It’s not just Donald Trump or Ted Cruz. The whole Republican Party is full of weirdos saying disgusting things: Cruz Ally: Trump Is ‘Hillary Clinton With A Penis.’
Assumes facts not in evidence….
Bugnuts going batcrap crazy. Or is it batcrap crazy going bugnuts. The GOP is a cesspool of crazy no matter how you look at it.
Cesspool of crazy. /band name alliteration.
The llamas are at it again:
You never know what the day will bring when you work at the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office. Today it’s a llama. https://t.co/9j8VMcKN7b
— BoulderCountySheriff (@BldrCOSheriff) May 3, 2016
There is a very uncooperative llama near Niwot and Diagonal. pic.twitter.com/9cgKqViLLU
— Matthew Jonas (@photojmatthew) May 3, 2016
Wanted: one uncooperative llama. #LlamaOnTheLoose pic.twitter.com/sHzE7opX8J
— BoulderCountySheriff (@BldrCOSheriff) May 3, 2016
Update: We understand that the llama goes by the name Ethel. Not sure is the llama has other aliases. #LlamaOnTheLoose #LooseLlama
— BoulderCountySheriff (@BldrCOSheriff) May 3, 2016
I seriously thought we were done explicitly talking about penises in this election.
And that idiot CNN anchor. Not funny. She could have said how disgusting that comment was, but no…it was all “why me”?
re: #6 Testy Toad T
I seriously thought we were explicitly done talking about penises in this election.
Still comes up now and then.
re: #6 Testy Toad T
I seriously thought we were explicitly done talking about penises in this election.
Ted and his Christian brethren are never done obsessing about them
jeebus
This has be be history making: Ted Cruz brings up Trump’s past venereal disease https://t.co/AYS1juscCB via @mediaite
— Kirsten Powers (@KirstenPowers) May 3, 2016
And still, when Trump wraps it up, Cruz will endorse him.
Hey - wasn’t this the party that was having the vapors and fanning themselves on their fainting couches because the President had had oral sex in the Oval Office and now they were all verklemmpt about “having to explain it to their children”???
And that was over what other people were saying. Clinton never came out and bragged or talked in any way, and neither has Obama.
Meanwhile, the GOP’s candidates are about a martini and a bad day away from unzipping onstage and waving their shriveled, yeasty penises around, to the approving hoots and roars from the window-lickers in the crowd.
How much more vulgar is this going to get?
re: #6 Testy Toad T
I seriously thought we were done explicitly talking about penises in this election.
Kinda hard when you have two dicks battling for the heart and soul of the GOP.
re: #13 Nyet
Those who have been sacked have themselves been sacked. But the sacking wont be reported for at least 48 hours to let the sacking sink in. /
re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus
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re: #15 lawhawk
Reminds me of the old bump for winamp.
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Winamp, man, that takes me back.
Highlighting that Trump said this on CNN last week: “When I came out… I was competing against 17 very, very capable people, and a woman”
— Tessa Berenson (@tcberenson) May 3, 2016
Keep closing that gender gap.
re: #6 Testy Toad T
I seriously thought we were done explicitly talking about penises in this election.
CAN I INTEREST YOU IN A PAMPHLET?re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Apparently, Ted has decided to go full Scorched Earth on Trump.
Not sure how you walk back explicit comments about someone being a syphiliptic whoremonger … although, come to think of it, given the recent Dennis Hastert scandal, this may be weak tea.
Not enough in the world to overcome this election season, it seemsNeedz moar happy pillz now. Please, please, just make the whole focus on Cruz & Trump having uglysex go away. Don’t need any more mental images of them.
This makes no sense to me, but I suppose the tweeter believes that it’s something very profound.
Clinton voters misunderstand #BernieOrBust & therefore misunderstand our unresolvable issues w/her, which is why they think we’ll vote 4 her
— NotASheeple744 (@NotASheeple744) May 3, 2016
How does this person imagine that someone would misunderstand “Bernie or Bust”?
To my 5th grade teacher Ms. Mabel Hefty and the educators who inspire our young people every single day: Thank you. pic.twitter.com/fz2ij8daBg
— President Obama (@POTUS) May 3, 2016
re: #24 Backwoods_Sleuth
Calling yourself “not a sheeple” says everything right there.
re: #26 Nyet
I wonder if there were 743 “notasheeples” registered before it.
Anyway, its become obvious that Clinton is going to win big, and with Trump at the top of the ticket she might be fortunate enough to enter office with a Democratic Congress. That would give them two years to get some decent legislation passed before the GOP regains control in the 2018 midterms. So we should talk about her legislative agenda. It has to be probably just two or three big things which are must pass. I suggest sensible immigration reform and a big infrastructure bill with an emphasis on building a 21st century smart energy grid to zero out carbon emissions as rapidly as is politically feasible. As a bonus, student loan reform to ensure kids aren’t loaded with unmanageable debt for life. What say you?
re: #27 jaunte
I wonder if there were 743 “notasheeples” registered before it.
A whole flock of non-sheeple.
I’m not a sheeple, I don’t give a damn about your orthography and punctuation.
