UPDATE: Judge Throws Out Chuck Johnson’s 111-Page Fantasy Novel

Another bad day for Chuck
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The other shoe just dropped for Chuck C. Johnson (who is NOT ME) and his lawyer John Burns; the judge has thrown out Chuck’s entire 111-page opposition to Gawker’s motions and all 800+ pages of exhibits, with a scathing ruling you can read below.

Chuck and his crack legal staff are still being given one more chance to do it right; they have until this Thursday to file an opposition that actually follows the rules.

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(Via @AdamSteinbaugh.)

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446 comments
1
Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:39:19pm
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jaunte  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:39:28pm
3
Kragar  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:42:18pm

“I won’t deny your petition until you’ve proven to me you can follow basic instructions.”

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Skip Intro  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:43:29pm

Obviously the judge hates gingers, giving FuckedUpChuck a killer discrimination lawsuit.

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darthstar  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:45:34pm

How long ago did this guy get kicked off of Twitter?

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The Ghost of the Beardsman  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:46:12pm

Fantasy novel?

FLOORSHITTER OF GOR cannot be contained by genre.

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Stuff Happens  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:46:13pm

Nice.

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majii  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:46:13pm

Since his lawyer says he’s so exhausted and understaffed, I guess Chuckie will be preparing the revised opposition document because, you know, he has such a high IQ that he thinks he can do anything.

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CuriousLurker  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:48:24pm

I wonder if that 2nd year law school intern is considering quitting right about now…

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:49:36pm

you’re supposed to follow the rules of evidence, not the rules of aquisition

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jaunte  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:50:20pm

re: #9 CuriousLurker

Now is definitely the time.

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goddamnedfrank  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:51:27pm
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Charles Johnson  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:51:41pm
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sizzzzlerz  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:51:48pm

Apparently, the 103 8x10 color glossies, with the circles and the arrows, and a paragraph on the back explaining what it is, didn’t exactly impress the magistrate.

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Shiplord Kirel  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:52:26pm

It’s not nice to waste a Federal judge’s time. Charles C. and his doofus lawyer are perilously close to a contempt citation.

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goddamnedfrank  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:53:30pm

This is so rough I can’t stop laughing. It’s just a horribly protracted hazing ritual at this point.

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Skip Intro  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:54:35pm

re: #16 goddamnedfrank

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Charles Johnson  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:55:16pm

Any minute now Chuck’s going to post at Facebook about how he’s going to annihilate Gawker, don’t you worry, it’s all part of his master plan. Then he’ll do the same to Twitter.

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CuriousLurker  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:55:22pm

re: #11 jaunte

Now is definitely the time.

Wait—why do we even know about the intern?? It was in one of the other briefs he filed, right? Something along the lines of I’m exhausted and all the help I have is this 2nd year law school intern… That’s so lame. Why would you let the world know that? *smh*

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jaunte  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:55:28pm

Why Chuck Johnson’s connections should continue to be exposed, for those not following every detail…

What Is Chuck Johnson, and Why? The Web’s Worst Journalist, Explained

Johnson’s biography describes someone raised by the intellectual right—his Calvin Coolidge biography was enthusiastically endorsed by John Yoo—and offered a platform by some of the most influential conservative publications.

Why does that matter?

It is certainly true that Johnson has alienated a wide swath of prominent conservatives with his tactics. But it’s disingenuous to argue that he’s disconnected from, or doesn’t represent, the main threads of conservative politics. (The same day Johnson published Jackie’s full name, National Review writer Kevin D. Williamson wrote an essay titled “We Should Name Rape Accusers.”) So the next time Johnson shits the conservative movement’s bed, for whatever reason, it’s important to remember exactly where he came from.
gawker.com

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CuriousLurker  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:56:57pm

re: #14 sizzzzlerz

Apparently, the 103 8x10 color glossies, with the circles and the arrows, and a paragraph on the back explaining what it is, didn’t exactly impress the magistrate.

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Kragar  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:57:15pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

Official Spokesman for the Chuck Johnson Legal Team:

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:58:57pm
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goddamnedfrank  Oct 19, 2015 • 2:59:27pm

This almost makes me want to reactivate my Facebook account just so I can see Chuck’s reaction.

Almost, but not, because Facebook is a dumpster fire.

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Jebediah, RBG  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:00:08pm

re: #13 Charles Johnson

He couldn’t even be a success at stalking. An even slightly normal person would have been so embarrassed by that gloaty picture in front of not-your-apartment that a period of quietly keeping one’s head down while re-assessing one’s skills and chosen profession would have followed.

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CuriousLurker  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:01:04pm

re: #24 goddamnedfrank

This almost makes me want to reactivate my Facebook account just so I can see Chuck’s reaction.

Almost, but not, because Facebook is a dumpster fire.

Same here. Every time it enters my mind—which isn’t often—it like, “Nah. Not worth it”

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CuriousLurker  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:02:20pm

re: #25 Jebediah, RBG

An even slightly normal person wouldn’t have been stalking him IRL in the first place.

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Skip Intro  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:02:24pm

I keep wondering about the Hot Asian Wife. How much humiliation can she tolerate from her totally out of control, unemployed and unemployable husband?

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GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:02:27pm

T-minus “any day now” until Chuck threatens to sue the judge!

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Targetpractice  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:02:47pm

This judge is showing infinite fucking patience with Chucky and his clown shoes lawyer right now. The only reason I can see is he wants to be absolutely that, when he squashed both like the bugs they are, there’s no second-guessing his decision.

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Kid A  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:03:16pm
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Jebediah, RBG  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:03:47pm

re: #27 CuriousLurker

Well, yeah, there’s that, too.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:03:58pm

re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth

For problems obtaining the drugs… not for problems of the concept itself. Sigh.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:04:25pm
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Shiplord Kirel  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:04:53pm

re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth

BREAKING: Ohio delays executions until 2017 citing ongoing problems obtaining lethal injection drugs.

What? They don’t have rope or bullets in Ohio? Oh, I see: Their guilty consciences demand this pitiful figleaf of humanity.
I would keep the death penalty, provided the guillotine is the prescribed method and that the judge and each member of the sentencing jury must stand within 6 feet of the machine and pull a separate lanyard before the blade will fall.

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Lidane  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:05:05pm

So basically, the judge is telling Chuck’s crack legal team to take a 111 page fantasy novel and turn it into two different 20-page RELEVANT filings.

In less than three days? ROFL. Good luck with that.

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Skip Intro  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:05:05pm

re: #29 GlutenFreeJesus

T-minus “any day now” until Chuck threatens to sue the judge!

I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see CCJ give out the judge’s address, phone number, email, car license number, etc. He’s that deranged.

Of course he’d probably get them all wrong, setting up some poor bastard for abuse from his lunatic followers.

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wrenchwench  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:05:14pm

re: #31 Kid A

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There’s that ‘Tombstone Training’ at work.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:06:57pm

I keep laughing imagining how John Burns is feeling right now. Almost 1000 pages of legal work tossed right in the garbage. Do it again, please, but much much shorter.

LOL.

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CuriousLurker  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:08:08pm

re: #36 Lidane

So basically, the judge is telling Chuck’s crack legal team to take a 111 page fantasy novel and turn it into three different 20-page RELEVANT filings.

In less than three days? ROFL. Good luck with that.

And properly create and cite 103 other pieces of I-forget-what-but-it-sounded-like-a-PITA, then turn them into properly named PDFs.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:08:09pm

Today’s frozen lunch is “chicken pad thai” which probably has about as much in common with real pad thai as you might expect, but is reasonably tasty after I pre-emptively added curry powder, ginger, garlic, salt, and paprika. (No idea how much of any of those are supposed to go in real pad thai, but the goal here is reasonably tasty, not accuracy.)

I declare it a success.

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Jebediah, RBG  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:08:16pm

re: #39 Charles Johnson

“Is Your Honor not aware that I am really tired?”

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Targetpractice  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:08:52pm

re: #36 Lidane

So basically, the judge is telling Chuck’s crack legal team to take a 111 page fantasy novel and turn it into three different 20-page RELEVANT filings.

In less than three days? ROFL. Good luck with that.

I was going to say that this ruling could be boiled down to: “I’m giving you fuckers three days to get this shit RIGHT! Now get out of my fucking sight!”

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goddamnedfrank  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:09:18pm

Notice how the Judge made the deadline a Thursday this time. That’s so he can sort out Burns’ hash while it’s still hot and fresh, instead of letting it cool over the weekend.

re: #39 Charles Johnson

Oh yeah. The best part is you know most of that shit was in there to begin with at Chuck’s insistence. I’m sure he was pestering Burns constantly with “oh yeah, don’t forget to put this other thing in there about how bad Gawker is!”

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KGxvi  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:09:23pm

re: #30 Targetpractice

That’s most likely it. As I mentioned downstairs, the one thing judges don’t like is being overturned on appeal. Striking a combined opposition and then ruling as if there was no opposition probably wouldn’t sit well with the Circuit Court.

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CuriousLurker  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:09:42pm

re: #39 Charles Johnson

I keep laughing imagining how John Burns is feeling right now. Almost 1000 pages of legal work tossed right in the garbage. Do it again, please, but much much shorter.

LOL.

I’m guessing he’s not feeling especially fond of Upchuck right now. But really, if he can’t follow directions…. *shrug*

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:09:44pm
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gwangung  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:09:47pm

re: #41 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Today’s frozen lunch is “chicken pad thai” which probably has about as much in common with real pad thai as you might expect, but is reasonably tasty after I pre-emptively added curry powder, ginger, garlic, salt, and paprika. (No idea how much of any of those are supposed to go in real pad thai, but the goal here is reasonably tasty, not accuracy.)

I declare it a success.

Garlic is NEVER a problem with pad thai.

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Skip Intro  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:10:28pm

Does this mean that the floor shitting and sheep fucking episodes won’t make it into the final cut?

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Reality Based Steve  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:10:53pm

re: #39 Charles Johnson

I keep laughing imagining how John Burns is feeling right now. Almost 1000 pages of legal work tossed right in the garbage. Do it again, please, but much much shorter.

LOL.

If you want to have a hit, ya gotta make it quick, so they cut it down to 3:05.

RBS

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Skip Intro  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:11:13pm

re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth

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HA! Another thing for the Benghazi committee to grill Hillary about.

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KGxvi  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:11:18pm

re: #48 gwangung

Garlic is NEVER a problem with pad thai.

FTFY

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:11:27pm

re: #48 gwangung

Garlic is NEVER a problem with pad thai.

I will confess, I haven’t ever had proper pad thai.

I will not expect it to taste anything like this though. Which is probably fine. This is about losing weight, not tasty food. (Both would be nice, but I’m not going to pretend I’m paying for these meals for any other reason.)

((At least they’re working.))

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Targetpractice  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:11:44pm

re: #45 KGxvi

That’s most likely it. As I mentioned downstairs, the one thing judges don’t like is being overturned on appeal. Striking a combined opposition and then ruling as if there was no opposition probably wouldn’t sit well with the Circuit Court.

Giving Chucky and Burns just enough rope to hang themselves with.

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:11:46pm

re: #43 Targetpractice

I was going to say that this ruling could be boiled down to: “I’m giving you fuckers three days to get this shit RIGHT! Now get out of my fucking sight!”

See my previous comment for a similar insight into the judge’s mood.

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goddamnedfrank  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:12:18pm

I’d feel kind of bad for Burns at this point if he wasn’t such a cock waddle to begin with.

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darthstar  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:12:35pm

More butthurt for the GOP:

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:13:45pm

re: #46 CuriousLurker

I’m guessing he’s not feeling especially fond of Upchuck right now. But really, if he can’t follow directions…. *shrug*

I believe someone else on another thread said it best: When delusions of grandeur meet delusions of competence.

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CuriousLurker  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:14:32pm

re: #58 thedopefishlives

I believe someone else on another thread said it best: When delusions of grandeur meet delusions of competence.

Ha, perfectly put!

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Skip Intro  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:14:55pm

re: #57 darthstar

More butthurt for the GOP:

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I’m sure Fox News will manage to “report” that as the worst presidential approval numbers in 20 years.

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:14:56pm

re: #59 CuriousLurker

Ha, perfectly put!

Can’t remember who said it, but I’m sure I gave it an upding. Might have to track down and attribute my source.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:14:57pm

re: #59 CuriousLurker

Ha, perfectly put!

Thanks!

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Amory Blaine  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:15:05pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:15:15pm
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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:15:38pm

re: #64 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yeah, Chuck should probably consult with Orly Taitz before trying to sue the judge. That never ends well.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:15:47pm

re: #53 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I will confess, I haven’t ever had proper pad thai.

I will not expect it to taste anything like this though. Which is probably fine. This is about losing weight, not tasty food. (Both would be nice, but I’m not going to pretend I’m paying for these meals for any other reason.)

((At least they’re working.))

My boss is on one of those meal plans where everything is calorie/carb controlled and delivered to him. I pity him. the meals look terribad most of the time.

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Skip Intro  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:16:56pm

re: #65 thedopefishlives

Yeah, Chuck should probably consult with Orly Taitz before trying to sue the judge. That never ends well.

It’s pretty clear that his lawyer learned the “file 1000 pages of pure crap” to cover all the bases from her.

