Why Republicans Shouldn’t Attempt Humor, Exhibit R for Rubio
Why, no, Marco — I don’t know what they say about men with small hands! What are you getting at, exactly?
Why, no, Marco — I don’t know what they say about men with small hands! What are you getting at, exactly?
The current spat between #Trump and #Rubio is reminiscent of the famous Lincoln-Douglas Dozens
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 27, 2016
Egads, I am sure some Trump supporter is going to have fun with this and the “Rubio is gay” rumor they were spreading around.
Hurrhurr, small dick joke!
RW ‘humor’ at its best.
re: #3 Not a Sparkly Vampire
“Our shenanigans are cheeky and fun!”
“Yeah, and his shenanigans are cruel and tragic.”
“Which… makes them not really shenanigans at all.”
*sigh*
I want to be snarky, but really I’m just grossed out that this attempt at insult comedy is basically just yet another representation that Donald Trump is now steering the GOP narrative.
Marco’s hands don’t look particularly big to me……………not that there’s anything wrong with that.
The thing about right wing “humor” is… it isn’t really humor. It’s just another way they try to establish dominance over their enemies.
I didn’t get Rubio’s implication. Then again, English is my second language.
I think it’s a sad state of affairs that two top contenders for the highest office are basically trading fifth grade taunts.
My reaction to Rubio:
Chrissy at award shows. 🙏🏽#Oscars pic.twitter.com/cvmsnui24I
— ¡Gabe! Ortíz (@TUSK81) February 29, 2016
re: #7 Charles Johnson
The thing about right wing “humor” is… it isn’t really humor. It’s just another way they try to establish dominance over their enemies.
Humor entails a shift of perspective.
re: #7 Charles Johnson
The thing about right wing “humor” is… it isn’t really humor. It’s just another way they try to establish dominance over their enemies.
It’s the punch up and punch down principles. Most of the RW “comedy” is punch down. It just comes as cruel and mean spirited.
Can someone explain to me why the Oscars take so damned long to get through?
I can’t wait for Trump to taunt Clinton with “You couldn’t keep your husband satisfied enough to not cheat.” I’m hoping the beat-down from that will be huge, though I know a few (conservative) women that will accept it.
re: #8 The Engineer Lobuno
I didn’t get Rubio’s implication. Then again, English is my second language.
I think it’s a sad state of affairs that two top contenders for the highest office are basically trading fifth grade taunts.
You got it. 5th grade taunts. He’s basically saying small hands, small penis.
re: #7 Charles Johnson
The thing about right wing “humor” is… it isn’t really humor. It’s just another way they try to establish dominance over their enemies.
Reminds me of that Miller guy that the wingnuts think are so funny, but I always thought he was boring.
re: #13 Belafon
I can’t wait for Trump to taunt Clinton with “You couldn’t keep your husband satisfied enough to not cheat.” I’m hoping the beat-down from that will be huge, though I know a few (conservative) women that will accept it.
If he does that, I hope it’s on a shared stage. That would be something to behold.
re: #15 freetoken
Reminds me of that Miller guy that the wingnuts think are so funny, but I always thought he was boring.
Dennis? I find most conservative comics pretty lame since they don’t understand that satire, a key element of comedy is supposed to be poking fun at the powerful. Conservative humor usually involves belittling minorities. I remember Fox tried doing a conservative Daily Show and it just wasn’t funny. Now TDS was under Stewart certainly helped by the fact that Jon’s a hell of a comedian but conservative humor just doesn’t work IMO.
re: #17 HappyWarrior
Dennis Miller.
re: #18 The Ghost of Bork Bork Bork Bork
Dennis Miller.
Yeah thought FT was talking about him. I remember he was on MNF briefly and it just wasn’t funny. He didn’t add anything at all and neither did Limbaugh when he was on. I laugh when Limbaugh’s called a satirist and I’m like please, Jonathan Swift was a satirist, Limbaugh’s a bullying chode who claims to be a man of the people while he lives a charmed existence flinging insults at children(remember he did call Chelsea Clinton a dog.).
Comedy requires empathy… The rest follows logically, like the cart follows the ox, as the Buddhists say.
FWIW, it may be ugly but getting Trump to upset the mission of Cruz and Rubio is probably worth it.
In the end, the whole lot of them need to be exposed. And Trump is doing that.
This is probably the most pathetic presidential stump speech I’ve ever seen. Ye Gods!
re: #20 Pawn of the Oppressor
Comedy requires empathy… The rest follows logically, like the cart follows the ox, as the Buddhists say.
Yep. IF you’re just being a dick as I see with many self styled conservative comics, you’re just being a jerk. Another point I’ve seen is that coemdy is about making fun of the powerful. Limbaugh calling Fluke a slut wasn’t that. It was a prominent radio broadcaster calling a young woman advocating for more widely available contraception for her friend who suffered from cysts.
Seriously?
How does this not end with Trump dropping his pants to prove Rubio wrong? Nobody needs that. Nobody https://t.co/laeaZM55or— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 29, 2016
Many of same folks who mocked criticism of Obama going lowbrow w selfie stick videos & sitting w YouTube celebs now shocked w Rubio shtick.
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) February 29, 2016
This guy.
re: #25 Jenner7
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I don’t think Obama ever hinted that McCain or Romney had a small dick. I don’t mind candidates joking around. I welcome it actually but come on a dick joke. Besides Marco couldn’t even be funny if he tried.
The GOP Presidential race has now degenerated into a bunch of 5 year-olds arguing about who’s the baddest kid on the playground.
I woudn’t be surprised if an aide Googled that joke and fed it to Rubio.
re: #14 HappyWarrior
You got it. 5th grade taunts. He’s basically saying small hands, small penis.
Graydon Carter started it:
vanityfair.com
re: #27 Eclectic Cyborg
The GOP Presidential race has now degenerated into a bunch of 5 year-olds arguing about who’s the baddest kid on the playground.
I think it’s more like a bunch of young men boasting about their conquests.
“Just to drive him a little bit crazy, I took to referring to him as a “short-fingered vulgarian” in the pages of Spy magazine. That was more than a quarter of a century ago. To this day, I receive the occasional envelope from Trump. There is always a photo of him—generally a tear sheet from a magazine. On all of them he has circled his hand in gold Sharpie in a valiant effort to highlight the length of his fingers. I almost feel sorry for the poor fellow because, to me, the fingers still look abnormally stubby.”
The most pathetic part of that: Trump uses a gold sharpie.
I’m more bothered by Rubio’s poor attendance record on key issues and having the nerve to question the President’s leadership skills. Being a poor comedian? Well that’s okay. I’d rather pay good money to see someone who actually works a little on their comedy liek Dane Cook or Pauly Shore.
re: #35 HappyWarrior
I’m more bothered by Rubio’s poor attendance record on key issues and having the nerve to question the President’s leadership skills. Being a poor comedian? Well that’s okay. I’d rather pay good money to see someone who actually works a little on their comedy liek Dane Cook or Pauly Shore.
It’s not just that he’s a poor comedian. It’s that his joke is used when you’ve run out of “your mama” comebacks, not a presidential race.
If it comes to a dick-measuring contest, Trump will just trot out his wife. Or his daughter, if necessary.
Comedy doesn’t work without humanity. It appeals to the “that could have been me” or “I’ve been there” or some other common element.
re: #39 Feline Fearless Leader
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G’night Lizards. Stay scaly and enjoy the work week.
Night
Apparently John Oliver is doing a takedown on The Donald. Will be interesting to see how quickly Trump threatens him with a lawsuit-remember what he did to FIFA’s Jack Warner? This could get fun…….
Sometime between the wee hours of Wednesday morning and the day after the 15 March primaries, many Republicans are going to have to do some gymnastics to justify to themselves why they will support Trump.
It should be quite the spectacle.
re: #44 freetoken
Sometime between the wee hours of Wednesday morning and the day after the 15 March primaries, many Republicans are going to have to do some gymnastics to justify to themselves why they will support Trump.
It should be quite the spectacle.
A lot of gymnastics about stopping Hillary.
re: #43 HappyWarrior
I love Mel but why.
Didn’t you see the subtitle of the film? The Search For More Money.
Lesser men would have given up after twenty years of outrageous fame and fortune, but Leo persevered, and now he has a small trophy.
— Guy Endore-Kaiser (@GuyEndoreKaiser) February 29, 2016
OK I tuned in now just to see if Leo finally would win. Gratz, Leo. A meme dies. #oscars
— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) February 29, 2016
re: #41 teleskiguy
So, is there really going to be a Spaceballs sequel?
Apparently not. The posters were a publicity stunt by an artist.
re: #47 teleskiguy
Didn’t you see the subtitle of the film? The Search For More Money.
I did but I was going to say he doesn’t need it.
re: #43 HappyWarrior
Most of the original cast (Jon Candy, Joan Rivers, Dom DeLuise and Dick Van Patten) are deceased, but Rick Moranis (who effectively retired decades ago) and Bill Pullman are still kicking around. Now the question is what kind of storyline spoofery do they cough up to make it work?
re: #55 teleskiguy
Linky no worky.
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Yeah, evidently I added an extra character when I pasted it into the comment. It’s fixed now!
re: #52 HappyWarrior
I did but I was going to say he doesn’t need it.
Mel doesn’t need the money, yes. But perhaps Prince Lonestar and Princess Vespa may need to search for more money! Maybe Barf gets kidnapped for ransom by Pizza The Hutt’s nephew and his band of space pirates, or something.
Congratulations to DiCaprio, but not everyone is happy you won:
#Oscars pic.twitter.com/IgEoEhetkD
— Cute Emergency (@CuteEmergency) February 29, 2016
Heh.
Happy for Leo. Glad he’s finally got that off his back.
re: #60 HappyWarrior
Me too. He was great in The Departed and The Aviator.
re: #61 Jenner7
Me too. He was great in The Departed and The Aviator.
He’s had a great career. And he’s still fairly young too.
I haven’t seen a film in the cinema in many years.
re: #63 Jenner7
Looks like I need to catch up on some movies….
Me too. Funnily enough I caught Spotlight last night which infuriated me so much.
re: #61 Jenner7
Me too. He was great in The Departed and The Aviator.
I enjoyed Shutter Island and Gatsby.
re: #66 Eclectic Cyborg
I enjoyed Shutter Island and Gatsby.
Revolutionary Road, a great novel too was also good. I love his work. He usually chooses interesting projects. I’m at a struggle thinking of something he did that I haven’t liked. I don’t hate Titanic like some people.
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re: #58 teleskiguy
Mel doesn’t need the money, yes. But perhaps Prince Lonestar and Princess Vespa may need to search for more money! Maybe Barf gets kidnapped for ransom by Pizza The Hutt’s nephew and his band of space pirates, or something.
My prediction: as the Order takes over planets, the get converted into theme parks and the planet gets giant ears.
re: #68 teleskiguy
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re: #71 teleskiguy
Gives you something to fix!
re: #64 teleskiguy
I just picked up a Roku 4 and will be installing that into my Hone Theater sometime this week. If it works out well enough I’ll cut the cord and just keep my 2-channnel OTA antenna and pull out my 4-channel Ceton CableCard PCI card. First I need to upgrade my HTPC to Win 8.1 Pro and get the Media Center Extension installed and shutdown the forced Windows 10 upgrade.
Then it’ll be looking at finding a 4K TV and figuring out how to unload my 50” Panasonic Plasma.
re: #73 Eric The Fruit Bat
I need to do something. I am paying way too much for TV, and I almost never watch it. Gotta study my Mac options!
Oh and if we’re talking great Dicaprio projects I have to give a shoutout to Inception.
So let it be known that skirt steak in bagna cauda pan sauce is a very good thing
re: #17 HappyWarrior
I remember Dennis Miller before 9/11 and his shift toward conservativism/republicanism… I actually liked him (he did Weekend Update on SNL and had a show on HBO that was somewhere between traditional late night and the Daily Show). It was sometime in the mid-aughts where I think he went off the rails, about the time he started getting regular guest spots on Fox News.
And we’re rejecting it, you moron. #NeverTrump https://t.co/5dfjZxT69Z
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) February 29, 2016
@SnakeSavage I used to. Then I realized that he’s not important anymore.
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) February 29, 2016
IRRRRELEVANT!
re: #78 Charles Johnson
“And we’re rejecting it”
Voting against Trump if he’s the nominee? Not bloody likely.
LOL, sure you are, dude. https://t.co/UonhXveaNc @jtLOL
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 29, 2016
re: #74 retired cynic
I need to do something. I am paying way too much for TV, and I almost never watch it. Gotta study my Mac options!
I switched to AppleTV over the summer. My biggest gripe is that most of the apps require you register, and you have to have a cable/satellite provider to do that (and then some don’t have deals with all the providers). Netflix, Hulu, HBO, and Showtime are great pay ones and combined will run you somewhere around $60/month. CBS also has a paid app now that includes their historical library that is either $5 or $10 per month. If you watch a lot of sports, it’s less than ideal (ESPN doesn’t offer a pay subscription yet, and the league pass programs still have local blackouts). I’ve worked around most of this by using my folk’s cable log in when I can.
re: #81 KGxvi
Ah. Well. Maybe I’ll just bite the bullet and give TV up altogether, and watch what I can online. No cable available out here in the boonies, just satellite dishes.
re: #76 Kragar
So let it be known that skirt steak in bagna cauda pan sauce is a very good thing
I lost LGF for the last hour. Do you have the recipe? That looked good and I’ve got skirt steak in the freezer.
re: #82 retired cynic
Ah. Well. Maybe I’ll just bite the bullet and give TV up altogether, and watch what I can online. No cable available out here in the boonies, just satellite dishes.
I should also say, I’ve got the third generation AppleTV. I know the new one has changed some of the stuff, but I don’t know how much. Funny thing is, when I looked at pricing, I figured out that I could save a lot of money, even if I was buying a lot of the shows I watch via iTunes. That’s probably the best thing about AppleTV is that you can watch shows/movies you buy directly on your TV, and you can also airplay stuff from phones and iPads.
I have a feeling a few more networks are going to figure out the paid app system this year. And assuming they aren’t crazy, I wouldn’t even be opposed to paying for a few more.
re: #77 KGxvi
I remember Dennis Miller before 9/11 and his shift toward conservativism/republicanism… I actually liked him (he did Weekend Update on SNL and had a show on HBO that was somewhere between traditional late night and the Daily Show). It was sometime in the mid-aughts where I think he went off the rails, about the time he started getting regular guest spots on Fox News.
