Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob & Chez Show:
Caleefonya: The AP Calls the Primaries for Hillary; Bernie’s Big Three Options; Superdelegates and Conspiracy Theories; Bob’s Voting Experience in California; Guess Who’s Running for Governor of Rhode Island; The Trump Campaign is Imploding; Republicans Retracting Their Endorsements; Megyn Kelly Nails Trump Again; and more.
Rep. Duncan Hunter Compares Judge Curiel To An Iraqi-American Judging Chris Kyle https://t.co/Q77vcNqJCn pic.twitter.com/u8TbLtHfei
— andrew kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) June 8, 2016
re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Dear @Rep_Hunter: #DeleteYourAccount#DeleteYourHouseSeat#DeleteYourPassport
And ask for help if you try anything difficult, like talking— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) June 8, 2016
re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Republicans doing the heavy lifting for us in getting minority voters to the polls.
Preliminary reports of shooting incident at Tel Aviv’s indoor Sarona market, near military HQ - Israeli media
— Dan Williams (@DanWilliams) June 8, 2016
Hillary Clinton won my state by 4%, and my county by 5 votes.
In other news, I have an actual lizard in my store. I don’t know where it is right now. It’s one of those little ones (5”?) that they call a fence lizard or a wall lizard, depending on where they find it. This one is a hall carpet lizard. I first saw it headed into my office. I turned it around and headed it into my back room where I have a bunch of dirty bikes and the trash and recycling. I found a beetle and released it in there too. And made a little puddle of water for them. I’m crazy, aren’t I.
Ohh, I see where this is going…
Trump’s done talking about Curiel. But his stooges will gladly talk about it all day long.
Fuckers.
re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth
For those interested, here’s the website for his opponent in November.
Hunter got 57% of the vote yesterday, Malloy got 22%.
re: #6 makeitstop
Ohh, I see where this is going…
Trump’s done talking about Curiel. But his stooges will gladly talk about it all day long.
Fuckers.
That’s just fine. It more closely binds the gop and trump
Nobody is watching @Morning_Joe anymore. Gone off the deep end - bad ratings. You won’t believe what I am watching now!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2016
#BREAKING At least 5 wounded in reported shooting at Sarona Market in Tel Aviv https://t.co/JrQnQMzu6L pic.twitter.com/TUAwYHjK2S
Call from my senator Ben Sasse (R-Nebr.) inviting me to participate in a telephonic town hall. What should I ask?
re: #11 gocart mozart
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Nobody is watching @Morning_Joe anymore. Gone off the deep end - bad ratings. You won’t believe what I am watching now!
Nobody goes there any more—it’s too crowded….
— (((I Hate Nazis))) (@Johngcole) June 8, 2016
re: #14 Anymouse
Call from my senator Ben Sasse (R-Nebr.) inviting me to participate in a telephonic town hall. What should I ask?
Ask him to run for President as an independent. He’s a leading neverTrumper.
re: #11 gocart mozart
“You won’t believe what I’m watching now!”
When are celebrities/politicians going to learn that saying something like that on social media will do nothing but bring out the collective snark of the world?
re: #14 Anymouse
Call from my senator Ben Sasse (R-Nebr.) inviting me to participate in a telephonic town hall. What should I ask?
I don’t want to put additional pressure on the guy for having the balls to stand up to Trump. I want to use him to put additional pressure on the rest of his party for not having the balls to stand up to Trump.
I know that’s not a question…
re: #11 gocart mozart
Very president leadership!!!11 Dignity!! American Greater!!!
LOL. The Intercept, man. https://t.co/xMSGHJlyBl
— Benghazi Jim Halpert (@Wilson__Valdez) June 8, 2016
Pierre Omidyar is throwing his money away.
re: #11 gocart mozart
You won’t believe what I am watching now!
Reruns of his own interviews, no doubt.
re: #14 Anymouse
Call from my senator Ben Sasse (R-Nebr.) inviting me to participate in a telephonic town hall. What should I ask?
If Trump wins and offers you a cabinet position, would you take it? If Clinton wins and offers you a cabinet position, would you take it?
While Shaun and Cenk whine about the usual nonsense:
The weekend after Clinton’s Trump speech in San Diego, 22% more volunteers showed up for shifts than had signed up https://t.co/2S5I6tlfe0
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) June 8, 2016
re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth
Duncan Hunter aiming to be Trump’s VP.
caption this:
Thief steals ambulance in downtown San Francisco, leads cops on wild chase before crashing https://t.co/C1Cj4Nxxf0 pic.twitter.com/LvbwARBs0M
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 8, 2016
re: #21 Testy Toad T
I don’t want to put additional pressure on the guy for having the balls to stand up to Trump. I want to use him to put additional pressure on the rest of his party for not having the balls to stand up to Trump.
I know that’s not a question…
“What do you think people need to do to convince other congresspeople to see what you see in Donald Trump?”
Sasse whining about:
Obamacare - promoting Taxpayers before insurance act
(complaining 36% of counties only have one insurer)
Nebraska and Iowa’s co-op failed. Complaining HHS is the cause of this.
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
#BREAKING: 9 casualties in Tel Aviv shooting by Palestinian gunman near mall: Al Arabiya correspondent
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) June 8, 2016
re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth
*Loudspeaker at RNC* Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the next president of the United States, Donald Trump!
Bernie booster Cenk Uygur urges Sanders to suspend campaign and focus on defeating Trump
Someone finally quit drinking kool-aide for breakfast
re: #24 jaunte
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Pierre Omidyar is throwing his money away.
@lhfang Good god, give it a fucking rest.
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) June 8, 2016
I made a statement to Senator Sasse’s question taker that though I am a Democrat I am proud of Senator Sasse standing up to Mr. Trump.
I then posed a question about what his position on the Veterans Administration is. Let’s see what he says as the call goes on.
He is talking about government transparency now. Talking about working with a liberal member of the Senate on making that happen.
re: #34 Dr. Matt
Bernie booster Cenk Uygur urges Sanders to suspend campaign and focus on defeating Trump
Someone finally quit drinking kool-aide for breakfast
I’ll take it.
re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth
“The Grand Old Party of the Republic”
re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth
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@JeffersonObama @DaBearded0ne pic.twitter.com/nP9sXjyv6s
— Raymond (@RayPegPhoto) June 8, 2016
Thief steals ambulance in downtown San Francisco, leads cops on wild chase before crashing https://t.co/C1Cj4Nxxf0 pic.twitter.com/LvbwARBs0M
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 8, 2016
He is now talking about Sarah Root’s killer in a drunken street racing event caused by a undocumented immigrant. He was released by Homeland Security (this is an issue here in Western Nebraska). He fled after posting bond.
He is noting the outrage amongst senators on why this guy was allowed to post bond.
He says ICE said he was not a priority, but is now on the “most wanted list” though they believe he has already fled the country.
He is now going to move on to “pro-life” issues.
He wants to pass the “Born Alive Protection Act.” It has “bicameral” support.
re: #25 makeitstop
Reruns of his own interviews, no doubt.
I’m guessing “The birth of a nation”. Call it research
Been on Twitter for 7 years & never got a warning someone was trying to hack into my account until I attracted the wrath of the Berniebros.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 8, 2016
Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 8, 2016
re: #42 Anymouse
He is now going to move on to “pro-life” issues.
So he’ll mention how happy he is that more Americans, millions more actually, now have access to health insurance, right?
/
re: #37 HappyWarrior
I’ll take it.
Uygur said unlike other candidates, where “suspending” a run functionally means dropping out of the race, Sanders should reserve the right to re-enter the race in case Clinton is indicted over her use of email and a private server while serving as Secretary of State.
“‘If you get indicted and you’re arrested, yes I reserve the right to re-enter the race,’” Uygur said, of Sanders.
FFS
He says the Senate will vote today on amendments to the NDAA.
First question: Anita from Gordon. Complaining about getting insurance due to the hours of the exchange (on the phone). Wants to know what Senator Sasse is thinking about this.
He says that he is concerned about wait times on the ACA Website and is concerned about the phone service.
Newt wants to be VP;
Totally misleading report about my talk at Bio this morning. In 90 minute dialogue made clear Trump is learning, a gifted amateur, will win
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) June 8, 2016
re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth
Man, if I put something that nuts in a story any editor worth their salt would send it right back stating, “Too crazy to be believed.”
re: #47 Anymouse
He says the Senate will vote today on amendments to the NDAA.
First question: Anita from Gordon. Complaining about getting insurance due to the hours of the exchange (on the phone). Wants to know what Senator Sasse is thinking about this.
He says that he is concerned about wait times on the ACA Website and is concerned about the phone service.
Does this means he supports additional funding to expand either?
This sarcastic comment from a Chait thread is a hilarious summation of the Berni-or-bust mentality:
Unless we can accomplish absolutely every one of our policy goals with this single election, it’s not even worth trying. Progress isn’t a matter of making a series of accomplishments over time, it’s not an ongoing project—it’s a one-time-only event that at one fell swoop installs a completely just society, after which we never need trouble ourselves with this stuff again. That’s why I never vote for candidates who have some good points and some bad points but whose good points outweigh their bad points; I do not regard such candidates’ bad points as the price we must pay to elect a candidate who is on the balance good in a country where millions do not agree with me, but as corrupt lying sell-outs who are actually worse than candidates whose bad points outweigh their good points. That’s why I vote only for candidates who are perfect.
#BREAKING Charles Koch: We’ll meet with Trump’s team https://t.co/pAi6NJvrJA
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) June 8, 2016
From Airbnb’s OpenAir tech conference, an interesting bit of back story. https://t.co/XyWutfAzE9
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 8, 2016
Leslie Miley said he was proud to have played a role banning Chuck C. Johnson at Twitter. Took to long, he says
— Eric Newcomer (@EricNewcomer) June 8, 2016
re: #54 KerFuFFler
The mentality of fanatics, be they political or religious, the world over.
Of note, a lot of Nebraska does not have access to the Internet, so the phone service is vital.
Now Marjorie from South Sioux City: Why do they make rules and then break them?
Senator Sasse noting the difference between legislation and a regulation (for example, closing a National Park due to a snow emergency is something that regulation addresses, or how many plug sockets are required in building regulations).
*Unelected Bureaucrats* (drink). Notes that legislators should be writing laws, not regulators.
Claims President Obama can just “make up” regulations.
re: #49 Backwoods_Sleuth
Because when it comes to running the most powerful nation on Earth, a “gifted amateur” is who you want.
re: #62 Kragar
Because when it comes to running the most powerful nation on Earth, a “gifted amateur” is who you want.
Of course.//
re: #52 MsJ
Does this means he supports additional funding to expand either?
I doubt it. He wants to repeal the ACA. You know, because the marketplace has done so well.
Now addressing the EPA on the Waters of the US, complaining that the ditches and canals of Nebraska are already regulated by the state or counties, and the EPA is clueless about local issues.
He also claims the IX and X Amendments leave these issues to local control, talking about a rancher complaining “he doesn’t know who he voted for in the EPA; he can fire the three representative and two senators but not the EPA.”
re: #60 Anymouse
*Unelected Bureaucrats* (drink). Notes that legislators should be writing laws, not regulators.
Claims President Obama can just “make up” regulations.
I want to change my proposed question to the Senator:
Have you ever heard of the Administrative Procedure Act?
Guess what: How California is being stolen from Sanders right now
What an amazing coincidence: Every time Bernie lost, it was due to a stolen and rigged election. Yet, when Bernie won, it was because of THE REVOLUTION!!!!!!!
Next question from Dale in Pierson asking about paying off the national debt:
I would love it if we had a plan. Washington is unserious about this issue. He wants a hundred year plan to pay the debt in full.
Citing $19T publicly held debt figure (T-bills, &c), plus Washington keeps phoney books.
re: #59 Dr Lizardo
Glad to see you commenting——-I had not seen any of your comments for a few days and was a little concerned that the flooding in Europe had disrupted your life. Hope all is well.
(I have not read all the recent threads so maybe you were here all along and I just missed it.)
The sinkhole was mentioned downstairs.
Here’s more:
Massive #sinkhole forms in #Ottawa: https://t.co/eg88O8DY7f pic.twitter.com/n8pJ4eXpqH
— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) June 8, 2016
Ottawa has discovered a Toronto escapee is to blame for the #sinkhole pic.twitter.com/pI5qIMJpym
— Stephen Lautens (@stephenlautens) June 8, 2016
re: #59 Dr Lizardo
The mentality of fanatics, be they political or religious, the world over.
I disagree. That’s the mentality of Progressive fanatics. Right Wing fanatics are the Rabid Rat that just keeps coming at you, the Terminator - “It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.”
The Tea Party got angry with the GOP Establishment for not giving them the pony they’d promised for decades. So they put up their own slate of candidates. Some won, some lost. Then they voted for the GOP Candidate, even if it wasn’t their guy.
Lather, rinse, repeat through 4 election cycles now. Now they’ve chosen the Nominee.
Progressives? If Bernie doesn’t win, they’re gonna take their dolls and dishes. They’re gonna sulk. They’re gonna, like my brother, go register Green, because ‘The Revolution won’t happen in the Democratic Party’.
Progressive fanatics are too lazy and easily discouraged. Tea Partiers? They just keep coming.
Ya know. If the vote is rigged, why was Bernie allowed to win anything at all?
re: #66 Dr. Matt
Guess what: How California is being stolen from Sanders right now
What an amazing coincidence: Every time Bernie lost, it was due to a stolen and rigged election. Yet, when Bernie won, it was because of THE REVOLUTION!!!!!!!
Palast is a moonbat dick.
re: #67 Anymouse
He wants a hundred year plan to pay the debt in full.
It’s that urgent a problem, is it?
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re: #71 GlutenFreeJesus
Ya know. If the vote is rigged, why was Bernie allowed to win anything at all?
To give us the false illusion he had a chance of course!
re: #72 HappyWarrior
Palast is a moonbat dick.
First I have heard of him. But, judging by his blog, I would say you are 100% correct.
re: #72 HappyWarrior
Palast is a moonbat dick.
Geesh. Somebody else I used to read and want to believe. He needs to get out more.
re: #69 Backwoods_Sleuth
And Rideau and Sussex isn’t exactly an obscure intersection. That’s right downtown, steps from Parliament Hill.
re: #76 Sir John Barron
Geesh. Somebody else I used to read and want to believe. He needs to get out more.
Yeah I remember him from the Bush years too.
re: #71 GlutenFreeJesus
Ya know. If the vote is rigged, why was Bernie allowed to win anything at all?
It was all carefully calibrated to make them think it wasn’t rigged, like casinos* letting you win JUST ENOUGH to keep you at the table.
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*Except Trump Casinos, I guess.
.@SenWarren asked consent to vote on 9 judicial nominations that have been pending since 2015.
Republican Leader McConnell: I object— Senate D Floor Watch (@DSenFloor) June 8, 2016
Senator Sasse is claiming the real debt is seventy trillion dollars. (LOLWAT?) He wants to live within our means.
Holdrige Nebraska: Donald asking about the II Amendment.
Sasse: I am a strong supporter of the II Amendment. As a husband, father, and property owner I do not get permission from the government to defend my wife or my land. Invoking the Founders.
(Since I identified myself as a Democrat, I am expecting he will not take my question nor my praise of his standing up against Donald Trump, but we’ll see).
Arguing about freedom of religion and press now.
Funny, the phone call was just cut off to me. Fancy that.
re: #75 Dr. Matt
First I have heard of him. But, judging by his blog, I would say you are 100% correct.
He was around in the Bush years. One of these lefty purer than thou types.
re: #11 gocart mozart
What is Trump watching now? …its probably his daughter taking a shower on a hidden camera….
re: #80 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #78 HappyWarrior
Yeah I remember him from the Bush years too.
From what I remember, he’s someone who believes Democracy is being stolen/destroyed/doesn’t exist because of money, etc. Close to the derp circle where “Constitutional” RWNJ believe the “Republic” has been destroyed because of Obamacare and transgender people.
re: #35 MsJ
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Yesterday I floated the notion, which I totally don’t think will happen, of Hillary selecting Susana Martinez as her VP as a bipartisan rejection of Trumpism. Its a notion to float just to freak out Republicans.
re: #82 HappyWarrior
He was around in the Bush years. One of these lefty purer than thou types.
GG purer than thou or more like Cenk Uygur/Michael Moore purer than thou?
re: #81 Anymouse
Senator Sasse is claiming the real debt is seventy trillion dollars. (LOLWAT?) He wants to live within our means.
Holdrige Nebraska: Donald asking about the II Amendment.
Sasse: I am a strong supporter of the II Amendment. As a husband, father, and property owner I do not get permission from the government to defend my wife or my land. Invoking the Founders.
(Since I identified myself as a Democrat, I am expecting he will not take my question nor my praise of his standing up against Donald Trump, but we’ll see).
Arguing about freedom of religion and press now.
Funny, the phone call was just cut off to me. Fancy that.
Eleventy hundred trillion dollars!!!!!1
re: #67 Anymouse
Next question from Dale in Pierson asking about paying off the national debt:
I would love it if we had a plan. Washington is unserious about this issue. He wants a hundred year plan to pay the debt in full.
Citing $19T publicly held debt figure (T-bills, &c), plus Washington keeps phoney books.
If we could have kept the surplus Bill Clinton left office with, the debt he left office with could have been paid off five years ago.
re: #87 Dr. Matt
GG purer than thou or more like Cenk Uygur/Michael Moore purer than thou?
More like Moore.
Meanwhile, a sad update on the terror attack in Tel Aviv. Reports indicating at least 3 people died from injuries sustained in attack.
Army Radio says 3 of the injured have died.
ברוך דיין אמת. https://t.co/g7m9jFmsnE— Gidon Shaviv (@GidonShaviv) June 8, 2016
Mass shooting in Tel Aviv; Israeli police spox tells The Daily Beast it was a terror attack. https://t.co/2jO9DdJewv pic.twitter.com/PY5A0Whvbc
— Andrew Desiderio (@desiderioDC) June 8, 2016
Funny how every time my senators (Fischer, Sasse) or my representative (Adrian Smith) has one of these telephonic town halls, shortly after I mention I am a Democrat the call is cut off to me.
It is as if they feel they only represent Republicans, not all the citizens of Nebraska (or in the case of Smith, the rural area).
Thank you Senator Sasse for showing you only care about Republicans and not all your constituents.
re: #92 Anymouse
Funny how every time my senators (Fischer, Sasse) or my representative (Adrian Smith) has one of these telephonic town halls, shortly after I mention I am a Democrat the call is cut off to me.
It is as if they feel they only represent Republicans, not all the citizens of Nebraska (or in the case of Smith, the rural area).
Thank you Senator Sasse for showing you only care about Republicans and not all your constituents.
Are participants required to identify by party?
re: #67 Anymouse
How on earth can you stand listening to that bullshit? I would have pulled out my hair by now.
re: #49 Backwoods_Sleuth
Newt wants to be VP;
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re: #5 wrenchwench
Hillary Clinton won my state by 4%, and my county by 5 votes.
In other news, I have an actual lizard in my store. I don’t know where it is right now. It’s one of those little ones (5”?) that they call a fence lizard or a wall lizard, depending on where they find it. This one is a hall carpet lizard. I first saw it headed into my office. I turned it around and headed it into my back room where I have a bunch of dirty bikes and the trash and recycling. I found a beetle and released it in there too. And made a little puddle of water for them. I’m crazy, aren’t I.
No. You like reptiles. At least you didn’t run screaming into traffic like my wife would have.
re: #81 Anymouse
70 trillion dollars? What kind of math is he using for that? Throwing in Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid no doubt, even though those funds are segregated and paid for? Wish they’d show their work for coming up with this nonsense. Or is it a way to make them feel better about off-book wars while giving massive tax cuts that did nothing to create jobs but made the rich a whole lot richer?
That is the opening salvo on the GOP attempts to further slash and burn the safety net - starting with Social Security. Just you watch.
re: #87 Dr. Matt
GG purer than thou or more like Cenk Uygur/Michael Moore purer than thou?
If I recall more the latter. I don’t believe GG has any real defining principles.
re: #93 Sir John Barron
Are participants required to identify by party?
No, but I always identify myself as a village trustee and a Democrat. They ask for some little vignette about yourself, but there is no requirement to identify by party.
The question I posed to him was a statement and a question: I praised him for standing up against Donald Trump, and I asked about his long-term goals for the Veterans Administration as I am a disabled veteran.
Cut off the disabled vet asking about the VA. Nice.
re: #92 Anymouse
Funny how every time my senators (Fischer, Sasse) or my representative (Adrian Smith) has one of these telephonic town halls, shortly after I mention I am a Democrat the call is cut off to me.
It is as if they feel they only represent Republicans, not all the citizens of Nebraska (or in the case of Smith, the rural area).
Thank you Senator Sasse for showing you only care about Republicans and not all your constituents.
That’s how I feel about Governor Abbott of Texas hash tagging TCOT on Twitter.
I’m not surprised that Sasse has acted this way. So many of the NeverTrumps have their own problems that existed long before Trump.
re: #100 HappyWarrior
That’s how I feel about Governor Abbott of Texas hash tagging TCOT on Twitter.
Yeah, hyper-partisan, ideological.
But Obama is “divisive”.
re: #102 Sir John Barron
Yeah, hyper-partisan, ideological.
But Obama is “divisive”.
Yeah can you imagine if Obama’s tweets were hashtaged tlot or something like that. Abbott makes Rick Perry look like he has integrity and decency.
re: #68 KerFuFFler
Glad to see you commenting——-I had not seen any of your comments for a few days and was a little concerned that the flooding in Europe had disrupted your life. Hope all is well.
(I have not read all the recent threads so maybe you were here all along and I just missed it.)
No, everything’s good in my little part of Europe. Just been taking a break from the lunacy that is US politics at the moment.
re: #101 HappyWarrior
I’m not surprised that Sasse has acted this way. So many of the NeverTrumps have their own problems that existed long before Trump.
Senator Sasse was elected to the Senate in 2014, so he hasn’t had much of a chance to make a mark there.
My praise for him standing up against the fascist talking yam has been tempered by the second in a row cutting me off when I identified as a Democrat.
Perhaps his people are following LGF in real time and were upset that I was live-blogging the phone call? /s
Latest from local Israeli news outlets: 3 people confirmed dead, 4 wounded badly, 1 in critical condition in the wake of terrorist shooting attack in a prominent Tel Aviv shopping area.
Police are everywhere here in search of suspected accomplices of the two assailants, who are reported as having been neutralized.
The site of the attack was the Sarona mall in Tel Aviv, which is Israel’s largest indoor shopping area and pretty much one of the most popular shopping spots in the country, if not the most popular.
re: #105 Anymouse
Senator Sasse was elected to the Senate in 2014, so he hasn’t had much of a chance to make a mark there.
My praise for him standing up against the fascist talking yam has been tempered by the second in a row cutting me off when I identified as a Democrat.
I don’t blame you at all. I am glad he’s condemned Trump but he seems like he has his own issues.
re: #105 Anymouse
Senator Sasse was elected to the Senate in 2014, so he hasn’t had much of a chance to make a mark there.
My praise for him standing up against the fascist talking yam has been tempered by the second in a row cutting me off when I identified as a Democrat.
Could you still here the rest of the telephone conference or did the line just go dead?
