An amazingly intense performance by Glen Hansard on NPR’s All Songs Considered ends with him practically ripping the strings off his guitar. Wow.
re: #1 Ubiq
Yes, but what about Wall Street Wall Street Wall Street Wall Street Wall Street
“Earlier this month Glen stopped by PBS to hang out with Tavis Smiley.”
glenhansardmusic.com
Re-posted from downstairs in the knowledge that 1) I may be miss stating what I’m trying to talk about and 2) That I’m really weak in the blues and want to give the boy good info…
So, before I go for the night, here’s a bit of musical frustration I have…
Went to visit my son at his facility today. In the family room was a white board next to the piano that had on it a depiction of 12 bar blues (with a quick IV in the second bar and a I V for the last 2 bars in the turnaround). Now, the musicians here (guitarists especially) will probably know what that all means but John was asking what that meant. And what galled me was that we had no blues songs in common - I tried singing several standards and he looked at me with a great big “Huh?” in his eyes. Are we really losing the blues from pop music or is it just getting hidden behind the usual production crap? Or am I just an idiot who can’t teach music (and that is seriously meant. It’s quite probable I’m stupidly missing something vital even as I try to teach him “Sweet Home Chicago”. )
I wonder if I could have done better with my guitar in hand? A7, D7 E7 in the usual places for a 12 bar in A? At least I could have demonstrated some of the rhythms.
Frustrating to say the least
“a man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client” https://t.co/hVIKaeCizF pic.twitter.com/jjArNzN6ox
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) March 7, 2016
re: #2 Charles Johnson
Yes, but what about Wall Street Wall Street Wall Street Wall Street Wall Street
That’s the name of a street over in the next town. Really! I live about 10 miles away from Wall Street.
So about tonight’s episode of The Walking Dead:
Terrible, terrible plan. I get why they did it, but it’s going to bite them in the ass. Also, some massive foreshadowing for Glenn. Should be interesting to see the real thing.
you’re g-damn right pic.twitter.com/oFOx4UGvQl
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) March 7, 2016
re: #6 teleskiguy
That’s the name of a street over in the next town. Really! I live about 10 miles away from Wall Street.
The streets of this country deserve zippier names: Phlegmatica Ave., Kerplunction St., Slippery Phil’s Last Stand Blvd., etc.
re: #9 Barefoot Grin
An abandoned Instagram project of mine. Funny street names. Maybe I’ll revive it, I just need to travel more.
Funny street names. #Steamboat
Funny street name. #CrestedButte
re: #10 teleskiguy
An abandoned Instagram project of mine. Funny street names. Maybe I’ll revive it, I just need to travel more.
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Love it!
There’s a That Rd. in Bloomington, IN I used to cycle on all the time.
re: #5 Lidane
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The Trump campaign has no pollster. It is mind blowing that Trump has been completely dominating the GOP campaign without having more than the rudiments of a 21st Century presidential campaign in place.
Local hero athlete will be the best woman slalom skier in all of human history at this rate, as long as she doesn’t get hurt. She’s 20 years old.
Tomorrow’s Cover: @MikaelaShiffrin leads pack in Slovakia by 2.36 seconds to win 7th consecutive World Cup slalom. pic.twitter.com/xIVfhvM7h2
— Vail Daily (@VailDaily) March 7, 2016
re: #12 Big Beautiful Door
The Trump campaign has no pollster. It is mind blowing that Trump has been completely dominating the GOP campaign without having more than the rudiments of a 21st Century presidential campaign in place.
He doesn’t have a pollster or any real organization behind him that I’ve heard about. He’s literally coasting through his campaign on his name and through sheer force of will. It’s why he’s largely gotten spanked in caucuses, because those require an actual ground game and an organization on the ground. He doesn’t have that. His ground game is literally the big events he flies to from state to state.
That’s not going to be sustainable in a general election.
re: #13 teleskiguy
Local hero athlete will be the best woman slalom skier in all of human history at this rate, as long as she doesn’t get hurt. She’s 20 years old.
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Her 21st birthday is a week from now. I have a feeling she won’t be doing what I was doing on my 21st birthday - drinking long island iced teas, shooting pool, listening to loud music, then getting laid.
She’s the best ski racer in tech events ever period the end. She knows she can’t be getting shitty, even if she can now enjoy alcohol legally in her country for the rest of her life.
Next time I hear Trump ranting about how China is taking over, I’ll remember this:
A woman starved to death after being trapped in an elevator for a month
re: #16 freetoken
Next time I hear Trump ranting about how China is taking over, I’ll remember this:
A woman starved to death after being trapped in an elevator for a month
This happened in Xi’an, one of the major cities in China. And it demonstrates the danger of sending everyone off on the same long holiday — 3-4 weeks in some cases.
It also demonstrates one of the scarier aspects of living in China. Despite it having 1.3 billion people, individuals can still be isolated and ignored. I can’t believe no one heard her cries for help and tried to assist.
re: #17 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I talk with a lot of people from the big cities in the United States that are in town skiing and visiting. So many of them are quick to comment on how incredibly nice people are. “Strangers say ‘Hi!’ to me while I’m walking down the street!” they say in complete surprise. I hear it all the time.
Indifference to distressed/helpless/destitute fellow humans in densely populated places, it’s a flaw with our species.
re: #18 teleskiguy
I talk with a lot of people from the big cities in the United States that are in town skiing and visiting. So many of them are quick to comment on how incredibly nice people are. “Strangers say ‘Hi!’ to me while I’m walking down the street!” they say in complete surprise. I hear it all the time.
Indifference to distressed/helpless/destitute fellow humans in densely populated places, it’s a flaw with our species.
LOL. My mom grew up in NYC. After my dad died, she moved to Louisville to live with us. She was dumbfounded that the ladies at the Social Security office actually took the time to have a real conversation with her.
As a Big City boy, I will defend “Big City indifference” as a result of an overload of interactions with others. In a small town, it’s not difficult to walk down the street and say hello to everyone who passes by. Try that on Fifth Avenue during lunch hour, and you’d be exhausted. Plus, people would look at you funny. Most New Yorkers live inside their own private “bubble” and keep to themselves, but if you penetrate the bubble, like to ask directions or advice on which subway platform to stand on, they’re as friendly and helpful as any small town resident — once the initial surprise of being spoken to by a total stranger wears off. I’ve heard stories of New Yorkers escorting tourists to their intended destinations, so the tourists didn’t get lost.
Tonight’s #DemDebate was a perfectly constructed Rorschach ink blot. Everyone projected their own subconscious desires into what they saw.
— goddamnedfrank (@goddamnedfrank) March 7, 2016
re: #13 teleskiguy
Look at the angle Mikaela is making on this left turn. Her boot is hitting the bottom of the gate. Her left hand is touching the snow, her butt is a mere six, seven inches from the snow.
re: #17 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
It also demonstrates one of the scarier aspects of living in China. Despite it having 1.3 billion people, individuals can still be isolated and ignored. I can’t imagine no one heard her cries for help and tried to assist.
While I was living in Japan, someone discovered the corpse - almost mummified - of a man in the bushes right next to the major rail/subway center in Osaka.
I had been by that sidewalk several times myself.
Turns out the man had been dead for quite an extended time.
Millions of people would have walked by that area.
No one noticed.
re: #19 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
LOL. My mom grew up in NYC. After my dad died, she moved to Louisville to live with us. She was dumbfounded that the ladies at the Social Security office actually took the time to have a real conversation with her.
NYC to Louisville and your mom said “You wanna talk? Really?” at a government office. That is funny!
I lived in Denver for two years. And truth be told I loved it. I saw tons of blues shows and punk rock reggae shows and obscure stoner metal bands, went to fashions shows, saw Rocky Horror Picture Show at midnight on some random weekend, saw so many cool houses and buildings, ate awesome food, and met so many cool interesting folk.
It was a royal pain in the ass to go skiing in Denver, for me. Hence, the move four years ago.
Some science news that got a bit of press the other day:
Amber-trapped lizard fossils reveal ‘lost world’
Lizards locked in amber for 99 million years give a glimpse of a “lost world”, say scientists.
The ancient reptiles are preserved in “superb detail” down to scales of skin, the tip of a tongue and tiny claws.
Two of the fossils are related to modern-day chameleons and geckos, revealing how features such as sticky toe-pads evolved.
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The paper:
Mid-Cretaceous amber fossils illuminate the past diversity of tropical lizards
Among the neat images are the CT scans of the fossils:
re: #22 freetoken
While I was living in Japan, someone discovered the corpse - almost mummified - of a man in the bushes right next to the major rail/subway center in Osaka.
I had been by that sidewalk several times myself.
Turns out the man had been dead for quite an extended time.
Millions of people would have walked by that area.
No one noticed.
There have been cases of finding people dead in their homes long after they passed away.
I’d like to think the smell alone would make people stop and wonder what’s causing it, but some people are either oblivious or just figure it’s a dead rat or some other animal.
re: #23 teleskiguy
It was a royal pain in the ass to go skiing in Denver, for me. Hence, the move four years ago.
Well, I can imagine dodging the cars would be a challenge.
Oh! You mean having to drive to the mountains was a PITA. ;-)
Well, Mom didn’t get excited at the office. But she did have a nice convo with the Social Security ladies. It was afterward that she expressed her amazement that she could have one in a government office.
re: #26 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Well, I can imagine dodging the cars would be a challenge.
I can dodge anything on skis. I am expert!
Topic not broached in any of the 10 or 11 (I’ve lost count) Republican debates that I’ve watched:
Scientists have developed early stage human embryonic stem cells for the first time
Researchers in the UK have derived very early stage stem cell lines - called ‘naive’ pluripotent stem cells - from human embryos for the very first time.
The achievement, which is something scientists have been working towards for decades, could help us better understand how genetic conditions such as Down syndrome develop at the cell level, and create new kinds of treatments to promote healthy cell lines.
“Until now it hasn’t been possible to isolate these naive stem cells, even though we’ve had the technology to do it in mice for 30 years - leading some people to doubt it would be possible,” said researcher Ge Guo from the Stem Cell Institute at the University of Cambridge. “[B]ut we’ve managed to extract the cells and grow them individually in culture.”
The advantage of naive pluripotent stem cells is that they’re flexible compared to other kinds of stem cells used in scientific pursuits, with theoretically no restrictions on the kinds of adult tissue into which they can develop.
By contrast, unaltered embryonic stems cells (derived from fertilised egg cells) and induced pluripotent stem cells (reprogrammed skin cells) are already primed with instructions to differentiate into particular cell types.
Naive pluripotent stem cells derived from human embryos, on the other hand, don’t contain these directions, meaning they could potentially offer a clean slate for biomedical therapeutic purposes.
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Hillary people have a pattern: If you don’t support their candidate, something is wrong with you.
— Ian Boudreau (@iboudreau) March 7, 2016
Ahhh, no.
From a little earlier…
“Emoprog,” I’ve found, is a term revanchist liberals use for people who twinge their political consciences.
— Ian Boudreau (@iboudreau) March 7, 2016
Made me LOL
re: #30 teleskiguy
I don’t care what anybody says, Foo Fighters are a good band.
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What’s your take on OneRepublic? I’m listening to them now.They’re from your neck of the woods, I think.
re: #32 Alyosha
From a little earlier…
Ian Boudreau @iboudreau
“Emoprog,” I’ve found, is a term revanchist liberals use for people who twinge their political consciences.
1:01 AM - 7 Mar 2016Made me LOL
Who ARE these revanchist liberals!?! In fact, what is their goal?
Revanchism (from French: revanche, “revenge”) is the political manifestation of the will to reverse territorial losses incurred by a country, often following a war or social movement used since the 1870s.
re: #35 Ming5000
Made me LOL
Who ARE these revanchist liberals!?! In fact, what is their goal?
Since ‘revanchism’ is socially regressive, it doesn’t even begin to describe Clinton supporters. In this case it seems to describe progressives who merely ask their revolutionary-minded friends to manage their expectations and think realistically.
All the while crying inside for the souls they sold for silver pieces…
re: #36 Alyosha
Who ARE these revanchist liberals!?! In fact, what is their goal?
Since ‘revanchism’ is socially regressive, it doesn’t even begin to describe Clinton supporters. In this case it seems to describe progressives who merely ask their revolutionary-minded friends to manage their expectations and think realistically.
All the while crying inside for the souls they sold for silver pieces…
Wow, great answer. I was kidding around, but I learned something.
The Sam Harris style Left calls some on the Left -Regressive Left.