I think all his prior funny (and he was funny) was his writers, not him.
re: #84 KGxvi
Thanks! I’ll do some figuring!
Here’s @LeoDiCaprio #Oscars acceptance speech emphasizing threat of #climatechange, courtesy of @sejorg: https://t.co/1wcsX8XBaK
— Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) February 29, 2016
Leonardo DiCaprio now has as many Oscars as Three 6 Mafia.
— Ella Cerón (@ellaceron) February 29, 2016
re: #85 MsJ
I think all his prior funny (and he was funny) was his writers, not him.
He had a writing partner for years and years - they split after Miller decided his future lay with Fox News. If you’re wondering why all of a sudden it seemed like he wasn’t funny any more, there you go.
Not for nothing. An advocacy group of skiers and snowboarders called P.O.W. (Protect Our Winters).
Thank you @LeoDiCaprio.
— Protect Our Winters (@ProtectWinters) February 29, 2016
re: #83 MsJ
I lost LGF for the last hour. Do you have the recipe? That looked good and I’ve got skirt steak in the freezer.
clean the steak and season with a little salt and pepper
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil in a large skillet, high heat, put in the steaks, flipping often, for about 6-7 minutes.
Remove the steaks, reduce heat to medium. Add 3 more tablespoons of the olive oil, 2 tablespoons of mince garlic, and 6-8 anchovy fillets, stir gently until the anchovy dissolves, then add 4 tablespoons unsalted butter. Once the butter melts, add 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
Reduce heat to low, return steak to the pan and baste. Remove the steaks, slice along the grain of the steak into strips, then garnish with parsley and drizzle with the remainder of the pan sauce
re: #71 teleskiguy
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re: #89 BadExampleMan
He had a writing partner for years and years - they split after Miller decided his future lay with Fox News. If you’re wondering why all of a sudden it seemed like he wasn’t funny any more, there you go.
Interesting. I saw him in Atlantic City in, I wanna say, 2000. Pre 9/11, at any rate. The show itself was really good, for the most part. There was this weird part in the middle where he basically turned into his current version; things about urging pediophiles to commit suicide and what not. Really out of character for his at-the-time stage persona, and just utterly out of sync with the performance.
It was not a complete surprise for me when he turned into Bill O’Reilly, Jr. post 9-11. The part about his writing partner splitting does complete the whole picture, though.
re: #96 Kragar
T’is a decadent oily butter affair! Of course it melted in your mouth!
I’m a little jealous is all. I should try that sometime.
re: #98 teleskiguy
Which is why I went with the pan sauce, rather than the full regular version which calls for a pint of oil
I’ve never cooked steak in five tablespoons of olive oil, four tablespoons of butter, a bunch of minced garlic and anchovies with lemon juice.
Have I really lived yet? One day…
re: #100 teleskiguy
I’ve never cooked steak in five tablespoons of olive oil, four tablespoons of butter, a bunch of minced garlic and anchovies with lemon juice.
Have I really lived yet? One day…
You’re only cooking the steaks in 2 tablespoons. You’re making a sauce with the other 3.
re: #101 Kragar
You’re only cooking the steaks in 2 tablespoons. You’re making a sauce with the other 3.
Ah. I stand corrected.
It’s still sounds like slathery meaty goodness that they’d serve at some steakhouse in Manhattan frequented by mobsters.
Yum!
Donald Trump attacked Pamela Gellar for daring to defy Islamists. https://t.co/cGUWkZotDu
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) February 28, 2016
re: #104 Nyet
Son of Erick has tied himself into a Gordian knot trying to figure out who to hate more - Muslims or Trump.
David Duke praises Stephen Cohen for praising Trump for not hating on Putin.
If you wondered why I despise Stephen Cohen and “the nation”.
davidduke. com/dr-dukes-not-one-kind-sort-endorsed-trump-read-professor-stephen-cohens-words/
“It’s scary,” South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who has endorsed Rubio, said on ABC’s “This Week.” She added, “I think what he’ll do to the Republican Party is really make us question who we are and what we’re about. And that’s something we don’t want to see happen.”
because thinking about who you are and what you stand for would be really scary
re: #107 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
Alas, I have but one upding to give you.
If I were a Republican… I’d be scared too. Mirrors do that.
The Republican Party’s implosion over Donald Trump’s candidacy has arrived
What took it so long?
[…]Richard Wadhams, a former chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, said there has been a growing acceptance of Trump in recent weeks among party leaders and rank-and-file activists alike.
“There’s a strong possibility that Trump is going to be the nominee, and a lot of Republicans are ready to accept that even though they’ve not been supporters of him,” Wadhams said. “The penchant to defeat Hillary Clinton will transcend any concerns about the way Trump has conducted himself.”
They will find ways to rationalize their support of Trump, because Hillary is so Evul.
When you suddenly realize that your party is about to nominate @realDonaldTrump for President pic.twitter.com/jM69vYLO2P
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 29, 2016
“It’s scary,” South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who has endorsed Rubio, said on ABC’s “This Week.” She added: “I think what he’ll do to the Republican Party is really make us question who we are and what we’re about. And that’s something we don’t want to see happen.”
Yes, how dare someone make Republicans smell their own shit.
I mean, you could be forgiven for not noticing that, because the cable news and corporate media barely gave the story any coverage at all.
— goddamnedfrank (@goddamnedfrank) February 29, 2016
After all, Schloss is only an Auschwitz survivor. I mean really, what the hell could an AUSCHWITZ survivor possibly understand about racism?
— goddamnedfrank (@goddamnedfrank) February 29, 2016
Hot Mic Captures Trump Telling Christie To ‘Go Home’ (VIDEO) @TPM https://t.co/vcp9hhDkCS
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 29, 2016
re: #107 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
“It’s scary,” South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who has endorsed Rubio, said on ABC’s “This Week.” She added, “I think what he’ll do to the Republican Party is really make us question who we are and what we’re about. And that’s something we don’t want to see happen.”
Then you should not have spend most of the past seven years making it inevitable
THAT folks is the actual face of media bias and corruption, not towards one political side or another, but towards ratings and revenue.
— goddamnedfrank (@goddamnedfrank) February 29, 2016
Mostly they accomplish this by selectively refusing to do their job, which is supposed to be making sure the public is accurately informed.
— goddamnedfrank (@goddamnedfrank) February 29, 2016
Republican Debate Was ‘An Embarrassment’ For The GOP, Says Fox News Host Chris Wallace
Well, the next “debate” is March 3rd… and it is on Fox and Chris Wallace is one of the moderators, so maybe he’ll do better than Wolf Blitzer.
This goes out Chris Wallace and whatever Republican candidates remain on 3 March:
re: #112 goddamnedfrank
Yes, how dare someone make Republicans smell their own shit.
That’s an inadvertent admission that the party really has a problem, but doesn’t want to look within for the source of that problem. It would rather continue to deny that Trump has tapped the racist, nativist and sexist elements that form the backbone of the Republican Party.
Also pretty ironic that this statement comes from a female governor who’s Indian-American.
re: #120 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
That’s an inadvertent admission that the party really has a problem, but doesn’t want to look within for the source of that problem. It would rather continue to deny that Trump has tapped the racist, nativist and sexist elements that form the backbone of the Republican Party.
Also pretty ironic that this statement comes from a female governor who’s Indian-American.
Again, the GOP had a chance to distance themselves from these people long ago, but failed to do so. The leadership discovered too late that these people had gained a critical mass and had hijacked the party.
Senator Ben Sasse’s “AN OPEN LETTER TO TRUMP SUPPORTERS” does not define what Senator Sasse means by “Constitutionalist”: —->
Given what we know about him today, here’s where I’m at: If Donald Trump becomes the Republican nominee, my expectation is that I will look for some third candidate - a conservative option, a Constitutionalist.
Here are some nice tidbits from the letter:
Our Founders said that God gives us rights by nature, and that government is not the author or source of our rights.
Government exists only because the world is fallen, and some people want to take your property, your liberty, and your life.
Government is tasked with securing a framework for ordered liberty where “we the people” can in our communities voluntarily build something great together for our kids and grandkids.
Note: “we the people” can in our communities..
I think I know where he is coming from with this.
re: #121 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Again, the GOP had a chance to distance themselves from these people long ago, but failed to do so. The leadership discovered too late that these people had gained a critical mass and had hijacked the party.
They should have never been given the kind of access and power they’ve acquired since the Reagan days. Extremists do not belong in a party billing itself as “mainstream.” They have poisoned the well. When the Senate Majority Leader says, without blinking an eye, that the Senate will block any SCOTUS nomination from the sitting president just because he’s the sitting president, things have gone seriously off the rails.
If there is a third party run from within the GOP camp, one wonders what will become of the Republican Party. Will it be the Extremism Party from then on, and the new third party the Corporate Business Buddy party? It’s both fascinating and painful to watch.
re: #122 Ming5000
“the world is fallen” is an important phrase there. He’s alluding to the conservative Christian belief that people are basically evil, and only government (and belief in Gawd) keeps people from killing each other and stealing their shit.
AFAIK, that was not the attitude of the Founding Fathers, who rather saw unchecked government and religious bodies as evil, and who sought to find ways to keep them from fucking up the people’s lives.
Off topic: As I read through the comments I find myself have to scroll up and down to re-read comments when there is a reply further down. For example I get to say, comment #80 and it is in reference to comment # 29. I have to go back to #29 so I can remind myself what it said. Is there an easier way to do this. Many time I give up.
re: #7 Charles Johnson
The thing about right wing “humor” is… it isn’t really humor. It’s just another way they try to establish dominance over their enemies.
I’ve said repeatedly that right winger’s notion of “humor” is pretty much 7th Grade school hallway bully type …the type where either a nerdy 6th grader is stuffed into a locker or is pushed over by two or more right wing “comedians”.
re: #26 HappyWarrior
I don’t think Obama ever hinted that McCain or Romney had a small dick. I don’t mind candidates joking around. I welcome it actually but come on a dick joke. Besides Marco couldn’t even be funny if he tried.
re: #64 teleskiguy
I haven’t seen a film in the cinema in many years.
Went to see Deadpool in the theatre. It was worth it.
re: #125 nkdee
Off topic: As I read through the comments I find myself have to scroll up and down to re-read comments when there is a reply further down. For example I get to say, comment #80 and it is in reference to comment # 29. I have to go back to #29 so I can remind myself what it said. Is there an easier way to do this. Many time I give up.
Click the little button that refers to the quoted post. A pop up window with that comment will magically appear. No scrolling needed.
re: #124 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
AFAIK, that was not the attitude of the Founding Fathers, who rather saw unchecked government and religious bodies as evil, and who sought to find ways to keep them from fucking up the people’s lives.
Had to look this up: afaik. as far as i know
It amazes me that with all the current dialogue about religion and religious extremism that religious extremists like Sen Sasse have no introspection or self doubt.
This is the trend, which I am happy about: Growth of Religiously Unaffiliated
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re: #128 Romantic Heretic
More people should pay attention to Dirty Harry Callahan.
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Eastwood’s limitation should have been not talking to empty chairs. I guess Harry didn’t tell him what his limitation was.
re: #131 Le Lapin Tueur
Click the little button that refers to the quoted post. A pop up window with that comment will magically appear. No scrolling needed.
I was also scrolling up to referenced comments. Thanks for both the question and answer!
Speaking of why Republicans shouldn’t do humor…..
Maybe the joke “fell flat,” because it was #NotFunny! #StaceyDash Explains Why She Took Part In Odd Oscar Moment https://t.co/Davqby9ATN
— Kimberly (@MDDaisyMae) February 29, 2016
re: #137 Dr. Matt
Ooops, removed reference to Mean Girls, Stacey was in Clueless.
re: #134 Ming5000
Had to look this up: afaik. as far as i know
It amazes me that with all the current dialogue about religion and religious extremism that religious extremists like Sen Sasse have no introspection or self doubt.
This is the trend, which I am happy about: Growth of Religiously Unaffiliated
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They only worry when it’s Islamic extremism. Christian extremism, in their minds, does not exist.
re: #134 Ming5000
Had to look this up: afaik. as far as i know
You gotta keep up with the lingo, pilgrim.
So a nanny from Uzbekistan beheaded the child in her care and went around Moscow with the child’s head screaming “Allahu akbar” and “I’m a terrorist”.
There’s a video which I’ll not post.
Donald Trump Hits 49 Percent Support in New National Poll
Forty-nine percent of Republican voters say they back Trump for the Republican nomination in the new CNN-ORC poll released this morning. Sen. Marco Rubio earns 16 percent support, Sen. Ted Cruz earns 15 percent, Dr. Ben Carson has 10 percent and Ohio Gov. John Kasich has 6 percent.
It’s pathetic that GOP voters have sunk so low.
re: #144 Nyet
So a nanny from Uzbekistan beheaded the child in her care and went around Moscow with the child’s head screaming “Allahu akbar” and “I’m a terrorist”.
There’s a video which I’ll not post.
That’s a link I’m not clicking.
When my son lived in Moscow he had live-in nannies from the ‘stans taking care of his kids.
The thing about humor is you know it’s funny when you see it. /apologies to Justice Stewart.
That the entire GOP campaign has devolved into a dystopian sketch comedy of errors where the presumptive nominee will have an itchy trigger finger on the nuclear button is scary.
Racism, xenophobia and hatred aren’t disqualifying characteristics for the candidates (Trump, Rubio, or Cruz), but actually seen as positives by the GOP base.
So as much as the so-called right wing conservatives wring their hands over Trump (and trot out the no true conservative bs, or that he’s somehow a plant or that he couldn’t possibly win without Democrats crossing over), the fact is that Trump is on the GOP ballot, he’s winning decisively over GOP right wing extremists, and he’s doing it by being even more extreme than they are.
re: #146 The Vicious Babushka
Notably, she was taken alive despite threats to blow herself up.
Hard to believe that there is a gun rights group out there even more extreme than the NRA, but there is: Gun Owners of America.
Ted Cruz has gotten their coveted endorsement for president (and the endorsement is just so much extreme insanity).
Gun Owners of America makes its presidential endorsement https://t.co/oWTE2Ko8ih
— Joe Miller (@JoeWMiller) February 29, 2016
(Joe Miller is a total nutball Libertarian/Ron Paul person who won the GOP nomination for Senator in Alaska, which Lisa Murkowski eventually won as a write-in in the general election.)
re: #92 Kragar
clean the steak and season with a little salt and pepper
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil in a large skillet, high heat, put in the steaks, flipping often, for about 6-7 minutes.