— NotASheeple744 (@NotASheeple744) May 3, 2016
re: #30 Der Flohgeisteffekt
A shadenfreude of sheeple.
The two remaining GOP candidates to be President of the United States have spent the day discussing JFK assassination conspiracy theories.
— John Dingell (@JohnDingell) May 3, 2016
I don’t even have a punchline. That’s the joke. https://t.co/ZhqRZIDqiv
— John Dingell (@JohnDingell) May 3, 2016
re: #32 lawhawk
A whining of trumps.
A horror of cruzes.
Longtime McCain aide confirms to me he’ll support Clinton if choice is between her and Trump —> https://t.co/EogiCUOZa5
— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) May 3, 2016
the GOP is going to nominate for President a guy who reads the National Enquirer and thinks it’s on the level. I’m with her.
— Mark Salter (@MarkSalter55) May 3, 2016
re: #34 Nyet
A whining of trumps.
A horror of cruzes.
Someone channeling their inner George R.R. Martin? :)
re: #24 Backwoods_Sleuth
This makes no sense to me, but I suppose the tweeter believes that it’s something very profound.
How does this person imagine that someone would misunderstand “Bernie or Bust”?
UNRESOLVABLE!!!!!
re: #31 Nyet
Typos in a quick tweet or post are kind of expected, but building them into an image like that is just beyond sloppy.
re: #35 FormerDirtDart
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For a second there I thought he was saying McCain would support Clinton, but Salter is just talking about himself, apparently. McCain will support the nominee.
re: #41 Big Beautiful Door
For a second there I thought he was saying McCain would support Clinton, but Salter is just talking about himself, apparently. McCain will support the nominee.
Yep I read somewhere that McCain was a Trump supporter.
re: #45 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Klassy! And YUUGE!
Should have just been a moped that’s more his speed.
re: #45 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
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Klassy! And YUUGE!
He should definitely ride it into the Convention to accept the nomination. Much Presidential.
re: #45 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Apropos that it has way more flash than functionality.
So did Ted Cruz just recently learn about Trump’s past? He never seemed to mention it when he was playing nice with The Donald last year!
re: #46 Tigger2
Should have just been a moped that’s more his speed.
I’ll bet the grips on the handlebars are really tiny.
Good, good, you’ve already voted for him for President, stay home in November.
Voted for the first time today! Proudly voted for @tedcruz for President today! Go vote, Hoosiers! pic.twitter.com/1T1VhZm2tt
— Megan Stoner (@MeganStonerIN) May 3, 2016
Hillary Clinton Just Went On National TV And Basically Called Trump A Clueless Insult Machine @politicususa https://t.co/fpUgEInJiw #p2 #ctl
— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) May 3, 2016
CLINTON: Well, he has given no indication that he understands the gravity of the responsibilities that go with being commander-in-chief. And that will be a big part of my campaign because, at some point, he’s going to have to be held to the standard we hold anybody running for president and commander-in-chief. What is it you know? What is it you’ve done? What is it you are proposing to do as president and commander-in-chief? So far we haven’t seen any of that.
We’ve seen a lot of rhetoric, we’ve seen a lot of insults. He’s an equal opportunity insulter. But when it comes down to making this really important decision, it’s been my experience that people in our country say to themselves, wait a minute, what do I think is the best choice, the best choice for me, for my family, for my jobs, my income, my future. And I think that absent some major change in how he is presenting himself and what he is saying, that’s going to be a pretty high bar for him to get over.
re: #45 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
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Klassy! And YUUGE!
I bet Donald looked really good rolling up to the bankruptcy courts on that thing.
re: #52 Nyet
Good, good, you’ve already voted for him for President, stay home in November.
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Typical wingnut syndrome, 18 years old and looks 35.
re: #55 b.d.
Typical wingnut syndrome, 18 years old and looks 35.
Looks like Trump’s even lost the tiny hands vote. Could be an upset today….
re: #52 Nyet
Good, good, you’ve already voted for him for President, stay home in November.
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Megan I did, I voted for Hillary.
Trump voters so far have a median household income of $72k. National household median income is about $56k. https://t.co/ehaqkSA6eR
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) May 3, 2016
re: #58 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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They’re the petty bourgeois who think they’re better than everyone else, to paraphrase William L. Shirer and The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.
re: #61 Timothy Watson
They’re the petty bourgeois who think they’re better than everyone else, to paraphrase William L. Shirer and The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.
Petit Bourgeois afraid of sinking back into the proletariat were the backbone of the Nazi Party….
re: #58 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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A two-income household making $72k isn’t potentially working-class?
Not sure I buy Silver’s analysis here.
re: #58 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Trump voters so far have a median household income of $72k. National household median income is about $56k. t.co
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) May 3, 2016
This is based on self-report data….correct? More proof that Trump cultists supporters are nothing by liars….just like their dear leader.
Donald Trump is now paying to promote his tweets on Twitter https://t.co/7RBYPq13MG via @NYTnickc
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) May 3, 2016
Mr. Trump’s campaign has joined Twitter’s regional ad targeting, having four of his posts appear in the feeds of selected Twitter users in Indiana, regardless of whether they are followers of the candidate.