Bernians calls some on the Left - Revanchist/Regressive Left.
Sam Harris, as many others on the left who support HRC, support what Bernie stands for economically. However, they there are too many other reasons to support HRC, practically, rather than Bernie. The Bernians are the pious dogmaticians.
re: #37 Ming5000
Wow, great answer. I was kidding around, but I learned something.
The Sam Harris style Left calls some on the Left -Regressive Left.
Bernians calls some on the Left - Revanchist/Regressive Left.Sam Harris, as many others on the left who support HRC, support what Bernie stands for economically. However, they there are too many other reasons to support HRC, practically, rather than Bernie. The Bernians are the pious dogmaticians.
It’s the New Freedom Front against the New Front for Freedom. (Or whatever those two fictional factions are).
re: #37 Ming5000
Wow, great answer. I was kidding around, but I learned something.
The Sam Harris style Left calls some on the Left -Regressive Left.
Bernians calls some on the Left - Revanchist/Regressive Left.Sam Harris, as many others on the left who support HRC, support what Bernie stands for economically. However, they there are too many other reasons to support HRC, practically, rather than Bernie. The Bernians are the pious dogmaticians.
The ‘regressive left’ has merely made the mistake of treating Muslims as human beings; individuals who occupy a place on the broad spectrum of political and religious thought that modern Islam, while not necessarily always encouraging, nonetheless is.
If Sam Harris is a supporter of HRC (a fact of which I was unaware) then pious dogmaticians can be found anywhere.
About the free college tuition discussion from downstairs:
The presidential election is not a referendum where electing a candidates causes their issues to be passed legislatively.
Bernie’s plan for free college includes a tax plan that is so extreme that I cannot imagine the level of resistance during the general election, let alone how he could have it passed legislatively.
Personally, I think we should focus on reducing college costs as an incremental step. Sound difficult to do in today’s political environment? It is, and probably impossible. Something has to happen to shift the right wing. The left cannot do it themselves.
Some news about the Trump U lawsuit: The Donald has been lying, apparently.
I know. Shocking news.
Donald Trump acknowledged in two recent sworn depositions that he did not “hand-pick” any of the instructors at Trump University — one of whom was a convicted felon, according to new court filings in the case.
On the campaign trail in recent days, Trump has been vigorously defending the operations of Trump University, describing the lawsuits against the now defunct school as a “minor civil case” that he will win and that were brought by a “sleazebag law firm.”
But the new court filings in two of the cases in San Diego show the toll they have been taking on his time in recent months, as he was forced to sit for hours of closed-door grilling by plaintiffs’ lawyers on Dec. 10, 2015, and Jan. 21, 2016, even while running for president.
In the December deposition, lawyers for the plaintiffs — former students of the school who claim they were defrauded — repeatedly confronted Trump with the names of the instructors at the school and asked him what he knew about them. The issue is key in the case because the school’s promotional literature claimed that Trump had personally chosen them and that they were “the best of the best.”
Trump could not identify any of them.
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re: #41 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
If Trump was teaching what I imagine a vanity-institution of his would be likely to teach, I’d think the faculty might have a slightly above-average felony conviction rate.
Trump U. was a clown college, right?
re: #41 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Regarding Trump U and real estate:
Trump Tower Funded by Rich Chinese Who Invest Cash for Visas
…raise tens of millions of dollars through a controversial government program that offers expedited visas to foreign investors overwhelmingly from China.
Applicants are sometimes cleared in less than a month and the critics say the government is essentially selling visas to wealthy foreigners with no proven skills, paving the way for money laundering and compromising national security.
Did I miss the memo on this expedited visa thing?
More idiocy at dkos:
Kos Declares Primary Over, Bernie Wins 3 of 4 States and Kicks Ass in Debate Anyway
Actually Kos did not declare primary over.
re: #40 Ming5000
From your link:
“The problem is not that Sanders is too progressive. Rather, it’s that up to now he has not been sufficiently vetted.”
Exactly. That Clinton is able to run convincingly at all (twice) given all the shit thrown at her over the decades, may suggest a toxic, scandal-prone career to some. To me, it reeks of an opposition who needed to nip any ambition of presidential candidacy in the bud.
The desperation of the GOP in trying to get some mud to stick over Benghazi and her emails confirms this.
Sanders has the benefit of not being too thoroughly vetted by Clinton in case she appears too rough, but you can be sure the GOP won’t treat him with kidgloves.
Shit shows up a lot more on pure, driven snow.
ha ha
Fraud lightweight Marco made a TV ad on TrumpU featuring 2 people who signed these letters: https://t.co/tSpFBn6Ruxhttps://t.co/KFmotmqfnN
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 6, 2016
I just realized something. One of the things I am seeing is LGF constantly in a flux of reloading/loading while I am not doing anything with it. And it noticeably slows this laptop. And also appears to steal focus from where ever I am browsing.
And it appears to be the video ad at the bottom of the page. Which does not have any option to stop the ad from running, constantly runs, and basically slows everything else down to a crawl. (Looks like an ad for wix.com. Also see a Sears ad doing this.)
Running Chrome with Adobe flash disabled.
(Yes, I know I can subscribe. But I am also thinking what visitors to the site might encounter that would make them not want to stay.)
re: #43 Ming5000
Regarding Trump U and real estate:
Trump Tower Funded by Rich Chinese Who Invest Cash for VisasDid I miss the memo on this expedited visa thing?
Many countries have a “fast track” visa program through which the wealthy can “buy” a long term visa or even residency if they invest a shit ton of money in the country, or make yoooge bank deposits. The USA is one of them, which has led China’s billionaires to invest heavily in the States — real estate, especially — to get these visas.
Several of the Central and South American countries, like Belize and Ecuador, also have retirement visas with similar, less expensive requirements.
Weird looking back at Twitter and seeing people I probably still agree with on a bunch of things spouting weirdly unhinged gouts of ‘Shillary’ nonsense.
There are a few anti-Bernie retweets that I take issue with but it’s whacked-out and scary how many peeps just plainly hate Hillary.
re: #49 Alyosha
Weird looking back at Twitter and seeing people I probably still agree with on a bunch of things spouting weirdly unhinged gouts of ‘Shillary’ nonsense.
There are a few anti-Bernie retweets that I take issue with but it’s whacked-out and scary how many peeps just plainly hate Hillary.
Hillary is an “Establishment” figure, who is reviled by Bernie-bots and their ilk. Meanwhile, on the GOP side, you’ve got the supposed outsider, Trump, getting support from cons who are fed up with their “Establishment” figures, like Romney, Bush, Rubio, etc.
Bernie-bots can be just as rabid as Trump-bots when it comes to attacking their opponents.
Hosting Matters is undergoing a DOS attack, so things may be a bit weird until it’s straightened out.
Sanders: “When you are white…you don’t know what it’s like to be poor” https://t.co/6kzKCFPws2 #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/p4kr4w5Bay
— The Hill (@thehill) March 7, 2016
Bernie has no freaking idea what it’s like to be poor, if he believes nonsense like that.
re: #51 Charles Johnson
Hosting Matters is undergoing a DOS attack, so things may be a bit weird until it’s straightened out.
About 30 mins ago the website wouldn’t load. Looks good now.
re: #43 Ming5000
Regarding Trump U and real estate:
Trump Tower Funded by Rich Chinese Who Invest Cash for Visas
You would think a story like that would deep six Trump’s campaign, no?
re: #54 freetoken
You would think a story like that would deep six Trump’s campaign, no?
If his followers compared the words coming out his mouth to actual facts, yes.
re: #54 freetoken
You would think a story like that would deep six Trump’s campaign, no?
It also mentions Tony Rodham, Hillary’s brother, as a practitioner.
re: #51 Charles Johnson
Hosting Matters is undergoing a DOS attack, so things may be a bit weird until it’s straightened out.
@thehill Bernie might not but a lot of white people do, his statement is just about as stupid as it can get.
— jim (@jlcoffeecup) March 7, 2016
re: #50 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
How does this compare with the Obama/Clinton spat in 2008? I’m curious as I had no internet and was forced to rely on Sky News, CNN and of course FOX.
I feel like I missed out on something monumental.
Primaries: Hillary 8, Bernie 3
Caucuses: Bernie 5, Hillary 2
Primaries: Trump 10, Cruz 2, Rubio 1
Caucuses: Cruz 4, Trump 2, Rubio 1— daveweigel (@daveweigel) March 7, 2016
re: #58 Alyosha
How does this compare with the Obama/Clinton spat in 2008? I’m curious as I had no internet and was forced to rely on Sky News, CNN and of course FOX.
I feel like I missed out on something monumental.
I was pre-occupied with moving to China at that time, so I can’t answer that question. And I joined this august group in 2010, so my bloggery was limited to DKos and PZ’s place.
re: #60 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I was pre-occupied with moving to China at that time, so I can’t answer that question. And I joined this august group in 2010, so my bloggery was limited to DKos and PZ’s place.
I also forget that 2008 preceded the shift.
re: #56 Barefoot Grin
It also mentions Tony Rodham, Hillary’s brother, as a practitioner.
I wonder what is really going on behind the scenes. Convenient for Bloomberg to run that story now.
I wonder if Mittens and his Millions are employing some influence?
Thanks for posting. I’ve long been a fan of Glen and The Frames, never got how they remained so under the radar here in the US.
re: #58 Alyosha
How does this compare with the Obama/Clinton spat in 2008?
Around here, 2008 was another era. One gang was all into exposing Rev. Wright, and others were digging up Clinton stuff, but by the time it became clear that Obama was heading for a victory the anti-Obama-ites were in full smear mode.
I still wonder if some of the early Obama smears were partially ignited/kindled by the Clinton campaign. Who knows.
This year’s Democratic process seems down right civil compared to many other nomination processes, including the current Republican one.
Referencing last thread…
re: #406 William Lewis
< Smirk > That will be the last USA designed weapon still in service 1000 years from now … ;)
And it will be crewed by giant cockroaches.
re: #52 Backwoods_Sleuth
Appalachia just collectively said WTF and rolled their eyes at the same time.
Being black and poor vs white and poor isn’t different. Empty stomachs, awful schools and drug addled neighborhoods all look and sound the same. It’s just that black people generally get more shit for it. After you remove race from the issue, there is no difference.
I know this from experience. I’m white, but have lived in both poor white and black neighborhoods. And I was accepted and treated with more kindness in the black neighborhood. A large part of my family tree is from Appalachia. The challenges and suffering are not based on color, they’re based on poverty.
I don’t think Bernie means to be harmful and clueless. He doesn’t strike me as a malicious person. But playing him like he’s an outsider when he’s held some form of elected office since the 80s is disingenuous at the least. He’s a US Senator, his salary from that alone is a lot more than most of the country gets to work with in a year. Even a little wealth shields you from feeling what it’s like to live paycheck to paycheck. Let alone pull yourself up my magical invisible bootstraps.
So, Rubio is very unlikely to make it to 1237 delegates.
I am still suspicious… Rubio I think is still the most likely nominee.
Trump has to have lots of baggage yet to be discovered. Or rather, released yet.
If enough dirt is dug up, and the billionaire Republicans buy enough ad time, just maybe Trump’s balloon will collapse, and he will fail to make it to 1237.
Rubio then becomes the second ballot winner.
re: #66 A Mom Anon
Appalachia just collectively said WTF and rolled their eyes at the same time.
Being black and poor vs white and poor isn’t different. Empty stomachs, awful schools and drug addled neighborhoods all look and sound the same. It’s just that black people generally get more shit for it. After you remove race from the issue, there is no difference.
I know this from experience. I’m white, but have lived in both poor white and black neighborhoods. And I was accepted and treated with more kindness in the black neighborhood. A large part of my family tree is from Appalachia. The challenges and suffering are not based on color, they’re based on poverty.
I don’t think Bernie means to be harmful and clueless. He doesn’t strike me as a malicious person. But playing him like he’s an outsider when he’s held some form of elected office since the 80s is disingenuous at the least. He’s a US Senator, his salary from that alone is a lot more than most of the country gets to work with in a year. Even a little wealth shields you from feeling what it’s like to live paycheck to paycheck. Let alone pull yourself up my magical invisible bootstraps.
A major difference between poor whites & poor blacks is that poor white are more likely to vote in a fascist demagogue (like Trump) who will bring back their missing “white privilege” whereas poor blacks will vote for someone who promises to bring them equality.
re: #66 A Mom Anon
Biden cracked that he has less money than Sanders, and when you make less than a socialist that’s really saying something.
re: #66 A Mom Anon
Speaking of Appalachia, here’s a story from Bristol, Virginia last year:
It’s 7:45 a.m., and Bus 81 pulls up to the back entrance of Highland View Elementary School.