Remove the steaks, reduce heat to medium. Add 3 more tablespoons of the olive oil, 2 tablespoons of mince garlic, and 6-8 anchovy fillets, stir gently until the anchovy dissolves, then add 4 tablespoons unsalted butter. Once the butter melts, add 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
Reduce heat to low, return steak to the pan and baste. Remove the steaks, slice along the grain of the steak into strips, then garnish with parsley and drizzle with the remainder of the pan sauce
Saving this one.
re: #131 Le Lapin Tueur
Click the little button that refers to the quoted post. A pop up window with that comment will magically appear. No scrolling needed.
Wow, I’ve been here for a long time and didn’t know that. Now that I do though, it makes me wonder…
Charles, would it be technically possible to have the frame and controls for inputting new comments appear in a popup when you click the reply/quote buttons?
Trump’s breakout moment as a candidate was calling Mexican immigrants rapists. Stop acting like racism didn’t show up until David Duke.
— Bree Newsome (@BreeNewsome) February 29, 2016
If he was having audio problems, why didn’t he just say so during the interview? Lying sack of shit.
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) February 29, 2016
re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth
The racism didn’t start with David Duke. David Duke just showed that it was mainstream in the party, which is what the leaders did not want.
re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth
His overall breakout moment was birtherism. It’s like everyone forgot.
re: #155 Nyet
His overall breakout moment was birtherism. It’s like everyone forgot.
which, of course, had nothing to do with racism, right?
/
re: #154 Belafon
The racism didn’t start with David Duke. David Duke just showed that it was mainstream in the party, which is what the leaders did not want.
Mayhem ensued Saturday as soon as the Klan members pulled up in a black SUV for an anti-immigration rally they had advertised in advance and pulled out signs saying “White Lives Matter.”
Dozens of protesters swarmed in and someone smashed a window. The SUV then sped away, leaving three Klansmen dressed in black shirts decorated with the Klan cross and Confederate flag patches outnumbered.
“(The counter-protesters) were so angry, they would have torn these folks limb from limb,” said Brian Levin, who directs the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino. “I was afraid for their lives.”
Anaheim and the KKK have quite a history.
ok………….
CNN contributor defends Trump: “David Duke is a hardcore leftist” and the KKK is “a function of the left” https://t.co/s3QXDqnIPu
— Media Matters (@mmfa) February 29, 2016
KKK IS DEMOCRAT PARTY!!!! HISTORY, LIBTARDS!!!!! KKK IS DEMOCRATIC LEFT LEFTISTS!!!!!1
Trump supporter Jeffrey Lord on CNN this morning.
re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth
ok………….
That’s it, just sneak that one in there 1.5 seconds ahead of mine….
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re: #160 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
:D
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hard to believe that there is a gun rights group out there even more extreme than the NRA, but there is: Gun Owners of America.
Ted Cruz has gotten their coveted endorsement for president (and the endorsement is just so much extreme insanity).(Joe Miller is a total nutball Libertarian/Ron Paul person who won the GOP nomination for Senator in Alaska, which Lisa Murkowski eventually won as a write-in in the general election.)
So you’re saying Ted Cruz has a chance……
/
re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth
ok………….
As I said on twitter yesterday, as long as the Republicans ignore the last 60 years of history, the cancer will eat them.
And the person I posted that tweet to replied by asking if I though “Sweet Home Alabama” was racist.
So Hugh Hewitt is on MSNBC, and he just said something I can agree with entirely.
“My vote in the primary is based on, there’s a Supreme Court vacancy and there’ll be a couple more in the next few years. I want who has the best chance in the general. If Republicans lose the Supreme Court, we lose Heller, which was 5-4. We lose Hobby Lobby, which was 5-4. We lose Citizens United, which was 5-4. If a Democrat wins, those decisions will be reversed. All I care about, at this point in the race, is the Supreme Court.”
He’s so-ooooo right. This totally drives my vote too. And I’m definitely not voting for who he’s voting for.
re: #163 Belafon
As I said on twitter yesterday, as long as the Republicans ignore the last 60 years of history, the cancer will eat them.
And the person I posted that tweet to replied by asking if I though “Sweet Home Alabama” was racist.
Ask them if they agree with Skynyrd’s views on guns from Saturday Night Special.
Its a Saturday night special
Got a barrel that’s blue and cold
Ain’t no good for nothin’
But put a man six feet in a hole
…
So why don’t we dump ‘em people
To the bottom of the sea
Before some fool come around here
Wanna shoot either you or me
re: #155 Nyet
His overall breakout moment was birtherism. It’s like everyone forgot.
I think you could say it goes back further than that. Depends how far you want to go. Daddy may have created the racist in him. It really hit the public conscience with his big ads complaining about reinstalling the death penalty over the Central Park 5 thing in the late 80s. I count that because he had already put his big fat ego in front of America as a big public business man. That was pretty damn racist.
re: #164 sagehen
Right remember when they repealed Roe V Wade? Me neither. Heller is here to stay. Even Citizens United will get a legislative fix if any. His outright paranoia strikes me as disingenuous cubed.
Dana Muhgunz has special jogging pants to keep her gun while she’s running
Again, showing how little you know. There exist special holsters for this and even special pants which accommodate, @shannonrwatts .
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) February 29, 2016
re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Where the hell do they dig up these idiots?
Maybe I should do a search sometime for professional history deniers and see how big a business it really can be.
re: #117 Viscous Obama
This John Oliver segment is a must watch
DRUMPF!
Reposting for it’s awesomeness.
re: #165 GlutenFreeJesus
Well, you can’t say those folks don’t know how to put on a show!
re: #173 Lancelot Link
Last time I saw them, they had a Marilyn Mandon impersonator. Could have sworn it was really him.
re: #164 sagehen
So Hugh Hewitt is on MSNBC, and he just said something I can agree with entirely.
“My vote in the primary is based on, there’s a Supreme Court vacancy and there’ll be a couple more in the next few years. I want who has the best chance in the general. If Republicans lose the Supreme Court, we lose Heller, which was 5-4. We lose Hobby Lobby, which was 5-4. We lose Citizens United, which was 5-4. If a Democrat wins, those decisions will be reversed. All I care about, at this point in the race, is the Supreme Court.”
He’s so-ooooo right. This totally drives my vote too. And I’m definitely not voting for who he’s voting for.
In the same way, GOPers getting to put their own stamp on the court could eventually overturn Roe, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, and Obergefell. Among others.
Heck, they could attempt to overturn the ACA outcome, finding it unconstitutional in all facets.
But saying that and finding cases that could do so are two separate things. Precedent is a strong thing, and finding a rationale to overturn a recently decided case is tough. Roberts isn’t likely to overturn the ACA or Obergefell case within years of the original ruling. That makes him look particularly bad - and politically motivated (which while he is political, it’s the appearance he’s concerned about).
In the same way, Trump claiming that he could overturn or loosen libel laws ignores how that actually works (libel is a state action, so he’d have to go through all 50 states and “fix” the laws there), and he too would have to find a case to overturn Supreme Court rulings on point.
Once again, Trump shows a disregard for the process - but that is what endears him to the GOP base, which wants to blow stuff up.
This validates a theory I’ve had for a while. “Burn it down” Trump voters voted for the establishment in 2012. pic.twitter.com/LEocTuKDPk
The same people who went establishment in 2012 are calling on the GOP and Trump to burn it all down when they didn’t get their way.
I was wondering…is there video out yet of TRUMP® running Sen. Sessions off the stage and telling him to go back home, his car is over there?
Oh, by the way, the Morning Joke first 20 minutes of the morning viewing today taught me that Joke Scarborough seems to be hurt and confused why Donald is doing what he is doing about Duke, KKK and Benito. He seemed to think he didn’t actually need to do this for the southern states on Tuesday. I don’t think he was really considering that TRUMP can be a racist, it was all about a bad political move with Joke.
Does not have small hands like Donald Trump, apparently. https://t.co/TkRzreudYo via @sbnation
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) February 29, 2016
And this, boys & girls, is what Baby Whiplash is all about: getting page views.
My speech at @CalStateLA from Thursday has been watched nearly half a million times. https://t.co/gO5mP0sxhz
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 29, 2016
re: #178 The Vicious Babushka
has been watched nearly half a million times
And laughed at during most of those times.
re: #175 lawhawk
This validates a theory I’ve had for a while. “Burn it down” Trump voters voted for the establishment in 2012. pic.twitter.com
— #NeverTrump (@PatrickRuffini)
Not sure what Ruffini is trying to say here. Trump’s voters are Republicans. Trump has the support of a majority of GOP voters so far. Romney won the 2012 GOP nomination. Which candidate does Ruffini think the majority of 2016’s GOP voters voted for in 2012?
re: #170 The Vicious Babushka
Dana Muhgunz has special jogging pants to keep her gun while she’s running
The raunchy side of my imagination has given me some ideas where Dana likes to keep her gun close and snug.
Seriously, carrying a weapon in your jogging pants? Does she have a waterproof holster for when she goes swimming?
re: #178 The Vicious Babushka
And this, boys & girls, is what Baby Whiplash is all about: getting page views.
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Bearded Lady came through here with the last Peanut Festival travelling show. She probably has half a million views too.
re: #182 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
The raunchy side of my imagination has given me some ideas where Dana likes to keep her gun close and snug.
Seriously, carrying a weapon in your jogging pants? Does she have a waterproof holster for when she goes swimming?
She carries a spear gun at those times.
mike huckabee, internet commenter https://t.co/gk1i0Sm2FC pic.twitter.com/38nxEr0C2Y
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 29, 2016
Oh Huck….nice try, but no.
My wife is under the the impression she walked in on me fucking a microwaved cantaloupe when in FACT: I had a lousy earpiece.
— rob delaney (@robdelaney) February 29, 2016
re: #178 The Vicious Babushka
And this, boys & girls, is what Baby Whiplash is all about: getting page views.
Not sure why the media hasn’t covered this. It’s not like there’s anything else meaningful going on in the country or around the world than to cover a Baby Ben speech.
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re: #108 freetoken
Alas, I have but one upding to give you.
If I were a Republican… I’d be scared too. Mirrors do that.
Trump is not a mirror for the GOP, he’s their portrait of Dorian Grey
re: #170 The Vicious Babushka
Ooh! Can we call her “Dana Specialpants” now?
re: #190 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Dana Packinpants?
Ewww!
Oh, you mean with her gun./
Meanwhile, banks are still ratf0*king people.
Overdraft Practices Continue to Gut Bank Accounts and Haunt Customers
Ms. Lemus is one of millions of Americans tripped up by overdraft practices, a murky corner of consumer banking that, despite a lot of hand-wringing in Washington, costly litigation and customer rancor, remains largely untouched by financial regulation.
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It is by no means a new problem. In a series of class-action lawsuits beginning in 2009 against more than a dozen big banks, customers accused banks of hiding a practice known as reordering. The practice, the lawsuits revealed, involved deliberately processing large transactions like mortgage payments first before taking out smaller charges, like a purchase of coffee — even if customers bought the coffee first. By arranging the order of transactions, the banks could maximize the number of overdrafts they charged. At the time, some banks defended the practice, arguing it ensured that large, important bills were covered.
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Such small fees can amount to big profits for the banks. More than 11 percent of TD Bank’s total operating income came from overdraft fees and other consumer service fees during the first nine months of last year. That is roughly five times the industry average, according to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation data compiled by SNL Financial, a research firm.
Unlike Trump, Robert Byrd actually did disavow and renounce the KKK==>
Robert Byrd Renounced the KKK https://t.co/QUBDnK1xzn #tcot #UniteBlue #history
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) February 29, 2016
re: #193 The Vicious Babushka
Unlike Trump, Robert Byrd actually did disavow and renounce the KKK==>
Why has Obummer not renounced Byrd and KKK and all Democrat Party election wins past 100 years?!??!?!?
Damn, my little dog is getting fat.
Oh wait. This thread is supposed to be about Trump’s small hands & Rubio’s small joke.
re: #181 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
The burn it down GOPers were establishment voters. They’re angry and they’re not going to take it anymore.
They want to see the GOP burn? They want to see the nation burn? I’m not sure what Ruffini is saying, but the GOP is saying it loud and clear.
re: #168 Great White Snark
Right remember when they repealed Roe V Wade? Me neither. Heller is here to stay. Even Citizens United will get a legislative fix if any. His outright paranoia strikes me as disingenuous cubed.
They want *desperately* to repeal Roe v Wade. The absolutely intend to. They haven’t had the votes; they needed Kennedy or RBG to be replaced by a Republican nominee and it hasn’t happened. If Cruz or Rubio is elected, they’ll have it.
In Florida:
Bomb scare at Riviera Beach water treatment plant
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. - Multiple agencies are at the water treatment plant in Riviera Beach for a bomb scare Monday morning.
Riviera Beach Fire Rescue said additional Palm Beach County Fire units have been requested to the scene at 800 West Blue Heron Blvd.
Eastbound and westbound lanes of Blue Heron Boulevard are closed near the intersection of Australian Boulevard.
At this time, RBFR said they consider this a credible threat.
re: #192 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
The classic move is they will process debits before deposits. I got bite a couple of times on that when things were tight and I had to float a bill or two
And the inevitable grift==>
Yes. We’re starting a movement to fight against the leftist fascists. Email me at bshapiro@dailywire.com. https://t.co/dzkUVwJpH4
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 29, 2016
re: #200 The Vicious Babushka
@Nero Shoot the fuckers.
— David Bullard (@lunchout2) February 29, 2016
Charles, if I can make a suggestion.
When we edit our own comments & remove all of the text from inside, you have it collapse like you do the comments which garner a pile of downdings. That way we wouldn’t see the empty posts people tried to delete.
re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Hardcore leftists don’t get 40% of the vote in Louisiana running as Republicans.
“That is only intended by certain persons to split us apart as a nation rather than solve problems,” Noel said. When asked if he was concerned by the fact that there were hardly any people of color at the Trump rally, he responded, “The problem is the black people in America.”Noel said he believes African-Americans are too quick to vote for Democrats.
