his campaign from orbit, brought up the 70’s DOJ racism in housing lawsuit and straight up labeled him persona non-grata as a white supremacist. That would have been risky and, as it happens, taken far more leadership than the cowards running the RNC are capable of mustering.
Instead they hoped events would unfold in a way that would neutralize him without their having to get involved. Like someone who discovers a tumor and, in denial, avoids a going to the doctor out of fear of the worst, the GOP is now riddled with a metastatic case of Trumpian cancer. He’s fed off of the racism the GOP leadership has cultivated for decades, and now stands to choke the very life out of the Republican body.
Because of course
Donald Trump raises doubts about Scalia’s death, found the pillow placement “pretty unusual” https://t.co/4YDr73KRqH
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 15, 2016
re: #146 The Vicious Babushka
Donald Trump raises doubts about Scalia’s death, found the pillow placement “pretty unusual”
Coming from an expert at being suffocated by a large, soft object on his head…
Lindsey Graham in 2005 arguing that George W. Bush was elected twice and gets to appoint whoever he wants to SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/coeLNgag5e
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) February 15, 2016
re: #143 Reality Based Steve
Hey, lets face it, there have been times we really came to see the warmup act.
RBS
Like in 1980, when The Police were the warmup for The Knack?
re: #146 The Vicious Babushka
Because of course
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It’s as if Alex Jones is seeking the GOP nomination.
re: #128 goddamnedfrank
They were insane to let him in at all. The second he announced they should have nuked his campaign from orbit, brought up the 70’s DOJ racism in housing lawsuit and straight up labeled him persona non-grata as a white supremacist. That would have been risky and, as it happens, taken far more leadership than the cowards running the RNC are capable of mustering.
Because they (and all of us) thought it was just a big joke. Right up until HOLY SHIT.
re: #128 goddamnedfrank
They were insane to let him in at all. The second he announced they should have nuked his campaign from orbit, brought up the 70’s DOJ racism in housing lawsuit and straight up labeled him persona non-grata as a white supremacist. That would have been risky and, as it happens, taken far more leadership than the cowards running the RNC are capable of mustering.
The GOP took him as a joke and, let’s be honest, most of us did. For months, we heard pundit after pundit predict that he’d plateaued and would soon be on his way out. And every time he took off in the polls again, it was by tapping into the rich veins of racism and hatred that have been the party’s foundation for decades. By the point it became obvious he was not going to flame out and go away, he’d become so dug in that to destroy him would have meant mutual annihilation. They couldn’t destroy him at this point without effectively forfeiting the election.
re: #146 The Vicious Babushka
Because of course
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Wait until Trump learns Scalia choked on a long-form birth certificate.
LMAO at Cenk on The YoungTurks smacking SMOTI down…
re: #144 goddamnedfrank
He perfectly personified their bigotry and racism and stole the keys to the hate machine.
Trump was the perfect storm. Wealthy and able to speak the bigoted language. If he spoke Evangelical language, he’d be their dream candidate.
Thing thing about Trump he’s not like other candidates that can be muzzled by cutting off the cash flow. Trump has enough cash to effectively bankroll his own campaign if he needs to. The RNC can do absolutely NOTHING about him. Trump has them by the balls and he knows it.
re: #158 Eclectic Cyborg
Thing thing about Trump he’s not like other candidates that can be muzzled by cutting off the cash flow. Trump has enough cash to effectively bankroll his own campaign if he needs to. The RNC can do absolutely NOTHING about him. Trump has them by the balls and he knows it.
Exactly right.
re: #128 goddamnedfrank
But that would have been no fun for us sane Americans watching this show.
re: #147 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Coming from an expert at being suffocated by a large, soft object on his head…
LOL
And besides, who ever heard of sleeping with a PILLOW near your head. //
re: #128 goddamnedfrank
They were insane to let him in at all. The second he announced they should have nuked his campaign from orbit, brought up the 70’s DOJ racism in housing lawsuit and straight up labeled him persona non-grata as a white supremacist. That would have been risky and, as it happens, taken far more leadership than the cowards running the RNC are capable of mustering.
Isn’t it strange that cooperating with racists for decades ends up corrupting the party?
re: #94 EPR-radar
I think Dick Cheney needs to go to Hell. While there, he can look into which circle of Hell is celebrating the return of its infernal ruler after a long absence.
I don’t know. Old Lou Cipher would be worried Cheney would upstage him and put him out of work. That would be tough to lose an eternal job.