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goddamnedfrank  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:16:58pm
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Kid A  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:17:05pm
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Targetpractice  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:17:26pm

re: #57 darthstar

More butthurt for the GOP:

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This has gotta suck for the GOP, whose entire plan of attack right now is “All the Dem candidates will be a third Obama term!”

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The Ghost of the Beardsman  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:18:09pm

re: #41 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Today’s frozen lunch is “chicken pad thai” which probably has about as much in common with real pad thai as you might expect, but is reasonably tasty after I pre-emptively added curry powder, ginger, garlic, salt, and paprika. (No idea how much of any of those are supposed to go in real pad thai, but the goal here is reasonably tasty, not accuracy.)

I declare it a success.

For a fast fix, you did good. Tamarind sauce (pad thai sauce base) plus curry ingredients equals a dish that somebody probably serves in Burma or NE India.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:19:24pm

re: #64 Backwoods_Sleuth

Chuckie has threatened to sue a gazillion people, and right out of the gate he’s put himself in danger of having to pay tens of thousands of dollars in his opponents’ legal fees. Not an auspicious start to the Summer of Justice….

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GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:19:42pm

re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth

Hillary home-server emails still safe.

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Kid A  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:19:55pm

I’m still waiting for Gowdy, et al to investigate the 1983 Beirut attack that killed 283 Marines, and why Reagan cut and ran.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:20:02pm

re: #66 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

My boss is on one of those meal plans where everything is calorie/carb controlled and delivered to him. I pity him. the meals look terribad most of the time.

We’ve been giving this one a trial run, because I had been stuck on a plateau and really, really irritated about it, and a friend recommended it.

Reasonably happy with it (and NUMBERS MOVED). I won’t claim the food is 5-star quality, but it’s reasonable enough (spices are free, after all, and can be added at home…) - better than your average frozen food from the grocery store. And they’re filling - I don’t find myself wanting extras even though I’m only eating ~1200 calories in a day on the plan. So they get points for that.

It’s not cheap though, and our meal delivery ends up coming on Saturday (ugh) so I’m looking at whether we can get a shipment for 8 days at a time and then do it 4 days a week. That’d still let me cook and give us time to go out, without getting too off track. It’s not a long-term plan, but it’s made me happy enough that I want to investigate that, so.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:20:20pm

re: #48 gwangung

Garlic is NEVER a problem with pad thai.

Ahem…

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:21:01pm

re: #75 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Good luck to you. Weight loss can be a hard thing to manage. I’m actually stuck at a bit of a plateau right now, but it’s really close to my target weight anyway, so I’m actually not too bothered about trying to do more about it.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:21:59pm

re: #72 Blind Frog Belly White

Chuckie has threatened to sue a gazillion people, and right out of the gate he’s put himself in danger of having to pay tens of thousands of dollars in his opponents’ legal fees. Not an auspicious start to the Summer of Justice….

Plus, it’s now autumn.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:22:28pm

The Autumn of Ass-Grabbing.

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KGxvi  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:23:09pm

re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth

Why does the Director of the CIA have a fucking AOL account?

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GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:23:42pm

re: #72 Blind Frog Belly White

Like ChuckyDoll will ever pay a penny when this is all over.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:23:44pm

re: #77 thedopefishlives

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Amory Blaine  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:24:11pm

His Netscape account got closed?

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:24:29pm

re: #75 klys (maker of Silmarils)

By chance do you know how many calories a day you were getting before you switched to these meals?

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:26:22pm

re: #84 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

By chance do you know how many calories a day you were getting before you switched to these meals?

Probably hovering in the 1600-2000 range, but I have not been seriously counting. It drives me up a wall and I can’t sustain it long term.

When I cook, I tend to aim for recipes in the 600 calorie for a meal range.

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Skip Intro  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:26:36pm

On grim days like this, John Burns turns to this as his source of inspiration.

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Barefoot Grin  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:26:53pm

re: #80 KGxvi

Why does the Director of the CIA have a fucking AOL account?

Couldn’t resist the CD-ROM that came in the mail?

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Targetpractice  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:28:45pm

So, question to the legal eagles: Is it possible that Chucky will avoid financial armageddon, or is he pretty much boned?

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:28:58pm

If you were losing for a while and hit a plateau at that level of calories then your metabolism may have slowed down. I was losing 10+ lbs a month the first few months then hit a similar plateau, had to increase my calories and then weight started coming off again.

You might want to try My Fitness Pal for android/iphone/web. They have a great food database, you can add in your recipes and it will total the calories and everything is at your finger tips for counting totals and maintaining sanity. I still use it and am trying to reverse diet to maintenance/bulking levels.

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:29:48pm

re: #82 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:31:14pm

re: #89 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

I’ve used similar stuff in the past. Part of it is just a desire for complete hands-off required on my part right now, because there’s a bunch of other things I’ve got responsibility for and it’s a lot of work (as I’m sure you know) to plan healthy meals.

This is, I fully admit, the really lazy way to do it, and as long as the food remains tolerable with occasional forays into good and the weight keeps coming off, I will probably stick with it for a while. :)

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:34:11pm

re: #85 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Probably hovering in the 1600-2000 range, but I have not been seriously counting. It drives me up a wall and I can’t sustain it long term.

When I cook, I tend to aim for recipes in the 600 calorie for a meal range.

If you count it up, you may be in for a surprise. I was amazed how hard it is to stay below 2000 calories, not to mention how many calories are in things like nuts.

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Amory Blaine  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:35:47pm

CCJ has stepped in his own poop.
*sad trombone

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:36:24pm

re: #92 Blind Frog Belly White

If you count it up, you may be in for a surprise. I was amazed how hard it is to stay below 2000 calories, not to mention how many calories are in things like nuts.

Oh, I know.

I recalibrated a lot of my estimates when I worked on losing weight for the wedding (which I did, successfully) and still have some of the habits from then built in.

I don’t like nuts as a snack, which helps in some ways but not others.

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Skip Intro  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:37:07pm

Joe Biden to Enter Presidential Race

yahoo.com

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:37:10pm

re: #91 klys (maker of Silmarils)

It was a pain at first. Fortunately I planned breakfast and lunch and have that down pretty much to the same things every day (not that I mind) with the occasional changes but dinner was the stumbling block as was occasional dessert.

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:37:17pm

re: #92 Blind Frog Belly White

If you count it up, you may be in for a surprise. I was amazed how hard it is to stay below 2000 calories, not to mention how many calories are in things like nuts.

I avoid carbonated beverages, cannot stand the diet ones and the sugared ones are calorie bombs.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:38:46pm

re: #92 Blind Frog Belly White

Yeah nuts are a high calorie fast energy food. Eat too much and don’t use that energy it’s going to be stored (especially since nuts are fat for the most part).

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:38:52pm

re: #97 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I avoid carbonated beverages, cannot stand the diet ones and the sugared ones are calorie bombs.

Yep. One soda is about 8% of a day’s calories.

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TedStriker  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:39:15pm

re: #14 sizzzzlerz

Apparently, the 103 8x10 color glossies, with the circles and the arrows, and a paragraph on the back explaining what it is, didn’t exactly impress the magistrate.

Nice Alice’s Restaurant reference…

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Targetpractice  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:39:25pm

re: #95 Skip Intro

Joe Biden to Enter Presidential Race

yahoo.com

Say it ain’t so, Joe. Say it ain’t so.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:39:40pm

re: #97 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I avoid carbonated beverages, cannot stand the diet ones and the sugared ones are calorie bombs.

Yup. Empty calories. When I stopped drinking soda is when weight started coming off fast, at least at first. Now to get any leaner it’s like pulling teeth.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:40:12pm
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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:41:47pm

re: #96 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Dinner really is the bulk of the work. I have a set of standards that I rotate through but I’m always trying new things too. But we’re talking about moving in the next year, and I have a pile of things that need the attention, and I do all the planning/shopping/cooking. Something had to give.

I have successfully made the switch to diet sodas over the past 8 years, and getting the fridge has me drinking a lot more ice water. (It has to be ice cold.)

I track my empty calories fairly closely, these days, and have cut them back quite a bit. And on the exercise front, I am in fantastically better shape than I was back in July and continue to work on that. But the scale was not cooperating (some of which was definitely building muscle, I know).

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:42:18pm

re: #103 Backwoods_Sleuth

And here I thought you were just trying to get in on the diet discussion.

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Timothy Watson  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:42:39pm

I’ve managed to lose about 5 lbs in a couple weeks (damn analog scales will give a wide range in a single day).

The problem is that I really don’t have time to exercise between work and school, except for occasionally on my days off.

I have been doing pushups morning and night. Started with 10 at a time and now am doing 15.

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Lidane  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:43:48pm

re: #101 Targetpractice

Say it ain’t so, Joe. Say it ain’t so.

It’s an “unnamed source” who told Fox News he’s running.

Until Biden confirms it I’m skeptical. And much as I like Biden, I’m seriously leaning to Bernie for the primaries.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:44:22pm

I will add, I have so much respect for the folks who work and manage to put a cooked meal on the table every night.

It is a never-ending grind, and I think a lot of people who haven’t tried to do it just take it for granted. My hat is off to my mom for doing it, and anyone else who fills that role, whether for themselves or for a family.

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Amory Blaine  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:48:14pm

Major Teamsters pension fund to slash recipients’ benefits

No wonder Tom Minerath is angry.

Sixty-eight years old and retired since 2007, the Town of Merton man is about to have about $20,000 taken away from his annual pension — money he earned, money that was promised him, money guaranteed in contracts negotiated by one of the country’s strongest labor unions.

“I’m going to make it through this, but it’s just not right,” he said. “It’s just not right.”

Which probably sums up the feelings of more than 270,000 people, including thousands in Wisconsin, who have been told by the financially troubled Central States Pension Fund that their pension payments must be cut, in some cases by 50% or more.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:48:14pm

re: #105 klys (maker of Silmarils)

And here I thought you were just trying to get in on the diet discussion.

my diet has mostly been switched to including lots of fish (especially salmon), chicken once a week, lean pork once a week, lots of homemade hummus, wild rice, oatmeal, beans and other legumes, and lots of fruit and veg.
I drink coffee in the morning, rest of the day it’s mostly water.
I’ve lost 25 pounds so far. I need to walk/hike more.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:50:02pm

re: #109 Amory Blaine

Major Teamsters pension fund to slash recipients’ benefits

Contractual obligations only apply when they benefit corporations…
////////////

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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:50:55pm

re: #109 Amory Blaine

Major Teamsters pension fund to slash recipients’ benefits

This is an aspect of modern capitalism that I cannot fathom.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:52:38pm
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Mike Lamb  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:55:33pm

re: #109 Amory Blaine

Major Teamsters pension fund to slash recipients’ benefits

I don’t understand how this is legal. Cutting benefits for people who aren’t currently drawing pension? Sucky, but at least you aren’t really changing the rules after the fact. Cutting for the retirees? Like I said, I don’t understand how that’s legal.

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goddamnedfrank  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:57:44pm

Remember that Chuck posted this response to Steinbaugh’s article a couple of days ago:

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JDRhoades  Oct 19, 2015 • 3:58:59pm

re: #15 Shiplord Kirel

It’s not nice to waste a Federal judge’s time.

“Damn near suicide” would be my way of putting it.

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Chez Ko Pe  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:04:21pm
Chuck and his crack legal staff are still being given one more chance to do it right

Seriously WAT. Hasn’t the legal team of Pooper & Dimbulb already been given more opportunities—and repeatedly demonstrated their utter unwillingness to comply—than anyone else in legal history?

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:04:29pm

re: #104 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Yeah, I had to learn (more later than earlier) you get skinny in the kitchen and fit in the gym. I was plateaued over the summer mainly due to building muscle (while still losing some fat) then cut drastically along with HIIT cardio to get the last 10lbs I wanted to lose off. Now I can relax…slightly lol.

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:05:13pm

Judge:

“This is obviously your first week in a job where you have to wear pants in public, so here’s a quick guide on ‘How to Law’ in my court.”

I wouldn’t call that order “scathing” but it is pretty freaking embarrassing for his attorney. Or it would be, if either attorney or client were capable of feeling humility.

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meteor  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:05:34pm

re: #115 goddamnedfrank

Remember that Chuck posted this response to Steinbaugh’s article a couple of days ago:

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Enjoying the humiliation of others. There are several entries in the DSM-V about that.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:06:54pm

hey klys:

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:08:33pm
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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:08:51pm

re: #101 Targetpractice

Say it ain’t so, Joe. Say it ain’t so.

i think it would be good for the democratic party - i think the totality of the nominees for a party are the image that is projected during primary season

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:09:24pm

Well, that was interesting. Fishspawn managed to flood the upstairs bathroom and I now have lovely water stains creeping across my ceilings. The damage is being mitigated as we speak, but oy vey, what a day.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:10:44pm

re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Charles Johnson  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:11:54pm

Oh, how I would love to eavesdrop on the phone calls going back and forth between Chuck Johnson and John Burns today.

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:13:09pm

re: #125 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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It’s just not faaaaaair.

(Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman are at the top of my Celebrity Must-Meet Bucket List. Alton Brown is right behind them.)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:23:26pm
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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:23:40pm

re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth

No, that’s not creepy at all, you dickwad.

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Targetpractice  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:26:53pm

re: #126 Charles Johnson

Oh, how I would love to eavesdrop on the phone calls going back and forth between Chuck Johnson and John Burns today.

