Bonnie Raitt’s new album Dig In Deep is a great example of her gritty slide guitar driven blues rock, and here’s what I’m talking about.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 23, 2016
If you need me I’ll be in my counting room, counting all that sweet sweet Clinton payoff cash. Moo hahahaha.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 23, 2016
It’s a lovely Saturday. I hope all Lizards are enjoying it!
YAY…2nd Amendment…
Two officers shot and suspect is dead at an Arizona Walmart https://t.co/C2EthCD1nM pic.twitter.com/0zUU6azgBQ
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) April 23, 2016
re: #1 Charles Johnson
On a related note, this popped up in my Google News feed this morning, notice the variance in the headlines below the main one:
re: #4 Eclectic Cyborg
On a related note, this popped up in my Google News feed this morning, notice the variance in the headlines below the main one:
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All of those Hillary stories are a result of Bernie Sanders spending millions to a company called “Revolution Messaging LLC”.
re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth
All of those Hillary stories are a result of Bernie Sanders spending millions to a company called “Revolution Messaging LLC”.
But I thought Bernie was a different kind of candidate!
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People are reeeeally upset that political parties have systems in place to keep independents from upending their primaries. 🙄
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) April 23, 2016
re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It’s terrible just terrible that Democrats would prefer that Democrats vote in their primaries.
re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Yeah, I’ve about got the shits of people who won’t register with a party lest they sully their purity, then bitch when that party won’t let them choose their nominee.
re: #9 Blind Frog Belly White
Yeah, I’ve about got the shits of people who won’t register with a party lest they sully their purity, then bitch when that party won’t let them choose their nominee.
Exactly.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
I find it easiest to assume, absent any evidence to the contrary, that those are the same GOP ratfuckers who pissed in Hillary’s pool in 2008 trying to blunt Obama’s campaign edge.
It didn’t work that time either, but it’s all they know.
From the first Dem debate I didn’t see Bernie as presidential material but I did think he was an honorable man. I was wrong on that last part. Bummer. Sick of his shit flinging.
re: #12 allegro
From the first Dem debate I didn’t see Bernie as presidential material but I did think he was an honorable man. I was wrong on that last part. Bummer. Sick of his shit flinging.
That’s been my perhaps my biggest disappointment with him. Don’t tell us you won’t run a negative campaign when you will in fact run a negative campaign.
re: #9 Blind Frog Belly White
Yeah, I’ve about got the shits of people who won’t register with a party lest they sully their purity, then bitch when that party won’t let them choose their nominee.
Unfortunately that’s the system we have in this state now. It did give me the choice between two Democrats for State Senate one time…but I’m sure in Eastern Washington it’s two Republicans every time.
re: #2 klys (maker of Silmarils)
It’s a lovely Saturday. I hope all Lizards are enjoying it!
Just another rainy day up here.
re: #12 allegro
From the first Dem debate I didn’t see Bernie as presidential material but I did think he was an honorable man. I was wrong on that last part. Bummer. Sick of his shit flinging.
He is really in danger of screwing up his legacy (if that is the right way of putting it) by being the new Nader. It doesn’t matter how good your message, if you end up putting Trump in the White House.
He could change all that if he pushed back against his minions, but while drunk on power may be a cliché it appears that way.
Trump in a rumpled suit
re: #13 HappyWarrior
That’s been my perhaps my biggest disappointment with him. Don’t tell us you won’t run a negative campaign when you will in fact run a negative campaign.
More than that, out and out lies. Saw part of an interview with him yesterday dramatically insisting he was a Democrat and would stay one forever when we know he’s already put in his name for his Senate re-election in 2018 as an independent. He’s come into the Democratic home as a guest and is shitting on the rug which I now have little doubt he will leave for others to clean up. Distasteful as hell.
re: #2 klys (maker of Silmarils)
It’s a lovely Saturday. I hope all Lizards are enjoying it!
Amazon delivered my saffron today. Impressive presentation—reminds me of the way Apple packages things:
Aside from that, not much going on. Cat keeps bugging me for attention, so I guess I’d better go give her some. HBO is letting you watch all their stuff for free this weekend, so I’m gonna see if I can binge watch at least one full season of True Detective.
Would you let non-union members vote in a union leadership election? If not then why shouldn’t Democrats have the same right to association?
— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) April 23, 2016
They don’t want to be part of the club, they just want to determine it’s leadership, set its policies, and run anybody who they don’t like out of it.
re: #19 CuriousLurker
Amazon delivered my saffron today. Impressive presentation—reminds me of the way Apple packages things:
Aside from that, not much going on. Cat keeps bugging me for attention, so I guess I’d better go give her some. HBO is letting you watch all their stuff for free this weekend, so I’m gonna see if I can binge watch at least one full season of True Detective.
Why Mehr? I’m just curious how you choose. I have a recipe for the most awesome corn saffron soup. Haven’t made in ages because, saffron. Might be time.
Made it. pic.twitter.com/6eu9coILhr
— The Darwin Awards (@AwardsDarwin) April 23, 2016
Bernie’s fans are really worked up today. I keep getting tempted to fire back at the ones who are tweeting ridiculous attacks on Hillary Clinton, but there’s no point. They’re as closed-minded as any Teabagger. They’ve totally internalized HRC into an object of pure hatred, and they’ll say anything at this point, cite any website no matter how insane or far right.
They’re like Naderites on a steroid overdose.
re: #2 klys (maker of Silmarils)
It’s a lovely Saturday. I hope all Lizards are enjoying it!
Went out and took a walk once the rain stopped. The azaleas are in full bloom.
A couple of the Bern-outs I know from FB have posted links to a petition asking Bernie to run as an independent. Since he IS an independent, this makes a kind of demented pseudo-sense, but it’s not going to happen. Bernie does not want to be known forever more (if there is any more) as the man who elected President Trump.
re: #24 Charles Johnson
Bernie’s fans are really worked up today. I keep getting tempted to fire back at the ones who are tweeting ridiculous attacks on Hillary Clinton, but there’s no point. They’re as closed-minded as any Teabagger. They’ve totally internalized HRC into an object of pure hatred, and they’ll say anything at this point, cite any website no matter how insane or far right.
They’re like Naderites on a steroid overdose.
They’ve focused all their hate on her because to admit that they picked a shitty candidate to be their unicorn is never an option. By now it’s ceased being about Bernie and begun being totally about “the cause.” It’s what’s left them defending all his flaws and denying that he’s anything but a one-note wonder.
re: #2 klys (maker of Silmarils)
It’s a lovely Saturday. I hope all Lizards are enjoying it!
Just got back from a photo assignment at a couple small towns east of Columbus. Perfect skies for photos. Puffy clouds keeping the glare down and allowing for some nice color to go with a little contrast for detail.
60° with a light breeze. I could stay out all day in this weather! Good for a lot of walking.
well, time to foil the brisket if we want to eat by 6:
The Older Boy’s Girlfriend gave us a Lodge cast iron grill/panini pan, and I finally got a chance to try it out! I had some leftover tri-tip, so I put that on sourdough bread, with pesto and cheddar cheese. I pressed it with another cast iron skillet.
It was just here a minute ago!So good, I ate it all up before I thought to take a picture.
re: #29 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
OMG.
re: #25 Feline Fearless Leader
Went out and took a walk once the rain stopped. The azaleas are in full bloom.
I was getting dressed to go weed, and as soon as I put pants on, the Greyhounds got all excited, so I had no choice but to take them for a walk. went 2 miles, so that should keep them for a while!
Then I pulled more thistles and Apple of Sodom! in the back yard. Amazing what some rain followed by warm, sunny weather can do. I almost wish I’d left the damn ivy instead of letting goats eat it. At least it kept the weeds down!
re: #30 Blind Frog Belly White
The Older Boy’s Girlfriend gave us a Lodge cast iron grill/panini pan, and I finally got a chance to try it out! I had some leftover tri-tip, so I put that on sourdough bread, with pesto and cheddar cheese. I pressed it with another cast iron skillet.
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So good, I ate it all up before I thought to take a picture.
Nice plate!
I’m watching the Rage Furby’s 18-minute rant about Facebook, recorded at 4 am. Facebook is enslaving him because they’re fascists, and he’s not going to participate any more. “I don’t want to be a slave. I’m tired of being a slave.”
It’s fucking hilarious. He’ll be back posting his hateful garbage on Facebook within two weeks. What a freak.
re: #33 wrenchwench
Nice plate!
Thanks! It’s the modern reproduction of Fiestaware. Mrs. FBW, in one of her “I’ve got a cunning plan!” moods got us each our own color. Mine’s green. When my Grand-nephew was here, he got orange, so it’s good these are reproductions, rather than the original radioactive orange Fiestaware.
NOT what we gave the Grand-nephew!
PHS planter flower
Bloom close-upPennsylvania Horticultural Society has planters and they recently loaded them up with stuff that is starting to bloom. And I found a link indicating what the various plants are. Above is a hybrid variant of foxglove.