Just heard. Lame duck President? Uh asshole he has 11 months left in his presidency. This is such crap by the Republican party and I hope like hell even if we do get a nominee passed the Senate that they’re called out for it by Democratic candidates so voters know never to even consider trusting this party with anythign ever again.
re: #162 EPR-radar
Isn’t it strange that cooperating with racists for decades ends up corrupting the party?
Heh yep, this is the final product of the Southern Strategy. Congratulations GOP, you are the Dixiecrat Party of 1948.
re: #139 Backwoods_Sleuth
maybe part of the process is to stop being butthurt as a political party that you lost to PBO, twice and maybe, just maybe, have a platform that consists of something that isn’t solely constructed of fear of anything that isn’t white, protestant and rich.
re: #158 Eclectic Cyborg
Thing thing about Trump he’s not like other candidates that can be muzzled by cutting off the cash flow. Trump has enough cash to effectively bankroll his own campaign if he needs to. The RNC can do absolutely NOTHING about him. Trump has them by the balls and he knows it.
At this point they’d have to destroy him personally which means destroying themselves organizationally. I mean just go after him with a metaphorical claw hammer, unleash the fucking Kraken, make a big deal about the Nixon / Ford DOJ housing lawsuit and encourage every insider to vent every story about his racism over the years. That means being willing to perform a radical political amputation, cutting their white supremacist base of support off mid thigh and then cauterizing the stumps with a blowtorch.
The thing is they know they can’t do that and still have any chance of winning this election, and being the short sighted taint-weasels they are they’re still hoping for a divine intervention.
re: #150 HappyWarrior
It’s as if Alex Jones is seeking the GOP nomination.
re: #154 Decatur Deb
Wait until Trump learns Scalia choked on a long-form birth certificate.
A little while ago I was fooling around in the comments of SK’s latest page about the black flag with Arabic writing and was surprised at how easy it is to create a conspiracy theory if you keep an eye out for things that will fit into the template you’ve created.
Bernie people, please check your graphics for typos. Kthxbai.
Columbia, SC. Tuesday at Allen University. Pull up. #FeelTheBern pic.twitter.com/EAttEELyJX
— Justin Bamberg (@JustinBamberg) February 15, 2016
re: #158 Eclectic Cyborg
Thing thing about Trump he’s not like other candidates that can be muzzled by cutting off the cash flow. Trump has enough cash to effectively bankroll his own campaign if he needs to. The RNC can do absolutely NOTHING about him. Trump has them by the balls and he knows it.
Trump was able to do something as a self-funded candidate that has fucked the party for years: He shocked the country the face of the party’s base. He fed them on Grade-A red meat for months, giving voice to all their worst fears and hatreds, and doing so in a totally unapologetic manner. The only reason Ted remains viable at this point is because he’s ready to feed the same hunger. Even if the establishment got Rubio nominated by this point, he’d be so handcuffed to this lunacy, for fear that the base would stay home.
re: #167 goddamnedfrank
Upding for “short sighted taint weasels”.
re: #167 goddamnedfrank
The thing is they know they can’t do that and still have any chance of winning this election, and being the short sighted taint-weasels they are they’re still hoping for a divine intervention.
I think they got one. Wasn’t in their favor.
re: #168 CuriousLurker
A little while ago I was fooling around in the comments of SK’s latest page about the black flag with Arabic writing and was surprised at how easy it is to create a conspiracy theory if you keep an eye out for things that will fit into the template you’ve created.
I saw Trump’s face on a wheat tortilla.
re: #169 The Vicious Babushka
Bernie people, please check your graphics for typos. Kthxbai.
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But Baby Whiplash says he’s a militant atheist. Militant Atheists don’t attend faith breakfasts even if the breakfast burritos are amazing.
re: #160 GlutenFreeJesus
But that would have been no fun for us sane Americans watching this show.
I’m actually not having fun. I think it’s scary as fuck allowing someone that openly fascist anywhere on the field, let alone within even the longest field goal range of the Presidency. That’s why I’m so pissed off at Republicans, every last one of them, they’ve utterly failed in their civic duty.
re: #168 CuriousLurker
A little while ago I was fooling around in the comments of SK’s latest page about the black flag with Arabic writing and was surprised at how easy it is to create a conspiracy theory if you keep an eye out for things that will fit into the template you’ve created.