“YOU TOLD ME THIS WAS FOOLPROOF! YOU TOLD ME THEY’D PAY ANYTHING TO MAKE THIS GO AWAY!”
“I may have been a bit…optimistic.”

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Charles Johnson  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:27:09pm

Meanwhile, in Hateland…

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:27:22pm

re: #129 thedopefishlives

No, that’s not creepy at all, you dickwad.

I heard it live. Extremely creepy.

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:28:23pm

re: #131 Charles Johnson

For someone who purports to support the people victimized by the Holocaust, it amazes me that she is, in effect, calling for those same people to implement another one on their neighbors.

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lawhawk  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:28:27pm

I can’t wait to see how Chucky’s going to play this one. He won yet another bite of the apple to go ahead and try to refile his motions properly.

I wouldn’t have been so kind.

This is exhibit A of what’s wrong with the profession and how bad lawyers get to stick around and give everyone else a bad name.

These motions and filings by Chucky’s legal “team” are a waste of everyone’s time - especially the court’s time. Considering that the courts are overburdened with too many cases and too few judges since the federal bench is still short of filling all the positions, allowing this case to continue to soil the docket is a mistake IMO.

That the order included a paint by numbers approach to file according to the rules says it all. If you need the court to tell you how to file your motions in papers, that’s a sign you’re not meant to practice law.

And that doesn’t even begin to address the substantive problems the Court found with Chucky’s filing - like improper numbering, copypasta, etc.

Yet, the Court’s willing to give him yet another chance to get this filing together.

I can hardly wait to see the baffling BS his team tries next.

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teleskiguy  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:28:32pm

I beg to differ.

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lawhawk  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:30:04pm

re: #126 Charles Johnson

Oh, how I would love to eavesdrop on the phone calls going back and forth between Chuck Johnson and John Burns today.

You promised me that this would be a guaranteed payday!

That could apply to either Chucky or John to the other.

Oh, and the need to refile all these motions/papers means still more costs for Chucky to have to shell out. Heh.

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wrenchwench  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:30:33pm

Later, lizards.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:35:00pm

re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth

Like that wasn’t staged.

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freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:35:05pm

re: #137 wrenchwench

Cats don’t eat bread.

They use it as bird bait.

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WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:40:30pm

That was some smack down of a clearly incompetent attorney. Improper procedure. Improper filings. Improper notations, citing…was there anything he did right?

What a mess of a lawyer he is.

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:41:45pm

re: #140 WhatEVs

That was some smack down of a clearly incompetent attorney. Improper procedure. Improper filings. Improper notations, citing…was there anything he did right?

What a mess of a lawyer he is.

Was there anything he did right? He filed it before the final deadline. Barely.

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lawhawk  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:46:38pm

re: #141 thedopefishlives

The stuff he did file was after several extensions. And he’s getting still more time to try and get his filings straightened out. This judge has quite a bit of patience for this amount of incompetence.

Chucky will declare his victory, because he got the court to allow him to refile after his last filings/motions were denied. Let’s see if his lawyer can follow the rules this time.

I think the judge is wondering the same. This is a test.

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Jebediah, RBG  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:46:55pm

re: #141 thedopefishlives

But didn’t he file parts of it after the deadline?

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Timothy Watson  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:47:28pm

re: #130 Targetpractice

“YOU TOLD ME THIS WAS FOOLPROOF! YOU TOLD ME THEY’D PAY ANYTHING TO MAKE THIS GO AWAY!”
“I may have been a bit…optimistic.”

Reminds me of King of the Hill when Dale sues the tobacco company in state court and they countersue in federal court.

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goddamnedfrank  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:48:46pm
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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:49:11pm

re: #145 goddamnedfrank

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“And while you’re at it, fetch my brown pants.”

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Kid A  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:52:21pm
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lawhawk  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:52:45pm

re: #145 goddamnedfrank

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goddamnedfrank  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:54:20pm

re: #142 lawhawk

The stuff he did file was after several extensions. And he’s getting still more time to try and get his filings straightened out. This judge has quite a bit of patience for this amount of incompetence.

Chucky will declare his victory, because he got the court to allow him to refile after his last filings/motions were denied. Let’s see if his lawyer can follow the rules this time.

I think the judge is wondering the same. This is a test.

I think the Judge may be setting Chuck up for an epic anti-SLAPP ruling and really doesn’t want to be reversed on appeal because he threw out all of Burns’ motion on procedure alone. At the same time he’s pissed off and wants Burns to run another lap, if for no other reason than Burns already complained of exhaustion. If the Judge just wanted to get rid of the case he could have simply seized on the agreement to move the case to California and washed his hands of the whole thing.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:56:40pm

re: #139 freetoken

Cats don’t eat bread.

They use it as bird bait.

I beg to differ. At least two (if not three) of the last five cats I have been staff of would eat bread or biscuits if given the opportunity.

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lawhawk  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:57:04pm

re: #149 goddamnedfrank

True that. The Judge is probably crossing and dotting. Chucky and his lawyer don’t realize it either.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:59:14pm

re: #151 lawhawk

True that. The Judge is probably crossing and dotting. Chucky and his lawyer don’t realize it either.

“Wow, he’s being so nice to us! He must want us to win!”

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ObserverArt  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:59:44pm

re: #114 Mike Lamb

I don’t understand how this is legal. Cutting benefits for people who aren’t currently drawing pension? Sucky, but at least you aren’t really changing the rules after the fact. Cutting for the retirees? Like I said, I don’t understand how that’s legal.

That is not good news this close to an election year. It certainly takes some of the union gusto out of endorsements for candidates like Bernie and for union stances against trade agreements, etc.

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Tigger2005  Oct 19, 2015 • 4:59:48pm

Does anyone know why nobody’s playing Charles in the Redford movie “Truth”? I don’t see anyone credited as playing him.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:00:04pm

re: #139 freetoken

Cats don’t eat bread.

They use it as bird bait.

ignatz has been known to eat wheat thins and even potato chips

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:01:59pm

re: #155 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

ignatz has been known to eat wheat thins and even potato chips

Basement Cat eats French fries.

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lawhawk  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:04:23pm

re: #114 Mike Lamb

Think it has to do with a federal law allows certain multiemployer pension funds to cut benefits if they are severely underfunded.

The legislation permits deep pension cuts to retirees in certain financially-troubled multiemployer plans. Financially-troubled plans are plans expected to not have enough money to pay 100% of benefits within 15 and, in some cases, 20 years.1 There are instances where the cuts could be more than 60% of a participant’s benefits. To find out how much your benefits could be cut use this calculator.

The decision to cut benefits is made by plan trustees, who are typically more aligned with active workers and employers than with retirees.

Retirees who are age 80 or over, or who are receiving a disability pension, are not subject to benefit cuts. Retirees ages 75-79 are subject to smaller cuts than retirees under age 75.

How big or small the cuts are for those under age 75 is determined by the trustees. The cuts are subject to certain legal limits, the most important of which is that benefits cannot be cut below 110% of the amounts that the federal pension insurance agency guarantees.2

Plan trustees decide how to allocate the cuts. For example, they can cut retirees’ benefits more than those of active workers, and they can decide whether and how much to reduce survivors’ benefits.

Plan trustees are required to reduce the benefits of participants whose employers went out of business (or withdrew from the plan for other reasons without paying all of their obligations) first, before they reduce the benefits of any other plan participants. This will mean that those retirees whose companies went bankrupt will have greater reductions than other retirees.

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De Kolta Chair  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:07:17pm

Meanwhile, in 2017…

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b.d.  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:09:59pm

Evening Lizards:

Only logical step for Webb, hoping to pick off the least crazy Republicans

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PhillyPretzel  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:10:06pm

re: #158 De Kolta Chair

Yes. That sounds like something that Trump person would say.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:10:46pm

re: #159 b.d.

Jim Webb may consider switching from Democrat to independent in

wasnt being ignored enough already

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Tigger2005  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:12:13pm

Does anyone know why nobody’s playing Charles in the Redford movie “Truth”? I don’t see anyone credited as playing him.

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b.d.  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:12:52pm

re: #161 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

wasnt being ignored enough already

Baldwin being Webb on that SNL sketch must have made a lightbulb go off in Webb’s head/

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harvson3  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:13:27pm

Has anyone else noticed that the presiding judge, Charles A. Shaw, is an African-American residing in the St. Louis area?

Now, I don’t want to impugn the judge’s ability to be impartial and objective, but Mr. Johnson might want to avoid highlighting all the ways he came to “help” the residents of Ferguson last summer.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:13:43pm

re: #154 Tigger2005

Does anyone know why nobody’s playing Charles in the Redford movie “Truth”? I don’t see anyone credited as playing him.

Because the people who exposed Rather’s fraud are just faceless right wing demons in the film. People with no names, who don’t matter. Dan Rather and Mary Mapes are portrayed as misunderstood heroes, courageous journalists unfairly brought down by a right wing lynch mob.

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Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:14:35pm

Don’t know if there are any Canadians here, but it looks like Canadians are about ready to make Justin Trudeau their Prime Minister. The Liberals were supposed to do well in Atlantic Canada, but I don’t think anyone expected them to nearly run the table, which is what they’re doing.

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De Kolta Chair  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:14:49pm

FYI the CBC is live streaming the Canadian federal election here:

So far, the vote share is Liberals 30, Conservatives 1, NDP 1

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ObserverArt  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:14:58pm

re: #159 b.d.

Evening Lizards:

Only logical step for Webb, hoping to pick off the least crazy Republicans

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I made mention of this in the last thread. I heard it announced on MSNBC.

It may not amount to much, but some of the love Webb got in the debate was from the conservatives that watched it. Maybe he really takes nothing away from the Democrats and actually costs some Republican votes.

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Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:15:18pm

re: #167 De Kolta Chair

And now it’s Liberals 32-0-0.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:15:25pm

re: #166 Brian J.

Don’t know if there are any Canadians here, but it looks like Canadians are about ready to make Justin Trudeau their Prime Minister. The Liberals were supposed to do well in Atlantic Canada, but I don’t think anyone expected them to nearly run the table, which is what they’re doing.

We do have a few Canadian Lizards, most of whom are not terribly fond of Harper. I don’t think they will mind this move.

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b.d.  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:17:08pm

re: #168 ObserverArt

I made mention of this in the last thread. I heard it announced on MSNBC.

It may not amount to much, but maybe some of the love Webb got in the debate was from the conservatives that watched it. Maybe he really takes nothing away from the Democrats and actually costs some Republican votes.

Webb picked up a lot of wingnut love during the Dem debate and I would assume that there is a large chunk of them who loathe Trump

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Tigger2005  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:18:58pm

re: #165 Charles Johnson

Because the people who exposed Rather’s fraud are just faceless right wing demons in the film. People with no names, who don’t matter. Dan Rather and Mary Mapes are portrayed as misunderstood heroes, courageous journalists unfairly brought down by a right wing lynch mob.

So you refused permission to be portrayed in the film Charles? Interesting that CBS is refusing to run ads for it when it portrays Rather and Mapes positively.

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WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:19:30pm

re: #166 Brian J.

Don’t know if there are any Canadians here, but it looks like Canadians are about ready to make Justin Trudeau their Prime Minister. The Liberals were supposed to do well in Atlantic Canada, but I don’t think anyone expected them to nearly run the table, which is what they’re doing.

Def following. Hubby voted. I’m just a perm resident.

What percent is in? I saw Liberal wiping the floor with 1% in.

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:19:33pm

re: #172 Tigger2005

So you refused permission to be portrayed in the film Charles? Interesting that CBS is refusing to run ads for it when it portrays Rather and Mapes positively.

He was never asked.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:20:35pm

re: #172 Tigger2005

So you refused permission to be portrayed in the film Charles? Interesting that CBS is refusing to run ads for it when it portrays Rather and Mapes positively.

No. Nobody from the film even contacted me at all.

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Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:21:07pm

re: #173 WhatEVs

About 250,000 total votes, all from the four Atlantic provinces; that’d be about 2 percent of the total Canadian vote. The Liberals were expected to do well, but no one foresaw them winning over 60% of the popular vote in those four provinces, and ahead in every seat (15 of the leads are big enough that the CBC has called the seats).

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WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:21:10pm

re: #170 klys (maker of Silmarils)

We do have a few Canadian Lizards, most of whom are not terribly fond of Harper. I don’t think they will mind this move.

Nope. Not one bit.

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:22:08pm

re: #175 Charles Johnson

No. Nobody from the film even contacted me at all.

To put it bluntly, this film was a blatant propaganda job aimed at trying to restore Rather and Mapes’s credibility. They remain convinced that they were right all along, and managed to convince a sympathetic ear in Hollywood to tell their side of the story in the way only big media can.

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WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:23:03pm

re: #176 Brian J.

About 250,000 total votes, all from the four Atlantic provinces; that’d be about 2 percent of the total Canadian vote. The Liberals were expected to do well, but no one foresaw them winning over 60% of the popular vote in those four provinces, and ahead in every seat (15 of the leads are big enough that the CBC has called the seats).

I’m worried about NDP and Libs splitting so Harper remains. Again.

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ObserverArt  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:23:05pm

re: #172 Tigger2005

So you refused permission to be portrayed in the film Charles? Interesting that CBS is refusing to run ads for it when it portrays Rather and Mapes positively.

A lot has changed in the media since those days. They all step around politics like there are land mines about. Therefore no one is going to stand up for anyone that cost any media group viewers.