In a sign of growing technical sophistication within the Trump campaign, the Twitter posts are being aimed at particular audiences within the state. For example, a post with a video featuring the endorsement of Bobby Knight, the former Indiana University basketball coach, was targeted at basketball fans as identified by Twitter.
re: #63 withak
A two-income household making $72k isn’t potentially working-class?
Not sure I buy Silver’s analysis here.
All depends on where you draw the lines, I guess. Not my article, I’m not going to quibble about it.
re: #62 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Petit Bourgeois afraid of sinking back into the proletariat were the backbone of the Nazi Party….
Yep, I was reminded of this quote from The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich:
As he makes clear in Mein Kampf, he had the petty bourgeoisie’s gnawing fear of sliding back into the ranks of the proletariat, of the manual laborers - a fear he was later to exploit in building up the National Socialist Party on the broad foundation of the hitherto leaderless, ill-paid, neglected white-collar class, whose millions nourished the illusion that they were at least socially better off than the “workers.”
re: #66 klys (maker of Silmarils)
All depends on where you draw the lines, I guess. Not my article, I’m not going to quibble about it.
Depends on where you live. That is a lot of money in some places, not much at all in others.
re: #63 withak
A two-income household making $72k isn’t potentially working-class?
Not sure I buy Silver’s analysis here.
Need to control for age https://t.co/nhWpiFjr9k 18-35 will be lower income than 45-60, Dems have some of both, Repubs almost all over 45
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) May 3, 2016
re: #65 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #67 Timothy Watson
Yep, I was reminded of this quote from The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich:
Also, Babbitt.
re: #69 goddamnedfrank
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Yeah, and primary participation will be biased in favor of the rich.
I like Silver generally, but here he’s not seeing the forest for the numbers.
re: #72 withak
Yeah, and primary participation will be biased in favor of the rich.
I like Silver generally, but here he’s not seeing the forest for the numbers.
If average household income is 56k than 72k is above average.
re: #41 Big Beautiful Door
For a second there I thought he was saying McCain would support Clinton, but Salter is just talking about himself, apparently. McCain will support the nominee.
Voting booths are private.
re: #58 klys (maker of Silmarils)
A lot of the older white males that would be attracted to Trump would probably have a higher income due to age. A lot of the Democratic supporters are women, minorities, the young, all groups that skew lower in income compared to white males.
re: #74 Stanley Sea
Voting booths are private.
Heh, I bet lots of Republicans are damn glad about that this election year.
re: #72 withak
Yeah, and primary participation will be biased in favor of the rich.
I like Silver generally, but here he’s not seeing the forest for the numbers.
Except if you read the article he actually talks about how primary voters do skew richer than normal. Along with how poorer voters tend to vote D - both Hillary and Bernie have an average of $61k.
There’s also evidence to suggest that there is no surge in participation for lower income Republican voters compared to previous years.
re: #77 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Except if you read the article he actually talks about how primary voters do skew richer than normal. Along with how poorer voters tend to vote D - both Hillary and Bernie have an average of $61k.
There’s also evidence to suggest that there is no surge in participation for lower income Republican voters compared to previous years.
Fair enough; I’ll admit I skimmed it perhaps a bit too quickly…
re: #78 withak
Fair enough; I’ll admit I skimmed it perhaps a bit too quickly…
There’s some valid arguments to be made against it, but the interesting bit for me is the lack of evidence to suggest that the proportion of lower-income Republican voters hasn’t changed.
All of this is, of course, based on exit polls, and so should be regarded with the customary amount of caution.
— Andrei (@AndreiAndrei63) May 3, 2016
re: #74 Stanley Sea
Voting booths are private.
Sure, but McCain’s individual vote isn’t of much significance. What is significant is whether, as an elder statesmen of the party, he lends his support to Trump by publicly declaring it, which he impliedly has by stating he will support the nominee.
This highlights what I’ve been saying for weeks. Bernie’s done nothing to close the gap in delegates since Super Tuesday. And that includes that 7-state run last month.
Because winning states isn’t the same as gaining delegates.
Here’s Where The Delegate Math Stands Before The #IndianaPrimary @nprpolitics @DomenicoNPR https://t.co/T9p0aUy242 pic.twitter.com/18kU4xhhBo
— NPR visuals team (@nprviz) May 3, 2016
Hillary’s winning where it counts - in delegates. And that also translates to superdelegates. Oh, and she’s leading on popular vote too. So, there’s no measure by which Bernie’s leading, unless you count the number of supporters who ignore delegate math or say that they’re going to fight to the convention and beyond.
And despite all my issues with Bernie bros, it’s still a world better than the GOP dumpster fire of their own self-immolation as Trump is about to send Cruz into the abyss to rejoin Lucifer (to spend rest of his career picking up Fiorina?!). Meanwhile, #NeverTrump will give way to Trump or else (since the or else is President Hillary R. Clinton). Because that’s how the GOP rolls in the Shire. Even the NRO idiots will flip to support Trump and act as though their petty outrageous outrage over Trump never existed, and put the party ahead of their complaints.