It is easy. And it helps to have a platform i.e. radio show like Alex does to spread them.
re: #167 goddamnedfrank
At this point they’d have to destroy him personally which means destroying themselves organizationally. I mean just go after him with a metaphorical claw hammer, unleash the fucking Kraken, make a big deal about the Nixon / Ford DOJ housing lawsuit and encourage every insider to vent every story about his racism over the years. That means being willing to perform a radical political amputation, cutting their white supremacist base of support off mid thigh and then cauterize the stumps with a blowtorch.
The thing is they know they can’t do that and still have any chance of winning this election, and being the short sighted taint-weasels they are they’re still hoping for a divine intervention.
They seem by this point to be debating if choking down the shit sandwich that is Ted Cruz is such a bad thing if it means Trump is not the nominee. You can see it in their eyes, their hope that this shitshow goes sideways between now and Cleveland, so they can have a brokered convention and possibly put somebody at the top of the ticket that they could conceivably win the election with.
re: #175 goddamnedfrank
I’m actually not having fun. I think it’s scary as fuck allowing someone that openly fascist anywhere on the field, let alone within even the longest field goal range of the Presidency. That’s why I’m so pissed off at Republicans, every last one of them, they’ve utterly failed in their civic duty.
Who I’m most upset with here are the so called moderates which is why I’ve found my patience wearing thin with DF here as of late.
re: #8 Eclectic Cyborg
American politics are hopelessly broken and it won’t get much better if Hillary is elected. The GOP will just obstruct the fuck out of her too.
But it would be better to have a Democratic President regardless of Republican obstructionism he or her would face. A Republican President would be a nightmare.
P.S. The Senate may flip back to the Democrats so it would be obstruction from just the House.
re: #139 Backwoods_Sleuth
“who mirrors and inflames our frustration.”
Do you think he understands that mirrors only show who is looking at them?
re: #176 HappyWarrior
It is easy. And it helps to have a platform i.e. radio show like Alex does to spread them.
30 years ago Alex Jones would be the crazy guy handing out his newsletter at the park. You know, the one you tried not to make eye contact with.
I’ve GOT to learn to grift.
RBS
re: #181 Reality Based Steve
30 years ago Alex Jones would be the crazy guy handing out his newsletter at the park. You know, the one you tried not to make eye contact with.
I’ve GOT to learn to grift.
RBS
So would 80+% of talk radio hosts.
re: #181 Reality Based Steve
30 years ago Alex Jones would be the crazy guy handing out his newsletter at the park. You know, the one you tried not to make eye contact with.
I’ve GOT to learn to grift.
RBS
Hell, even 8 years ago, Jones was that guy that the wingnuts laughed off and declared that the only people who paid him attention were liberals trying to accuse all conservatives of being crazy.
Then the black guy won and, suddenly, Jones started to make sense to those wingnuts. Curious that…
re: #181 Reality Based Steve
30 years ago Alex Jones would be the crazy guy handing out his newsletter at the park. You know, the one you tried not to make eye contact with.
I’ve GOT to learn to grift.
RBS
There are certainly downsides to a more connected world. Alex Jones being able to spread his conspiracy bullshit globally with ease is one of them. I’ve joked about it before but I want to start a CT that Alex himself is a CIA pawn spreading crazienss to discredit teh real truth seekers. //
What Democrats should think about when they think about electability: https://t.co/Iy2szXKyhc
— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman1) February 15, 2016
re: #183 Targetpractice
Hell, even 8 years ago, Jones was that guy that the wingnuts laughed off and declared that the only people who paid him attention were liberals trying to accuse all conservatives of being crazy.
Then the black guy won and, suddenly, Jones started to make sense to those wingnuts. Curious that…
Exactly. When Jones directed his nonsense at Republicans like Bush, he was ignored but his crazy shit is mainstream now that Obama’s president in conservative circles.
How good government made fools of Cliven Bundy and his self-styled revolutionaries https://t.co/ychXd3Knmq
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 16, 2016
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The FBI showed patience and restraint. They gave the occupiers ample opportunity to alienate the local community. Many locals reportedly became hostile toward the stunt despite agreeing with the occupiers about the sentencing of two local ranchers on arson charges. Federal authorities left the lights on and allowed them a platform to demonstrate the incoherence of their mishmash of grievances. They bided their time until an opportunity presented itself to arrest of the group’s leaders on a remote Oregon highway. They then slowly tightened the noose on the remaining holdouts, allowing them to ramble on about abortion, marijuana prohibition and a government cover-up of aliens at Area 51.