The Furby is also now a fan of Alex Jones.
So this is how it ends. pic.twitter.com/b6mXA7dqVJ
— Vic (@VicStoddard) April 22, 2016
He keeps making these weird smacking sounds with his mouth. God, this guy is so fucking gross.
re: #37 Charles Johnson
The Furby is also now a fan of Alex Jones.
My surprise, let me….aw, fuck it. No surprise at all.
re: #37 Charles Johnson
The Furby is also now a fan of Alex Jones.
The place to go when there’s no place else to go.
re: #39 Charles Johnson
That’s a sign of extrapyramidyl behvaior-normally seen with use of the older antipsychotics (tho some of the newer atypicals can also generate that as well.)
re: #41 wrenchwench
The place to go when there’s no place else to go.
I’m 11 years younger than my brothers, so when i was a kid I used to want to tag along with them when they went anywhere. I’d say, “Where you goin’?”
They’d answer, “Crazy. Wanna come along?”
I always said yes, but they never took me along.
OK, this messed up rant is over. He ends by saying, “I think I’m gonna have to sue Twitter. I think I’m just gonna fuckin’ bite the bullet and do it. But I guess you have to do what you have to do. So here we go. Wish me luck.”
LOL. This fucking idiot.
And now to delete this video from my YouTube history so it doesn’t try to suggest other stuff by this asshole.
re: #44 Charles Johnson
“I think I’m gonna have to sue Twitter. I think I’m just gonna fuckin’ bite the bullet and do it. But I guess you have to do what you have to do. So here we go. Wish me luck.”
Hold my beer.
re: #44 Charles Johnson
OK, this messed up rant is over. He ends by saying, “I think I’m gonna have to sue Twitter. I think I’m just gonna fuckin’ bite the bullet and do it. But I guess you have to do what you have to do. So here we go. Wish me luck.”
LOL. This fucking idiot.
And now to delete this video from my YouTube history so it doesn’t try to suggest other stuff by this asshole.
So he is reaching the event horizon of disappearing up his own ass where the superiority of “alpha maleness” meets “everything that happens to me is the fault of others”.
I also saw the museum cats* on my walk. They’d shifted down a few hedges to sleep, while I saw a groundhog eating plants in the feline redoubt. Guess they hired it to do the mowing while they took a nap.
* - These are the cats I see sleeping/hiding behind some remote hedges on top of the museum’s underground parking garage. They essentially have a out-of-the-way hiding place that you can only spy on from a few locations. I posted pictures of the spot and cats a few days ago.
re: #44 Charles Johnson
OK, this messed up rant is over. He ends by saying, “I think I’m gonna have to sue Twitter. I think I’m just gonna fuckin’ bite the bullet and do it. But I guess you have to do what you have to do. So here we go. Wish me luck.”
LOL. This fucking idiot.
And now to delete this video from my YouTube history so it doesn’t try to suggest other stuff by this asshole.
Does he ever mention his no-show to the Gawker suit?
re: #49 Stanley Sea
Does he ever mention his no-show to the Gawker suit?
Nope, he’s never said a word about it as far as I know.
Chuccubus is seriously deranged. I worry for his wife.
re: #43 Blind Frog Belly White
I’m 11 years younger than my brothers, so when i was a kid I used to want to tag along with them when they went anywhere. I’d say, “Where you goin’?”
They’d answer, “Crazy. Wanna come along?”
I always said yes, but they never took me along.
My siblings all ended up there. They didn’t take me, either.
re: #50 Charles Johnson
Nope, he’s never said a word about it as far as I know.
The only thing I’ll watch is him live blogging his divorce.
re: #51 Eric The Fruit Bat
Ya gotta be shitting me.
Has he forgotten that he filed a suit against them in pro per/pro se, and he just got notice to show cause?
Christ, he sounds as out-of-touch as my brother is. Is he on drugs or what?
No, that suit was against Gawker. He still hasn’t filed anything against Twitter, but I can’t wait.
re: #44 Charles Johnson
OK, this messed up rant is over. He ends by saying, “I think I’m gonna have to sue Twitter. I think I’m just gonna fuckin’ bite the bullet and do it. But I guess you have to do what you have to do. So here we go. Wish me luck.”
LOL. This fucking idiot.
And now to delete this video from my YouTube history so it doesn’t try to suggest other stuff by this asshole.
re: #58 Charles Johnson
Well.
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Is that Bobbi Jo Bradley from Petticoat Junction? Did I date myself?
re: #22 Stanley Sea
Why Mehr? I’m just curious how you choose. I have a recipe for the most awesome corn saffron soup. Haven’t made in ages because, saffron. Might be time.
I choose it based on the grade/color. The best, grade 1, should have a color (strength) rating of 200+. IMO Persian saffron is the strongest, and the premium kind is called sargol and is 100% red stigmas (no yellow). This is the first time I’ve tried this brand—it looks & smells good, but I haven’t used it yet.
Since you’re in Cali I’d recommend these people. They only sell premium quality saffron, their prices are great, and if you spend at least $21.95 (not including shipping), you get a free gift of vanilla beans or extract. FWIW, $21.95 is the price of 5 grams of saffron, which is a LOT—it’d prolly last you a long. long time. The only reason I didn’t order from them this time is because Amazon shipping is faster and I was in a hurry, sort of.
re: #58 Charles Johnson
Well.
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go through the flickr stream - there are some amazing cakes.
re: #62 Stanley Sea
go through the flickr stream - there are some amazing cakes.
Her photos are incredible! What a glorious wacko.
re: #44 Charles Johnson
OK, this messed up rant is over. He ends by saying, “I think I’m gonna have to sue Twitter. I think I’m just gonna fuckin’ bite the bullet and do it. But I guess you have to do what you have to do. So here we go. Wish me luck.”
LOL. This fucking idiot.
And now to delete this video from my YouTube history so it doesn’t try to suggest other stuff by this asshole.
In a way, it sort of sounds like the rantings of one David Fry the last day they were at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
Well except for the Feds and local authorities having you surrounded with real guns pointed and real federal charges ready to file.
With Chucky C’s his mind is surrounded by big media with it’s guns aimed to take him offline so he can’t get internet riches and glory.
Each struggle was/is delusional.
lololol…
why is anyone against getting a new bill (a $25) and putting Tubman on it? We need a $25
— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) April 23, 2016
re: #66 Backwoods_Sleuth
lololol…
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Why is anyone against removing a genocidal bastard from our currency?
re: #67 Targetpractice
Why is anyone against removing a genocidal bastard from our currency?
@rayguy3 @greta `Reactionary politics are the reason that Greta even suggested something this absurd. Racist old people lost their minds.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) April 23, 2016
re: #66 Backwoods_Sleuth
lololol…
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@greta Because the $2 Bill worked so well. How about putting the best of ourselves on our currency?
— Lonnie Mask (@LonnieMask) April 23, 2016
re: #70 Belafon
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It’s funny to see conservatives so concerned about one of the founders of the Democratic party being removed from currency. By their standards, Jackson was a raging liberal and Tubman a raging conservative. Really who cares. I really doubt there was that much fuss when Jackson replaced Cleveland in 1928. Countries change who goes on their money. It fucking happens. Leave it to Fox to inflame the hatred of their bitter viewing base that still hasn’t gotten over 1865 though.
Greta., you realize that that we know that the failure of the $2 is exactly why the Fox line is for another instant failure? Easier to ignore her picture if it’s on something no one carries. Put her on the $20 and leave him off of it at all.
Now run along and see what the next attempt is to be.
oh……..
Trump seeks Bobby Knight endorsement ahead of Indiana primary https://t.co/JtKPCw6VtW pic.twitter.com/guI33PFoeC
— The Hill (@thehill) April 23, 2016
re: #35 Blind Frog Belly White
Thanks! It’s the modern reproduction of Fiestaware. Mrs. FBW, in one of her “I’ve got a cunning plan!” moods got us each our own color. Mine’s green. When my Grand-nephew was here, he got orange, so it’s good these are reproductions, rather than the original radioactive orange Fiestaware.
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Where Bernie Sanders now adds “poor people” to the list of voters he’s insulted https://t.co/WJLAF5xFJF
— Martha Jackovics (@BeachPeanuts) April 23, 2016
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, has built his campaign on a message of combating income inequality, but that message doesn’t seem to be resonating in many of the states with the highest levels of income inequality in the country. In fact, of the 25 states with the highest levels of income inequality, 17 have held primaries so far, and Clinton has won 16 of those contests.
When asked why he thinks he’s losing in those states, Sanders responded, “Well, because poor people don’t vote. I mean, that’s just a fact.”
In an interview airing on NBC’s “Meet the Press” this Sunday, Sanders described the voter turnout among low-income Americans as “a sad reality of American society, and that’s what we have to transform.” He credited his campaign with working to bring more young people into the voting process. He explained that they have “had some success with lower income people. But in America today, in the last election in 2014, 80% of poor people did not vote.”
re: #78 TedStriker
What a fucking dickbag.