I have a feeling the whole Rather thing cost CBS ratings and more…all down the channel, across all entities and hurt their history too.

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De Kolta Chair  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:23:46pm
Former PM Pierre Trudeau with his son Justin at a Montreal Expos game in 1987.
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Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:24:46pm

re: #179 WhatEVs

Doesn’t look that’s happening here. The NDP has been steadily declining in the polls for several weeks, but they’re losing even their safe seats in the Atlantic provinces.

Tories just pushed ahead in one seat. Awww.

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b.d.  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:25:50pm

Because it is an election night

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Charles Johnson  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:26:06pm

re: #172 Tigger2005

So you refused permission to be portrayed in the film Charles? Interesting that CBS is refusing to run ads for it when it portrays Rather and Mapes positively.

CBS is refusing ads because there’s now serious bad blood between the CBS execs and Dan Rather. Rather brought shame on them, then refused to take personal responsibility for screwing up, and instead turned around and sued CBS.

But CBS themselves also bears some responsibility for letting Rather avoid his own responsibility, because their so-called “investigation” stopped short of admitting outright the documents were frauds, even though they HAD to know it by that point.

Frankly, all these people are weasels. All of them.

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De Kolta Chair  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:26:30pm

re: #160 PhillyPretzel

Yes. That sounds like something that Trump person would say.

It also sounds like something Cheney would say.

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bratwurst  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:27:15pm

I had a moment today when I got close to feeling sorry for Jeb! Bush.

Then I remembered how many fuckwits from his brother’s political orbit he is content to surround himself with and the moment passed.

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:28:20pm

re: #109 Amory Blaine

Major Teamsters pension fund to slash recipients’ benefits

What was that shit during the bank meltdown that we bailed out with government money? Couldn’t cut the bonuses and salaries of those banking shits responsible because there were contractual obligations. But you little people, fuck off.

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WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:28:45pm

re: #182 Brian J.

Apparently, Mulcair refinanced his house 12 times (hubby said it was confirmed). Very unCanadian. That could hurt.

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b.d.  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:29:09pm

re: #186 bratwurst

I had a moment today when I got close to feeling sorry for Jeb! Bush.

Then I remembered how many fuckwits from his brother’s political orbit he is content to surround himself with and the moment passed.

Feeling sorry for Jeb! means that you feel sorry for Wolfowitz and all the rest of those scary ass m-f*ckers who helped George W. Bush do such a fine job of keeping us safe.

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De Kolta Chair  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:29:58pm

re: #57 darthstar

More butthurt for the GOP:

Further butthurt tomorrow, perhaps? Fingers crossed.

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WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:31:11pm

re: #189 b.d.

Feeling sorry for Jeb! means that you feel sorry for Wolfowitz and all the rest of those scary ass m-f*ckers who helped George W. Bush do such a fine job of keeping us safe.

QFT.

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fern01  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:31:31pm

re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth

Why am I thinking this is happening when the GOP are having trouble proving anything against Hillary Clinton - so who would benefit most from such hacking?

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Timothy Watson  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:31:51pm

re: #190 De Kolta Chair

Further butthurt tomorrow, perhaps? Fingers crossed.

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Could be worse, it could be salo.

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De Kolta Chair  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:32:12pm

Another oldie but goodie

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Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:32:56pm

re: #192 fern01

The same media sources are demonstrating that they don’t know a serious hack from the 419 scam emails cluttering their inboxes, so take with grains of salt.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:35:07pm

washpo running a story that biden is definitely in except when you click on it it aint there

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:36:35pm

re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth

hey klys:

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If it’s clear down there like it is here it will be a good night.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:37:11pm

Far out, man.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:37:32pm

heh

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freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:37:52pm

re: #167 De Kolta Chair

FYI the CBC is live streaming the Canadian federal election here:

So far, Liberals 30, Conservatives 1, NDP 1

What? Elections already? But they just started campaigning?

Are you telling me that other countries don’t do 800 days long campaigns?

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Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:39:03pm

re: #200 freetoken

What? Elections already? But they just started campaigning?

Are you telling me that other countries don’t do 800 days long campaigns?

Need the extra days here in order to maximize grift and media company income.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:40:31pm

The News from GotNwes:

BREAKING: Federal judge tells Chuck Johnson’s lawyer, ‘Nope. Try again, sonny’

“And next time, follow the damn rules.”

Federal Judge Charles Shaw ruled today that the hundreds of pages submitted by John C. “Jonathon” Burns on behalf of his client, Chuck C. Johnson, over the weekend be stricken from the record, and gave them until midnight Thursday to refile.

In his six-page ruling [see below for text], Shaw painstakingly reviews the filing requirements of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri for Burns, who practices in … Missouri.

More

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WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:40:38pm

re: #201 Feline Fearless Leader

Need the extra days here in order to maximize grift and media company income.

Imagine, there’s actual news up here that isn’t politics. Some is silly, but it’s not politics 24/7. Refreshing doesn’t cover it.

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freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:41:08pm

re: #201 Feline Fearless Leader

Need the extra days here in order to maximize grift and media company income.

Which is why we don’t see media companies highlighting the problems with the now unlimited campaign spending through misc PACs.

Because these same media companies are the recipients of that money through bought adverts.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:42:27pm

re: #203 WhatEVs

Imagine, there’s actual news up here that isn’t politics. Some is silly, but it’s not politics 24/7. Refreshing doesn’t cover it.

“Poutine shortage threatens famous Canadian politeness. Prime Minister apologizes.”

;P

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Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:43:41pm

re: #204 freetoken

Which is why we don’t see media companies highlighting the problems with the now unlimited campaign spending through misc PACs.

Because these same media companies are the recipients of that money through bought adverts.

And they compromised their journalistic standards since proper reporting would threaten that income, and news is business now.

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Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:43:55pm

Now it’s Liberals 33-0-0. That’s right, the Liberals are doing so well that they’re carrying a seat that doesn’t exist.

Oh, it’s a Quebec seat that’s in the Atlantic time zone.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:44:29pm
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WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:45:22pm

re: #207 Brian J.

Now it’s Liberals 33-0-0. That’s right, the Liberals are doing so well that they’re carrying a seat that doesn’t exist.

Oh, it’s a Quebec seat that’s in the Atlantic time zone.

That’s what we’re interested in seeing : Quebec.

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Belafon  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:45:49pm

re: #200 freetoken

What? Elections already? But they just started campaigning?

Are you telling me that other countries don’t do 800 days long campaigns?

Most countries don’t have regularly scheduled elections where you could stretch out the calendar this way.

I’ve tended to think that this schedule made our system stable, because you could plan even when a change in leadership was going to occur. But that’s failed in the super-partisanship that we’ve evolved into and having the Tea Party stopping the function of government. Now, I think we really should have elections where, if you win, you get control of government to implement your plans. If they suck bad enough, you’ll get thrown out.

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Reality Based Steve  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:46:51pm

For the record, Pistachio Almond ice cream is very good. BUT… with just a little tiny bit of chocolate syrup on it, it becomes INCREDIBLE.

RBS

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Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:47:23pm

45 minutes till their polls close.

My father is from West Montreal, which is the part of the city where they don’t parle francais, mercy buckets. The family moved to Vermont when he was 13.

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Poligeek  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:47:56pm

re: #208 Charles Johnson

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I respectfully disagree - I think they’re trying to set it up to LOOK that way but are going to pull some sort of swerve / misdirect… we shall see, though.

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teleskiguy  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:49:47pm

South Park - Where My Country Gone? - “Canadian ABCs”

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WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:50:56pm

re: #210 Belafon

Most countries don’t have regularly scheduled elections where you could stretch out the calendar this way.

I’ve tended to think that this schedule made our system stable, because you could plan even when a change in leadership was going to occur. But that’s failed in the super-partisanship that we’ve evolved into and having the Tea Party stopping the function of government. Now, I think we really should have elections where, if you win, you get control of government to implement your plans. If they suck bad enough, you’ll get thrown out.

I hear you. I’m new to a parliamentary system but ours (America) is broken. Cons ate willing to nuke the country. 25 years of brainwashing…no wonder it’s live or die on their cross. Older cons know it’s bullshit. Younger cons really think Others are killing “their” country. And many want to kill those Others who are fucking up “their” country. It’s not fun and games. They actually believe it. Which is why they won’t negotiate. They really think Dems are an enemy. And you don’t negotiate with an enemy.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:51:34pm

I am currently watching live Canada election coverage on ctvnews.ca. There’s no lockout for U.S. IPs so anyone who wants to check it out can.

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Bubblehead II  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:51:44pm

Night Lizards. I came, I saw and I withdrawal.
May the Deity of your choice smile down upon you.

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FormerDirtDart  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:51:50pm

re: #213 Poligeek

I respectfully disagree - I think they’re trying to set it up to LOOK that way but are going to pull some sort of swerve / misdirect… we shall see, though.

I think Enid’s survival credo: Just Survive Somehow is simply backed by a philosophy of run away early, run away often

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Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:52:53pm

C-Span 2 is simulcasting CBC coverage.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:53:21pm

re: #210 Belafon

As I’ve said before, my complaint about having election days fixed is that creates an an environment of non stop campaigning. No one is actually addressing issues because they are too busy worrying about the next vote. I also hate how restrictive the U.S. political system is. Thanks to Citizens United, if you don’t have an assload of money you might as well not run.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:53:41pm

re: #213 Poligeek

I respectfully disagree - I think they’re trying to set it up to LOOK that way but are going to pull some sort of swerve / misdirect… we shall see, though.

I guess they could be. But in that scene with Carl, she said Alexandria is “too big to protect. There are too many blind spots. That’s how we were able to …” and then Carl interrupted her.

Maybe we’ll find out she meant something else, but that’s pretty damning evidence.

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Barefoot Grin  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:54:15pm

re: #205 Feline Fearless Leader

“Poutine shortage threatens famous Canadian politeness. Prime Minister apologizes.”

;P

Poutine, poutine, poutine, poutiiiiine….I’m begging you, don’t take my man….

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freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:54:38pm

I am not up enough on Canadian politics to know who is who.

Are the “Liberals” the current party in power?

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:55:19pm

re: #223 freetoken

I am not up enough on Canadian politics to know who is who.

Are the “Liberals” the current party in power?

No.

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Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:55:48pm

re: #223 freetoken

No, they’re the party that had power before Stephen Harper and the Conservatives, who are the government now.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:56:33pm

Early results show liberals elected in all 11 ridings in Nova Scotia, Canada, as polls close

the other hobbits are still voting

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Charles Johnson  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:56:45pm

That episode of TWD was seriously intense. I still think it’s one of the best ongoing shows on television these days. If not the best.

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WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:56:59pm

re: #223 freetoken

I am not up enough on Canadian politics to know who is who.

Are the “Liberals” the current party in power?

The Progressive -Conservative party is in power. Harper is from out west and they went Liberal for the first time in like 40 years a few months ago.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:57:14pm

re: #223 freetoken

I am not up enough on Canadian politics to know who is who.

Are the “Liberals” the current party in power?

No, the Conservatives had been in power since 2006 I believe. Prior to that the Liberals were in power from 1993 onward.

Also of note, the current leader of the Liberal Party (in effect the Canadian Democratic nominee if you will) is Justin Trudeau. Justin the son of the man arguably considered Canada’s Greatest Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau.

If the the Liberals win, the Trudeaus will become the first father/son team to become Prime Minister in Canadian history.

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CriticalDragon1177  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:57:18pm

Here’s another reason why you should never take creationists seriously, you’re not even supposed to question it, and they usually don’t question it, because if they really thought about it, they’d realize how dumb it is.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:57:32pm

re: #227 Charles Johnson

That episode of TWD was seriously intense. I still think it’s one of the best ongoing shows on television these days. If not the best.

Carol was absolutely fierce.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:57:40pm

re: #223 freetoken

I am not up enough on Canadian politics to know who is who.

Are the “Liberals” the current party in power?

and, please, what is a ‘liberal’ in the context of communist kanukistan?

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:57:49pm

The Aussies elected a liberal government, and now the Canadians as well. I hope this bodes well for a Democratic victory in the States in 2016.

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CriticalDragon1177  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:58:05pm

re: #198 Charles Johnson

Now that’s a happy dog!

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lawhawk  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:58:06pm

re: #222 Barefoot Grin

Tried poutine once. It was a lot like disco fries. I am not a big cheese fan, so the curds didn’t really do it for me. But rabbit gravy? Yeah, that worked.

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Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:59:09pm

re: #233 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Actually, no. The Liberal Party in Australia is the party on the right. They’re not in good shape, though, since they threw out their Prime Minister last month, and they may lose next year.

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PhillyPretzel  Oct 19, 2015 • 5:59:52pm

re: #227 Charles Johnson

Please do not forget PBS and Downton Abbey. I understand you like The Walking Dead and that is good, but there are some of us who think that Downton Abbey is wonderful. I will miss it when it ends this season.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:00:04pm

re: #232 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

and, please, what is a ‘liberal’ in the context of communist kanukistan?

Relatively similar to what a bleeding heart Democrat is in the U.S. I would say Canadian Liberals tend to lean a bit more Left than American Democrats. Of course Canadian Conservatives traditionally leaned more left than American ones but that gap has narrowed thanks to the Koch brothers influence on Stephen Harper.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:00:10pm

re: #235 lawhawk

Tried poutine once. It was a lot like disco fries. I am not a big cheese fan, so the curds didn’t really do it for me. But rabbit gravy? Yeah, that worked.