In the final hours, as negotiators talked the last few holdouts into surrendering on a live-streamed telephone call, only someone deeply indoctrinated in anti-government ideology could fail to see the FBI as calm and professional, while the occupiers displayed clinical levels of paranoia. The last four militants were convinced that they would be cut down in a hail of gunfire the moment they stepped outside the door, but it was clear that all they had to do to avoid harm was leave their weapons behind and walk out, which is what ultimately happened.
Freeper Gold:
“Trump ain’t nuthin’ but Ross Perot with an ear job and a hair weave…”
re: #188 Decatur Deb
Freeper Gold:
“Trump ain’t nuthin’ but Ross Perot with an ear job and a hair weave…”
Well, he has a point, the whole appeal of Perot was that he had so much money, he didn’t have to listen to the “establishment” and could promise whatever he liked.
re: #185 ausador
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The big take away is you really do have to consider the small differences that will exist in a Clinton versus Sanders presidency which may be a wash since I don’t think you can convince me Bernie will be as effective as Clinton will be versus the considerable differences between any of them and a Republican.
re: #178 HappyWarrior
Who I’m most upset with here are the so called moderates which is why I’ve found my patience wearing thin with DF here as of late.
My view is that people here coddle him too much because interpersonal conflict makes them uncomfortable. That’s about all I should say on the matter.
re: #189 Targetpractice
Well, he has a point, the whole appeal of Perot was that he had so much money, he didn’t have to listen to the “establishment” and could promise whatever he liked.
Oh, yeah. But he’s a Freeper.
re: #189 Targetpractice
Well, he has a point, the whole appeal of Perot was that he had so much money, he didn’t have to listen to the “establishment” and could promise whatever he liked.
Though in actuality, he promised damned little outside of aphorisms. “Clean out the barn!’ is a great soundbite and a terrible basis for policy.
re: #193 Blind Frog Belly White
Though in actuality, he promised damned little outside of aphorisms. “Clean out the barn!’ is a great soundbite and a terrible basis for policy.
So he was Bernie with Trump’s money.
re: #185 ausador
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A good article that made me sick to my stomach. This election honestly scares the shit out of me. So much at stake.
re: #190 HappyWarrior
The difference is that there won’t be a Bernie presidency.
Trump rambling on about how we paid (we really didn’t) $150b for the sailors Iran took into custody. You know that crowd is eating it up.
i’m starting to think that this is the last season of America and the writers are just going nuts
— Jake Flores (@feraljokes) February 13, 2016
re: #97 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Plenty of dudebros on the Left would also totally oppose it…
In New Hampshire it’s that mobius feature where you can’t tell where dudebros on the Left end and Free Stater Libertarians begin.
re: #199 No Depression
A good article that made me sick to my stomach. This election honestly scares the shit out of me. So much at stake.
I’ve heard similar from the other side. It could be tempting to see this as opposite sides of a coin, except it’s not. The other side really is trying to do away with all the social progress we’ve made since about Brown and the Board of Education, if not the 14th Amendment.
re: #200 Skip Intro
The difference is that there won’t be a Bernie presidency.
I don’t disagree but I want to humor them.
Still just under a tornado watch, but the radar map says we’re going to get hammered. Most of Alabama is being raked.
re: #203 Danack
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There better not be a plot twist that says we’re still technically part of England because of a secret clause in the Treaty of Paris.
re: #208 HappyWarrior
There better not be a plot twist that says we’re still technically part of England because of a secret clause in the Treaty of Paris.
You worry too much, Yankee. We could still be reporting to the Spanish monarchy. King’s cool, isn’t he?
re: #208 HappyWarrior
There better not be a plot twist that says we’re still technically part of England because of a secret clause in the Treaty of Paris.
The law doesn’t have to be secret, just obscure enough that your eyes glaze over the wording. A friend of mine is writing a story where part of the plot turns on the real fact that the Duke of Cornwall is by law exempt from the legal restriction barring everyone else in Britain from firing off nuclear weapons as long as he does it on his own property.
re: #210 Nojay UK
The law doesn’t have to be secret, just obscure enough that your eyes glaze over the wording. A friend of mine is writing a story where part of the plot turns on the real fact that the Duke of Cornwall is by law exempt from the legal restriction barring everyone else in Britain from firing off nuclear weapons on his property.
