John Oliver continues his evil scheme to take over Jon Stewart’s legacy with a brilliant piece about the feasibility (or lack thereof) of Donald Trump’s big, beautiful border wall.
@MarianDClough @realDonaldTrump is “tough”? Same guy who evaded serving his country?
— free token (@freetoken) March 23, 2016
Demagoguery is cheap, and you’re easily manipulated.
Samantha Bee and John Oliver are in a dead heat in the competition to be the true successor to the Jon Stewart legacy. Trevor Noah isn’t even in the running and he’s the guy in the chair.
This is why the suits should never be allowed to decide who’s funny. Or talented. Or musical. Or anything, really.
re: #2 Charles Johnson
Trevor could use a better supporting cast.
re: #1 freetoken
@MarianDClough Tough on terrorism? He’s bigoted against all Muslims. We have religious freedom in America, and Americans reject Trump
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) March 23, 2016
Trump supporters are the lowest form of wingnut.
re: #2 Charles Johnson
Samantha Bee and John Oliver are in a dead heat in the competition to be the true successor to the Jon Stewart legacy. Trevor Noah isn’t even in the running and he’s the guy in the chair.
Why did they get Trevor Noah? The guy isn’t even funny. Forget about filling Jon Stewart’s shoes, he couldn’t even fit into Jon’s thimble.
re: #7 Unabogie
Primary results tonight?
Presumably. Arizona’s polls just closed at the top of the hour.
re: #7 Unabogie
Primary results tonight?
Arizona in about 45 minutes, but I think Utah and Idaho will be pretty late, being caucuses and all.
re: #8 Brian J.
Presumably. Arizona’s polls just closed at the top of the hour.
I thought they closed at 7?
“Friends of Hamas” is in Baby Whiplash’s head forever
.@realDonaldTrump called for banning muslims 3 months ago. Yesterday thousands of Jews cheered him. What is Elie Wiesel waiting for?
— Peter Beinart (@PeterBeinart) March 22, 2016
Maybe worrying about how you and your leftist buddies make excuses for genocidal anti-Semites like Hamas. https://t.co/HyfIPHqNUm
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 23, 2016
re: #11 calochortus
I thought they closed at 7?
Most of Arizona doesn’t observe Daylight Savings Time.
re: #13 Brian J.
Most of Arizona doesn’t observe Daylight Savings Time.
Right, so I don’t think they’ve closed yet.
You’re right, my mistake. We do have another 40 minutes to wait.
Currently in a line to vote for @SenSanders. I’m quoted at a 4 hour wait in line to get to the polls. #ArizonaPrimary #FeelTheBern
— Kj Mark (@helloitskayleej) March 23, 2016
Consider: 2012 primary had 300,000 voters and 200 polling places. 2016 primary has estimated 800,000 voters at 60 polling places. #12News
— JOE DANA (@JoeDanaReports) March 23, 2016
I think it will be a long wait for Arizona results.
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I think it will be a long wait for Arizona results.
I won’t hold my breath then.
Charles,
Saw your tweets about Ace dropping beats about his batcrap insane commenters and his threats to shut down comments entirely or banning them, or something.
Took him long enough to realize how insane his commenters were, and are. But he still doesn’t get it. When you feed irrational hate and fear to people for years on end with nothing else, everything looks like something you need to smash.
And they’re turning on their host over there.
I’d say that’s schadenfreude. Or karma.
Thanks for keeping the place sane.
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I think it will be a long wait for Arizona results.
Here’s what Republicans really think about voting.
This is not a test.
Charles, I noticed that, in a popup that contains private or spoiler, expanding the content can cause the content, and subsequently the dialog, to extend below the bottom of the display. This has to do with the fact that the initial dialog position is based on the contents at that time, and the dialog position doesn’t change when you expand the contents. For example, click the reveal button in this:
re: #278 Blind Frog Belly White
For me, I cannot see the bottom, which includes the close buttons. Luckily there are other ways to close it.
FAIL
Belgian flag is black, yellow & red
One World Trade Center, illuminated with the colors of the Belgian flag pic.twitter.com/aanJbDIIO9
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 23, 2016
re: #22 Belafon
This is a test. This is only a test.
“If this had been an actual emergency, we would have fled in terror, and you would not have been informed.”
That Peyton Manning graphic was funny as hell.
re: #3 Charles Johnson
This is why the suits should never be allowed to decide who’s funny. Or talented. Or musical. Or anything, really.
I thought it was Stewart himself who recommended Noah?
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
Fewer polling places for more voters looks like more of that great GOP governance in action.
Go Team Red! ////
re: #27 EPR-radar
Fewer polling places for more voters looks like more of that great GOP governance in action.
Go Team Red! ////
The extreme berners are blaming Hillary and DWS.
Wow. @StateDept just issued Travel Alert for ALL of Europe, alerting Americans to “potential risks of travel to and throughout Europe”
— Kirit Radia (@KiritRadia) March 23, 2016
“…it’s no exaggeration to say that the future of gun ownership hangs in the balance.” https://t.co/CL7N3rugM5 #2A #SCOTUS
— NRA (@NRA) March 21, 2016
It’s the textbook definition of exaggeration.
re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It’s the textbook definition of exaggeration.
They’re just posturing because they know the GOP will not allow anything to happen without their say-so.
I’d never been to Ace of Spades. I had to scroll through a lot of wingnut derp to get to his post about banning the raging assholes.
He riled them up with his hate-blog, then when rejecting the monsters he made says:
And by the way: I ask once again — Who the fuck gives a shit that you are angry?
Total clown.
re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth
The extreme berners are blaming Hillary and DWS.
Well, it is a day ending in y.