“American blacks are unsophisticated in understanding that they need to make people earn their vote,” he said. “We have had a batch of people who played like race was an issue. I don’t see anybody here wanting to hurt a black person or cut their opportunities or anything.”
re: #193 The Vicious Babushka
Unlike Trump, Robert Byrd actually did disavow and renounce the KKK==>
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And Robert Byrd was actually considered for a Supreme Court vacancy by Nixon and highly respected by members of both parties before he became the favorite conservative dodge to get out of their own racism. Really pathetic shit. Byrd apologized profusely. Meanwhile Duke is telling people that they should support Trump to save their white heritage or whatever crazy shit he said.
re: #197 sagehen
They want *desperately* to repeal Roe v Wade. The absolutely intend to. They haven’t had the votes; they needed Kennedy or RBG to be replaced by a Republican nominee and it hasn’t happened. If Cruz or Rubio is elected, they’ll have it.
It actually takes a lot to over turn a Supreme Court decision. Once the decision is handed down, then either congress or a state legislature must pass a law that contradicts the ruling in some way. Then you need someone challenge the law. It’ll take about a year and a half for the district court to rule. Then figure another year for a ruling by the court of appeal. And then the Supreme Court might not take the case. Which means you need to go through that process again in a different state (and possibly a different circuit).
They have been rather successful on this strategy with abortion because despite the general public being in the mushy middle, the politics tend toward a binary debate.
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I’d like to see things from Milo’s point of view but I just can’t get my head that far up my ass.
re: #208 KGxvi
Plus, conservative members on this court have been sending out signals on the various things they want to overturn, with conservative groups waiting to file an appropriate case.
“Hillary could lose to Trump in Democratic New York”#MakeAmericaGreatAgain #Trump2016https://t.co/fQR48CVIbt
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 29, 2016
McConnell treating Hillary Clinton win as a given, while simultaneously refusing to give Obama #SCOTUS nom a hearing https://t.co/m1zqqUbSCz
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) February 29, 2016
Impossible for McConnell to accept a Trump defeat and maintain SCOTUS blockade.
One of these things has to give. pic.twitter.com/77qSGogD2m— Adam Jentleson (@AJentleson) February 29, 2016
@RealBenCarson. Carson supporter naps on floor while waiting on her man. @courierjournal @MClevenger_CJ @Joe_Gerth pic.twitter.com/RjSpUzMbP9
— Pat McDonogh (@PatMcdonogh) February 29, 2016
Long line waiting to see Ben Carson in Lexington pic.twitter.com/iPbYd6nPu2
— Ryland Barton (@RylandKY) February 29, 2016
@RealBenCarson Compares last debate to a roman colosseum.
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) February 29, 2016
“The left wing, they are experts when it comes to lying,” says @RealBenCarson, before launching into attack on the press.
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) February 29, 2016
“Nobody else has a dream. America has a dream,” said @RealBenCarson in Lexington KY
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) February 29, 2016
@RealBenCarson says in 30 states, you can earn more on govt. benefits than with a minimum wage job. Not calling for raising minimum wage.
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) February 29, 2016
@RealBenCarson says he doesn’t plan to dismantle safety net but wants to give more people opportunity.
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) February 29, 2016
@JeremyRoss15 I can affirm that there is a hush.
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) February 29, 2016
Ben Carson in Lexington: Denounces tone of last GOP presidential debate; I pray to God that we can wake up before it is too late. ^JB
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) February 29, 2016
re: #211 The Vicious Babushka
That’s Fred Dicker’s sources, who are far right nutters engaging in wishful thinking (delusional).
That they think NY would be in play with Trump versus Clinton ignores that Clinton handily won NY as Senator twice. First time, she won 55-43 over Lazio. She won reelection in 2006 with a 67-31 margin over Spencer.
If you think that she’s not going to do nearly as well, you’re sorely mistaken and there’s a bridge for sale in Brooklyn.
@RealBenCarson says everything “much worse” since LBJ’s war on poverty because “that’s not the government’s job.”
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) February 29, 2016
“Most americans have values, they have common sense, but their frightened … they’re angry.” says @RealBenCarson.
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) February 29, 2016
@RealBenCarson says Americans need to calm down before going to polls.
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) February 29, 2016
re: #217 lawhawk
That’s Fred Dicker’s sources, who are far right nutters engaging in wishful thinking (delusional).
That they think NY would be in play with Trump versus Clinton ignores that Clinton handily won NY as Senator twice. First time, she won 55-43 over Lazio. She won reelection in 2006 with a 67-31 margin over Spencer.
If you think that she’s not going to do nearly as well, you’re sorely mistaken and there’s a bridge for sale in Brooklyn.
“Confidential polling data” = the voices speaking to Fred U. Dicker through the fillings in his teeth.
re: #219 Backwoods_Sleuth
Curious Strategery for Real Ben Dr. to be in a non-Super Tuesday state the day before Super Tuesday.
But what do I know?
re: #221 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Curious Strategery for Real Ben Dr. to be in a non-Super Tuesday state the day before Super Tuesday.
But what do I know?
And Kentucky, at that…
re: #219 Backwoods_Sleuth
“
Most americans have values, they have common sense, but their frightened … they’re angry.” says @RealBenCarson.
But some Americans, I guess, don’t, Ben?
re: #223 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
I know their caucus is the 5th, but….
Rubio is here too, but I don’t think he has any public events yet.
re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rubio is here too, but I don’t think he has any public events yet.
Rubio should probably be in Florida, which has a primary the 15th (I think), happens to be the state he represents in the Senate, and a state he happens to trail Trump.
re: #219 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Most americans have values, they have common sense, but their frightened … they’re angry.” says @RealBenCarson.
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) February 29, 2016
I really wish someone explain why “Americans are angry”. Are they angry because our economy is vastly improved since our last president? Are they angry because we are no longer bogged down in senseless and expensive wars? Are they angry because they have to spend $1.69/gallon to fill their gas tanks? Are they angry because the unemployment rate is at 5.9%?
@RealBenCarson Is talking about the federal debt now.
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) February 29, 2016
@RealBenCarson says Hillary and Bernie are wrong. “It’s not the evil rich people, it’s the evil government.”
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) February 29, 2016
@RealBenCarson says the government is the cause of poverty. “You want to get rid of poverty, get rid of all these silly regulations.”
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) February 29, 2016
good grief.
re: #227 Dr. Matt
I really wish someone explain why “Americans are angry”. Are they angry because our economy is vastly improved since our last president? Are they angry because we are no longer bogged down in senseless and expensive wars? Are they angry because they have to spend $1.69/gallon to fill their gas tanks? Are they angry because the unemployment rate is at 5.9%?
They’re angry because they just don’t know any better.
re: #227 Dr. Matt
I really wish someone explain why “Americans are angry”. Are they angry because our economy is vastly improved since our last president? Are they angry because we are no longer bogged down in senseless and expensive wars? Are they angry because they have to spend $1.69/gallon to fill their gas tanks? Are they angry because the unemployment rate is at 5.9%?
No kidding. Here’s something not PC since wingnuts are so fond of bitching about PC. Most of these people are whining about nothing and blaming the wrong people for it.
gaaaahhhhhhh
@RealBenCarson claims that calls for environmental regulations are based on ideology and not facts.
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) February 29, 2016
re: #228 Backwoods_Sleuth
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good grief.
Yeah because poverty was non-existent in the Gilded Age. Good fucking grief this is some weapon grade derp. Of course, Ben benefited from the same government programs that he now wants to either cut dramatically or gut.
The important question for Ben Carson is…why the hell are you still in the race? No one cares Ben. No. One.
re: #232 HappyWarrior
Yeah because poverty was non-existent in the Gilded Age. Good fucking grief this is some weapon grade derp. Of course, Ben benefited from the same government programs that he now wants to either cut dramatically or gut.
Ah, back in the “Good Old Days” when there were NO REGULASHUNZ==>
GOP: No more regulations! Bring Back Triangle Shirtwaist jobs! #FeelTheBern #tcot #UniteBlue https://t.co/Et8pBEbqZZ pic.twitter.com/e2F7xUOr7K
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) February 29, 2016
re: #227 Dr. Matt
I really wish someone explain why “Americans are angry”. Are they angry because our economy is vastly improved since our last president? Are they angry because we are no longer bogged down in senseless and expensive wars? Are they angry because they have to spend $1.69/gallon to fill their gas tanks? Are they angry because the unemployment rate is at 5.9%?
They’re angry because Political Correctness, which Dr. Ben hates. Did you know Dr. Ben really hates political correctness?
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re: #228 Backwoods_Sleuth
good grief.
So Dr. Ben has only gotten stupider as the campaign’s gone on.
re: #231 Backwoods_Sleuth
@RealBenCarson claims that calls for environmental regulations are based on ideology and not facts.
— Joe Gerth
The same Dr. Ben who says government shouldn’t address poverty or regulate businesses for the benefit of consumers and the environment?
this is Carson’s “please clap” moment, I think:
@RealBenCarson calls on people to go to polls. “They don’t have to vote for me, they have to vote for the best person … which is me.”
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) February 29, 2016
re: #234 The Vicious Babushka
Ah, back in the “Good Old Days” when there were NO REGULASHUNZ==>
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re: #211 The Vicious Babushka
Sorry, but I can’t trust anyone named Fredric U. Dicker.
re: #228 Backwoods_Sleuth
I know this is a recurring theme, but: Why do all these people who are running for the CEO of the Federal Government hate the concept of government? I know that they really hate the concept of the others running it, but this shtick is getting annoying.
“We in America must stop being phobic about our faith,” says @RealBenCarson
— Joe Gerth (@Joe_Gerth) February 29, 2016
Yeah, Dr. Carson, you folks need to stop that crap.
Trump Jr. offers to pay for black celebrities to leave US when President Trump is elected
Trump Jr. predicted his father’s candidacy would draw “historic turnout for the GOP” because the real estate tycoon and reality TV star has attracted Americans who don’t typically vote.
Host Ainsley Earhardt pointed out that some celebrities “don’t think he’s going to make America great” — as Trump’s campaign slogan and baseball caps promise.
Fox News showed video clips of Whoopi Goldberg, Al Sharpton and Raven-Symoné — all of whom are black — vowing to move to another country if Trump or another Republican won.
“I’ll buy them their airfare,” Trump Jr. said, laughing. “I’m more than happy to chip in.”
Translation: A douche bag breeds douche bags.
re: #241 Le Lapin Tueur
I know this is a recurring theme, but: Why do all these people who are running for the CEO of the Federal Government hate the concept of government? I know that they really hate the concept of the others running it, but this shtick is getting annoying.
I have no idea. It really stumps me. I wouldn’t want a babysitter who hates children. What we need and I have not seen from Republican candidates in some time is an acknowledgment that the government is a positive good in our society. Hell the very reason the Constitution exists is because the Founders thought we needed a bigger government.
re: #238 Backwoods_Sleuth
this is Carson’s “please clap” moment, I think:
Dr. Ben: “So when you go to the polls here in Kentucky tomorrow, vote for me.”
Someone: Kentucky votes on Saturday in a caucus.
Dr. Ben: “OK, well, whenever.”
re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Yeah, Dr. Carson, you folks need to stop that crap.
Liberal Christians and non-Christians do not apply.
re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yeah, Dr. Carson, you folks need to stop that crap.
With all the Trump coverage I’d forgotten what a dick Dr. Ben is.
re: #248 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
With all the Trump coverage I’d forgotten what a dick Dr. Ben is.
or let’s be honest all of them.
JICYMI
Here’s my cast of Candidates As Disney Characters==>
Donald Trump: Gaston from “Beauty and the Beast”
Ted Cruz: Frollo from “Hunchback of Notre Dame”
Marco Rubio: Prince Hans from “Frozen”
Ben Carson: Dormouse from “Alice in Wonderland”
Hillary Clinton: Ursula from “The Little Mermaid”
Bernie Sanders: Maurice from “Beauty and the Beast”
Feel free to make up your own!
re: #243 Dr. Matt
Trump Jr. offers to pay for black celebrities to leave US when President Trump is elected
Translation: A douche bag breeds douche bags.
I actually like that response. It’s a great way to laugh off dramaticians who are threatening to flounce.
re: #251 Dark_Falcon
So, DF, you think Marco’s big little hands, little dick joke is presidential and funny?
re: #250 The Vicious Babushka
JICYMI
Here’s my cast of Candidates As Disney Characters==>Donald Trump: Gaston from “Beauty and the Beast”
Ted Cruz: Frollo from “Hunchback of Notre Dame”
Marco Rubio: Prince Hans from “Frozen”
Ben Carson: Dormouse from “Alice in Wonderland”
Hillary Clinton: Ursula from “The Little Mermaid”
Bernie Sanders: Maurice from “Beauty and the Beast”Feel free to make up your own!
Carly Fiorina, Maleficent.
re: #251 Dark_Falcon
I actually like that response. It’s a great way to laugh off dramaticians who are threatening to flounce.
Well a lot of Americans are rightfully horrified by the prospect of a Trump presidency. I usually hate the “I’m moving” threat but for Trump, it’s one I totally get especially knowing his views on immigration. Trump has gone out of his way to make immigrants and their families feel unwelcome here. Fuck him and the GOP horse he’s riding on.
re: #252 Backwoods_Sleuth
So, DF, you think Marco’s
biglittle hands, little dick joke is presidential and funny?
Actually, I’ve never liked that joke. Of course, what Rubio is mainly doing with that joke isn’t trying to be funny, he’s Trump-baiting, trying to goad Donald Trump into attacking him.
re: #253 sagehen
Carly Fiorina, Maleficent.
I didn’t include Carly because she dropped out but I see her as Lady Tremaine from Cinderella.
re: #255 Dark_Falcon
Actually, I’ve never liked that joke. Of course, what Rubio is mainly doing with that joke isn’t trying to be funny, he’s Trump-baiting, trying to goad Donald Trump into attacking him.
So why did you downding Charles’s post?
re: #256 The Vicious Babushka
I didn’t include Carly because she dropped out but I see her as Lady Tremaine from Cinderella.
You’re better at this than me. Who’s Kasich?
re: #258 HappyWarrior
You’re better at this than me. Who’s Kasich?
Haven’t figured that out yet. Any suggestions?
re: #259 The Vicious Babushka
Haven’t figured that out yet. Any suggestions?
Nah I’m genuinely stumped. Perhaps someone who appears alright is actually sinister? Scar?
re: #251 Dark_Falcon
I actually like that response. It’s a great way to laugh off dramaticians who are threatening to flounce.
Drumpf jr is as much of an ass as Drumpf sr is.