Oh Hugh…
Conservative talk radio host Hugh Hewitt said on Wednesday that the Republican National Committee should ask Donald Trump to withdraw his candidacy or change the convention rules to prevent his formal nomination.
“The Republican National Committee needs to step in and step up and talk to him about getting out of the race,” Hewitt said on the Hugh Hewitt Show.
The alternative, he said, is a guaranteed victory for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton — and the loss of Republican control of both houses of Congress.
re: #105 Anymouse
Senator Sasse was elected to the Senate in 2014, so he hasn’t had much of a chance to make a mark there.
My praise for him standing up against the fascist talking yam has been tempered by the second in a row cutting me off when I identified as a Democrat.
Perhaps his people are following LGF in real time and were upset that I was live-blogging the phone call? /s
Wonder if he would respond to a letter from you complaining of this treatment? A letter to a newspaper might be useful as well.
re: #108 Sir John Barron
Could you still here the rest of the telephone conference or did the line just go dead?
The line went dead. That has happened to me on calls from Senator Deb Fischer and Representative Adrian Smith as well.
I don’t even ask “gotcha” questions - like my question about the VA today. I am coming to believe that when I identify as a Democrat and a village trustee, their phone screeners cut me off.
re: #109 KGxvi
Oh Hugh…
As I said, the establishment may hate Trump’s comments but the base doesn’t have a problem with them.
re: #103 HappyWarrior
Yeah can you imagine if Obama’s tweets were hashtaged tlot or something like that. Abbott makes Rick Perry look like he has integrity and decency.
Abbott is about the least statesman-like public official I can think of.
re: #112 HappyWarrior
As I said, the establishment may hate Trump’s comments but the base doesn’t have a problem with them.
They’re only concerned Trump is going to lose and hurt the party’s control of Congress.
re: #110 Sir John Barron
Wonder if he would respond to a letter from you complaining of this treatment? A letter to a newspaper might be useful as well.
That’s a good idea. Might be even good to call him two faced for slamming Trump while he shows a Trump like attitude to those he knows that probably have some ideological disagreements with. Give him hell.
re: #113 Sir John Barron
Abbott is about the least statesman-like public official I can think of.
He’s up there for sure.
re: #114 Sir John Barron
They’re only concerned Trump is going to lose and hurt the party’s control of Congress.
Exactly.
Some people…
Midlothian man sees Donald Trump in bathroom floor tile
MIDLOTHIAN, Va. — Clayton Litten was sitting on his toilet, admiring his newly tiled bathroom floor when he first saw it.
“This cannot be. There’s no way,” Litten said when he saw the image — “clear as day.”
An image of presidential candidate Donald Trump, standing with arms folded, emerged from the tile floor.
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In the meantime, Litten, who said he was dying of lung cancer, is holding out hope that Donald Trump would see this story and pay him a visit.
Do you see @realDonaldTrump in the floor tile? (ref: https://t.co/em4wUdKeye)
— WTVR CBS 6 Richmond (@CBS6) June 8, 2016
I don’t see it.
re: #116 HappyWarrior
That’s a good idea. Might be even good to call him two faced for slamming Trump while he shows a Trump like attitude to those he knows that probably have some ideological disagreements with. Give him hell.
I will have to write a letter to the Scottsbluff Star-Herald today. Thanks for the idea. (The Star-Herald has printed every letter I ever submitted to them.)
re: #111 Anymouse
The line went dead. That has happened to me on calls from Senator Deb Fischer and Representative Adrian Smith as well.
I don’t even ask “gotcha” questions - like my question about the VA today. I am coming to believe that when I identify as a Democrat and a village trustee, their phone screeners cut me off.
If you are not required to say your a dem, maybe don’t do so. See if you still get mysteriously cut off.
Rofl.
[-]whoanowhey 566 points 1 day agox2
Poll worker: Do you want an “I voted” sticker?
Berner: AM I BEING DETAINED?
re: #114 Sir John Barron
They’re only concerned Trump is going to lose and hurt the party’s control of Congress.
In the case of Hewitt, that’s definitely the case. I’ve mentioned before, I knew him (mostly in passing) while in law school, but he has always been the Team R type Republican. He wants his team to win, and sees this as his team picking Johnny Manziel (which is entirely appropriate since he’s from Cleveland and is a Brows fan.
re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth
Some people…
Midlothian man sees Donald Trump in bathroom floor tilesnip
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I don’t see it.
Oy vey.
Weird ass Richmonders.
re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth
Some people…
Midlothian man sees Donald Trump in bathroom floor tilesnip
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I don’t see it.
Donald Trump appears when you’re taking a dump, that actaully makes some sense but I don’t see it at all.
re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth
Left upper corner. Upper smaller Dark spot is his right eye. Or it’s Jesus with a bad haircut.. Poor guy is dying. Can’t cut him too hard.
re: #120 Anymouse
I will have to write a letter to the Scottsbluff Star-Herald today. Thanks for the idea. (The Star-Herald has printed every letter I ever submitted to them.)
Cool, hopefully gold strikes again. He needs to be called out on this. If he’s going to call out Trump for being a buffoon who doesn’t listen, he shouldn’t act like one himself.
I don’t believe Trump has the stamina to keep up his Presidential Act. He looked pretty exhausted last night. #CantActPresidential
— Barbtail (@barbtail0) June 8, 2016
Reading is Hard for some people - all those ‘best words’ quietly sitting there, just waiting to be read. #exhausting https://t.co/IBpm9i9azm
— Archivist1000 (@Archivist1000) June 8, 2016
re: #125 HappyWarrior
Donald Trump appears when you’re taking a dump, that actaully makes some sense but I don’t see it at all.
You take that orange turd to a doctor and you get tests done.
That is not a good color.
re: #123 KGxvi
In the case of Hewitt, that’s definitely the case. I’ve mentioned before, I knew him (mostly in passing) while in law school, but he has always been the Team R type Republican. He wants his team to win, and sees this as his team picking Johnny Manziel (which is entirely appropriate since he’s from Cleveland and is a Brows fan.
I think the Browns will have a good QB before the GOP has a good presidential candidate.
re: #109 KGxvi
Oh Hugh…
I’m trying to imagine what the R convention is going to be like. If they decide not to fight him, I wonder if they’re just going to try to make it as short as possible while The Donald stands stern faced with his hands behind his back watching them do their duty to HIM.
This is going to be either as somber as a funeral, or completely insane. It’s going to be impossible to not watch, even with all the Hillary hating.
re: #122 Not a Sparkly Vampire
That is one of the few bearable threads on Reddit. Most of the stories made me smile.
re: #121 MsJ
If you are not required to say your a dem, maybe don’t do so. See if you still get mysteriously cut off.
By saying I am a Democrat, it lets me know if they are truly interested in all their constituents or just Republican voters. Cutting me off lets me know the real deal here.
If the line was dropped once, I could chalk it up to a technical problem or whatnot. When it happens every time, that looks a bit more like screening callers for the ones they like.
The way these phone town halls work is they record the caller and play back the call for the senator or representative. Therefore everyone listening hears the exact statement or question from the caller from their own mouth.
It is not censorship (by a strict definition), but letting the listeners only hear others parroting their views through questions seem like a good way to appear that Nebraska is one monolith of Republican voters.
That said, Senator Sasse did mention Representative Brad Ashford (D) by name, but only in the sense you could vote him out if you didn’t like what he stands for.
Rage Furby has a new target: Is Gonzalo Paul Curiel an Anchor Judge?
re: #131 stpaulbear
I’m trying to imagine what the R convention is going to be like. If they decide not to fight him, I wonder if they’re just going to try to make it as short as possible while The Donald stands stern faced with his hands behind his back watching them do their duty to HIM.
This is going to be either as somber as a funeral, or completely insane. It’s going to be impossible to not watch, even with all the Hillary hating.
I want to know if Clint Eastwood and his chair will be appearing. I was telling my brother about that moment and he was just befuddled as hell by the whole idea.
re: #32 lawhawk
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re: #133 Ziggy_TARDIS
That is one of the few bearable threads on Reddit. Most of the stories made me smile.
I hear ya, I generally steer clear of reddit.
re: #138 MsJ
I see The Grinch. And no, not Trump.
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I thought it looked more like a sad fat kitteh.
re: #134 Anymouse
Like right wing radio. They learn. Keep up the fine work.
re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth
Some people…
Midlothian man sees Donald Trump in bathroom floor tilesnip
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I don’t see it.
Me, neither.
re: #139 Not a Sparkly Vampire
I hear ya, I generally steer clear of reddit.
Many of the smaller communities (“subreddits”) are bearable, even great, but the larger ones, like politics and news, are just shitshows.
re: #135 Dr. Matt
Rage Furby has a new target: Is Gonzalo Paul Curiel an Anchor Judge?
You know what, fuck Rage Furby. Everyone one us has a parent, grandparent, great grandparent, etc who had a parent who was not born in this country. In fact, I’m reasonably positive that my great grandmother was positive with my grand uncle when she came from Slovenia. And you know what my grand uncle did? He later served in the Untied States Army during WWII as did two of his other brothers and my grandfather the youngest served in Korea. Curiel is an American. He has served this country honorably and the attacks on him need to stop. His only “crime” was for having been Mexican-American and being given the case of Rage Furby’s spiritual father (Trump).
re: #134 Anymouse
By saying I am a Democrat, it lets me know if they are truly interested in all their constituents or just Republican voters. Cutting me off lets me know the real deal here.
Good point.
re: #136 HappyWarrior
I want to know if Clint Eastwood and his chair will be appearing. I was telling my brother about that moment and he was just befuddled as hell by the whole idea.
Probably not, but I would expect Trump to parade his 18 African-American delegates on the stage. That’s the grand total of African-American GOP delegates currently slated to attend the RNC, 18. “ladies and gentleman, look at my African-Americans!”
re: #143 withak
Many of the smaller communities (“subreddits”) are bearable, even great, but the larger ones, like politics and news, are just shitshows.
Which is why I stick to the gaming subreddits.
Mostly Fallout and Stellaris.
President Obama leaves DC on a picture perfect weather day to spend some time in NYC fundraising + tape Jimmy Fallon pic.twitter.com/HUYw1cQxGc
— Kristin Donnelly (@kristindonnelly) June 8, 2016
re: #142 makeitstop
I can. It’s vague. Looks like his usual sideways Magnificent pose. But then again I could always see the demons in vinyl tile. A vivid imagination helps I guess. And years of…vivid imagination.
re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth
Some people…
Midlothian man sees Donald Trump in bathroom floor tilesnip
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I don’t see it.
Haha, totally saw Trump/Boris Johnson/racist white male.
Just glad this nonsense is done with.
Crap.
One person dead and three others wounded at shooting near Boston school
One person has been killed and multiple people have been wounded in a shooting at the Burke School in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester, according to multiple reports. Police are still looking for the shooter, who has not been publicly identified.
*snip*
The shooting apparently happened after a fire alarm had been pulled in the school, and the shooting occurred as students were filing out of the building.
So, some of you are familiar with Robert Morrow who was elected as the Travis County (TX) GOP leader. There was an FB article from Texas Tribune. I left a comment and Morrow responded to it. LOL
Me: You all know this guy has a fetish for Japanese Anime porn and large breasted women… His Twitter mentions are impressive.
Robert Morrow Huge fan of beautiful large-breasted women!!
Me: Dude… You are Fucking a classic! LOL! Praise Jesus and pass the tequila.
This guy’s twitter feed is amazing.
re: #149 nines09
I can. It’s vague. Looks like his usual sideways Magnificent pose. But then again I could always see the demons in vinyl tile. A vivid imagination helps I guess. And years of…vivid imagination.
Is it black and blue or white and gold? /
re: #122 Not a Sparkly Vampire
Reading that again, I’m noticing how those tactics are pretty much what Sovereign Citizens use.
re: #153 Dave In Austin
Those bangs (reverse combover?) do not make his forehead look smaller…
re: #155 Not a Sparkly Vampire
Reading that again, I’m noticing how those tactics are pretty much what Sovereign Citizens use.
Circle of derp, etc.
re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rep. Duncan Hunter Compares Judge Curiel To An Iraqi-American Judging Chris Kyle https://t.co/Q77vcNqJCn pic.twitter.com/u8TbLtHfei
— andrew kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) June 8, 2016
Yes, when all else fails, be sure to remind people of the scary Muslims in their midst so they’ll remember that only the GOP can keep them safe:
“Donald Trump said what? Oh look, SQUIRREL!!1!”
Top Iowa paper tears into Grassley: “There are invertebrates with more spine” https://t.co/w0s8fZ9oCo pic.twitter.com/ckrQy63glt
— The Hill (@thehill) June 8, 2016
About the Tel Aviv shootings. Hope everyone will be ok…
But.
Doesn’t Israel have a wall? Don’t they let everyone have guns (no, not really but we’ve seen all the rightwing memes of Israeli citizens walking around with their M-16s over their shoulders)? How can a mass shooting like this happening?!
re: #153 Dave In Austin
Guy has a Adolf ‘stach on his forehead. His mouth looks like he snarls at the sky. Shirt is confused. I’ll bet he’s great to sit next to on a 5 hour plane flight with a 3 hour tarmac delay.
re: #153 Dave In Austin
He’s got the poor man’s Trump transplant.
re: #131 stpaulbear
I’m trying to imagine what the R convention is going to be like. If they decide not to fight him, I wonder if they’re just going to try to make it as short as possible while The Donald stands stern faced with his hands behind his back watching them do their duty to HIM.
This is going to be either as somber as a funeral, or completely insane. It’s going to be impossible to not watch, even with all the Hillary hating.
I’m thinking this as a preview (at least when it comes to decorating the QL Arena if they don’t fight):
If they do fight, I’m thinking something more like this:
Letter submitted to the Scottsbluff (NE) Star-Herald; let’s see if they print it (so far I am six-for-six):
Senator Ben Sasse held a telephonic town hall today (June 8). As a concerned citizen, I always try to participate in these calls from our senators and representative.
I will always identify myself as a Democrat, but I do not ask “gotcha” question. My question for Senator Sasse was what his opinion was on how to fix the Veterans Administration (as I am a disabled vet).
Every call I have received since I moved to Nebraska, the phone call was cut off. If it were a one-off, I might chalk it up to technical issues. As every call has been cut off, I can only presume that Senator Fischer, Senator Sasse, and Representative Smith are running their calls as if they were right-wing radio talk shows.
Our senators and representative represent all Nebraskans, not just the Republican ones. If they are afraid of the hard questions that come from outside their comfort zone (and my questions are hardly that, just that I identify as a Democrat), then how can they represent everyone? They were not elected to represent the GOP, they were elected to represent Nebraskans.
re: #160 GlutenFreeJesus
Because it’s always possible that guns could get smuggled into Israel, or that someone was able to steal a firearm from someone who legitimately had them.
It’s been a long time since there was a terror shooting in Israel, for many of the reasons you noted - the fence, strict gun control, etc. It’s also why the recent attacks have been of the stabbing variety or a handful of bombing type attacks.
re: #160 GlutenFreeJesus
About the Tel Aviv shootings. Hope everyone will be ok…
But.
Doesn’t Israel have a wall? Don’t they let everyone have guns (no, not really but we’ve seen all the rightwing memes of Israeli citizens walking around with their M-16s over their shoulders)? How can a mass shooting like this happening?!
I was surprised to find out how controlled guns were in Israel. I also was under the impression everyone had one. Actually it’s ammunition that is very tightly controlled. But, as I understood it, all active duty and reserve personnel do have them in their homes.
re: #164 KGxvi
I’m thinking this as a preview (at least when it comes to decorating the QL Arena if they don’t fight):
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I wonder if Trump will invite Putin to speak at the RNC, bare-chested, of course.
re: #163 GlutenFreeJesus
He’s got the poor man’s Trump transplant.
If you can see the comments to that thread he posted comments to a bunch of people. He basically insults everyone….. Too Funny…..
re: #159 Backwoods_Sleuth
Since you’ve posted a tweet with one of those avatar twibbons that looks like a little ghost outline surrounded by braille: what does that represent? I searched & searched for an answer yesterday and came up empty.
re: #168 Big Beautiful Door
I wonder if Trump will invite Putin to speak at the RNC, bare-chested, of course.
Riding an elephant…
re: #143 withak
Many of the smaller communities (“subreddits”) are bearable, even great, but the larger ones, like politics and news, are just shitshows.
Agreed. Reddit gets painted with a broad brush. I enjoy several subreddits but there are certainly some toxic dumps there as well.
re: #166 lawhawk
It’s been a long time since there was a terror shooting in Israel, for many of the reasons you noted - the fence, strict gun control, etc. It’s also why the recent attacks have been of the stabbing variety or a handful of bombing type attacks.
They do seem to have made great strides in preventing terrorist attacks.
re: #165 Anymouse
Letter submitted to the Scottsbluff (NE) Star-Herald; let’s see if they print it (so far I am six-for-six):
Senator Ben Sasse held a telephonic town hall today (June 8). As a concerned citizen, I always try to participate in these calls from our senators and representative.
I will always identify myself as a Democrat, but I do not ask “gotcha” question. My question for Senator Sasse was what his opinion was on how to fix the Veterans Administration (as I am a disabled vet).
Every call I have received since I moved to Nebraska, the phone call was cut off. If it were a one-off, I might chalk it up to technical issues. As every call has been cut off, I can only presume that Senator Fischer, Senator Sasse, and Representative Smith are running their calls as if they were right-wing radio talk shows.
Our senators and representative represent all Nebraskans, not just the Republican ones. If they are afraid of the hard questions that come from outside their comfort zone (and my questions are hardly that, just that I identify as a Democrat), then how can they represent everyone? They were not elected to represent the GOP, they were elected to represent Nebraskans.
Excellent!
re: #114 Sir John Barron
They’re only concerned Trump is going to lose and hurt the party’s control of Congress.
at least until the next mid-terms, when Trump is a repressed and forgotten
re: #152 Bubblehead II
Crap.
One person dead and three others wounded at shooting near Boston school
One person has been killed and multiple people have been wounded in a shooting at the Burke School in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester, according to multiple reports. Police are still looking for the shooter, who has not been publicly identified.
*snip*
The shooting apparently happened after a fire alarm had been pulled in the school, and the shooting occurred as students were filing out of the building.
2 miles from my two girls school. WTF I just had a panic attack.
re: #176 Franklin
2 miles from my two girls school. WTF I just had a panic attack.
That is terrifying.
re: #170 CuriousLurker
Since you’ve posted a tweet with one of those avatar twibbons that looks like a little ghost outline surrounded by braille: what does that represent? I searched & searched for an answer yesterday and came up empty.
Snapchat
Hmm, a brake job on ye olde commutertron Corolla while wearing white shorts?
I, too, like to live dangerously.
re: #95 Big Beautiful Door
I want Newt to be Trump’s running mate as well!
I want Newt to be Trump’s running mate as well!
I think I speak for all liberals when I say, nothing scares us more than a Trump/Gingrich ticket. Oh please Mr. Trump, please, please don’t do this to us.
TFW friends are telling your drunk ass a pub crawl is over. “Sanders surrogates say it’s time to admit Clinton won” https://t.co/E9LSiJwXQm
— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) June 8, 2016
Lightning strikes One World Trade Center during today’s storms! (Photo: @maximusupinNYc ) pic.twitter.com/MBwk27iuGI
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) June 8, 2016
re: #183 goddamnedfrank
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Yes, but what does Susan Sarandon think of this development?!
re: #182 gocart mozart
I want Newt to be Trump’s running mate as well!
I think I speak for all liberals when I say, nothing scares us more than a Trump/Gingrich ticket. Oh please Mr. Trump, please, please don’t do this to us.
I want Sarah Palin to be Trump’s running mate, though with her superior mastery of word salad, he might not pick her. He cannot have a subordinate that is better than he is at anything.
re: #156 Backwoods_Sleuth
Those bangs (reverse combover?) do not make his forehead look smaller…
That may be the worst hairdo I’ve ever seen on a man.
re: #187 EPR-radar
That may be the worst hairdo I’ve ever seen on a man.
Interesting trend among new (R) reps?
re: #170 CuriousLurker
Since you’ve posted a tweet with one of those avatar twibbons that looks like a little ghost outline surrounded by braille: what does that represent? I searched & searched for an answer yesterday and came up empty.
Does anyone know what that twibbon is?
re: #95 Big Beautiful Door
I want Newt to be Trump’s running mate as well!
If Newt is VP do we get a moonbase?
re: #186 Anymouse
Sadly, Trump doesn’t have the balls to pick Newt or Sarah. If he was a real man he wouldn’t be afraid to choose Gingrich or Palin. I double dog dare him.
re: #180 Testy Toad T
Hmm, a brake job on ye olde commutertron Corolla while wearing white shorts?
I, too, like to live dangerously.
Related:
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
Who cares how many postgraduate degrees one might have.
re: #190 I Would Prefer Not To
If Newt is VP do we get a moonbase?
And Louie Gohmert will be named Procurator in Charge to ensure that no gays are allowed to populate it.
re: #191 gocart mozart
Sadly, Trump doesn’t have the balls to pick Newt or Sarah. If he was a real man he wouldn’t be afraid to choose Gingrich or Palin. I double dog dare him.
Picking not-Joe the not-plumber for VP may also terrify Clinton campaign operatives.
re: #153 Dave In Austin
So, some of you are familiar with Robert Morrow who was elected as the Travis County (TX) GOP leader. There was an FB article from Texas Tribune. I left a comment and Morrow responded to it. LOL
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Me: You all know this guy has a fetish for Japanese Anime porn and large breasted women… His Twitter mentions are impressive.
Robert Morrow Huge fan of beautiful large-breasted women!!
Me: Dude… You are Fucking a classic! LOL! Praise Jesus and pass the tequila.
This guy’s twitter feed is amazing.
I had to make a comment on the Tribunes FB page.
” I called his hairstylist to ask about his hair style, But Dr Frankenstein his hairstylist was unavailable for comment.”
Watching the presser on the Boston shooting (not in school, outside) 17yo student was killed. Two other students (I think) injured and a 67yo bystander.
Commissioner Evans is PISSED. Saying when a 17yo is killed in broad daylight in front of his own school we should be outraged.
re: #177 Big Beautiful Door
I was thinking a bear.
On an elephant with a bear coat, with the head of it as a hat. With two Kalashnikovs firing off blanks, and 20 Russian blondes pouring out Stoli and setting it on fire to the sounds of G&R Welcome To The Jungle blasting out and free Trump Make America Great Again caps falling from the ceiling like rain. With $20 bills in every one of them And a lucky contestant will get a C Note and a personal bitch slap from Commander Putin The First And Only Pure Born. With a special introduction from Droopy Drawers Sweaty The Teddy Nooge The Knucklehead and a special comb over from Chuck “Rug Shure Firm Grip Wig Adhesive” Norris.
And later Commander Putin The First And Only Pure Born will do water ballet.
re: #197 Franklin
Watching the presser on the Boston shooting (not in school, outside) 17yo student was killed. Two other students (I think) injured and a 67yo bystander.
Commissioner Evans is PISSED. Saying when a 17yo is killed in broad daylight in front of his own school we should be outraged.
A statement from the NRA to the effect that the dead kid should have been armed will be forthcoming shortly.
re: #189 CuriousLurker
Does anyone know what that twibbon is?