It’s a closed primary and you had to be registered as a Democrat to vote in the Democratic primary. Imagine that? OUTRAGE. VOTER SUPPRESSION. EVERY VOTE SHOULD COUNT (as long as it’s for Bernie). OLIGARCHS AGAINST DEMOCRACY!!
How the fuck are these people going to lead a revolution when they can’t even figure out how to vote in a fucking primary?
Trump response tweet:
“John Oliver, a big nobody! Really unfunny and sad. Looks like a dork. I will build a big moat around England to keep guys like him out”
re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth
The NRA has to turn the batshit insanity scale up to 11. Their only real threat at the moment is competition from the even-more-rabid Gun Owners of America.
re: #32 No Country For Old Haters
I used to read Ace back when Charles was still a member of the right-wing blogosphere. It was Charles’s public break with the right - and Ace’s reaction to it - that drove me away. I know the right has a deep-seated fear and hatred of the “heretics” and “backsliders” who leave their movement, but I still believe it’s something that rational people could discuss calmly. That’s when I realized that the right-wingers weren’t at all rational people.
re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It’s the textbook definition of exaggeration.
They were hoping that Scalia would rule in favor of rocket launchers. Now, everyone might have to settle for illegally converting their rifles to fully automatic.
re: #37 Belafon
Actually, I’m pissed that I can’t buy blue lasers anymore. They’d make a great long-range weapon.
NY Times has deleted that photo of One WTC with the French colors.
re: #2 Charles Johnson
Samantha Bee and John Oliver are in a dead heat in the competition to be the true successor to the Jon Stewart legacy. Trevor Noah isn’t even in the running and he’s the guy in the chair.
I don’t really disagree but Sam Bee and John Oliver have the advantage of being able to use an entire week to produce a single half hour of content. They also get to focus on a single issue and explore it in depth. Noah has to produce four shows a week and hit multiple topics each day that often pop up with short notice and is expected to conduct interviews on top of that. He’s been given a much harder job and was tasked with filling impossibly large shoes.
re: #40 goddamnedfrank
I don’t really disagree but Sam Bee and John Oliver also have the advantage of being able to use an entire week to produce a single half hour of content. They also get to focus on a single issue and explore it in depth. Noah has to produce four shows a week and hit multiple topics each day that often pop up with short notice and is expected to conduct interviews on top of that. He’s been given a much harder job and was tasked with filling impossibly large shoes.
Also, Trevor Noah doesn’t have Sam Bee or John Oliver.
re: #37 Belafon
They were hoping that Scalia would rule in favor of rocket launchers. Now, everyone might have to settle for illegally converting their rifles to fully automatic.
Reminds me of gun control advocates claiming Heller swept all the state laws off the table. Um, nope.
Trump tweeted this, then immediately deleted it==>
Trump just deleted this tweet pic.twitter.com/UDOMgLUXRE
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) March 23, 2016
You fuckers keep beating me to the punch! This aggression will not stand man.
re: #46 goddamnedfrank
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Does Cruz’s wife like Pork ‘n Beans in her hair? I guess we’ll never know.
re: #47 goddamnedfrank
You fuckers keep beating me to the punch! This aggression will not stand man.
CLICK FASTER, MAN!
re: #45 thedopefishlives
*blinks*
What. The. Fuck.
Trump will lose his shit in a very public way once he has to face Hillary and Obama on a daily basis.
re: #48 Belafon
Does Cruz’s wife like Pork ‘n Beans in her hair? I guess we’ll never know.
Chuck Johnson is probably already on the case.
re: #50 Unabogie
Trump will lose his shit in a very public way once he has to face Hillary and Obama on a daily basis.
And Bill.
re: #22 Belafon
This is not a test.
Charles, I noticed that, in a popup that contains private or spoiler, expanding the content can cause the content, and subsequently the dialog, to extend below the bottom of the display. This has to do with the fact that the initial dialog position is based on the contents at that time, and the dialog position doesn’t change when you expand the contents.
Now fixed.
re: #20 lawhawk
Charles,
Saw your tweets about Ace dropping beats about his batcrap insane commenters and his threats to shut down comments entirely or banning them, or something.
Took him long enough to realize how insane his commenters were, and are. But he still doesn’t get it. When you feed irrational hate and fear to people for years on end with nothing else, everything looks like something you need to smash.
And they’re turning on their host over there.
I’d say that’s schadenfreude. Or karma.
Thanks for keeping the place sane.
Huh, Ace was one of the blogs that I read fairly regularly when I was blogging and in law school. I haven’t read him in a very long time, so I clicked over to see what all the hubbub is about. Reading through a couple of posts, I’m not sure much is changing - other than being anti-Trump. He refers to Islamic terrorists as Obama’s “cousins” and takes plenty of opportunities to bash Muslims for being Muslims and Belgium for not being assholes to Muslims. I wonder if any one on the conservative reactionary side of the blogsphere realize that all of this ties together? Probably not, because that would mean taking a moment to engage in self-reflection and that’s not something reactionaries are very good at doing. It’s one of the ways in which they are similar to revolutionaries on the other side of the spectrum.
@GodlessHussar Had to believe that @Green_Footballs was one of the good guys once. Fucking joke. @benshapiro
— Nazanin Nazarian (@NazNazarian) March 23, 2016
re: #57 Charles Johnson
Wow. That was an intense reaction.
Lyin’ Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a G.Q. shoot in his ad. Be careful, Lyin’ Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 23, 2016
Saved a screenshot in case this one goes missing too
re: #54 Belafon
Oh, Gawd, imagine the buttons Bill can push.
Hillary, Bill and Obama combining forces against either Trump or Cruz.
If the stakes weren’t dangerously high this would be most excellent entertainment.
re: #59 The Vicious Babushka
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He deleted the original and just added “Lyin’ Ted?” What a nutcase.
re: #50 Unabogie
Trump will lose his shit in a very public way once he has to face Hillary and Obama on a daily basis.