I wish Rush Limbaugh and some other conservatives would have “flounced” and moved when Obama was first elected, some even threatening it again in 2012. Damn…opportunity missed. It would have been so good for the country.
re: #260 HappyWarrior
Nah I’m genuinely stumped. Perhaps someone who appears alright is actually sinister? Scar?
One of the hyenas
Trump blames ‘very bad earpiece’ for refusal to disavow KKK or David Duke https://t.co/uK34ASdTkt pic.twitter.com/7eJBuMxHQo
— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 29, 2016
re: #263 ObserverArt
I wish Rush Limbaugh and some other conservatives would have “flounced” and moved when Obama was first elected, some even threatening it again in 2012. Damn…opportunity missed. It would have been so good for the country.
And Ted Nugent neither died nor surrendered himself to prison authorities…
#SCOTUS hears argument in case re #firearms possession w/ #priorconviction Voisine v. US; @RoryLittle previews — https://t.co/Rn2t8ygpBq
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) February 29, 2016
Thomas asked several questions today at #SCOTUS in gun rights case
— Kimberly Robinson (@KimberlyRobinsn) February 29, 2016
Is this the first time Thomas has ever spoken out loud?
re: #257 Backwoods_Sleuth
So why did you downding Charles’s post?
What?
(Runs to check…sure enough…so I updinged to restore order to the universe)
Go team!
Nate Silver brings up a possibility that I hadn’t considered, mostly because it seemed so unlikely even in the last year. We might be witnessing a realignment election.
Bill Clinton, Kaa the python from “The Jungle Book”
re: #265 FormerDirtDart
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— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) February 29, 2016
And the only response from the RWNJs is Rev Wright??? Jebus…..
For the rest of the graphic and GOP field, click here
re: #260 HappyWarrior
I would suggest Duke from Frozen. He was the old man that sent his two men to kill Elsa.
re: #256 The Vicious Babushka
I didn’t include Carly because she dropped out but I see her as Lady Tremaine from Cinderella.
Nah. Cruella DeVille, all day.
(Although Newt’s wife reminds me even more of Cruella, but she’s pretty irrelevant to the list.)
re: #263 ObserverArt
I wish Rush Limbaugh and some other conservatives would have “flounced” and moved when Obama was first elected, some even threatening it again in 2012. Damn…opportunity missed. It would have been so good for the country.
Rush was threatening to move to Costa Rica if ACA got passed. He never took up his promise to the happiness of Costa Ricans but to the disappointments of millions of Americans. I reallly wish someone would tell Rush what a pathetic hack he really is.
re: #267 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Is this the first time Thomas has ever spoken out loud?
No, but with Scalia gone Thomas is no long the Learner, he is now the Master and must lead accordingly.
re: #267 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Is this the first time Thomas has ever spoken out loud?
In at least 10 years.
re: #265 FormerDirtDart
Trump blames ‘very bad earpiece’ for refusal to disavow KKK or David Duke
Liar.
WATCH> Cute, fluffy bunny transformed by cherries into the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannoghttps://t.co/4AmOuzk2Xw pic.twitter.com/wtPzrhNggd
— The Poke (@ThePoke) February 29, 2016
re: #267 Backwoods_Sleuth
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If going outside today one should be wary of airborne domesticated suidae
#morningjoe It never dawned on anybody on this pathetic show Trumps a racist when he said Mexicans are rapists, etc? pic.twitter.com/1sUIRi01IZ
— philip harris (@pharris830) February 29, 2016
re: #273 Dr. Matt
That graphic needs to be included to add Sessions and LePage. And Brewer.
re: #282 Dr. Matt
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Oh that was different, that was before we thought he could take our party’s nomination. Really where the hell were they then? Oh that’s right, being quiet while Trump attacked an entire group of people as rapists. and crying about political correctness rather than dealing with the reality that Trump was uttering racist bullshit.
re: #274 Belafon
I would suggest Duke from Frozen. He was the old man that sent his two men to kill Elsa.
There we go.
re: #243 Dr. Matt
Trump Jr. offers to pay for black celebrities to leave US when President Trump is elected
Translation: A douche bag breeds douche bags.
Exactly. The better response would be:
“It’s unfortunate there are people that would think they need to go to move out of this great country if my father was elected. I truly believe he will make every this country great for all Americans.”
But if he did, his dad would call him a p*ssy.
re: #250 The Vicious Babushka
JICYMI
Here’s my cast of Candidates As Disney Characters==>Hillary Clinton: Ursula from “The Little Mermaid”
Feel free to make up your own!
Ursula was a rockin’ octopus-like witch-creature.
re: #288 Le Lapin Tueur
Ursula was a rockin’ octopus-like witch-creature.
Ursula kicked ass, but if you have a better nomination let’s see it.
re: #287 Franklin
Exactly. The better response would be:
“It’s unfortunate there are people that would think they need to go to move out of this great country if my father was elected. I truly believe he will make every this country great for all Americans.”
But if he did, his dad would call him a p*ssy.
That really should have been the response. That really should be the response if you have people threatening to move. But you can’t spell kkklassy without Trump.
re: #259 The Vicious Babushka
Haven’t figured that out yet. Any suggestions?
Lawrence from Princess and the Frog
Clarence Thomas asks a question in oral arguments for the first time in 10 years https://t.co/PHuqoP0sgj pic.twitter.com/ZqW3LHOwIM
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) February 29, 2016
re: #290 HappyWarrior
That really should have been the response. That really should be the response if you have people threatening to move. But you can’t spell kkklassy without Trump.
The thing is that part of the Trump appeal is that he will “make liberals scream in rage and agony”. Thus voting for him represents revenge.
BBL
re: #289 The Vicious Babushka
I think Hillary is going to kick ass.
re: #293 Dark_Falcon
The thing is that part of the Trump appeal is that he will “make liberals scream in rage and agony”. Thus voting for him represents revenge.
BBL
“Pissing off a liberal” (or at least believing to do so) is a major motivating factor for a lot of Trump/TP supporters.
re: #293 Dark_Falcon
The thing is that part of the Trump appeal is that he will “make liberals scream in rage and agony”. Thus voting for him represents revenge.
BBL
It’s not the liberals screaming in rage and anger.
A lot of people here to support Ted Cruz at his presidential rally in Dallas. pic.twitter.com/BR8xiyGWtB
— Colt Stewart (@NewsSasquatch) February 29, 2016
re: #198 Backwoods_Sleuth
Man, I knew the Rawviera was a bit crazy even with all the businesses moving in, but damn. (Riviera’s my hometown, so this is a bit unhappy-making.)
re: #241 Le Lapin Tueur
Why do all these people who are running for the CEO of the Federal Government hate the concept of government? I know that they really hate the concept of the others running it, but this shtick is getting annoying.
I am with you. The right decries poor government performance, and does everything in its power to cause poor government performance. And it is a repeating, self perpetuating and escalating cycle. Our infrastructure is deteriorating…. education… science…
I am slipping into the rage induced failure to speak (write). aargh
re: #293 Dark_Falcon
The thing is that part of the Trump appeal is that he will “make liberals scream in rage and agony”. Thus voting for him represents revenge.
BBL
There is the Dark we are familiar with. The ol’ dump and run!
It really is a sport for him.
re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s not the liberals screaming in rage and anger.
Does Socialist snickering count?
Cruz event in Dallas kicks off with two pledges of allegiance - to the American and Texas flags. pic.twitter.com/FTWs4dGX6K
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) February 29, 2016
re: #277 Dark_Falcon
No, but with Scalia gone Thomas is no long the Learner, he is now the Master and must lead accordingly.
Stifling the urge to laugh out loud right now.
re: #293 Dark_Falcon
The thing is that part of the Trump appeal is that he will “make liberals scream in rage and agony”. Thus voting for him represents revenge.
BBL
Revenge for what? Really it’s fucking sad that conservatives have such little self esteem that all tehy care about is making people like me scream in rage and agony. I’m enraged by Trump I concede yes but that’s because I know immigrants like the ones he scapegoats. But I’m mostly amused at your party’s leadership trying to get away from him even though they’re just as bigoted and responsible ultimately for creating a political atmosphere where he could succeed in your party. But I am glad you didn’t claim that Trump is a ctually a liberal or some shit like that and insult our collective intelligence.
So #tcot is seething with rage over Leo’s long-overdue Oscar
HURR HURR HE FLIES AROUND IN A PRIVATE JET BUT HE TALKS ABOUT GLOBULL WARMING!!!11!!!!
re: #302 ObserverArt
There is the Dark we are familiar with. The ol’ dump and run!
It really is a sport for him.
nothing DandR about that, it is a good observation. And we all have lives outside the Lizardsphere…
re: #304 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m born, raised, and currently living in Texas, but I’ve never cared for the Texas pledge. I don’t know it, and I just don’t say it. The US pledge (slightly modified) is the only one necessary.
That this is newsworthy at all is particularly shocking:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Clarence Thomas has asked questions during a Supreme Court argument for the first time in 10 years.
— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) February 29, 2016
One has to wonder whether Thomas’ stoic silence on the Bench was due in large part to Scalia asking many of the questions Thomas might have had, and deferring to him instead.
Now that Scalia is gone, Thomas has to do the questioning himself, and reveal more about his own positions in the process (instead of being more inscrutable and using Scalia’s positions/questions as a proxy for his own stance).
— The Cult Cat (@Elverojaguar) February 29, 2016
Greg Abbott claims he’s for Ted Cruz but he’s rocking Trump hair.
I just cast my vote for Ted Cruz for President. Join me to support the proven conservative. #tcot @TexasGOP pic.twitter.com/NJHX5LESVH
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) February 26, 2016
re: #309 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
nothing DandR about that, it is a good observation. And we all have lives outside the Lizardsphere…
I’m going to go with history and pattern and facts in evidence that Dark is smart enough to know conservatives are screaming in rage and agony and liberals are more bemused but hopeful that it causes election defeat.
And now I need to go to my outside life too. Later!
Trump will make campaign stop in Louisville Tuesday. https://t.co/EjnHUzgF8k
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) February 29, 2016
re: #299 Black d20
Man, I knew the Rawviera was a bit crazy even with all the businesses moving in, but damn. (Riviera’s my hometown, so this is a bit unhappy-making.)
I grew up in PBG. Hey old neighbor!
If Thomas is now ‘the Master’ of the Supreme Court, it’s probably time for a name change.
Something more like ‘Average Court’ or ‘Mediocre Court’ would do. Or maybe ‘Lowered-Bar Court.’
re: #317 makeitstop
If Thomas is now ‘the Master’ of the Supreme Court, it’s probably time for a name change.
Something more like ‘Average Court’ or ‘Mediocre Court’ would do. Or maybe ‘Lowered-Bar Court.’
I wonder when Obama’s going to come out with a name. It is sort of tough though since the Senate Republicans are having their usual toddler tantrum over this.
re: #318 HappyWarrior
I wonder when Obama’s going to come out with a name. It is sort of tough though since the Senate Republicans are having their usual toddler tantrum over this.
Wednesday, after Trump’s Super Tuesday sweep, would be a good time.
re: #315 Backwoods_Sleuth
KY getting lots of attention
re: #319 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Wednesday, after Trump’s Super Tuesday sweep, would be a good time.
Yeah that would work.
re: #92 Kragar
clean the steak and season with a little salt and pepper
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil in a large skillet, high heat, put in the steaks, flipping often, for about 6-7 minutes.
Remove the steaks, reduce heat to medium. Add 3 more tablespoons of the olive oil, 2 tablespoons of mince garlic, and 6-8 anchovy fillets, stir gently until the anchovy dissolves, then add 4 tablespoons unsalted butter. Once the butter melts, add 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
Reduce heat to low, return steak to the pan and baste. Remove the steaks, slice along the grain of the steak into strips, then garnish with parsley and drizzle with the remainder of the pan sauce
Sounds great. Reading your recipe it struck me that it’s only a couple of tbsps of Worcestershire and a splash of Tabasco from being a typical sauce for New Orleans barbecued shrimp. In fact it would make a nice combo dish. Once you’ve removed the steak for slicing just toss a dozen or two dozen Gulf shrimp, shells and all, in the pan and stir lightly until good and pink. Serve alongside the sliced steak with plenty of sauce and baguette style bread for sopping. Supply lots of paper towels.
Holy shit this is amazing. Trump’s spokesdummy Pierson just tried to say Trump thought @jaketapper was talking about a different David Duke.
— Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) February 29, 2016
re: #289 The Vicious Babushka
Ursula kicked ass, but if you have a better nomination let’s see it.
Merida.
re: #323 Jenner7
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re: #325 HappyWarrior
A different David Duke? A google of David Duke only gets the one David Duke. Seriously. This is just fucking pathetic.
He meant David FROM Duke.
re: #326 Belafon
He meant David FROM Duke.
David the Duke of Earl.
Edit: You have that song going through your head now, don’t ya?
.@POTUS presents #MedalOfHonor to #USNavy Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Edward C. Byers Jr. pic.twitter.com/TkiqDSxkmz
— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) February 29, 2016
Thank you, Ed Byers.
11 deployments.
9 combat tours.
5 Bronze Stars with valor.
2 Purple Hearts.#MedalOfHonorhttps://t.co/yCBd6n21gA— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 29, 2016
Dr. Ben Carson now speaking about his American dream pic.twitter.com/J9KFHNfxkO
— Hillary Thornton (@HillaryWKYT) February 29, 2016
Crowd continues to grow. Supporters now being put on second floor pic.twitter.com/F3Hmc8PKd4
— Hillary Thornton (@HillaryWKYT) February 29, 2016
I’m there all the time. My son does gymnastics in the gym on the other side of the walkway.
re: #330 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
Scroll up this page to see Joe Gerth’s live tweets about it.
re: #328 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Medal of Honor action[edit]
On December 5 2012, American Doctor Dilip Joseph was captured, along with two Afghans, by the Taliban while driving back to their base in Kabul.[4] Byers’s team was selected by Marine General John Allen, who was the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan at the time to launch a rescue mission. The U.S. military had gathered intelligence on where Dr. Joseph was being held and the commanders were concerned that if they did not rescue the hostages quickly that they would be moved to a new hideout and/or killed as early as 9 December 2012.[3][1]
On the night of December 8, 2012, Byers’ unit was inserted by helicopter in Qarghah’i District of Laghman Province, eastern Afghanistan, from there they hiked over difficult terrain for more than four hours to reach the compound that the Taliban were holding the hostages at. Despite being under the cover of night, an armed guard spotted the SEALs within roughly 75 feet of the compound, Petty Officer 1st class Nicolas Checque sprinted forward, killed the guard and entered the compound, with Byers just steps behind.[2]
Inside of the compound, Checque, who was the point man, was shot by a Taliban fighter from inside the single room holding the hostages. Undeterred, Byers burst into the room, shooting dead an armed Taliban fighter. Byers tackled and straddled another insurgent who was scrambling to the corner of the room to get a rifle. Byers adjusted his night vision goggles to see whether he was the American hostage; then when Dr. Jospeh called out to Byers, Byers killed the insurgent he was straddling and then hurled himself on top of Joseph to protect him from harm. At the same time, Byers pinned another Taliban militant to the wall with a hand to the throat until another SEAL shot the militant.[3]
Once outside, Byers, the unit’s medic, turned his attention to Checque, spending the 40-minute flight back to Bagram Airfield, trying to resuscitate him, but Checque was declared dead at the American base. Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque, 28, from Monroeville, Pennsylvania was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions.[5] [2][3]
An amazing man.