Hehe that works too. Your friend’s story sounds fascianting.
re: #210 Nojay UK
The law doesn’t have to be secret, just obscure enough that your eyes glaze over the wording. A friend of mine is writing a story where part of the plot turns on the real fact that the Duke of Cornwall is by law exempt from the legal restriction barring everyone else in Britain from firing off nuclear weapons on his property.
Torquay much?
re: #209 Decatur Deb
You worry too much, Yankee. We could still be reporting to the Spanish monarchy. King’s cool, isn’t he?
I dunno, Juan Carlos seems pretty cool to me. I can’t imagine Queen Elizabeth pulling a fast one on Oswald Moseley like JC did on Generalissmo Franco. “Yeah I’ll keep fascism and totalitarianism in Espana, Generalissmo. Oh my hands are behind my back and no my fingers they’re not crossed why would you suggest such a thing?”
re: #211 HappyWarrior
Hehe that works too. Your friend’s story sounds fascianting.
It started off as a short novella and he’s now nine books into the trilogy. Yes he is on first-name terms with George R R Martin, how did you guess?
… doing a strange thing with talk about Lindsay Graham … confusing me…
re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth
“please clap”
He doesn’t need to say it, I think they have put up those audience applause signs like they use for TV shows.
Heh, Just got the thought of SNL’s Fred Armisen doing the slow drummer with the coke bottle glasses that was always ahead or behind with the little drum rimshots to accent Chris Kattan’s pissed off comedian. Now that would add some damn fun!
re: #214 Nojay UK
It started off as a short novella and he’s now nine books into the trilogy. Yes he is on first-name terms with George R R Martin, how did you guess?
My creative writing professor has books on Amazon heh.
Oh dear, Bernie is taking Trump talking points
.@BernieSanders in Dearborn: “We are going to rebuild” our manufacturing in America, not China. Loud cheers and applause.
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) February 16, 2016
.@BernieSanders at @UAW hall in Dearborn: “We don’t need unfettered free trade. We need fair trade.”
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) February 16, 2016
… now championing water-boarding… calling Cruz weak on water-boarding… and immigration…
The singer Vanity, Denise Matthews, has passed away
SADDEN my FRIEND IN CHRIST gone 2day. Vanity, Denise Matthews. MISS YOU DEARLY. U ARE IN HIS ARMS NOW, NO Pain pic.twitter.com/UbCWtl8brc
— SheilaEdrummer (@SheilaEdrummer) February 16, 2016
re: #219 The Vicious Babushka
Oh dear, Bernie is taking Trump talking points
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I believe it when Bernie says it.
re: #219 The Vicious Babushka
Oh dear, Bernie is taking Trump talking points
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Plays better than, “what are you dopes doing here? waiting for your jobs to come back? hahahahahahahaha!”
re: #219 The Vicious Babushka
Oh dear, Bernie is taking Trump talking points
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Easier said than done Bernie.
re: #223 Blind Frog Belly White
So he wants our workers to work for 15 cents a day?
re: #221 Pawn of the Oppressor
Is that The Punisher??
Yup, and it certainly looks like they did make the roof top scene
re: #152 Targetpractice
The GOP took him as a joke and, let’s be honest, most of us did. For months, we heard pundit after pundit predict that he’d plateaued and would soon be on his way out. And every time he took off in the polls again, it was by tapping into the rich veins of racism and hatred that have been the party’s foundation for decades. By the point it became obvious he was not going to flame out and go away, he’d become so dug in that to destroy him would have meant mutual annihilation. They couldn’t destroy him at this point without effectively forfeiting the election.
I actually think Trump himself thought of it as a joke—announce for president, get some free publicity, drop out when it gets boring, back to another season of The Apprentice. I don’t think he expected this to take off like it has.
re: #228 freetoken
“… water-boarding isn’t tough enough…”
Then he should volunteer to be waterboarded to prove to us how weak it really is.
On the positive side, and I honestly didn’t think I’d see this in my lifetime, the right-wing propaganda machine is imploding and the GOP along with it.
The downside is there are far too many people who are true believers, including more than a few elected officials.
re: #231 GlutenFreeJesus
Then he should volunteer to be waterboarded to prove to us how weak it really is.
Yes please.
.@BernieSanders talking on Flint water: “It was really unbelievable … What country am I living in?…Flint is the canary in the coal mine”
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) February 16, 2016
.@BernieSanders at @uaw in Dearborn, Michigan: We are going to rebuild Flint. pic.twitter.com/Su3nPFQQHW
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) February 16, 2016
re: #235 Blind Frog Belly White
Ok. How is he going to get jobs from China back into the US?