He’s been getting away with shit on the daily in the primaries, and at this point believes that he can do anything and people will love it.
I don’t think he realizes that when yo get to the general campaign, people actually start paying attention. A lot of his schtick ain’t gonna fly once the conventions are over.
And I still think facing both Clintons and Obama (and probably Biden) is gonna give him an aneurysm. He’s been playing in the minors and thinks he’s winning the World Series.
Somewhere, an intern is getting berated for not taking dictation for Herr Drumpf’s tweets exactly as he wants them.
Donald Trump has a terribly embarrassing bean fetish.#Kinkshame pic.twitter.com/wBJmMZtRmY
— UnprintableHandleGuy (@goddamnedfrank) March 23, 2016
re: #60 EPR-radar
Hillary, Bill and Obama combining forces against either Trump or Cruz.
If the stakes weren’t dangerously high this would be most excellent entertainment.
Instead, this may be a case study in how to properly deal with bullies.
re: #58 thedopefishlives
Wow. That was an intense reaction.
Intense and nonsensical. WTF is his point?
re: #65 makeitstop
He’s been getting away with shit on the daily in the primaries, and at this point believes that he can do anything and people will love it.
I don’t think he realizes that when yo get to the general campaign, people actually start paying attention. A lot of his schtick ain’t gonna fly once the conventions are over.
And I still think facing both Clintons and Obama (and probably Biden) is gonna give him an aneurysm. He’s been playing in the minors and thinks he’s winning the World Series.
Maybe the ambulatory smegma-sack that Trump selects as his running mate will be useful in the general election. Then again, that seems unlikely.
I’d almost feel sorry for Trump, except that he is Trump (mouth of the GOP), and both deserve to lose 538-0 in the general election.
He deleted the first tweet because of a typo
re: #67 goddamnedfrank
[screaming internally]
— UnprintableHandleGuy (@goddamnedfrank) March 23, 2016
re: #57 Charles Johnson
There are supremacists everywhere, and you know what they all have in common? They’re all morons.
re: #44 The Vicious Babushka
Trump tweeted this, then immediately deleted it==>
Social media threatening is absolutely presidential.
— Glenn Fleishman (@GlennF) March 23, 2016
re: #75 KGxvi
There are supremacists everywhere, and you know what they all have in common? They’re all morons.
Simple farmers…the common clay of the New West.
re: #50 Unabogie
Trump will lose his shit in a very public way once he has to face Hillary and Obama on a daily basis.
Refer back to the Correspondent’s dinner.
Where this all came from.
He should be easy to take down. Easy.
But that 27% of nutjobs & their new comrades.
LIVE NOW: Coverage for @OrbitalATK’s #Cygnus cargo launch. Liftoff at 11:05pm ET. Watch: https://t.co/KX5g7yYnYG pic.twitter.com/1oL8fqSbid
— NASA (@NASA) March 23, 2016
I’m intrigued, mostly because I’m horrified by the idea of somebody marrying Ted Cruz. If there’s a dark secret involved, I want to know what it is.
re: #84 Pawn of the Oppressor
I’m intrigued, mostly because I’m horrified by the idea of somebody marrying Ted Cruz. If there’s a dark secret involved, I want to know what it is.
She votes for Democrats. //
re: #84 Pawn of the Oppressor
I’m intrigued, mostly because I’m horrified by the idea of somebody marrying Ted Cruz. If there’s a dark secret involved, I want to know what it is.
She even had kids with him! Are they really his?
re: #86 The Vicious Babushka
She even had kids with him!
that probably eliminates the theory that she’s a beard
Lunatic bigots with “Fuck Islam” in their Twitter profiles don’t like me. I am so crushed. @GodlessHussar @NazNazarian @benshapiro
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 23, 2016
Heh, I was at the Derry, NH rally when Trump made the “how are they going to get down? Ropes, maybe” remark. Everyone laughed.
re: #86 The Vicious Babushka
She even had kids with him!
I think she may have just incubated the eggs taken from his spacecraft.
re: #84 Pawn of the Oppressor
I’m intrigued, mostly because I’m horrified by the idea of somebody marrying Ted Cruz. If there’s a dark secret involved, I want to know what it is.
It’s probably that late night mental health incident alongside the road.
Very old news, but Trump is just the sort of bully to dredge it back up with lots of embellishment.
All these TV talking headz have very little to offer.
#BREAKING: Polls have closed. Those in line will be allowed to vote. #AZPrimary
— 12 News (@12News) March 23, 2016
Closing line Emanuel Presbyterian. No parking, but cars/people still streaming in. Line snakes 400+yrds. #AZPrimary pic.twitter.com/WW3CPKoI1y
— Stu Sned (@StuSned) March 23, 2016
Wow the world is depressing today.
Thoughts with the families of those affected and with all humans who are going to have to put up with the insane reaction this prompts from the right.
Politics is just making me sad right now.
I mentioned earlier today that I was considering changing my registration to vote in the California Republican primary. Just checked to see if the Field Poll (the best California poll) had any polling on the race. Last poll was January 5, Cruz at 25 and Trump at 23, Kaisch had 1% and everyone else was either for someone that has since dropped out or were undecided.
Of course, Republicans in California make up… wait for it… 27% of registered voters in California, just three percent ahead of Independents.
re: #92 Backwoods_Sleuth
OK, I just read about what happened. Suicidally depressed after moving to Texas? Absolutely believable. I’m not being facetious, and totally sympathize.
re: #98 Pawn of the Oppressor
OK, I just read about what happened. Suicidally depressed after moving to Texas? Absolutely believable. I’m not being facetious, and totally sympathize.
It would be nice if Trump bringing that up would destroy him.