Lots of folks asked at The Hill’s FB page (and most didn’t like it) but I couldn’t find an answer.
re: #198 nines09
On an elephant with a bear coat, with the head of it as a hat. With two Kalashnikovs firing off blanks, and 20 Russian blondes pouring out Stoli and setting it on fire to the sounds of G&R Welcome To The Jungle blasting out and free Trump Make America Great Again caps falling from the ceiling like rain. With $20 bills in every one of them And a lucky contestant will get a C Note and a personal bitch slap from Commander Putin The First And Only Pure Born. With a special introduction from Droopy Drawers Sweaty The Teddy Nooge The Knucklehead and a special comb over from Chuck “Rug Shure Firm Grip Wig Adhesive” Norris.
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You should totally be helping Trump plan the Convention; that would be awesome!
re: #198 nines09
Excellent, except for the nonsense about the Kalashnikovs firing blanks.
Live rounds.
Hey, look! It’s low energy bigot!
Man Jeb Bush, and here I was, thinking you weren’t so bad. https://t.co/3WE1VOSxlm
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) June 8, 2016
re: #198 nines09
On an elephant with a bear coat, with the head of it as a hat. With two Kalashnikovs firing off blanks, and 20 Russian blondes pouring out Stoli and setting it on fire to the sounds of G&R Welcome To The Jungle blasting out and free Trump Make America Great Again caps falling from the ceiling like rain. With $20 bills in every one of them And a lucky contestant will get a C Note and a personal bitch slap from Commander Putin The First And Only Pure Born. With a special introduction from Droopy Drawers Sweaty The Teddy Nooge The Knucklehead and a special comb over from Chuck “Rug Shure Firm Grip Wig Adhesive” Norris.
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When is the chair monologue? I like the chair.
OT I guess but it’s sort of a post and run. Haven’t been able to post much lately, just been lurking and working. One of the implications of Trump’s attack on the judiciary will be that minorities may not have full and fair access to the courts to seek justice. In a case pitting a minority individual or minority owned business against anybody else could face a judge or a system in which being a minority is inherently at a disadvantage.
Look, a progressive shithead defending Trump.
We’re having to choose between a privileged white man who says racist things but his actions shows otherwise or a woman who says she loves
— ❥ (@VeeVee) June 7, 2016
black people but supported & her husband still defends a bill that have locked up more innocent young black men away #KaliefBrowder 🤔😳💯
— ❥ (@VeeVee) June 7, 2016
Who’s less evil? She has a record we can see the results. He just says stupid shit. A “racist” white man who date blacks & marry immigrants
— ❥ (@VeeVee) June 7, 2016
Seriously people pay attention more to words than actions. Like legit reason why we need someone who’s disruptive to disrupt what’s going on
— ❥ (@VeeVee) June 7, 2016
re: #204 Decatur Deb
When is the chair monologue? I like the chair.
Too low energy for Trump. Unless its “Old Sparky” and they conduct an execution live on stage!
re: #199 EPR-radar
A statement from the NRA to the effect that the dead kid should have been armed will be forthcoming shortly.
Too soon.
re: #199 EPR-radar
A statement from the NRA to the effect that the dead kid should have been armed will be forthcoming shortly.
Also, too, gun-free zones and Massachusetts strict gun control, etc.
/
re: #202 EPR-radar
Excellent, except for the nonsense about the Kalashnikovs firing blanks.
Live rounds.
Thought about that. Maybe the true believers would be willing to water that “Tree Of Libtree.”
FIRST TWO FRONT ROWS GET SPECIAL TAKE HOME SOUVENIRS AND FREE AMBULANCE RIDES!
Gun humpers, you own this:
Shortly after the shooting, a woman was led in to the school’s main entrance at 2:10 p.m. by Boston Police officers. Moments later, she ran out screaming, “No, no! My f—ing son’s dead! I can’t do it!”
re: #206 Nyet
Look, a progressive shithead defending Trump.
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Trump’s actions; like him refusing to rent to African-Americans?
re: #204 Decatur Deb
When is the chair monologue? I like the chair.
No monologue. They just set it on fire.
re: #198 nines09
The RNC also needs a large golden statue of the Trumpfuhrer.
The statue must be on a rotating base such that it always faces the sun.
The statue must depict Trump’s heroic manliness. Michelangelo’s ‘David’ is an acceptable starting point, although some changes will be needed.
Thus should the party of bigots, fool, zealots and cranks honor their spiritual leader.
Meanwhile, in Michigan…
Official: Truck slams into bicyclists in Michigan, killing 5
COOPER TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Police fielded complaints that a pickup truck was being driven erratically just minutes before the vehicle slammed into a group of bicyclists in western Michigan, killing five, authorities said.
Four other bicyclists suffered serious injuries in the crash early Tuesday evening in Cooper Township and were being treated at area hospitals, Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeffrey Getting said during a news conference Tuesday night.
The truck driver is in custody but has not been charged.
re: #217 Ziggy_TARDIS
How was he not charged when he ran away from the scene on foot? WTF?
re: #176 Franklin
2 miles from my two girls school. WTF I just had a panic attack.
As I recall the Sandy Hook shooting was just before Christmas. As an expat, I usually get a bit homesick around the holidays, but when I thought about my children in school in the Alsace and the fact that I had little cause to worry about them being victims of random gun violence, I felt a lot better.
re: #216 EPR-radar
The RNC also needs a large golden statue of the Trumpfuhrer.
The statue must be on a rotating base such that it always faces the sun.
The statue must depict Trump’s heroic manliness. Michelangelo’s ‘David’ is an acceptable starting point, although some changes will be needed.
Thus should the party of bigots, fool, zealots and cranks honor their spiritual leader.
Nope. Have you seen the size of David’s hands?
Good grief! Freeper nikos1121 goes full frontal with the mythical past. Still a good exposition of how these people think.
Hillary, I agree, “Trump’s idea of making America great again, means taking America backwards.”
I remember that America very well. It was an America of the 50’s when Trump was growing up, and so were you and so was Bernie. Did you forget?
It was a time…
When Americans had pride about themselves, and dressed nice to go out in public.
When you could leave your front doors unlocked if you wanted to and not worry about it.
When children in school learned about the history of our country and proud to say the pledge of allegiance each morning.
When people immigrated here legally and proud the day they became citizens of our country.
When marriage was between a man and a woman.
When the word gay meant happy and a joint was a bad place to be.
When socialism was a dirty word and free enterprise meant, thinking and growing rich through an idea and hard work.
When a buck was still silver.
When a girl could still cook, and still would.
When ghettos were neighborhoods with sidewalks where people mingled on warm summer nights.
When the American Flag was a respected symbol and never burned.
When criminals actually went to jail.
When you were not afraid to go out at night.
When television was free.
Er, no. Happy Days is a work of fiction. Besides, outside of Anytown USA there were social, political, artistic, and scientific developments well under way in the 50s that would change the world. There is a lot more at the link if you can stand it.
re: #218 MsJ
How was he not charged when he ran away from the scene on foot? WTF?
Anybody wanna bet that he was not black?
re: #221 Shiplord Kirel
Good grief! Freeper nikos1121 goes full frontal with the mythical past. Still a good exposition of how these people think.
Hillary, I agree, “Trump’s idea of making America great again, means taking America backwards.”Er, no. Happy Days is a work of fiction. Besides, outside of Anytown USA there were social, political, artistic, and scientific developments well under way in the 50s that would change the world. There is a lot more at the link if you can stand it.
OFFS
Seems the Turkish president has been taking lessons from The Donald
Women who choose careers over motherhood are trailblazers in some parts of the world. But in Turkey they’re “deficient” — at least according to the nation’s president.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s declaration that such women were “half persons” is the latest in a series of remarks by the leader of a key U.S. ally that has sparked outrage and fear among liberals and human rights activists, who allege he’s leading the country down a path to conservative Islam.
“A woman who abstains from maternity by saying ‘I am working’ means that she is actually denying her femininity,” Erdogan said in a widely reported speech in Istanbul on Sunday.
“A woman who refuses maternity and gives up housekeeping faces the threats of losing her freedom. She is lacking and is a half [a person] no matter how successful she is in the business world,” he said according to excepts of the speech translated by the Hurriyet Daily News newspaper.
On May 30, Erdogan — who was prime minister for 11 years before becoming president in 2014 — said Muslim families should not engage in birth control or family planning. He has come out against cesareans, equated birth control with treason, and opined that women should avoid laughing in public — all the while using his strong Muslim faith to justify his ideas.
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re: #194 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
And Louie Gohmert will be named Procurator in Charge to ensure that no gays are allowed to populate it.
Louie Gohmert for GOP VP!!!one!!!eleventy111!!uno!!!
C’mon Mr. Trump! Rep. Gohmert would be both honoured and proud!
re: #221 Shiplord Kirel
Good grief! Freeper nikos1121 goes full frontal with the mythical past. Still a good exposition of how these people think.
Hillary, I agree, “Trump’s idea of making America great again, means taking America backwards.”Er, no. Happy Days is a work of fiction. Besides, outside of Anytown USA there were social, political, artistic, and scientific developments well under way in the 50s that would change the world. There is a lot more at the link if you can stand it.
Wait, I thought life was tougher when I was a lad and had to walk 10 miles to school each day uphill through snowdrifts over my head?
re: #218 MsJ
How was he not charged when he ran away from the scene on foot? WTF?
He [the prosecutor] declined to answer questions about the suspect and said the man’s name would not be released until his office has determined which charges he will face.
re: #221 Shiplord Kirel
back to when blacks knew their place
back to when you could beat up on gays without fear of retribution
back when girls who had premarital sex were shamed as sluts
back when there were separate public restrooms for white men and women, and one collective public restroom for blacks (if there was one at all)
back when black music was considered “race music” and not played on radio stations or available at record stores in the white section of town
yessiree, bob, don’t we just long for that?
re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth
Okay, thanks. My curiosity about it is driving me insane now…
re: #227 CuriousLurker
That little ghost means they have a Snapchat account and you should follow them on Snapchat.
re: #225 Eric The Fruit Bat
My Turkish friend and I were talking about this last night. Up until that, she was a huge supporter of his. That’s far gone now to the point of no return. We’d get into it about him in the past with me being suspicious of him. Not going to say (to her) that I was right…
re: #229 Backwoods_Sleuth
Reckless endangerment to start.
Likely not just a POC but a drunk ass rich person buying their way out.
re: #42 Anymouse
He wants to pass the “Born Alive Protection Act.” It has “bicameral” support.
But god forbid they pay taxes so the baby doesn’t die of starvation, cold, illness or anything else that might be prevented because all that matter to these zealots is forcing the baby to be born. I’m surprised they don’t have a bill for a “death penalty for newborns causing Republicans to pay taxes”
re: #228 Blind Frog Belly White
Wait, I thought life was tougher when I was a lad and had to walk 10 miles to school each day uphill through snowdrifts over my head?
Yes, No, I mean SHUTUP!!!!
re: #235 William Lewis
But god forbid they pay taxes so the baby doesn’t die of starvation, cold, illness or anything else that might be prevented because all that matter to these zealots is forcing the baby to be born. I’m surprised they don’t have a bill for a “death penalty for newborns causing Republicans to pay taxes”
Don’t matter. Those sluts shouldn’t be spreading their legs.
re: #209 darthstar
I’ve never cared enough about a cause to add a twibbon. I’ll donate, make calls, advocate publically.
Same here, it just drives me nut not knowing what something symbolizes.
re: #221 Shiplord Kirel
It’s not even original. I remember reading something almost exactly the same years ago.
re: #206 Nyet
I looked at the person’s Twitter feed. The person is a rodent copulator, not a progressive.
Snapchat is a little ghost & you place your photo or whatever you want in it.
Gosh & I’m an OLD.
re: #238 CuriousLurker
Same here, it just drives me nut not knowing what something symbolizes.
Since I am not on Twitter, I don’t have a cute ribbon on my Twitter feed.
I do have a lavender ribbon on my “regular wear” trilby hat. When I get asked “what is that for,” I can answer “epilepsy awareness” and launch into the issues surrounding my largely-hidden disorder in society.
re: #221 Shiplord Kirel
Good grief! Freeper nikos1121 goes full frontal with the mythical past. Still a good exposition of how these people think.
Hillary, I agree, “Trump’s idea of making America great again, means taking America backwards.”Er, no. Happy Days is a work of fiction. Besides, outside of Anytown USA there were social, political, artistic, and scientific developments well under way in the 50s that would change the world. There is a lot more at the link if you can stand it.
Also, a time when…
We taxed the everloving fuck out of rich people,
Unions were strong and strikes were frequent,
The average guy wouldn’t cross a picket line because he identified with the worker and knew that increasing his wages would help everyone,
The wealthy were viewed with healthy skepticism, not worshipped.
And for those not white, straight, Christian, or male, a time when…
A married couple could be prohibited from buying contraception,
A gay man or woman could be jailed for consensual sex, or beaten with impunity,
Blacks in many states couldn’t vote, or eat at the same lunchcounter with whites, or go to the best schools, or go to a good hospital,
“Marital Rape” was a nonsensical phrase,
Yeah, just a PARADISE.
re: #221 Shiplord Kirel
I wonder if the idyllic nostalgia-choked “America” of nikos1121’s imaginary past includes stringent enforcement of plagiarism laws, ‘cuz I’ve seen lists like this elsewhere: all pretty much the same trite catalog of golden-tinged, idealized nonsense.
Except for the “free television”. I could easily get behind a return to the principle of “free public access to public airwaves” - only it would have to be with today’s 1000+ channels, not the maximum seven or eight we had in the ’50s…..
re: #221 Shiplord Kirel
And they ALWAYS exclude what the tax rate was on top earners. That’s why we had the greatest infrastructure in the world at the time. Idiots.
re: #237 MsJ
But. Christmas. Easter. Whatever. Or something!
(Sorry. It’s part of a really bad joke about eating between the holidays)
re: #234 MsJ
Reckless endangerment to start.
Likely not just a POC but a drunk ass rich person buying their way out.
I’m leaning toward something like that. Or somebody who’s a “pillar of the community”.
A few years ago, one of our local school teachers ran a stop sign at a highway crossing and killed two people on the motorcycle (both of the deceased were very politically and civically active in a neighboring county). Still, the teacher was never charged with anything.
re: #246 Dave In Austin
And they ALWAYS exclude what the tax rate was on top earners. That’s why we had the greatest infrastructure in the world at the time. Idiots.
…and a steelworker like my dad could afford to buy a house and send his kids to college.
re: #238 CuriousLurker
Same here, it just drives me nut not knowing what something symbolizes.
Example
re: #248 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m leaning toward something like that. Or somebody who’s a “pillar of the community”.
A few years ago, one of our local school teachers ran a stop sign at a highway crossing and killed two people on the motorcycle (both of the deceased were very politically and civically active in a neighboring county). Still, the teacher was never charged with anything.
Justice for some.
re: #250 Stanley Sea
That looks like an IBM punchcard with a Pac-Man ghost cut out of the centre. (Okay, I’m old.)
re: #240 Stanley Sea
You didn’t see my response! Snapchat
I should have been more explicit above. Yes, it’s Snapchat. Here’s why.
re: #261 Jenner7
I saw a guy wearing a red Make America Great Again hat when I visited the Hoover Dam last month.
If you have a beer museum your town needs no other attractions!Good evening Lizards! Left the town with the beer museum late this morning after visiting it. Got to Bastogne in mid-afternoon with only one detour due to flooding along the Meuse River. Weather was rainy-drizzly, but it cleared up during the afternoon. Visited a museum and a few memorials there and then we headed west. Spending the night in Rochefort - and the Trappist monks here make a first class beer!
:)
Goal for the rest of the week is working west towards Normandy. Might make it back into France tomorrow, or maybe just spend another day in Belgium.
re: #261 Jenner7
Saw my first Trump sign here in Utah.
The only Trump sign in my town was taken down by the owner. She says she can no longer support him.
It looks like the GOP is making the expected pivot:
From Obama Derangement Syndrome to
Hillgahzi McEmail Syndrome (thanks Wonkette for that).
re: #221 Shiplord Kirel
Good grief! Freeper nikos1121 goes full frontal with the mythical past. Still a good exposition of how these people think.
Hillary, I agree, “Trump’s idea of making America great again, means taking America backwards.”Er, no. Happy Days is a work of fiction. Besides, outside of Anytown USA there were social, political, artistic, and scientific developments well under way in the 50s that would change the world. There is a lot more at the link if you can stand it.
I wonder if anyone’s asked this person if they wanted to go back to the tax rates of that age.
re: #221 Shiplord Kirel
I remember that America very well. It was an America of the 50’s when Trump was growing up, and so were you and so was Bernie. Did you forget?
It was a time…
When Americans had pride about themselves, and dressed nice to go out in public.
Don’t remember that.
When you could leave your front doors unlocked if you wanted to and not worry about it.
You still can. Crime rates are down.
When children in school learned about the history of our country and proud to say the pledge of allegiance each morning.
They still learn about our history and the were always forced to say the pledge.
When people immigrated here legally and proud the day they became citizens of our country.
They’re still proud to become citizens. It’s the right wingers who aren’t proud.
When marriage was between a man and a woman.
Whether they liked it or not.
When the word gay meant happy and a joint was a bad place to be.
Don’t remember a time like that.
When socialism was a dirty word and free enterprise meant, thinking and growing rich through an idea and hard work.
Socialism is still a dirty word and an idea and hard work will still get you rich.
When a buck was still silver.
What’s so great about that? A buck is/was a buck.
When a girl could still cook, and still would.
Again, what’s so great about that? Women can do so much more now than then.
When ghettos were neighborhoods with sidewalks where people mingled on warm summer nights.
People never stopped mingling on warm summer nights. Look around.
When the American Flag was a respected symbol and never burned.
It’s still a respected symbol. Nobody bothers to burn Russian flags.
When criminals actually went to jail.
Everybody goes to jail, whether they’re criminals or not.
When you were not afraid to go out at night.
Not that many people cowering in their houses. See above. Look around.
When television was free.
It still is.
re: #266 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
When ghettos were neighborhoods with sidewalks where people mingled on warm summer nights.
All the blah kids with their pants hanging down loitering all over the place!!!111
re: #265 leftynyc
I wonder if anyone’s asked this person if they wanted to go back to the tax rates of that age.
Or the percentage of workers belonging to unions, etc.
Bloomberg: Trump thinks he doesn’t need to raise $1 Billion
Josh Marshall, TPM: Poor House Donald Strikes again
On both sides of the aisle, virtually every other campaign in the country gets swept along in the tide of spending coordinated between the presidential campaign and the candidate’s party: voter registration, mobilization, election day turnout, TV ad saturation. Most campaigns which aren’t in very safe districts or uncontested races rely heavily on that spending as a supplement to their own.
If it’s not there, or there in a dramatically reduced amount, that could have a big impact on congressional, gubernatorial and state legislative elections. Politico for instance says that Trump and the RNC may struggle to raise even $300 million.
What’s the problem? There seem to be three main issues. First is that Trump is starting very, very late. At this point in the cycle Romney had been raising big big dollars for months, with that billion dollar figure as the goal. If Trump got up to Romney’s clip today he’d still fall massively short. Second is that the donor class really, really doesn’t like Trump (temperamentally, ideologically, etc) and questions why they should open their wallets for another billionaire.
Here Trump probably wishes he could admit that he’s only worth a few hundred million. But whatever … For all sorts of reasons, the donors aren’t terribly inclined to give. And third, Trump doesn’t seem either eager to ask for the money or temperamentally capable of doing so.
In typical Trumpian fashion he resolves this by saying and probably believing that he doesn’t need the money in the first place.
That’s not how this works. The billion dollar figure isn’t whipped up out of whole cloth. And it’s not just for ads. Absent a GOP wave election, which seems all but unimaginable, this could hurt congressional Republicans quite a bit.
re: #225 Eric The Fruit Bat
Erdogan has been saying this for years.
re: #266 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
When criminals actually went to jail.
Yeah, nobody goes to jail anymore, which is why the US incarceration rate is so high.
re: #266 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
Yeah, I remember going to a segregated elementary school in Maryland.
I remember a Navy staff car coming to our home and answering the door to a Navy Chaplain and senior chief carrying news of my father’s death in Vietnam.
Thanks, but no. Don’t want to go back to those days. They sucked eggs.
re: #265 leftynyc
I wonder if anyone’s asked this person if they wanted to go back to the tax rates of that age.
I happen to believe that lowering the top marginal tax rates provided the incentive for the 1% to suck the cash out of their businesses rather than pay their employees or otherwise reinvest it in their businesses. If you were going to have to pay most of that profit back to the government you might as well spread it around to the employees. But now that you can keep almost all of it, it’s time to pull as much profit as humanly (and inhumanely) possible.
re: #270 Eric The Fruit Bat
Hey, isn’t the party supposed to do this shIt? WTF?
re: #216 EPR-radar
The RNC also needs a large golden statue of the Trumpfuhrer.
The statue must be on a rotating base such that it always faces the sun.
The statue must depict Trump’s heroic manliness. Michelangelo’s ‘David’ is an acceptable starting point, although some changes will be needed.
Thus should the party of bigots, fool, zealots and cranks honor their spiritual leader.
So, basically this should be what the statue of the Trumpführer looks like….in marble, of course:
CAUTION - NSFW AND VIEWING MAY INDUCE BLINDNESS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
re: #275 Sir John Barron
You definitely would think so-yet we’re really not hearing that much, are we, outside of Adelson? Hell, even the Koch’s are hesitant.
re: #274 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
I happen to believe that lowering the top marginal tax rates provided the incentive for the 1% to suck the cash out of their businesses rather than pay their employees or otherwise reinvest it in their businesses. If you were going to have to pay most of that profit back to the government you might as well spread it around to the employees. But now that you can keep almost all of it, it’s time to pull as much profit as humanly (and inhumanely) possible.
Even when the top marginal rate was 90% the rich managed to pay the same effective rate. If you look at a chart of effective tax rates over time there was a short bump for a year or two after the rates hit 90% before the rich figured out how to protect their money from Uncle Sam.
Great. After spending about $50.00 for a dozen 60 W LED lamps to replace the incandescent lamps in the house, my power company is now offering a FREE kit with 9 LED lamps. Sigh. I ordered it anyway as it has 3 40 watt lamps I need for a couple of fixtures that the 60 W lamps are just too bright for.
re: #276 Dr Lizardo
Gaaaa! The vision, it burns!
Cover up that weasel on his head! (There is nothing to see down below.)
re: #270 Eric The Fruit Bat
Wouldn’t that be a lovely way for the House GOP gerrymander to break?
re: #277 Eric The Fruit Bat
You definitely would think so-yet we’re really not hearing that much, are we, outside of Adelson? Hell, even the Koch’s are hesitant.
Wasn’t there a report today that the Kochs are meeting with Trump?
Maybe they’re about to throw in.
re: #270 Eric The Fruit Bat
Bloomberg: Trump thinks he doesn’t need to raise $1 Billion
Josh Marshall, TPM: Poor House Donald Strikes again
He thinks that all he needs to do is hold rallies.
hmmmm
re: #283 makeitstop
Trump’s reps are meeting with the Brothers Koch’s, but they don’t necessarily like what Hair Furor has been saying, and have said so publicly.
re: #283 makeitstop
Wasn’t there a report today that the Kochs are meeting with Trump?
