I have to admit I don’t watch Saturday Night Live regularly any more; for me, they lost their comedy mojo years ago, and only rarely does it come back. But last night it made one of those rare appearances, in a very funny parody of the third debate featuring Tom Hanks as Chris Wallace and Alec Baldwin’s scathing Trump impression.
Democrats destroyed Republicans in the first day of early voting in Nevada, amassing a 13,500 raw vote lead and dominating in Clark County.
Aaaand RealClearPolitics has officially moved Texas into its “toss up” column. https://t.co/79QSRYGQgD pic.twitter.com/Shf42HYk0q
— Luke Brinker (@LukeBrinker) October 23, 2016
Hillary Clinton Is Now Tied With Trump Indiana As GOP Devastation Worsens via @politicususa https://t.co/HE1LgU5R6u #p2 #ctl
— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) October 23, 2016
“No, but it was cute to watch you try.”
Snerk
That was funny. :D Good job Alec Baldwin for making Trump likeable.
Campaign puts out press release saying President Trump would never approve AT&T’s purchase of Time Warner (and the “wildly anti-Trump CNN”). pic.twitter.com/ThJpS6IKhM
— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) October 23, 2016
re: #2 Charles Johnson
But RCP is still attempting to keep Clinton under 270.
NC ought to be leans Clinton. Minnesota ought to be likely Clinton.
*sigh*
Today was not a good day for me. As some of you may know, I’ve been picketing the “church” Mark Driscoll started in Scottsdale after he abandoned his Mars Hill megachurch in Seattle two years ago. I’ve been out there all but four Sundays since he started this “church” at the end of March. Just standing on the sidewalk, mostly, holding a sign, occasionally talking to people.
You know, I didn’t get upset when he hired an off-duty Scottsdale cop to keep an eye on me. I was like, Ok, Mark, you’re excessively paranoid when it comes to a fat, middle-aged woman, but …yeah. The cop and I, we have an understanding. I stay on the sidewalk, and he gets paid his nice overtime courtesy of “The Trinity Church.”
Well, today, Driscoll and his church stepped on my last nerve when they deployed a volunteer security guy AND his kids to stand and wave at the parking lot entrance I stand at. I told the security guy two things: 1) I think people are going to think you’re with me and I don’t know that you want them to have that impression and 2) I really think it’s wrong to bring kids to an adult argument.
But I dealt with it before the first service. I, however, completely lost my cool when this volunteer brought the kids out to do the same thing before the second service. Those kids got to hear some of Mark Driscoll’s misogynistic greatest hits. I keep them in my bag for just such an occasion. The kids were at a distance, but they did get to hear me drop the f-bomb and the s-bomb when I was talking to another security guy. All I can say is that everything I’ve stored up over the last six-plus months I’ve been out on the sidewalk came pouring out. I was *furious*—you do not bring kids to an adult argument.
So people would say that I probably destroyed my witness among those people, that they think I’m crazy. Well, they probably thought I was a nutbar before that, and I will be the first person to say you have to be a bit touched in the head to stand in front a church Sunday in, Sunday out to try and get across to people that their pastor is a jackass. The only thing I’m really sorry about is that I cussed within earshot of kids.
So it’s no more Miss Nice mmmirele. Next Sunday, I’ll be out there with a (paper) megaphone and more of Mark Driscoll’s Greatest Hits of Misogyny. He’s got a cult going and I’m going to let people know it. And yes, I know I’m crazy. You don’t have to tell me!
re: #8 mmmirele
Your picketing is appreciated (if memory serves, I first saw the photos of you picketing the Co$ around 1999 or so).
re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Must be that time of day when the stopped clock is right on. Trump’s bullshit griping and paranoia aside, I’m wondering if an AT&T/TW merger really is in the public’s best interest…
re: #8 mmmirele
My own experience with creationists (and Driscoll is definitely a teacher of creationism) is that their decision making in regards to beliefs is based on deep emotional needs and cannot be swayed by rational discussion.
In other words, Driscoll will always find plenty of marks.