…how do you not like cheese?

Does not compute.

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lawhawk  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:00:20pm

re: #230 CriticalDragon1177

If God would have wanted that ark done, he’d have miracled Ken’s ass to finish that job without a single crane or modern tech now, wouldn’t he?

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CriticalDragon1177  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:00:27pm

re: #158 De Kolta Chair

The Trump presidency will be gloriously classy!

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freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:00:43pm

re: #233 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

The US often seems to run counter to the rest of the Anglo-sphere, so quite the opposite might happen to your wish.

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Barefoot Grin  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:01:00pm

re: #235 lawhawk

Tried poutine once. It was a lot like disco fries. I am not a big cheese fan, so the curds didn’t really do it for me. But rabbit gravy? Yeah, that worked.

After I gave a paper at a conference in Toronto (I got one single question, so I’m not blowing my horn) I went out to blow off some steam. Late-night poutine is highly recommended late night. Not so much the next morning.

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Charles Johnson  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:01:15pm

re: #237 PhillyPretzel

Please do not forget PBS and Downton Abbey. I understand you like The Walking Dead and that is good, but there are some of us who think that Downton Abbey is wonderful. I will miss it when it ends this season.

I confess I’ve never watched Downton Abbey. But it’s on my Netflix list, so one of these days.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:01:15pm

re: #236 Brian J.

Actually, no. The Liberal Party in Australia is the party on the right. They’re not in good shape, though, since they threw out their Prime Minister last month, and they may lose next year.

Everything is opposite Down Under, I swear.

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lawhawk  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:02:01pm

re: #239 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I was never a big dairy fan growing up. Unless it was pizza or baked ziti. I wouldn’t go out of my way to eat cheese either.

I will eat more kinds of cheeses now, but have to be in the mood.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:02:09pm

re: #240 lawhawk

If God would have wanted that ark done, he’d have miracled Ken’s ass to finish that job without a single crane or modern tech now, wouldn’t he?

And a lot more cheaply, and without tax breaks.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:02:24pm

CTV reporting Calgary might elect their first Liberal MP in almost 50 years.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:02:44pm

re: #246 lawhawk

I was never a big dairy fan growing up. Unless it was pizza or baked ziti. I wouldn’t go out of my way to eat cheese either.

I will eat more kinds of cheeses now, but have to be in the mood.

Salami and pepperoni are the reasons I will never be vegetarian. (I recognize the wonders of these food, like bacon, are denied to some.)

Cheese is the reason I could never be vegan.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:03:22pm

For the record, a Canadian MP (member of Parliament) is equivalent to a Congressman or Senator in the U.S.

There are Senators in Canada, but they are not elected. They are appointed.

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Barefoot Grin  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:04:03pm

re: #245 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Everything is opposite Down Under, I swear.

Well, there is the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. Abe Shinzo and company are doing a bang-up job of preparing the foundations for Japan’s Neo-fascist revival.

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CriticalDragon1177  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:04:07pm

re: #240 lawhawk

If God would have wanted that ark done, he’d have miracled Ken’s ass to finish that job without a single crane or modern tech now, wouldn’t he?

Yes off course, because magic is the only explanation as to how a small family using only Bronze age technology could have built that thing so quickly. Never mind everything else wrong with the story of the Biblical flood, like this.

Noah’s Ark and the Cheetah

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freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:04:17pm

re: #250 Eclectic Cyborg

There are Senators in Canada, but they are not elected. They are appointed.

JUST LIKE US SENATORS SHOULD!

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Reality Based Steve  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:04:22pm

After a marathon, 78-day election campaign, polls are now closed in Newfoundland and Labrador and ballots will soon be counted across the country. Hell, here 78 days is just the minimum for playing “am I going to run or not…. I’ll have to talk with my Family, see what God wants for me, see how the big money stacks up” phase of the election.

RBS

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:04:31pm

It also appears three Cabinet members have been defeated.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:04:49pm

re: #181 De Kolta Chair

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Legacy! It’s everywhere!

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BeachDem  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:04:52pm

This is old, but hilarious:

“The constitution does a lot to protect people,” said John Burns, Johnson’s St. Louis-based attorney. “Even people who are in the spotlight are entitled to certain protections, too. There’s lots of defamation there. Frankly, textbook defamation.”

The suit says they are seeking at least $66 million in actual and punitive damages, though Burns said they are seeking a recovery of about $20 million.

Burns would not elaborate as to why the suit was filed in Missouri, citing “strategy.”

“I will say this: I’m not an idiot,” Burns said.

Oh yes you are, Jonathan/John/John C Burns.

thefogbow.com

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:05:10pm

re: #254 Reality Based Steve

It does say a lot when 78 days is a “marathon” campaign, doesn’t it?

:P

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Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:05:28pm

re: #251 Barefoot Grin

And they have mandatory retirement at 75! (Oops, meant to reply to freetoken)

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PhillyPretzel  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:06:10pm

For big cheese fans: dibruno.com

And yes they do mail orders.

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gocart mozart  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:06:24pm

What’s Trudeau’s position on the Canadian “bacon” issue? It’s not bacon, it’s ham! If you can’t trust a politician to tell the truth about bacon, what can you trust him on?

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Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:08:32pm

re: #260 PhillyPretzel

For big cheese fans: dibruno.com

And yes they do mail orders.

That’s where I go to get Red Leicester.

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The Ghost of the Beardsman  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:09:37pm

re: #262 Feline Fearless Leader

But…doe they have Venezuelan Beaver Cheese?

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PhillyPretzel  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:09:52pm

re: #262 Feline Fearless Leader

I love their prepared foods. They are wonderful.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:10:17pm

re: #244 Charles Johnson

I confess I’ve never watched Downton Abbey. But it’s on my Netflix list, so one of these days.

It’s surprisingly addictive. I got hooked after three episodes. If you ever watched Upstairs, Downstairs, it has some similarities to it. The acting in Downton is really good (Maggie Smith steals every scene she’s in) and the plots and subplots are fairly believable, if somewhat predictable.

Click to Reveal

Aristocrats’ daughter marries chauffeur, another daughter has child out of wedlock, eldest daughter loses love of her life in a car wreck)

They manage to work in historical events to ground the events in some kind of reality. Neville Chamberlain paid Downton Abbey a visit just the other night! [Before he was PM]

The background is the social change affecting the aristocracy and landed gentry from 1910 on, which also affects the people they employ — the servants.

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Jay C  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:10:26pm

re: #257 BeachDem

This is old, but hilarious:

“The constitution does a lot to protect people,” said John Burns, Johnson’s St. Louis-based attorney. “Even people who are in the spotlight are entitled to certain protections, too. There’s lots of defamation there. Frankly, textbook defamation.”

The suit says they are seeking at least $66 million in actual and punitive damages, though Burns said they are seeking a recovery of about $20 million.

Burns would not elaborate as to why the suit was filed in Missouri, citing “strategy.”

“I will say this: I’m not an idiot,” Burns said.

If it isn’t a traditional old saying, it ought to be: the more you have to disclaim your “idiot” status, the more you prove yourself wrong…

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PhillyPretzel  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:10:46pm

re: #263 The Ghost of the Beardsman

Go to the website and ask them that question.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:11:38pm

re: #264 PhillyPretzel

I love their prepared foods. They are wonderful.

I generally hit their store in the food court of the Comcast Center for a salad once a week or so. Also get their tuna salad to make sandwiches* with.

* - Bacon, tuna salad, and cheese with fresh dill on a toasted english muffin.

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Barefoot Grin  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:11:40pm

re: #263 The Ghost of the Beardsman

But…doe they have Venezuelan Beaver Cheese?

SHUT THAT BLOODY BOUZOUKI OFF!

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:13:13pm

Ohio delays executions until 2017

prosecutors cite election coverage as sufficient punishment for the duration

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teleskiguy  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:13:44pm

Funniest Vine I’ve seen in some time.

vine.co

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Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:13:50pm

re: #270 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

No way that survives an 8th Amendment appeal, surely?

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freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:13:52pm

Meanwhile, over in Utah:

Rubio rallies GOP faithful in conservative stronghold Utah

[…]

About 300 people attended the indoor rally at fairgrounds in Salt Lake City, about a mile away from the headquarters of the Mormon church.

The Florida senator was briefly a member of the faith during his childhood in Las Vegas, a fact that could reverberate with voters in Utah, where about 60 percent of the state’s residents are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Rubio, his sister and his mother were baptized in the LDS Church but returned to Catholicism by Rubio’s early teen years. His campaign said he has not asked the church to remove his name from a list of the faithful.

He didn’t mention his Mormon ties during his Monday speech but noted he not been in Salt Lake City since he was 9 years old. He recounted that trip to visit famous Mormon sites in his memoir, “An American Son.”

[…]

Like, let’s not mention that I was a Mormon, I’ll just mention that I did all those LDS-ish things.

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The Ghost of the Beardsman  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:13:59pm

re: #265 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Harumph. I watch Downtown Abbey and think, “Well, now I understand where all those Marxists came from.”

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:14:20pm

re: #263 The Ghost of the Beardsman

But…doe they have Venezuelan Beaver Cheese?

Not today sir.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:15:48pm

Monty Python - Cheese Shop

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:16:22pm

re: #271 teleskiguy

Funniest Vine I’ve seen in some time.

vine.co

I’m waiting for the day that guy has a heart attack on the air. Seriously, he’ll probably be decrying a conspiracy to kill him as he’s laying on an ambulance stretcher.

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It's on his hat!  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:16:25pm

Aww, man, looks like I was late to the party. Is there any popcorn left?

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Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:16:39pm

Johnny Cueto got shelled tonight, pulled with nobody out in the bottom of the 3rd. Blue Jays 7, Royals 2.

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ObserverArt  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:16:44pm

Just saw some polls on Rachel Maddow.

Chris Christie for President!!!

Uh, um, never mind.

Rand Paul for President!!

Uh, no, don’t think so.

Bobby Rick Pataki…less than zeroes. Oh noes!

Time for all of them to go away. Really no one cares.

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gocart mozart  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:19:47pm

re: #266 Jay C

I know a fair amount about defamation. Leaving aside the whole “public figure” thing which Chucky loses on, he has to prove actual damages. Unless he proves malice (knowing lies - good luck with that) what monetary loss has he suffered? His whole persona is being a douchebag, if anything, Gawker enhanced his douchebag reputation.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:21:37pm

re: #274 The Ghost of the Beardsman

Harumph. I watch Downtown Abbey and think, “Well, now I understand where all those Marxists came from.”

Oh, definitely. There’s even some hint of that among the servants, and the chauffeur-turned-gentleman also has some unionist leanings.

Everyone’s role back then was tightly constricted (like the ladies in their corsets). The upper class had to act just in this way, and the servants were destined to always be servants. In DA, though, you see where those strict lines of demarcation are beginning to blur, with the Downton daughters doing real work and servants getting middle class office jobs.

It also explains why the Roaring Twenties were so roaring.

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freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:21:44pm

re: #280 ObserverArt

realclearpolitics.com

It’s all speculation until January.

I’m having a hard time believing that either Trump or Carson will be the actual candidate.

That leaves Rubio, Cruz, and Bush as the real trio to watch.

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:23:00pm

re: #283 freetoken

realclearpolitics.com

It’s all speculation until January.

I’m having a hard time believing that either Trump or Carson will be the actual candidate.

That leaves Rubio, Cruz, and Bush as the real trio to watch.

My money is on Jeb!, as the most bland and least incendiary of the candidates. Simply put, for the Republicans, the only chance they have at winning the general election is not to embrace the crazy. The question is whether they realize it or not.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:23:05pm

Basically Chuck’s whole legal mess was a hail mary pass that missed. He was hoping after he filed Gawker would just cut him a check and tell him to hit the bricks, but they decided to fight back and suddenly CCJ and his lawyer are caught off guard trying to build a case they thought they’d never have to argue.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:23:40pm

re: #284 thedopefishlives

My money is on Jeb!, as the most bland and least incendiary of the candidates. Simply put, for the Republicans, the only chance they have at winning the general election is not to embrace the crazy. The question is whether they realize it or not.

Maybe Jeb with Carson as VP to appease the wingnuts?

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freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:23:41pm

Since Rubio and Cruz won’t be on the same ticket, that means there are 4 realistic scenarios for a GOP ticket:

1. Bush/Cruz
2. Bush/Rubio
3. Cruz/Bush
4. Rubio/Bush

Take your pick.

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De Kolta Chair  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:23:59pm

re: #230 CriticalDragon1177

Here’s another reason why you should never take creationists seriously, you’re not even supposed to question it, and they usually don’t question it, because if they really thought about it, they’d realize how dumb it is.

Noah had the help of the Nephilim!!!1!!

Though they might have been cave trolls. All teh CGI is starting to look the same to me.

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WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:24:20pm

re: #285 Eclectic Cyborg

Basically Chuck’s whole legal mess was a hail mary pass that missed. He was hoping after he filed Gawker would just cut him a check and tell him to hit the bricks, but they decided to fight back and suddenly CCJ and his lawyer are caught off guard trying to build a case they thought they’d never have to argue.

I still think had he sued for $1m they might have settled. $66m? No way.