The Republican Party’s front-runners for the presidential nomination are now smearing each other’s wives. More popcorn. @realDonaldTrump
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 23, 2016
I haven’t seen Vlaams Belang rear their ugly heads today, but maybe that’s just because I don’t frequent their dark alleys of the Internet.
re: #20 lawhawk
Charles,
Saw your tweets about Ace dropping beats about his batcrap insane commenters and his threats to shut down comments entirely or banning them, or something.
I recall the same threats being issued the last time I spent any time there, at least 5 or 6 years ago, maybe longer.
re: #66 withak
Somewhere, an intern is getting berated for not taking dictation for Herr Drumpf’s tweets exactly as he wants them.
Getting some beans spilled upon his or her hapless self.
re: #102 The Vicious Babushka
No, they just support Trump.
Both the shop owners where I work are conservative, one more so than the other, and he was listening to Hannity and the rest of the RW talk shows all day. All I can say is that if you were to listen to it and start to believe it as truth, you would hate the President, Democrats, Progressives, Atheists and anybody else that didn’t fit the RW definition of ‘good’ and ‘American’.
It’s a constant barrage of the most vile accusations, 1/2 truths (at best), worn out talking points and complete and utter contempt for any view not their own. I can’t imagine the cumulative effect of listening to that bilge day in / day out.
I recall reading a piece, that in the 1960’s the average quote from a politician was something like 2.5 minutes long. Now it’s on the order of <10 seconds. I’m sorry, if it fits on a bumper sticker, it’s a slogan, not a solution.
/rant
RBS
re: #95 Backwoods_Sleuth
I guess that’s why there are no results yet.
This is so great. Don’t stop! @tedcruz
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 23, 2016
re: #108 Charles Johnson
You think these are promos for a match at this year’s Wrestlemania?
re: #3 Charles Johnson
This is why the suits should never be allowed to decide who’s funny. Or talented. Or musical. Or anything, really.
DAMN THE MAN!!!
re: #106 Reality Based Steve
It turns out that self-propagandizing (Fox News, hate radio etc.) can be as effective as totalitarian state-run propaganda (e.g., Nazi Germany, North Korea).
The line at a polling place in Gilbert, Arizona minutes before the polls closed pic.twitter.com/CQTxNNyAYM
— Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) March 23, 2016
re: #106 Reality Based Steve
Both the shop owners where I work are conservative, one more so than the other, and he was listening to Hannity and the rest of the RW talk shows all day. All I can say is that if you were to listen to it and start to believe it as truth, you would hate the President, Democrats, Progressives, Atheists and anybody else that didn’t fit the RW definition of ‘good’ and ‘American’.
It’s a constant barrage of the most vile accusations, 1/2 truths (at best), worn out talking points and complete and utter contempt for any view not their own. I can’t imagine the cumulative effect of listening to that bilge day in / day out.
I recall reading a piece, that in the 1960’s the average quote from a politician was something like 2.5 minutes long. Now it’s on the order of <10 seconds. I’m sorry, if it fits on a bumper sticker, it’s a slogan, not a solution.
/rant
RBS
The last time I lived in Japan—and granted this was 2002—the Armed Forces Radio was basically a conduit for conservative talk show hosts like Limbaugh whenever I listened.
re: #97 KGxvi
I mentioned earlier today that I was considering changing my registration to vote in the California Republican primary. Just checked to see if the Field Poll (the best California poll) had any polling on the race. Last poll was January 5, Cruz at 25 and Trump at 23, Kaisch had 1% and everyone else was either for someone that has since dropped out or were undecided.
Of course, Republicans in California make up… wait for it… 27% of registered voters in California, just three percent ahead of Independents.
If you register as a Republican for the CA primary, you’re going to be absolutely bombarded with phone calls and campaign mail full of all kinds of Republican/Trumpist lies and propaganda when the time comes.
So the networks of all stripes are still doing the terror-milking bit. It’s all just too much for me.
There is violence around the world all the time, but usually any of it hardly gets a walk-by mention on news shows.
But this terrorist attack in Belgium plays so well into American politics that it has to be exploited to the max.
re: #114 EPR-radar
If you register as a Republican for the CA primary, you’re going to be absolutely bombarded with phone calls and campaign mail full of all kinds of Republican/Trumpist lies and propaganda when the time comes.
That’s probably true. I’ll probably stay independent and pull a Libertarian ballot just because.
re: #113 Barefoot Grin
The last time I lived in Japan—and granted this was 2002—the Armed Forces Radio was basically a conduit for conservative talk show hosts like Limbaugh whenever I listened.
Broadcasting sedition on the Armed Forces Radio. What could possibly go wrong?
re: #114 EPR-radar
If you register as a Republican for the CA primary, you’re going to be absolutely bombarded with phone calls and campaign mail full of all kinds of Republican/Trumpist lies and propaganda when the time comes.
I’m still getting calls from pollsters asking how I will vote in the GOP primary. They aren’t looking at the voter list to see that I’m a Democrat. Well, I keep telling them that I’m voting for Trump.
I can’t help it. I love throwing monkey wrenches in the GOP bullshit machine!
Interesting… MSNBC is reporting that about 310k early votes were cast in the GOP primary before Rubio dropped out - and the 2012 primary only had about 350k voters. This is going to be a shitshow, I can just feel it.
re: #118 Joe Bacon
I’m still getting calls from pollsters asking how I will vote in the GOP primary. They aren’t looking at the voter list to see that I’m a Democrat. Well, I keep telling them that I’m voting for Trump.
I can’t help it. I love throwing monkey wrenches in the GOP bullshit machine!
As a general rule, I don’t answer calls if I don’t recognize the number. So I never have this problem. Of course, I also don’t have a “local” number in that my cell phone area code is not the same as where I live; and I’ve never actually donated to any campaign for anything so I don’t know how many phone lists I’d actually be on.