First-grade teacher Anna Campbell is on duty at the back door, keeping an eye on every child who steps off the bus and into the gymnasium of the aging, 81-year-old building.
Walkie-talkie in hand, Principal Pam Smith is at the front door taking the same inventory of the children as they enter, dispensing hugs to those who come up to her but also looking for signs that all is not well with others.
Whose clothes are dirty? Who is smiling, and who is wiping tears? Who looks tired, or hungry? Who is sick? Who is hurt?
Monday morning is the most challenging time of the week at Highland View. It’s been two days since the children last were in the building, and teachers and administrators have grown to expect that their kids will bring more to school than their backpacks — especially hunger.
More than 99 percent of students qualify for a free breakfast and lunch, and staff members know from experience that many probably haven’t eaten a real meal since Friday.
Read the whole thing: richmond.com
re: #68 The Vicious Babushka
A major difference between poor whites & poor blacks is that poor white are more likely to vote in a fascist demagogue (like Trump) who will bring back their missing “white privilege” whereas poor blacks will vote for someone who promises to bring them equality.
Because the ruling classes play the poor whites off against the other poor minorities, a tradition that was already in place in the antebellum South and never disappeared.
re: #69 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
It’s because the cost of living in Vermont is so low. They still travel in horse and buggy, milk their cow Bessie for the morning cereal, and heat with wood in their log cabin (with a vat of maple sap on top of the woodstove). Vice President Biden blew all his money on Beanie Babies.
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re: #66 A Mom Anon
When he said that stuff last night it brought back all of the horrible memories I had growing up poor in the 50s and 60s.
How other people looked at you like you were trash because you qualified for government commodity distributions (that stuff was awful, old cheese, stale crackers, and those gawdawful dehydrated eggs…)
Wearing charity shop clothes; everybody knew whose castoffs you were wearing and made a point of sneering about it. (I learned how to sew at a very early age because of that).
I hated going to the doctor’s office because you got treated like you were taking up valuable space and time that more deserving (read: not poor) people should have.
Both of my parents worked and I had my first paying job at age 13. Turned over my pay to my mom every week. We were still dirt poor.
*spit*
re: #68 The Vicious Babushka
Yep. Exactly. My grandma W told me many years ago that one of the reasons for this is that there are just some people who need someone to look down at, that they view as worse off than them so they feel better at the shitty hand they got dealt. She said that’s why con men could always rely on a steady flow of customers from where we’re from. She was a child of the Great Depression, spent most of her life as a farm kid then later as a mom and factory worker. The farthest she ever got from Appalachia was living in one of the counties on the far west border of that area. She had 7 kids and was one of the first female union shop stewards in Ohio. She got all kinds of shit for that too. Her place was in the home, blah, blah. Even after retirement she worked, her and my grandpa built a greenhouse in the backyard and sold plants to supplement their retirement. She knew poor, spent her life running from it.
re: #72 Kent Dorfman
It’s because the cost of living in Vermont is so low. They still travel in horse and buggy, milk their cow Bessie for the morning cereal, and heat with wood in their log cabin (with a vat of maple sap on top of the woodstove). Vice President Biden blew all his money on Beanie Babies.
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And tricking out his TransAm. :D
re: #70 Timothy Watson
There’s hundreds of places like that all over the Rust Belt, Appalachia, and not just there either. There’s really no excuse for it.
It’s obvious what and who we value in this country by where the money is spent and how the poor are treated. We really should be ashamed, but we aren’t. By we I mean the collective we. People who trash the poor are immediately written off in my heart. I see more and more of this, it’s truly stunning.
Yet another poll for Michigan, from Fox, showing Trump with a giant lead. The big difference this time is Rubio is crashing:
This poll has been done 3 times since 1 March, and during the week Rubio went from 19 to 15 to 9. Very bad week for “Little Marco”.
Sigh. Off to the vet with Miss Dog. Just a check up, this time at least. Then run The Kid to work, come home, catch up on chores, figure out dinner and start cleaning up the winter yard mess. Yipes. BBL. Be Excellent to One Another.
If Little Marco gets shut out of any delegates from Michigan… then if he loses Florida… the problem becomes that if he stays in and just drags along as last over and over, he may become too damaged even for the convention to hand him the nomination, no?
They kept promising us rain… Big Rain… Lots of Rain… and we got like a quarter of an inch Saturday morning.
Now early this morning it is clear, the clouds have all moved off to the east.
Where is my rain?
re: #79 freetoken
If Little Marco gets shut out of any delegates from Michigan… then if he loses Florida… the problem becomes that if he stays in and just drags along as last over and over, he may become too damaged even for the convention to hand him the nomination, no?
Rubio’s goose has been cooked, I don’t know what you’re talking about.
There… there’s my rain, over Catalina:
re: #81 Nyet
Rubio’s goose has been cooked, I don’t know what you’re talking about.
The Powers That Be are determined to keep the nomination from Trump.
As we see in yesterday’s Bloomberg story, there is a lot of stuff in Trump’s closet.
I really do believe that a great effort will be made to keep Trump from winning, and there are many ways to skin that cat, even rewriting rules.
Thus the GOP will need to find a candidate.
re: #83 freetoken
So it’s Trump or Cruz. Anything else is simply not reality-based.
Anyone see this from the Washington Post:
Here is a party trick. Tell someone that you can predict the result of a Democratic primary in advance, by asking one question. “Ooh,” the people around you will say, and give you money and attention. The question you ask? What percentage of the state is black?
If the state is more than 10 percent black: Easy call. Hillary Clinton wins it. Under 2.5 percent black? You’re probably safe saying that Bernie Sanders will triumph. Anything in between, and you can guess — but this should pretty much have you covered.
re: #83 freetoken
The Powers That Be are determined to keep the nomination from Trump.
As we see in yesterday’s Bloomberg story, there is a lot of stuff in Trump’s closet.
I really do believe that a great effort will be made to keep Trump from winning, and there are many ways to skin that cat, even rewriting rules.
Thus the GOP will need to find a candidate.
Honestly, there’s a jaffle maker in it for you if you turn out to be right. Bill Kristol gets untold riches for being the always-wrong Oracle, you deserve at least cheesy pocket sandwiches for your perspicacity.
On that note, some shut-eye for me.
But seriously, freetoken, a Rubio win on the convention-floor in Cleveland thus year gets you a used sandwich-toasting implement which I love and adore.
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re: #87 Alyosha
On that note, some shut-eye for me.
But seriously, freetoken, a Rubio win on the convention-floor in Cleveland thus year gets you a used sandwich-toasting implement which I love and adore.
(Adapter not included)
Rubio is toast enough.
Good morning and signing off. Transformer across the street just went up. Back up power is not good for long. Be careful out there folks, Ventura and LA are getting hammered with a thunderstorm
re: #29 freetoken
Also not broached? Research into Zika virus and its effects on fetus and childhood development relies heavily on stem cell research, fetal tissue, and the GOP is pretty much opposed to both.
Walking Dead moment last night that made me LOL for a reason completely unrelated to Walking Dead (not really a spoiler)
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Now there is no question: if Trump does not get the nomination, his followers are going to blame it on the GOP’s desperate damage control measures and will turn their backs on the party in the general.
Basically, all the GOP has left is a choice of which foot to shoot themselves in.
re: #67 freetoken
So, Rubio is very unlikely to make it to 1237 delegates.
I am still suspicious… Rubio I think is still the most likely nominee.
Trump has to have lots of baggage yet to be discovered. Or rather, released yet.
If enough dirt is dug up, and the billionaire Republicans buy enough ad time, just maybe Trump’s balloon will collapse, and he will fail to make it to 1237.
Rubio then becomes the second ballot winner.
Rubio isn’t likely to get past Florida (or here for a different aggregation of polling data, but the results are the same). If he can’t win his home state, he’s screwed. That’s also a winner take all state. So, there’s no points for second place.
Most of the polls show Trump with anywhere from a 15 to 20 point lead. That’s the kiss of death to Rubio, and that itself is a feedback loop - enabling voters to decide that they’ll either go with Trump or Cruz, since either has a better chance than Rubio does of winning the nomination.
heh
Westboro Bapist Church Protester: Donald Trump is Too ‘Fringe; Think long and hard bout that one you freaking Idiots @CNN @MSNBC @FoxNews
— chester b. badger (@chesterbadger3) March 7, 2016
NBC finally runs a story about the unbound candidates, which I’ve raised here before but is a subject that till now has gotten too little attention:
First Read: Why Trump’s Delegate Lead Could Be Narrower Than You Think
Why Trump’s delegate lead could be even narrower than you think
After five Republican contests over the weekend, Donald Trump has just an 87-delegate lead over Ted Cruz, 392-305. And as one plugged-in GOP rules expert tells us, that lead is probably narrower than that. Why? Well, 112 delegates (representing 9% out of 1,237 needed for the nomination) are unbound because there is NO statewide presidential vote — like in Colorado. This all underscores, once again, how important the winner-take-all states of Florida and Ohio on March 15 are to Trump’s path to 1,237. They aren’t luxuries, they’re necessities. Here’s the delegate math.
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Now some of this is just Chuck Todd trying to be relevent. It is most likely that Trump will win Florida and he is also the favorite to win Ohio by a much smaller margin.
re: #93 lawhawk
I do not rule out that many Republicans would rather suffer the rath of the Trump voters over actually having Trump be the nominee.
re: #85 Belafon
This is what pollsters and folks who understand the demographics have been saying from day 1. Bernie’s support is greatest in states with a homogeneous population - particularly states with low percentage of minorities. Hillary’s support rises the greater the percentage of minorities.
That early states tended to favor Bernie has already been overcome. He’s still down by a 2-1 margin in delegates, and that’s with the primary season moving into the heart of Clinton’s favored demographics - states like NY, FL, CA, and MI, OH. These are states she won in 2008.
She’s winning the states she won in 2008, plus new ones. That’s a guarantee of a nomination. The writing was on the wall after Super Tuesday, and this weekend’s results didn’t change that.
re: #67 freetoken
So, Rubio is very unlikely to make it to 1237 delegates.
I am still suspicious… Rubio I think is still the most likely nominee.
Trump has to have lots of baggage yet to be discovered. Or rather, released yet.
If enough dirt is dug up, and the billionaire Republicans buy enough ad time, just maybe Trump’s balloon will collapse, and he will fail to make it to 1237.
Rubio then becomes the second ballot winner.
Aren’t you assuming Trump’s baggage matters?
That raises two questions, but the math is way harder than I’m willing to do (even if I wasn’t at work). Based on the current delegate count now and up through Rubio losing Florida, let’s assume that Rubio and Kasich drop out after Florida. What percentage of the remaining delegates would Cruz have to win in order to 1) win the nomination without a brokered convention, 2) the lowest percentage he could win to keep Trump from winning?
Trump is butthurt that the other GOP campaigns are running attack ads against him
We cannot let the failing REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT, who could not stop Obama (twice), ruin the MOVEMENT with millions of $’s in false ads!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 7, 2016
So is this WEALTHY BILLIONAIRE WHO IS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY RICH WITH YOOGE FORTUNE!!!!1!! going to buy attack ads of his own?
How do you fight millions of dollars of fraudulent commercials pushing for crooked politicians? I will be using Facebook & Twitter. Watch!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 7, 2016
re: #95 freetoken
Florida’s winner-take-all even with just a plurality but not a majority?
re: #97 Belafon
What percentage of the remaining delegates would Cruz have to win in order to 1) win the nomination without a brokered convention, 2) the lowest percentage he could win to keep Trump from winning?
The latter is why I think one of either Kasich or Rubio will stay in - to drain away a few delegates here and there to keep Trump from 1237.
538 has a fancy graph you can view to try and figure out the math:
re: #99 Timothy Watson
Winner takes all 99 delegates.
re: #98 The Vicious Babushka
He’s really mad at Lindsey:
Failed presidential candidate Lindsey Graham should respect me. I destroyed his run, brought him from 7% to 0% when he got out. Now nasty!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 7, 2016
Lindsey Graham is all over T.V., much like failed 47% candidate Mitt Romney. These nasty, angry, jealous failures have ZERO credibility!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 7, 2016
After March 15th we get an entire month of relatively small delegate contests before the big states start up again.