Rebuilding Flint infrastructure seems like a more worthy goal than doing worse than waterboarding to folks we don’t like. Just sayin’
re: #229 vgranucci
I actually think Trump himself thought of it as a joke—announce for president, get some free publicity, drop out when it gets boring, back to another season of The Apprentice. I don’t think he expected this to take off like it has.
Still think that, though he might be the dog that caught the car.
I thought the primary was tomorrow… but Trump just said Saturday… and sure enough it is Saturday for the Republicans.
That leaves very little turn around time for Nevada.
re: #149 Blind Frog Belly White
Like in 1980, when The Police were the warmup for The Knack?
And there were times when the opening act had so much damn power and energy they buried the feature act.
Billy Cobham’s Spectrum opening for Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters. Herbie and the band didn’t stand a chance.
I was refreshing my memory, and I saw the lineup for the Spectrum album. I also looked to see who all played with Cobham in that era on his tours.
I could have sworn the lineup I saw was Alphonzo Johnson on Bass, John Scofield on Guitar, George Duke on Keys and Cobham on drums of course. But I don’t see some of those guys associated with Cobham.
Charles you out there…would my memory be correct with the Spectrum lineup I saw here in Columbus? Any other jazz listeners form that area know?
Just 3 days between SC and NV, then just a week till super Tuesday.
oh good grief…
.@krauthammer: Dems ‘Completely Hypocritical’ in Push for Scalia Replacement @SpecialReport https://t.co/hT0tVR53i3 pic.twitter.com/5ykn0YBM53
— FoxNewsInsider (@FoxNewsInsider) February 16, 2016
re: #237 GlutenFreeJesus
Ok. How is he going to get jobs from China back into the US?
What I meant is that I believe Bernie means it. Trump? I don’t assume that he means anything he says.
WRT trade, however, there is a big space between free trade and trade war, where we could ideally make trade deals more favorable to US workers. Right now, trade is generally favorable to the wealthy at the expense of the workers - I don’t think there’s any real question of that, is there?
re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh good grief…
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He used a hypothetical to call them hypocritical. Seriously Krauthammer I thought you were one of the “smart ones” guess not.
re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh good grief…
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Kraphammer’s argument - If this situation were reversed, Democrats would do the same thing. His whole argument hinges on a counterfactual.
The next debate is squeezed in between NV and Super Tuesday.
The notes say this:
Thursday, February 25, 2016
CNN Republican Debate
Aired On: CNN
Location: University of Houston in Houston, Texas
Sponsors: CNN and Telemundo
Candidates: To be determined
Notes: Was originally scheduled for February 26. NBC was replaced by CNN as the sponsor, date moved to February 25.
So, will there be any questions in Spanish.
What IS hypocritical however is Republican senators saying every judicial nominee deserves a hearing and to be voted on regardless of their views.
re: #246 HappyWarrior
He used a hypothetical to call them hypocritical. Seriously Krauthammer I thought you were one of the “smart ones” guess not.
U CALL HIM DUM???? HOW DARE U MOCK A CRIPPLE LIBTARD!!1!!1!!!
re: #191 goddamnedfrank
My view is that people here coddle him too much because interpersonal conflict makes them uncomfortable. That’s about all I should say on the matter.
I sort of follow the lead of our host. Charles seems to allow Dark to be the Dark he is. I’ll go with that. Also, I think there is more going on there than meets the eye (online). Just a feeling I get…one of the reasons I back off.
re: #247 Blind Frog Belly White
Kraphammer’s argument - If this situation were reversed, Democrats would do the same thing. His whole argument hinges on a counterfactual.
Which you can’t prove or disprove. As BBD said, a hack.
re: #246 HappyWarrior
He used a hypothetical to call them hypocritical. Seriously Krauthammer I thought you were one of the “smart ones” guess not.
This is a VERY COMMON wingnut argument technique. It basically frees them to do whatever they want, because the Democrats they imagine would do the same thing.
re: #241 ObserverArt
Yes, that was the Billy Cobham / George Duke Band.
re: #217 HappyWarrior
My creative writing professor has books on Amazon heh.