Trump said he’ll open up the 9/11 commission papers that are secret so people can know who “really” knocked down WTC https://t.co/9NjIYfTevX
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 29, 2016
re: #323 Jenner7
A different Duke? Which one? Doris Duke? The Duke? Duke Nuke’em? The Duke of New York? I’m curious. @ZeddRebel @jaketapper
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 29, 2016
Wow, when you’ve hit Scarborough’s tipping point, that says something…
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough finally disavows Trump after ‘breathtaking’ KKK comments https://t.co/s2ZiTeZiIO pic.twitter.com/nQs6l1Q5fn
— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 29, 2016
re: #336 The Vicious Babushka
Bo and Luke Duke. 140 characters has its limits…
re: #330 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
Dr. Ben Carson now speaking about his American dream pic.twitter.com
— Hillary Thornton
He has books to sell.
Oh, Patty Duke. He thought he had the actress that played Helen Keller in the Miracle Worker!
My subordinate texted me this morning and said his cock alarm didn’t go off and he would be a little late. Damn these sexual harassment laws!
/
re: #335 FormerDirtDart
Wow, when you’ve hit Scarborough’s tipping point, that says something…
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Scarborough’s hair has morphed into something horrible lately too, he has aged horribly very recently.
heh.
@bulllaw Eric, please advise Trump people to stay off @KySportsRadio. Planning on ambushing him with a stupid song written by sycophant.
— Ron Rigg (@RonRigg) February 29, 2016
re: #340 HappyWarrior
Oh, Patty Duke. He thought he had the actress that played Helen Keller in the Miracle Worker!
Well, after all, They laugh alike, they walk alike,
At times they even talk alike —
OFFS:
Not that he lacks the character and judgment b/c of his policy outlooks (racist/bigoted), but lacks skill to make it happen. @TheFix
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 29, 2016
This, once again, shows that the GOP concern over Trump racism, hate, misogyny, etc., is overblown. The concern is he lacks the skills to make his policies come to fruition (like building walls, excluding Muslims, hating on women, etc.).
re: #331 Backwoods_Sleuth
Scroll up this page to see Joe Gerth’s live tweets about it.
Man oh Man. I’ve been teasing my mom because somehow she got on Carsons email list. She got the invite, and I texted her about 15 times yesterday trying to get her to go. She said if she went she would cuss him out for disrespecting President Obama at the Prayer Breakfast.
Cruz takes the stage in Dallas. “It’s good to be with the greatest people on the face of the earth,” Cruz says.
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) February 29, 2016
Cruz uses a Perryism to describe his introductory speakers in Dallas: “strong as garlic”
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) February 29, 2016
Cruz just spoke a few words of Spanish at this Dallas rally after a shout from someone in the crowd.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) February 29, 2016
In Dallas, Cruz is so far doing the latest version of his stump speech, focusing on “jobs, freedom and security.”
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) February 29, 2016
re: #347 lawhawk
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This, once again, shows that the GOP concern over Trump racism, hate, misogyny, etc., is overblown. The concern is he lacks the skills to make his policies come to fruition (like building walls, excluding Muslims, hating on women, etc.).
Precisely. It’s not that he’s a bigot. It’s that he’ll be an ineffective bigot in their opinion.
re: #349 Backwoods_Sleuth
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No offense to LGF’s Texans but I always found the Texas number one shit off putting. I mean nothing wrong with state pride but please.
re: #348 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
Man oh Man. I’ve been teasing my mom because somehow she got on Carsons email list. She got the invite, and I texted her about 15 times yesterday trying to get her to go. She said if she went she would cuss him out for disrespecting President Obama at the Prayer Breakfast.
Hahaha go Mom!
re: #335 FormerDirtDart
Wow, when you’ve hit Scarborough’s tipping point, that says something…
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They both look like they’re thinking, ‘There goes that 8AM daily segment…’
Let’s see the hold to it. I’ll bet a tenner that they don’t.
I didn’t know that the allegedly moderate Scott Brown supports Trump. The masks are falling off, aren’t they.
Is it bad that I am amused by the fact that Cruz is finding himself having to campaign in his own state?
re: #351 HappyWarrior
No offense to LGF’s Texans but I always found the Texas number one shit off putting. I mean nothing wrong with state pride but please.
Because everyone knows Brooklyn rules the school. /
You also see attacks that Trump isn’t wingnutty enough i.e. he doesn’t think Planned Parenthood is the worst thing ever. We already have the script being wrote if Trump loses, HE WASN’T CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH.
re: #354 Nyet
I didn’t know that the allegedly moderate Scott Brown supports Trump. The masks are falling off, aren’t they.
He has for a while actually.
Trump was asked specifically about a white supremacist. Would the name even matter for the purposes of disavowal? Of course not.
re: #356 lawhawk
Because everyone knows Brooklyn rules the school. /
I do love Brooklyn. I’d rather live there than Texas.
Add Grayson to Sanders’ camp. So that’s five for him now in Congress.
re: #360 HappyWarrior
I do love Brooklyn. I’d rather live there than Texas.
“If I owned Texas and I owned Hell, I’d live in Hell and rent out Texas”—Philip Sheridan (sometimes mistakenly attributed to Mark Twain)
re: #355 Backwoods_Sleuth
Is it bad that I am amused by the fact that Cruz is finding himself having to campaign in his own state?
You kidding? Couldn’t happen to a nicer prick.
re: #362 The Vicious Babushka
“If I owned Texas and I owned Hell, I’d live in Hell and rent out Texas”—Philip Sheridan (sometimes mistakenly attributed to Mark Twain)
Ha! Well I would happily agree with BWS’s great great uncle Phil.
Ben Carson calls Trump supporters “zombies”: “You just hope that something will happen to wake people up” https://t.co/huuz5740BI
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 29, 2016
https://t.co/6aW9VeSrmr Anti-choicers won’t let the rape thing go because it’s tied to their misogynist ideology. pic.twitter.com/3CN3SlirG5
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) February 29, 2016
Phyllis Schlafly calls for a ban foreign-born baseball players b/c they “take jobs that ought to go to Americans”: https://t.co/ABuEiKc4Qe
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 29, 2016
And again…
Reports: 3 students injured in shooting at Ohio high schoolhttps://t.co/b6hVgPtGLC pic.twitter.com/mTQsBGqGsj
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) February 29, 2016
re: #359 Nyet
Trump was asked specifically about a white supremacist. Would the name even matter for the purposes of disavowal? Of course not.
*David* Duke the White Supremicist? I thought you meant Steven Duke the White Supremacist. OK, I disavow.
re: #125 nkdee
Off topic: As I read through the comments I find myself have to scroll up and down to re-read comments when there is a reply further down. For example I get to say, comment #80 and it is in reference to comment # 29. I have to go back to #29 so I can remind myself what it said. Is there an easier way to do this. Many time I give up.
I almost always use Quote when I reply to someone for that reason. The easier way is to right click on the response block and open it in a new tab/window to see the original comment. That’s especially helpful if you need to go back further (say comment 100 refers to 50 which refers to 38 which refers to 37 which refers to 10). You can then follow the thread all the way back in a separate tab/window.
re: #367 Backwoods_Sleuth
Isn’t Phyllis taking a job, commenting on the internet, that some man could be doing?
Rafael Cruz says God will spare America from His judgment if Americans elect Ted Cruz president https://t.co/WXVBvjOhgu
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 29, 2016
re: #367 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Foreign born baseball players have been in baseball literally from the start of baseball. Granny Phyillis is drunk on hate again.
re: #130 Kent Dorfman
Now why didn’t I think of this
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How would you pick your nose?
Furry nails would be totally helpful to pick your nose clean. Like dental floss for the nasal cavity!
(eeewwwwwwww)
re: #372 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Yeah it’s just a coincidence that it happens to be your son that will save us. Man just freak out Raffy. Stop trying to force your fucked up on son the rest of us. It’s nice that you think he’s special but the rest of us including many people within your son’s party even think he’s an asshole.
re: #366 The Vicious Babushka
Oh c’mon, it’s not even 9:30 in the morning and I’m still trying to get over some bug that’s been going around, I am in no state to start drinking already.
Trump blames earpiece on KKK answer: When question about racism coming through earpiece hit all the racism in his brain, it caused feedback.
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) February 29, 2016
re: #372 Backwoods_Sleuth
The surest sign God doesn’t exist is that He doesn’t smack people like this down: “I told you not to do that!”
It’s quite amazing that candidate Obama’s “57 states” misspeak disqualified him from the Presidency, yet Trump’s flatout support of white supremacy is handled with kid gloves.
re: #372 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rafael Cruz says God will spare America from His judgment if Americans elect Ted Cruz president
‘Nice country you got here. Be a shame if something happened to it…’
re: #177 darthstar
re: Chris Jones’ penis falling out at the Combine.
The announcer says “if these guys fall down, they fall down hard and long.” LMAO!!
re: #382 Dr. Matt
It’s quite amazing that candidate Obama’s “57 states” misspeak disqualified him from the Presidency, yet Trump’s flatout support of white supremacy is handled with kid gloves.
Obama was disqualified from the moment he was born in Kenya.
/
re: #190 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Dana Packinpants?
I wonder if it works as well as the Bra Holster. Ooops.
Trump envisions libel system where reporters may have to pay fines for stories on him that aren’t true, he tells crowd in Radford.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) February 29, 2016
Uhhh..
re: #387 Jenner7
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Uhhh..
I am just trying to imagine the reaction if Obama said this.
re: #387 Jenner7
Trump envisions libel system where reporters may have to pay fines for stories on him that aren’t true, he tells crowd in Radford.
Uhhh..
His definition of “true” means “corresponding to the fiction I have invented about myself”.
Phyllis Schlafly calls for a ban foreign-born baseball players b/c they “take jobs that ought to go to Americans”: t.co
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 29, 2016
She would have fit in nicely in 1939 Germany.
Was just reading up on the Klan fight in Anaheim this weekend. One of the stories had a link to a YouTube video taken by a CSU San Bernardino professor. I generally don’t support the use of violence, but it is interesting to see these assholes get the kind of treatment that their forefathers likely dished out. Of course, the difference is that their predecessors weren’t arrested like the “counterprotesters” were this weekend.
re: #389 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
His definition of “true” means “corresponding to the fiction I have invented about myself”.
I’M AWESOME, IT’S LIBEL TO SAY I’M NOT!
re: #390 Dr. Matt
She would have fit in nicely in 1939 Germany.
She’s old enough. It amazes me that she still has an audience after all these years.
re: #201 Franklin
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re: #391 KGxvi
Was just reading up on the Klan fight in Anaheim this weekend. One of the stories had a link to a YouTube video taken by a CSU San Bernardino professor. I generally don’t support the use of violence, but it is interesting to see these assholes get the kind of treatment that their forefathers likely dished out. Of course, the difference is that their predecessors weren’t arrested like the “counterprotesters” were this weekend.
It’s hard to condone violence but you’re right. The KKK dished out plenty of violence in the past and I don’t mind some push back.
re: #394 HappyWarrior
She’s old enough. It amazes me that she still has an audience after all these years.
The Venn Diagram of her audience and Trump supporters would be a single circle.
re: #397 Dr. Matt
The Venn Diagram of her audience and Trump supporters would be a single circle.
I imagine she’s got some fans in Cruz Camp too. She’s a religious zealot as well as a xenophobic one. I really want her to live a woman in office. Her whole life’s work of degrading women put to waste.
TRUMP STEAKS! “Tasteless & Greasy” #tcot #UniteBlue #NeverTrump https://t.co/0hDy9VBhe6 https://t.co/fX7JHN3RLc
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) February 29, 2016
re: #396 HappyWarrior
It’s hard to condone violence but you’re right. The KKK dished out plenty of violence in the past and I don’t mind some push back.
I watched the video, lot of blood, and a few guys walking around with 2x4’s. Having grown up out here, I’m equally surprised and not.
re: #267 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Is this the first time Thomas has ever spoken out loud?
Holee. Shit. Thomas speaks?
And yes, I am almost certain it was a first.
re: #368 lawhawk
And again…
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Isn’t Ohio the state that just passed (or is thinking of passing) a bill that would allow kids to own guns?
re: #372 Backwoods_Sleuth
Nothing like a little implied divine smiting to try to get people to vote for your son. No theocracy to see here, folx, just move along and pick up your bible.
re: #403 Eclectic Cyborg
Isn’t Ohio the state that just passed (or is thinking of passing) a bill that would allow kids to own guns?
It would allow kids to use handguns under adult supervision, which is currently not allowed.
re: #386 MsJ
I wonder if it works as well as the Bra Holster. Ooops.
Didn’t someone shoot herself while wearing one of those?
The whole “Thomas doesn’t ask questions” thing has always kind of annoyed me. I’ve argued (and observed) appellate cases (nothing at the Supreme Court level, yet) and have had cold benches (hell, I’ve been in front of an appellate court that issued tentative rulings, and there were no questions involved). It’s not uncommon at all to get no questions from a trial court judge on a motion. Yes, cold benches are less common than they used to be, but they’re not unheard of. As I’ve always understood (hearing from people that know Thomas), his position has always been to let the attorneys make their arguments, that many of the questions would be answered during the arguments. Hell, there was a time when the incessant questioning was considered judicial showboating.
re: #406 Le Lapin Tueur
Didn’t someone shoot herself while wearing one of those?