This gives the anti-Trump machine an entire month to try and bury Trump before he hits the big delegate machines of New York and Pennsylvania.
Wiki—
Sanders’s older brother, Larry Sanders, said that during Bernie’s childhood, the family never lacked for food or clothing, but major purchases, “like curtains or a rug,” were difficult to afford.[26]
So what Bernie means is “If you’re white and Bernie Sanders, you don’t know what it means to be poor.”
Idaho Pastor Shot, Critically Wounded After Delivering Prayer for Ted Cruz
The pastor of a prominent Idaho church was shot and critically wounded in the church’s parking lot Sunday, a day after he delivered the invocation at a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, authorities told NBC News.
Tim Remington, 55, senior pastor of the nondenominational Altar Church in Coeur d’Alene, was taken to Kootenai Health and Medical Center in critical condition, police and the hospital told NBC News. The hospital reported his status as stable late Sunday night.
re: #97 Belafon
Aren’t you assuming Trump’s baggage matters?
That raises two questions, but the math is way harder than I’m willing to do (even if I wasn’t at work). Based on the current delegate count now and up through Rubio losing Florida, let’s assume that Rubio and Kasich drop out after Florida. What percentage of the remaining delegates would Cruz have to win in order to 1) win the nomination without a brokered convention, 2) the lowest percentage he could win to keep Trump from winning?
538.com has a handy delegate counter so that you can track how well each candidate is doing compared to the pace they have to maintain in order to get a majority of the delegates. Cruz is currently well behind the pace he needs to meet, since what should have been his best states have mostly already voted. Trump is slightly ahead of his pace.
Mostly this is Politico just needing story to run, but it includes one bit of information that I would like to press:
How Donald Trump scrambles the general election map
[…]
The Electoral College landscape has been fairly stable over the past four presidential elections: 40 states have voted for the same party in every race since 2000. But Trump’s candidacy - and a unique base of support that’s carried him to victory in places as varied as Alabama and Massachusetts — is raising the prospect of a scrambled November landscape that features long-time Democratic strongholds in play and states that have been firmly Republican for a half-century in jeopardy.
Story Continued Below[…]
For how much longer can the Democrats count on WI and PA?
re: #107 freetoken
Mostly this is Politico just needing story to run, but it includes one bit of information that I would like to press:
How Donald Trump scrambles the general election map
For how much longer can the Democrats count on WI and PA?
Trump will not only inspire a big African-American turnout in Philadelphia, he will also turn off suburban moms who will see Hillary as a safe pick in contrast, I believe.
There is A Idiot in my mentions trying to “Guilt By Association” Hillary & all the Democrats with Byrdshit.
@viciousbabushka OH,YEAH? WELL,CHECK THIS OUT! pic.twitter.com/dbXRiKg7jg
— The Goodman Report (@TheaGood) March 7, 2016
Byrd renounced the KKK & apologized over & over https://t.co/QUBDnK1xzn #tcot #UniteBlue https://t.co/DKbGqwaMGo
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 7, 2016
re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth
From the WaPo story:
Early Monday morning, authorities identified a suspect in the unholy shooting: a 30-year-old local man and former Marine named Kyle Andrew Odom.
As authorities launched a manhunt for Odom, questions remained over a possible motive, particularly whether the shooting was in any way related to Remington’s appearance with Cruz roughly 24 hours earlier.
re: #1 Ubiq
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By funny coincidence that happens to be my own issue voting requirement, too.
re: #100 freetoken
The latter is why I think one of either Kasich or Rubio will stay in - to drain away a few delegates here and there to keep Trump from 1237.
538 has a fancy graph you can view to try and figure out the math:
They each have to win their home states March 15 in order to justify staying in the race. Kasich has a better chance of winning Ohio than Rubio has of winning Florida according to the polls.
re: #111 GlutenFreeJesus
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re: #103 freetoken
After March 15th we get an entire month of relatively small delegate contests before the big states start up again.
This gives the anti-Trump machine an entire month to try and bury Trump before he hits the big delegate machines of New York and Pennsylvania.
Problem is I don’t see Cruz winning those states away from Trump.
REPUBLICAN DEBATES:
I’ll start trillion dollar wars…
I’ll start GABILLION dollar wars…#TeaPartyFail #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/CysSUXAUdp— Peace Is Active (@peaceisactive) March 7, 2016
re: #109 The Vicious Babushka
There is A Idiot in my mentions trying to “Guilt By Association” Hillary & all the Democrats with Byrdshit.
CHECK THIS OUT, LIBTARD, CHECKMATE!!!!!1111
re: #43 Ming5000
Regarding Trump U and real estate:
Trump Tower Funded by Rich Chinese Who Invest Cash for VisasDid I miss the memo on this expedited visa thing?
We’ve got them here in Canada too. One of the driving factors for the explosion of home prices in Vancouver is wealthy Chinese buying real estate.
re: #116 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Another Obama Son™
Supreme Court reverses Alabama court decision on same-sex adoption https://t.co/JBq5z0qaIU | AP photo pic.twitter.com/k5YPOe5KSo
— POLITICO (@politico) March 7, 2016
re: #117 Big Beautiful Door
Problem is I don’t see Cruz winning those states away from Trump.
CRUZ IS A BIG FAT LOOOOOSER AND SO IS GOP ESTABLISHMENT!! SAD!!!!!1
re: #98 The Vicious Babushka
Trump is butthurt that the other GOP campaigns are running attack ads against him
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So The Donald doesn’t much like Citizens United decision?
re: #122 lawhawk
So are we going to see another 75 page screed from Justice Holy Roy Moore about how SCOTUS is the suck?
re: #120 Romantic Heretic
One of the things Trump excels at is getting others to put up the money for his real estate projects. He gets to slap his name logo on stuff, but others build his projects. We’ve seen that time and again, and it has gotten him into trouble before too.
re: #126 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
So are we going to see another 75 page screed from Justice Holy Roy Moore about how SCOTUS is the suck?
You betcha. Bless his Heart.
re: #122 lawhawk
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Expect another angry screed from Roy Moore calling for nullification like the one he just wrote Friday.
re: #131 GlutenFreeJesus
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Shhh!
You’re supposed to ignore that and his immigration votes!
/You’re Berning wrong!
So who we got tomorrow? Meeeechigan and Mississippi. Are those Winner Take All states? Or do we have to wait until the 15th for those?
re: #80 freetoken
They kept promising us rain… Big Rain… Lots of Rain… and we got like a quarter of an inch Saturday morning.
Now early this morning it is clear, the clouds have all moved off to the east.
Where is my rain?
The radio this morning was describing the mud slide season in CA, but maybe that was all NoCal’s rain? East coast is all sunny, too. With claims of 70 deg. this week.
.@realDonaldTrump’s nasty side at his namesake Chicago tower https://t.co/Wl0ph4cTZ3 via @CrainsChicago’s @agallun #2016Election #Trump
— Crain’s New York (@CrainsNewYork) March 7, 2016
If you think that Trump flip flops on major policy issues, that’s just a symptom of a larger issue. He simply can’t be trusted on anything.
Contracts don’t matter much to him either. Buy a condo at one of his projects? Agree on a price, and if it ends up that Trump misjudged the value and left money on the table, he simply thinks he can and should rip up the contracts and renegotiate the deal.
The move showed that Trump isn’t afraid to make enemies—even among his “friends and family”—when money is at stake. It left some of the buyers with bad feelings that linger today as Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, courts voters for the March 15 Illinois primary.
“It shows you can’t take the man for his word,” says Benson, a real estate consultant and developer who ended up paying $595,000 for a 49th-floor condo that Trump originally agreed to sell for $542,000.
Though Trump is pitching himself to voters as a dealmaker who wins, the 12-year drama of the Trump International Hotel & Tower offers a more complicated narrative. While it reinforces his preferred image as a bold risk-taker and consummate salesman, it underscores his darker reputation as a bullying businessman willing to back out of deals and trash the competition when it’s convenient. And that big TRUMP sign on the front of the building fits perfectly with the caricature of the developer as a narcissist and braggart.
It isn’t so much that he’s a great negotiator; it’s that he’s a bully and braggart who uses his persona to extract concessions from those who are beneath him.
re: #133 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
So who we got tomorrow? Meeeechigan and Mississippi. Are those Winner Take All states? Or do we have to wait until the 15th for those?
Proportional still. Winner takes all starts March 15.
NEW: President Obama orders flags flown at half-staff in honor of Nancy Reagan https://t.co/H9EUAMAxrV pic.twitter.com/C29gi1DXEN
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 7, 2016
Meanwhile wingnuts continue to use Nancy’s death to attack President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Nutters gotta nut.
re: #135 lawhawk
It isn’t so much that he’s a great negotiator; it’s that he’s a bully and braggart who uses his persona to extract concessions from those who are beneath him.
Which is what his supporters think you have to do to win.
re: #135 lawhawk
Kind of funny how all these stories about the stuff in Trump’s closet are coming out after the Mittens Gang decided to go all in on the project to take Trump down, eh?
re: #139 freetoken
Kind of funny how all these stories about the stuff in Trump’s closet are coming out after the Mittens Gang decided to go all in on the project to take Trump down, eh?
They are finally taking him seriously.
re: #137 lawhawk
Meanwhile wingnuts continue to use Nancy’s death to attack President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Nutters gotta nut.
They’re pretty classy like that.
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re: #139 freetoken
Not entirely. This stuff has been out there for months. It’s just getting renewed interest.
But these real estate dealings are nothing when compared to the way he somehow managed his way into operating a golf course in one of the most destitute parts of the Bronx and built a luxury course that the locals will never be able to afford. He basically took a NYC park that was open to all, and turned it into a “public golf course” that the public simply can’t afford. It’s essentially turned a public good into a private bonus for Trump.
Change up:
It’s leap day and they are leaping out the door!!! Come and get your Cumberbunny before its too late… pic.twitter.com/SSDZjUj74j
— chocolatician (@UKChocolatician) February 29, 2016
Sen. Sanders was spot-on in his comments about gun manufacturer liability/PLCAA https://t.co/nDjEerjkgB #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/jEScbMDFt4
— NRA (@NRA) March 7, 2016
re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sen. Sanders was spot-on in his comments about gun manufacturer liability/PLCAA t.co #DemDebate pic.twitter.com
— NRA
Suboptimal.
re: #100 freetoken
The latter is why I think one of either Kasich or Rubio will stay in - to drain away a few delegates here and there to keep Trump from 1237.
538 has a fancy graph you can view to try and figure out the math:
Apropos of nothing, Cruz’s illustrated face on fivethirtyeight.com really doesn’t look much like him at all. Not nearly punchable enough. Rubio and Trump are spot-on.
Holy crap: ADL chief Abe Foxman says Trump’s raised hand oath was a deliberate Nazi gesture https://t.co/VFb4ncXesl pic.twitter.com/Wq6Rj5Gtdp
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) March 7, 2016
Word is in of a FedEx hangar at LAX losing pieces of roof to extreme winds earlier. Radar did show some very minor rotation, so maybe a major downburst rather than one of our mini tornadoes we get from time to time. Power outages as well.
ktla.com
re: #138 Belafon
None of his supporters would ever be in the kind of position to have him as a business partner/landlord/boss. Ignorance is bliss. He’s not “tough” or “savvy”. He’s a heartless asshole.
re: #122 lawhawk
I wondered what that popping sound was this morning. Must have been Roy Moore’s head exploding again.
So, I just saw a tweet that a naked woman is dancing on a semi-truck in Texas.
Can’t see too much in the pic, but private tagging it just in case.
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re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s some serious trolling right there.
How the rise of Trump mirrors the ascendance of Israel’s hard righthttps://t.co/XzfIfNoh0z @bavishai pic.twitter.com/BcyR5CialQ
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) March 7, 2016
re: #152 Big Beautiful Door
Dinesh D’Souza has a scary trailer out for his new movie about how Hillary is going to STEAL MURICA!1!!!1
Is she stealing it from Obama?
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re: #152 Big Beautiful Door
Strangely, America is still available to steal, in spite of Mr. D’Souza’s forecasts about America being variously stolen, destroyed, and eaten like a candy by the Cosmic Peanut.
But let’s face it. All Dinesh D’Souza’s films should be titled “I have bills to pay, and you respond to colors and sounds if they allow you to unleash the rage that continues to build as you face your limitations.”
re: #158 The Ghost of Bork Bork Bork Bork
Strangely, America is still available to steal
After 8 years of Obama tyrannies!