Get fucked, Bernie.
I don’t think you could live in a tighter bubble if you built your house in an abandoned ballistic missile silo.
re: #75 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So instead of spending all those millions he’s raked in doing GOTV to get poor folks at the polls, he’s instead going to moan about how they can’t vote while writing six figure checks to the guy who no doubt is feeding him this garbage.
re: #79 Testy Toad T
I don’t think you could live in a tighter bubble if you built your house in an abandoned ballistic missile silo.
The only reason Bernie can claim to be an “outsider” is because he so fucking out-of-touch.
He and his more strident supporters really are Tea Partiers with gluten-free, non-GMO Birkenstocks.
Joe Walsh cancels concert after finding out it was for the republican convention.
“It was my understanding that I was playing a concert which was a nonpartisan event to benefit the families of American veterans on Monday, July 18 in Cleveland,” Walsh said in a statement he released Wednesday. “Today it was announced that this event is, in fact, a launch for the Republican National Convention.”
Walsh said he also discovered that his name would be used “to raise sponsorship dollars for convention-related purposes” and therefore he felt forced to withdraw from the event.
“I am very concerned about the rampant vitriol, fear-mongering and bullying coming from the current Republican campaigns,” Walsh said. “It is both isolationist and spiteful. I cannot in good conscience endorse the Republican party in any way.”
re: #81 Targetpractice
So instead of spending all those millions he’s raked in doing GOTV to get poor folks at the polls, he’s instead going to moan about how they can’t vote while writing six figure checks to the guy who no doubt is feeding him this garbage.
Sanders’ advisors make Clinton’s 2008 group look like a platoon of James Carvilles. I honestly think he could have posed a credible threat in the primary if he had been able to hire a team with a collective clue.
re: #77 Testy Toad T
Outreach!
Still waiting on the vaudeville shepherd’s crook.
If only poor people would learn more about Bernie, they’d vote for him.
re: #83 stpaulbear
Joe Walsh cancels concert after finding out it was for the republican convention.
Why am I not surprised that the RNC would misrepresent and/or lie in order to get decent non-RWNJ talent for the convention kick-off concert?
re: #85 Testy Toad T
Sanders’ advisors make Clinton’s 2008 group look like a platoon of James Carvilles. I honestly think he could have posed a credible threat in the primary if he had been able to hire a team with a collective clue.
But Bernie also seems to have his own Meet The Press problem. Every time he goes on the Sunday shows he seems to say something incredibly insulting to a large number of people. His staff do seem to be idiots but Bernie’s also doing a bang-up job on his own.
re: #88 stpaulbear
He might not be smart enough for the job he wants.
re: #61 CuriousLurker
You got plans for that very spiffy looking saffron?
After a night’s rest, turns out I’m still in food nerd mode.
re: #88 stpaulbear
I mean, if he had good advisors, they’d have been drilling him on this stuff and trying to trip him up on minority issues for the last eighteen months. He should be getting more and more polished, and instead he’s falling apart.
I don’t want to be that guy, but I’m not sure if he’s still up to the speed necessary to turn over new leaves like a successful candidate needs to be able to do. His worldview is too ossified to be able to speak conversantly on non-Wall Street subjects, and that’s why everything always ends up back on that path.
re: #83 stpaulbear
Come on, GOP, go with a winner. Ted Nugent is always available.
Poor people do vote much less frequently. That said, who’s to say they’d have given Sanders those primary wins? https://t.co/UC5zbX9kR2
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) April 23, 2016
re: #87 TedStriker
Why am I not surprised that the RNC would misrepresent and/or lie in order to get decent non-RWNJ talent for the convention kick-off concert?
Bad Company is also slated to perform. I hope they cancel too.
re: #88 stpaulbear
But Bernie also seems to have his own Meet The Press problem. Every time he goes on the Sunday shows he seems to say something incredibly insulting to a large number of people. His staff do seem to be idiots but Bernie’s also doing a bang-up job on his own.
Personally, I chalk that up to a campaign that has not had to deal with the realities outside of its comfort zone. The man has not had to face a serious run in his 20+ years in office, he’s simply positioned himself as the “true liberal” and then worked behind closed doors to stack the deck in his favor. He got his House seat by relying upon the NRA’s help, then his Senate seat by working a deal with the DNC to caucus with them in exchange for no Dem challenger. He’s never had to deal with a challenger that could not be bought off.
I fundamentally don’t understand Sanders’ argument here, either. If Clinton won the states that are poorer, doesn’t that mean she’s better than him at turning out poor people? Isn’t that a good thing for her?
Am I missing something here?
re: #94 jaunte
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Better question: If poor people do not vote in large enough numbers to win him the primaries, how does he expect them to show up for him in November?
Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom?
OyiiL09517rkGStexfokRokN0YW1CjYwhLh1PZ5uMg2Z/fXvmDeBGw==
Five year old is visiting.
‘The Upstream Signal level is 28-30dBmV on each channel. It needs to be minumum 37, ideally 40-50.’
‘What is your Upload speed?’
‘Please send me to Level 2.’
A whole new kind of Banana Bread
🍌😎🍌
re: #18 allegro
More than that, out and out lies. Saw part of an interview with him yesterday dramatically insisting he was a Democrat and would stay one forever when we know he’s already put in his name for his Senate re-election in 2018 as an independent. He’s come into the Democratic home as a guest and is shitting on the rug which I now have little doubt he will leave for others to clean up. Distasteful as hell.
That rug really tied the room together.
RBS
re: #38 wrenchwench
I have lost all will to move.
re: #93 Skip Intro
Come on, GOP, go with a winner. Ted Nugent is always available.
I’m sure there are some country stars that would be willing to appear.
re: #100 Decatur Deb
Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom?
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Five year old is visiting.
What do snakes do after an argument?
Hiss and make up.
re: #87 TedStriker
Why am I not surprised that the RNC would misrepresent and/or lie in order to get decent non-RWNJ talent for the convention kick-off concert?
Is there any decent non-RWNJ talent? Meatloaf would be about as close as they come.
Just a reminder, in 2012, the “day before” Dem event featured the
Bridges Bros. among others
At the 2012 Democratic Convention(during the convention, James Taylor—how sweet it was.)
re: #104 Romantic Heretic
I have lost all will to move.
I like the way the other kitty just goes and sits on the box to watch….
RBS
re: #106 I Would Prefer Not To
What do snakes do after an argument?
Hiss and make up.
He liked that.
re: #100 Decatur Deb
Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom?
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Five year old is visiting.
I’m howling. Have to tell that one to the 7-year-old dinosaur-buff great-nephew…
re: #100 Decatur Deb
Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom?
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Five year old is visiting.
Why do elephants paint their toenails red?
(so they can hide in cherry trees)
re: #112 sagehen
Why do elephants paint their toenails red?
(so they can hide in cherry trees)
:)
We told that one as “so they can hide in the strawberry patch.”
Always followed by:
“Have you ever seen an elephant hiding in a strawberry patch?”
“No.”
“See, it worked.”
Great weather here in the Chicago burbs. I cleaned my bike up and took it to my local cycle store for a complete tune-up. I haven’t used in years cuz when my dog was alive, she would have a fit when I tried to ride it, cuz she didn’t get to go with. I tried one time, with a long retractable leash but it was a nightmare. She had to sniff every single damn thing, or go on one side of a tree whilst I was on the other, it just didn’t work. Well, now that she’s gone… look out! Imma be biking my ass off. Made a giant pot of chicken tortilla soup, freezing most for later. Also, one of my co-workers of 30 years is retiring and she’s my hero. She’s a woman who broke into the broadcasting tech field in the early days and has been an incredible mentor for me over the years …ANYWAY, in her “spare time” she’s an EMT and has gone on medical missions over the decades to Haiti, Africa, central & south America, etc. and is now going on her last mission. This one is not medical in nature, but they’re going Appalachia to run summer programs for kids and teens. She always solicits donations from work folk, in this case they need exercise/fitness & learning/educational supplies, and I in turn solicit donations from my dog park group (exceptional humans all) so I had TONS of stuff to pack up for her. I’m so grateful for the enormous generosity of some people, it restores faith at a time when I greatly need it!!!
re: #68 Charles Johnson
That young woman is a certified mad genius.
Damned easy on the eyes as well.
re: #107 BeachDem
Is there any decent non-RWNJ talent? Meatloaf would be about as close as they come.
Just a reminder, in 2012, the “day before” Dem event featured the
Bridges Bros. among othersImage: At the 2012 Democratic Convention(during the convention, James Taylor—how sweet it was.)