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WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:25:16pm

re: #287 freetoken

Since Rubio and Cruz won’t be on the same ticket, that means there are 4 realistic scenarios for a GOP ticket:

1. Bush/Cruz
2. Bush/Rubio
3. Cruz/Bush
4. Rubio/Bush

Take your pick.

Clinton/Castro.

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ObserverArt  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:25:35pm

re: #283 freetoken

realclearpolitics.com

It’s all speculation until January.

I’m having a hard time believing that either Trump or Carson will be the actual candidate.

That leaves Rubio, Cruz, and Bush as the real trio to watch.

Yes it is. But I am pretty sure the ones I listed, all at the bottom of the polls, have no chance. Even in Republican hell.

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:25:37pm

re: #288 De Kolta Chair

You joke, but there are some creationists who read way too much into the Genesis statements about one of Noah’s sons being a metalworker to believe that they had advanced technology in the pre-flood days. Interpretations vary from merely having metal tools to full-on technologically advanced societies with electronics, maybe even space travel.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:25:57pm

re: #289 WhatEVs

I still think had he sued for $1m they might have settled. $66m? No way.

I agree, but we know by now CCJ usually shoots for the moon.

294
BeachDem  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:26:09pm

re: #289 WhatEVs

I still think had he sued for $1m they might have settled. $66m? No way.

But, but, chuckie’s super lawyer said they were really only looking for $20 million because strategy.

I notice super lawyer has a newly designed (horrible) website with a live chat feature. Hmmmm.

295
Eric The Fruit Bat  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:26:23pm

re: #151 lawhawk

And the scary part: For every John Burns, there’s a Louie Gohmert.

296
Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:26:27pm

re: #290 WhatEVs

Bush and Rubio can’t be on the same ticket, according to the 12th Amendment, unless they want to forfeit Florida’s 29 electoral votes.

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freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:26:39pm

re: #286 Eclectic Cyborg

Maybe Jeb with Carson as VP to appease the wingnuts?

I doubt it. The GOP learned from the defeat of GHWB to not put as VP some guy who gets himself into rhetorical mazes.

So, Jeb!/Rubio it will be.

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freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:26:53pm

re: #296 Brian J.

One of them can move.

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Belafon  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:27:04pm

re: #229 Eclectic Cyborg

No, the Conservatives had been in power since 2006 I believe. Prior to that the Liberals were in power from 1993 onward.

Also of note, the current leader of the Liberal Party (in effect the Canadian Democratic nominee if you will) is Justin Trudeau. Justin the son of the man arguably considered Canada’s Greatest Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau.

If the the Liberals win, the Trudeaus will become the first father/son team to become Prime Minister in Canadian history.

How can Canadians allow a dynasty?!! //

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gocart mozart  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:27:43pm

re: #285 Eclectic Cyborg

I think that is exactly right.

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WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:28:14pm

re: #293 Eclectic Cyborg

I agree, but we know by now CCJ usually shoots for the moon.

Shoots for the foot is more like it.

Someone posted the Shot Myself In The Foot musical earlier today. I LMAO. That’s Chuck.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:28:51pm

re: #281 gocart mozart

I know a fair amount about defamation. Leaving aside the whole “public figure” thing which Chucky loses on, he has to prove actual damages. Unless he proves malice (knowing lies - good luck with that) what monetary loss has he suffered? His whole persona is being a douchebag, if anything, Gawker enhanced his douchebag reputation.

Chuck lost sight of the Hollywood motto, “The only bad publicity is no publicity.” All this fuss and bluster about floor shitting and sheep fucking has just perpetuated the rumors forevermore. Winning his suit (unlikely) is not going to make those rumors go away now. And the hamfisted legal team he has is not helping one bit.

In fact, Gawker’s articles concluded that Chuck had neither pooped on the floor or violated a ewe, and any reader with a modicum of intelligence would realize those events never happened. They were rumors started by people who knew him in college.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:29:14pm

re: #297 freetoken

I doubt it. The GOP learned from the defeat of GHWB to not put as VP some guy who gets himself into rhetorical mazes.

So, Jeb!/Rubio it will be.

Wouldn’t an all Florida ticket be a bad move though?

304
goddamnedfrank  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:29:24pm

Confession time: I tried to get into the Walking Dead but never understood the appeal at all …

… Just like Glee.

305
A Cranky One  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:29:59pm

re: #165 Charles Johnson

Because the people who exposed Rather’s fraud are just faceless right wing demons in the film. People with no names, who don’t matter. Dan Rather and Mary Mapes are portrayed as misunderstood heroes, courageous journalists unfairly brought down by a right wing lynch mob.

I have it on good authority that they had cast Tom Hiddleston to play Charles, but he wasn’t available so they wrote his part out of the script.

/

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freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:30:06pm

re: #303 Eclectic Cyborg

Wouldn’t an all Florida ticket be a bad move though?

Jeb! can always move to Texas. The Bushes have homes anywhere they are needed.

307
Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:30:17pm

All the provinces westward to Alberta just had their polls close.

I’m impressed with how fast the votes are being counted; we’ll probably have a good idea of the next Canadian government within two hours.

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:30:31pm

re: #227 Charles Johnson

That episode of TWD was seriously intense. I still think it’s one of the best ongoing shows on television these days. If not the best.

Did you see Kevin Smith on Talking Dead? He was the icing on top.

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WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:31:05pm

re: #304 goddamnedfrank

Confession time: I tried to get into the Walking Dead but never understood the appeal at all …

… Just like Glee.

I loved Glee for its Outcasts ARE Cool theme.

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Romantic Heretic  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:31:36pm

re: #166 Brian J.

Canadian here.

I was very careful voting this afternoon. I took more than enough ID. Turns out I needed my registration card, passport and mail with my address on it just to enter the polling place. Needed the registration card and passport to get my voting slip.

Our Dear Leader passed a ‘Fair Elections Act’, which like all ‘conservative’ voting measures was meant to keep the wrong people from voting.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:32:09pm

re: #283 freetoken

I’m having a hard time believing that either Trump or Carson will be the actual candidate

im having a hard time believing that carson does the best of all republicans in general election matchups in all polls

wtf is up with that???

312
Reality Based Steve  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:32:34pm

And over on the far wingnut side of the GOP, the uber-conservatives are talking about how Cruz is scoring low in the polls because conservatives are smart enough to hang up the phone when a pollster calls because who knows what they are going to do with that data. (and no, I’m not making this up, have seen the idea several times on multiple sites).

So pretty soon it will be time to play the “un-skewed polls game”.

RBS

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The Ghost of the Beardsman  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:33:04pm

re: #304 goddamnedfrank

Confession time: I tried to get into the Walking Dead but never understood the appeal at all …

… Just like Glee.

Well, to be fair, if you’re not into one show about shambling emotionless shells being ground into ever-sharper desperation, you wouldn’t like another.

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:33:12pm

re: #310 Romantic Heretic

Canadian here.

I was very careful voting this afternoon. I took more than enough ID. Turns out I needed my registration card, passport and mail with my address on it just to enter the polling place. Needed the registration card and passport to get my voting slip.

Our Dear Leader passed a ‘Fair Elections Act’, which like all ‘conservative’ voting measures was meant to keep the wrong people from voting.

For comparison, during the last election here in the wild north country, I didn’t even have to show ID. I merely cross-checked my address they had on file with my current address and received a voting number which I exchanged for a ballot. Easy as pie.

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bratwurst  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:33:41pm

re: #303 Eclectic Cyborg

Wouldn’t an all Florida ticket be a bad move though?

Bad and not legal.

I am more and more convinced Jeb! is not going anywhere. This leaves Rubio as the only plausible anti-Trump.

316
WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:34:23pm

re: #310 Romantic Heretic

Where are you? (Can reply private if you care to reply.) We’re in a small town in SW Ontario.

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:34:24pm

re: #315 bratwurst

Bad and not legal.

I am more and more convinced Jeb! is not going anywhere. This leaves Rubio as the only plausible anti-Trump.

I think one of Jeb! or Rubio will be on the ticket. That leaves Cruz to fill in the other position, depending on how the voting plays out.

318
freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:35:23pm

re: #311 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

im having a hard time believing that carson does the best of all republicans in general election matchups in all polls

wtf is up with that???

I suspect there is a combination of outsider/doctor/identification voting going on in those polls.

As I’ve been mentioning the past couple of weeks, I think people vote on deep, visceral impulses more than on a rational analysis of candidates.

Feelings.

It all comes down to Feelings.

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freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:36:12pm

If I were a candidate I’d have Barry Manilow write my campaign music.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:36:22pm

re: #316 WhatEVs

Where are you? (Can reply private if you care to reply.) We’re in a small town in SW Ontario.

I lived in the Kitchener/Waterloo area before I moved south. The question was not directed at me I know, but I’m one of the other resident Canucks around here.

321
bratwurst  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:36:27pm

re: #317 thedopefishlives

I think one of Jeb! or Rubio will be on the ticket. That leaves Cruz to fill in the other position, depending on how the voting plays out.

The fact that a Republican hasn’t chosen someone they were previously running against to be on their ticket since Reagan took Poppy Bush doesn’t make you stop and think that it is going to be someone not presently a presidential candidate?

322
Eric The Fruit Bat  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:36:35pm

re: #200 freetoken

Hell, the Canucks were bitching that it was taking too long….90 fricking days!

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:37:03pm

re: #315 bratwurst

Bad and not legal.

I am more and more convinced Jeb! is not going anywhere. This leaves Rubio as the only plausible anti-Trump.

rubio as ‘the kid’

my prediction is that trump will split the primaries with the jeb, who will mysteriously show strength he hasnt shown in the polls oh did you think the powers that be in the republican party are just going to let the wrong people take it over without a fight?

324
The Ghost of the Beardsman  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:37:10pm

re: #313 The Ghost of the Beardsman

I know it’s been awhile since high school, but I’m pretty sure glee clubs propagate by biting.

325
thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:37:15pm

re: #321 bratwurst

The fact that a Republican hasn’t chosen someone they were previously running against to be on their ticket since Reagan took Poppy Bush doesn’t stop and make you think that it is going to be someone not presently a presidential candidate?

You do make a good point. Who outside the current crop of idjits would make a good VP?

326
Romantic Heretic  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:37:25pm

re: #188 WhatEVs

Apparently, Mulcair refinanced his house 12 times (hubby said it was confirmed). Very unCanadian. That could hurt.

I’m unsure why that is a bad thing. The way interest rates have been falling if I owned a house and if I could I’d have refinanced too.

I suspect, if that’s the case, that Mulcair saved himself a lot of money.

Also, I’ll see if I can find a source. We have wingnuts up here just as bad as the ones in the States. The species is unfortunately quite common and widely distributed.

327
thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:37:36pm

re: #325 thedopefishlives

That is to say, a wingnut’s idea of a good VP, not a legit good VP. We have to keep our perspective.

328
WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:38:44pm

re: #322 Eric The Fruit Bat

Hell, the Canucks were bitching that it was taking too long….90 fricking days!

Yeah, but the Cons were running the Nice Hair ads for months before that. I called to complain about it.

They just called it (projections) for the Liberals.

329
bratwurst  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:39:10pm

re: #325 thedopefishlives

You do make a good point. Who outside the current crop of idjits would make a good VP?

Look at governors, especially if the nominee is not Bush (and really do not think it will be).

330
Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:39:22pm

CTV now calling the election for the Liberal Party of Canada. Still unsure if it will be a minority or majority.

Disclaimer: There are still a lot of results to come in so a shift is possible, if unlikely.

331
Eric The Fruit Bat  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:39:52pm

Boy, the last time I saw Peter Mansbridge (back when I lived in Detroit) he had a full set of black hair. My, how times have changed.

332
freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:39:56pm

re: #329 bratwurst

Probably someone like Jan Brewer.

333
Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:40:52pm

Now they are interviewing a conservative dude going all Karl Rove saying “all the votes aren’t counted yet!”

334
ObserverArt  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:41:15pm

re: #311 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

im having a hard time believing that carson does the best of all republicans in general election matchups in all polls

wtf is up with that???

I really do think it is either the polls are a complete joke, or the people that are identifying as Republican voters are a complete joke.

Nothing logical seems to fit.

All those that said Trump was a flash-in-the-pan are now saying he is legit. He is still leading and it is almost November. Usually the early fringe leaders jump to a summer lead and by now have faded away. Republican reservation as to who might be their guy seems to be starting to hit.

One more debate, and if Trump is still leading, the real insider GOP crying starts.

335
WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:41:22pm

re: #326 Romantic Heretic

I’m unsure why that is a bad thing. The way interest rates have been falling if I owned a house and if I could I’d have refinanced too.

I suspect, if that’s the case, that Mulcair saved himself a lot of money.

Also, I’ll see if I can find a source. We have wingnuts up here just as bad as the ones in the States. The species is unfortunately quite common and widely distributed.

I don’t have an issue with it, myself. But it, on a subconscious level, goes against the I’m Not Going To Run Deficits And I Know How To Do It ads.

336
Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:41:28pm

CBC has also made the call for Trudeau, but not yet making a majority/ minority call.

337
Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:41:54pm

re: #331 Eric The Fruit Bat

Boy, the last time I saw Peter Mansbridge (back when I lived in Detroit) he had a full set of black hair. My, how times have changed.

You sure you’re thinking of the right guy? Mansbridge has been bald for as long as I can remember.