The fact is that Trump has repeatedly shown himself incompetent and a conspiracy minded hack. Then again, so too has Cruz, just not as successfully. This is where the GOP has gone. And they must suffer losses at the polls for their debased choices.
Totally OT, just needed something to cheer me up on the way to the dentist for a filling (with no dental insurance to minimize the financial bite).
Will have to catch up on the threads later…
re: #85 Nyet
Nah, it’s the pixels. His are a different size.
Ted Cruz speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC.
Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
#BREAKING Federal judge sentences former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to 12 years in prison @WGRZ pic.twitter.com/Mm5VIO3BBK
— Michael Wooten (@wgrzMichael) May 3, 2016
Judge: Mr. #sheldonsilver those are not actions of a basically honest person. Those are the actions of corrupt scheming politician.
— WNYT NewsChannel 13 (@WNYT) May 3, 2016
Did you know?
Bernie Sanders was born the year before Huey Newton. pic.twitter.com/z5hTcdSCf0
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 3, 2016
re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth
Totally deserved, especially for the stuff that wasn’t part of the indictment and conviction - namely maintaining a culture of corruption, protecting colleagues and staffers who engaged in sex assaults and sexual discrimination (Michael Boxley and others come to mind).
re: #47 Big Beautiful Door
He should definitely ride it into the Convention to accept the nomination. Much Presidential.
Such presidentialre: #52 Nyet
Good, good, you’ve already voted for him for President, stay home in November.
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re: #90 Charles Johnson
Today, the FBI has over 35,000 employees including nearly 14,000 special agents. What in the world do we think they are doing? What’s clear, sadly, is that peaceful protest groups affiliated with the Black Lives Matter Movement are being monitored by the Department of Homeland Security.
Someone want to tell numbnuts that the FBI is part of the Department of Justice, not DHS?
re: #92 Eventual Carrion
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Trump can only aspire to achieve President Camacho’s level of classiness! And I mean that in all seriousness!
re: #94 Timothy Watson
A NY Daily News editor just got its wings.
.@ShaunKing You’re including superdelegates in the denominator but not in the numerator? Goal here is to overrule the popular vote, correct?
— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) May 3, 2016
re: #97 goddamnedfrank
No wonder he got into some sort of financial trouble. The man can’t do math.
the chilling truth emerges pic.twitter.com/f7wPxT7867
— MKupperman (@MKupperman) May 3, 2016
re: #97 goddamnedfrank
Still with the
1. Bitch about superdelegates
2. ?????
3. Nomination!
theory of campaigning.
No wonder that those who still believe in BS believe the BS.
re: #97 goddamnedfrank
He’s just engaging in wishful thinking. Let’s just ignore that more people voted for Hillary than Bernie. She’s won more delegates, and the supers act to reinforce whoever wins the majority of pledged delegates. They also act in the best interests of the party - and Hillary’s acted to that end, raising funds for the party, and doing what’s best. They remember that she bowed out instead of fighting Obama to the convention, even though things were far closer in 2008 than they ever have been in this race since Super Tuesday.
Hey, if we take 95% of the supers and shift them to Bernie, he comes out ahead. That’s not how it works.
IF Bernie had led in delegates at some point after Super Tuesday, the supers might have shifted, but they see where this is going. They do delegate math. King? Not so much.
And the improbability/impossibility convergence of a Bernie comeback to win the nomination is nearly 100%. There’s no chance he can win. He hasn’t gotten anywhere near Hillary in any of the big delegate states, including Indiana today. He lost big last week (and funny how the Bernie bros ignore that delegate haul by Hillary - to say nothing of the popular vote count there too). CA and NJ are looking bad for Bernie too.
Up and down it goes, but the outcome is the same. Hillary will be the nominee - the recipe’s been in place since Super Tuesday and hasn’t changed.
Shaun King continues to show he is clueless about the primary process.
re: #9 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Ted and his Christian brethren are never done obsessing about them
As long as it’s other people’s penises.
re: #16 Khal Wimpo (not-so-Super Tuesday’s Child)
How much more vulgar is this going to get?
Oh, no.
You had to ask that question. ;)
Just in: Jungle Jim’s is pulling 50 Cent’s vodka products after the rapper filmed himself harassing a local teen w/disabilities. @Local12
— Sydney Benter (@Local12Sydney) May 3, 2016
General Relativity isn’t just for GPS-guided smart bombs:
The gravity of a distant galaxy known as SDP.81 (the blue object in the center, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope) distorts the light traveling past it into an Einstein ring (red arc) in this composite image. The small, white dot is the location of a dark dwarf galaxy hovering around the edge of the central object. Credit: Y. Hezaveh, Stanford Univ.; ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ); NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescopere: #102 Nyet
No wonder that those who still believe in BS believe the BS.
Reality is too hard. You have to work with real facts and stuff.
Much easier to make it up. Anything you think of can be made to fit.