And, given how we humans work, numbers count. Is there a way to transition your protest into engaging more people to help you?
re: #9 Nyet
Your picketing is appreciated (if memory serves, I first saw the photos of you picketing the Co$ around 1999 or so).
Yeah, I do have a history there. A history I don’t think Mark Driscoll is familiar with. He should familiarize himself.
re: #10 Jay C
Must be that time of day when the stopped clock is right on. Trump’s bullshit griping aside, I’m wondering if an AT&T/TW merger really is in the public’s best interest…
Yeah, I was going to mark this down as “right for the wrong reasons.” Right because this feels like a monopoly that won’t benefit the public (AT&T already owns DirecTV, now they’re buying a cable company that recently just bought another one (TWC literally just merged with Charter), so they’re going to own the means of distribution and the several sources of content). Wrong because CNN being anti-Trump (or anyone else) isn’t the reason to stop a merger
Hints in public polls that some Trumpers already starting to go full Pakled.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 23, 2016
re: #13 KGxvi
I remember the day when AT&T really did control a very large share of the telecommunications infrastructure.
re: #12 mmmirele
An entry at parishioners org (and the like) is basically a medal of honor ;)
re: #7 freetoken
I also like how they are ignoring the polls in Alaska as well.
BREAKING: my client Jill Harth and I respond to Trump’s insults and threats yesterday. Spoiler: not backing down. pic.twitter.com/iHhUdD3ZsU
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) October 23, 2016
re: #13 KGxvi
Yeah, I was going to mark this down as “right for the wrong reasons.” Right because this feels like a monopoly that won’t benefit the public (AT&T already owns DirecTV, now they’re buying a cable company that recently just bought another one (TWC literally just merged with Charter), so they’re going to own the means of distribution and the several sources of content). Wrong because CNN being anti-Trump (or anyone else) isn’t the reason to stop a merger
Clinton thinks regulators should scrutinize AT&T-Time Warner deal: spokesman
Prolly ‘cause it’s wildly anti-Trump.
In case you missed it, yesterday Minnesota’s @StarTribune Editorial Board endorsed @HillaryClinton for President. https://t.co/vx7NDUbDvy
— Al Franken (@alfranken) October 23, 2016
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
A Sunday release of information and filing it on Monday. This is going to make a big splash.
re: #20 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The only surprise is that it took them so long. Despite my many wingnut friends, this is not Drumpf-friendly country here at the headwaters of the Mississippi. We have a narrow zone of Republican control ringing the Twin Cities, and… that’s about it.
@POTUS Thank you, Mr. President! #FlyTheW pic.twitter.com/BQDr9GotzL
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) October 23, 2016
re: #16 Nyet
Oh good, you’re here. I need the pedantic part of your brain to pick at the logic of this analogy to see if it holds up. I saw it for the first time last might pinned to this Muslim woman’s timeline. Without giving it too much thought or analysis, it seems like a simple, correct & important distinction (to me). What say you?
IS are not “extreme”.
They are *deviant*.
If recipe calls for 2 tsp of sugar,
Extreme —>4 c of sugar.
Deviant —>4 c of cyanide.— Dalia Mogahed (@DMogahed) July 5, 2016
BTW, I bought no less than three Kindle books on logic/critical thinking last week, so I’m working on further sharpening my skills. The first two at 88 and 84 pages respectively, though short seem like the the most important (at least I kbow it is in terms of technology & programming and such (I’m thinking of this essay, which they often point to when someone comes to a forum asking questions):
• The Miniature Guide to The Art of Asking Essential Questions
• Mastering Logical Fallacies: The Definitive Guide to Flawless Rhetoric and Bulletproof Logic
re: #24 CuriousLurker
And I bought The Rainbow Comes and Goes. Got to love those Deals of the Day.
Trump is toast. Not the perfectly browned, deliciously crispy kind, but the badly singed on one side/barely done on the other side kind.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 23, 2016
re: #20 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yes, but:
Donald Trump Gets First Major Endorsement in Las Vegas
With polls showing him sliding nationally, Donald J. Trump received a bit of welcome news in one battleground state on Sunday as the editorial page of Nevada’s largest newspaper, The Las Vegas Review-Journal, endorsed him for president.