Maybe they’re about to throw in.
I wonder how Trump will handle that. Didn’t he say you should only hang out with people less successful than you? The Koch’s make Trump look like a piker.
re: #276 Dr Lizardo
Such realism is completely unacceptable. That is not ‘heroic manliness’.
Start with Michelangelo’s David. Make the face and hair resemble Trump’s face and hair. Make the ^$&^&$ bigger and rampant. Gold plate the entire thing.
Now that would be classy, and huge.
Politicians take themselves too seriously. A bit of fun with @iamsambee on @FullFrontalSamB #primaryday https://t.co/OsYSuOn5WL
— Gov. Gary Johnson (@GovGaryJohnson) June 8, 2016
re: #278 danarchy
At the factory I used to work, the employers paid the employees far more in the 50s and 60s than they did in the later years. (Fascinating thing is that they saved every single record ever generated.) The heyday of the business was the 50s and 60s. They had the most employees then and the most customers. The employees generally made about $8-$10 an hour. However, the distributions they were taking in the 70s and 80s would have curled your toes. Every other week they were pulling out 30K. They were rich in the 50s too, but man did they rake it in later. The employees were still making 8-10 an hour.
re: #284 Stanley Sea
He thinks that all he needs to do is hold rallies.
hmmmm
And phone in to talk shows.
Way out of his league here. Thank dog we’ve got a candidate who knows how this all works.
re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth
Riding an elephant…
At first I was thinking Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant but such a creature wouldn’t let Trump near it.
Too magnificent for Trump.re: #285 Eric The Fruit Bat
Trump’s reps are meeting with the Brothers Koch’s, but they don’t necessarily like what Hair Furor has been saying, and have said so publicly.
I’d love a transcript of that meeting. My assumption is that the Koch brothers are offering funding as an inducement for Trump to start following orders, and Trump is telling them to FOAD.
re: #287 EPR-radar
Such realism is completely unacceptable. That is not ‘heroic manliness’.
Start with Michelangelo’s David. Make the face and hair resemble Trump’s face and hair. Make the ^$&^&$ bigger and rampant. Gold plate the entire thing.
Now that would be classy, and huge.
LOLOLOL
You Lose! pic.twitter.com/mCWbvkLljn
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) June 8, 2016
re: #276 Dr Lizardo
So, basically this should be what the statue of the Trumpführer looks like….in marble, of course:
CAUTION - NSFW AND VIEWING MAY INDUCE BLINDNESS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
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This is a great piece on anti-Semitism by @JeffreyGoldberg https://t.co/hnuG4HX34O
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) June 8, 2016
A little @grist scoop: Trump once backed urgent climate action. And we’ve got the full-page ad to prove it. https://t.co/rPJaAIWG5P
— Scott Dodd (@scottdodd) June 8, 2016
re: #298 The Vicious Babushka
I can’t imagine a more reliable source.
California has a strange primary system where the top 2 vote getters in a primary election are the 2 candidates in the general election, independently of party affiliation.
The way things worked out in this election is that no Republican will be on the ballot in November for statewide office.
IMO that accurately reflects the capacity Republicans have shown lately for governance.
BREAKING: In interview with AP, Hillary Clinton says of Donald Trump’s attacks, ‘It’s classic behavior by a demagogue.’
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 8, 2016
re: #288 wrenchwench
My wife the former Libertarian viewed the video of Samantha Bee and Gary Johnson (and all the crazy people at the end) and said, Yup, that’s the Libertarian Party in a nutshell - well spoken people and the batshit crazy.
re: #300 EPR-radar
California has a strange primary system where the top 2 vote getters in a primary election are the 2 candidates in the general election, independently of party affiliation.
The way things worked out in this election is that no Republican will be on the ballot in November for statewide office.
IMO that accurately reflects the capacity Republicans have shown lately for governance.
But Trump is going to win California.
re: #292 EPR-radar
I’d love a transcript of that meeting. My assumption is that the Koch brothers are offering funding as an inducement for Trump to start following orders, and Trump is telling them to FOAD.
Perhaps the Koch brothers are offering Mr. Trump money to get out of the race.
re: #302 Anymouse
My wife the former Libertarian viewed the video of Samantha Bee and Gary Johnson (and all the crazy people at the end) and said, Yup, that’s the Libertarian Party in a nutshell - well spoken people and the batshit crazy.
I haven’t seen the followup vid, but I bet it’s even better. I was surprised Bee got a kiss out of this one, and that Gary said ‘batshit’ when describing some of his fellow party members.
re: #296 Stanley Sea
Good article: even if a bit stomach-turning. I really wonder, though, if this sort of stuff - hackneyed and puerile as it might be, isn’t going to be a big rotten albatross around the Trump campaign’s (and maybe Republicans’ in general) neck for the GE. The Donald could, of course, turn off speculation by loudly and publicly denouncing and disavowing the antisemitic sewage spewed by his “supporters” - but I have noticed that he so far hasn’t bestirred himself to: any more than he has bothered to address any of the general bigotry that his fanbase seems to love to wallow in.
Here is @allenwest’s Critique of @potus’s Legacy: https://t.co/snZefCvtTn #tcot pic.twitter.com/PSLdFmHv9N
— Accuracy In Media (@AccuracyInMedia) June 8, 2016
I can’t wait to not read this. https://t.co/a7skHaUugp
— Glenn Austin (@calv66) June 8, 2016
I’m with Glenn on this.
re: #305 wrenchwench
I haven’t seen the followup vid, but I bet it’s even better. I was surprised Bee got a kiss out of this one, and that Gary said ‘batshit’ when describing some of his fellow party members.
I have never been to a Libertarian Party caucus or convention, but my wife assures me there are plenty of batshit crazy people at them.
re: #308 Anymouse
I have never been to a Libertarian Party caucus or convention, but my wife assures me there are plenty of batshit crazy people at them.
My county has more than the average share of Libertarians (my congresscritter is one, even those he pretends to be a Republican for election purposes).
Yes, they are all batshit crazy.
The Only Member of Congress Donald Trump Endorsed Lost by 30 Points https://t.co/iAfbgjbN6d #UniteBlue
— The FL Harrison (@sharrison038) June 8, 2016
re: #310 Stanley Sea
The Only Member of Congress Donald Trump Endorsed Lost by 30 Points t.co #UniteBlue
— The FL Harrison (@sharrison038) June 8, 2016
Even more toxic than Sarah Palin.
Doesn’t everybody make these kinds of announcements on Twitter?
Trump advisers are worried he may announce VP pick on Twitter https://t.co/u4XH9HXQ0t pic.twitter.com/h8k4K4js23
— The Hill (@thehill) June 8, 2016
The Tel Aviv attackers were dressed as Hasidic Jews, a law enforcement source says. https://t.co/P3SfMSn7Un pic.twitter.com/qva5T7Zk3e
— CNN (@CNN) June 8, 2016
re: #312 darthstar
Doesn’t everybody make these kinds of announcements on Twitter?
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The article says he could do it “without warning”. That’s bad.
Just got off the phone with the local VA clinic.
I have been fighting for two months to obtain sufficient Phenobarbital (for my epilepsy) for my trip to Canada. Apparently there is a pharmacist at the Cheyenne VA Medical Center who has a bug up his ass and doesn’t want to issue more than thirty tablets at a time (Phenobarbital is a controlled substance).
I have also been in contact with Health Canada over the issue when it became apparent that the VA was going to obstruct my medications. They told me if I ran into a problem with the VA I could present myself in a Canadian health clinic and they could authorise a prescription for the medication though I would have to pay for it (fortunately, Phenobarbital is very inexpensive).
When I got more obstruction from the local clinic, I noted that in my trip last year to Europe I had to depend on a friend from Switzerland who is a physician to get me the necessary quantity of medication for my trip. I decided to pass on going after the VA.
Not this time. I told her that if the VA obstructs my travel again, I would see a lawyer to sue the VA over obstructing my right to Freedom of Travel (as found by the Supreme Court) and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
She started in with “it isn’t my fault - bureaucracy blah blah blah.” No. She is my primary care provider, as such my care should be her concern. She will be in any complaint I make to a lawyer, just as the Cheyenne pharmacy will.
She said she will have this resolved by tomorrow. Let’s see if that happens.
Founder of Minuteman border group guilty of child molestation https://t.co/2gdDQGYFBd pic.twitter.com/ev2lg6Fj65
— Arizona Daily Star (@TucsonStar) June 8, 2016
[…]
Christopher Allen Simcox was found guilty on charges that he molested a 5-year-old girl and showed her pornography. He was acquitted of the more serious charges that he engaged in sexual conduct with a 6-year-old girl.
A molestation conviction carries a sentence of 10 to 24 years in prison. Simcox, 55, is scheduled to be sentenced on July 5.
[…]
I hope he gets the whole 24 years.
re: #314 No Depression
The article says he could do it “without warning”. That’s bad.
I’m a terrible person, because I so want that to happen… before the campaign has officially made the offer to the nominee, and possibly even being someone different than the staffers thought they were going with.
re: #317 KGxvi
I’m a terrible person, because I so want that to happen… before the campaign has officially made the offer to the nominee, and possibly even being someone different than the staffers thought they were going with.
or bothered to vet said person for any embarrassing background….
on second though, that would hardly matter given the candidate himself.
re: #317 KGxvi
I’m a terrible person, because I so want that to happen… before the campaign has officially made the offer to the nominee, and possibly even being someone different than the staffers thought they were going with.
Too bad I am not on Twitter. Seeing Mr. Trump announce his VP pick (Ivanka?) there would be like watching a drowning GOP in a pool and handing them an anchor for a flotation device.
re: #153 Dave In Austin
So, some of you are familiar with Robert Morrow who was elected as the Travis County (TX) GOP leader. There was an FB article from Texas Tribune. I left a comment and Morrow responded to it. LOL
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Me: You all know this guy has a fetish for Japanese Anime porn and large breasted women… His Twitter mentions are impressive.
Robert Morrow Huge fan of beautiful large-breasted women!!
Me: Dude… You are Fucking a classic! LOL! Praise Jesus and pass the tequila.
This guy’s twitter feed is amazing.
That picture should appear in every dictionary that includes the word Republican.
After they’re born, fuck ‘em
(BTW Scottie Hughes is one of those pro-lifers[sic!], like Kevin Williamson, who believe abortion providers should be executed)
Trump supporter tries to paint him as a feminist: ‘We’re fighting for unborn womens’ rights’ https://t.co/a5OJPjeJsj pic.twitter.com/clyt1DEaXr
— Raw Story (@RawStory) June 8, 2016
re: #311 Dr. Matt
Even more toxic than Sarah Palin.
Eeeehhh….
It’s Renee Elmers—who’s been slapped with the “evil sellout” brush for awhile now—and she lost to somebody who went nuttier and more Tea Party.
So the lesson is that Trump-proximity will not change the rightward, revanchist path of the GOP.
re: #317 KGxvi
I’m a terrible person, because I so want that to happen… before the campaign has officially made the offer to the nominee, and possibly even being someone different than the staffers thought they were going with.
Hell, how bout someone who hasn’t even agreed to do it?
hahahaha
re: #312 darthstar
Doesn’t everybody make these kinds of announcements on Twitter?
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Trump’s Top 5 choices for VP:
1. Himself
2. Himself
3. Himself
4. John Miller
5. John Barron #tcot #UniteBlue— (((Vicious Bubbie))) (@viciousbabushka) June 8, 2016
Today we remember Tuskegee Airman & Olympian Malvin Greston “Mal” Whitfield as he is laid to rest @ArlingtonNatl. pic.twitter.com/S0xw654cfM
— U.S. Dept of Defense (@DeptofDefense) June 8, 2016
re: #315 Anymouse
Why not ask them to write a script for primidone (since its the prodrug for phenobarbitol, and has the same indications?)
@thehill @mjohnso27 I didn’t even know he was a Muslim.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 8, 2016
“Who will rid me of these troublesome scientists?”
Republicans in Congress “made a mistake” and released the names of Planned Parenthood workers https://t.co/nYf4TgjTOd
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) June 8, 2016
“…Last week, committee chair Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) sent two letters to the Obama administration, asking it to investigate new charges of federal health privacy law violations by two Planned Parenthood affiliates and the biomedical company StemExpress (fetal tissue research represents less than 1 percent of the company’s business), based on evidence provided by “confidential informants.” The identities of several researchers and clinic staffers were unredacted in the documents that were made public in attachments forwarded to the Obama administration along with Blackburn’s letters, and that were also posted on the select panel’s website.
The unredacted names included university and hospital researchers and employees of both StemExpress and Planned Parenthood, raising major concern among Democratic members of the House.
re: #327 Eric The Fruit Bat
Why not ask them to write a script for primidone (since its the prodrug for phenobarbitol, and has the same indications?)
It took a long time for the Navy to settle on Phenobarbital as my medication. I have been stable on the drug since 1995, when the Navy finally settled on it as a last resort.
I am allergic as it turns out to both Dilantin and Gabapentin. Fun fact: All the drugs for epilepsy other than barbitals and Gabapentin are Dilantin analogues. Thus, I am allergic to every drug except Phenobarbital, Seconal, &c.
The Navy wasn’t real big on prescribing Phenobarbital, as it is considered a drug that can be diverted to the illicit market and is addictive. However, when it turned out that it was the only drug that would work, the Navy (then the VA) chose that as my medication.
The VA will not change my medication when it is working effectively, thus without good reason they are not going to change my prescription, despite the debilitating effects of Phenobarbital (it promotes Dupuytrens Contratcures in those susceptible, and I have had four hand surgeries already). Since pharmaceutical companies are uninterested in creating new classes of medications for epilepsy (they only create more analogues of Dilantin), Phenobarbital is the med I have to take.
One of the unsung victories of President Obama’s first term was when Lundbeck Pharmaceutical (a Danish firm) threatened to cut off sales of all barbital drugs to the United States, because Oklahoma and Virginia had used Phenobarbital (its drug) for executions in violation of EU civil rights law. President Obama jumped in on behalf of those suffering from epilepsy to preserve the drugs’s legitimate use.
re: #291 Jebediah, RBG
At first I was thinking Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant but such a creature wouldn’t let Trump near it.
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I saw one of those videos about Adventure Time the other day and there were two interesting facts. One was that an executive liked the pilot but didn’t want to do the show because, in his view, Cartoon Network didn’t do art shows. He got overruled.
The second one was that some part of Cartoon Network tried to get rid of Princess Bubblegum and Marcelline because, in his words, they didn’t need to appeal to girls.
These facts would explain the constant bombardment of Teen Titans Go.
Evening Lizardim from the beautifully clear wild north country. How go things among the lizardfolk on this lovely summer day?
Hannity has a CHART!!11!!
Graph: @RealDonaldTrump’s Historic 13 Million Primary Votes Compared To Every GOP Nominee Since 1908 https://t.co/vNpfaSZ8we
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) June 8, 2016
(and no historical context that includes things like voter registrations and population; I know…pesky details)
I texted my youngest sister this morning to find out if my 10 year old niece was excited about a woman being our likely next president. I got a message back from my sister saying ‘No. She was for Bernie’. I’d like to ask her if she doesn’t think it’s kind of remarkable to see the FIRST EVER WOMAN NOMINEE?!?, but I think I’ll just keep it to myself. If she wants to let this go by without recognition, that’s her deal.
I’m not going to mention it at all to the sister who thinks Hillary should be in jail.
More pearls of wisdom from our philosopher king.
“@JoeDeFranco: Top RINO hack for MSNBC Joey Scarborough on the air and calling the next President Trump a racist and bigot. Shame on you”— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2016
“@lovusa4: @RichardWeaving Why @foxandfriends @NewDay WHERE IS THE REPORTING @realDonaldTrump <MOST VOTES FOR PRESIDENT IN HISTORY OF USA”— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2016
True, but Trump also had more votes against him. (R primary votes) washingtonpost.com
FYI: Hillary had more votes cast for her in 2008 than both she and Donnie had this year so whatever Donnie. YOU’RE still THE GREATEST something.
re: #334 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Also does not mention the fact that Hillary received 2.6 million more primary votes than Trump
re: #315 Anymouse
Did she blame “Obamacare”? That has been an all-purpose excuse.
re: #329 jaunte
This leak was planned, of course. I’d really like to get some hard evidence of collusion between these Republican elected officials and the TV and radio blowhards that are going to incite domestic terrorism vs. their targets based on the leaked information.
Unfortunately, such evidence most likely doesn’t exist. No collusion is needed because this is just the normal operation of the RWNJ stochastic terrorism inducer.
re: #332 Skip Intro
Damn! She must be pregnant again.
Great, now she shares a name with a global biopharmaceutical company.
More on my drug (which causes the VA so much consternation): As part of the agreement between Lundbeck Pharmaceutical and President Obama, a Phenobarbital prescription can only be issued in a state with the death penalty if the patient signs (every time) an affidavit that says the person will not illegally divert the drug to the state corrections facilities.
Thus, every thirty days I have to sign such a statement. (Though Nebraska has repealed the death penalty, it does not apply to the eight people already on death row.)
re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s not even original. I remember reading something almost exactly the same years ago.
Parts of it, for instance “when a girl could still cook and still would” and “a joint was a bad place to be” are stolen directly and verbatim from an old Merle Haggard song titled something like “Are the Good Times Really Over for Good?”
re: #330 Anymouse
Did they try you on Keppra? That’s an entirely different class from all the other anti-seizure medications you mentioned (racetam) and is now the first-line anti-eplileptic.
re: #334 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Damn! He got more votes than Teddy Roosevelt did when running for President. We must appoint Trump President TODAY!!!
Another big issue was Ellmers supposedly being too soft on rape victims. Last year, when Republicans went on their annual spree of passing go-nowhere anti-choice bills, Ellmers raised objections to one bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks, on the grounds that there was no exception for rape victims.
To be clear, she wasn’t overcome with pity for women who might be forced to carry rape-caused pregnancies to term. Nor was she opposed to forcing women to give birth even if their fetuses had terrible abnormalities or the pregnancies would cause disability or blindness. She just worried that a male-d0minated party being so hostile to rape victims might be bad optics, saying that the anti-victim stuff was not being “smart about how we’re moving forward”.
No matter. Her perceived softness on rape victims was enough to make her public enemy #1 in anti-choice circles. The SBA List— which was conceived as an anti-choice alternative to Emily’s List — endorsed Holding over Ellmers. Like Club for Growth and Americans for Prosperity, SBA List made an example out of Ellmers, dumping tons of resources on this primary election to send the message that even the perception of pity for rape victims would be treated as an unforgivable caving in to the forces of “political correctness”. Now anti-choice press is crowing about how they ousted “traitor” Ellmers.
re: #330 Anymouse
My late sister (years ago) was on Phenobarbital for seizures. She could not tolerate the generic version. I understand that to be one of a few exceptions where generics are contraindicated.
A good diary on what Sanders is going to have to decide, and how fast at Daily Kos. A piece:
f Sanders does not cash in his chips soon the value will continue to decrease as he holds out. Make no mistake Sanders had a lot of support, but the majority are not “Bernie or Bust folks.” Most supporters are democrats who will unite with or without him telling them. Sanders holing out will not keep them from getting to work to defeat Trump. This is something Clinton knew of her group in 2008. The PUMAS is where Obama had to do the most work to gain support. This is not a problem Clinton has to deal with on her own regarding Berners. The President will be able to bring a lot of these folks on board. Young voters and first time voters will not be a huge challenge for team Clinton once the President hits the trail. Rebuilding his coalition is what he wants to get out and do. A lot of his coalition is the Bernie coalition. I would argue that the President is still the best campaigner the party has and this is not just about Clinton for him. This is personal, this is his legacy.
re: #343 Eric The Fruit Bat
Did they try you on Keppra? That’s an entirely different class from all the other anti-seizure medications you mentioned (racetam) and is now the first-line anti-eplileptic.
Keppra is a Dilantin analogue.
As far as my neurologist is concerned, he is not going to change my medications when I have only had one breakthrough seizure since 1995. As long as the current medication works and is not causing any harm (other than the pesky Dupuytrens Contractures that have fouled up my hands), there seems no reason to change it just for the benefit of change.
“@lovusa4: @RichardWeaving Why @foxandfriends @NewDay WHERE IS THE REPORTING @realDonaldTrump <MOST VOTES FOR PRESIDENT IN HISTORY OF USA”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2016
Gee, I hate to say this, but trump is lying here. Even old Silent Cal got more votes for president than dimwitted trump. Maybe he ought to try rephrasing his tweet.
Holy Crap. The RNC website does not contain a single reference to Donald Trump. No picture, no name. Total blackout. https://t.co/br42QDAQoH
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 8, 2016
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Also doesn’t sell trump hats, he’s keeping that $$ for himself.
they be trapped.
re: #331 Belafon
The second one was that some part of Cartoon Network tried to get rid of Princess Bubblegum and Marcelline because, in his words, they didn’t need to appeal to girls.
I’m always surprised by that type of thinking, what with it not being 1955 anymore. I’m not a girl, and to me PB and Marceline are two of the most interesting characters on the show. They’ve started to explore a little bit of the the Princess’ moral ambiguity, and Marceline and her 1,000 years of putting up with Ice King because of who he used to be is one of the reasons she is a great character.
re: #345 The Ghost of a Flea
[Busted link.]
being too soft on rape victims
Phrase I never thought anyone would need, anywhere, ever.
re: #340 stpaulbear
She should name the baby Squib
Great, now she shares a name with a global biopharmaceutical company.
I think she was named after Bristol, CT home of ESPN and where her mom interviewed for a job and perhaps conceived her. Is it irresponsible to speculate about this? NO, It would be irresponsible not to speculate about this.
re: #340 stpaulbear
Great, now she shares a name with a global biopharmaceutical company.
Next kid will be named Squibb.
re: #356 Blind Frog Belly White
Beat you by 2 minutes. Looooooser! (maybe because I didn’t look up the spelling)
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Gee, I hate to say this, but trump is lying here. Even old Silent Cal got more votes for president than dimwitted trump. Maybe he ought to try rephrasing his tweet.
More like “Most votes in a Republican Primary”, esp since Clinton beats him easily.
re: #353 Jebediah, RBG
I’m always surprised by that type of thinking, what with it not being 1955 anymore. I’m not a girl, and to me PB and Marceline are two of the most interesting characters on the show. They’ve started to explore a little bit of the the Princess’ moral ambiguity, and Marceline and her 1,000 years of putting up with Ice King because of who he used to be is one of the reasons she is a great character.
It reminded me of what they’ve been saying about Marvel Studios. Until Disney took over, the head of the company was doing the same thing. I don’t understand it either.
One of the interesting details of the movie Titanic was when Cameron showed the movie to executives, one of them said that it would only appeal to half the population. Cameron said, “I wish I could get half the population.” From a business point of view alone, excluding females is just stupid.
re: #357 gocart mozart
Beat you by 2 minutes. Looooooser!
That’s what I get for posting in mid-perusal. CURSE YOU, GOCART MOZART!!!
re: #350 Skip Intro
@AnnDemocrat @JKWemyss @trumpgodemperor @realDonaldTrump @lovusa4 @RichardWeaving @NewDay And mathematicians!