Ahem…
On October 25, 2012, Meat Loaf endorsed Mitt Romney for President of the United States, citing poor relations with Russia as a major reason he had been “arguing for Mitt Romney for a year”.[78] Meat Loaf explained that “I have never been in any political agenda in my life, but I think that in 2012 this is the most important election in the history of the United States.” He cited “storm clouds” over the United States, and “thunder storms over Europe. There are hail storms - and I mean major hail storms! - in the Middle East. There are storms brewing through China, through Asia, through everywhere.”[78] The same day, he performed “America the Beautiful” standing next to Romney.[79][80] Due to his failure to complete his voter registration, however, Meat Loaf was ultimately unable to vote for Mitt Romney in 2012.[81]
Meat Loaf has criticized the court-ordered removal of a school prayer banner in Cranston, Rhode Island to Providence Journal on March 23, 2012: “I just said the world is going to hell in a handbasket because there are a lot more things to worry about than whether there is a prayer on the wall that’s been on the wall for 50 years that you think needs to come down.”
Laughing my ass off watching Season 2 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
re: #117 TedStriker
Ahem…
Well yeah, I knew he was a Romney fan—I was just saying that he’s as close as the right wing comes to having someone with any talent on their side. He probably is for Trump, having been on one of his idiotic shows. (and maybe he’ll figure out how to register this year.)
re: #109 Decatur Deb
He liked that.
Where does the Lone Ranger take his garbage?
“To de dump, To de dump, To de dump, To de dump,
To de dump, To de dump, To de dump, To de dump,
To de dump, To de dump, To de dump, To de dump,
To de DUMP, To de dump, To de dump.”
re: #100 Decatur Deb
Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom?
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Five year old is visiting.
Why do gorilla’s have big nostrils?
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I hope all are having a good Saturday. Or Sunday for you dateline Lizards. Glorious breezy day here in Los Angeles. Taste test underway—Guinness Nitro IPA v Sam Adams Nitro White Ale. After one of each it’s a tie. So on to the next round.
Dinner will be home made Chicken Verde Enchiladas. Mexican rice. Home made flan for dessert. Why? Because 22 de abril. After all Mexican citizens are just about as likely to celebrate today as May 5th. //
re: #3 FormerDirtDart
And here we go.
@DailyMail @PatVPeters The suspect was probably a muslim.
— Linda (@soupfor1) April 23, 2016
re: #117 TedStriker
I remember the Cranston case. I find this part of the aftermath very interesting.
While various parties remained interested in acquiring the banner a year after the case had been decided, the banner remained in storage.[30]
That is, despite how much they crowed about keeping the prayer in public display, no one wanted to go through with the actual display.
re: #122 Great White Snark
I hope all are having a good Saturday. Or Sunday for you dateline Lizards. Glorious breezy day here in Los Angeles. Taste test underway—Guinness Nitro IPA v Sam Adams Nitro White Ale. After one of each it’s a tie. So on to the next round.
Dinner will be home made Chicken Verde Enchiladas. Mexican rice. Home made flan for dessert. Why? Because 22 de abril. After all Mexican citizens are just about as likely to celebrate today as May 5th. //
Pero es 23 de abril. ¡Una cerveza mas!
re: #123 GlutenFreeJesus
And here we go.
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Not even “I bet it was a Muslim”, which would be racist and douchebaggy but logically consistent. “Probably”, because them’s just the FACTS, man.
Statement from Prince’s publicist pic.twitter.com/kCzjRmrk75
— Michael van Poppel (@mpoppel) April 23, 2016
re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I house-sat for a year for someone who owned a former Bobby Knight home in Bloomington. At a neighborhood association meeting I was told about how nice he was for apologizing for running over someone’s dog.
re: #129 GlutenFreeJesus
“Ok, so not a Muslim. But a LIBTARD!!!”
Same for the Ohio case yesterday and the Georgia case today and….
The price of freedom.
re: #130 Barefoot Grin
Patrick Oakley said his son never owned a gun and never shot firearms. He also said the stints in prison did little to help his son.
My surprise ———————> <————————
re: #131 GlutenFreeJesus
“He also said the stints in prison did little to help his son.”
Wait is THAT what prison is for!?
One thing that I do like about social media is that it is the #1 tool in deciphering who is nightmare person.
— Aidy Bryant (@aidybryant) April 11, 2016
re: #99 Charles Johnson
Back when Prince actually cussed, before the Jehovah’s Witness conversion.
Goddamn that man could put on a show. Fuck. RIP
If you missed it the first time I tweeted it, here’s former Sen. Harris Wofford’s story about his pending marriage: https://t.co/diZ0rwIQdQ
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) April 23, 2016
How to find manuscript typos:
1. Click submit— Shit Academics Say (@AcademicsSay) April 23, 2016
I’m in Dallas tonight, last Umphrey’s McGee show of their Texas run. They’re playing at House of Blues if any DFW Lizard is interested, UM starts at 9:15 p.m. I’ll be wearing a short-sleeved purple plaid shirt and green shorts, long-ass blonde hair and I’ll be wearing headphones.
I went to Dealey Plaza to see the site of JFK’s execution with my own eyes. I’ve been somewhat of an assassination buff since I was in grade school. Seeing this place gave me a good case of the willys.
I’m standing on the perch where Abraham Zapruder captured JFK’s assassination on film. pic.twitter.com/OyBhlHMtV5
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) April 23, 2016
The sniper’s nest… pic.twitter.com/QL8TtYdZ7j
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) April 23, 2016
well, Brisket is done, was a real pain to get it to 195 degrees but it’s now wrapped in towels and resting in a cooler for another half hour or so.
re: #133 KingKenrod
That is true….
…but only if they post on it.
re: #137 teleskiguy
Did you go to the museum nearby?
I felt uncomfortable all the time there, due to many parallelisms between JFK’s time and the then nacient Obama presidency.
Must credit herr doktor bimler over at Orac’s joint—in response to the “pharma-shill gambit”:
Are Alt-Med shills paid in Dunning-Krugerrands?
The chains of creationists are incredibly easy to pull.
re: #99 Charles Johnson
That band is just ridiculous. He knew how to work a groove, and always picked musicians who cold keep up with him.
re: #117 TedStriker
The same day, he performed “America the Beautiful” standing next to Romney.
And it was terrible.
I suppose calling porn a public health hazard was a bridge too far:
Utah governor to face primary battle https://t.co/YZfyYA4EEr pic.twitter.com/2S2mlOLxqV
— The Hill (@thehill) April 24, 2016
JimRob has honored the Freepers with his presence again, in a post explaining that they will all support Trump or go elsewhere. Lurking within is this statement:
If you are a NeverTrump type person, you are working against our purposes on FR, so please opus out now and log off and let us carry on with our mission in peace.
Continue insulting us with 24/7 anti-Trump diatribes and insults, your opus will be assumed.
Does “opus out” having a meaning of which I am unaware? Do they get to post a massive wall o’ text on their way out? Is their presence totally erased from the site? Is this just an illiterate way of putting it?
re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth
I suppose calling porn a public health hazard was a bridge too far:
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Mormons certainly have their own proclivities, or lack thereof, but the interior west flavor of conservatism really does at least occasionally pay lip service to the idea of “it’s not the government’s goddamn business”.
The hardcore evangelical Jesus-freak thing does not play nearly so well there.
A friend tells me that tonight’s SNL will be wall-to-wall Prince - every musical appearance and skit he ever appeared in.
Might actually get me to break down and watch the show for the first time in 20 or so years.
re: #148 Testy Toad T
Mormons certainly have their own proclivities, or lack thereof, but the interior west flavor of conservatism really does at least occasionally pay lip service to the idea of “it’s not the government’s goddamn business”.
The hardcore evangelical Jesus-freak thing does not play nearly so well there.
Institutional memory that the evangelicals think Mormons are almost as bad as Unitarians?
re: #150 Feline Fearless Leader
Institutional memory that the evangelicals think Mormons are almost as bad as Unitarians?
Honestly, I think it’s because a lot more of the West is economically tied to resource extraction, and generally the kind that requires a person actually think scientists know their asses from a hole in the ground. You’re never going to find a Museum of Creation or whatever in Idaho, even if the latter is even more consistently Republican than Kentucky.
Less insular, too. There aren’t many families who have lived up in Whatsitcalled Holler for seven generations.
re: #134 teleskiguy
Back when Prince actually cussed, before the Jehovah’s Witness conversion.
Goddamn that man could put on a show. Fuck. RIP
Kevin Smith has a not-so-pro Prince story about coming to MN to film a documentary about Prince and his new album and religion after he’d become a Jehovah’s Witness. It’s not pretty but it’s pretty funny.
Massive Fire Dept response to DC Metro Station for a fire and reported explosion of some sort. Not a lot of details: https://t.co/oDaATBfy78
— Mike Redding (@ReddingWriting) April 24, 2016
Albemarle and Wisconsin now entirely blocked off on one side. #wmata pic.twitter.com/miuPsIeJQp
— Christy Lewis (@Cavalewis) April 24, 2016
re: #151 Testy Toad T
Ooh, also, too:
To really get the hard-core dead-ender whacko shut-everything-down conservative, you really do need to honestly believe that things were 100% better back in the Good Old Days. You can play that in a place like the Deep South, or Appalachia, or the Rust Belt, where the state’s importance has been on the downswing for generations.