338
Eric The Fruit Bat  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:41:58pm

BREAKING: CBC Projecting a Liberal Government.

cbc.ca

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WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:42:08pm

re: #332 freetoken

Probably someone like Jan Brewer.

Nikki Haley.

340
bratwurst  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:42:24pm

re: #332 freetoken

Probably someone like Jan Brewer.

A horrifying thought, but yes…it is going to have to be someone with “rock ribbed” conservative credentials (except in the highly unlikely event it is Cruz) who does not have the fetid stench of the legislative branch upon them.

341
thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:43:20pm

re: #334 ObserverArt

Polls, especially the modern “online reader” polls, are susceptible to sampling bias. With an online-only, self-reported poll, the major sampling bias is that those who elect to take the poll are generally more likely to be invested in the positive outcome - the “Ron Paul” effect, a la 2008.

342
Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:43:23pm

re: #339 WhatEVs

Bill Haslam of Tennessee comes to mind. Lots of wingnut positions, and a non-Anglo-Saxon name.

343
freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:44:58pm

re: #339 WhatEVs

Nikki Haley.

Probably best bet.

With a Jeb!/Haley ticket I suppose the GOP braintrust thinks it can’t lose.

344
WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:45:20pm

re: #342 Brian J.

Bill Haslam of Tennessee comes to mind. Lots of wingnut positions, and a non-Anglo-Saxon name.

They could go with someone less known. I think they want name recognition. But it’s just a guess.

345
freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:46:24pm

Life would be a lot more interesting if it is a Trump/Carson ticket, though.

346
Stanley Sea Toujours  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:46:26pm

re: #260 PhillyPretzel

For big cheese fans: dibruno.com

And yes they do mail orders.

Catching up on thread. (apologies if I’m 100 away from current - you’ll manage!)

Mail order is my friend lately. Haven’t ventured into food yet, mostly stuff for my Mom in FL. Got tab open. I love good cheese. TY

347
WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:46:39pm

Bloc Quebecois got ZERO riding in Quebec. Zero. Wow.

348
I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:47:08pm

CIA Catches Republicans Red-Handed Altering Hillary’s Emails to Smear Her

?????

349
WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:47:14pm

re: #345 freetoken

Life would be a lot more interesting if it is a Trump/Carson ticket, though.

Have I mentioned that I love boring? :-D

350
Eric The Fruit Bat  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:47:18pm

re: #337 Eclectic Cyborg

I left Detroit Back in the mid 1990s.

Understand that I grew up watching ‘The Friendly Giant’ and ‘Chez Helene’.

351
Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:47:24pm

re: #347 WhatEVs

There are a lot of ridings where there aren’t any votes- they just got one seat. Keep in mind that their polls closed barely 15 minutes ago.

352
Skip Intro  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:47:35pm

re: #345 freetoken

Life would be a lot more interesting if it is a Trump/Carson ticket, though.

You may get your wish.

Poll: Trump hits highest mark yet, but Carson is close behind

msnbc.com

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Stanley Sea Toujours  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:47:39pm

re: #265 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

It’s surprisingly addictive. I got hooked after three episodes. If you ever watched Upstairs, Downstairs, it has some similarities to it. The acting in Downton is really good (Maggie Smith steals every scene she’s in) and the plots and subplots are fairly believable, if somewhat predictable.

[Embedded content]

They manage to work in historical events to ground the events in some kind of reality. Neville Chamberlain paid Downton Abbey a visit just the other night! [Before he was PM]

The background is the social change affecting the aristocracy and landed gentry from 1910 on, which also affects the people they employ — the servants.

Upstairs Downstairs. That is definitely one to revisit. Loved it.

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:47:47pm

re: #345 freetoken

Life would be a lot more interesting if it is a Trump/Carson ticket, though.

Interesting, sure. Entertaining, most definitely. Good for anyone or anything except a severe drinking habit, well, uhhh… NO.

355
Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:47:49pm

re: #347 WhatEVs

Bloc Quebecois got ZERO riding in Quebec. Zero. Wow.

Full disclosure: The Bloc Quebecois, despite being a nationally recognized party, ONLY run candidates in Quebec so they could never actually get a mandate.

356
dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:48:11pm

re: #345 freetoken

Life would be a lot more interesting if it is a Trump/Carson ticket, though.

any trump vice president will have to choose which mammal to wear on his head

357
WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:48:22pm

re: #351 Brian J.

There are a lot of ridings where there aren’t any votes- they just got one seat. Keep in mind that their polls closed barely 15 minutes ago.

Oh, OK. I misread. Thanks.

358
Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:48:43pm

I can envision Carson and Trump getting into bitch fests with each other quite easily.

359
Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:49:01pm

re: #357 WhatEVs

No problem. I hope they really are wiped out, myself.

360
Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:49:16pm

CTV now projecting the Bloc to win at least one seat.

361
WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:49:33pm

re: #359 Brian J.

No problem. I hope they really are wiped out, myself.

Me, too.

362
freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:50:02pm

re: #360 Eclectic Cyborg

CTV now projecting the Bloc to win at least one seat.

Is that something like The Borg?

363
thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:50:21pm

re: #359 Brian J.

re: #361 WhatEVs

Mind if a non-Canadian interested party asks why?

364
Reality Based Steve  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:50:43pm

re: #354 thedopefishlives

Interesting, sure. Entertaining, most definitely. Good for anyone or anything except a severe drinking habit, well, uhhh… NO.

The problem is that while it would be amusing as hell if it were someplace else, this would probably result in such damage to our country that it would take decades to undo the damage. And if that twosome got elected, imagine what the Congress would look like.

RBS

365
Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:50:55pm

re: #362 freetoken

Is that something like The Borg?

Yes, the French Borg.

joking aside, that’s actually FAR closer to the truth than you might think!

366
Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:51:12pm

re: #363 thedopefishlives

The Bloc Quebecois (and their provincial allies, the Parti Quebecois) want an independent Quebec and are really fervent about opposing English-language signage and so forth. They’re also quite left-wing economically, but that isn’t their biggest problem.

Basically, Eclectic Cyborg has it about right.

367
Eric The Fruit Bat  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:51:21pm

re: #361 WhatEVs

Looks like BQ got a seat.

368
ObserverArt  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:52:01pm

re: #341 thedopefishlives

Polls, especially the modern “online reader” polls, are susceptible to sampling bias. With an online-only, self-reported poll, the major sampling bias is that those who elect to take the poll are generally more likely to be invested in the positive outcome - the “Ron Paul” effect, a la 2008.

I admit, I do not check all the workings of all the major polls and all the newer polling methods and if those traditional polls rely on things like the internet. I usually go by the RealClearPolitics poll averages or the biggest polls. The one I saw today was NBC/WSJ.

My bottom line. I don’t trust too many polls especially this early. For the primaries, the actual voting is my polling. When we get to the general election in November ‘16, the polls in late September early October seem to be clearer. Outside that, it’s all suspect to me.

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:52:01pm

re: #366 Brian J.

The Bloc Quebecois (and their provincial allies, the Parti Quebecois) want an independent Quebec and are really fervent about opposing English-language signage and so forth.

I suspected as much. So it sounds like they’re the French-speaking equivalent of our Tea Party.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:52:46pm

re: #363 thedopefishlives

Mind if a non-Canadian interested party asks why?

Well as I mentioned above, they only run in Quebec so they could never form a government. Also, they are in favor of Quebec Sovereignty. That is, Quebec seceding from Canada to become an independent nation. This is something that has been debated for decades in Canadian politics and was even the subject of a national referendum exactly 20 years ago in 1995.

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thedopefishlives  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:52:52pm

re: #368 ObserverArt

Most of the mainstream polls tend to be rather better done. They’ve learned enough about statistics to at least implement a respectable poll, even if they do a piss-poor job of interpreting it.

372
freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:53:14pm

This is CNN, trying:

The real story behind those Planned Parenthood videos

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WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:53:17pm

re: #362 freetoken

Is that something like The Borg?

Separatists in Quebec. Want Quebec to seceed from Canada. Fuck them.

374
freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:53:50pm

re: #373 WhatEVs

So, they’re kind of the opposite of the Borg then.

375
Reality Based Steve  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:53:55pm

re: #373 WhatEVs

Separatists in Quebec. Want Quebec to seceed from Canada. Fuck them.

Oh, Canadian Texans.

RBS

376
Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:53:56pm

It is so hilarious watching these Conservative supporters making excuses about why they are getting routed.

377
WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:54:24pm

re: #363 thedopefishlives

Mind if a non-Canadian interested party asks why?

Sorry for the late reply. My MIL called to express her excitement that Libs are kicking ass. :-)

I answered above.

378
Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:54:26pm

re: #370 Eclectic Cyborg

Two, actually; the first one was in 1980. That ‘95 referendum was very close- less than 51-49% against independence. (The PQ leader blamed their loss on “money and the ethnic vote,” furthering those Tea Party comparisons.)

379
Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:54:30pm

re: #374 freetoken

So, they’re kind of the opposite of the Borg then.

I was thinking in the context of wanting to assimilate all of Quebec into its own nation.

380
Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:55:26pm

re: #378 Brian J.

Two, actually; the first one was in 1980. That ‘95 referendum was very close- less than 51-49% against independence. (The PQ leader blamed their loss on “money and the ethnic vote,” furthering those Tea Party comparisons.)

Thanks for the info. I wasn’t born in 1980 but I do remember the 95 Referendum vividly and you’re you right it was VERY close and yes, I do remember the PQ leader making those statements.

381
Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:56:07pm

CBC projection now has the Liberals leading in 102 seats to 65 Tories.

382
bratwurst  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:56:26pm

A lot can happen in the next 4 (!) months…but I am just not feeling those of you who seem to assume Jeb! is going to shoot like a rocket from where he is now to the nomination.

Look at it this way: he has NO chance in Iowa, and next to no chance in South Carolina. That means he has to WIN New Hampshire. If he goes 0 for 3, the party establishment will (reluctantly) pull together around a different anti-Trump.

Now, it IS possible Jeb! could pull this off…but do you REALLY think he looks and sounds like someone ready to lay it all on the line? I just don’t see it. I think he only decided to run because he thought it would be a “joyful” campaign/coronation. I honestly wonder if he might not have packed it in already if it weren’t for the ridiculous amount of money that has been raised.

383
Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:56:48pm

Polls in BC closing at the top of the hour.

384
WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:57:03pm

re: #374 freetoken

So, they’re kind of the opposite of the Borg then.

Yes! Ha!

They’re nativist, racist and xenophobic.

385
Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:57:03pm

re: #381 Brian J.

CBC projection now has the Liberals leading in 102 seats to 65 Tories.

CTV showing 106-67.

386
ObserverArt  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:57:26pm

re: #370 Eclectic Cyborg

Well as I mentioned above, they only run in Quebec so they could never form a government. Also, they are in favor of Quebec Sovereignty. That is, Quebec seceding from Canada to become an independent nation. This is something that has been debated for decades in Canadian politics and was even the subject of a national referendum exactly 20 years ago in 1995.

I remember that election. I happened to be working with the bosses wife at my job. She was from Quebec. And yes, very French. She was however not in favor of seceding. She thought it was dumb economically, etc.

387
Eric The Fruit Bat  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:57:31pm

Current CA stats:
Lib 102, PC 64, NDP 12, BQ 2

Polls are closing in BC

388
freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:57:44pm

re: #382 bratwurst

I just can’t accept that the GOP inner-powers are going to let Trump win the nomination.

389
Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:57:44pm

re: #385 Eclectic Cyborg

CTV showing 106-67.

Make that 116-67.

390
dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:58:03pm

but justin trudeau is only 41, so, basically a teenager

391
Stanley Sea Toujours  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:58:14pm

re: #286 Eclectic Cyborg

Maybe Jeb with Carson as VP to appease the wingnuts?

Nah, Rubio. Florida Florida Florida!

392
Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:58:24pm

re: #388 freetoken

I just can’t accept that the GOP inner-powers are going to let Trump win the nomination.

I tend agree but Trump has so much money that he can seriously stir shit up if he wants to regardless of how the inner powers feel about him.

393
Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:58:28pm

There are new seats reporting every second, so no use being too exact with the numbers, but it really looks like a Liberal majority is in the cards.

394
klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:58:30pm
395
WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:58:35pm

re: #381 Brian J.

CBC projection now has the Liberals leading in 102 seats to 65 Tories.

120 now, I think.

396
bratwurst  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:59:31pm

re: #388 freetoken

I just can’t accept that the GOP inner-powers are going to let Trump win the nomination.

They will absolutely do everything within their power to prevent that.

However, doesn’t the dumpster fire going on in the House demonstrate that there are severe limitation to the GOP inner-powers having their way?

397
WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 6:59:44pm

re: #382 bratwurst

I do not see Jeb? getting through the primary. I just don’t.

398
Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:00:13pm

CTV now reporting 125-72.

170 needed for majority.

399
Stanley Sea Toujours  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:00:13pm

re: #296 Brian J.

Bush and Rubio can’t be on the same ticket, according to the 12th Amendment, unless they want to forfeit Florida’s 29 electoral votes.

Oh.

Bush/Fiorina

Just to token it out.

400
freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:00:15pm

Caucuses can be manipulated and I strongly suspect that we’ll see lots of unusual caucus results.

Remember, the first night of any state’s caucus is not the final say. There is a process by which the local caucus is collated into a larger state meeting. It is from there that delegates are selected to go to the national convention.