Look at this freaking election cycle here in the good ol’ USofA. Not a lot of facts and even if there were there would be denial. Much easier to float a ton of made up crap that gets accepted because it fits those whacked minds.
Final ad $$ in Indiana Dem primary, according to @CMAGAdFacts: @BernieSanders: $1.6 million@HillaryClinton: $0
— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) May 3, 2016
Once again, Hillary’s keeping the powder dry for the general election. Why spend now against a beaten foe when you’ve got a general election to worry about when the PACs and GOP will come at her with both barrels and then some.
re: #108 ObserverArt
Reality is too hard. You have to work with real facts and stuff.
Much easier to make it up. Anything you think of can be made to fit.
Look at this freaking election cycle here in the good ol’ USofA. Not a lot of facts and even if there were there would be denial. Much easier to float a ton of made up crap that gets accepted because it fits those whacked minds.
Too many voices, not enough filters. The traditional media cannot be bothered to act as a filters and separate the valid statements from the nonsense on the web, they just magnify the most outrageous statements to gain people’s attention.
re: #109 lawhawk
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Once again, Hillary’s keeping the powder dry for the general election. Why spend now against a beaten foe when you’ve got a general election to worry about when the PACs and GOP will come at her with both barrels and then some.
And what else is Bernie gonna do with that campaign donation money? squander it helping other candidates who might share his views?
Ted Cruz’s father identified as Jack the Ripper. pic.twitter.com/n61hdiPagb
— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) May 3, 2016
The candidate with most pledged candidates wins the nomination. Yes/no?
Yes: Hillary will have most pledged candidates. Therefore she will win the nomination. Case closed.
No: in this case superdelegates come into play; Hillary has most superdelegates. She wins. Case closed.
Next!
re: #113 Nyet
The candidate with most pledged candidates wins the nomination. Yes/no?
Yes: Hillary will have most pledged candidates. Therefore she will win the nomination. Case closed.
No: in this case superdelegates come into play; Hillary has most superdelegates. She wins.
Next!
There you go with your silly computer logic!
I guess this is how presidential elections are going to be from now on — full of kooks on both sides.
WOW >>> McCain’s Former Top Aide Will Support Clinton Over Trump @TPM https://t.co/9n0LbPsaSR
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 3, 2016
Why WOW? This isn’t surprising at all. Neocons are all supporting Clinton. https://t.co/8ddSqCJ3Ch
— Joanne Leon (@joanneleon) May 3, 2016
re: #26 Nyet
Calling yourself “not a sheeple” says everything right there.
Saying that word out loud can have dire consequences.
re: #112 goddamnedfrank
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This GOP campaign, right across the board, really is the filming of “The Hills Have Eyes III”, isn’t it?
In “sheeple” I hear “If you do not share my point of view, you are nothing more than an animal”…
re: #115 Charles Johnson
She retweets Adam Johnson. ‘Nuff said.
re: #111 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
And what else is Bernie gonna do with that campaign donation money? squander it helping other candidates who might share his views?
well, he has no problem with demanding what Hillary do with her own funds.
Tell the Clinton campaign: transfer “Victory Fund” money to state parties.https://t.co/xS4ZCIkipr
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) May 3, 2016
re: #113 Nyet
The candidate with most pledged candidates wins the nomination. Yes/no?
Yes: Hillary will have most pledged candidates. Therefore she will win the nomination. Case closed.
No: in this case superdelegates come into play; Hillary has most superdelegates. She wins. Case closed.
Next!
Once they cut Jim McDermott’s tongue out, the other Superdelegates will get the message…
re: #97 goddamnedfrank
They need to stick to arguing that it’s mathematically possible for Sanders to win. To argue that they’ll get superdelegates to override everything undermines EVERYTHING they have argued up until recently.
re: #103 lawhawk
He’s just engaging in wishful thinking. Let’s just ignore that more people voted for Hillary than Bernie. She’s won more delegates, and the supers act to reinforce whoever wins the majority of pledged delegates. They also act in the best interests of the party - and Hillary’s acted to that end, raising funds for the party, and doing what’s best. They remember that she bowed out instead of fighting Obama to the convention, even though things were far closer in 2008 than they ever have been in this race since Super Tuesday.
Hey, if we take 95% of the supers and shift them to Bernie, he comes out ahead. That’s not how it works.
IF Bernie had led in delegates at some point after Super Tuesday, the supers might have shifted, but they see where this is going. They do delegate math. King? Not so much.
And the improbability/impossibility convergence of a Bernie comeback to win the nomination is nearly 100%. There’s no chance he can win. He hasn’t gotten anywhere near Hillary in any of the big delegate states, including Indiana today. He lost big last week (and funny how the Bernie bros ignore that delegate haul by Hillary - to say nothing of the popular vote count there too). CA and NJ are looking bad for Bernie too.
Up and down it goes, but the outcome is the same. Hillary will be the nominee - the recipe’s been in place since Super Tuesday and hasn’t changed.
Shaun King continues to show he is clueless about the primary process.