It’s a lot harder to play that to a state that has only been populated for a few generations, whose voters instinctively know their ancestors forged ahead and blazed a hard trail because the good old days in the Old Country sucked.
(This is the factional line along which I think we’re going to see the GOP split up, by the way)
re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth
It seems that choosing another social issue to rage against seems to be what GOP/TP pols do when they don’t want to work on things they know are important to their constituents. They choose the issue, follow up with some piece of legislation, resolution, or declaration, jump before the nearest bank of cameras to say how “important” it is that this matter be addressed—-all while citizens are wondering why they aren’t working to improve the state’s infrastructure, schools, healthcare delivery systems, etc. You know, things which really matter to citizens. Utah pols won’t pass a decent piece of sex education legislation, but they’re so concerned that Little Sally Sue will take a glance at a porn site at a Burger King. If Little Sally Sue is caught viewing porn at a fast food restaurant, I’d like to talk to her mom and/or dad to find out why they weren’t providing adequate supervision for her. When lawmakers were working to pass a new “religious freedom” bill here in GA a few months ago, they were refusing to work on the aforementioned matters. They’ve blocked the Medicaid expansion, already funneled untold millions into religious charters schools, established a “scholarship” fund that the wealthy can donate to and avoid paying their fair share of taxes to support our public schools, and they pretend that we have the best highways in the nation. Deal vetoed the “religious freedom” bill this time around, but it’ll be back, and when it does, they’ll once again pretend that there is nothing more important to the state’s continued existence except passing a “religious freedom” law.
re: #140 The Engineer Lobuno
Did you go to the museum nearby?
I felt uncomfortable all the time there, due to many parallelisms between JFK’s time and the then nacient Obama presidency.
I did go to The Sixth Floor museum, on the sixth floor of the old school book depository. The sniper’s nest is behind a sheet of glass and it’s a re-creation of how it looked the day it happened. The audio and visual tour is top notch, with touch screens galore.
Still, very menacing vibrations throughout that whole place, right up to the X in the road.
The spot where JFK died… pic.twitter.com/DkmT8FGOPF
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) April 23, 2016
Outside #tenleytown #wmata station @MartinDiCaro @Metrorailinfo pic.twitter.com/d9vad4trNh
— Christy Lewis (@Cavalewis) April 24, 2016
re: #137 teleskiguy
I’ve only been down to TX once and my friend took me to the assassination site too. It is weird. It’s just a bend in the road with a grassy hillside next to it. It doesn’t feel historical at all but you know something awful happened there. You keep travelling into downtown Dallas from there and it’s just blank, faceless office buildings. It seems un-human.
re: #137 teleskiguy
I’m in Dallas tonight, last Umphrey’s McGee show of their Texas run. They’re playing at House of Blues if any DFW Lizard is interested, UM starts at 9:15 p.m. I’ll be wearing a short-sleeved purple plaid shirt and green shorts, long-ass blonde hair and I’ll be wearing headphones.
I went to Dealey Plaza to see the site of JFK’s execution with my own eyes. I’ve been somewhat of an assassination buff since I was in grade school. Seeing this place gave me a good case of the willys.
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I just finished watching 11.22.63 —
He succeeds in his mission, saves JFK… and when he returns to 2016 it’s a hideous dystopia. He ends up having to go back and not-do the whole thing.
In his alternate timeline… JFK served 2 terms, followed by President George Wallace. Some series of bombings and riots that I think we’re supposed to guess what they were about, epidemics, internment camps…
No injuries /transports - getting ready to hand things over to @wmata - still some smoke issues between Friendship Heights & Tenleytown/AU.
— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) April 24, 2016
re: #156 teleskiguy
I did go to The Sixth Floor museum, on the sixth floor of the old school book depository. The sniper’s nest is behind a sheet of glass and it’s a re-creation of how it looked the day it happened. The audio and visual tour is top notch, with touch screens galore.
Still, very menacing vibrations throughout that whole place, right up to the X in the road.
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It’s been a long time since I visited that museum that I forgot the name.
I agree, it’s a top notch experience.
Evening again, Lizardim. I put in 14,000 steps today, most of which were hauling groceries up from the corner gas station or mowing the yard. Now I’m relaxing and trying desperately not to think about life while sipping on a Fireball and Coke. How go things among the lizardfolk on this cloudy, severely depressed night?
#Shakespeare400 pic.twitter.com/HELRmpncpj
— Cat Food Breath (@CatFoodBreath) April 23, 2016
re: #162 thedopefishlives
Looking forward to listening to the Prince catalogue on Tidal.
re: #152 stpaulbear
Just watched the whole thing. Smith should have stuck him with a massive bill.
re: #156 teleskiguy
I did go to The Sixth Floor museum, on the sixth floor of the old school book depository. The sniper’s nest is behind a sheet of glass and it’s a re-creation of how it looked the day it happened.
Like this?
Chuck C. Johnson smiling creepily next to Lee Harvey Oswald’s sniper rifle at the JFK Museum in Dallasre: #147 calochortus
JimRob has honored the Freepers with his presence again, in a post explaining that they will all support Trump or go elsewhere. Lurking within is this statement:
Does “opus out” having a meaning of which I am unaware? Do they get to post a massive wall o’ text on their way out? Is their presence totally erased from the site? Is this just an illiterate way of putting it?
I guess it’s JimRob-speak for flouncing; of course, it wouldn’t surprise me if he memoryholes the heretics as a matter of course
Sky writer highlight today. #jazzfest2016 pic.twitter.com/yPH154FqOn
— New Orleans JazzFest (@jazzfest) April 24, 2016
re: #147 calochortus
JimRob has honored the Freepers with his presence again, in a post explaining that they will all support Trump or go elsewhere. Lurking within is this statement:
Does “opus out” having a meaning of which I am unaware? Do they get to post a massive wall o’ text on their way out? Is their presence totally erased from the site? Is this just an illiterate way of putting it?
He’s right, and even National Review is going to end up being dragged kicking and screaming into supporting Trump, because he’s almost certainly going to end up being the GOP nominee.
re: #170 Charles Johnson
and even National Review is going to end up being dragged kicking and screaming into supporting Trump, because he’s almost certainly going to end up being the GOP nominee.
At which point, barring a Red Wedding where Trump is denied the nomination, NR will have to be put on notice as to why they did their 180-and it won’t be pretty.
re: #171 Eric The Fruit Bat
At which point, barring a Red Wedding where Trump is denied the nomination, NR will have to be put on notice as to why they did their 180-and it won’t be pretty.
A GOP Red Wedding. Will they play “Hail to the Chief” instead of “The Rains of Castamere?”
re: #34 Charles Johnson
I’m watching the Rage Furby’s 18-minute rant about Facebook, recorded at 4 am. Facebook is enslaving him because they’re fascists, and he’s not going to participate any more. “I don’t want to be a slave. I’m tired of being a slave.”
It’s fucking hilarious. He’ll be back posting his hateful garbage on Facebook within two weeks. What a freak.
At 4 am? I could have sworn he said something at the end about going upstairs to have dinner with his wife. I can’t bear to watch it again to doublecheck.
Bruce Springsteen opened his show in Brooklyn moments ago with… what else… an amazing rendition of Purple Rain.https://t.co/NIzzDKK5Jv
— Chris Long (@ChrisLongKSTP) April 24, 2016
re: #19 CuriousLurker
Aside from that, not much going on. Cat keeps bugging me for attention, so I guess I’d better go give her some. HBO is letting you watch all their stuff for free this weekend, so I’m gonna see if I can binge watch at least one full season of True Detective.
1st season is excellent; 2nd season is a waste of time.
If you’re looking for comedy, Veep is excellent.
re: #34 Charles Johnson
I’m somewhat surprised Anthony Cumia hasn’t offered him a spot on his fledgling network of misogynistic racists….
re: #168 TedStriker
I guess it’s JimRob-speak for flouncing; of course, it wouldn’t surprise me if he memoryholes the heretics as a matter of course
Kinda what I figured, although the peasants refer to it as “zotting” apparently.
Looking forward to that inevitable moment when @NRO and RedState et al are going to be forced to support Trump because he’s the GOP nominee.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 24, 2016
They’re all going to be supporting Trump, even @benshapiro and @EWErickson.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 24, 2016
The RNC is now making it clear they’re going to get behind Trump. There isn’t going to be a contested convention.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 24, 2016
The conservative hatred of Hillary Clinton is so overwhelming and long-entrenched that they’ll give in to Donald Trump as their only hope.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 24, 2016
re: #180 calochortus
But I want a contested convention. I have popcorn!
Not gonna happen, sorry. They know that tearing the party into shreds right before this election will probably end up getting Hillary elected, and if they try to force him out Trump will raise a gigantic stink. The simple fact is that the right wing base loves this racist misogynist caveman, and that’s why Reince Priebus is now signaling that he’ll support Trump.
I want a contested convention, just to create as much chaos as possible, but that still coughs up Trump as the nominee.
re: #13 HappyWarrior
That’s been my perhaps my biggest disappointment with him. Don’t tell us you won’t run a negative campaign when you will in fact run a negative campaign.