However, the NYT is quick to point out:
It is the first major newspaper to give Mr. Trump its blessing, though it may come with something of an asterisk: The Review-Journal was bought late last year by the casino magnate and billionaire Sheldon Adelson, a Trump supporter and longtime Republican benefactor.
Plenty of other Republican-friendly newspapers have endorsed Clinton. What is different here is Adelson. It is quite clear that the editors of the LVRJ are doing Adelson’s bidding. Even the other Republican-owner newspapers let their editors do the writing, but the LVRJ editorial sounds like it is a paid anti-Hillary attack.
The #debate skit might get more attention, but I lost it watching #DavidPumpkins on #SNL! #HanksOnSNL #Hilarious https://t.co/48zMfuFY1f
— Ramon Veunes (@veunes1) October 23, 2016
Oh, Stanley Sea, you’re here! This is for you—you’re the first person who came to mind when I saw it. ;-) Apparently, I completely missed it when it was published in August:
See Barack and Michelle Obama’s love story in photos https://t.co/YxcBOAbKfF
— TIME (@TIME) October 23, 2016
TRUMP: Your people like toughboys! Gravelly enough-is-enoughers. They don’t want tax cuts, they want a bunch of angry cowboy shit!
RYAN:— Owen Ellickson (@onlxn) October 23, 2016
Per Clinton camp: Of 160 organizers now in Arizona for the DNC + campaign, 25 are dedicated to tribal communitieshttps://t.co/pAUQDcuFhD
— Katherine Miller (@katherinemiller) October 23, 2016
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
“…what Times v Sullivan holds is that if you are a public figure, … you cannot sue someone for libel, unless you can prove, effectively, that the person knew it was a lie. … It makes it very difficult for a public figure to win a libel suit.” —-Antonin Scalia, at about 23min into this video:
re: #28 freetoken
I guess Adelson hasn’t had it with Von ClownStick after all, huh?
All the way downballot: Obama will endorse roughly 150 Dems for state legislatures across 20 states coming this week https://t.co/np296bJgdE
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) October 23, 2016
re: #35 unproven innocence
“…what Times v Sullivan holds is that if you are a public figure, … you cannot sue someone for libel, unless you can prove, effectively, that the person knew it was a lie. … It makes it very difficult for a public figure to win a libel suit.” —-Antonin Scalia, at about 23min into this video:
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The purpose of which, of course, is to ensure the freedom of discourse in this country. I’m no fan of the rumor mill, but it’s tough to discuss even legitimate issues - such as, for instance, the current state of Drumpf - without incurring potential liability under a strict libel law.
re: #31 CuriousLurker
Oh, Stanley Sea, you’re here! This is for you—you’re the first person who came to mind when I saw it. ;-) Apparently, I completely missed it when it was published in August:
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From another source, their love story also has a fanvid:
wow, even literal nazis are now doing the “dear women, i respect you” thing pic.twitter.com/PlVtUhnnjX
— Matt Karp (@karpmj) October 23, 2016
Hey, *actual* feminazis! https://t.co/iROZNpvShQ
— Nicole Hemmer (@pastpunditry) October 23, 2016
re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth
Speaking of Native Americans, an editorial cartoonist giving a TED talk mentioned this 2012 cartoon from Matt Bors—it cracked me up because it’s so obviously true yet so easily overlooked (by myself included): White Babies Outnumbered
re: #31 CuriousLurker
Oh, Stanley Sea, you’re here! This is for you—you’re the first person who came to mind when I saw it. ;-) Apparently, I completely missed it when it was published in August:
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Thank you!!!
We’re going to keep that couple close.
re: #29 Eclectic Cyborg
“Also worth pointing out Georgia is marked as a toss up.”
And, I voted for HRC here last Tuesday.
re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth
[Per Clinton camp: Of 160 organizers now in Arizona for the DNC + campaign, 25 are dedicated to tribal communities]
I don’t think there was ever a Tea Party chapter on any res, anywhere.