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) June 8, 2016
re: #350 Skip Intro
I think Trump’s tweet would be improved with an “OFF WITH THEIR HEADS” addition.
Too many characters?
re: #329 jaunte
Unbelievably despicable, totally unsurprising, and so transparently not an accident.
ETA: And I am frustrated and furious that there are never any repercussions for over and over endangering people who ARE DOING NOTHING WRONG.
re: #364 HappyWarrior
I want to see how he alienates older white guys.
Hey, he’s alienated me. It happened when he started talking.
re: #363 Jebediah, RBG
Unbelievably despicable, totally unsurprising, and so transparently not an accident.
It shows me that as much as they like to feign into their monocles about Trump that they have their own problems that existed long before Trump.
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Gee, I hate to say this, but trump is lying here. Even old Silent Cal got more votes for president than dimwitted trump. Maybe he ought to try rephrasing his tweet.
Trump don’t you mean Republican primary voters, Hell If a Sea Slug was the only thing running in the Republican Primaries it would get as many votes if called itself a Republican.
BREAKING NEWS!!! DONALD TRUMP’S CABINET REVEALED!!!!!!!!!!!!
I Went to Trump Golf Club to Watch Trump Last Night and Today I Don’t Feel Good About America: https://t.co/R6r3VwM9KT
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) June 8, 2016
re: #349 Anymouse
Keppra is a Dilantin analogue.
The only thing they share is a Pyrrolidone core-what’s hanging off of the two are incredibly different. But I can understand your doc’s unwillingness to change unless your Dupuytrens Contractures gets real bad (plus phenobarbital being dirt cheap to boot.)
That also explains the grief of what you have to go thru, since there’s no domestic manufacturer of Phenobarbital anymore, you’re stuck having to bend over backwards to sign a piece of paper to satisfy Lundbeck. That sucks.
re: #351 Stanley Sea
Untrue. I did a search on “Trump” and found several references.
re: #365 Blind Frog Belly White
Hey, he’s alienated me. It happened when he started talking.
Haha me too but I meant the angry white guy types that he attracts.
re: #244 Blind Frog Belly White
Also, a time when…
We taxed the everloving fuck out of rich people,
Unions were strong and strikes were frequent,
The average guy wouldn’t cross a picket line because he identified with the worker and knew that increasing his wages would help everyone,
The wealthy were viewed with healthy skepticism, not worshipped.
And for those not white, straight, Christian, or male, a time when…
A married couple could be prohibited from buying contraception,
A gay man or woman could be jailed for consensual sex, or beaten with impunity,
Blacks in many states couldn’t vote, or eat at the same lunchcounter with whites, or go to the best schools, or go to a good hospital,
“Marital Rape” was a nonsensical phrase,
Yeah, just a PARADISE.
I remember some of the good stuff the originator of the list remembered too.
Of course I was 6 years old and had no real understanding of the world. And being young I was protected from a lot of the reality of the times. So yeah, it was ideal. I was alive!
Now I see things from when I was younger exactly like your list.
Funny how reality changes when you grow older. You learn more and more about the good and bad in everything. You also learn you were damn naive when you were younger and how you viewed things was in the eyes of a younger person living in the good times.
Many people never seem to ever get past their view of their ideal time and they always want to go back. I bet some of their parents in the 50s/60s were not seeing everything as so great and they too were probably looking back 30 years or so and saying things were great then too.
Proper perspective versus distortion of reality.
re: #359 Belafon
From a business point of view alone, excluding females is just stupid.
Totally true.
And it isn’t like we haven’t already seen that strong female leads can get a wide audience. Buffy The Vampire Slayer was a long time ago, and that most certainly wasn’t getting a female-only audience.
re: #331 Belafon
That’s actually why they have killed a number of shows.
The Original Teen Titans, Young Justice, and a few others.
re: #369 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #370 Eric The Fruit Bat
The only thing they share is a Pyrrolidone core-what’s hanging off of the two are incredibly different. But I can understand your doc’s unwillingness to change unless your Dupuytrens Contractures gets real bad (plus phenobarbital being dirt cheap to boot.)
That also explains the grief of what you have to go thru, since there’s no domestic manufacturer of Phenobarbital anymore, you’re stuck having to bend over backwards to sign a piece of paper to satisfy Lundbeck. That sucks.
When I first moved to Nebraska, I had to obtain my medication through a civilian pharmacy.
I went to my local pharmacy to fill the prescription, and they had to special order the drug. (No pharmacy in the county carries it.)
In chatting with the pharmacist, he told me the drug comes in 1,000 tablet bottles to pharmacies, and I was the only person that had ever ordered it.
I told him I felt bad that he had to order a thousand tablets to fill my thirty tablet prescription (for two different sizes of Phenobarbital).
He shrugged it off: He noted that a thousand tablets of either size (1 and 1/2 grains or 1/2 grain) is only $7 to him.
Most of the charge he passed off to me was the additional handling of the medication. Even then, I paid less than $10 for each of my prescriptions.
not sure why this is in the trump u deposition, but pretty fun pic.twitter.com/vpum8zhIzj
— Tim Dickinson (@7im) June 8, 2016
re: #379 stpaulbear
Squibb fits in so perfectly with most of the other Palin baby names.
It doesn’t start with a “T”: Track, Tripp, Trick, Trollop, &c.
The American people will never support a candidate whose major theme is bigotry. We will not allow Donald Trump to become president.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 8, 2016
So does this mean you will support the Democratic nominee and #UniteBlue? https://t.co/Xzatsb2SuJ
— (((Vicious Bubbie))) (@viciousbabushka) June 8, 2016
re: #382 The Vicious Babushka
Eventually
re: #154 MsJ
Is it black and blue or white and gold? /
Just saw this. It’s all dependent on what lens I’m looking through. Or windshield. Or goggles. Or smoke. Or flames. You get the drift.
Well at least Bernie is focusing his energy towards Trump for once. That said, I do think he should drop out.
Trump banned BuzzFeed’s @dcbigjohn from his speech, but gave credentials to InfoWars: https://t.co/HV1ESkyC6i pic.twitter.com/Irq1YiMkyV
— Media Matters (@mmfa) June 8, 2016
re: #316 wrenchwench
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I hope he gets the whole 24 years.
JFC these people are twisted.
re: #389 nines09
JFC these people are twisted.
But they are the patriots and liberals are trying to destroy the Constitution !!!11!!!2!!!uno!!!elventy!!!
re: #307 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I’m with Glenn on this.
It finally hit me. Allen West is an African American Dilbert!
(This most likely is not an original viewpoint…it is for me!)
re: #390 Anymouse
She probably dressed like she wanted it. I’m never, and I mean NEVER shocked to see who they really are. Metric TONS of skeletons are waiting to fall from those closets. Just like the father of that rapist. Gee. I wonder why he thought that was a good idea. I don’t care HOW loaded you are. That is your soul. Never ceases to surprise me on how low they truly are though.. Just a matter of time and the courage to speak out.
re: #393 Anymouse
I like Trunk because it rhymes with the Palin’s favorite family activity.
re: #396 Skip Intro
Well then, Trawl might work too…
re: #397 Jebediah, RBG
Truly the list is endless.
re: #396 Skip Intro
I like Trunk because it rhymes with the Palin’s favorite family activity.
Tug-of-war? Terrorism? Thrash? Turmoil? Tiff? Trouble? Tumult? Tangle?
In case you might want to annoy your USC alum friends,
re: #403 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Tanqueray Baby
Nope, Bartles and James or GTFO.
re: #328 darthstar
The Hill ✔ @thehill
JUST IN: Top Trump adviser: “Hater” Hugh Hewitt should be banned from convention hill.cm pic.twitter.com
Sure sign they are eating their own. It appears there may be a lot of cannibalism going on this year. The Republican party is either going to end up more entrenched in recent makeup, go through profound changes or break into two or more other parties.
It really cannot go on the way it is. It seems many in the party are seeing it that way so there is going to be a ton of movement and positioning going on.
Interesting times ahead politically.
KSP: Cameras Equipped With Explosive Devices Found In Harlan Co.https://t.co/XPnqUxUvEK pic.twitter.com/lRU2fXspjO
— LEX 18 News (@LEX18News) June 8, 2016
KSP Troopers say that cameras equipped with explosive devices were placed in wooded areas in Harlan County.
They are asking for the public’s assistance for information on who is placing these cameras in Harlan County.
Police believe the owner of the cameras put the explosives on them to keep people from stealing the cameras.
Welcome to Kentucky!
(And yes, this is not an uncommon thing for a number of reasons…)
I think the names have to be limited to ones the Palins can pronounce and spell. That means no more that a single syllable and five letters.
re: #408 Backwoods_Sleuth
Police believe the owner of the cameras put the explosives on them to keep people from stealing the cameras.
why are cameras out in the first place, then?
re: #409 Skip Intro
I think the names have to be limited to ones the Palins can pronounce and spell. That means no more that a single syllable and five letters.
“Tasteless” is out then… .
re: #407 ObserverArt
Since Trump has shown that he will attack anyone who even questions him, at the end of the campaign I think all he’ll be left with is Greta and Hannity.
re: #410 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
why are cameras out in the first place, then?
Two main reasons are trailcams for hunters, and for watching for “trespassers” on marijuana patches (which are being planted right now).
re: #414 Backwoods_Sleuth
Two main reasons are trailcams for hunters, and for watching for “trespassers” on marijuana patches (which are being planted right now).
What an evil drug!!!
re: #415 jaunte
If we can get away from the Ts, I think Oops is a good name.
Teabag Palin. Defender Of The Crest, Slayer Of Dragons, All Around Tosser.
re: #416 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
What an evil drug!!!
You have no idea. (edited to say this was not meant as an insult to you)
Really, the growers have boobie traps all over the place. KSP tells us that when if we find a patch, back away slowly and call them to investigate.
re: #419 Backwoods_Sleuth
You have no idea.
Really, the growers have boobie traps all over the place. KSP tells us that when if we find a patch, back away slowly and call them to investigate.
You’ll never come back from Copperhead Road…
OMG SO MUCH CUTES!!!
Missouri photographer gives stray kitten the princess treatment in magical photo shoot. https://t.co/ySLG9Pivnk pic.twitter.com/mMoYKUd4tt
— ABC News (@ABC) June 8, 2016
re: #152 Bubblehead II
Crap.
One person has been killed and multiple people have been wounded in a shooting at the Burke School in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester, according to multiple reports. Police are still looking for the shooter, who has not been publicly identified.
*snip*
The shooting apparently happened after a fire alarm had been pulled in the school, and the shooting occurred as students were filing out of the building.
Crap. Double crap. My sister has been a children’s librarian in Dorchester for many years. Not an unlikely chance she knows some of these kids.
re: #11 gocart mozart
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Russian Times?
WorldNet Daily?
Daily Stormer?
Am I getting warm yet?
re: #340 stpaulbear
Great, now she shares a name with a global biopharmaceutical company.
They can name their baby Oscar.
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Worst Economy Ever!
Stocks near all-time high on rising oil prices
Why is Obama wrecking our economy?
welp, twitter is all atwitter awaiting Sen. Warren’s endorsement of Hillary.
re: #427 Skip Intro
Worst Economy Ever!
Stocks near all-time high on rising oil prices
Gas prices are going to skyrocket and it’s Obama’s fault for cancelling Keystone!!!
re: #430 Backwoods_Sleuth
welp, twitter is all atwitter awaiting Sen. Warren’s endorsement of Hillary.
She’s going to be a great surrogate for her.
re: #431 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Gas prices are going to skyrocket and it’s Obama’s fault for cancelling Keystone!!!
Yeah, and I am glad that Bold Nebraska successfully fought in the state Supreme Court that the Unicameral violated the state constitution in approving the route.
President Obama only cancelled the deal after the Nebraska court case was successful.
A consortium of ranchers, farmers, conservationists, environmentalists, liberals, and other defeated this pipeline in this state. Turns out that conservatives and liberals can work together on a common cause.
Sounds like a fair trade to me:
Petition: Replace Jefferson Davis statue in Capitol with tribute to Ali https://t.co/q8WPyxLsf0 @RecoveringPol pic.twitter.com/5wy9xAnMnk
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) June 8, 2016
re: #435 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sounds like a fair trade to me:
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We can even be nice and sell it to some private collector.
re: #413 Skip Intro
Since Trump has shown that he will attack anyone who even questions him, at the end of the campaign I think all he’ll be left with is Greta and Hannity.
The big thing that many people seem to be missing (except around here!) is Trump still was voted in by a whole heck of a lot of the party base. Those folks now seem to have gotten a candidate that really does speak for them.
That in it itself is enough to either change the party drastically or split from the established because they are still going to be courted by some type of conservative group/party. The established GOP is going to want them either controlled or gone.
The people that make up the party are the key. They are not happy. They are the people that say the party is not conservative enough (TeaParty) and they are not going away. They really have the power now and that is what is going to cause the turmoil for the party.
At this point the actual party politicians are not in control.
re: #431 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Gas prices are going to skyrocket and it’s Obama’s fault for cancelling Keystone!!!
President Trump will change that by allowing Keystone as long as he gets a piece of the action.
re: #435 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sounds like a fair trade to me:
Ali actually won his fights. Political and in the ring.
re: #438 Skip Intro
President Trump will change that by allowing Keystone as long as he gets a piece of the action.
It will be gold plated and diamond studded…
re: #414 Backwoods_Sleuth
Two main reasons are trailcams for hunters, and for watching for “trespassers” on marijuana patches (which are being planted right now).
This reminds me Sleuth…have you heard anything about those 8 family members that were killed in southern Ohio a few weeks back? I’ve been busy and haven’t tried to search for info, but I have not stumbled across any major revelations about the case in Columbus media.
The silence on it is kind of strange.
re: #428 HappyWarrior
I read it, it’s a good read.
re: #441 ObserverArt
This reminds me Sleuth…have you heard anything about those 8 family members that were killed in southern Ohio a few weeks back? I’ve been busy and haven’t tried to search for info, but I have not stumbled across any major revelations about the case in Columbus media.
The silence on it is kind of strange.
No arrests.
Newest thing is a custody battle over the two youngest children who survived.
The Donald™ at his Twittery finest.
“@sara_wejesa: @realDonaldTrump Great speach!!!!!!!” Thanks!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2016
re: #444 teleskiguy
@realDonaldTrump @sara_wejesa pic.twitter.com/gJHvfDt78q
— Ginny (@ginnyinmich) June 8, 2016
…and this is the best thing I’ve read on Twitter today, so I can go read a book now:https://t.co/vo08I4HKBg
— TBogg (@tbogg) June 8, 2016
@ellebermont @jsidman I’m a Level 5 vegan. I don’t use any fingers that cast a shadow.
— John Fleury (@Buffalo_Theory) June 8, 2016
Scott Walker: Trump donation was not accompanied by any Trump University conversations
A $10,000 campaign donation from Donald Trump came with no expectations related to his embattled Trump University, Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday.
“No,” Walker told the Cap Times when asked whether Trump had ever spoken with him about Trump University or the possibility of Wisconsin residents launching complaints against the program. “No. Really, other than offering his support when he supported me in the past, I had no other conversations.”
Trump gave Walker’s gubernatorial campaign $10,000 — the maximum allowed under Wisconsin’s campaign finance law — on June 23, 2014. Four months later, a federal court allowed a class action lawsuit against Trump’s for-profit education company to expand from three states to a nationwide class of all students who had purchased live event seminars from the program since Jan. 1, 2007.
A representative from Zeldes Haeggquist & Eck, LLP, co-counsel on the lawsuits against Trump University, confirmed to the Cap Times that about a dozen class members in the lawsuit are from Wisconsin.
Months later, Walker proposed entirely eliminating the state board charged with overseeing for-profit schools in Wisconsin in his two-year state budget
This is one of the most remarkable charts I’ve ever seen. This student-debt slavery is a very new phenomenon. pic.twitter.com/FtwmeVvxSJ
— Rudolf E. Havenstein (@RudyHavenstein) June 8, 2016
re: #443 Backwoods_Sleuth
No arrests.
Newest thing is a custody battle over the two youngest children who survived.
Thanks. I had not heard that.
re: #437 ObserverArt
Senator Goldwater warned about inviting the Evangelicals into the party on the Senate floor in 1981, and then the GOP went further and courted the Tea Party thinking they could control them both.
Turns out that when a majority of a party’s voters have a different agenda than the party, they will take it over.
While death announcements of the GOP in the past have been premature, I think this might be the end for them.
re: #449 gocart mozart
Questions this chart makes me think: does the amount outstanding include students still in school? What proportion represents undergraduate education versus graduate school/law school/med school? How well does this track with the average tuition/room and board coasts over the same time period?
I absolutely agree with his main point, those are just some of the things that popped into my head looking at the graph. (Also, thank you again to my parents, the work I did in high school and college, and my luck for sparing me that.)
re: #444 teleskiguy
The DonaldTM at his Twittery finest.
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Weird, there is no Twitter user @sara_wejesa
re: #451 Anymouse
Senator Goldwater warned about inviting the Evangelicals into the party on the Senate floor in 1981, and then the GOP went further and courted the Tea Party thinking they could control them both.
Turns out that when a majority of a party’s voters have a different agenda than the party, they will take it over.
While death announcements of the GOP in the past have been premature, I think this might be the end for them.
I want to go to the morgue, pull out the drawer, see the tag on the toe, and make a visual before I believe that.
re: #456 The Vicious Babushka
Perhaps she deleted her account? Maybe Mr. Trumps’s fingers were moving so fast over the keyboard he mistyped a Twitter handle?
Maybe the Northern Lights will be visible in Nebraska in the Summer? Tide goes in, tide goes out, who can explain it?
Has Donald Trump condemned the Tel Aviv attack or does he not want to upset his alt-right neo-nazi fanboys?
Clinton condemns Tel Aviv attack as ‘heinous’ https://t.co/0SpVYsfjwO #BreakingNews
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) June 9, 2016
re: #457 nines09
I want to go to the morgue, pull out the drawer, see the tag on the toe, and make a visual before I believe that.
In other words, seeing the GOP lose at least 45 states in the electoral college, preferably at least twice in a row, accompanied by similarly severe beatings in the corresponding midterm elections.
Me too.
re: #460 EPR-radar
In other words, seeing the GOP lose at least 45 states in the electoral college, preferably at least twice in a row, accompanied by similarly severe beatings in the corresponding midterm elections.
Me too.
Total and absolute to the point they have to clean house. If they want to be called Republicans they have to undo what has been done. Completely. Trump is the natural progression of what they have become. They deserve to fall so hard they bounce. Twice.
re: #456 The Vicious Babushka
Weird, there is no Twitter user @sara_wejesa
I googled her twitter name and loads of stuff comes up.
She must have deleted her account.
re: #451 Anymouse
Senator Goldwater warned about inviting the Evangelicals into the party on the Senate floor in 1981, and then the GOP went further and courted the Tea Party thinking they could control them both.
Turns out that when a majority of a party’s voters have a different agenda than the party, they will take it over.
While death announcements of the GOP in the past have been premature, I think this might be the end for them.
Yeah, I wouldn’t be overquick to write up that Death Certificate just yet. The US has a fairly stable (and inertia-heavy) two-party system which hasn’t changed much in about 150 years. I think it more likely that the GOP is fated not to break apart, but morph into a multiple-personality Party, with its plutocratic, libertarian, religious-nut and Generic Angry Teabagger wings coexisting in uneasy coalition with each other: but coming together when need be ( at election time) to fight the “real enemy” - i.e., anybody Not Them.
The Democrats got along for about a century as a national Party with two separate (regional) wings that could scarcely stand each other; I think today’s Republicans (unfortunately) can probably contrive a way to get along as well.
re: #463 No Depression
Those charts make me really angry.
It’s the latest looting. Payday lenders. Rent to own. Mortgages. Then they create a “credit score” system that enables them to drive your ass deeper.
re: #463 No Depression
Those charts make me really angry.
It’s even more frustrating when you consider the trouble a lot of recent grads have finding work.
re: #466 HappyWarrior
It’s even more frustrating when you consider the trouble a lot of recent grads have finding work.
Absolutely. The cynic in me says the American Dream is pretty much dead.
re: #467 No Depression
Absolutely. The cynic in me says the American Dream is pretty much dead.
It’s been tough for me. It’s why while I appreciate Bernie wanting affordable tuition, it missed a lot of problems.
re: #468 HappyWarrior
It’s been tough for me. It’s why while I appreciate Bernie wanting affordable tuition, it missed a lot of problems.
I feel you. I graduated two years ago and I still haven’t been able to find a job.
re: #469 No Depression
I feel you. I graduated two years ago and I still haven’t been able to find a job.
And then you get assholes who tell you you shouldn’t have majored in Art History.
re: #469 No Depression
I feel you. I graduated two years ago and I still haven’t been able to find a job.
What’s your degree in?
re: #469 No Depression
I feel you. I graduated two years ago and I still haven’t been able to find a job.
Four for me, it’s doubly tough for me being on the spectrum but things need to change.
re: #473 Blind Frog Belly White
That was my minor. Mostly it means I can spell Italian words.
re: #475 jaunte
That was my minor. Mostly it means I can spell Italian words.
They all rhyme, right?
If Bernie Sanders can win over 4500% of the vote in Washington D.C. next week he’ll have this thing in the bag.
— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) June 9, 2016
re: #475 jaunte
My minor was in just plain History, which I enjoyed but not enough to do it as a living.
re: #478 Blind Frog Belly White
Me too, History courses were my go-to elective.
re: #465 nines09
It’s the latest looting. Payday lenders. Rent to own. Mortgages. Then they create a “credit score” system that enables them to drive your ass deeper.
One of the reasons I only use cash. My wife and I bought our new car and our house with saved money and no credit. If we don’t borrow, lenders don’t own our souls.
re: #477 goddamnedfrank
We know it’s a 12 round bout, but if he can come out swinging in the 13th……
re: #481 nines09
We know it’s a 12 round bout, but if he can come out swinging in the 13th……
A grand slam home run to the Andromeda Galaxy in the bottom of the 1,034th inning will save the game for Bernie Sanders.
re: #480 Anymouse
One of the reasons I only use cash. My wife and I bought our new car and our house with saved money and no credit. If we don’t borrow, lenders don’t own our souls.
Some time ago I realized that buying real estate with a mortgage required a level of optimism I’m incapable of. A nice side effect of this is that no bank owns me.
re: #480 Anymouse
One of the reasons I only use cash. My wife and I bought our new car and our house with saved money and no credit. If we don’t borrow, lenders don’t own our souls.
How glorious for you.
English major/History minor over here. The degree has instilled a habit of reading lots of books and that’s about it.
Night Lizards. Going to slip back into lurk mode.
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Now, with all that said, I need to go take care of some repairs around the house.
As usual, may the Deity of your choice smile down upon you and yours.
So, had to change my twitter password for the 2nd time this week. Those Bernie supporters I’ve been trolling really think they’re cute.
re: #485 teleskiguy
English major/History minor over here. The degree has instilled a habit of reading lots of books and that’s about it.
Other way around here.
re: #469 No Depression
I feel you. I graduated two years ago and I still haven’t been able to find a job.
Supposedly there are college benefits for veterans.