Their owner came into the kitchen and discovered this weird scene. Nobody knows what they’ve been up to. pic.twitter.com/9X1aCxGHRD
— Animal Life (@MeetAnimals) March 20, 2016
Back from the caucus. One word: MESS. HUUUUGE turnout, lots of confusion. But I filled out my ballot and voted for Hillary.
Had a successful phone bank this afternoon. I got a lot of hang ups, but plenty of Hillary supporters. It was a great experience.
re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Am I the only one that finds it REALLY FREAKING CREEPY when cat’s do that standing up thing? Are they really cats? Perhaps they are some kind of alien simply disguised as a cat. (Or my pet theory, Cats are actually earth animals, but their tails are aliens that have formed a symbiotic relationship with the host cat. Just watch a cat’s tail, it’s like it’s got a life of it’s own)
Lyin’ Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a G.Q. shoot in his ad. Be careful, Lyin’ Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 23, 2016
Since Ted is a Texas politician, there is probably not much old dirt that his rivals haven’t already brought to light. This does not exclude the possibility that his old man will generate some new dirt, but if Heidi Cruz had posed nude or something similar we would already know about it.
re: #127 Shiplord Kirel
Like most of Drumpfskind’s threats, it’s probably empty.
Gotta go…hubby wants computer. Have a nice night, Lizards.
re: #115 freetoken
So the networks of all stripes are still doing the terror-milking bit. It’s all just too much for me.
There is violence around the world all the time, but usually any of it hardly gets a walk-by mention on news shows.
But this terrorist attack in Belgium plays so well into American politics that it has to be exploited to the max.
These guys were somehow different from the Istanbul guys.
Wonder how many Muslims are among the dead in Belgium.
Oh, that’s tomorrow’s news.
re: #117 EPR-radar
Broadcasting sedition on the Armed Forces Radio. What could possibly go wrong?
There is an assumption that soldiers are conservative. I have found that wrong since lurking here. But I just met with a former student a couple of weeks ago for lunch who was injured on his second tour in Afghanistan (he was a veteran as a student, so he came injured). I had him in three classes and he was very even. At lunch he started in on how “Obama hates the troops”; “you’ll see, Bergdahl (sp?) will be pardoned”; and then Benghazi when I changed the subject back to his personal life and he calmed down.
Was he always like this or has he become politicized since graduation? I don’t know. I think the latter. As a student he told me that he quit going to the Veterans’ lounge on campus because it was too political. But who knows.
Anyway, I guess the takeaway for me, as one who never served, is that you can’t make assumptions based on military service. And I have to continue to treat veterans in my classes as students and not veterans, except in certain circumstances when it is for the benefit of the class.
re: #128 freetoken
Like most of Drumpfskind’s threats, it’s probably empty.
Trump is what Rage Furby would be if he had money. Just as classless, just as tasteless, as boorish as ever, but able to reach a larger audience.
RBS
So why are TV talking headz afraid to use the word “demagoguery” when describing Drumpfskind and Cruz?
re: #134 freetoken
So why are TV talking headz afraid to use the word “demagoguery” when describing Drumpfskind and Cruz?
it’s got too many syllables.
RBS
re: #135 Reality Based Steve
it’s got too many syllables.
RBS
Exactly. You’ll never hear “narcissistic” because none of them can read it from a feed.
eta: not to mention “megalomaniacal”
re: #134 freetoken
So why are TV talking headz afraid to use the word “demagoguery” when describing Drumpfskind and Cruz?
I heard a Democrat Rep use that very word about both earlier on MSNBC from the Capitol. I didn’t catch his name though. By the time I looked up they were no longer displaying it. They had all the terrorist stuff running along the bottom.
re: #136 Barefoot Grin
Exactly. You’ll never hear “narcissistic” because none of them can read it from a feed.
eta: not to mention “megalomaniacal”
And quick: how many letters do you need to subtract from megalomania to get Trump’s current wife’s given name?
I am pretty pissed off about this blanket travel advisory for Europe from the State Department. Why leave it at that one continent? The WHOLE WORLD is a dangerous place, right?
If my health permits it, I am absolutely going to Europe in September. One thing is for sure: I will be MUCH safer there than at home in Chicagoland.
“I like Donald Trump. I think he’s terrific. I think he’s brash. I think he speaks the truth.” — Ted Cruz, 6/30/15 https://t.co/XOttfplNo8
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) March 23, 2016
re: #106 Reality Based Steve
Both the shop owners where I work are conservative, one more so than the other, and he was listening to Hannity and the rest of the RW talk shows all day. All I can say is that if you were to listen to it and start to believe it as truth, you would hate the President, Democrats, Progressives, Atheists and anybody else that didn’t fit the RW definition of ‘good’ and ‘American’.
It’s a constant barrage of the most vile accusations, 1/2 truths (at best), worn out talking points and complete and utter contempt for any view not their own. I can’t imagine the cumulative effect of listening to that bilge day in / day out.
I recall reading a piece, that in the 1960’s the average quote from a politician was something like 2.5 minutes long. Now it’s on the order of <10 seconds. I’m sorry, if it fits on a bumper sticker, it’s a slogan, not a solution.
/rant
RBS
As I’ve posted before, I work in an office where open carry, if it occurs is no big deal. Think of it as a cellphone on one hip and a handgun on the another.
No I don’t carry.
But politics are never discussed, nor is talk radio tuned in. It don’t fit.
Here’s a little firearm fun for those inclined.
Hey everyone. The tide is turning. Bernie won 9 delegates from voters living overseas!
A. Whole. 9. Delegates! Hillary should just drop out.
Looks like any returns tonight are gonna be real real late for the Eastcoasters. Check it out in the AM. Later…
Edit…well Eastern Time Zone anyway!