New Mexico’s chair of the Democratic Party is a Native woman.
re: #8 mmmirele
*sigh*
Today was not a good day for me. As some of you may know, I’ve been picketing the “church” Mark Driscoll started in Scottsdale after he abandoned his Mars Hill megachurch in Seattle two years ago. I’ve been out there all but four Sundays since he started this “church” at the end of March. Just standing on the sidewalk, mostly, holding a sign, occasionally talking to people.
You know, I didn’t get upset when he hired an off-duty Scottsdale cop to keep an eye on me. I was like, Ok, Mark, you’re excessively paranoid when it comes to a fat, middle-aged woman, but …yeah. The cop and I, we have an understanding. I stay on the sidewalk, and he gets paid his nice overtime courtesy of “The Trinity Church.”
Well, today, Driscoll and his church stepped on my last nerve when they deployed a volunteer security guy AND his kids to stand and wave at the parking lot entrance I stand at. I told the security guy two things: 1) I think people are going to think you’re with me and I don’t know that you want them to have that impression and 2) I really think it’s wrong to bring kids to an adult argument.
But I dealt with it before the first service. I, however, completely lost my cool when this volunteer brought the kids out to do the same thing before the second service. Those kids got to hear some of Mark Driscoll’s misogynistic greatest hits. I keep them in my bag for just such an occasion. The kids were at a distance, but they did get to hear me drop the f-bomb and the s-bomb when I was talking to another security guy. All I can say is that everything I’ve stored up over the last six-plus months I’ve been out on the sidewalk came pouring out. I was *furious*—you do not bring kids to an adult argument.
So people would say that I probably destroyed my witness among those people, that they think I’m crazy. Well, they probably thought I was a nutbar before that, and I will be the first person to say you have to be a bit touched in the head to stand in front a church Sunday in, Sunday out to try and get across to people that their pastor is a jackass. The only thing I’m really sorry about is that I cussed within earshot of kids.
So it’s no more Miss Nice mmmirele. Next Sunday, I’ll be out there with a (paper) megaphone and more of Mark Driscoll’s Greatest Hits of Misogyny. He’s got a cult going and I’m going to let people know it. And yes, I know I’m crazy. You don’t have to tell me!
I’m proud of you standing up to that sleazy Pulpit Pimp!
One of the more surprising thing about our California ballot this year is the absence of the “American Independent” party, i.e., the left overs from the old Wallace movement. They’ve been a staple on ballots out here.
They and the Constitution Party (also Wallace-like) in the previous years worked together to not step on their toes, and to promote atavists.
I take it this year they have found their true hope in the Republican candidate.
re: #49 freetoken
I have my California ballot. It plainly shows that Trump is the candidate of the Republican AND American Independent parties!
re: #36 CuriousLurker
I guess Adelson hasn’t had it with Von ClownStick after all, huh?
I read it this morning. It wasn’t exactly a ringing endorsement. Pretty lame, if you ask me.
re: #50 Joe Bacon
You’re right, I didn’t read the fine print. It’s there on my ballot, a little “AI”.
See also:
AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES TRUMP-PENCE
I hope Frank warmed up before trying this bit of mental gymnastics. Looks painful.
Frank Luntz: If Trump Stayed Focused on his Vision, the Election Would’ve Been a ‘Slam Dunk’ https://t.co/NKJCJco5P0 (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/uV2JpWiNY6
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) October 23, 2016
re: #51 Sionainn
I read it this morning. It wasn’t exactly a ringing endorsement. Pretty lame, if you ask me.
I was just getting ready to go read it, thanks. ;-)
Its possible that the voters are going to resoundingly notify the GOP that the change they want is an end to GOP obstructionism and gridlock.
re: #41 wrenchwench
re: #36 CuriousLurker
Adelson probably has several different masks he can wear, depending upon the surroundings.
re: #49 freetoken
One of the more surprising thing about our California ballot this year is the absence of the “American Independent” party, i.e., the left overs from the old Wallace movement. They’ve been a staple on ballots out here.
They and the Constitution Party (also Wallace-like) in the previous years worked together to not step on their toes, and to promote atavists.