Amazing.
/
re: #158 The Ghost of Bork Bork Bork Bork
Strangely, America is still available to steal, in spite of Mr. D’Souza’s forecasts about America being variously stolen, destroyed, and eaten like a candy by the Cosmic Peanut.
But let’s face it. All Dinesh D’Souza’s films should be titled “I have bills to pay, and you respond to colors and sounds if they allow you to unleash the rage that continues to build as you face your limitations.”
SEE, DUH DEMOCRATS IS DUH REEL RAZISTS!!!1!!!
Dinesh D’Souza is pretty sure that his new “Hillary’s America” movie is going to earn him life in prison: https://t.co/2297vOz3iE
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) March 7, 2016
re: #152 Big Beautiful Door
How does D’Sousa know that it’s not Bernie Sanders who’s gonna STEAL Murica?
re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth
You know, what’s interesting is the fact that guns might be the only product in the US that is apparently not subject to this kind of liability. You know why just about everything you buy now has warning labels on it? Because of design and manufacturer defect laws. They are inherently dangerous items, there is, legally speaking, no “safe” way to design a gun.
Now, that said, will manufacturer liability actually prevent mass shootings or homicides? Probably not. They could easily slap a warning on the packaging that says “do not aim at or shoot people” along with a “keep out of reach of children” and probably be covered.
re: #132 Not a Sparkly Vampire
Shhh!
You’re supposed to ignore that and his immigration votes!
/You’re Berning wrong!
Berning Man?
/
re: #147 withak
Can they both afford to stay in that long?
re: #100 freetoken
The latter is why I think one of either Kasich or Rubio will stay in - to drain away a few delegates here and there to keep Trump from 1237.
538 has a fancy graph you can view to try and figure out the math:
Lot of old polls in these projections. No polls for Missouri or Mississippi for R’s. Show Rubio running 2nd in many states, but I don’t think they’ve captured Rubio’s recent drop. Otherwise, Trump ahead everywhere.
re: #166 Eclectic Cyborg
Can they both afford to stay in that long?
They can both make it to the 15th when their home states vote. If they win at home (both winner take all) and Trump remains viable, expect their super pacs to get big time cash infusions. And possibly more establishment type donations to the campaigns proper
re: #161 Nyet
I kind of want to make “Dinesh D’Souza’s America” now.
re: #152 Big Beautiful Door
Dinesh D’Souza has a scary trailer out for his new movie about how Hillary is going to STEAL MURICA!1!!!1
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Good lord, I can’t even begin to tell you how fucked up that trailer. According to D’Souza, Obama was supposed to have this country burned to the ground by this year…or something. Should give you a clue about his credibility.
Also, where does he get the fucking money for these things?
re: #170 Eclectic Cyborg
Good lord, I can’t even begin to tell you how fucked up that trailer. According to D’Souza, Obama was supposed to have this country burned to the ground by this year…or something. Should give you a clue about his credibility.
Also, where does he get the fucking money for these things?
There are a bunch of wingnut multi-millionaires or even billioanires that are happy to burn money on Dinesh’s sad projects.
re: #170 Eclectic Cyborg
Also, where does he get the fucking money for these things?
The same people who are absolutely perplexed and offended at how vulgarian Donald Trump is using hyperbole, fear, and conspiracy theories to win.
re: #174 The Ghost of Bork Bork Bork Bork
The same people who are absolutely perplexed and offended at how vulgarian Donald Trump is using hyperbole, fear, and conspiracy theories to win.
Ayup.
The main line of shows still seems to be a few minutes away.
Thunderstorm warnings out… first time in a long while.
We hit 60 degrees at MSP yesterday, and the same weather pattern is expected to hold for the rest of the week.
Spring has come early to Minnesota. So much for getting any snowboarding in this season.
Drive-by—OFFS, Virginia:
#WTF? Volunteer firefighters suspended for transporting unresponsive toddler https://t.co/WHb9iRc7Ii Too #stupid, @staffordvagov #p2 #tiot
— CuriousLurker (@CuriousLurker) March 7, 2016
Woman led police on high-speed car chase while in “Mystery Machine” Vanhttps://t.co/WybwAqumoN…high-speed-chase/ pic.twitter.com/6MhB3u2gVY
— Breaking News Feed (@pzf) March 7, 2016
And she would have gotten away with it too if it hadn’t been for those meddling kids!
re: #164 KGxvi
Now, that said, will manufacturer liability actually prevent mass shootings or homicides? Probably not. They could easily slap a warning on the packaging that says “do not aim at or shoot people” along with a “keep out of reach of children” and probably be covered.
Before I was allowed to buy a car, before I was allowed to even borrow my parents’ car, I had to get a license. There was a written test to prove that I knew the rules, I had to demonstrate proficiency to an approved tester, and then I had to have insurance.
It does not seem unreasonable to me that people who want firearms should jump through similar hoops.
re: #179 HappyWarrior
Sheesh.
Yeah. I mean, I get that there are rules that are there for a reason, but saving the life of a child trumps all of them, AFAIC.
re: #178 CuriousLurker
Drive-by—OFFS, Virginia:
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I understand why rules like that exist.
HOWEVER!
You go with what’s best for the patient. And in this case, waiting for the ambulance would’ve been bad.
re: #182 CuriousLurker
Yeah. I mean, I get that there are rules that are there for a reason, but saving the life of a child trumps all of them, AFAIC.
Right.
re: #178 CuriousLurker
Drive-by—OFFS, Virginia:
Actually, that’s a tough one. Ignoring the rivalries that I see sometimes between paramedics and fire department people, not only are paramedics trained for more situations than fire fighters, but they have more equipment than the fire truck for that type of situation. What if her condition had worsened? What if the truck had stalled somewhere on the way?
Sun is shining… everything looks nice… except for the radar which tells me there is about to be a very short but very intense downpour.
Very fast moving line of rain, looks kind of like a derecho but it can’t be.
re: #186 Belafon
I’m a parent. My son is grown, but if he’d had a seizure at 18 months of age and was lying limp & blue in my arms… Nope, wouldn’t have given a damn about any rules.
re: #158 The Ghost of Bork Bork Bork Bork
Strangely, America is still available to steal, in spite of Mr. D’Souza’s forecasts about America being variously stolen, destroyed, and eaten like a candy by the Cosmic Peanut.
But let’s face it. All Dinesh D’Souza’s films should be titled “I have bills to pay, and you respond to colors and sounds if they allow you to unleash the rage that continues to build as you face your limitations.”
Remember Priebus talking about ‘GOP rebranding?’
This is what he was really talking about - taking things like
Obama’s going to take your guns, or
Obama is overstepping his bounds as president
And swapping out ‘Obama’ with ‘Hillary.’
At which point, the scam retains value for at least another four years.
re: #190 makeitstop
Remember Priebus talking about ‘GOP rebranding?’
This is what he was really talking about - taking things like
Obama’s going to take your guns, or
Obama is overstepping his bounds as presidentAnd swapping out ‘Obama’ with ‘Hillary.’
At which point, the scam retains value for at least another four years.
See I thought the rebranding was Mitt’s snobby rich guy replaced with Donald’s snobby tries way too hard to be vulgar rich guy.
re: #186 Belafon
P.S. I’m not seeing how her condition could’ve worsened much without her actually dying. I’m just saying that as a parent my child’s life would be paramount. Thinking your child might die causes a kind of blinding, heart-stopping terror that not many other things can compare to.
On another note, I’m getting frustrated with shit I see from people who can’t accept the fact that Clinton is winning the race and have to resort to shallow insults and false claims.
What in the utter fuck
Baby Whiplash claims that “Muslims support Trump in yooge numbers”
Where is his evidence for this stupefying bullshit?
Why Do Muslims, White Supremacists Support Trump In Outsized Numbers? | Daily Wire https://t.co/2jin6PtXFa pic.twitter.com/vNFEFPFcgk
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 7, 2016
re: #192 CuriousLurker
P.S. I’m not seeing how her condition could’ve worsened much without her actually dying. I’m just saying that as a parent my child’s life would be paramount. Thinking your child might die causes a kind of blinding, heart-stopping terror that not many other things can compare to.
That’s why we call paramedics. It’s their job. I work with lots of firemen as part of my CERT duties. Most of them are not trained paramedics. What if her condition had been worsened by the way she was moved?
re: #195 The Vicious Babushka
What in the utter fuck
Baby Whiplash claims that “Muslims support Trump in yooge numbers”
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Why would American-Muslims support a man who wants to forbid them from immigrating? God Baby Whiplash, you’re so fucking dumb and a waste of a perfectly good Harvard degree that could have been used on someone who actually puts it to good use. What’s the story though? I thought he liked Trump.
So yeah looking at Ben’s screed. It’s basically I don’t like Muslims and I don’t like Trump so ergo Muslims must be for Trump. That’s 3rd grade logic.
re: #193 HappyWarrior
On another note, I’m getting frustrated with shit I see from people who can’t accept the fact that Clinton is winning the race and have to resort to shallow insults and false claims.
Someone’s claiming that Clinton is a regional candidate because she’s winning the south, obviously ignoring that she won Iowa and Massachusetts, and that Sanders is mainly having luck in caucus states. But that analysis is ignoring the analysis I posted way above, #85, that Sanders is not winning states that have > 10% blacks.
re: #178 CuriousLurker
Drive-by—OFFS, Virginia:
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I’m from the area and knowing where the firetruck was, and the fact that it was just miles from the nearest hospital and an almost straight-shot from their location to the hospital along at least four-lane roads makes me think they made the right decision.
Here’s a local story that includes information on the relative location of all the units during the incident:
fredericksburg.com
re: #195 The Vicious Babushka
It’s probably based completely off of Louis Farrakhan’s speaking fondly of Trump’s campaign. Hardly a measuring post of Muslim support for Trump.
re: #195 The Vicious Babushka
What in the utter fuck
Baby Whiplash claims that “Muslims support Trump in yooge numbers”
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There was a poll on Breitbart (read about it elsewhere. Not linking.) that showed that the GOP Muslims had a plurality of support for Trump. However, overall Muslim support for him was something like 11%.
re: #202 calochortus
There was a poll on Breitbart (read about it elsewhere. Not linking.) that showed that the GOP Muslims had a plurality of support for Trump. However, overall Muslim support for him was something like 11%.
So then it would be like the poll of 10 GOP Blacks showing that 4 of them supported Trump over other GOP candidates, so that’s the same as
40% OF ALL THE BLACKS SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP!!!1!!1!!!
re: #199 Belafon
Someone’s claiming that Clinton is a regional candidate because she’s winning the south, obviously ignoring that she won Iowa and Massachusetts, and that Sanders is mainly having luck in caucus states. But that analysis is ignoring the analysis I posted way above, #85, that Sanders is not winning states that have > 10% blacks.
She won Nevada too. But right, he’s stumbling big time in states that have sizable African-American electorates. I mean badly. Not 60-40 but the numbers African-Americans are favoring her over him are at a rate African-Americans vote for Democrats over Republicans and that his diehards are so blind to this or if they are aware often resort to condescending language is just troublesome. White progressives aren’t the only people who are in the Democratic base and I’m sick of them acting like their voices should be heard more than others. Not the Bernie supporters here mind you but the ones I see acting like Clinton is a DINO and crap like that.
re: #201 rhuarc
It’s probably based completely off of Louis Farrakhan’s speaking fondly of Trump’s campaign. Hardly a measuring post of Muslim support for Trump.
Also ignores that Trump has tons of support from Anti-Muslim right wingers in Europe too.
re: #203 The Vicious Babushka
So then it would be like the poll of 10 GOP Blacks showing that 4 of them supported Trump over other GOP candidates, so that’s the same as
40% OF ALL THE BLACKS SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP!!!1!!1!!!
Exactly like that.
re: #206 calochortus
Exactly like that.
Or like those border counties that Trump was getting in the dozens of votes and the media trumpeting that as that he’s “popular” in the border areas.
re: #195 The Vicious Babushka
What in the utter fuck
Baby Whiplash claims that “Muslims support Trump in yooge numbers”
Where is his evidence for this stupefying bullshit?
What is Baby Whiplash’s claim about White supremacists? Don’t Baby Ben and Breitbart support Trump? Or am I getting my wingnut welfare groups mixed up?
re: #208 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
What is Baby Whiplash’s claim about White supremacists? Don’t Baby Ben and Breitbart support Trump? Or am I getting my wingnut welfare groups mixed up?