Editorial at @RollingStone endorses @HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/vsvsc6jyrc
— Eliel Cruz (@elielcruz) March 23, 2016
re: #139 Charles Johnson
All right, where did you get a picture of my camp during the flood?
re: #140 bratwurst
I get wanting to warn people (as if they’re not aware) but not the entire Europe advisory. It’s vague and not really helpful. I’m going to Paris in just under 2 months. I’m a little scared, yeah, but haven’t thought once about canceling either.
re: #148 ninja cat
I get wanting to warn people (as if they’re not aware) but not the entire Europe advisory. It’s vague and not really helpful. I’m going to Paris in just under 2 months. I’m a little scared, yeah, but haven’t thought once about canceling either.
It’s 100% about covering their asses, 0% about being helpful or useful.
Don’t cancel. Go to Paris and enjoy.
Early vote is in from Maricopa County, AZ: Hillary 114,186, Bernie 67,059 (63.0 to 37.0%).
Obama’s Instagram…Che…baseball…lists of names…history!
On the Republican side, Trump 119,385, Cruz 53,149, Rubio (!) 47,351, Kasich 28,421.
A magnificent photo. This is about #HopeandChange for him, too! 🇺🇸🇨🇺 #CubaVisit pic.twitter.com/qhKhzXcjnj
— Backstorymom1 (@Backstorymom1) March 21, 2016
FWIW I’d rather see Seth Meyers in Jon Stewart’s chair.
I would be very happy with a release of at least 85 Cuban dissidents. Come on Castro Bros. LLC. Time to let it go.
re: #140 bratwurst
I am pretty pissed off about this blanket travel advisory for Europe from the State Department. Why leave it at that one continent? The WHOLE WORLD is a dangerous place, right?
If my health permits it, I am absolutely going to Europe in September. One thing is for sure: I will be MUCH safer there than at home in Chicagoland.
Seriously, it’s like fate.
Wrong place, wrong time. You are the car driving down the freeway when the semi crosses over into your lane,.
I watched the CNN show on the 70’s - and looked up a bit of what they were talking about. More terrorist activity then than now.
We survived. Terrorists like to terror!
For me this was the highlight of this rather awful day.
Just saw a young lady linking switch tele turns. <3
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) March 22, 2016
That’s telemark skiing backwards to those not down with the lingo. I saw it from the lift. I clapped.
re: #162 Stanley Sea
I’m afraid the Belgiums knew there were threats. Copy that airport tape and use it for US Civics 101. God bless those in pain.
Coming face to face with a 5m crocodile in Central Darwin, Australia.
photo by: @trex.photography
#earthfocus
re: #159 Brian J.
So they will go to space today?
Rocket going very fast, over 10,000 mph, 212 miles up, over 1200 miles down range
re: #167 Dr. Matt
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Saltwater Crocodile, an absolutely brutal predator. One that big is fully capable of killing and eating a human.
re: #169 Reality Based Steve
Oh HELL No!!!!!
RBS
must be how a fish feels while a cat is pacing around the bowl
re: #170 Dark_Falcon
Saltwater Crocodile, an absolutely brutal predator. One that big is fully capable of killing and eating a human.
At 15 5 meters, it’s about a foot shorter than my Dodge Grand Caravan mini-van. I’m trying to imagine the Scuba-Van with teeth and a bad attitude.
RBS
re: #174 Reality Based Steve
At 15 meters, it’s about a foot shorter than my Dodge Grand Caravan mini-van. I’m trying to imagine the Scuba-Van with teeth and a bad attitude.
RBS
Umm, I think that should be 15 feet, not meters-or your mini-van is a lot bigger than I think.
re: #175 gocart mozart
Lil bit Escher lil bit Rockwell was my uneducated take.
re: #149 Dr. Matt
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The color of the uniform needs to be changed to get rid on the rust-red. German army and SS ‘Class A-type’ dress uniforms of the period were a gray called ‘Feldgrau’.
The insignia on the collar should be changed to SS sigrunen.
And lastly: The Knight’s Cross on the collar is a major oversight. Nazi Germany did not award that medal lightly and no REMF like Herr Trump would have been awarded it.
re: #169 Reality Based Steve
Oh look, it’s Fuck-That O’Clock.
Pima County (Tucson and environs) is Hillary 48,825 to Bernie 30,281 in early voting (61.7% to 38.3% excluding others).
re: #176 calochortus
Umm, I think that should be 15 feet, not meters-or your mini-van is a lot bigger than I think.
Yep, I went and corrected it when I saw what had written… but lets face it, nothing has ever gone wrong by mixing and matching Metric and Standard Units of measurement.
RBS
How presidential….
.@realDonaldTrump just tweeted a seemingly threatening message about Ted Cruz’s wife: https://t.co/tafRxXXd9w pic.twitter.com/u5p0uTsA12
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 23, 2016
re: #180 Brian J.
Pima County (Tucson and environs) is Hillary 48,825 to Bernie 30,281 in early voting (61.7% to 38.3% excluding others).
Az was never gonna feel the Bern
artgallery.yale.edu
Why won’t the picture show?
The Knife Grinder, my favorite painting
Lighting up the night @NASAKennedy! #Cygnus pic.twitter.com/uBO0zdQaqq
— ISS National Lab (@ISS_CASIS) March 23, 2016
.@HillaryClinton wins Navajo County in Arizona 58-35. pic.twitter.com/SwXhvoxeRI
— Ian Sams (@IanSams) March 23, 2016
Navajo County is 47 percent Native American and they’re an even higher percent of Democratic Primary vote. https://t.co/hdyeKaZNje
— AlGiordano (@AlGiordano) March 23, 2016
re: #184 Brian J.
And CNN calls Arizona for Hillary.
But that can’t be, I was just assured yesterday by a Sandbagger that every Latino he knew in Arizona was “feeling the Bern!”
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Arizona has been called for Trump, which surprises exactly 0.0% of the people out there.