I take it this year they have found their true hope in the Republican candidate.
Actually, according to my ballot the American Independent party nominated Trump
From last May:
Tens of thousands have left California’s American Independent Party in the last month
A new analysis finds nearly 32,000 voters in California’s American Independent Party changed their official registration and left the party in the two weeks after a Los Angeles Times investigation identified widespread confusion among the party’s members.
The change comes after a series of stories last month about voters who had intended to be politically independent, what’s known in California as having “no party preference.” A poll conducted for The Times found 73% of American Independent Party members did not know they had registered with an actual political party.
[…]
Well my ward leader came and went. He insists that he has Democratic women voting for Trump. About the only thing we agree on is this is one of the most contentious elections I have seen in my 22 years as a committee person.
re: #53 Lidane
I’m still of the mind that many of the other Republican candidates could have beat Clinton this year. But that Trump was never going to have a chance in the general election.
re: #47 wrenchwench
Speaking of, I haven’t heard the term “Tea Party” in awhile now. I guess they’ve moved on to calling themselves “Alt-right”?
re: #61 PhillyPretzel
Well my ward leader came and went. He insists that he has Democratic women voting for Trump. About the only thing we agree on is this is one of the most contentious elections I have seen in my 22 years as a committee person.
Isn’t that cute? I’ll bet the women are laughing in the voting booth.
Trump says he thinks he’s doing better with women than he is doing with men at Naples rally
— Sarah Burris (@SarahBurris) October 23, 2016
CNN pundit @TharonJohnson nails it: If you drain the swamp what you’d find at the bottom is Donald Trump https://t.co/nuXjKq1HbI #uniteblue pic.twitter.com/bDasi9kuqg
— Sarah Burris (@SarahBurris) October 23, 2016
re: #38 Backwoods_Sleuth
Edward-Isaac Dovere ✔ @IsaacDovere
All the way downballot: Obama will endorse roughly 150 Dems for state legislatures across 20 states coming this week politico.com …
9:36 AM - 23 Oct 2016
Damn neighborhood organizer. What does he think he is doing?!
re: #62 KGxvi
Yeah I hate to say it but I think Ted Cruz might have been able to pull it out had he been the nominee.
Heck, in a traditional American system Jeb would have been the Golden Boy this year.
re: #24 CuriousLurker
OK, you asked for pedantry ;)
I think the analogy falls apart at the assumption that there can be one simple “recipe” on the religious plane. I.e. a clear set of instructions that is not liable to be interpreted differently. 2 teaspoons of sugar are 2 teaspoons of sugar (ok, it could be brown sugar or whatever), if someone adds 4, or cyanide, they are not following the recipe. The wiggle room of interpretation is vvv small.
Once we are on the religious plane, all bets are off. Do we interpret the text of the scripture ourselves (as the Protestants and Quranists do)? Or through the lens of interpreters/commentators (the Church Fathers, the Rabbis, etc.)? This is only the first hurdle, but it already opens a window of many possibilities, especially with the second path.
Even the simplest things will be interpreted differently. “Love your neighbor”, what could be clearer? But who is my neighbor? Is someone not from my religious group my neighbor (some of the actual historical and very authoritative answers to this are negative)? And does “love” include “tough love”? “Love your enemies”. Seems simple. But if you’re to follow certain interpretations, it “actually” means “love your enemies, hate Christ’s enemies and beat the Fatherland’s enemies” (an actual quote). Hence already from this example we have very different views of Christianity. Who is to say which is the deviant one? Who is to say what the original recipe is?
Each time when one wants to apply some label to the group that one wants to distance oneself from, I think it is useful to test the principle against the groups one considers legitimate.
For example, the Tanakh seems to be clear in its condemnation of homosexuality. Are religious Jews and Christians who accept homosexuality and SSM, many even basing this on some religious re-interpretations of the offending passages in the Bible and the Talmud, the Church Fathers and the rabbis, “deviant” or “extreme”? They’re certainly not in accord with the historically authoritative interpretations. Does the novelty make them less legitimate? Many would answer “yes” to this (ask an average Russian Orthodox). IMHO the only objective thing we can say is that such views are not traditional. We cannot objectively, without using a sectarian reference frame, call them more or less “legitimate”, “correct” or “deviant”.