You know who else has a book on amazon:
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re: #222 Kragar
The singer Vanity, Denise Matthews, has passed away
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Lovely lady. RIP.
re: #255 danarchy
You know who else has a book on amazon:
Review
“Why Coolidge Matters could not appear at a better time. In it, Charles Johnson shatters the myth that Calvin Coolidge was a president of little influence and brings to life a man of deep convictions, courage, and incredible talent for clearly communicating economic struggles in moral terms. In our era of economic malaise, we should learn from the president whose tax cuts helped ignite one of America’s greatest economic booms. Anyone interested in the cause of free markets and liberty would do well to read this book.”--U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)
To sum it up in a nutshell; Obama said at his SOTU address that “We can cure cancer!” The GOP said at their first debate; “We can bomb Iran!” You know I’ve seen my share of people of every stripe. Not one of these Republican assholes is a leader or better. Just another hard guy. Just a bully. Just a bully who would send your sons and daughters off to die for another false whatever war to protect whatever and then deny them help when they come back with pieces missing. They say they will torture the “terrorists”, and that can mean just about anyone. Which then promises that every American serviceman or woman ever captured will have them to thank for the hell and possible death they will face. They are the most reprehensible pieces of shit I’ve had the misfortune to witness in quite a while. Hard guys. Fucking candy ass wannabe crying hyenas is more like it. Fuck these people. And I really want to spit on the assholes who cheer this insanity. I thought we were supposed to be the good guys. Another delusion of mine I presume.
re: #258 Charles Johnson
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I wonder how many wingnuts will take that at face value?
re: #260 freetoken
So he does know the little Nazi sympathizer.
re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth
And this dick can choke on a dildo.
re: #244 Blind Frog Belly White
Agreed it’s more than just meaningless rhetoric coming from Bernie. But he just won’t be able to do it. Unfortunately.
Oh and a note to Cruz but the country was booming before Coolidge took office.
re: #268 HappyWarrior
Oh and a note to Cruz but the country was booming before Coolidge took office.
Not possible. The economy can only boom when a Republican has cut taxes, and any boom that may happen, no matter how far removed temporally from the last Republican tax cut is SOLELY the result of that tax cut.
re: #269 Blind Frog Belly White
The other thing is a lot of the country wasn’t booming in the 20’s. Ironically enough in the places where Cruz is probably popular.
I was told that the boom of the late 1990s was due to Reagan’s tax cut in the early 1980s - 15 years later. The only reason it ended - in 2000 - was that Clinton had raised taxes - in 1993.
OTOH, the 1991 recession happened because Bush raised taxes a little bit - in 1991.
re: #254 Charles Johnson
Yes, that was the Billy Cobham / George Duke Band.
Cool. I thought that was who I saw. I’m going to look to see if I can find anything using that name in a search. I may have been wrong thinking it was billed as Billy Cobham’s Spectrum. It was a long time ago, but I still remember.
Being a drummer I was enthralled with Cobham. He had his set 90° to the stage so you could really see him working. There were times I don’t think any part of his body was touching anything. He looked suspended.
re: #255 danarchy
You know who else has a book on amazon:
That Editorial Reviews section features more turds than a Taco Bell bathroom.
re: #22 EPR-radar
The only way that America will repair itself is for the American public to punish the GOP for refusing to govern.
re: #259 ObserverArt
Lovely lady. RIP.
I believe she was with Nikki Sixx quite a bit in the past. His memoir The Heroin Diaries is a fantastic, if fucked up read.
re: #275 Stanley Sea
I believe she was with Nikki Sixx quite a bit in the past. His memoir The Heroin Diaries is a fantastic, if fucked up read.
Word is she had been needing 5 dialysis sessions per day for the last several years due to her drug use back in the 80s
Strickland was pretty good on Chris Hayes tonight, going after creepy Rob Portman—except for when he called Chris “Steve.”
Please, Ohio, vote Portman out! Thank you.
re: #279 BeachDem
Strickland was pretty good on Chris Hayes tonight, going after creepy Rob Portman—except for when he called Chris “Steve.”
Please, Ohio, vote Portman out! Thank you.
Think he’s got a good shot?
re: #278 Kragar
Word is she had been needing 5 dialysis sessions per day for the last several years due to her drug use back in the 80s
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re: #278 Kragar
Word is she had been needing 5 dialysis sessions per day for the last several years due to her drug use back in the 80s
Surely you mean per week.
re: #279 BeachDem
Strickland was pretty good on Chris Hayes tonight, going after creepy Rob Portman—except for when he called Chris “Steve.”