401
Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:00:51pm

I can honestly picture Trump trying to literally buy delegates at the convention.

402
Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:00:51pm

re: #397 WhatEVs

I still see that $100 million-plus in Super PAC money and no one with any kind of ground game. And it’ll be a nearly national primary, with 25 states plus PR and DC voting in 15 days. Don’t count the Bush family out.

403
Stanley Sea Toujours  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:01:03pm

re: #298 freetoken

One of them can move.

Rubio: Hon, we’re going to buy a house in Salt Lake City!

404
dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:01:11pm

re: #388 freetoken

I just can’t accept that the GOP inner-powers are going to let Trump win the nomination.

i tend to agree with you, especially as current gop officeholders also have votes at the convention. however - if trump splits the primary votes with anti-trump, but they dont nominate him - well, trump’s people aint too good about losing or compromising, so it just might split the party

i think that’s the story: either go with the wingnut’s choice and keep them in the party, or nominate somebody acceptable to the leadership and split the party in two

405
The Vicious Babushka  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:01:19pm

re: #350 Eric The Fruit Bat

I left Detroit Back in the mid 1990s.

Understand that I grew up watching ‘The Friendly Giant’ and ‘Chez Helene’.

Wayne & Schuster, the original “Terrance & Phillip”

406
WhatEVs  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:01:34pm

Turning Castle on. Keep me posted!

407
lockjawcanbefun  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:02:22pm

132-85-19-5
Lib/Con/NDP/BQ

I’m hoping to see forced birth fanatic Stephen Woodworth go down in my riding.

408
I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:02:38pm
Hawaii Declares State of Emergency over Homelessness

Hawaii has declared a state of emergency over homelessness. Governor David Ige said the move will help Hawaii ramp up shelter construction. This comes after officials cleared a homeless encampment in Honolulu that was one of the largest in the country. Last month the American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit saying Honolulu officials had destroyed homeless people’s property without due process.
409
Stanley Sea Toujours  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:02:58pm

re: #304 goddamnedfrank

Confession time: I tried to get into the Walking Dead but never understood the appeal at all …

… Just like Glee.

Blasphemy to put TWD in a comparison with Glee.

I’ve never watched a second of Glee.

FRANK

410
Stanley Sea Toujours  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:04:09pm

re: #308 Stanley Sea Toujours

Did you see Kevin Smith on Talking Dead? He was the icing on top.

I finally reached my first comment.

Continue.

411
Brian J.  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:04:21pm

Liberals now up to 141 seats compared to 114 for the combined opposition.

412
The Vicious Babushka  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:04:36pm

J5NLGKuWADukPV/K6tk5pBzMZdkNHtnJzzI4CAOI5c4DsBWLY3uGW7ho9I7ZGdQ8of9i35lkngSw0s3BBJJhQXCwzXjeVBWIw2qHjsdF/Yi+VxlUAcIlbZMzWBdDTuPqNE0b6Mnl91vo7kbiJE7ETQ==

413
A Cranky One  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:06:02pm

Reading the judges ruling on CCJ’s/Burns filings, I’m struck by the sarcasm underneath. The judge’s response contained not only a primer on how to actually file with the court, but also provided a clear example of how to argue. The response to each point cited appropriate references, the overall document was concise, short and done in a short amount of time.

I suspect the judge understands that there’s no way in hell Burns and CCJ will be able to provide an adequate response, especially by Thursday. And when they don’t, there will be no excuses after all the granted delays and after being provided a cook book on what to do and how to do it.

One can only hope the judge is actually pissed and getting ready for a smack-down that can’t be appealed.

P.S. I’m not a lawyer, don’t play one on TV and seldom watch actors playing lawyers on TV.

414
freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:06:03pm

re: #304 goddamnedfrank

Confession time: I tried to get into the Walking Dead but never understood the appeal at all …

… Just like Glee.

Well, I did watch the first season of TWD, but after that lost interest quickly.

Never watched Glee.

Heck, I never watched that popular sitcom about that bar with lots of characters people liked, back in the ‘80’s and early 90’s I think it was. “Cheers”. Never watched a full episode.

415
Stanley Sea Toujours  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:06:16pm

re: #314 thedopefishlives

For comparison, during the last election here in the wild north country, I didn’t even have to show ID. I merely cross-checked my address they had on file with my current address and received a voting number which I exchanged for a ballot. Easy as pie.

Same here, you on the list, you initial it.

416
ObserverArt  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:06:41pm

re: #388 freetoken

I just can’t accept that the GOP inner-powers are going to let Trump win the nomination.

Any idea how they would stop it?

Just thoughts for debate. Right now, they do not seem to have the RNC that is powerful enough to stop him, or Carson. All the fractures in the party won’t allow for any kind of a base of power to form. There appears no strong group of even money men to push the moves, they do not know who to put the money behind at this late date.

At this time, I see no legit way for them to actually stop Trump. And as I posted above, I am already hearing conservative talking heads saying it is this close >< to being inevitable.

417
I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:07:37pm

I’m not a Zombie or a Vampire person. I have, however, enjoyed the first few episodes of iZombie.

418
klys (maker of Silmarils)  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:07:37pm

re: #415 Stanley Sea Toujours

Same here, you on the list, you initial it.

I’m lazy and vote by mail.

Not sure where my actual polling station is.

419
freetoken  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:07:38pm

re: #416 ObserverArt

Only a fraction of delegates will be awarded through primaries. The rest are through caucuses and of course then there are the super-delegates.

420
Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:08:07pm

re: #412 The Vicious Babushka

[Embedded content]

Lol. CTV just showed a shot of the Liberal headquarters in Montreal. Tons of minorities in there celebrating. Also mentioned was how a major riding in Mississauga (just west of Toronto) shifted Liberal largely due to immigrant backlash over Conservative visa/citizenship policies.

421
I Stand With Planned Parenthood  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:08:08pm

re: #414 freetoken

Well, I did watch the first season of TWD, but after that lost interest quickly.

Never watched Glee.

Heck, I never watched that popular sitcom about that bar with lots of characters people liked, back in the ‘80’s and early 90’s I think it was. “Cheers”. Never watched a full episode.

oh, you missed a great show!

422
Eric The Fruit Bat  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:08:51pm

re: #412 The Vicious Babushka

E3omqQ/uSJPt/vIwr30Vwp8GhJ97QhO2ijDR9YqHAa/3noE0/9nNN/IT8bSDvmpLhVkacTmo7P8=

423
The Vicious Babushka  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:09:39pm

re: #422 Eric The Fruit Bat

[Embedded content]

This comment is not addressed to you!

*sad*

424
wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:10:02pm

re: #413 A Cranky One

Reading the judges ruling on CCJ’s/Burns filings, I’m struck by the sarcasm underneath. The judge’s response contained not only a primer on how to actually file with the court, but also provided a clear example of how to argue. The response to each point cited appropriate references, the overall document was concise, short and done in a short amount of time.

I suspect the judge understands that there’s no way in hell Burns and CCJ will be able to provide an adequate response, especially by Thursday. And when they don’t, there will be no excuses after all the granted delays and after being provided a cook book on what to do and how to do it.

One can only hope the judge is actually pissed and getting ready for a smack-down that can’t be appealed.

P.S. I’m not a lawyer, don’t play one on TV and seldom watch actors playing lawyers on TV.

The tone reminded of a professor not-so-patiently explaining to a procrastinating student how one prepares and submits a master’s thesis.

425
Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:10:47pm

Given the short discussion on the English class system I wanted to drop in a link to the famous “Class Sketch”. No luck on Youtube, so the substitute is a later variant made in 2000.

The Two Ronnies - 2000 Today

426
Eric The Fruit Bat  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:11:54pm

re: #423 The Vicious Babushka

Try it now

427
ObserverArt  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:11:57pm

re: #419 freetoken

Only a fraction of delegates will be awarded through primaries. The rest are through caucuses and of course then there are the super-delegates.

You don’t think there is enough Trump oomph to even force them into falling in line?

428
FormerDirtDart  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:13:41pm
429
Romantic Heretic  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:14:07pm

re: #316 WhatEVs

Where are you? (Can reply private if you care to reply.) We’re in a small town in SW Ontario.

I’m in Toronto. East End just north of The Beach.

430
wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:14:09pm

re: #414 freetoken

Well, I did watch the first season of TWD, but after that lost interest quickly.

Never watched Glee.

Heck, I never watched that popular sitcom about that bar with lots of characters people liked, back in the ‘80’s and early 90’s I think it was. “Cheers”. Never watched a full episode.

Ted Danson, who played the bartender Sam, is now a CSI geek on CSI:Cyber. Same likable personality in either role.

431
The Vicious Babushka  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:15:34pm

re: #426 Eric The Fruit Bat

Try it now

:(

432
lockjawcanbefun  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:16:05pm

165/96/24/6
Lib/Con/NDP/Bloc

433
dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:16:37pm

re: #416 ObserverArt

Any idea how they would stop it?

superdelegates

434
Romantic Heretic  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:22:48pm

re: #373 WhatEVs

Separatists in Quebec. Want Quebec to seceed from Canada. Fuck them.

But they want to keep using Canada’s currency and having Canadian federal programs to continue running with Canadian funds, or so I understand.

Nice work if you can get it.

435
Stanley Sea Toujours  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:26:03pm

re: #366 Brian J.

The Bloc Quebecois (and their provincial allies, the Parti Quebecois) want an independent Quebec and are really fervent about opposing English-language signage and so forth. They’re also quite left-wing economically, but that isn’t their biggest problem.

Basically, Eclectic Cyborg has it about right.

Ah French is good. I can see them fighting to hang on.

*I know zero about Canada & it’s politics.

436
PeterWolf  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:28:39pm

re: #233 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

The Aussies elected a liberal government, and now the Canadians as well. I hope this bodes well for a Democratic victory in the States in 2016.

Um, in Australia, the Liberal party you refer to (LNP), are actually the conservatives. The liberals are the Labour party (ALP) or perhaps the Greens.

Ah, and scrolling further, I see my comment is redundant. Oh well :)

437
Feline Fearless Leader  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:29:38pm

re: #435 Stanley Sea Toujours

Ah French is good. I can see them fighting to hang on.

*I know zero about Canada & it’s politics.

What I dislike the most about them is whining about needing to preserve and protect their cultural and language heritage, and then stomping all over the First Nations and Inuit cultures in their attempts to do so. Not to mention the rules regarding signage.

438
Stanley Sea Toujours  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:31:17pm

re: #372 freetoken

This is CNN, trying:

The real story behind those Planned Parenthood videos

The “liberal” media should call them on their shit.

But as written before in re: to Dan Rather etc., the media is terrified of fact checking anything that is political. And everything. Every damn thing is political. So no mo fact checking.

(Andrea Mitchell is old school, she remembered icym her fact check today)

439
William Lewis  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:39:19pm

re: #409 Stanley Sea Toujours

Glee is tolerable for the production numbers.

TWD doesn’t even have that much going for it…

440
Stanley Sea Toujours  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:43:41pm

re: #382 bratwurst

A lot can happen in the next 4 (!) months…but I am just not feeling those of you who seem to assume Jeb! is going to shoot like a rocket from where he is now to the nomination.

Look at it this way: he has NO chance in Iowa, and next to no chance in South Carolina. That means he has to WIN New Hampshire. If he goes 0 for 3, the party establishment will (reluctantly) pull together around a different anti-Trump.

Now, it IS possible Jeb! could pull this off…but do you REALLY think he looks and sounds like someone ready to lay it all on the line? I just don’t see it. I think he only decided to run because he thought it would be a “joyful” campaign/coronation. I honestly wonder if he might not have packed it in already if it weren’t for the ridiculous amount of money that has been raised.

Trump Trump Trump Trump Trump
Trump Trump Trump Trump Trump

441
Stanley Sea Toujours  Oct 19, 2015 • 7:48:24pm

re: #396 bratwurst

They will absolutely do everything within their power to prevent that.

However, doesn’t the dumpster fire going on in the House demonstrate that there are severe limitation to the GOP inner-powers having their way?

Terrifying.

442
Stanley Sea Toujours  Oct 19, 2015 • 8:10:19pm

re: #437 Feline Fearless Leader

What I dislike the most about them is whining about needing to preserve and protect their cultural and language heritage, and then stomping all over the First Nations and Inuit cultures in their attempts to do so. Not to mention the rules regarding signage.

Catching on.

Tea party-ish

443
NotAgain  Oct 19, 2015 • 8:19:18pm

Trump also has the highest negative ratings. I am hoping for an open convention with open carry….

444
steve_davis  Oct 20, 2015 • 6:07:05am

re: #86 Skip Intro

On grim days like this, John Burns turns to this as his source of inspiration.

[Embedded content]

two large diet cokes to wash down the jumbo-sized anti-psychotics.

445
steve_davis  Oct 20, 2015 • 6:09:12am

re: #411 Brian J.

Liberals now up to 141 seats compared to 114 for the combined opposition.

I’ve hated Stephen Harper since the conservatives put in their “Halloween surprise” on the oil trusts, and I watched about 40% of my portfolio go up in smoke over a weekend.

446
sffilk  Oct 20, 2015 • 9:37:12am

I read the decision. Basically, the attorney didn’t follow the rules and is allowed to try again, but he has to follow the rules. You’ll note, nearly everything denied was denied “without prejudice” which means there’s one more chance to fix this.


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