Bob Kerry (former Gov and Sen of Nebraska) was on MSNBC/Lawrence last night and he is a Super Delegate. He said they were considerate of Bernie and his desire to get more super delegates right up to April 19th New York. The results of New York must have proven to the Super Delegates Hillary was more popular and electable. He seemed to hint it was a done deal that they would stay the way they are from here on out, Bernie really didn’t have a case.
re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth
well, he has no problem with demanding what Hillary do with her own funds.
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Craaab sheeple
Craaab sheeple
Taste like crabs
Talk like sheeple
Bernie fans really worked up on Twitter today, probably because it looks like Hillary’s going to win Indiana. They’re throwing hate at everybody they think supports Hillary.
re: #128 Charles Johnson
Bernie fans really worked up on Twitter today, probably because it looks like Hillary’s going to win Indiana. They’re throwing hate at everybody they think supports Hillary.
Well, there’s a whole lot more of Hillary voters than there are Bernie bros. So they’re going for the volume discount.
Child molesters don’t have to dress as women to assault kids in bathrooms. They already dress as
doctors, teachers,cops, parents, family.— Patrick (@QuadCityPat) May 3, 2016
Clergy, too, although I don’t think they go to the bathroom…
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re: #112 goddamnedfrank
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Ted is in fact possessed by a demon serial killer previously incarnated as Genghis Kahn, Vlad the Impaler and, of course, the Zodiac Killer.
re: #124 Belafon
The math requires Bernie winning states by increasingly impossible margins. He’s got to win states by better than 57-43 margins. He’s currently losing IN in the polls by roughly the same 54-46 margin. He’d need such a shift in the polling (20+ points, and growing) for every remaining state that the series of highly improbable events is impossible.
Random code moment: some gnarly regular expressions that normalize the embed code for Flickr and Instagram, reducing the different formats to simple URLs for further parsing.
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re: #131 Big Beautiful Door
Ted is in fact possessed by a demon serial killer previously incarnated as Genghis Kahn, Vlad the Impaler and, of course, the Zodiac Killer.
Rasputin. Come on. If you’re going to go with conspiracies, might as well pull out one of the granddaddies.
re: #131 Big Beautiful Door
Ted is in fact possessed by a demon serial killer previously incarnated as Genghis Kahn, Vlad the Impaler and, of course, the Zodiac Killer.
I saw that Star Trek episode!
re: #130 wrenchwench
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Clergy, too, although I don’t think they go to the bathroom…
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Yeah, I’ve been thinking - with all the scandals in various religious orgs it would be prudent to prohibit clerics from visiting bathrooms./
re: #132 lawhawk
The math requires Bernie winning states by increasingly impossible margins. He’s got to win states by better than 57-43 margins. He’s currently losing IN in the polls by roughly the same 54-46 margin. He’d need such a shift in the polling (20+ points, and growing) for every remaining state that the series of highly improbable events is impossible.
I’m not saying it’s achievable. I’m just saying that arguing you have a 20% chance of winning Indiana by a sufficient margin is still a better argument than saying you’re going to get superdelegates to ignore the delegate totals and the vote totals.
re: #125 ObserverArt
Bob Kerry (former Gov and Sen of Nebraska) was on MSNBC/Lawrence last night and he is a Super Delegate. He said they were considerate of Bernie and his desire to get more super delegates right up to April 19th New York. The results of New York must have proven to the Super Delegates Hillary was more popular and electable. He seemed to hint it was a done deal that they would stay the way they are from here on out, Bernie really didn’t have a case.
Not to mention that he has basically accused the entire Democratic party of being “corrupt”.
Way to win friends and influence people, Bernie.
re: #136 Nyet
Yeah, I’ve been thinking - with all the scandals in various religious orgs it would be prudent to prohibit clerics visiting bathrooms./
Because of the vote they were holding last night in Rockwall on a bathroom ordinance, my wife got on facebook and wrote a rant. She wanted me to proof it, so I included that, if we were going to write a law that protected children, it would prevent adult men from entering restrooms where children are allowed. The evidence being Jared Fogle, Dennis Hastert, and some of the Catholic clergy.
re: #87 Charles Johnson
Gah! He has exactly the same shitty-smirky-look-at-meeeee expression on his face that Ginger Snapped gets when he thinks he’s being clever—head slightly tilted down, smarmy fake smile with lips clamped shut over teeth, etc. *gag*
I put them behind a spoiler tag so y’all don’t have to see them unless you feel like it.
Ted Cruz speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC.Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
Ancient Egyptians knew Ted Cruz’s father as “the bird who likes to stare at dildos.” pic.twitter.com/Hzwc1KJdLI
— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) May 3, 2016
re: #135 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I saw that Star Trek episode!
Also an episode of Grimm.
My biggest fear in life is accidentally clicking on “Install Windows 10”
— Jens Foell PhD (@fMRI_guy) May 3, 2016
Is it bad? And/or inevitable?
re: #144 wrenchwench
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Is it bad? And/or inevitable?
No, I downloaded it and like it.
re: #144 wrenchwench
Is it bad? And/or inevitable?
Yes, it’s inevitable. If you’re running Windows 8, upgrade. And, instead of clicking “Install Windows 10”, download the ISO and install from there.
re: #144 wrenchwench
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Is it bad? And/or inevitable?