Shot and killed I believe.
re: #407 KGxvi
The whole “Thomas doesn’t ask questions” thing has always kind of annoyed me. I’ve argued (and observed) appellate cases (nothing at the Supreme Court level, yet) and have had cold benches (hell, I’ve been in front of an appellate court that issued tentative rulings, and there were no questions involved). It’s not uncommon at all to get no questions from a trial court judge on a motion. Yes, cold benches are less common than they used to be, but they’re not unheard of. As I’ve always understood (hearing from people that know Thomas), his position has always been to let the attorneys make their arguments, that many of the questions would be answered during the arguments. Hell, there was a time when the incessant questioning was considered judicial showboating.
That is fair. Honestly my problem is more with his hypocritical ideology.
re: #411 Le Lapin Tueur
Updinging your post may be perceived to be in bad taste, it was for the find, not the death.
Thanks for clearing that up. Also of note: The woman her killed herself (albeit accidentally) was an elected official with the Michigan GOP.
re: #412 Eclectic Cyborg
Thanks for clearing that up. Also of note: The woman her killed herself (albeit accidentally) was an elected official with the Michigan GOP.
Michigan, it’s like Florida, but with shitty weather!
Hyperbolic racist is hyperbolic:
Rubio’s amnesty in 2013 = most perilous year in nation’s history, more than any yr of WWII bc we almost lost the country that won that war.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) February 29, 2016
Using right-wing “logic”: #Twitter stock is up over 2% since right-wing loons #NickSearcy and #AdamBaldwin quit.
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) February 29, 2016
Gah, another Berniebot showed up in my mentions claiming that “Hillary is racist”
I can’t wait to watch the pouting in this office on Wednesday when it becomes abundantly clear that Saint Berns has flamed out.
I am a petty and vindictive person, but at least I have fun with it.
Ha!
CAPTION THIS.
#R2D2 and #C3PO attend the #Oscars | February 28, 2016 | 📷: @polkimaging | #GettyImages #StarWars
So basically you are whitesplaining that 84% of Black voters in SC are too stupid to know what they’re voting for? https://t.co/iCv2zxfGuz
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) February 29, 2016
re: #406 Le Lapin Tueur
Didn’t someone shoot herself while wearing one of those?
Shot and killed herself. That’s what that link to USA Today was.
re: #420 The Vicious Babushka
I got almost exactly that response in my discussion yesterday. Could you possibly be more patronizing? I can’t tell you exactly why black voters are so universally in Clinton’s camp, but they certainly ought to know more about racial issues than me.
BUT BERNIE GOT ARRESTED IN 1968 AND SO
Speaking of toxic right wing bullshit…
There is no white supremacist influence in American politics. It’s a liberal boogeyman. But there *is* powerful and toxic black supremacism.
— Milo Yiannopoulos ✘ (@Nero) February 29, 2016
Old guy tells Berniebots to get off his lawn xeriscape:
A lot of well-meaning folks, friends even, #FeelTheBern . I don’t. Here are my reasons why: https://t.co/Zptbk7TQZd pic.twitter.com/hSGTh4NSyG
— Stephen Lemons (@stephenlemons) February 29, 2016
A #PolarBear swims near Harbour Islands in #HudsonBay, located in northeastern #Canada. Polar bears are in danger of going extinct due to global warming. #InternationalPolarBearDay 📷: @paulsouders / @gettyimagescreative #GettyCreative
re: #414 lawhawk
Hyperbolic racist is hyperbolic:
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She needs to just admit it, she’s a racist bigot who can’t get over that the country isn’t only for white people.
re: #423 Charles Johnson
Speaking of toxic right wing bullshit…
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Another bigot who needs to fuck off and leave the rest of us alone.
re: #423 Charles Johnson
There is no white supremacist influence in American politics. It’s a liberal boogeyman. But there *is* powerful and toxic black supremacism.
— Milo Yiannopoulos
Ah, good to know. So shutup all you people about Trump and KKK, which was Democrat Party anyway.
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re: #424 wrenchwench
Old guy tells Berniebots to get off his
lawnxeriscape:
Well stated and argued, but incomplete, because he doesn’t devote any lines to talking about why Sanders, even if somehow elected, simply wouldn’t be a very good president.
re: #429 Testy Toad T
Well stated and argued, but incomplete, because he doesn’t devote any lines to talking about why Sanders, even if somehow elected, simply wouldn’t be a very good president.
Pretty much sticks to ‘ain’t gonna happen’.
re: #414 lawhawk
Rubio’s amnesty in 2013 = most perilous year in nation’s history, more than any yr of WWII bc we almost lost the country that won that war.
— Ann Coulter
I’m trying to understand this, but I can’t. It is beyond my comprehension.
Some here may already know this:
Trump
What does Trump mean?
Trump
Fart
Example“”He trumped in class this morning.”“
Searching the intertoobz for Trump Steak reviews, and I found this gem.
Inspectors reported finding outdated, expired, unlabeled, mishandled and improperly stored food, according to a summary posted on the health district’s website. The closure was first reported by KTNV-TV as part of a “Dirty Dining” segment focused on area restaurants.
While ready-to-eat food can be stored for up to seven days, inspectors at DJT reported finding the old caviar and yogurt, duck that dated back to June, veal stock and tomato sauce that was almost two weeks old, and expired peanut dressing and black bean chili.
Inspectors found no measures to destroy parasites in undercooked halibut and salmon, and noted that raw tuna was being improperly thawed. Icicles were found in a faulty freezer.
The date for this article is November.
re: #429 Testy Toad T
Well stated and argued, but incomplete, because he doesn’t devote any lines to talking about why Sanders, even if somehow elected, simply wouldn’t be a very good president.
That’s something that I’ve been thinking more and more about lately. I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t think Bernie would make an effective or good position. It’s nice that his heart’s in the right place on the issues but that’s not enough. And I know it infuriates Sanders supporters but it’s a legitimate issue to discuss.
I wonder if Coulter despises Reagan for the actual 1986 Amnesty. But then Reagan literally gets away with trading arms to terrorists with these people so the answer is probably nah.
Doesn’t help that Bill Maher is constantly bitching at liberals who dare to call his old fling Coulter a racist asshole that she is.
Today:
Haley: “I will not stop until we fight a man that chooses not to disavow the KKK—that is not a part of our party, that is not who we are.”
— Alexandra Jaffe (@ajjaffe) February 29, 2016
That’s great, @nikkihaley, but… pic.twitter.com/wxGLDgbSDW
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) February 29, 2016
re: #431 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
I’m trying to understand this, but I can’t. It is beyond my comprehension.
That could be the most recent year with net positive immigration from Mexico. Which would have meant the end of the country they were all trying to join, of course.
re: #170 The Vicious Babushka
Dana Muhgunz has special jogging pants to keep her gun while she’s running
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I don’t care how good-looking she is, somebody that obsessed with anything is going to be boring. She’s as bad as the angry fat suspenders-wearing twice-divorced 50-something beardbros that make the firearms hobby so enjoyable.*
* in which they don’t, at all.
She needs to get a healthier pastime. The gun rabbithole does indeed go so deep that you can lose your mind. I’ve been there.
re: #434 HappyWarrior
That’s something that I’ve been thinking more and more about lately. I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t think Bernie would make an effective or good position. It’s nice that his heart’s in the right place on the issues but that’s not enough. And I know it infuriates Sanders supporters but it’s a legitimate issue to discuss.
There’s a managerial component to being a president. As you say, it’s a very valid thing to judge Sanders by. And, honestly, his management of his campaign is evidence to consider for his managerial competence.
re: #436 HappyWarrior
Doesn’t help that Bill Maher is constantly bitching at liberals who dare to call his old fling Coulter a racist asshole that she is.
Not enough brain bleach in all the ‘verse to take care of that image.
The GOP is having a real “enemy of my enemy” moment here as so many of them are becoming as anti-Trump (or at least claiming to be) as most Demcorats are.
I wonder how many Republicans out there hate Trump so much they’d vote for Hillary to stop him?
You know there have got to be a few.
re: #433 GlutenFreeJesus
Searching the intertoobz for Trump Steak reviews, and I found this gem.
The date for this article is November.
November 2012
re: #437 Backwoods_Sleuth
Today:
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She was also fine with the CSA flag too. Fuck her.
re: #441 Le Lapin Tueur
Not enough brain bleach in all the ‘verse to take care of that image.
I know.
re: #442 Eclectic Cyborg
The GOP is having a real “enemy of my enemy” moment here as so many of them are becoming as anti-Trump (or at least claiming to be) as most Demcorats are.
I wonder how many Republicans out there hate Trump so much they’d vote for Hillary to stop him?
You know there have got to be a few.
More or fewer Democrats/Indies who would vote for Trump if Bernie doesn’t get the nom?
re: #131 Le Lapin Tueur
Thank you!
As one of the seldom commenting, often maligned, though daily reader/lurker (for many years, actually) this is something that I didn’t know, either.
Grazie!
re: #375 HappyWarrior
Yeah it’s just a coincidence that it happens to be your son that will save us. Man just freak out Raffy. Stop trying to force your fucked up on son the rest of us. It’s nice that you think he’s special but the rest of us including many people within your son’s party even think he’s an asshole.
“Jesus loves you, but everyone else thinks you’re an asshole.”
Baby Whiplash is hate-retweeting all the neo-nazis in his timeline, and he has Teh Confuse because none of them appear to be “leftists”
We cannot kid ourselves. Believing Trump has no chance at the White House is a dangerous game indeed.
re: #449 The Vicious Babushka
Baby Whiplash is hate-retweeting all the neo-nazis in his timeline, and he has Teh Confuse because none of them appear to be “leftists”
A jew reteweeting neo-Nazis. I can’t even.
Pete Santilli’s detention hearing set for this afternoon https://t.co/nDCzN5aw5L
— OPB (@OPB) February 29, 2016
re: #440 gwangung
There’s a managerial component to being a president. As you say, it’s a very valid thing to judge Sanders by. And, honestly, his management of his campaign is evidence to consider for his managerial competence.
Exactly. I mean Bernie’s supporters and I include my own brothers in this seem to be acting like it’s just ideology. I really admire their passion but I just think they’re not seeing that there’s a lot of legitimate rumblings about whether he’s cut out for this job.
re: #451 Eclectic Cyborg
A jew reteweeting neo-Nazis. I can’t even.
I said he’s “hate-retweeting” them, wants to let us know he’s getting hate-tweets from actual nazis, but doesn’t know how to present them as “leftists”
Hearing @time magazine photog Chris Morris was just arrested at Trump rally. Seen tussling with Secret Service officer.
— Annie Andersen (@Annie_Andersen) February 29, 2016
Secret Service agent choke slams reporter pic.twitter.com/jdsHOlylSB
— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) February 29, 2016
re: #449 The Vicious Babushka
Baby Whiplash is hate-retweeting all the neo-nazis in his timeline, and he has Teh Confuse because none of them appear to be “leftists”
The truth hurts.
re: #449 The Vicious Babushka
Baby Whiplash is hate-retweeting all the neo-nazis in his timeline, and he has Teh Confuse because none of them appear to be “leftists”
Anyone who disagrees with Baby Whiplash about anything is automatically a “leftist”.
re: #443 The Vicious Babushka
Yes.. I know. :)
re: #442 Eclectic Cyborg
The GOP is having a real “enemy of my enemy” moment here as so many of them are becoming as anti-Trump (or at least claiming to be) as most Demcorats are.
I wonder how many Republicans out there hate Trump so much they’d vote for Hillary to stop him?
You know there have got to be a few.
I think there may be some but you have to remember in the 90’s there was an entire cottage industry of Clinton hate from Bill to Chelsea in Republican circles. Even McCain made an ugly crack about how Chelsea was actually the daughter of Hillary and Janet Reno.
re: #437 Backwoods_Sleuth
Haley: “I will not stop until we fight a man that chooses not to disavow the KKK—that is not a part of our party, that is not who we are.”
That a misquote? Wondering if it should be
“I will not stop fighting until something something….”
Either way it’s kind of garbled.
re: #420 The Vicious Babushka
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Blacks are too stupid to know how racist Democrats are!
Blacks are too stupid to vote in their own interest!
re: #461 Blind Frog Belly White
Blacks are too stupid to know how racist Democrats are!
Blacks are too stupid to vote in their own interest!
and we all know when and how they were better off than being slaves of government programs…
Who doesn’t have a job? Trump asked the crowd…
*Children and college students raise hands.*
“Oh no! That’s a lot of hands,” Trump said.— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) February 29, 2016
As protester is escorted out, Trump says, “are you from Mexico?”
— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) February 29, 2016
This Trump rally in Radford, Va. has been interrupted by protestors (who have been escorted out) 7 times this rally. Thats more than usual
— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) February 29, 2016
Oh great, he just called AMERICANS who disagree with him “THE ENEMY”. Christ Almighty people. #trumpistrash
— julie…dame (@vintagegoddess) February 29, 2016
Haley may want to look at her own state’s history honestly. A fellow named Atwater. Not KKK connected but happy to use KKK rhetoric to get people to vote for Republicans. The Southern Strategy was thought of by a South Carolinian named Harry Dent.
en.wikipedia.org.
I’m sure this makes my wingnut cousin in West Oh-For-Fuck’s-Sake Virginia happy.
Basically saying that WV has so little else in the way of prospects that they have to continue destroying the land and putting people’s lives and health at risk so they can keep poisoning the planet, and that’s so vital that they’ll endanger their children’s ability to get ahead in life.
Talk about fucked up.
re: #463 Backwoods_Sleuth
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He’s in fucking Radford, a college town that is probably the biggest party university in the state.
re: #442 Eclectic Cyborg
The GOP is having a real “enemy of my enemy” moment here as so many of them are becoming as anti-Trump (or at least claiming to be) as most Demcorats are.
I wonder how many Republicans out there hate Trump so much they’d vote for Hillary to stop him?
You know there have got to be a few.
All three of my siblings. (two of whom grudgingly voted for Obama in 2008, because Sarah Palin).
re: #442 Eclectic Cyborg
The GOP is having a real “enemy of my enemy” moment here as so many of them are becoming as anti-Trump (or at least claiming to be) as most Demcorats are.
I wonder how many Republicans out there hate Trump so much they’d vote for Hillary to stop him?
You know there have got to be a few.
“The Enemy of my Enemy is my nominee!”