As it turns out, if the Veterans Administration deems you “unemployable” (as I was after the Navy diagnosed me with epilepsy), you lose your promised college benefits. (The VA administers a test to see which college programmes you would best be suited for: I scored highest in physics, chemistry, and mathematics. I have a friend who was in a motorcycle accident and has a mile of wire holding his spine together who got a VA paid trip to CERN in Switzerland as an intern for his degree, but I was told I could not be employed.)
So I live on my VA disability. Fortunately I live in an area it is really cheap to live in (no Broadway shows here, but you don’t always get what you want). My friend is now a professor in Texas. Even he thinks I got a raw deal.
Actually my history degree has made me a tenacious researcher. I always was decent but my classes made me even better.
re: #480 Anymouse
One of the reasons I only use cash. My wife and I bought our new car and our house with saved money and no credit. If we don’t borrow, lenders don’t own our souls.
Completely impossible where I live. I have to live where I can get a job doing what I do, and the area with the most jobs of that kind just happens to be about the most expensive housing market in the US.
re: #482 EPR-radar
A grand slam home run to the Andromeda Galaxy in the bottom of the 1,034th inning will save the game for Bernie Sanders.
“Well, the Herd is behind by 18 points, but if they can punch this in and go for the 13 point conversion…They could pull this out.”
re: #490 HappyWarrior
Actually my history degree has made me a tenacious researcher. I always was decent but my classes made me even better.
I imagine that is very good training in digging past the surface of any given narrative.
re: #490 HappyWarrior
Actually my history degree has made me a tenacious researcher. I always was decent but my classes made me even better.
Science gave me a healthy skepticism about what one reads in history books, which studying actual history books and looking for original sources only increased.
QE1 & an ermine! pic.twitter.com/7uKFV1ySr3
— (((✨NicoleBonnet✨))) (@NicoleBonnet1) June 9, 2016
re: #480 Anymouse
One of the reasons I only use cash. My wife and I bought our new car and our house with saved money and no credit. If we don’t borrow, lenders don’t own our souls.
I will point out that it’s possible to use things like credit cards and not go into debt. The credit card companies may not be all that fond of people who use them that way, but it is legal.
Whether buying a house with a mortgage is the right decision I leave up to each person to make for themselves. It worked out for us. We are, however, rather more financially disciplined than I think the average American is.
re: #493 EPR-radar
I imagine that is very good training in digging past the surface of any given narrative.
Yeah. Not just historical research but any kind. Made planning my trip a couple years ago that much easier.
re: #494 Blind Frog Belly White
Science gave me a healthy skepticism about what one reads in history books, which studying actual history books and looking for original sources only increased.
And I have a really good brain, and the best words.
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re: #484 stpaulbear
How glorious for you.
Not glorious: My house is only worth $18,000. My car new was $13,000. That took almost all of our saved money.
For that, we get to live on the High Plains in a village of 128 people (127, there was a funeral Saturday).
You’re welcome to move to Western Nebraska if you like. I don’t know where you live, but housing does not cost hundreds of thousands of dollars everywhere in the country.
Of course you would have to put aside a snobbish view of rural living and ranching and farming, but I am sure you can do that.
re: #465 nines09
It’s the latest looting. Payday lenders. Rent to own. Mortgages. Then they create a “credit score” system that enables them to drive your ass deeper.
Read more at littlegreenfootballs.com
True story and I just learned about this a couple days ago. I had a Discover Card which I canceled and paid off (or so I assumed) back in 2013. A couple of months ago I got a call from a collection agency about unpaid debt from a Discover Card (about $900) I told them “What are you talking about, I paid that off three years ago, show me the proof.” A couple days ago I get a package, old statements, I see a payment made in 2/2013 of $1,233.66 and a balance of $00.01, the next month there is a $25.00 late fee and so on at 29% interest. I owe close to $900.00 on one cent principle plus interest and late charges. Mother Fuckers. I’m going to fight this but I am not sure how yet.
re: #499 Anymouse
Not glorious: My house is only worth $18,000. My car new was $13,000. That took almost all of our saved money.
For that, we get to live on the High Plains in a village of 128 people (127, there was a funeral Saturday).
You’re welcome to move to Western Nebraska if you like. I don’t know where you live, but housing does not cost hundreds of thousands of dollars everywhere in the country.
Of course you would have to put aside a snobbish view of rural living and ranching and farming, but I am sure you can do that.
…and have a job that either provides a portable income stream that lets you live where you’d like, or be prepared to start a new career and hope that pans out with minimal initial costs.
Just saying.
re: #499 Anymouse
Funny thing about living where it’s that cheap is that almost nobody does, because almost nobody can. And if they tried, it wouldn’t be cheap there anymore.
re: #480 Anymouse
One of the reasons I only use cash. My wife and I bought our new car and our house with saved money and no credit. If we don’t borrow, lenders don’t own our souls.
If you use credit as a 30 day loan, and pay off the bill before interest is accrued, you will do well. I have my 2 credit card that pay me a percentage back, and they monitor my charges immediately. I have my Iphone hooked to my Amex card and every transaction is announced on my phone. My other is Amex through Costco which will now become Capital One Visa. Then I have a debit card that is totally safe. I had two “compromises” in my life, and never lost anything. The entire trick is to live within your means. can’t go drinking champagnes on a beer paycheck. I made good money when I worked and my house has been paid off about 18 years. When I worked, paying down the mortgage was #1. Everything else was second. You have to have a solid relationship and discipline. Reward yourselves once in awhile, but it’s pay me now, or pay me later. That is the one truth.
re: #499 Anymouse
Are you saying I could buy a house in western Nebraska with the money I earn in the winter and still have a few grand leftover?
I couldn’t do it. There’s no mountains.
re: #500 gocart mozart
There has to be an answer. If you cancelled, you should have been sent a final balance statement. You should not be able to close out an account with money owed. Fight it. And do not take no for an answer.
It’s not what we did, but that we did it. #chamonix @giuliamonego and #crew pic.twitter.com/LPYrg1xcU7
— Seth Morrison (@sethmorrison1) June 9, 2016
re: #491 Blind Frog Belly White
Completely impossible where I live. I have to live where I can get a job doing what I do, and the area with the most jobs of that kind just happens to be about the most expensive housing market in the US.
What do you do? My training (aviation electronics repair) was rendered irrelevant by my epilepsy (the FAA will not let me work in my field, nor will any electronics repair shop for fear of a seizure or something). My life’s work was rendered irrelevant.
You do not have to live in the most expensive housing market because your job and training supposedly require that (it is rationalisation on your part). You can choose to do whatever you want.
I have a friend who was offered a job for Web design at Cabela’s main office in Sidney, Nebraska. He lived in Kalispell, Montana and couldn’t afford it any longer.
He turned down the job in Sidney because it didn’t pay enough. (It started at $60,000 per year.) That amount of money would put you in the top 2% of my county.
The real issue is he didn’t understand that living in a tourist trap like Kalispell is not the same as living in another part of the country. He refused the job.
He is now unemployed and begging me for money, scraping by in Chicago and bothering my mother there. I’ve told him to leave her alone and he was an idiot to turn down the job in Sidney. Pesky personal responsibility how does it work?
re: #504 teleskiguy
Are you saying I could buy a house in western Nebraska with the money I earn in the winter and still have a few grand leftover?
I couldn’t do it. There’s no mountains.
My town is in the Wildcat Hills, which run westward to the Laramie Range of the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming. Contrary to popular belief, Nebraska is not flat.
re: #508 Anymouse
My town is in the Wildcat Hills, which run westward to the Laramie Range of the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming. Contrary to popular belief, Nebraska is not flat.
Yeah, but there’s no 3,000 ft. vertical fall lines!
So though, who chooses veep first, Trump or Clinton. I have no idea who Trump will pick. With Clinton, I see her going with Julian Castro.
re: #508 Anymouse
My town is in the Wildcat Hills, which run westward to the Laramie Range of the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming. Contrary to popular belief, Nebraska is not flat.
Nebraska may not be as flat as Kansas, but I don’t think it has real mountains.
re: #509 teleskiguy
Yeah, but there’s no 3,000 ft. vertical fall lines!
We just have giant sandhills here. I am only 4,000 feet above sea level.
We don’t have mountains, but you can see them near the border with Wyoming. They are only an hour or two drive away.
re: #512 Anymouse
We just have giant sandhills here. I am only 4,000 feet above sea level.
I’m at 6,600 feet. I can see a 12,000 ft. mountain out my window right now. If I look east I can see a 14,000 ft. peak in the distance.
re: #496 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I will point out that it’s possible to use things like credit cards and not go into debt. The credit card companies may not be all that fond of people who use them that way, but it is legal.
Whether buying a house with a mortgage is the right decision I leave up to each person to make for themselves. It worked out for us. We are, however, rather more financially disciplined than I think the average American is.
For almost everyone, almost everywhere, there’s no reasonable probability of buying a house without a mortgage. SO, you’re basically deciding whether you want to pay a mortgage or pay rent.
In the Bay Area, for most of the 34 years I’ve lived here, and for the preceding 50 years, prices have been rising. Sometimes fast, sometimes REALLY fast. Occasionally there’s a pause. Maybe even a slight retreat, but then it’s on the march again.
Rents are the same, with a bit of back-and-forth.
In a market like this, if you can, it makes sense to buy as soon as it’s possible, as long as you’re not in a bubble. It’s the only way to lock in your housing costs. There’s very little rent control in most of the Bay Area, so you’re at the mercy of landlords - and they might have just bought the property for a lot of money, and the rents minus the costs have to pay the mortgage. Find yourself in that position and try to not lose money by raising rents, and you get featured on the news as a moneygrubbing bastard who wants to kick an old lady out on the street.
WATCH: Meryl Streep wear ‘Orangeface’ and Fat Suit While Singing as Donald Trump (VIDEO) https://t.co/14hb7IJ0KY pic.twitter.com/xg3W4T8Cah
— Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) June 8, 2016
Chez Pazienza is having an amusing back-and-forth with H.A. Goodman right now on Twitter.
Nice deflection. But it’s not gambling since you know for sure. It’s free money. Unless you don’t really know shit. https://t.co/xgieqhcJo0
— Chez Pazienza (@chezpazienza) June 9, 2016
re: #511 EPR-radar
Nebraska may not be as flat as Kansas, but I don’t think it has real mountains.
Where I live the highest point is 1500m. The avg is about 500m. We have more holes than hills.
One of my coworkers got a degree in Music with an emphasis on organ back in the late 70s. After not finding a steady job for a while, he went back and got a degree in programming.
re: #500 gocart mozart
Also: if you had ANY balance still owing on your card, they should have sent you a statement for the next period (after paying it off), even if it was only for one cent. Unless, say, you moved and didn’t give Discover a forwarding address, there’s no excuse for them not to have dunned you for the “balance” right away.
You might also check with your State, if they have something like a Consumer Protection Department (or whatevs) - here in New York the State CPB is pretty good about standing up for consumers - especially with bank and credit-card stuff. But then, this is a more-or-less civilzed part of the country….
re: #518 Belafon
One of my coworkers got a degree in Music with an emphasis on organ back in the late 70s. After not finding a steady job for a while, he went back and got a degree in programming.
I have two degrees, one is in stupid choices and the other is in bad choices. They don’t make me much money, but they’ve been quite consistent.
LOL we sound like a bunch of “fiscally conservative” wingnuts, talking about how we don’t spend more than we earn, like common government spenders.
STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>
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I see Cthulhu
See the resemblance? Illinois church members say they see image of Virgin Mary in tree: https://t.co/TRnrMSmNqq pic.twitter.com/c4pvXDFt4t
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 9, 2016
re: #521 The Vicious Babushka
LOL we sound like a bunch of “fiscally conservative” wingnuts, talking about how we don’t spend more than we earn, like common government spenders.
I think there are a lot of wingnuts who don’t have the first grasp about how personal financial responsibility is supposed to work either. ;)
re: #507 Anymouse
What do you do? My training (aviation electronics repair) was rendered irrelevant by my epilepsy (the FAA will not let me work in my field, nor will any electronics repair shop for fear of a seizure or something). My life’s work was rendered irrelevant.
You do not have to live in the most expensive housing market because your job and training supposedly require that (it is rationalisation on your part). You can choose to do whatever you want.
I have a friend who was offered a job for Web design at Cabela’s main office in Sidney, Nebraska. He lived in Kalispell, Montana and couldn’t afford it any longer.
He turned down the job in Sidney because it didn’t pay enough. (It started at $60,000 per year.) That amount of money would put you in the top 2% of my county.
The real issue is he didn’t understand that living in a tourist trap like Kalispell is not the same as living in another part of the country. He refused the job.
He is now unemployed and begging me for money, scraping by in Chicago and bothering my mother there. I’ve told him to leave her alone and he was an idiot to turn down the job in Sidney. Pesky personal responsibility how does it work?
I’m a Scientist, particularly a Molecular Biologist. I get paid pretty well and it’s interesting work, and it’s what I trained to do and have done for 35 years. I’m pretty good at it, at least all the companies I’ve worked for seem to think so. I’m also not sure what else I could stand doing as a job.
One reason to live where I do is that the nature of the industry is that there are a lot of failed companies, which lasted between 5 and 20 years, but in the end couldn’t make a go of it. Or the DID make a go of it, and a bigger company bought them and laid off most or all of the staff. It can happen pretty suddenly. When it does, you want to be in a place with a lot of OTHER companies who might hire you.
Mrs. FBW and I have talked about where else we could live, but the problem is always, “What if I take a job there, and that company folds?” We are not the kind of people who like moving, so we’re strongly disinclined to take risks like that.
re: #521 The Vicious Babushka
LOL we sound like a bunch of “fiscally conservative” wingnuts, talking about how we don’t spend more than we earn, like common government spenders.
I wish. I almost live paycheck to paycheck, but it’s more like “money costing crisis”-“save a little”-“money costing crisis”.
re: #514 Blind Frog Belly White
Well, buying a house without a mortgage depends on where you are buying a house.
Since I don’t want to live in Hollywood (where my sister lives), I don’t have a mortgage. She will die before her mortgage is paid off but hey, she gets to live in California.
Screw that. She is trapped working six and a half days a week trying to keep up her bills and is bitter that I am not doing the same. (My sister and I have a great deal of angst between us.)
In the meantime, my wife and I can use saved money and no loans (even though we only live on my VA disability) to take vacations every year. My sister and my cousins are all bitter that I should have such a benefit (because I choose to live in an area I can afford).
Perhaps if I had been allowed the college benefit I was supposedly promised in the military I could have a career that pays more than an unpaid village trustee in a backwater town in nowhereville USA. I do not envy my sister and cousins their lifetime mortgages and credit problems. They chose that, they could live in a place like I do where their mortgage payment for a month would pay a year’s rent here.
Whining, how does it work? The only thing I whine about is being refused my earned college benefits for my military service.
I hate financial choices topics these days. We’ve not done so well since moving from the midwest/Kentucky to New England. While my salary went up a few thousand, the cost of living here not only erased that but set us back. But we still want to do for our kids what we had intended: activities that cost money. Fine. We can handle it if we pare down. Then I need the tooth implant. Then we need a newer car. If we had this combined income in Kentucky or Indiana where we lived before—no problem. Now I’m in unfamiliar territory: credit card debt. Ironically, because I pay a huge chunk each month, our credit score is better than ever. But new unexpected expenses keep happening. I’m probably making what my dad made as a middle-class male 40 years ago, but he could do a few things and still stay out of debt and pay for retirement.
Damn. No wonder I favored Bernie early on. Anyway, I know that New England has long been more expensive, so it has nothing to do with the president. We have to cut some things out (and, no, I still haven’t cut our cable access to international soccer…).
re: #524 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I think there are a lot of wingnuts who don’t have the first grasp about how personal financial responsibility is supposed to work either. ;)
These are the folks who gave Trump University rave reviews! (not counting all the shills and the fake surveys from fake people who never even blew their life savings on “Trump Elite” seminars)
re: #528 Barefoot Grin
Come march of this year, I was going to have $3,000 in extra money. Then my wife needed a crown, then my oldest son’s car broke down on his way home for spring break, then the transmission started going out on the 12 year old van, so I needed a down payment on a new vehicle. At the end of march, I had no extra money.
re: #527 Anymouse
Well, buying a house without a mortgage depends on where you are buying a house.
Hence “almost everyone, almost everywhere”.
LOLWTF:
Clowns are not ok. Meat clowns are the not okayest. RT @iboudreau: Who wants sandwiches pic.twitter.com/8iR5MiISWW
— (((Imani Gandy))) (@AngryBlackLady) June 8, 2016
Sad commentary for #GOP that @realDonaldTrump giving a speech that doesn’t cross Title VII bounds warrants a sigh of relief. @AC360 @CNN
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) June 9, 2016
re: #530 Belafon
Come march of this year, I was going to have $3,000 in extra money. Then my wife needed a crown, then my oldest son’s car broke down on his way home for spring break, then the transmission started going out on the 12 year old van, so I needed a down payment on a new vehicle. At the end of march, I had no extra money.
Dental work killed me. I think I have one last payment.
re: #532 No Depression
Best extruded-meat product of the year.
re: #525 Blind Frog Belly White
I’m a Scientist, particularly a Molecular Biologist. I get paid pretty well and it’s interesting work, and it’s what I trained to do and have done for 35 years. I’m pretty good at it, at least all the companies I’ve worked for seem to think so. I’m also not sure what else I could stand doing as a job.
One reason to live where I do is that the nature of the industry is that there are a lot of failed companies, which lasted between 5 and 20 years, but in the end couldn’t make a go of it. Or the DID make a go of it, and a bigger company bought them and laid off most or all of the staff. It can happen pretty suddenly. When it does, you want to be in a place with a lot of OTHER companies who might hire you.
Mrs. FBW and I have talked about where else we could live, but the problem is always, “What if I take a job there, and that company folds?” We are not the kind of people who like moving, so we’re strongly disinclined to take risks like that.
Just down the road from us is the High Plains Agricultural Laboratory, which is shorthanded on scientists. Science is not only practiced on the coasts. We need scientists here, too. The High Plains Ag Lab is associated with the University of Nebraska and employs scientists from around the world, but you would never guess that if you didn’t look into it.
Still whining. Is this not the most whiny sore loser crybaby who ever won?
I would have had many millions of votes more than Crooked Hillary Clinton except for the fact that I had 16 opponents, she had one!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2016
re: #538 The Vicious Babushka
Still whining. Is this not the most whiny sore loser crybaby who ever won?
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Thumb sucker.
So it’s already ultimatum time.
“@mabynshingleton: JohnKasich, the VOTERS have spoken.We want @realDonaldTrump. You AGREED to support NOMINEE. Get on board or leave @GOP”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2016
re: #516 teleskiguy
@HAGOODMANAUTHOR @chezpazienza
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) June 9, 2016
You should change your name to Hhahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahaah Goodchild
re: #540 b_sharp
I see a naked upside down woman.
I see a naked woman wearing high heels. Nice butt.
re: #538 The Vicious Babushka
I think Trump could have easily lost a two person GOP primary vs. either Cruz or Rubio.
The chaos of having 17 Republican contenders really helped Trump, IMO.
re: #542 Skip Intro
You knew he couldn’t keep his yap shut. Now comes the usual display of Presidential we are accustomed to seeing. Has anyone heard from Christie lately?
re: #531 Blind Frog Belly White
Hence “almost everyone, almost everywhere”.
For a lot of people it’s a balancing act: where can you get a job that you enjoy (hopefully) that pays enough to cover your projected expenses and hopefully be able to set some aside and be happy to live?
Some people make stupid decisions (unsurprisingly) and end up in debt or stuck with a job they’re miserable with in order to live somewhere they thought would make them happy. Sometimes shit just happens to people trying to make reasonable decisions in the first place. Life can really suck in that regard.
Sure, mr. klys and I could move to rural Nebraska. We’d be able to afford one hell of a house. His job would probably let him switch to working remotely, although there would be a pay cut involved. But if something happened and his job disappeared, we’d be stuck looking for jobs where he could continue to work remotely. Where we are right now, there’s plenty of positions he could look at and years’ worth of contacts we could rely on.
re: #545 EPR-radar
I think Trump could have easily lost a two person GOP primary vs. either Cruz or Rubio.
The chaos of having 17 Republican contenders really helped Trump, IMO.
It did.
Doesn’t want an Oligarch.
Supports Trump.
Wingnuts are so self unaware.
#NeverHillary #NeverForgetBenghazi#GoldmanSachs#TCOT#WakeUpAmerica pic.twitter.com/LzJywKcVYB
— ¹ԼastHopę (@coolpapad) June 9, 2016
re: #537 Anymouse
Just down the road from us is the High Plains Agricultural Laboratory, which is shorthanded on scientists. Science is not only practiced on the coasts. We need scientists here, too. The High Plains Ag Lab is associated with the University of Nebraska and employs scientists from around the world, but you would never guess that if you didn’t look into it.
I’m a scientist too and I can tell you they would laugh at my resume.
We’re not exactly interchangeable when it comes to areas of specialty.
re: #545 EPR-radar
I think Trump could have easily lost a two person GOP primary vs. either Cruz or Rubio.
The chaos of having 17 Republican contenders really helped Trump, IMO.
Trump benefited from the GOP’s plurality “winner take all states.” Mr. Trump, especially in the initial contests, won with a fraction of the “not-Trump” vote.
If there had not been seventeen candidates in the GOP Primary, we would not be looking at a fascist talking yam as the candidate of one of our nation’s major political parties.
re: #549 The Vicious Babushka
Doesn’t want an Oligarch.
Supports Trump.
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Trump is what you’d do if you wanted a photo of an oligarch for the dictionary.
re: #551 Anymouse
Trump benefited from the GOP’s plurality “winner take all states.” Mr. Trump, especially in the initial contests, won with a fraction of the “not-Trump” vote.
If there had not been seventeen candidates in the GOP Primary, we would not be looking at a fascist talking yam as the candidate of one of our nation’s major political parties.
I think even Jeb Bush could have kicked his pasty white ass.
How weird is it that Jeb Bush was the most principled and coherent of all the GOP candidates?
It’s cool enough during the day for the first time in weeks to have the windows open. Bliss.
re: #549 The Vicious Babushka
Doesn’t want an Oligarch.
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The Republican party is the party of oligarchy. Most of the disgusting political perversions we’ve come to expect from Republicans, such as their embrace of bigotry and religious zealotry, originate in an attempt to run on something other than making oligarchs richer and more powerful (while pursuing only those policies when in office).
Now I’m getting worried. Trump has locked up the crucial Dale Dangler vote.
“@Dale_Dangler: @realDonaldTrump You will be the greatest president the world has ever seen” Thanks.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2016
re: #550 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I’m a scientist too and I can tell you they would laugh at my resume.
We’re not exactly interchangeable when it comes to areas of specialty.
Well, I don’t know your speciality and am certainly not qualified to pass judgement on your resume, nor choose the life you want to live (and I don’ wanna).
I am happy in my Little House on the Prairie (well, I am not happy I was screwed out of my college benefits, but the law dictated that and I can’t do anything about it).
I’ll make do. (I don’t have any debt though; even my bills are paid several months ahead. There was one time when my wife and I lived in Oklahoma that we were in different hospitals a hundred miles apart. We decided afterwards on paying our bills far in advance in case that ever happened again.)
re: #557 Skip Intro
Now I’m getting worried. Trump has locked up the crucial Dale Dangler vote.