We all float down here. And when you’re down here with us, YOU’LL FLOAT TOO!
re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth
@BernieSanders where are your tax returns that aren’t 2014?
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) May 3, 2016
re: #145 Big Beautiful Door
No, I downloaded it and like it.
I don’t hate it—it’s def better than 8.1—but I don’t like the way it updates. You can’t really control it and it can break things, which is why I only have it on my laptop and not on my desktop “work” machine.
re: #147 Belafon
Yes, it’s inevitable. If you’re running Windows 8, upgrade. And, instead of clicking “Install Windows 10”, download the ISO.
That looks like actual advice! Thanks! We have matching laptops with Win 8.
re: #153 withak
10 > 8.1 > 7 > 8
(Microsoft math)
“Skip 9 so we’ll be even with OS X.” Just as Apple changes OS X’s name (back) to “MacOS” in June….
From BJ:
This the, “I’ve always wanted to kill another president” look. pic.twitter.com/QPxxNqDOl5
— Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) May 3, 2016
I installed Windows 10 in a Parallels virtual machine, and I think it’s a pretty big improvement.
re: #155 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
“Skip 9 so we’ll be even with OS X.” Just as Apple changes OS X’s name (back) to “MacOS” in June….
An unsubstantiated rumor I heard was that Microsoft chose 10 over 9 defensively so that third-party applications that test for “Windows 9X” for 95/98 wouldn’t get confused with “Windows 9”.
As someone who has to deal with this shit on a regular basis, I can attest that marketing folk are obsessed with software version numbers in ways you wouldn’t believe.
Edit: Clarified above.
re: #157 Charles Johnson
Windows 10 is definitely better than 8 was-but whoever came up with the idea of the Edge browse should be drawn and quartered.
re: #144 wrenchwench
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I have it on one laptop and i like it a lot.
10 landed on the ‘good’ side of Microsoft’s ‘good release-bad release’ schedule. Now that next release - nah, you don’t want that. :)
re: #154 wrenchwench
That looks like actual advice! Thanks! We have matching laptops with Win 8.
Thanks. And after you upgrade, disable Cortana.
re: #159 Eric The Fruit Bat
Windows 10 is definitely better than 8 was-but whoever came up with the idea of the Edge browse should be drawn and quartered.
Edge is pretty fast, I think they screwed up in putting it out before it was fully compatible with everything on the web. Of course I still use chrome.
re: #159 Eric The Fruit Bat
Windows 10 is definitely better than 8 was-but whoever came up with the idea of the Edge browse should be drawn and quartered.
I can see what they were aiming for with Edge. Problem is, they really, really missed.
re: #161 Belafon
Thanks. And after you upgrade, disable Cortana.
Yes, do disable Cortana. While it might be helpful in some cases I disabled it so it wasn’t tracking what I was doing on the web.
I see that Nate Silver is still struggling to accept the Drumpfskind phenomenon.
re: #165 freetoken
So, the fat lady is singing today for Ted?
I’m sure the #NeverTrump forces will really start to unleash the power of their money and numbers now.
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re: #165 freetoken
So, the fat lady is singing today for Ted?
I remember the days when I believed Trump had no chance to win the GOP nomination.
I was so naïve then. A child, really, uncorrupted by the World.
re: #169 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
I remember the days when I believed Trump had no chance to win the GOP nomination.
I was so naïve then. A child, really, uncorrupted by the World.
They grow up so fast now-a-days.
re: #167 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
My personal motto has always been: Mind your own d*mn business. It has always worked well for me.
WV factoid- only 71% of Sanders voters there actually have a favorable opinion of him. The rest are just sticking it to Hillary
— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) May 3, 2016
re: #172 majii
My personal motto has always been: Mind your own d*mn business. It has always worked well for me.
But then you can’t condemn society for deviating from the teleologically and ontologically correct view that you got from reading a cranky Scottish philosopher and some half remembered bits from Plato and Augustine.
Looking over at TAC…I see Dreher is already on his 3rd Those damned trannies are killing civilization!!!!!!!! screed of the day.
Obsession for Men indeed…
re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth
HRC actually beat Obama in WV in 2008, IIRC. Beat him in KY as well. Don’t think Obama even campaigned in those states.
Now I’m waiting for a call back from my medical provider. I want to find out whether I need an appointment to have a new prescription written by my new doctor (same practice) because my old prescription is over a year old and I have not filled it yet. It’s for Zostavax, the shingles vaccine. I could just wait a couple of years, I think you don’t need a prescription if you’re over 60.
I’ve had shingles, I’ve had Bell’s Palsy (which they now think is also caused by the chicken pox virus) and of course, I’ve had chicken pox. Now I want the vaccine so I don’t get shingles again. So I go read about it… One of the possible side effects of the vaccine: shingles. I’ll take my chances.
re: #167 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
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Awful, and bitterly ironic since JWs and “homosexuals” were both among the groups persecuted in Hitler’s death camps.