Protestors at Radford gave the #BLM to Trump & he & his crowd gave All Lives Matter back.1st of many of this in 2016 pic.twitter.com/aP6mDI9KHc
— Andrew Jerell Jones (@sluggahjells) February 29, 2016
it’s a new week in ‘Murica…
Madison Junior/Senior High School in Middletown
DEVELOPING: Three students hurt in Ohio school shooting https://t.co/fiPfw2BJ9b
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 29, 2016
re: #465 HappyWarrior
Haley may want to look at her own state’s history honestly. A fellow named Atwater. Not KKK connected but happy to use KKK rhetoric to get people to vote for Republicans. The Southern Strategy was thought of by a South Carolinian named Harry Dent.
en.wikipedia.org.
Don’t forget the audio: thenation.com
re: #466 Blind Frog Belly White
I’m sure this makes my wingnut cousin in West Oh-For-Fuck’s-Sake Virginia happy.
Basically saying that WV has so little else in the way of prospects that they have to continue destroying the land and putting people’s lives and health at risk so they can keep poisoning the planet, and that’s so vital that they’ll endanger their children’s ability to get ahead in life.
Talk about fucked up.
There’s probably not going to be a working mine in West Virginia in ten years. The use of coal in November just hit a 35-year low, and it’s not going to stop.
re: #470 Backwoods_Sleuth
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If “all lives matter” then why do these same people who insist that cheer when white police officers don’t even get indicated for killing unarmed black people. All lives do matter but the problem and BLM has been trying to say this, black lives haven’t mattered a damn to prosecutors like Bob McCulloch who was too busy seeing his office as an extension of the police department or the prosecutor in Staten Island who didn’t get the killers of Eric Garner.
Donald Trump: ‘It would be very unfair’ to disavow KKK and David Duke until I ‘do research on them’ https://t.co/JJWF4wl6B5
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 29, 2016
re: #472 Belafon
Don’t forget the audio: thenation.com
Thanks. Atwater is why I dont’ totally respect H.W Bush.
“A reporter was allegedly kicked and choked by security Monday afternoon at a rally for presidential candidate Donald Trump in Radford, Virginia.”
thedailybeast.com
Donald Trump Firmly Anti-Hitler, Will Look Into Whether KKK Terrific Or Not https://t.co/hkzBqHYSp2 pic.twitter.com/OtEJwGmaUC
— Wonkette (@Wonkette) February 29, 2016
re: #450 Eclectic Cyborg
We cannot kid ourselves. Believing Trump has no chance at the White House is a dangerous game indeed.
He has about the same chance High Chancellor Sutler did. He needs a major terrorist attack or massive economic collapse to panic the herd.
Photog Chris Morris tells @Jacobnbc he was detained, not arrested; says did nothing to deserve throwdown, had one foot in press pen, one out
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) February 29, 2016
Just talked to @time magazine report Chris Morris. He says he was originally arrested but just detained. @ABC13News pic.twitter.com/QknmuAbifG
— Annie Andersen (@Annie_Andersen) February 29, 2016
@GeeOhPees2 @SharonLockwood8 @NVforBernie Srsly read your own fucking Tweets, you sound like every RWNJ on #tcot
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) February 29, 2016
Trump just called activists “the enemy”
— Annie Andersen (@Annie_Andersen) February 29, 2016
Apparently Chris Christie gonna give a press conference soon.
re: #480 jaunte
“A reporter was allegedly kicked and choked by security Monday afternoon at a rally for presidential candidate Donald Trump in Radford, Virginia.”
thedailybeast.com
I’ve seen a video available, it’s posted above, and it shows the reporter kicking and briefly putting his hand on an apparent security personnel’s neck.
re: #455 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #482 Big Beautiful Door
He has about the same chance High Chancellor Sutler did. He needs a major terrorist attack or massive economic collapse to panic the herd.
That is my thought, too. A terrorist attack or some “exotic” epidemic outbreak would give him a major bump.
Or even a natural catastrophe with the accompanying breakdown of public services, followed by a total collapse of law and order over a large or densely-populated region, calling for marital law or a state of emergency would be enough to feed the flames of fear, mistrust and xenophobia.
re: #488 FormerDirtDart
Looks like they’re being very strict about enforcing the boundaries of the press cage.
re: #487 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Apparently Chris Christie gonna give a press conference soon.
Saw someone on twitter state they think it’s about the Supreme Court turning down reviewing case against Christie/NJ for cutting pension contributions
re: #487 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Apparently Chris Christie gonna give a press conference soon.
I wonder if he’s got buyer’s grifter’s remorse.
re: #490 jaunte
Looks like they’re being very strict about enforcing the boundaries of the press cage.
So, if you are press, wouldn’t it make more sense to leave your credentials in the car and just join the crowd? Weird when everybody has more access than journalists do.
Time photog Chris Morris tells me how he was grabbed and taken down at Trump rally pic.twitter.com/XKDJarpXda
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) February 29, 2016
re: #491 FormerDirtDart
He also announced an acting AG to replace outgoing AG earlier today.
The state GOP continues their push to repeal the estate tax, all while the state pension fund obligation isn’t being fully met and the transportation trust fund is out of money. All about the priorities.
I feel like this is a mirror image of history challenged wingnuts
HURR HURR DEMOCRATS IS TEH REAL RACISTS!!!11!!!!
@viciousbabushka @GeeOhPees2 @NVforBernie @SharonLockwood8 No but Hillary tricked them once the election is over you will see.
— Jose Voalin (@voalin) February 29, 2016
re: #493 Big Beautiful Door
So, if you are press, wouldn’t it make more sense to leave your credentials in the car and just join the crowd? Weird when everybody has more access than journalists do.
The security people probably know which photographers are press at this point.
re: #496 The Vicious Babushka
It pretty much looks exactly like he is saying they are stupid.
Just gonna mute these BernieBros, after unfollowing.
re: #496 The Vicious Babushka
I feel like this is a mirror image of history challenged wingnuts
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So they’re too stupid to know if they’ve been had? Really, what a load of patronizing bullshit. Really fuck left wing condescending bullshit too. I don’t like it when right wingers tell African-Americans who support Democrats that they’re stuck on the plantation and just want free stuff and I don’t like left wing assholes doing the same thing because they voted for someone who they felt was the better candidate. Maybe Bernie should actually listen to the African-American community rather than being tone deaf.
re: #498 Le Lapin Tueur
I pretty much looks exactly like he is saying they are stupid.
That is what’s being said and it’s why I can’t get in good faith feel the Bern.
re: #496 The Vicious Babushka
The Bernie fans I follow on Twitter don’t have much to say about the GOP candidates; they’re too busy tweeting up a storm about Hillary.
re: #502 jaunte
The Bernie fans I follow on Twitter don’t have much to say about the GOP candidates; they’re too busy tweeting up a storm about Hillary.
Honest answer because to many of them, they think that Hillary and the GOP are one and the same. Nevermind her actual stances on the issues and record.
re: #491 FormerDirtDart
Saw someone on twitter state they think it’s about the Supreme Court turning down reviewing case against Christie/NJ for cutting pension contributions
NJ? Doesn’t he have an acting governor to take care of that shIt?
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More details about that Ohio school shooting:
Update: The suspected gunman was 14 and shot two teen students and has been arrested https://t.co/EqArMPby9U pic.twitter.com/LtIRTrHAcA
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) February 29, 2016
“Clap your hands if you believe!” https://t.co/dNl0LWrdAT @BernieSanders
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 29, 2016
Oh looky here. Racist Kris Kobach just endorsed Donald Trump:
Stop the presses. Kobach endorses Trump. First statewide KS official to do so. #ksleg #election2016 pic.twitter.com/Ch7NKwR6xE
— Bryan Lowry (@BryanLowry3) February 29, 2016
Trump says after changing libel laws as president the public will respect media more.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) February 29, 2016
re: #507 The Vicious Babushka
Oh looky here. Racist Kris Kobach just endorsed Donald Trump:
Wonder what took him so long.
re: #507 The Vicious Babushka
Oh looky here. Racist Kris Kobach just endorsed Donald Trump:
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The younger, smarter Joe Arpaio.
re: #508 jaunte
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That’s what this whole thing is all about. Not immigration, not terrorism, not any of the issues that The Donald has raised on the campaign trail.
He just wants to stop people from saying mean things about him.
“We owe Native Americans so so much,” Sanders discussing his visit to Hibbing Minnesota
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) February 29, 2016
re: #509 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
waiting for the check to clear
re: #513 Kragar
waiting for the check to clear
That’s a thought that keeps occurring since the Christie endorsement…
Anybody else get the feeling that yooge piles of money are being moved under the table to these Trump endorsees?
Drumpf’s Latino outreach is going well:
Amid ‘USA! USA!’ Chant, Trump Grills Protester: ‘Are You From Mexico?’ https://t.co/YYH5OQ5IWn (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/m0s1eJutIy
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) February 29, 2016
That sound you hear is the RNC stocking up on booze and antacids.
“10/25 Kobach was featured speaker at “writers’ workshop” put on by white nationalist TSCP” https://t.co/GIA5Dxy1ii https://t.co/aye1SMKSMp
— GottaLaff (@GottaLaff) February 29, 2016
Slate’s resident conservative Reihan Salam says the GOP should give up its obsession with tax cuts for the rich. Not going to happen, because the donor class won’t fund the campaigns of GOP candidates who don’t promise to slash their taxes.
Stage being set for Dem Debate at #Flint Whiting Auditorium & look bottled water has arrived. Live 5 6p @Local4News pic.twitter.com/8xs5eiguY2
— Hank Winchester (@hankjwinchester) February 29, 2016
Cue the “Ban Knives” memes deluge in 3, 2, 1…
A man in southern China stabbed 10 schoolchildren before killing himself Monday morning https://t.co/5DtBGT7yTx pic.twitter.com/HDwUAErTX7
— CNN (@CNN) February 29, 2016
Justice Thomas just broke a 10 yr silence to complain that domestic abusers can’t have guns https://t.co/DJiudDLqBa pic.twitter.com/gIyax59YaU
— ThinkProgressJustice (@TPJustice) February 29, 2016
Missed the @VP’s #ItsOnUs remarks at the #Oscars last night? Read a transcript here: https://t.co/fs7Wh3ItEy pic.twitter.com/cHmrrfAQyK
— VP Biden Live (@VPLive) February 29, 2016
Forget everything Drumpf has said so far in his campaign. The craziest/xenophobic/misogynistic rhetoric that comes out. Put all that aside for a moment.
Just think of the implications of his 1st amendment changes. I mean, he was unmistakably fascist before this, but now he’s full blown. Never go full Drumpf.
re: #514 makeitstop
That’s a thought that keeps occurring since the Christie endorsement…
Anybody else get the feeling that yooge piles of money are being moved under the table to these Trump endorsees?
Apparently Christie needs to stick to doing rallies rather than talk shows where annoying people/reporters ask questions and stuff.
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re: #511 withak
That’s what this whole thing is all about. Not immigration, not terrorism, not any of the issues that The Donald has raised on the campaign trail.
He just wants to stop people from saying mean things about him.
And it all circles back to Obama making fun of him at that correspondents dinner, which is already when a lot of us think the Trump train got started.
It makes so much sense it almost can’t be true.
oh look…Dana’s jogging pants for gunz:
We’re looking for good carry guns for runners. Tell us what you carry! #ConcealedCarry #2A #Runners pic.twitter.com/7UGf9V6QCp
— NRABlog (@NRAblog) February 27, 2016
re: #322 whitebeach
Steak and this shrimp tomorrow night. Thanks to both of you! This sounds as delish as the steak!
re: #526 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh look…Dana’s jogging pants for gunz:
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Most runners would improve their safety more by removing their earbuds.
re: #529 wrenchwench
Most runners would improve their safety more by removing their earbuds.
Run without music? Unpossible.
re: #526 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Imagine being so paranoid that you have to carry a pistol while running.
It’s absolutely demented. Some Americans are scared of everything.
re: #529 wrenchwench
Most runners would improve their safety more by removing their earbuds.
They just have to remove one.
re: #533 wrenchwench
Sing out loud! Or hit the treadmill.
I can’t stand treadmills, and you don’t want to hear me sing, trust me.
(I stick to trails and residential streets for running, and only in the daylight, so I’m not too concerned about getting hit.)
re: #442 Eclectic Cyborg
The GOP is having a real “enemy of my enemy” moment here as so many of them are becoming as anti-Trump (or at least claiming to be) as most Demcorats are.
I wonder how many Republicans out there hate Trump so much they’d vote for Hillary to stop him?
You know there have got to be a few.
The last few cycles the GOP nominee has gotten about 93% of the Republican vote in the general election. Figure that 7% goes 5% to the Democrat and 2% to some third party candidate. In a normal election, I’d say you could probably add another 5% to the Democratic vote, but with Clinton, I’m not sure. I still wouldn’t be surprised to see something around at least 12% defection from Republican voters (just not sure where it goes). I also wouldn’t be shocked to see another 3-8% of Republicans just not cast a vote for president (while voting for down ticket races)
re: #529 wrenchwench
Most runners would improve their safety more by removing their earbuds.
Pedestrianing with earbuds/headsets is prohibited on Army bases. Unevenly enforced. (AR 385-55 & supplements)
re: #537 Decatur Deb
Pedestrianing with earbuds/headsets is prohibited on Army bases. Unevenly enforced. (AR 385-55 & supplements)
I’m wondering just when it was that people stopped being able to play music in their heads using imagination and memory, and why blocking out ambient sounds became desirable.
re: #538 Blind Frog Belly White
I’m wondering just when it was that people stopped being able to play music in their heads using imagination and memory, and why blocking out ambient sounds became desirable.
Sound for me is difficult. If the tv is on and people are talking, all I hear is…sound. I can’t make out words at all. If a commercial has music behind the spoken sales pitch, my brain goes into overload and I want to scream.
It’s all Charlie Brown Wah Wah Wah to me.
re: #538 Blind Frog Belly White
I’m wondering just when it was that people stopped being able to play music in their heads using imagination and memory, and why blocking out ambient sounds became desirable.
Some time back:
re: #539 MsJ
Sound for me is difficult. If the tv is on and people are talking, all I hear is…sound. I can’t make out words at all. If a commercial has music behind the spoken sales pitch, my brain goes into overload and I want to scream.
It’s all Charlie Brown Wah Wah Wah to me.
Understood, but we’re not talking about people running through the TV section of BestBuy. I see folks riding bikes on public roads with earbuds, in places where you really need to be aware of traffic around you.
re: #496 The Vicious Babushka
No but Hillary tricked them once the election is over you will see.
Tricksy Hillariesses!! WE HATES THEM!!!