#DaftMemes pic.twitter.com/4SiF06JmBC
— Frank & Steinly (@goddamnedfrank) October 23, 2016
re: #62 KGxvi
I’m still of the mind that many of the other Republican candidates could have beat Clinton this year. But that Trump was never going to have a chance in the general election.
Kasich would’ve been a formidable opponent. He was the only one who kept consistently beating her in the polls during the primaries.
Rubio and his empty suit could’ve been an interesting campaign for no other reason than it would’ve been a generational election, and no matter who won, the outcome would’ve been historic.
Too bad for the GOP that their voter base signed on for Trump. Good for the country, since I can’t stand any of the candidates, but bad for the Republicans.
re: #53 Lidane
I hope Frank warmed up before trying this bit of mental gymnastics. Looks painful.
Mediaite ✔ @Mediaite
Frank Luntz: If Trump Stayed Focused on his Vision, the Election Would’ve Been a ‘Slam Dunk’ bit.ly (VIDEO)
5:19 PM - 23 Oct 2016
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His vision. Snort…hahahahahahaaa. He doesn’t have and never did have one.
re: #64 Eclectic Cyborg
Speaking of, I haven’t heard the term “Tea Party” in awhile now. I guess they’ve moved on to calling themselves “Alt-right”?
The “alt-right” are the Klan with a new name.
The Teabagger types are busy calling themselves deplorable.
re: #38 Backwoods_Sleuth
BTW, one for you too. I put the following book on my Kindle wishlist earlier this week, in part because of hearing you talk about where you live. I just went back to look up the exact title and the price from $14.99 to $4.99. Gah! Amazon is evil—they know exactly how to entice me to buy stuff.
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America’s white working class
Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. […]
I’m never going to be able to read all the Kindle books I’ve bought. I SO need to stop.
re: #71 Nyet
Thanks, I was beginning to think you weren’t going to answer. I’ll bookmark your response and chew on it later this evening. ;-)
re: #8 mmmirele
you do not bring kids to an adult argument.
I agree with this a million per cent.
And good for you for your persistence. People like him do real harm.
re: #70 Eclectic Cyborg
Yeah I hate to say it but I think Ted Cruz might have been able to pull it out had he been the nominee.
Heck, in a traditional American system Jeb would have been the Golden Boy this year.
I think Cruz would have lost but it’d be much closer. Bush vs Clinton would likely have resulted in one of the lowest turnout elections in history
re: #73 Lidane
Kasich would’ve been a formidable opponent. He was the only one who kept consistently beating her in the polls during the primaries.
Rubio and his empty suit could’ve been an interesting campaign for no other reason than it would’ve been a generational election, and no matter who won, the outcome would’ve been historic.
Too bad for the GOP that their voter base signed on for Trump. Good for the country, since I can’t stand any of the candidates, but bad for the Republicans.
Kasich and Rubio would have been formidable. Kaisch has the resume. Rubio might have been able to stop the bleeding for Republicans among Latino voters. Either way, Clinton would be close to 270 than to 340 electoral votes
re: #76 CuriousLurker
The New Yorker endorsement of Clinton touches briefly on that “white working class” meme but I don’t buy it.
First it sounds, to my jaded and cynical old ears, to be tinged with a bit of racism. By that I mean the emphasis is too much on categorizing people by skin color.
Secondly, there are many, many “working class” people not on Drumpfskind’s bandwagon and who will vote for Clinton.
Is it so hard to accept that America has been laced with enough crypto-bigots that Drumpfskind was able to tap into them to win a nomination?
re: #81 freetoken
Is it so hard to accept that America has been laced with enough crypto-bigots that Drumpfskind was able to tap into them to win a nomination?
Especially since the GOP was already reaching out to them actively.
re: #17 Ziggy_TARDIS
I also like how they are ignoring the polls in Alaska as well.
Here’s an Alaskan update: (And all opinions are my own!)