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It’s all over now. Dale has spoken.
Ouch…
Tomorrow’s front page…
WEAK END AT BERNIE’S: Backers turn against him, say time to unite https://t.co/l0lbWY7Q9R pic.twitter.com/lbNGM6nM7x— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 9, 2016
re: #561 FormerDirtDart
Shaun King must be furious.
re: #403 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Tanqueray Baby
Trash Palin. It checks off every box.
What in the utter fuck
Terrorists disguised as religious Jews shot up a Tel Aviv chocolate shop, killing 4. Russia Today ran this headline: pic.twitter.com/1CDXXuNUUA
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) June 8, 2016
He hasn’t said it yet here, but we’re about to get a new toy!
I’m about to unveil the LGF Random Trump Tweet Generator!
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 9, 2016
re: #525 Blind Frog Belly White
I’m a Scientist, particularly a Molecular Biologist. I get paid pretty well and it’s interesting work, and it’s what I trained to do and have done for 35 years. I’m pretty good at it, at least all the companies I’ve worked for seem to think so. I’m also not sure what else I could stand doing as a job.
One reason to live where I do is that the nature of the industry is that there are a lot of failed companies, which lasted between 5 and 20 years, but in the end couldn’t make a go of it. Or the DID make a go of it, and a bigger company bought them and laid off most or all of the staff. It can happen pretty suddenly. When it does, you want to be in a place with a lot of OTHER companies who might hire you.
Mrs. FBW and I have talked about where else we could live, but the problem is always, “What if I take a job there, and that company folds?” We are not the kind of people who like moving, so we’re strongly disinclined to take risks like that.
I used to hang at a sports-related blog where the common response to things like Ferguson and south Chicago was “why don’t they [those lazy ….] just move!?” I would explain things they already knew: support networks existing here and not existing in the mysterious there (maybe), lack of information, but most importantly, the cost of a move that is so hard for anyone who is not getting help from a new employer. And then I’d get a bunch of “yeah, but”s from middle-class white runners (like me) who never suffered (like me) the violence of poverty. I finally left. They have disconnect.
But I have disconnect, too. I’ll admit that I have sleepless nights now because of being being statistically middle-class paycheck to paycheck at the moment, but I also know that the cold hard truth is that we are trying to live middle class lives that we can’t really entirely afford. It’s hard to re-budget. I want to contribute here, for example. But our lives are nibbled by so many new expenses in this economy that our parents never faced. Ok, I’m going to give it a rest.
Thanks for letting me vent.
re: #565 teleskiguy
He hasn’t said it yet here, but we’re about to get a new toy!
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Not just pseudorandom, I hope:
New technique produces real randomness
Seriously, this is important….
re: #553 The Vicious Babushka
I think even Jeb Bush could have kicked his pasty white ass.
How weird is it that Jeb Bush was the most principled and coherent of all the GOP candidates?
Bush! may have been the most coherent of the lot, but his participation in the Terri Schiavo circus means he is just as unprincipled as any other Republican.
For any “The Americans” fans that may be lurking…
One last reminder to make sure your DVR is actually set to record The Americans finale tonight. There was a screw-up w/the listings service.
— Alan Sepinwall (@sepinwall) June 9, 2016
re: #568 EPR-radar
Bush! may have been the most coherent of the lot, but his participation in the Terri Schiavo circus means he is just as unprincipled as any other Republican.
Worse yet, he’s just as principled as any other Republican—it’s just that their principles are evil.
Well, for those living in expensive places like the California coast, my wife the Head Cynic argues that when the Big One hits, everything east of the San Andreas Fault will be destroyed and sink into the ocean.
All that will be left is the westernmost portion of California while those of us on the High Plains will be rubbing elbows with Spongebob Squarepants.
So I suppose where you live is a roll of the dice.
(I still have the duty of manning the tornado siren button so even though it is cheap to live here, there are hidden dangers. Like being elected as a liberal village trustee because I am dumb enough to go out in a tornado to hold a stupid button.)
re: #568 EPR-radar
Bush! may have been the most coherent of the lot, but his participation in the Terri Schiavo circus means he is just as unprincipled as any other Republican.
You will observe that I said “of all the GOP candidates” he sucks the least, not that he doesn’t suck at all.
re: #487 GlutenFreeJesus
I had to change mine twice, too. And I’m not all that known. If they’re hitting me, they’re unbelievably desperate.
re: #571 Anymouse
Well, for those living in expensive places like the California coast, my wife the Head Cynic argues that when the Big One hits, everything east of the San Andreas Fault will be destroyed and sink into the ocean.
All that will be left is the westernmost portion of California while those of us on the High Plains will be rubbing elbows with Spongebob Squarepants.
So I suppose where you live is a roll of the dice.
(I still have the duty of manning the tornado siren button so even though it is cheap to live here, there are hidden dangers. Like being elected as a liberal village trustee because I am dumb enough to go out in a tornado to hold a stupid button.)
East? I’m concerned!
re: #571 Anymouse
I’m not too worried.
Your wife may be Head Cynic but one of my degrees is in geology. ;)
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) June 9, 2016
Coolest man in the world got a private audience with the richest man in the world today.
Today I had a few minutes to share with @BillGates my vision for Mars. Investments in space benefit the world. pic.twitter.com/tRctpUSpSq
— Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) June 9, 2016
re: #575 retired cynic
East? I’m concerned!
Didn’t you know? We’re just going to float off without the rest of you and wave goodbye as you slowly sink.
Like a reverse lifeboat.
re: #571 Anymouse
Well, for those living in expensive places like the California coast, my wife the Head Cynic argues that when the Big One hits, everything east of the San Andreas Fault will be destroyed and sink into the ocean.
All that will be left is the westernmost portion of California while those of us on the High Plains will be rubbing elbows with Spongebob Squarepants.
So I suppose where you live is a roll of the dice.
(I still have the duty of manning the tornado siren button so even though it is cheap to live here, there are hidden dangers. Like being elected as a liberal village trustee because I am dumb enough to go out in a tornado to hold a stupid button.)
That was a Garfield episode.
re: #538 The Vicious Babushka
Still whining. Is this not the most whiny sore loser crybaby who ever won?
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The foolish, destructive Republicans nominated a Twitter troll. They’ve shamed their party. The rest of us will defeat @realDonaldTrump
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) June 9, 2016
re: #576 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I’m not too worried.
Your wife may be Head Cynic but one of my degrees is in geology. ;)
You don’t need a geology degree to know which side of the San Andreas fault is more likely to run into serious trouble.
However, thinking about the New Madrid faults ought to give any cynic/pessimist east of the Rockies plenty of material to work with.
re: #553 The Vicious Babushka
I think even Jeb Bush could have kicked his pasty white ass.
How weird is it that Jeb Bush was the most principled and coherent of all the GOP candidates?
I’d seriously take Jeb right now.
re: #582 EPR-radar
You don’t need a geology degree to know which side of the San Andreas fault is more likely to run into serious trouble.
However, thinking about the New Madrid faults ought to give any cynic/pessimist east of the Rockies plenty of material to work with.
Don’t forget about the Yellowstone supervolcano!
re: #580 Belafon
That was a Garfield episode.
He was just about to eat that lasagna when the plate, Obie, and John were swallowed by the widening crevasse and he said, “I’ll never get that lasagna back now….”
re: #519 Jay C
Also: if you had ANY balance still owing on your card, they should have sent you a statement for the next period (after paying it off), even if it was only for one cent. Unless, say, you moved and didn’t give Discover a forwarding address, there’s no excuse for them not to have dunned you for the “balance” right away.
You might also check with your State, if they have something like a Consumer Protection Department (or whatevs) - here in New York the State CPB is pretty good about standing up for consumers - especially with bank and credit-card stuff. But then, this is a more-or-less civilzed part of the country….
And there’s often local news people that help consumers when companie are shittay.
re: #577 gocart mozart
Hours might already be the better unit to use. By October, it will probably be minutes.
re: #557 Skip Intro
This may be the worst song ever.
Vote Donald Trump! 🇺🇸https://t.co/GeWXxP2j4T
— Dale Dangler (@Dale_Dangler) June 9, 2016
re: #589 gocart mozart
This may be the worst song ever.
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add to that it’s a bad voice masking program to make the singer sound black by the sounds of things.
Karl Rove — KARL ROVE — was on Fox News tonight talking about improper political influence on the Justice Department. This election, man.
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) June 9, 2016
re: #576 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I’m not too worried.
Your wife may be Head Cynic but one of my degrees is in geology. ;)
My brother-in-law has his Master’s degree in geology; he is a teacher in Texas now but did his thesis on the geologic formations of Western Nebraska and Eastern Wyoming.
re: #579 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Didn’t you know? We’re just going to float off without the rest of you and wave goodbye as you slowly sink.
Like a reverse lifeboat.
I can make a raft.
My neighbour who mowed my lawn for me yesterday (due to my persistent bursitis since last year) came by to collect on the job. (No, he didn’t have a couple hoods and tire irons.) I paid him what I usually do (which is far more than anyone else in the village pays for lawn mowing … I believe a worker is worth his wage, and paying a worker a decent wage makes for a loyal worker. For mowing my lawn I pay far more than the state’s minimum wage.)
re: #585 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Don’t forget about the Yellowstone supervolcano!
That would be a much worse catastrophe, but there would be warning signs (not that anything could be done, of course).
The charm of the New Madrid faults is that they could hit the eastern US with a magnitude 8 earthquake with no warning at all.
re: #588 EPR-radar
I stole it from Driftglass.
re: #585 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Don’t forget about the Yellowstone supervolcano!
Between Yellowstone and all the Minuteman missiles surrounding my town, I figure I am safe.
re: #578 teleskiguy
Coolest man in the world got a private audience with the richest man in the world today.
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Actually, that’s the richest man in the world getting an audience with the coolest.
re: #582 EPR-radar
You don’t need a geology degree to know which side of the San Andreas fault is more likely to run into serious trouble.
However, thinking about the New Madrid faults ought to give any cynic/pessimist east of the Rockies plenty of material to work with.
I like living in Northern Wisconsin.
Stable, the faults haven’t had an issue in millions of years, lots of water, and far enough from Missouri that New Madrid would maybe ring a church bell. Maybe.
All we have is encampments of Posse Commatatus & Nazi loons out hiding in the woods…
I think Drumpf will utter something so completely and utterly insane in the next few days that the GOP will finally just throw in the towel and and try to save the senate. I will not be surprised if there is a mutiny in Cleveland in six weeks.
My wife just asked when I would quit drinking today; I responded when I am sleepy or when my elbow quits hurting. She offered to use a sledge on my foot and asked me to come to bed because it is past my bedtime by several hours.
re: #578 teleskiguy
Coolest man in the world got a private audience with the richest man in the world today.
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love the bananas.
re: #598 William Lewis
I like living in Northern Wisconsin.
Stable, the faults haven’t had an issue in millions of years, lots of water, and far enough from Missouri that New Madrid would maybe ring a church bell. Maybe.
All we have is encampments of Posse Commatatus & Nazi loons out hiding in the woods…
I just started to listen to a radio program about areas of Ohio that have 9-5 law enforcement. How to solve it: raise taxes. The people hate taxes and government. Guess what their solution to crime is?
I’m also not yet convinced that this hasn’t been a ratfucking by Drumpf for whatever reason.
re: #600 Frankie Five Angels
I think Drumpf will utter something so completely and utterly insane in the next few days that the GOP will finally just throw in the towel and and try to save the senate. I will not be surprised if there is a mutiny in Cleveland in six weeks.
I think that’s what the effort is going to be. I say liken the Senate Republicans running to him. It’s not like Trump’s attacks on Curiel were the first time he’s been an asshole to someone different than him.
re: #603 Barefoot Grin
Hmmmm. Open carry?
re: #579 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Didn’t you know? We’re just going to float off without the rest of you and wave goodbye as you slowly sink.
Like a reverse lifeboat.
Don’t worry, the Yellowstone caldera will take care of all of us before half the country sinks into an ocean. /
re: #605 Frankie Five Angels
I’m also not yet convinced that this hasn’t been a ratfucking by Drumpf for whatever reason.
If it is, the GOP totally deserves it. Their voters have always wanted a “true conservative” i.e. a bigoted asshole who talks and thinks like they do and they got one.
re: #585 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Don’t forget about the Yellowstone supervolcano!
Damn. You beat me.
Donald Trump said he sees “no reason” to raise $1 billion to compete in the general election https://t.co/8OZbbUygbb pic.twitter.com/d3IhNXpPMR
— CNN (@CNN) June 9, 2016
re: #603 Barefoot Grin
I just started to listen to a radio program about areas of Ohio that have 9-5 law enforcement. How to solve it: raise taxes. The people hate taxes and government. Guess what their solution to crime is?
Good Guys with Guns™?
re: #605 Frankie Five Angels
I’m also not yet convinced that this hasn’t been a ratfucking by Drumpf for whatever reason.
No. No mortal human being can carry a ruse this deep so long. Trump is an attention whore. A slut. He’s been pandered to, had his ass kissed and got away with virtual murder for decades. People LOVE him! They ADORE him! He’s sociopathic pathological liar that is in a total and complete love affair with his own voice. And a racist misogynist asshole. That or he really is a god as he claims. From down below.
Here’s the problem the GOP faces though. The establishment hates Trump and know he’s a loser for their party’s chances but the base doesn’t feel that way. Yeah they’re less enthuiasstic than they might have been for post GOP nominees but overall the GOP base likes Trump and doesn’t have a problem with him being a bigoted jackass.
re: #613 nines09
No. No mortal human being can carry a ruse this deep so long. Trump is an attention whore. A slut. He’s been pandered to, had his ass kissed and got away with virtual murder for decades. People LOVE him! They ADORE him! He’s sociopathic pathological liar that is in a total and complete love affair with his own voice. And a racist misogynist asshole. That or he really is a god as he claims. From down below.
I always thought his antics were to use his own favorite word sad. You’d think that he could at least present the veneer of some class. He makes Mitt Romney look humble and a man of the people.
re: #607 Frankie Five Angels
Hmmmm. Open carry?
Pretty much. Every citizen is a deputy now charged with protected his or her own self and property. That actually makes some sense in a situation of complete lawlessness (and maybe they really can’t afford more taxation), but now we’re finding places that are not saying “it can’t be helped” but “I don’t wanna pay no fuckin’ lawman when I can protect myself”; or at least that’s how it came off.
Wonkette weighs in on the drummer of the Ohio musical group Good English who says Brock Turner (the Stanford rapist swim team member) is a good guy, and is surprised at the whitening response she got back on the band’s Facebook page. (They have cancelled their Facebook account.)
She claimed “political correctness” for all the complaints about the rape, including this gem:
rape on campuses isn’t always because people are rapists.
The feeling over at Wonkette is she is a libertarian.
re: #606 HappyWarrior
I think that’s what the effort is going to be. I say liken the Senate Republicans running to him. It’s not like Trump’s attacks on Curiel were the first time he’s been an asshole to someone different than him.
But, the smart ones saw it as a risk of separation of powers. They’re spooked.
re: #615 HappyWarrior
He is a lowlife with money. Trash with a ride. Speech pattern of a dolt. I keep asking myself how Effing stupid the people he ripped off were. Really, really, REALLY stupid.
My poor mother married a wingnut last June and now she’s been brainwashed. She posted an opinion on Facebook the other day and I stopped reading it when the “liberal media” was mentioned.
The wingnut she married, about three years ago in a restaurant on Christmas day he could not stop telling anyone that would listen that he sold his house just in time before New Year’s so he wouldn’t have to pay the “Obamacare Real Estate Tax.” I muttered to myself “Bullshit” and googled it immediately on my phone. Turns out only like .01% of people qualified for it (we’re talking about the uber wealthy here), and the tax had already been in place since….January 1…of the same year.
The mind of the wingnut is a scary place.
re: #611 The Vicious Babushka
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He’s trying for the Bernie crowd, but even if Clinton were to not waste any money on ads against Trump, it would still cost money for GOTV. And don’t forget the various Republican PACs.
re: #615 HappyWarrior
You’d think that he could at least present the veneer of some class.
He doesn’t have to: he presents the veneer of money: which, apparently, for most of his following, is all the “class” they need to acknowledge.
re: #619 nines09
He is a lowlife with money. Trash with a ride. Speech pattern of a dolt. I keep asking myself how Effing stupid the people he ripped off were. Really, really, REALLY stupid.
I think they see the money and they really think he earned it all himself. My brother and I have been discussing the fallacy of the Calvinist mindset that equates one’s earnings with one’s quality as a person and no one as far as I’m concerned shows taht more than Trump.
re: #622 Jay C
He doesn’t have to: he presents the veneer of money: which, apparently, for most of his following, is all the “class” they need to acknowledge.
True that.
re: #614 HappyWarrior
At least if the Dems manage to sweep this cycle and the economy goes into the shitter then they can squarely lay blame on all of the Dems that got in for 2016 and prep for a massive purge and reboot come 2020.
re: #620 Frankie Five Angels
My poor mother married a wingnut last June and now she’s been brainwashed. She posted an opinion join Facebook the other day and I stopped reading it when the “liberal media” was mentioned.
The wingnut she married, about three years ago in a restaurant on Christmas day he could not stop telling anyone that would listen that he sold his house just in time before New Year’s so he wouldn’t have to pay the “Obamacare Real Estate Tax.” I muttered to myself “Bullshit” and googled it immediately on my phone. Turns out only like .01% of people qualified for it (we’re talking about the uber wealthy here), and the tax had already been in place since….January 1…of the same year.
The mind of the wingnut is a scary place.
Sad to see loved ones embracing wingnut shit. I found out my good pal likes Ben Shapiro. Agh.
re: #611 The Vicious Babushka
Donald Trump said he sees “no reason” to raise $1 billion to compete in the general election
Please proceed.
re: #625 Eric The Fruit Bat
At least if the Dems manage to sweep this cycle and the economy goes into the shitter then they can squarely lay blame on all of the Dems that got in for 2016 and prep for a massive purge and reboot come 2020.
Agh don’t scare me.
re: #620 Frankie Five Angels
My ex-Libertarian wife has batted down a number of people in the village who were raging about the Obama Real Estate Tax (tm).
Even when presented with evidence a number refused to believe anything other than what they have been told by right-wing radio or FOX News Channel.
It is difficult to present facts to people who already have their minds made up.
re: #617 Anymouse
The feeling over at Wonkette is she is a libertarian. Wonder how she would feel if she got drunk, passed out and found a c**k in her? He wasn’t raping you honey. It was an “interview.”
re: #614 HappyWarrior
Here’s the problem the GOP faces though. The establishment hates Trump and know he’s a loser for their party’s chances but the base doesn’t feel that way. Yeah they’re less enthuiasstic than they might have been for post GOP nominees but overall the GOP base likes Trump and doesn’t have a problem with him being a bigoted jackass.
The base is basically stupid.
harsh, whatever.
re: #550 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I’m a scientist too and I can tell you they would laugh at my resume.
We’re not exactly interchangeable when it comes to areas of specialty.
Yeah. Not to many opportunities to use 35 years of product-focused drug development experience in an ag lab.
See, Klys and I are both scientists, but neither of us has a clue how to do the other’s job, or even what the other’s job entails.
re: #600 Frankie Five Angels
I think Drumpf will utter something so completely and utterly insane in the next few days that the GOP will finally just throw in the towel and and try to save the senate. I will not be surprised if there is a mutiny in Cleveland in six weeks.
Unfortunately unlikely. No matter how insane the statement he makes, it will make headlines for a few days then go away. Between FOX, CNN and MSNBC, cable news will not permit Trump to be shown up as a fundamentally unserious and dangerous candidate. There are months to go before the election, and he must be legitimised to provide opinu-tainment and ratings for that time.
He will be neck and neck with Hillary the entire time. The real danger is for the narrative to become reality; ie. he is so constantly and consistently covered for and legitimised that the narrative of his inevitable coronation becomes the reality in the minds of voters, just as it did over the course of the Republican nomination.
re: #629 Anymouse
My ex-Libertarian wife has batted down a number of people in the village who were raging about the Obama Real Estate Tax (tm).
Even when presented with evidence a number refused to believe anything other than what they have been told by right-wing radio or FOX News Channel.
It is difficult to present facts to people who already have their minds made up.
My above mentioned friend is a firearms guy. So I asked him, what kind of restrictions on guns would be okay with you? He said things like background checks to ensure criminals don’t get them, etc. You know the things that Obama supports but the NRA fights tooth and nail. So I told him straight out “Well your position matches Obama” who you see as an enemy as firearm ownerhsip. I told him flat out that Obama if Obama knew talked to him and knew that he had no criminal record, he would have no objection to him owning guns. So much of wingnut propaganda is based on telling their audience that Obama, Clinton, and the left are out to get them. Whether that’s gun related, tax related, jobs related, is immartial. It’s how they operate.
re: #631 Stanley Sea
The base is basically stupid.
harsh, whatever.
Their base is stupid and the GOP has never met an education cut they haven’t liked.
re: #630 nines09
I get the point that’s meant to convey, but that’s a kind of fucked up way of making it.
re: #632 Blind Frog Belly White
Yeah. Not to many opportunities to use 35 years of product-focused drug development experience in an ag lab.
See, Klys and I are both scientists, but neither of us has a clue how to do the other’s job, or even what the other’s job entails.
I’m allergic to biology classes. Biochemistry was hell.
re: #583 teleskiguy
Seeing my local guys, Lateralus, on Saturday. I’ll get video if I’m not right up by the stage (I won’t get video).
Last Christmas dinner, my crazy uncle told me that Sandy Hook was a setup by Obama to take our guns and that the children were never murdered. I nearly screamed at him.
I haven’t dined with the wingnut side of my family since, and from now on I will be “busy with work” come holiday time.
re: #627 makeitstop
Please proceed.
The GOP is shitting bricks.
Ya’ll did not pick a team player. Shocker.
re: #630 nines09
The feeling over at Wonkette is she is a libertarian. Wonder how she would feel if she got drunk, passed out and found a c**k in her? He wasn’t raping you honey. It was an “interview.”
Well, more than one extreme libertarian has argued if you find a woman on your property she is yours to do with as you will.
That said, this rape occurred in a public place (an alley). It was witnessed by two Swedes passing by who pulled him off and held him for the police.
It is wingnut libertarian stuff like that which caused my wife to leave the Libertarian Party. (I never met a Libertarian before I married her. Fortunately she got better. Don’t tell her I said that.)
Libertarians lose me when they don’t seem to value the idea that a government needs to exist to protect people’s rights. I think Libertarians are a lot like socialists in they are so focused on their ideology that they ignore real world concerns.
re: #634 HappyWarrior
When I first moved here and it became apparent I was a liberal (I had a bumper sticker on my car that read “I heart Obamacare”), my neighbours were surprised I own a firearm.
I point out “Liberals don’t want to take your guns, we have our own.”
re: #576 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I’m not too worried.
Your wife may be Head Cynic but one of my degrees is in geology. ;)
Indeed. The problem is not that California is going to fall into the ocean. The San Andreas is a strike/slip kind of fault, not a subduction type. The worst problem is that LA is moving in this direction!