Please, Ohio, vote Portman out! Thank you.
I wrote ol’ Rob a pretty good little comment today at his site. It is my duty as an Ohioan. I hope I was sufficiently humorous in my castigating him for being a dutiful little GOP soldier and weighing in on the Supreme Court selection with all of Reince’s talking points.
re: #282 Skip Intro
Surely you mean per week.
From wikipedia: “Due to the effects on her kidneys of years of drug use while a performer, she had to undergo peritoneal dialysis five times a day (each session was 20 minutes long)”
re: #280 HappyWarrior
Think he’s got a good shot?
Polling has been very tight. You can say they are tied right now.
re: #286 ObserverArt
Polling has been very tight. You can say they are tied right now.
Good to hear. Could flip with the right turnout.
re: #285 Kragar
From wikipedia: “Due to the effects on her kidneys of years of drug use while a performer, she had to undergo peritoneal dialysis five times a day (each session was 20 minutes long)”
That’s terrible.
re: a previous comment on this thread.
Trump had an ear job? lol
re: #290 Stanley Sea
re: a previous comment on this thread.
Trump had an ear job? lol
And hair, too….
What is the First Rule Of Acquisition?re: #175 goddamnedfrank
The depressing thing was that the fascist was by far the least crazy person on stage at the last GOP debate.
I don’t mind dreaming and thinking big. I do quite a bit of it myself. I’m still, at 46 with and two kids still at home (I’m not the only parent, just working and being a parent), trying to figure out how to finish a PhD in computer science. I think it’s very useful to actually put something just out of your reach.
And then you figure out a way to get there. Sometimes, your plans have to change, and sometimes your goals may have to change. And a lot of times, you have to take really small steps toward your goal, because so many things are going on that you can’t take one big step.
So, I want to know what the big goal is, what the plans are to get there, and how you’ll handle it and all the stuff that happens that you have to take care of on the way to your goal.
And it would be helpful if your goals made mine a little easier.
re: #241 ObserverArt
And there were times when the opening act had so much damn power and energy they buried the feature act.
Billy Cobham’s Spectrum opening for Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters. Herbie and the band didn’t stand a chance.
I was refreshing my memory, and I saw the lineup for the Spectrum album. I also looked to see who all played with Cobham in that era on his tours.
I could have sworn the lineup I saw was Alphonzo Johnson on Bass, John Scofield on Guitar, George Duke on Keys and Cobham on drums of course. But I don’t see some of those guys associated with Cobham.
Charles you out there…would my memory be correct with the Spectrum lineup I saw here in Columbus? Any other jazz listeners form that area know?
My good friend, a journeyman drummer, was playing for Tommy Keene (who had major support for this one album) and the opening act was as band called Dishwalla. In the middle of the tour Dishwalla had an unexpected hit with “Counting Blue Cars.” Overnight Tommy Keene was the warmup.
re: #290 Stanley Sea
re: a previous comment on this thread.
Trump had an ear job? lol
Careful—quoting from Freep.
re: #292 Ubiq
The depressing thing was that the fascist was by far the least crazy person on stage at the last GOP debate.
Oh I’d take Kasich & Jeb! & survive. Ya, we’ll go backwards, but not THAT far.
re: #296 Stanley Sea
Oh I’d take Kasich & Jeb! & survive. Ya, we’ll go backwards, but not THAT far.
Would you like Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip on your Shit Sandwich?
re: #222 Kragar
The singer Vanity, Denise Matthews, has passed away
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A friend of mine was Prince’s piano tuner. He got to see Vanity before breakfast at Prince’s house and he said that Vanity was the most naturally beautiful woman he’d ever seen.
re: #203 Danack
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The older I get the more I believe what my friends who fled the USSR in the 80s tell me. They believe the USA is finished and were going to collapse and break into pieces the same way the USSR did.
I don’t believe the US will get to 250. Hillary’s election will accelerate the GOP’s drive to destroy this country by any means necessary. We already see Abbot talking about breaking Texas away.
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Just went out there to find a woman systematically taking the barricades apart and the left-hand gate off its blocks and in the closed position.
“You can’t leave it open overnight, people can see the dumpster” she said when I asked her what the hell she thought she was doing.
OMG, the people who come here in the middle of the night can see our dumpster! Why didn’t I think of that before doing it late in the day so the daytime visitors…oh wait…I did.
Condo work seriously sucks, there is always at least wacko who will never be happy no matter what. Arrggh!
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