Ambition did it. Sanders got a taste of victory, got the idea in his head “I might be able to actually win the nomination.” and all of his decisions afterwards have flowed from that. Not from honor, but from Bernie Sanders’ political ambition.
re: #179 Charles Johnson
Donald Trump = The Great White NOPE
re: #182 Charles Johnson
I think you’re wrong. I don’t think Trump gets enough delegates to win on the first ballot and afterwards all bets are off.
As for NRO, if Trump is nominated I think they’ll retire to the sidelines of the election in lamentation, endorsing neither candidate.
re: #182 Charles Johnson
Not gonna happen, sorry. They know that tearing the party into shreds right before this election will probably end up getting Hillary elected, and if they try to force him out Trump will raise a gigantic stink. The simple fact is that the right wing base loves this racist misogynist caveman, and that’s why Reince Priebus is now signaling that he’ll support Trump.
I know, I know, but a girl can dream, can’t she?
re: #187 Dark_Falcon
I think you’re wrong. I don’t think Trump gets enough delegates to win on the first ballot and afterwards all bets are off.
As for NRO, if Trump is nominated I think they’ll retire to the sidelines of the election in lamentation, endorsing neither candidate.
And that’s where you’re wrong. If Trump gets nominated, the GOP will - however reluctantly and/or distastefully - rally around him. Because that’s how the GOP rolls; party before country, or anything else for that matter.
re: #184 Dark_Falcon
Ambition did it. Sanders got a taste of victory, got the idea in his head “I might be able to actually win the nomination.” and all of his decisions afterwards have flowed from that. Not from honor, but from Bernie Sanders’ political ambition.
You could say the same thing about Trump. At least we know it’s not going to succeed for Bernie. You’re going to be stuck with Trump as your candidate for president.
re: #189 thedopefishlives
And that’s where you’re wrong. If Trump gets nominated, the GOP will - however reluctantly and/or distastefully - rally around him. Because that’s how the GOP rolls; party before country, or anything else for that matter.
I want to remind you what I heard from several old friends, life-long classic Republicans at Christmas. If DT is nominee, they will vote for HRC. They just reiterated that within the last 10 days. I can’t believe they are the only ones!
re: #191 retired cynic
I want to remind you what I heard from several old friends, life-long classic Republicans at Christmas. If DT is nominee, they will vote for HRC. They just reiterated that within the last 10 days. I can’t believe they are the only ones!
The only ones, no, but it will be a very tiny minority. The majority of the non-Trump-supporting Republicans will continue to vote Republican. A handful of them will not vote at all, but not as many as Dark expects.
NR really can’t endorse Trump at this point, since kowtowing to Trump would now get the magazine nowhere. Donald Trump doesn’t forget those who go after him and he doesn’t forgive attacks, justified or not. He’ll freeze National Review out if he wins.
If Donald Trumps is the Republican nominee, NRO will have more access with the Clinton campaign than with the Trump Campaign. So a 180 will gain National Review nothing.
re: #191 retired cynic
I want to remind you what I heard from several old friends, life-long classic Republicans at Christmas. If DT is nominee, they will vote for HRC. They just reiterated that within the last 10 days. I can’t believe they are the only ones!
But the party machinery can’t say the same. They can realize they’re going to lose, but they have to support to the not-Hillary, and they’ll find ways to do it.
re: #194 stpaulbear
But the party machinery can’t say the same. They can realize they’re going to lose, but they have to support to the not-Hillary, and they’ll find ways to do it.
It would, however, be hilarious if some of the GOP mainstays actually came out and supported Hillary. I know it’ll never happen, but watching the GOP fracture itself and consume itself in civil war would be epic win beyond my imagination.
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The conservative rags that can’t support Trump will turn all of their energies to trying to destroy Hillary. It’ll be shameless.
re: #190 stpaulbear
You could say the same thing about Trump. At least we know it’s not going to succeed for Bernie. You’re going to be stuck with Trump as your candidate for president.
Not my candidate, since I won’t vote for him. A Trump-Clinton fight is lose-lose from my perspective, with both being big losses. But Donald Trump in the White House will still be a significantly greater loss than Hillary Clinton in the White House, and that will warrant my voting for Mrs. Clinton.
re: #182 Charles Johnson
Not gonna happen, sorry. They know that tearing the party into shreds right before this election will probably end up getting Hillary elected, and if they try to force him out Trump will raise a gigantic stink. The simple fact is that the right wing base loves this racist misogynist caveman, and that’s why Reince Priebus is now signaling that he’ll support Trump.
Also, the party is 100% invested in the image of “liberals”—anybody left of them as they plunge right—as either evil or stupid. It’s fear and contempt that drives their strongest voting blocs, and moving away from Trump requires backing down from their commitment to the mythology they’ve used to ramp up fear and contempt. With Cruz, they’ve held their nose and backed a different fear-and-contempt sales pitch…but Trump has successfully grasped the narrative thread of conspiracies and the country being betrayed by Not Real Americans.
Trump might have populist force, but I’ll bet there are GOP wonks who are looking at him and guessing that he’s got no long game in terms of policy—certainly, Trump has evidenced no grasp of what the executive can actually do. So Trump begins to look like a chance to elect a rubber-stamp president.
re: #196 calochortus
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re: #197 stpaulbear
The conservative rags that can’t support Trump will turn all of their energies to trying to destroy Hillary. It’ll be shameless.
This is likely what will happen. They may not explicitly endorse Trump as the nominee, but you can bet your ass they will spend all of their waking moments seeking out ways to attack Mrs. Clinton. Expect lots of “Clinton body count”, “Benghazi”, and “private email server” wharrgarbl over the ensuing months.
Well. Didn’t turn out bad for my first try smoking a brisket:
re: #200 Dark_Falcon
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re: #202 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Well. Didn’t turn out bad for my first try smoking a brisket:
Dude, that looks AMAZING. I am SO hungry now.
re: #198 Dark_Falcon
But Donald Trump in the White House will still be a significantly greater loss than Hillary Clinton in the White House, and that will warrant my voting for Mrs. Clinton.
I’m willing to take you at your word and upding the fuck out of that.
(Hillary Clinton isn’t my dream candidate either, but I don’t expect my dream candidate will ever run, or even exist.)
re: #187 Dark_Falcon
You honestly think Calgary Ted and Kasich are going to siphon off enough delegates to stop the Trump coronation?
re: #205 Testy Toad T
I’m willing to take you at your word and upding the fuck out of that.
(Hillary Clinton isn’t my dream candidate either, but I don’t expect my dream candidate will ever run, or even exist.)
Nobody’s ever will. The whole principle of American politics is voting for the lesser evil. Right now, that is just about guaranteed to be the guy or girl with the (D) next to their name.
re: #204 thedopefishlives
Dude, that looks AMAZING. I am SO hungry now.
Thanks, It was pretty delicious but honestly I probably should have gotten up and started it around 2 instead of 5 lol. Then I wouldn’t have had to rush it at the end.
re: #208 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Thanks, It was pretty delicious but honestly I probably should have gotten up and started it around 2 instead of 5 lol. Then I wouldn’t have had to rush it at the end.
Mrs. Fish did a crockpot Italian beef roast for me for dinner yesterday; one of my favorites. It was a different cut of roast, so it came out a bit differently, but the flavor was still awesomesauce. I might have to have some for dinner tomorrow.
re: #202 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Well. Didn’t turn out bad for my first try smoking a brisket:
I tried smoking a brisket once. Couldn’t keep it lit.
(Re-work of an old Ernie Kovacs joke.)
re: #211 makeitstop
I tried smoking a brisket once. Couldn’t keep it lit.
(Re-work of an old Ernie Kovacs joke.)
*WHACK!*
re: #206 Eric The Fruit Bat
You honestly think Calgary Ted and Kasich are going to siphon off enough delegates to stop the Trump coronation?
As I understand it, in theory, the delegates could vote to change the rules at the beginning of the convention and unbind everybody, if they wanted to.
This is important to understand: the delegates at the convention represent, to some extent, a manifestation of the GOP establishment. However, they are not led-by-the-nose peons of Reince Prebius. If, and I stress the hugeness of the “if”, Cruz had a sufficiently large and passionate set of delegates who supported him, even if those delegates were pledged by current rules to Donald Trump, I believe they could still burn down the whole thing.
It doesn’t sound likely to me, but we’re blazing exciting new ground with really very little historical precedent to guide us.
re: #187 Dark_Falcon
I think you’re wrong. I don’t think Trump gets enough delegates to win on the first ballot and afterwards all bets are off.
As for NRO, if Trump is nominated I think they’ll retire to the sidelines of the election in lamentation, endorsing neither candidate.
Who’s On Track For The Nomination? | FiveThirtyEight
Guess who is 95% of the way there.
re: #207 thedopefishlives
Nobody’s ever will. The whole principle of American politics is voting for the lesser evil. Right now, that is just about guaranteed to be the guy or girl with the (D) next to their name.