Wait, I thought Breitbart was in the tank for Trump?
re: #208 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
What is Baby Whiplash’s claim about White supremacists? Don’t Baby Ben and Breitbart support Trump? Or am I getting my wingnut welfare groups mixed up?
I think they had a breakup. Not sure over what or when though since the Breitbabies seemed pretty big into Trump’s camp recently. Maybe Cruz offered a better gift.
Interestingly enough, Muslims do seem to support Trump more than any other GOP candidate.
re: #100 freetoken
The latter is why I think one of either Kasich or Rubio will stay in - to drain away a few delegates here and there to keep Trump from 1237.
538 has a fancy graph you can view to try and figure out the math:
Very nice. I notice that they don’t have Kasich’s path to the nomination listed. Just an oversight I’m sure //////
RBS
I wonder if the poll has been skewed by Farrakhan’s folks.
Pentagon: More than 150 fighters believed killed in US drone strike against al Shabaab training camp in Somalia - Reuters
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) March 7, 2016
re: #214 lawhawk
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Yeah but Obama enables terrorists and wears mom jeans so that doesn’t count.
I’m seeing rumors that Romney possibly filed with the FEC to run?
re: #216 HappyWarrior
Mitt was talking to Chuck Todd about being available if the GOP needed him.
re: #217 freetoken
Mitt was talking to Chuck Todd about being available if the GOP needed him.
Ah okay. I doubt the GOP wants him. It’s been so long since a person that ran before has run again as the nominee since usually that first loss is a sign.
when you see it pic.twitter.com/ytgZQPBfwc
— Boy Ardhieta (@kosongcoklat) March 7, 2016
Happy Monday!
The radar looks impressive… but according to the rain gauge we’ve gotten .07” so far this morning… whoopie!
But he’s too cheap to spend his own money on attack ads of his own
Don’t believe the millions of dollars of phony television ads by lightweight Rubio and the R establishment. Dishonest people!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 7, 2016
I assume someone around here has already posted the “Racists for Trump” ad from SNL?
So I see Bernie got a little ‘attaboy’ from the NRA. Ugh.
I wonder if Bernie was expecting that or the NRA just ran with it?
Not good optics Bernie, but then you never know he may not care. It has nothing to do with Wall Street.
Vandalism at PP Central Ohio Women’s Center. #notcounseling #protectthezone #clinicviolence #clinicvandalism pic.twitter.com/a4O1p1Xg9A
— LvilleClinicEscorts (@LouClinicEscort) March 7, 2016
So calling providers “baby killers” in red paint. So much for the #ProLifeProPeace thing. V
— LvilleClinicEscorts (@LouClinicEscort) March 7, 2016
re: #223 Eclectic Cyborg
Post it again, I haven’t seen it ;)
re: #214 lawhawk
Breaking News ✔ @BreakingNews
Pentagon: More than 150 fighters believed killed in US drone strike against al Shabaab training camp in Somalia - Reuters
11:56 AM - 7 Mar 2016
That weakling Obama is just doing this to mess with TRUMP!
re: #218 HappyWarrior
Ah okay. I doubt the GOP wants him. It’s been so long since a person that ran before has run again as the nominee since usually that first loss is a sign.
If the GOP were to arrive at a brokered convention, I suspect that putting Mitt out as the candidate will result in the vast majority of the “Trump / Cruz / Rubio” contingent sitting on their hands on election day.
The Dem convention is going to be a nicely stage-managed affair, I have the feeling the GOP one will look like Chicago 68, only this time the rioting will be INSIDE the convention hall.
RBS
re: #213 Nyet
I wonder if the poll has been skewed by Farrakhan’s folks.
Well, the article mentions him within the first 100 words:
Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan has praised Trump for supposedly standing up to the Jews. […]
Also, the second sentence says:
A poll from the terror-friendly Council on American Islamic Relations shows that Trump has more support among American Muslims than all the other Republican candidates combined. […]
Not exactly unbiased reporting.
Funny how the data from a supposedly “terror-friendly” organization is suddenly to be trusted instead of regarded with the usual suspicion.
Yeah, this wingnut drivel is a waste of time & effort.
re: #229 Reality Based Steve
If the GOP were to arrive at a brokered convention, I suspect that putting Mitt out as the candidate will result in the vast majority of the “Trump / Cruz / Rubio” contingent sitting on their hands on election day.
The Dem convention is going to be a nicely stage-managed affair, I have the feeling the GOP one will look like Chicago 68, only this time the rioting will be INSIDE the convention hall.
RBS
Yeah I expect the Dem one to be pretty calm all in all. RNC is going to be nuts.
re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Hmm. I am wondering if that is on East Main Street here in Columbus. That building looks familiar to me…if it’s where I am thinking its only about 4 miles out Main Street from my house. Gonna check local news.
re: #230 CuriousLurker
A hostile witness giving a “beneficial” testimony is usually seen as a boon, so I can’t blame him on his point. Though I haven’t really read his tripe, who cares.
re: #214 lawhawk
Pentagon: More than 150 fighters believed killed in US drone strike against al Shabaab training camp in Somalia - Reuters
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) March 7, 2016
If Trump was president, it would have been 450 fighters plus their families!
re: #231 HappyWarrior
I wouldn’t be so sure.
Mosques in the Cleveland area should be worried about Trump fans. They might decide to attempt a Kristallnacht against Muslims in the area.
re: #214 lawhawk
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If nothing else, we’re making it harder for them to get term life insurance.
re: #236 Ziggy_TARDIS
I wouldn’t be so sure.
Mosques in the Cleveland area should be worried about Trump fans. They might decide to attempt a Kristallnacht against Muslims in the area.
I said RNC is going to be nuts and that the DNC should be benign.
Radar saying the line of rain is almost through… rain gauge is up to .08” … this was a bust.
FWIW, our polls-plus forecast has MI
Trump 37%
Kasich 23%
Cruz 23%
Rubio 15%
If Trump winds up in low 30s, maybe Kasich/Cruz have a shot?— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 7, 2016
re: #238 HappyWarrior
RNC is in Cleveland, correct?
re: #237 Decatur Deb
If nothing else, we’re making it harder for them to get term life insurance.
It’s like that spell where if you were the #3 man in Al-Qaeda you could kind of figure that not only was your career maxed out, so was your life expectancy.
RBS
re: #243 Ziggy_TARDIS
RNC is in Cleveland, correct?
Yes. And this:
Cleveland seeks 2,000 riot-control suits for 2016 Republican National Convention
re: #246 Dr. Matt
Yes. And this:
Cleveland seeks 2,000 riot-control suits for 2016 Republican National Convention
That’s for inside the convention hall. Outside, there will be spectator stands while the GOP burns the place to the ground. /sarc
re: #246 Dr. Matt
Yes. And this:
Cleveland seeks 2,000 riot-control suits for 2016 Republican National Convention
To stuff the attendees into? That’s one way to control them…
I do believe that Planned Parenthood that was vandalized is the one out on East Main.
There is a small image on their local web site.
PP - East Columbus Surgical Center- Columbus , OH
The image of the red paint is the backside of the building where the parking is.
re: #247 Nyet
I wonder if guns will be allowed at RNC.
Given the NRA’s rules at their own, I doubt it but they’ll be sure voting on notions that will allow guns in kinder cares.
re: #246 Dr. Matt
Yes. And this:
Cleveland seeks 2,000 riot-control suits for 2016 Republican National Convention
No surprise there. I’ve been saying Cleveland was going to be messy the day they announced that is where the RNC was going to be held.
re: #252 HappyWarrior
Given the NRA’s rules at their own, I doubt it but they’ll be sure voting on notions that will allow guns in kinder cares.
Well, NRA allows guns.
I say do the GOP convention like the Royal Rumble. Every few minutes, another candidate enters and they all beat the crap out of each other until only one remains.
On a sidenote: Can you imagine the complete wingnut meltdown if the GOP brokers the convention and somehow manages to renominate Romney?
The actual delegates themselves will be functionaries of their local/state GOP. These are not going to be mobs of toothless riff-raff. That’s why I think if there is a second vote that Rubio will be installed, as the delegates are “the establishment”.
re: #62 freetoken
I wonder what is really going on behind the scenes. Convenient for Bloomberg to run that story now.
I wonder if Mittens and his Millions are employing some influence?
As far as I can tell there have been no laws broken. The law allowing fast track visas to investors was passed in 1992.
I think Trump and many other business people took advantage of the law.
re: #254 Nyet
Well, NRA allows guns.
I thought the NRA had strict gun prohibitions at their conferences. Maybe I’m thinking of CPAC?
re: #247 Nyet
I wonder if guns will be allowed at RNC.
The security perimeter around the arena for the RNC in Tampa looked like something from a prison planet. There’s no way in Hell they are going allow armed ammosexuals at the RNC.
re: #258 HappyWarrior
I thought the NRA had strict gun prohibitions at their conferences. Maybe I’m thinking of CPAC?
re: #258 HappyWarrior
I thought the NRA had strict gun prohibitions at their conferences. Maybe I’m thinking of CPAC?
CPAC, yes. There was a rumor about NRA going through the left-wing rumor mill, but it was false, unsurprisingly.
re: #195 The Vicious Babushka
What in the utter fuck
Baby Whiplash claims that “Muslims support Trump in yooge numbers”
Where is his evidence for this stupefying bullshit?[Embedded content]
There was probably a poll of two Republican Muslims, and one of them supported Trump, showing that 50% of Muslims support Trump!
re: #255 Eclectic Cyborg
I say do the GOP convention like the Royal Rumble. Every few minutes, another candidate enters and they all beat the crap out of each other until only one remains.
On a sidenote: Can you imagine the complete wingnut meltdown if the GOP brokers the convention and somehow manages to renominate Romney?
That would be inside. I have a feeling there is going to be some heavy protesting outside that will get more than testy. I’m thinking Black Lives Matter is going to want to be there, and that means their detractors will want to be there too. That’s just for starters.
Cleveland is a real sore spot regarding police shootings and I cannot see BLM not making it a cause.
So, this whole big line of nasty looking radar returns… brought us one sixth of an inch of rain.
re: #218 HappyWarrior
Ah okay. I doubt the GOP wants him. It’s been so long since a person that ran before has run again as the nominee since usually that first loss is a sign.
I see Romney or Ryan as the white knight nominee if Trump doesn’t get to 1,237 delegates to win the nomination on the first ballot.
re: #264 freetoken
Not a lot of rain, but if there was thunderstorms accompanying, that only increases the chances of wildfires in places due to what was essentially dry lightning. Super.
Outside the RNC I fear we’ll get a BLM vs. White Supremacists grudge match.
Alarming: Slovakia’s neo-Nazi party won 8% of the vote to gain entrance into the country’s parliament. https://t.co/UeIGhJysgX
— ADL (@ADL_National) March 7, 2016
Party leader Marian Kotleba and other members of the “People’s Party-Our Slovakia” have expressed admiration for the Slovak Nazi-puppet government during World War II and the Hlinka Guard, which was instrumental in deporting Slovakia’s Jews to death camps.
“An openly neo-Nazi party will now have a national platform, at the heart of Slovakia’s democracy, to spread its hate,” said Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO. “All of the democratic parties which will sit with Kotleba and his fellow bigots must counter them at every turn.”
re: #268 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Sigh this really saddens me as an American of Slovak background. I’m not surprised but saddened none the less.
re: #265 Big Beautiful Door
I see Romney or Ryan as the white knight nominee if Trump doesn’t get to 1,237 delegates to win the nomination on the first ballot.
GHW Bush is fit, tanned tested and ready, and he’s not inelegible to run (and win!) under the terms of the 22nd Amendment. Maybe Babs will make it back into the White House after all…
re: #268 Backwoods_Sleuth
Lest we think wingnuts are only making inroads in America. Europe, Australia. The far right is becoming bolder (and sadly more popular) in many places around the globe.
re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Those people should think of something more constructive to do with their Sunday drives.
Great save! https://t.co/JUf8PQhi8E pic.twitter.com/knmuKik58B
— Guy Kawasaki (@GuyKawasaki) March 7, 2016
Trump got 69 mins of network evening news time in Feb.
in 2012, Obama’s ENTIRE RE-ELECT got 157 mins. https://t.co/u9qBhdgqUK— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) March 7, 2016
re: #267 Eclectic Cyborg
Outside the RNC I fear we’ll get a BLM vs. White Supremacists grudge match.