RBS
Hillary Clinton received 229,501 votes in Arizona in winning the 2008 primary. She’s already at 186,687 with only a couple of counties reporting anything from Election Day, and several reporting nothing at all.
re: #189 Targetpractice
But that can’t be, I was just assured yesterday by a Sandbagger that every Latino he knew in Arizona was “feeling the Bern!”
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They had their heads in the sand.
Michael Moore will tell us shortly why Hillary’s victory in AZ is irrelevant.
On 538, Nate Silver said (about the Trump tweet about Heidi Cruz):
Harry, instead of a gutter campaign, I see a slightly different theme than you do. And the theme is that Trump is someone who lives by making threats. He not only threatens other candidates — he threatens protesters, threatens donors, threatens the media and threatens the Republican Party. Considering how much he’s gotten his way, it seems to be effective. Politics apparently isn’t a field that attracts people who have a lot of backbone.
I’ve been sayin’ …
Apparent Arizona blowout shows how different the game is going to be in closed primary states on the Democratic side
— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) March 23, 2016
re: #193 Brian J.
Hillary Clinton received 229,501 votes in Arizona in winning the 2008 primary. She’s already at 186,687 with only a couple of counties reporting anything from Election Day, and several reporting nothing at all.
Wow, it is almost like the people pushing the narrative that there is no enthusiasm for Hillary out there might not know what the fuck they are talking about.
re: #195 Dr. Matt
Michael Moore will tell us shortly why Hillary’s victory in AZ is irrelevant.
One good thing about HRC’s primary wins if you’re a Republican is watching Michael Moore make a fool out of himself. Again.
re: #197 goddamnedfrank
I’ve been sayin’ …
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Yep, he’ll likely win Idaho and Utah tonight, which are both open/semi-open caucuses, proving he cannot win unless it’s in a vote which represents less than 10% of the total state voter pool.
Another Nate Silver saying:
I’m watching the coverage on CNN tonight, and they seem to regard the long lines in Arizona, Idaho and Utah as kind of cute, instead of something that’s pretty much an outrage in a democratic country.
re: #198 bratwurst
Wow, it is almost like the people pushing the narrative that there is no enthusiasm for Hillary out there might not know what the fuck they are talking about.
Those people forget that primaries measure votes cast, not raw enthusiasm.
re: #195 Dr. Matt
Michael Moore will tell us shortly why Hillary’s victory in AZ is irrelevant.
Here is what is going on now in the land of make believe:
@MMFlint I’ve never met a Hillary Clinton voter. Like, where are these people? That alone makes me question the entire voting process.
— Mister Mammoth (@DustinJamez) March 23, 2016
Bernie Bros ranting about low information cactus voters in 3, 2, ….
— UnprintableHandleGuy (@goddamnedfrank) March 23, 2016
re: #199 Dark_Falcon
I thought one good thing about the democratic primaries is that Bernie is pushing Hil to the left.
re: #203 bratwurst
Here is what is going on now in the land of make believe:
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The response could be seen as ironic, considering Moore is the one who famously declared that nobody he knew voted for Bush in ‘04, as if it were evidence of potential voter fraud.
re: #204 goddamnedfrank
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Another vote, another minority they’ll soon be shitting on.
re: #203 bratwurst
Here is what is going on now in the land of make believe:
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Even if that crowd size estimate is true, and Bernie inflates his crowd size numbers the way Trumpy Dumpy exaggerates his hand size, 10,000 partisans don’t tell you much about a state with a population nearing 40 million.
re: #205 prairiefire
I thought one good thing about the democratic primaries is that Bernie is pushing Hil to the left.
That’s another good thing. I didn’t same either of those things were the only good thing… >:D
re: #202 Dark_Falcon
Those people forget that primaries measure votes cast, not raw enthusiasm.
Au contrarie.
re: #198 bratwurst
Hillary supporters are not those that the MSM seeks out for interviews, so it assumes that there is zero enthusiasm for her. It reminds me of the 2012 election. While Romney and his buddies were selling the meme that “Americans were fed up with Obama,” we were just watching their feeble antics from the sidelines and waiting to vote. While Romney’s supporters had to reconfigure polls to show support for him, we already knew that the polls, in general, were accurate and Romney would have to cancel his fireworks in Boston. Some of us deal in reality, others in fantasy.
re: #202 Dark_Falcon
Those people forget that primaries measure votes cast, not raw enthusiasm.
I know what you mean. I usually wait hours on line to vote in a primary because I really don’t give a shit about the candidate.
re: #206 Targetpractice
The response could be seen as ironic, considering Moore is the one who famously declared that nobody he knew voted for Bush in ‘04, as if it were evidence of potential voter fraud.
Just like Pauline Kael in 1972. Heh.
Man, Arizona got to be a blow to Kasich’s ego. trailing Rubio…
D. Trump 46.5% 159,615 58
T. Cruz 21.1% 72,615
M. Rubio 16.8% 57,760
J. Kasich 10.0% 34,176
B. Carson 3.2% 11,058
J. Bush 1.0% 3,451
R. Paul 0.4% 1,468
C. Fiorina 0.2% 842
M. Huckabee 0.2% 834
C. Christie 0.2% 648
L. Graham 0.1% 314
R. Santorum 0.1% 295
G. Pataki 0.1% 186
T. Cook 0.0% 135
re: #123 Jenner7
Back from the caucus. One word: MESS. HUUUUGE turnout, lots of confusion. But I filled out my ballot and voted for Hillary.
Had a successful phone bank this afternoon. I got a lot of hang ups, but plenty of Hillary supporters. It was a great experience.