I’ve been able to vote for a lot of people that I didn’t think were evil at all - even some republicans. I don’t think that we need to frame it that way. I never thought of Obama as a lesser evil.
re: #207 thedopefishlives
I certainly don’t relish Hillary as President. But I’ll be damned if I let Trump or Cruz become Commander-in-Chief.
re: #215 stpaulbear
I’ve been able to vote for a lot of people that I didn’t think were evil at all - even some republicans. I don’t think that we need to frame it that way. I never thought of Obama as a lesser evil.
He’s a good man, but I don’t agree 100% with his policies. That’s what I mean by “lesser evil”. It’s highly unlikely that we’ll ever get a candidate that will line up 100% with our desired political values. Perhaps we need a better phraseology, because I agree that Obama is hardly a “lesser evil” - he’s been a good President with some sound ideas.
re: #214 Charles Johnson
Who’s On Track For The Nomination? | FiveThirtyEight
Guess who is 95% of the way there.
If we presume there will be a first-ballot winner, Trump is obviously the prohibitive favorite to capture the majority of pledged delegates.
However.
95% of a tracking number means that all evidence we have behind us still suggests that Trump will fall narrowly short of the necessary number of pledged delegates.
I take exception to 538’s nomenclature within this modeling framework for that reason. 95% sounds really, really good! That’s a solid ‘A’ in any class I ever took. But it’s still a failure for Trump if the primary season concludes with that number.
re: #218 thedopefishlives
Perhaps we need a better phraseology, because I agree that Obama is hardly a “lesser evil” - he’s been a good President with some sound ideas.
Here you go: you will NEVER be able to cast a vote without compromising some of your personal positions.
[HEY BERNIEBROS, DO YOU HEAR THAT? YOU SHOULD HEAR THAT.]
re: #211 makeitstop
Boooo hissss
re: #210 thedopefishlives
That sounds tasty. I think tomorrow I am gonna do some ribeyes on the grill. Haven’t decided yet.
The face of someone excited the new Doctor Who companion looks like her. #Bill #DoctorWho #RepresentationMatters pic.twitter.com/nbieL2Ko1q
— Connie Zor-El(ly) (@ConStar24) April 23, 2016
Trump’s real magic number is less than 1,237
“Trump has to get to 1,237, but there’s a lot of talk about, ‘What is the real number?’” said another RNC member. “Whatever half the uncommitted number is, that’s probably a reasonable number.”
“I think a lot of people think if he gets within 50 to 100 [of 1,237], he’ll be able to carry it,” said Steve House, Colorado’s GOP chairman and an unbound delegate already being courted by the Trump and Cruz campaigns.
The whispered conversations about this indeterminate “real number” that Trump must hit by June 7 reveal a growing if reluctant consensus among party officials and establishment Republicans that if he gets close enough, they can’t take the nomination away.
“If he’s close after June 7, there’ll be a compelling reason for folks to say he’s won the most delegates by a lot and he’s won the most voters by a ton,” said Ron Kaufman, an RNC member from Massachusetts who is close to Mitt Romney and supported Jeb Bush earlier this year.
Kaufman believes this is the likeliest resolution to the GOP’s dramatic primary — and a perfectly acceptable one at that. “In the end, we want to make sure all those millions of people who voted in a Republican primary understand their votes were worthwhile. You just can’t kick all those voters — more than have ever voted in our primary before — to the curb. We want to make sure they’re with us in November.”
The GOP establishment is already past the denial stage of grieving, and well into acceptance.
re: #223 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
That sounds tasty. I think tomorrow I am gonna do some ribeyes on the grill. Haven’t decided yet.
Mrs. Fish has a rack of ribs defrosted; I should really do those up, but I’m not certain I have enough gas in the grill, and running out of gas, well… It’s just not done.
re: #222 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Boooo hissss
Not minimizing your brisket - it does look really good.
I just use that Kovacs joke every chance I get.
Trump unites the GOP. Bernie burns down the DNC. Just wait and see.
re: #213 Testy Toad T
As I understand it, in theory, the delegates could vote to change the rules at the beginning of the convention and unbind everybody, if they wanted to.
If that happened in GOPland, then all hell will break loose, and in that case, they deserve to lose, because Trump’s bellicose pronouncements will be proven right-the election was stolen out from under them.
The average web page is now the size of Doom https://t.co/MnSOnx8Lp0
— Giulio Chiarenza (@gchiaren) April 24, 2016
re: #220 Testy Toad T
Here you go: you will NEVER be able to cast a vote without compromising some of your personal positions.
[HEY BERNIEBROS, DO YOU HEAR THAT? YOU SHOULD HEAR THAT.]
They already do that, given how Sanders is soft on gun control and tried to put nuclear waste near a poor Mexican community in Texas, two things that are hardly progressive. They don’t give a shit though, as he’ll bring them their ECONOMIC REVOLUTION.
re: #229 Eric The Fruit Bat
If that happened in GOPland, then all hell will break loose, and in that case, they deserve to lose, because Trump’s bellicose pronouncements will be proven right-the election was stolen out from under them.
Definitely! But we have a sample size of, like, six.
Anybody who is making grand, sweeping, confident, certain pronouncements is either trying to push the needle or is deluding themselves that “this is how it’s been my whole life, that sounds like a long time”.
We really don’t know how a highly factional party convention will go. We have some predictions, many of them based on very thoughtful and rational considerations, but we don’t know. Under the current rules, it’s never happened.
re: #193 Dark_Falcon
NR really can’t endorse Trump at this point, since kowtowing to Trump would now get the magazine nowhere. Donald Trump doesn’t forget those who go after him and he doesn’t forgive attacks, justified or not. He’ll freeze National Review out if he wins.
If Donald Trumps is the Republican nominee, NRO will have more access with the Clinton campaign than with the Trump Campaign. So a 180 will gain National Review nothing.
If they should turn and support him, because chances are very good they will, are you finally prepared to step away from that dishonest excuse for a party paper?
When (hopefully) Trump loses in November, of course it’ll be because he wasn’t conservative enough—so…LePage 2020!!! (?)
re: #235 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
When (hopefully) Trump loses in November, of course it’ll be because he wasn’t conservative enough—so…LePage 2020!!! (?)
Oh God no.
re: #237 GlutenFreeJesus
Hawksssssss.
Ugh. Between the Lizardim and the sheer number of hockey fans here in the wild north country, I’m actually starting to pay attention to the damn game. Bastards.
re: #239 thedopefishlives
Ugh. Between the Lizardim and the sheer number of hockey fans here in the wild north country, I’m actually starting to pay attention to the damn game. Bastards.
I’m not smart enough to watch hockey—I have no idea where the puck is at any time.
re: #240 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I’m not smart enough to watch hockey—I have no idea where the puck is at any time.
You’re not expected to. Just cheer when your announcers yell “GOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLL”, kinda like soccer.
re: #240 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I’m not smart enough to watch hockey—I have no idea where the puck is at any time.
It helps if you were brought up watching it on black & white static filled screens.
re: #232 thedopefishlives
I saw what you did there.
re: #162 thedopefishlives
Evening again, Lizardim. I put in 14,000 steps today, most of which were hauling groceries up from the corner gas station or mowing the yard. Now I’m relaxing and trying desperately not to think about life while sipping on a Fireball and Coke. How go things among the lizardfolk on this cloudy, severely depressed night?
I got in my 11,000 by taking a walk out along the river and up into the Azalea Garden in Fairmount Park.
Azalea and Dogwood blooming
Obligatory Cat Photore: #239 thedopefishlives
You only need to watch the last 2 minutes of any game. :)
re: #240 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I’m not smart enough to watch hockey—I have no idea where the puck is at any time.
Hockey on TV is awesome to watch, but only after one has attended ten or fifteen in-person games. That’s all the peripheral experience it takes to understand where the puck is based on the tunnel-vision you get out of TV.
I didn’t get hockey at all until a few years of student section tickets at [Central Collegiate Hockey Association university redacted], and then it was like a veil was lifted. I just grokked what was going on.
Go to a couple of hockey games at any level, semipro is fine, and then it’s great fun to watch!
(This does not apply to bad old days SD TV. I have no idea what those folks were watching.)
Oh, frabjous evening! I had major back surgery last November, and finally got off opiates two weeks ago, and am enjoying my first glass of Jack since before the surgery.
Aaaaahhhh!
re: #226 thedopefishlives
Mrs. Fish has a rack of ribs defrosted; I should really do those up, but I’m not certain I have enough gas in the grill, and running out of gas, well… It’s just not done.
I swear I need to invest in charcoal stock with how much I go through.
re: #247 retired cynic
Oh, frabjous evening! I had major back surgery last November, and finally got off opiates two weeks ago, and am enjoying my first glass of Jack since before the surgery.
Aaaaahhhh!
Congratulations! Looks like I’m going to be joining you soon.