Luckily, I’ll be dead a couple million years before it gets here.
re: #638 GlutenFreeJesus
Seeing my local guys, Lateralus on Saturday. I’ll get video if I’m not right up by the stage (I won’t get video).
What do you think my crazy uncle would do if I offered to fly him to Hartford, put him up in a nice hotel with a rental car and all expenses paid for by me if he would go to the homes of each family whose child/children were murdered that day and tell them that they are liars?
re: #636 Altermite
I get the point that’s meant to convey, but that’s a kind of fucked up way of making it.
And she made her vulgar point very cleanly. Maybe a bit jaded, eh? Had my fill of that kind of defense from folks like her.
re: #644 Blind Frog Belly White
Indeed. The problem is not that California is going to fall into the ocean. The San Andreas is a strike/slip kind of fault, not a subduction type. The worst problem is that LA is moving in this direction!
Luckily, I’ll be dead a couple million years before it gets here.
/shudder
Keep LA far away plz, thx.
re: #646 Frankie Five Angels
What do you think my crazy uncle would do if I offered to fly him to Hartford, put him up in a nice hotel with a rental car and all expenses paid for by me if he would go to the homes of each family whose child/children were murdered that day and tell them that they are liars?
I think the families of the children don’t deserve that abuse. They’ve suffered far more than they should have had to already.
re: #643 Anymouse
When I first moved here and it became apparent I was a liberal (I had a bumper sticker on my car that read “I heart Obamacare”), my neighbours were surprised I own a firearm.
I point out “Liberals don’t want to take your guns, we have our own.”
I don’t own guns myself and I honestly don’t like them but I think so many wingnuts think that we are just terrified by guns because we’re wussies is just so funny to me. I’m going to try to get through to my friend using common sense. I’m basically telling him that the conservative ideology is rooted in dishonesty. You can’t have limited government and be a social conservative.
re: #637 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I’m allergic to biology classes. Biochemistry was hell.
What I want to know is how cells can tell the difference between Na and K. They are so nearly identical chemically, but they have such different roles in the body.
re: #651 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
What I want to know is how cells can tell the difference between Na and K. They are so nearly identical chemically, but they have such different roles in the body.
Size, for one thing. They’re substantially different in atomic radius, even when ionized.
re: #649 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Oh I agree with you, I just want to see his reaction.
I love libertarians that scream about “returning to the free market” when there has never been such a thing.
re: #623 HappyWarrior
Yes. Also called “All show, no go.” Known too many people who equate material possessions with “success”. Your milage may vary. There is reasons why there are sayings like “Can’t judge a book by it’s cover”. Seen 40 grand pickups parked outside single wide 1970’s tin roofed, not so mobile homes, bales of hay shoved underneath, with tires on the roof holding the tin down. But you see them in that ride….
nite all
re: #654 Frankie Five Angels
I love libertarians that scream about “returning to the free market” when there has never been such a thing.
Indeed. The economy they speak of has never existed and honestly when it did, it sucked. Libertarianism is an ideology that can only take place after industrialization and creating a bit of a welfare state.
re: #596 Anymouse
Between Yellowstone and all the Minuteman missiles surrounding my town, I figure I am safe.
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re: #656 HappyWarrior
Indeed. The economy they speak of has never existed and honestly when it did, it sucked. Libertarianism is an ideology that can only take place after industrialization and creating a bit of a welfare state.
It can only exist as a philosophy as long as it does not exist as a reality.
re: #638 GlutenFreeJesus
Seeing my local guys, Lateralus, on Saturday. I’ll get video if I’m not right up by the stage (I won’t get video).
The big Tool tribute in the Northeast is called Schism. I saw them once, and you could tell they were into it. It was scary how close they got to the real thing.
re: #656 HappyWarrior
“Surely Don Corleone can present us a bill for said services. After all, we are not communists.”
re: #658 Blind Frog Belly White
It can only exist as a philosophy as long as it does not exist as a reality.
Yeah for all the talk about how socialism never works by them, we at least have some evidence of it working in Scandinavia. I don’t know of a single society that has actually succeeded under Libertarian principles. You need government.
re: #650 HappyWarrior
I own a shotgun because I enjoy shooting defenceless skeet.
I also live sixteen miles from the sheriff office. If the only car the sheriff has is on the other side of the county, it is an hour from my home.
While urban areas such as New York or Chicago or San Francisco have quite a number of police, a rural area like my county covering thousands of square miles with only one sheriff and one deputy cannot police everywhere at once.
I do not know the solution for gun control, though I would favour both owner insurance and titles (similar to a house or car so when the firearm is transferred a record of its transfer is available). I am also in favour of hammering anyone who fails to report the theft of a firearm (surprisingly, as expensive as guns are, thefts are ofttimes not reported due to wingnuttery claiming the government has no right to know who owns what firearm. Screw that. I have no problem with the government knowing I own a shotgun - despite all the derp, the government is not going to seize my gun unless I prove myself a danger with it.)
re: #660 Frankie Five Angels
“Surely Don Corleone can present us a bill for said services. After all, we are not communists.”
Ah Barzini.
re: #565 teleskiguy
He hasn’t said it yet here, but we’re about to get a new toy!
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re: #657 goddamnedfrank
I live in Broadwater, not too far from Potter. I have a couple of photos of missile silos (for some reason the Air Force gets testy when you park by one to shoot a photograph though it is not illegal).
re: #662 Anymouse
I own a shotgun because I enjoy shooting defenceless skeet.
I also live sixteen miles from the sheriff office. If the only car the sheriff has is on the other side of the county, it is an hour from my home.
While urban areas such as New York or Chicago or San Francisco have quite a number of police, a rural area like my county covering thousands of square miles with only one sheriff and one deputy cannot police everywhere at once.
I do not know the solution for gun control, though I would favour both owner insurance and titles (similar to a house or car so when the firearm is transferred a record of its transfer is available). I am also in favour of hammering anyone who fails to report the theft of a firearm (surprisingly, as expensive as guns are, thefts are ofttimes not reported due to wingnuttery claiming the government has no right to know who owns what firearm. Screw that. I have no problem with the government knowing I own a shotgun - despite all the derp, the government is not going to seize my gun unless I prove myself a danger with it.)
There definitely needs to be some registration and yes punishment for failing to report a stolen or missing firearm.
re: #646 Frankie Five Angels
What do you think my crazy uncle would do if I offered to fly him to Hartford, put him up in a nice hotel with a rental car and all expenses paid for by me if he would go to the homes of each family whose child/children were murdered that day and tell them that they are liars?
He’s an asshole. To even think that. Don’t waste your time.
Family is family, but damn. Sandy Hook denial? I’d’ve probably stabbed him with my butter knife.
Here’s the thing though regarding guns that I think many rural residents need to understand. Yes, I understand your rural area may not have a lot of crime but our rural areas do not exist independent of urban areas. When D.C, Chicago, and New York are attacked for their strict gun laws and the argument is made that “Hey they have strict gun laws and gun violence still happens there.” It’s not like you can’t travel from the district to Virginia to get a gun.
re: #662 Anymouse
I own a shotgun because I enjoy shooting defenceless skeet.
And you call it a SPORT?!? Those poor, defenseless skeet! What if they had their own guns, and could shoot back!! THAT would be sporting!!
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re: #659 makeitstop
Nice. Have to look them up.
Here’s a taste of Chicago. Try to ignore the distortion from the smoke machine in the beginning. lol
re: #665 Anymouse
I live in Broadwater, not too far from Potter. I have a couple of photos of missile silos (for some reason the Air Force gets testy when you park by one to shoot a photograph though it is not illegal).
Yeah we did that. They lived on one of the missile roads and there was a silo like a mile away, we did not dawdle. Here’s how bad the culture shock was for me, ex-wife’s stepmom’s white father’s nickname was “nig” because he was the darkest of the boys in his family growing up. He literally wouldn’t respond to his real name and was hard of hearing too, so you had to say it really loud to get his attention. Beautiful area though, I loved that farm.
re: #584 Stanley Sea
I’d seriously take Jeb right now.
He’s so “principled” he pulled a number out of his ass and claimed he could generate 4% annual economic growth because, hell why not lie to the voters. Jeb is as big an asshole as every other GOP candidate was.
I will say this though Re: Guns, I hate how Republican politicians pose with them, I hate how they auction them off, and most of all I hate how they outright lie about the Democratic/liberal position on guns to get votes. I also think they have no empathy for us all who have gun related homicides in our areas. It’s true. Guns don’t kill people, people in fact pull the trigger but a gun makes it a hell of a lot easier.
re: #666 HappyWarrior
There definitely needs to be some registration and yes punishment for failing to report a stolen or missing firearm.
What part of “shall not be infringed do you not understand?>>>??question??@LL>???”
Sorry, I don’t know how to do wingnut font.
Yeah I own a firearm. I also have no problem with registering it if it were required, or reporting it missing or stolen. I am not a paranoid wingnut. (The gunshop owner here in town has not been able to figure me out in four years. He can’t parse “title” or “registration” with “II Amendment.”)
re: #672 Big Beautiful Door
He’s so “principled” he pulled a number out of his ass and claimed he could generate 4% annual economic growth because, hell why not lie to the voters. Jeb is as big an asshole as every other GOP candidate was.
Michael Schiavo enough said though I understand what SS is saying.
re: #571 Anymouse
I think she mixed up East and West.
re: #674 Anymouse
What part of “shall not be infringed do you not understand?>>>??question??@LL>???”
Sorry, I don’t know how to do wingnut font.
Yeah I own a firearm. I also have no problem with registering it if it were required, or reporting it missing or stolen. I am not a paranoid wingnut. (The gunshop owner here in town has not been able to figure me out in four years. He can’t parse “title” or “registration” with “II Amendment.”
My favorite retort is “Why don’t we ban cars, cars kill more people than guns.” Cars are in fact heavily regulated and you need to take a test to get a license for one. In most places, all you need for a gun is to be over 18 and that’s it. No questions about criminal history or state of mind. Wingnuts want guns to eb easier to have than the ability to vote.
re: #652 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Size, for one thing. They’re substantially different in atomic radius, even when ionized.
It may sound silly to say this, but biological systems evolved to be able to “know” the difference, because if they couldn’t, they wouldn’t work at all.
re: #674 Anymouse
Sorry, I don’t know how to do wingnut font.
It’s quite simple, really.
*no spaces*
[ wingnut ] insert text [ / wingnut ]
I sincerely feel the 2nd Amendment could benefit from a 21st century and post industrial revolution evaluation. Plus, it doesn’t help that people hoard guns these days. In teh past, you may have ahd a gun or two but these guys now, they’er planning for an invasion.
re: #680 HappyWarrior
I sincerely feel the 2nd Amendment could benefit from a 21st century and post industrial revolution evaluation. Plus, it doesn’t help that people hoard guns these days. In teh past, you may have ahd a gun or two but these guys now, they’er planning for an invasion.
But we haven’t had an invasion since the war of 1812!
See how well it works?!?
How do you do the Trump bright yellow font?
re: #681 Blind Frog Belly White
But we haven’t had an invasion since the war of 1812!
See how well it works?!?
Worked great for the Confederacy, didn’t it?
McConnell on Trump:
“What we’re trying to do is to get him to act & speak like a serious presidential candidate.”pic.twitter.com/5BtuEoXyCW— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) June 8, 2016
Is this like the worst adaptation of My Fair Lady of all time? https://t.co/SRS8UcPIkk
— Kevin Glass (@KevinWGlass) June 9, 2016
Ask a “constitutional originalist” if a five-year-old should be allowed to buy a 9mm Glock.
re: #681 Blind Frog Belly White
But we haven’t had an invasion since the war of 1812!
See how well it works?!?
Heh tehy really do think that way. Honestly, I really do get why someone might want to own a gun for protection, hunting, and even shooting for hobby. Where I get lost big time are the guys who feel they need assault rifles at their homes. And yeah I know I’m going to get nitpicked on the specificness of the gun. I don’t honestly care. There’s no place for a civilian to own some of those weapons. I think if you want to have a gun range that is regulated and people can shoot them off for hobby, that’d be fine.
re: #682 Frankie Five Angels
How do you do the Trump bright yellow font?
*no spaces except between “color” and “GoldenRod”*
[ wingnut ][ color GoldenRod ] insert text [ / color ][ / wingnut ]
The wingnut tag will make the font into ComicSans. If you leave that out, it’ll just be the normal font we see in comments.
I have no problem with anyone owning a gun or multiple guns, just don’t tell me the 2nd Amendment gives me that right.
re: #685 Frankie Five Angels
Ask a “constitutional originalist” if a five-year-old should be allowed to buy a 9mm Glock.
Agh the worst was that jerk who took his nine year old girl to fire an Uzi and she killed the instructor. It was fortunate that the little girl didn’t get hurt but she’s gotta live the rest of her life knowing she killed a man because her daddy thought it was a swell idea to give a nine year old an Uzi.
Aieee! Comment thread approaching 700. Charles! Might need a new thread soon, especially for those who are looking at this on mobile devices.
The worst of all frankly though is how whenever a Sandy Hook or Va Tech happens, tehy want the convesration to be about anything but access to guns. They really will blame anything else- feminism, homosexuality, video games, movies, music, Engle V Vitale (the decision that banned forced prayer in public school) before they even consider talking about guns.
re: #680 HappyWarrior
I sincerely feel the 2nd Amendment could benefit from a 21st century and post industrial revolution evaluation. Plus, it doesn’t help that people hoard guns these days. In teh past, you may have ahd a gun or two but these guys now, they’er planning for an invasion.
As a collector, and I actually *mean* that (nearly everything I own is from WW2 or earlier back to pre-revolutionary war), I would take offense to my collection being referred to, or treated as, an “arsenal” other than in a humorous context. Or the act of collection referred to as “hording”.
The fact that I could survive a zombie apocalypse with a portion of it is a side bonus, not the primary goal.
mediaite.com
Anybody know anything about this POS Joe Concha?
I called him out on his bs hit peices a long time ago, but am too lazy to prove him wrong on this story.
re: #694 Jack Burton
As a collector, and I actually *mean* that (nearly everything I own is from WW2 or earlier back to pre-revolutionary war), I would take offense to my collection being referred to, or treated as, an “arsenal” other than in a humorous context. Or the act of collection referred to as “hording”.
The fact that I could survive a zombie apocalypse with a portion of it is a side bonus, not the primary goal.
I’m talking about the people who go out and buy another gun each time the NRA tells them that Obama/Clinton is going to abolish the second. I apologize if I caused any offense. I just think there are some people who could be called hoarders out there.
re: #691 Frankie Five Angels
You can also use the color DarkGoldenRod WHICH LOOKS LIKE THIS. It’s a preference thing.
re: #672 Big Beautiful Door
He’s so “principled” he pulled a number out of his ass and claimed he could generate 4% annual economic growth because, hell why not lie to the voters. Jeb is as big an asshole as every other GOP candidate was.
He’s just GOP.
He’s.not.mentally.disturbed.
re: #680 HappyWarrior
I sincerely feel the 2nd Amendment could benefit from a 21st century and post industrial revolution evaluation. Plus, it doesn’t help that people hoard guns these days. In teh past, you may have ahd a gun or two but these guys now, they’er planning for an invasion.
I own one gun (I can only shoot one at a time).
There was a time that the AAA fought in the early XX Century the absolute right to own a car without registration, because of the Supreme Court’s position on an absolute right to travel.
As the accidents and carnage piled up, gradually state courts then Federal courts saw the need for regulation of drivers.
The argument by II Amendment absolutists that “driving is not a Constitutional right” is false; for the first half-century of the automobile it was universally viewed as a right equal to the II Amendment.
It was consistent disregard for the safety of others that caused the courts to reign in the Wild West of driving, and after the Fifties no court case brought arguing a right to drive was upheld by the courts.
In theory the same rulings could be applied to gun ownership.
A fascinating history of the right to drive, from an absolute Constitutional right that could not be infringed to one of the most regulated activities today can be found in this wonderful history of the Right to Travel. Driving was considered an absolute right just as guns are now.
re: #694 Jack Burton
As a collector, and I actually *mean* that (nearly everything I own is from WW2 or earlier back to pre-revolutionary war), I would take offense to my collection being referred to, or treated as, an “arsenal” other than in a humorous context. Or the act of collection referred to as “hording”.
The fact that I could survive a zombie apocalypse with a portion of it is a side bonus, not the primary goal.
The difference between a ‘collection’ and an ‘arsenal’ is whether you have 1000 rounds for each different piece.
re: #700 Blind Frog Belly White
The difference between a ‘collection’ and an ‘arsenal’ is whether you have 1000 rounds for each different piece.
Thanks, that’s what I mean. If you have a Lugar (hey we were talking about BAnd of Brothers the otehr day) that your dad or grandpa got in WWII, that’s cool with me. If you’re constantly buying assault type weapons with tons of ammo and paranoid that the government is coming for your guns, I have a problem.
re: #685 Frankie Five Angels
Ask a “constitutional originalist” if a five-year-old should be allowed to buy a 9mm Glock.
Saw this earlier
Putting #DonaldTrump in charge of the national security state is like giving a toddler a Glock. Oh wait, we do that.
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) June 8, 2016
re: #696 HappyWarrior
Didn’t mean to seem like I was singling you out in that, but that kind of rhetoric is common among the more left of the center and just wanted it out there that not everyone with 20+ rifles is a maniac or a wingnut.
re: #690 HappyWarrior
Agh the worst was that jerk who took his nine year old girl to fire an Uzi and she killed the instructor. It was fortunate that the little girl didn’t get hurt but she’s gotta live the rest of her life knowing she killed a man because her daddy thought it was a swell idea to give a nine year old an Uzi.
And the little boy in MA who killed himself.
Overall, I just want there to be gun safety. I hear all the time about responsilbe gun owners but it feels like too often I read about a child either killing or maiming themselves or a friend or family member because Mom or Dad wasn’t responsible with guns. I hear al the time following tragedies about the responsible gun owners but it seems to me that there’s a lot of irresponsibility and I think the gun lobby hurts that rather than helps that.
re: #703 Jack Burton
Didn’t mean to seem like I was singling you out in that, but that kind of rhetoric is common among the more left of the center and just wanted it out there that not everyone with 20+ rifles is a maniac or a wingnut.
Gotcha. I probably did come off a little judgmental there but I do strongly feel that some people aren’t collecting, they’re hoarding. You seem to have a genuine hobby and I respect that. Some of these people I think feed off being told that they’re going to lose their guns so they buy one in preparation for Obama announcing that he’s Hitler Jr.
re: #704 Stanley Sea
And the little boy in MA who killed himself.
I’d be up all night if I had to find examples. There’s just so many. Overall, I say if you have a gun and have children. Please lock them up and keep them out of sight from your kids.
Well I kileld the thread with my sermon on guns heh. To upstairs I go to use the new generator that Charles has for us.
Well, I don’t know why my PDF link showed the first page rather than provided a regular link to the entire document (instead giving a tiny print picture no one can read).
constitution.org. pdf
(Take out the space before pdf)
This is a fascinating history of how the car went from an absolute right to one of the most regulated aspects of modern life. Courts consistently came down on the right to drive without restriction, but as the carnage piled up, states saw the need for regulation.
If the II Amendment wingnuts don’t reign in their lunatics, the same could happen to guns. Autos were considered just as wild-and-wooley as guns are now. It was due to lack of self-regulation that auto owners lost their rights to unrestricted ownership and driving. Driving was once considered a constitutional right; now it is a privilege.
The document is well-worth reading.
re: #695 VegasGolfer
mediaite.com
Anybody know anything about this POS Joe Concha?
I called him out on his bs hit peices a long time ago, but am too lazy to prove him wrong on this story.
No idea about him.
Just reminded me of this story fwiw
A reader tracked down one of the first mentions in the press of Sarah Palin. From the Anchorage Daily News, April 3, 1996:
Sarah Palin, a commercial fisherman from Wasilla, told her husband on Tuesday she was driving to Anchorage to shop at Costco. Instead, she headed straight for Ivana. And there, at J.C. Penney’s cosmetic department, was Ivana, the former Mrs. Donald Trump, sitting at a table next to a photograph of herself. She wore a light-colored pantsuit and pink fingernail polish. Her blonde hair was coiffed in a bouffant French twist.
”We want to see Ivana,” said Palin, who admittedly smells like salmon for a large part of the summer, ”because we are so desperate in Alaska for any semblance of glamour and culture.”
McCain gave Sister Sarah his credit card, Hillary has earned every freaking penny of that Armani.
re: #698 Stanley Sea
He’s just GOP.
He’s.not.mentally.disturbed.
The GOP should be so proud that its high praise for one of their presidential candidates that he is not a danger to himself and others. Of course, they managed to nominate the one who can’t even match that low standard.
re: #711 Big Beautiful Door
The GOP should be so proud that its high praise for one of their presidential candidates that he is not a danger to himself and others. Of course, they managed to nominate the one who can’t even match that low standard.
Yep. And America in its 2 party system, pays the price.
re: #704 Stanley Sea
Repetitive disclaimer, I help run a massive shooting range. A big part of that job, and every employees job (dozens of them) is to make sure that stupid shit does not happen. We look at it like this-Our sport is always trying to be a zero accident sport. Somewhere between 100,000 and 200,000 people out there are gun safety instructors by way of some organization nationally. Millions of guns, millions of people hunting, target shooting, cleaning, moving… We do our best. Range specific rules, Range Safety Officers, compliance with California laws..
We will never get to zero. Can’t snatch those guns back from gangs and felons. Can’t pour anger management into those on the edge of violence or suicide. All we can do is push for universal registration, safety and insurance requirements etc. Hard work, gotta push in two directions at least. Push back on the NRA and their ideological opposites that strongly share a welcoming attitude to unreasonable measures.
http:// constitution.org /lrev/ roots/orphaned_right.pdf
Okay the link still is fouled. Apparently LGF does not properly link to ,pdf documents on the Web. Take out all the spaces above to go to the document on how drivers lost the absolute right to drive. It is a fascinating document.
re: #684 goddamnedfrank
.@KevinWGlass Trump is Palin 2.0 but he’s *less* informed about how government works.
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) June 9, 2016
re: #695 VegasGolfer
mediaite.com
Anybody know anything about this POS Joe Concha?
I called him out on his bs hit peices a long time ago, but am too lazy to prove him wrong on this story.
He’s a total right wing hack. I can always tell a Concha hit piece just by the title.
re: #715 Anymouse
http:// constitution.org lrev/ roots/orphaned_right.pdf
Okay the link still is fouled. Apparently LGF does not properly link to ,pdf documents on the Web. Take out all the spaces above to go to the document on how drivers lost the absolute right to drive. It is a fascinating document.
Does this work?
re: #715 Anymouse
http:// constitution.org /lrev/ roots/orphaned_right.pdf
Okay the link still is fouled. Apparently LGF does not properly link to ,pdf documents on the Web. Take out all the spaces above to go to the document on how drivers lost the absolute right to drive. It is a fascinating document.
Just mouse over the window and there’ll be a box with a little arrow—“popout”. Click that and it’ll open the PDF in a new window. To download it to your computer rather than Google drive, you’ve got to click on the little up-arrow “open original” to get it in yet another window. Then hit download. Have I mentioned I hate Google?
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