Noch eine weitere Backpfeifengesicht:
Tech bro brags about harassing a needy family and wanting to make street vendors’ lives ‘miserable’
re: #175 Aunty Entity Dragon
Looking over at TAC…I see Dreher is already on his 3rd Those damned trannies are killing civilization!!!!!!!! screed of the day.
Obsession for Men indeed…
Dreher hasn’t gone Galt, I mean, Benedict, already?
re: #177 wrenchwench
Now I’m waiting for a call back from my medical provider. I want to find out whether I need an appointment to have a new prescription written by my new doctor (same practice) because my old prescription is over a year old and I have not filled it yet. It’s for Zostavax, the shingles vaccine. I could just wait a couple of years, I think you don’t need a prescription if you’re over 60.
I’ve had shingles, I’ve had Bell’s Palsy (which they now think is also caused by the chicken pox virus) and of course, I’ve had chicken pox. Now I want the vaccine so I don’t get shingles again. So I go read about it… One of the possible side effects of the vaccine: shingles. I’ll take my chances.
I’m 63 and needed the prescription.
re: #177 wrenchwench
oh, also, there’s a waiting period if you’ve had the flu shot. You can’t have the shingles shot at the same time.
re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m 63 and needed the prescription.
OK, I have old or bad info. It’s recommended for ages 50 and up.
re: #182 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh, also, there’s a waiting period if you’ve had the flu shot. You can’t have the shingles shot at the same time.
“Too many, too soon” from cradle to grave?
re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So…29%?
That’s a little north of the RWNJ Craizfication number. I guess we’ve got ours, too.
re: #183 wrenchwench
OK, I have old or bad info. It’s recommended for ages 50 and up.
Could vary by practitioner. My doctor and pharmacy are all in the same place, so it was no big deal. I just had to sign paperwork with the pharmacy.
I’ve also had shingles in the past and yeah, chance I would take also!
Nice that my insurance covered the cost 100%.
Thanks Obama! (seriously!)
re: #157 Charles Johnson
I installed Windows 10 in a Parallels virtual machine, and I think it’s a pretty big improvement.
That’s good to know. I’m running 7.1 in Parallels on Yosemite, and sure didn’t want to go to 8. Have been waiting to hear about 10. All Windows versions drive me crazy with updates!
Alberta wildfires summed up in 10 terrifying tweets https://t.co/Zz87cgjBMI https://t.co/Zz87cgjBMI
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 3, 2016
Many feeling will be hurt.
Stay tuned to your local GA twitter rage channel for further information…
Governor Deal’s reasons for a veto of campus carry. pic.twitter.com/L6hvJqVcDL
— Lori Geary (@LoriGearyWSB) May 3, 2016
#NRA has statement about Gov Deal vetoing campus carry bill #wsbtv pic.twitter.com/dFpcI38gW9
— Lori Geary (@LoriGearyWSB) May 3, 2016
Also
Gov Deal vetoes HB 1060, another gun bill. Has concerns about change of policy relating to carrying weapon or long gun into churches
— Lori Geary (@LoriGearyWSB) May 3, 2016
Airshow News from Sierra Hotel Aeronautics
Early yesterday, in preparation for the upcoming May 4th celebrations, a Sienar Fleet Systems Twin Ion TIE fighter was lost during an air show practice demonstration. Thankfully, the crew managed to egress the spacecraft before impacting the planetary surface. Preliminary findings indicate the accident was caused by the Galactic Empire demonstration fighter entering a split S maneuver with insufficient altitude to allow for recovery. Rebel Alliance Safety Board officials will be commencing a preliminary investigation of the accident. When asked about the mistake of entering a maneuver with insufficient altitude, Admiral Akbar responded by saying “It’s a trap!”
May the 4th be with you, tomorrow.
That’s it!!!! I’m all in on this.
Fishermen honour their buddy Ron, turn his ashes into fish bait https://t.co/g4KQNBa7bl
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) May 3, 2016
re: #189 FormerDirtDart
I think Deal may have reached the point where he has no more f*cks to give when it comes to tolerating the BS he’s tolerated in the past from the GOP/TP majority in the General Assembly. Yah for him! It’s something I’ve been waiting for for over six years. His inability to break ranks with those who support GOP/TP nonsense, based on when he was a House member in Congress, is why I refused to vote for him here in GA. I still won’t vote for him because he places his political career over doing what he knows is right—— something which has been demonstrated by his tenure in Congress and his first four years as governor.
re: #106 Backwoods_Sleuth
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One of my co-workers was on the plane with 50 Cent after he was in Cincinnati promoting the vodka earlier this week. Small world.
Hi all, taking a tiny break from working on the mother of all terrible projects. Had 15 shifts for this morning; 10 people signed up; 6 showed. Story of my life.
First thing I saw when I pulled up to the jobsite was a Trump bumper sticker, and it’s been downhill from then on. Hoping against hope that once I can weed out the losers and slackers, things pick up and we can get the job finished.
Seems like forever ago (it was last Tuesday) I was in Manhattan seeing Hamilton. It was great. Now I’m in reality (hell). Wish me luck!
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