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re: #247 retired cynic
Opiates are pretty nasty shit. Especially when you have to shit.
re: #248 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
I swear I need to invest in charcoal stock with how much I go through.
And I should buy out the local gas station. Both because of automotive gasoline and LP tanks for my grill.
re: #245 GlutenFreeJesus
OH, just like basketball then?
re: #227 makeitstop
Oh I knew you were joking lol
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re: #251 thedopefishlives
Lol. Went through 17lbs of Kingsford briquets and about 12 lbs of hardwood lump charcoal today alone. Not too mention half a bag of hickory chunks.
The Chicago Tribune editorial board just heaped scorn on Dennis Hastert, all but asking the judge sentence him to 5 years:
Then there’s Individual D, who told prosecutors Hastert performed a sex act on him during a massage after wrestling practice. Defense attorneys say Hastert doesn’t contest that story but has “no current recollection of the episode described by Individual D.”
Hastert’s attorneys objected to letting Individual D testify at Wednesday’s sentencing hearing, saying he wasn’t legally a victim and should submit a written statement instead. But Durkin disagreed, even postponing the hearing to accommodate Individual D’s schedule.
“If Individual D wants to come in and talk about being a victim of sexual abuse, he’s entitled to do so because that informs my decision about the history and characteristics of the defendant,” the judge said. “It’s that simple.”
Durkin also made it clear that Hastert could be penalized for lying to the FBI about why he’d withdrawn all that money. Hastert said he was being extorted by a former student who had falsely accused him of sexual abuse, but agents concluded that it was Hastert who was lying. “That’s not conduct that’s 40 years old,” Durkin told the attorneys. “That’s conduct that’s a year old. Among the aggravating factors in this case, that’s a big one.”
The truth is that the aggravating factors in the case far outweigh the seriousness of the actual crime. That crime calls for a maximum sentence of five paltry years. Hastert ought to serve every minute of it.
re: #254 retired cynic
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re: #255 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Lol. Went through 17lbs of Kingsford briquets and about 12 lbs of hardwood lump charcoal today alone. Not too mention half a bag of hickory chunks.
I go through 2-3 tanks of gas a year. I don’t know what that equates to in terms of charcoal, but I’m grilling probably on average 2-3 times a month. Part of it is that I don’t do the smoker; I have one for my gas grill, but I only tried it once and it didn’t work so well.
re: #256 Eric The Fruit Bat
The Chicago Tribune editorial board just heaped scorn on Dennis Hastert, all but asking the judge sentence him to 5 years:
Via Balloon Juice:
Let’s imagine how the GOP would respond if Tip O’Neill or Nancy Pelosi had been revealed as a child molester. https://t.co/EGhLmDMV7E
— Mark Lotto (@marklotto) April 23, 2016
re: #257 thedopefishlives
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re: #259 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I posted the Trib response in that thread.
re: #260 retired cynic
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“Hastert ought to serve every minute of it.”
THIS. Hastert ruined these men’s lives and now DeLay and some others think he should be given probation because of declining health issues. Well, he committed these offenses when he was in the prime of his life, and he knew it was wrong and that he was living a lie. I consider the sexual abuse to be more serious than breaking federal banking laws. I sure hope he is sentenced to, and serves, the entire five year sentence because I’m thoroughly fed up with having guys like Hastert ruin others’ lives and walk away after receiving a slap on the hand while some of the rest of us commit less serious crimes and are tossed behind bars for 10+ years, or more.
re: #257 thedopefishlives
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re: #258 thedopefishlives
I go through 2-3 tanks of gas a year. I don’t know what that equates to in terms of charcoal, but I’m grilling probably on average 2-3 times a month. Part of it is that I don’t do the smoker; I have one for my gas grill, but I only tried it once and it didn’t work so well.
The smoke box can be hit or miss. I’ll usually go through a bag or more of charcoal a week if I am running the grill as a smoker now that I have the firebox. I absolutely love it and definitely prefer charcoal over gas for cooking.
re: #265 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
The smoke box can be hit or miss. I’ll usually go through a bag or more of charcoal a week if I am running the grill as a smoker now that I have the firebox. I absolutely love it and definitely prefer charcoal over gas for cooking.
For smoking, I won’t disagree with you. I’ve had some issues with a charcoal grill, but I’m sure with practice, it wouldn’t be a problem. Gas is more expedient for dealing with a hungry family, though.
re: #254 retired cynic
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A few more photos from today’s walk:
Dogwoods blooming near museum
Geese walking on the edge of the dam
BEEEEEESre: #262 thedopefishlives
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re: #264 calochortus
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So when does the #GOP start sponsoring bills to keep their politicians from using public restrooms based on their history of sex offenses?
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 24, 2016
re: #273 Charles Johnson
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And I’m invoking the Iron Fist rule tonight, for possibly the first time ever. Good night, gentle Lizardim.
Yesterday, the wife and I knocked off work early and went out to Caumsett State Park on LI’s North Shore. Most of the time taking pictures of trees is kinda boring, but when we came across this one, I was stunned.
It’s a beautiful park, with a full equestrian center. One of LI’s best.
OK, I’m trying to watch an episode of Vera. A lovely mystery series that takes place in Northumberland, England. Therefore, I need subtitles. I can’t read them and read here at the same time, so…
Hasta mañana, Lizards.
SNL kicked off with an intro by Fallon, and the ‘Dirty Mind’ lineup doing ‘Partyup.’
This gon be good.
re: #266 thedopefishlives
For smoking, I won’t disagree with you. I’ve had some issues with a charcoal grill, but I’m sure with practice, it wouldn’t be a problem. Gas is more expedient for dealing with a hungry family, though.
Yeah. Gas is faster but if ya can get the coals started early enough fast grilling is easy to do on charcoal. I prefer it for the flavor.
re: #277 makeitstop
Yesterday, the wife and I knocked off work early and went out to Caumsett State Park on LI’s North Shore. Most of the time taking pictures of trees is kinda boring, but when we came across this one, I was stunned.
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It’s a beautiful park, with a full equestrian center. One of LI’s best.
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‘EPISODE 12B’
‘HOW TO RECOGNISE DIFFERENT TREES FROM QUITE A LONG WAY AWAY’
‘NO. 1’
‘THE LARCH’
Photo of a larch tree.
A friend shared this online. Maybe y’all have seen it before.
Repeat after me …re: #277 makeitstop
Yesterday, the wife and I knocked off work early and went out to Caumsett State Park on LI’s North Shore. Most of the time taking pictures of trees is kinda boring, but when we came across this one, I was stunned.
It’s a beautiful park, with a full equestrian center. One of LI’s best.
Holy moley! I grew up next to that park! If you drive a further down Lloyd Harbor Road, the next big side road leads to where I lived.
That whole area used to belong to the Lloyd family, like 300-400 years ago. The last parcel that didn’t become residential zoned became the park while I was a kid.
re: #279 makeitstop
SNL kicked off with an intro by Fallon, and the ‘Dirty Mind’ lineup doing ‘Partyup.’
This gon be good.
I’m watching. It is good. I like they have Fallon on giving little intros to each appearance.
They ought to do one of those, using Trump’s voice saying all those nasty things.
Edit to add: perhaps they would sound even more disgusting coming out of Bernie’s and Hillary’s mouths.
re: #284 ObserverArt
I’m watching. It is good. I like they have Fallon on giving little intros to each appearance.
Just the first few segments are amazing in their diversity. He could really do anything.
@greta We know that if the Government actually proposed a $25 bill, you would want L. Ron Hubbard on it…
— josephebacon (@josephebacon) April 24, 2016
re: #282 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
A friend shared this online. Maybe y’all have seen it before.
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“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” ― George Bernard Shaw
re: #290 sagehen
Shaw is wrong. The premise and the conclusion are not linked just because he used the word therefore. Did it ever occur to him or anybody who read it that you cannot “adapt the world”?
First you have to ask what “adapt the world” actually means. Since the world abides by rules that cannot be changed, man is forced to adapt himself to the resources and limitations available in the world. The unreasonable man will not understand this and try to turn lead into gold until reasonable men figure out how things like chemistry and geology work and adapt themselves to find likely sources of gold.
I would have hoped that SNL would finish with a performance but it looks like they’re going to run that Prince show skit to the ground
HBO had no idea what “Lemonade” would be until Bey delivered it today. I knew we would see those braids again!
re: #75 Backwoods_Sleuth
When asked why he thinks he’s losing in those states, Sanders responded, “Well, because poor people don’t vote. I mean, that’s just a fact.”
Certainly not in primaries they don’t.
*ahem*
re: #167 Charles Johnson
That’s not the actual rifle L.H.Oswald used (that’s stored at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.), it’s identical to the original, though. And it’s displayed at the end of the tour, on the complete opposite side of the building from where the actual sniper’s nest is. The actual sniper’s nest 6th floor window does not have a gun in the display.
And of course UpChuck violates a simple rule (no photography, which is standard practice with museums) and gets his picture taken on The Sixth Floor because disruption signal noise or some such shit.
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