I can see Kasich ordering in the Ohio National Guard. They will be on standby somewhere in the area for sure.
re: #271 HappyWarrior
Sigh this really saddens me as an American of Slovak background. I’m not surprised but saddened none the less.
Slovak surname here, too. It is part of a tendency we are seeing all over Eastern Europe, Hungary is even more extreme. Remember that these countries tended to be fascist/authoritarian before WWII, many of them allied with Hitler during the war and this sentiment has been in resurgence since the fall of the Soviet Bloc.
Admittedly my knowledge of WWE is not absolute, but it seems like all we need to beat Trump is a face and a folding chair.
What’s Dwayne Johnson up to?
re: #268 Backwoods_Sleuth
Tick tock. Yet another domino piece tilted by the refugees issue.
I wonder which Euro-country is next.
re: #242 HappyWarrior
Rubio pretty much non-existent in Michigan. Interesting.
He’s collapsing rapidly.
re: #279 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Some Pole, Czech, Slovak, and Ukrainian background here.
This is super frustrating.
re: #247 Nyet
I wonder if guns will be allowed at RNC.
If they believe their rhetoric, they would tell all of their delegates to pack heat.
re: #120 Romantic Heretic
We’ve got them here in Canada too. One of the driving factors for the explosion of home prices in Vancouver is wealthy Chinese buying real estate.
Cripes! It seems this pay for visa thing is another whole THING!
re: #279 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Slovak surname here, too. It is part of a tendency we are seeing all over Europe, Hungary is even more extreme. Remember that these countries tended to be fascist/authoritarian before WWII, many of them allied with Hitler during the war and this sentiment has been in resurgence since the fall of the Soviet Bloc.
As I said disappointed not surprised. I have read about Hungary as well though.
Ashleigh Banfield on Trump: He tends to say things off the cuff.
Yeah, it’s called lying.
re: #286 Big Beautiful Door
If they believe their rhetoric, they would tell all of their delegates to pack heat.
I suppose their excuse could be “we would have, but the venue doesn’t allow it”.
re: #256 freetoken
The actual delegates themselves will be functionaries of their local/state GOP. These are not going to be mobs of toothless riff-raff. That’s why I think if there is a second vote that Rubio will be installed, as the delegates are “the establishment”.
I think Rubio has failed too utterly. I think it will be Romney or Ryan.
re: #242 HappyWarrior
Rubio pretty much non-existent in Michigan. Interesting.
Have a feeling he will be non-existent everywhere but florida for the next week. And if he loses there he will be nonexistent in this election.
Haven’t seen any polls out of illinois, but it is a pretty good sized winner take all state next tuesday too, so maybe he makes a token visit there if he has any polling that gives him half a shot.
re: #293 Big Beautiful Door
I think Rubio has failed too utterly. I think it will be Romney or Ryan.
That’s interesting. I think Romney wants ti more than Ryan but the powers to be may want Ryan more than Romney.
re: #295 danarchy
Have a feeling he will be non-existent everywhere but florida for the next week. And if he loses there he will be nonexistent in this election.
Haven’t seen any polls out of illinois, but it is a pretty good sized winner take all state next tuesday too, so maybe he makes a token visit there if he has any polling that gives him half a shot.
Agree with that accessment.
re: #284 ObserverArt
As a 50/50 German/Slovak…this really makes me sad.
1/4 Slovak here — two sets of great-grandparents from Žipov Prešov
re: #296 HappyWarrior
That’s interesting. I think Romney wants ti more than Ryan but the powers to be may want Ryan more than Romney.
I don’t want any of them!
re: #139 freetoken
Kind of funny how all these stories about the stuff in Trump’s closet are coming out after the Mittens Gang decided to go all in on the project to take Trump down, eh?
I am having trouble wrapping my head around the idea of an effective Mittens Gang.
There’s no way the establishment can get around the actual votes (which means Cruz or Trump) and not cause the immediate self-destruction.
re: #296 HappyWarrior
That is some terrible slash fiction, dude.
re: #298 Backwoods_Sleuth
1/4 Slovak here — two sets of great-grandparents from Žipov Prešov
What are the odds? My mom’s grandparents were from that same area. Even got the baptism certificates.
re: #303 HappyWarrior
What are the odds? My mom’s grandparents were from that same area. Even got the baptism certificates.
That’s why you and I are cousins.
;)
They’re in a rock and a hard place though. So they attempt to force Ryan or LMAO Romney on the delegates. Yeah that’s not going to end well. So much is their own fault and I’m enjoying them trying to look for ways to squeal out of the fact that they may well very nominate Trump.
An effective unity candidate would have to be one that the voters have not even had the chance to assess and support, a still-unknown quantity to most of them upon which they could project their feelings and positions. Isn’t there some popular New Mexico GOP governor or something?
Romney, and to a lesser extent Ryan, have been weighed and found wanting.
We must put a check on the Slovak conspiracy!
*auto-groan*
re: #305 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s why you and I are cousins.
;)
Hell we probably are. Checked my ancestry.com DNA results today since I haven’t in a week and someone took the test that tests as a 2nd or 3rd cousin. I think I know who it might be but not sure. Hoping they respond.
re: #301 Nyet
There’s no way the establishment can get around the actual votes (which means Cruz or Trump) and not cause the immediate self-destruction.
Unless they can convince one of them to accept the VP slot on the ticket beside their chosen nominee.
re: #301 Nyet
There’s no way the establishment can get around the actual votes (which means Cruz or Trump) and not cause the immediate self-destruction.
The GOP’s only options are bad and worse. Nate Silver quipped that out of 1,000 possible GOP scenarios, this one is the 997th worst. If that is the case, scenarios 998, 999 and 1000 must involve a zombie apocalypse or extinction level events.
re: #306 HappyWarrior
They’re in a rock and a hard place though. So they attempt to force Ryan or LMAO Romney on the delegates. Yeah that’s not going to end well. So much is their own fault and I’m enjoying them trying to look for ways to squeal out of the fact that they may well very nominate Trump.
Were I a Republican actor, I think that’d be my preferred path forward at this point. Get The Donald nominated, watch him lose in a staggering landslide, chalk it up to the gross authoritarianism of Trump or his personal unlikability, tamp down the former for a generation as obviously yuuuuuuge losers, let the party’s actual positions go untested, run a perpetual Clinton outrage machine until 2020.
I don’t usually pimp my own pages, but I just posted on on the OK legislature having a bill filed that will treat abortion as murder, I have little doubt that it will die in committee, but still….. littlegreenfootballs.com
Considering that many of the hard core anti-choices view common birth control methods as killing unborn children this is scary stuff indeed.
RBS
re: #310 Eclectic Cyborg
Unless they can convince one of them to accept the VP slot on the ticket beside their chosen nominee.
Won’t help with the pissed off voters.
re: #303 HappyWarrior
What are the odds? My mom’s grandparents were from that same area. Even got the baptism certificates.
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Once you’ve accepted you’re going to get blown out in an election, use the loss to crush some faction of your party that you deem unseemly, dangerous, or counterproductive.
re: #298 Backwoods_Sleuth
1/4 Slovak here — two sets of great-grandparents from Žipov Prešov
My mothers side of the family…100% German grand father and grand mother came to Ohio in the mid 1800s as farmers. My fathers side…100% Slovak grand father and grand mother came to Ohio about 1900 as an engineer hired by an Ohio company that sponsored my grandfather.
Our families were glad to be Americans and spoke very little about their home country. Due to that, I have very little info on exactly where they came from. It just was not spoken about. I have a feeling World War 1 and World War 2 figured heavily in their not discussing heritage.
I really don’t think GOP leadership has the intelligence or tact to broker the convention AND handle the fallout from such maneuvers in way that DOESN’T send the party up in flames.
If they aren’t working day and night now to get a plan together they are doing it wrong.
re: #316 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #313 Reality Based Steve
I don’t usually pimp my own pages, but I just posted on on the OK legislature having a bill filed that will treat abortion as murder, I have little doubt that it will die in committee, but still….. littlegreenfootballs.com
Considering that many of the hard core anti-choices view common birth control methods as killing unborn children this is scary stuff indeed.
RBS
A new recipient of all the used feminine hygiene products we can collect. Because every damn one of them is evidence, possibly.
re: #301 Nyet
There’s no way the establishment can get around the actual votes (which means Cruz or Trump) and not cause the immediate self-destruction.
All they need to do is stop Trump from having the number of delegates he needs to be automatic. This is the Republican party we are talking about. Never say ‘no way’ with them. They will figure out some way to throw a wrench in the works to get it to a second vote and it is my understanding it is a free-for-all at that point.
re: #321 wrenchwench
A new recipient of all the used feminine hygiene products we can collect. Because every damn one of them is evidence, possibly.
The GOP, making the government small enough to fit in your uterus.
RBS
re: #323 HappyWarrior
Ukrainian do that.
Oh come don’t, don’t jump to Kazakh….ah fuck it, I’ve got nothing.
/
re: #326 Eclectic Cyborg
Oh come don’t, don’t jump to Kazakh….ah fuck it, I’ve got nothing.
/
You guys need to Polish up your act.
RBS
I wouldn’t put it past the Donald to start trying to buy off delegates. Yes I know it’s illegal but when has that ever stopped Trump before?
re: #328 Reality Based Steve
You guys need to Polish up your act.
RBS
Perhaps a strong Finnish as well?
re: #324 ObserverArt
They’ll be eaten alive by their own wingnuts.
re: #319 Eclectic Cyborg
I really don’t think GOP leadership has the intelligence or tact to broker the convention AND handle the fallout from such maneuvers in way that DOESN’T send the party up in flames.
If they aren’t working day and night now to get a plan together they are doing it wrong.
They’ve been doing it wrong since last summer, if not before.
Rinsed Prebius is staggeringly bad at his job. Remember when it seemed obvious that any replacement for Michael Steele would be an upgrade?
re: #332 Testy Toad T
They’ve been doing it wrong since last summer, if not before.
Rinsed Prebius is staggeringly bad at his job. Remember when it seemed obvious that any replacement for Michael Steele would be an upgrade?
Like I said a couple of days ago: RNC Chairman = worse job than Spinal Tap drummer.
re: #327 Nyet
Put more Polish on your responses!
Irish, I got nothing in the way of more clever puns.
re: #325 Reality Based Steve
The GOP, making the government small enough to fit in your uterus.
RBS
It might take a D&C to get them out. Would that mean they were aborted?
I don’t think any of this is German to the conversation at hand, ladies and gentlemen.
re: #334 HappyWarrior
Irish, I got nothing in the way of more clever puns.
So the Punic war is over.
Supreme Court Lets Lesbians Be Mommies, Civilization To End By Dinnertime https://t.co/G4GuACKna9 pic.twitter.com/MDwIT626qx
— Wonkette (@Wonkette) March 7, 2016
re: #337 withak
I don’t think any of this is German to the conversation at hand, ladies and gentlemen.
And really, who did nazi that one coming?
re: #332 Testy Toad T
At least Micheal Steele failed with a bit of panache.
Priebus just has a table of talking points and a d20.
ETA: That’s unfair. He also has a Post-It Note that reads DONT PISS OFF RUSH in Sharpie, all-caps.
re: #338 Nyet
Wordplay delenda est.
NOPE.
Ride a Terrifying Glass “Skyslide” Down the Side of an L.A. Skyscraper https://t.co/WhhVp1EAPq #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/87bzqmb4hp
— The Progressive Mind (@Libertea2012) March 7, 2016
Trump says “I didn’t think you had people like that in NC” as demonstrators escorted out: https://t.co/H1vKqEaaHU pic.twitter.com/x3TMOHCecY
— WSOCTV (@wsoctv) March 7, 2016
CONCORD, NC —
Happy Monday, folks!
TRUMP to protestor: “Go home to Mommy. Nasty little guy. I love you, too, man.”— Kevin Cirilli (@kevcirilli) March 7, 2016
such presidential…
re: #347 The Vicious Babushka
What exactly is the point of something like that? I don’t get it.
re: #152 Big Beautiful Door
Dinesh D’Souza has a scary trailer out for his new movie about how Hillary is going to STEAL MURICA!1!!!1
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Wait, when search engines start mixing up this movie with his last two movies with America in the title, D’Souza will start complaining about CONSPIRACY.
re: #317 Testy Toad T
Once you’ve accepted you’re going to get blown out in an election, use the loss to crush some faction of your party that you deem unseemly, dangerous, or counterproductive.
They would prefer an option which also allows them to retain control of Congress, which they could lose in a landslide electoral defeat.