Yay you! So glad it was a good time. When you get a kindred spirit, it really boosts your mood.
re: #214 whitebeach
I know what you mean. I usually wait hours on line to vote in a primary because I really don’t give a shit about the candidate.
caring ≠ enthusiasm
I can tell y’all one thing that is certain, I personally know exactly two supporters of The Donald™.
re: #213 teleskiguy
San Diego Metro has 3 million alone.
And the Combined Statistical area of Southern California from LA to San Diego is 18 million+.
Evening Lizards, well County and City of Twin Falls, Idaho went for Bernie. He got 10 Delegates to Hillary’s 4 to the State convention. smh.
re: #212 majii
Hillary supporters are not those that the MSM seeks out for interviews, so it assumes that there is zero enthusiasm for her. It reminds me of the 2012 election. While Romney and his buddies were selling the meme that “Americans were fed up with Obama,” we were just watching their feeble antics from the sidelines and waiting to vote. While Romney’s supporters had to reconfigure polls to show support for him, we already knew that the polls, in general, were accurate and Romney would have to cancel his fireworks in Boston. Some of us deal in reality, others in fantasy.
Ayep, two of the things I remember was often factored into any “unskewed poll” were A) that the “enthusiasm” for the President was down from ‘08 and demographics would be closer to 2010, and B) that Romney’s support was being undersold because there were millions who were secretly on his side but were afraid to speak up for fear of the “PC crowd” attacking them for racism for their not supporting the black president. So you had this huge, fictional crowd that was ready to carry Willard to victory, supposedly represented by things like lawn signs or bumper stickers. And then, when that crowd never appeared and there was no “late break” in his favor, almost immediately the excuse-making began about how conservatives had all stayed home and that was why he lost.
re: #216 FormerDirtDart
Who’s “T. Cook”, with his grab of a whole 135 votes?
And George Pataki got 186??
re: #223 Bubblehead II
Evening Lizards, well County and City of Twin Falls, Idaho went for Bernie. He got 10 Delegates to Hillary’s 4 to the State convention. smh.
Sorry to hear it, but we weren’t expecting much from the Tater State. It was Hillary’s worst in 2008.
Pretty clear now: the only person in America who stands between Donald Trump and the White House is Hillary Clinton. Choose wisely.
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) March 23, 2016
re: #221 Ziggy_TARDIS
I know that there’s a lot of people in California. It’s just been a while since I’ve come across any numbers. I’ve spent most of my life in rural areas, numbers like 40 million jumping across my screen and I react. :)
I can’t believe Ralph Nader hasn’t dropped out yet. Doesn’t he know that Hillary’s pretty much got the Democrat nomination locked up?
— Speaker Cruz (@HavanaTed) March 23, 2016
re: #229 teleskiguy
Yeah. Any LA is 2-3 hours from San Diego, according to Google, so depending on Time of Day, and what day of the week, Bernie may not just be pulling from San Diego, but LA as well.
re: #226 Jay C
Who’s “T. Cook”, with his grab of a whole 135 votes?
And George Pataki got 186??
That was actually the printers name at the bottom of the ballot form. /totally_made_up_fact
RBS
Fuck, man. I have a lot of ski patrol friends. These patrol got a call and skied up to a dead guy. Ugh. Can this day suck any more?
re: #219 Dark_Falcon
caring ≠ enthusiasm
Given the candidates your crowd has to choke down, I can see your point of view. You may care that the oyster you are swallowing appears to have met its demise many hours ago, but it’s unlikely you’re enthusiastic about this reality.
re: #229 teleskiguy
I know that there’s a lot of people in California. It’s just been a while since I’ve come across any numbers. I’ve spent most of my life in rural areas, numbers like 40 million jumping across my screen and I react. :)
I remember reading, a couple of years back, a study from the State of California recapping a number of previous studies (from the 1990s, IIRC) on the projected population growth for the State, and they realized that they had gotten it severely wrong. California hadn’t been projected to get as many as 40 million people until several more decades into the century. This affected most of the State’s forward planning for infrastructure and services, etc. with upshot that CA now has nearly 40 million folks living in a State that was only designed for (I think) 30 million.
Still a lot - I grew up in So Cal in the ’60s : the population was less than half of what it is today, and there was a lot of open space that’s been suburbanized over.
re: #229 teleskiguy
I know that there’s a lot of people in California. It’s just been a while since I’ve come across any numbers. I’ve spent most of my life in rural areas, numbers like 40 million jumping across my screen and I react. :)
9.89 million in Los Angeles County—up 4% since 2000. (I know, because I just worked on a countywide project and it is one gigantic county.)
re: #145 teleskiguy
Jeepers, I am not sure mentioning Al Gore is a plus in the Rolling Stone endorsement for HRC. It seems like an endorsement should have as one of its goals to sway some voters on the edge near the middle?
Maybe RS was focused on swaying Berniacs.
re: #148 ninja cat
I get wanting to warn people (as if they’re not aware) but not the entire Europe advisory. It’s vague and not really helpful. I’m going to Paris in just under 2 months. I’m a little scared, yeah, but haven’t thought once about canceling either.
On the bright side, I think statistically you are safer in EU than you are in the US from gun violence.
According to the FBI, in 2012, there were 8,855 total firearm-related homicides in the US, with 6,371 of those attributed to handguns
Population of Western EU 2009: about 400 million
re: #216 FormerDirtDart
Man, Arizona got to be a blow to Kasich’s ego. trailing Rubio…
B. Carson 3.2% 11,058
J. Bush 1.0% 3,451
R. Paul 0.4% 1,468
C. Fiorina 0.2% 842
M. Huckabee 0.2% 834
C. Christie 0.2% 648
L. Graham 0.1% 314
R. Santorum 0.1% 295
G. Pataki 0.1% 186
It still must feel good to the ego to get hundreds of votes for YOU. I am sure Christie is saying to himself, “I could totally fill a bar in Phoenix with supporters if I wanted to.”
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