Donald Trump bold-face lying at rally in Concord, NC, about NASCAR people being in attendance ‘backstage’#MakeTheTruthGreatAgain
— Jim Utter (@jim_utter) March 7, 2016
I don’t know what the record number of interruptions at Trump speeches is, but this NC rally has to be up there.
— Joel Luther (@joel_luther) March 7, 2016
re: #354 Big Beautiful Door
They would prefer an option which also allows them to retain control of Congress, which they could lose in a landslide electoral defeat.
I think that’s what they’re genuinely afraid of at this point. Trump could really drag them badly downticket.
re: #334 HappyWarrior
Irish, I got nothing in the way of more clever puns.
Try putting a little English on it.
re: #351 Eclectic Cyborg
What exactly is the point of something like that? I don’t get it.
Millenials “having fun”
Waterboarding? We’ll obey the laws, but I’m going to see what we can do about expanding them. People want to destroy us. -Donald Trump, NC
— Chris Stevens (@Padoozles) March 7, 2016
Trump calling for water boarding and more torture in NC and people are clapping #NorthCarolina #WHATTHEFUCKAMERICA
— Dip (@Snarrffer) March 7, 2016
re: #333 Eclectic Cyborg
Like I said a couple of days ago: RNC Chairman = worse job than Spinal Tap drummer.
re: #361 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump calling for water boarding and more torture in NC and people are clapping
So Trump’s approval rating in NC will go up then.
re: #365 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
So Trump’s approval rating in NC will go up then.
Why does he want to torture people in NC? /pedantic
RBS
re: #326 Eclectic Cyborg
Oh come don’t, don’t jump to Kazakh….ah fuck it, I’ve got nothing.
/
Yeah, it’s a Latvia more difficult than you’d think.
Reince Preibus’ job could done by the Animal House gif of the guy going “Nothing to see here” as pandemonium breaks out behind him.
re: #361 Backwoods_Sleuth
David French over at NRO has been having a series of stopped clock moments about Drumpf when it comes to torture:
Trump’s three-point plan for beating ISIS: Murder, Torture, and Atrocities https://t.co/9uu9rvZeuu via @NRO
— David French (@DavidAFrench) March 7, 2016
re: #368 The Ghost of Bork Bork Bork Bork
Reince Preibus job could done by the Animal House gif of the guy going “Nothing to see here” as pandemonium breaks out behind him.
I think Trump likes the distractions, it just means he has to bullshit less.
re: #152 Big Beautiful Door
Dinesh D’Souza has a scary trailer out for his new movie about how Hillary is going to STEAL MURICA!1!!!1
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I thought Obama already did that?
One thing is for sure, Dinesh if quite good at stealing money from right-wing sheeple .
Trump telling folks in NC that he’s going to get Carrier to make air conditioners in NC again…
This is beyond ridiculous. Judge says toddlers can defend themselves in immigration court https://t.co/5X2ZudgEH8 via @dgazette
— Gabe Vasquez (@Gabe_NM) March 7, 2016
Not the Onion:
[…]
“I’ve taught immigration law literally to 3-year-olds and 4-year-olds. It takes a lot of time. It takes a lot of patience,” Judge Jack Weil said. “They get it. It’s not the most efficient, but it can be done.”
The startling statement from Weil, a Virginia-based judge responsible for training his peers, comes at a time when the number of young unaccompanied migrants crossing the southern border has sharply risen.
In immigration court, there is no guarantee of counsel for adults or children. Advocates for immigrants have long argued that a person’s ability to make informed decisions - and their chances of being allowed to stay in the U.S. - are enhanced if an attorney represents them.
[…]
The government had offered Weil as an expert witness in the case, and submitted his deposition to the court in January to support its position that attorneys should not be mandatory for youths in immigration court.
[…]
Experts Weigh In On Judge Weil Deposition Controversy - See more at: lexisnexis.com
Trump making people raise their arms again…
re: #374 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump telling folks in NC that he’s going to get Carrier to make air conditioners in NC again…
If he tells them to do it, they’ll do it.
/
re: #137 lawhawk
Hmmm, you’d think that the President’s proclamation preceded that of Ryan but Ryan wants people to think that he had to get the flag lowered?
Today, at my request, flags above the @USCapitol fly at half-staff in honor of Nancy Reagan’s memory. pic.twitter.com/v0bjUwINt8
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) March 7, 2016
re: #374 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump telling folks in NC that he’s going to get Carrier to make air conditioners in NC again…
ah, nothing like a ‘fact free campaign, unencumbered by the thought process’
RBS
re: #376 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump making people raise their arms again…
Totally normal. All the cool kid candidates are doing it these days.
//
All these grandiose claims made at rallies is like doing the other guys’ oppo research for them.
Donald Trump wraps up after speaking for about 45min in NC: “I love you all! Go out and vote. Remember that pledge. Remember that pledge.”
— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) March 7, 2016
re: #375 wrenchwench
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Experts Weigh In On Judge Weil Deposition Controversy - See more at: lexisnexis.com
There aren’t enough face palms.
re: #378 lawhawk
I see the Capitol building is getting retrofitted to handle the Obama death ray.
//
Supreme Court Tosses Out Louisiana Death Sentence https://t.co/a4mxVLDeEQ via @chrisgeidner @buzzfeednews
— john r stanton (@dcbigjohn) March 7, 2016
Alito and Thomas are very displeased.
re: #380 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Think about it optimistically: they’re all getting more cardio.
re: #382 Backwoods_Sleuth
Remember that pledge. Remember that pledge.
He got the crowd to do the small hand salute again today?
re: #259 Dr. Matt
The security perimeter around the arena for the RNC in Tampa looked like something from a prison planet. There’s no way in Hell they are going allow armed ammosexuals at the RNC.
Same with the 2008 RNC in St. Paul. Security was nuts. People corralled on bridges and arrested.
How about this for a nightmare scenario? GOP voters nominate Trump, Trump ‘mysteriously’ dies before the General election.
‘He put out the wrong finger’: Protest erupts during ‘fascist’ Trump pledge in NC https://t.co/Vg4hv8pkV3 pic.twitter.com/39IVtWsGOI
— Raw Story (@RawStory) March 7, 2016
According to former Anti-Defamation League Director Abe Foxman, Trump knew what he was doing when he asked supporters in Orlando over the weekend to raise their hands “in what looks like the ‘Heil Hitler’ salute.”
On Monday, Trump asked supporters in Concord, North Carolina to say “the pledge” with him again.
“Oh, we have a protesters,” Trump smiled. “Out! Out! Out! Be nice. Out.”
“Get out of here,” the candidate said as several protesters were escorted to the door. “Get out.”
“See the way he puts up his hand, he puts out the wrong finger,” Trump noted. “And we’re supposed to take it nowadays, folks.”
good grief
re: #265 Big Beautiful Door
I see Romney or Ryan as the white knight nominee if Trump doesn’t get to 1,237 delegates to win the nomination on the first ballot.
The GOP and RNC are insane, but I don’t think they are insane enough to nominate someone that didn’t obtain a single vote, delegate, or caucus during the primaries.
re: #390 stpaulbear
Same with the 2008 RNC in St. Paul. Security was nuts. People corralled on bridges and arrested.
“…Shall not be abridged.” What part of the 2nd Amendment doesn’t the GOP understand?
FWIW, I read the NYT today, as is my habit at Starbucks, and didn’t see a single thing resembling what Rage Furby said was going to break regarding Rubio. I’m starting to lose trust in his abilities. ///
RBS
re: #392 Backwoods_Sleuth
That last line is what it’s all about: if they feel offended, they get license to do what they want…but if you’re offended by them, that’s your problem.
The more i watch Trump and the other GOP candidates, the more on point this remains:
#GOPdebate pic.twitter.com/SGW200luN8
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) March 4, 2016
re: #393 Dr. Matt
The GOP and RNC are insane, but I don’t think they are insane enough to nominate someone that didn’t obtain a single vote, delegate, or caucus during the primaries.
Just watch them. They despise Cruz. It would be by a “spontaneous” draft movement arising over the course of several ballots as the delegates call out for a savior of the party to emerge.
re: #393 Dr. Matt
The GOP and RNC are insane, but I don’t think they are insane enough to nominate someone that didn’t obtain a single vote, delegate, or caucus during the primaries.
Convene like it’s 1852 all over again.
Randy Meisner’s wife dies from an accidental gunshot. Shit.
CNN reports that, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, investigators believe that a rifle accidentally discharged while being moved in a closet. “As she lifted the rifle in the case, another item within the case shifted and hit the trigger of the rifle causing it to fire and fatally injure Mrs. Meisner,” the LAPD said in a statement, adding that Meisner “was cooperative throughout the investigation.”
re: #391 Eclectic Cyborg
How about this for a nightmare scenario? GOP voters nominate Trump, Trump ‘mysteriously’ dies before the General election.
Obama still has the pillow he used on Scalia and Nancy.
re: #393 Dr. Matt
The GOP and RNC are insane, but I don’t think they are insane enough to nominate someone that didn’t obtain a single vote, delegate, or caucus during the primaries.
And I have a hard time figuring who would be willing to be the sacrificial lamb that gets thrown out there. I would have to think that there would be some HUGE quid pro quo’s to get someone to jump in that gator-pool.
RBS
Trump Claimed Recession Was Act of God (to get out of $40 million loan) #tcot #UniteBlue https://t.co/54ESd8tExa pic.twitter.com/csW8HS7fd2
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 7, 2016
re: #402 The Vicious Babushka
He really does have short, stubby fingers.
And his bald spot is getting bigger and bigger. That comb over isn’t hiding it anymore.
Suck it Trebek:
Marco Rubio now has a lower chance (2.5%) than John Kasich (2.9%) of becoming president.https://t.co/oFiV3Ykor4 pic.twitter.com/idkYbEGy3y
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) March 7, 2016
Frankly, 19% is still far too high for any GOP candidate in this election. They are all unworthy of being President. Every last GOPer.
re: #393 Dr. Matt
The GOP and RNC are insane, but I don’t think they are insane enough to nominate someone that didn’t obtain a single vote, delegate, or caucus during the primaries.
I think zero is MUCH more tenable than, like, twenty.
The rubes can convince themselves that the person didn’t win because they weren’t running, or at least that’s the lie I’d be telling myself.
re: #409 lawhawk
Think of a Cruz/Ryan ticket - you could have Granpa and Eddie on the same ticket!
re: #405 Reality Based Steve
And I have a hard time figuring who would be willing to be the sacrificial lamb that gets thrown out there. I would have to thing that there would be some HUGE quid pro quo’s to get someone to jump in that gator-pool.
RBS
That and I think it would be a great injustice to our Democracy on a whole (as much as I despise the right and would love to see them in even more turmoil).
re: #378 lawhawk
Hmmm, you’d think that the President’s proclamation preceded that of Ryan but Ryan wants people to think that he had to get the flag lowered?
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The implication (which I am sure has already lead to a spate of blog posts) is that “Obama could not be bothered to lower flags for Nancy Reagan”
I’m thinking of writing to Donald Trump, pretending to be a little 8-year-old girl named “Grace” telling him that he would look more “Presidential” if he shaved his head.
re: #414 The Vicious Babushka
I’m thinking of writing to Donald Trump, pretending to be a little 8-year-old girl named “Grace” telling him that he would look more “Presidential” if he shaved his head.
Brilliant historical allusion.
I’m really hoping that Trump destroys the value of his brand completely, goes into personal bankruptcy, and all his little Trumps have to go out and try to get real jobs.
re: #415 Dr. Matt
And short, stubby toes.
Donald Trump Secret: Is he really a 118-year-old Chinese lady?
re: #414 The Vicious Babushka
I’m thinking of writing to Donald Trump, pretending to be a little 8-year-old girl named “Grace” telling him that he would look more “Presidential” if he shaved his head.
Then write to Bernie as ‘Virginia’ and tell him there is no Santa Claus.
re: #413 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
The implication (which I am sure has already lead to a spate of blog posts) is that “Obama could not be bothered to lower flags for Nancy Reagan”
Except Obama already did that earlier this morning.
re: #198 HappyWarrior
So yeah looking at Ben’s screed. It’s basically I don’t like Muslims and I don’t like Trump so ergo Muslims must be for Trump. That’s 3rd grade logic.
From the comments, it looks like Ben’s “friends” on the far right are turning on him.
re: #295 danarchy
Rubio, Clinton, Sanders commercials pretty regularly in Chicago. I think Rubio is hoping he does well here.
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