Alaska is going to very interesting. The citizens are pissed at the Republican controlled, do nothing Legislature which passed a $4 BILLION deficit budget. This required the “Now Independent but former Republican” Governor Walker to take 1/3 of the Budget Reserve Fund ($3 Billion) and cut the Permanent Fund In half (Total $700 Million) to make up the deficit. From talking with voters and reading the letters to the editors in various newspapers I expect a total over-haul in the Legislature with the Republicans losing their total control. The voters are pi$$ed!!!
Since 50% of the voters are undeclared or independent, I think Hillary has a pretty good shot at getting our 3 EV’s. Seems like no one has anything good to say about Trump. For the first time ever, the Alaska Federation of Natives (the largest Native organization) endorsed a Presidential candidate - Hillary Clinton.
The Senate race is going to be the interesting story. It’s a 4 way race with Sen. Murkowski (R), an Independent (Margaret Stock), a Democrat (Ray Metcalf), and the infamous Joe Miller running as a Libertarian. So we have a 4 way split of the votes. Joe Miller is still loved by the Tea Partiers so he will draw their votes. Metcalf, the Dem, hasn’t gotten very much support from the party so I think he’s out.
The interesting candidate is Margaret Stock. She’s a retired military officer (Lt Col) and a lawyer who has championed a lot of woman’s issues during her military career. She’s starting to get some attention so she may have a chance. Sen Murkowski is her usual self…one either loves her or hates her. She got into trouble with her reversing her position on Judge Garland. First she was in favor of a vote then several days later she switched to the Republican Party line of no hearings or voting. I would consider her to be vulnerable and not a sure favorite. Stock might have a chance.
As far as Rep Don Young (R) goes, he’s seeking his 43rd year (22nd term) in the House. Despite his seniority, he chairs only one sub-committee in the House. He got into big time troubles years ago and to save his hide he agreed not to seek any other leadership positions. He’s definitely getting too old for the position as two years age he wound up voting against a bill he sponsored. His Democrat opponent, Steve Lindbeck, is a well qualified candidate to oppose Young. Lindbeck is the former head of Alaska Public radio and is fairly well-known throughout the State. A lot of voters want Don Young to retire so I think Lindbeck might pull off an upset.
re: #81 freetoken
Is it so hard to accept that America has been laced with enough crypto-bigots that Drumpfskind was able to tap into them to win a nomination?
No. The Republican Party had become their Safe Place.
Campaign manager: Trump would be willing to do another debate
I assume this means they think they’ve finally got his drug dosage right.
re: #83 Cheechako
I thought the only Alaska poll done recently showed Murkowski with a huge lead?
re: #85 Skip Intro
Campaign manager: Trump would be willing to do another debate
I assume this means they think they’ve finally got his drug dosage right.
I’m pretty sure their conditions are that only Hume or Hannity gets to moderate.
re: #14 Ziggy_TARDIS
[Hints in public polls that some Trumpers already starting to go full Pakled.]
What is Pakled?
re: #83 Cheechako
Poll done 2 weeks ago shows Murkowski with a giant lead:
re: #77 CuriousLurker
Same thing from another angle: it would be possible to establish some legitimacy rules if we haven’t had any religions before this moment and we were only now starting something. Then one could say: these are the rules, those that do not follow are deviants.
Since we do, at present, have numerous religious movements in all their complexity, there are certain “brute facts” that need to be taken into account in any such attempt, which IMHO will lead any such attempt to failure.
For example, both Catholics and Protestants are usually considered to be Christians. Certainly from a non-sectarian standpoint (some Catholics and Protestants may object). OK, so that’s a brute fact. And because of this brute fact we cannot say that some religious movement is less legitimate than the other merely because one of them is older, since then we would have to consider Protestants less Christian, and we don’t. Newt Gingrich is not a more legitimate Christian than Barack Obama merely on the basis of Catholicism being “more traditional”, and Protestantism being a result of a split. This is just one example, and there are numerous others.
So basically we are forced to define things “backwards” - we have a set of religious movements which we do consider to belong to certain religions - doesn’t matter why, it has developed so historically. If we now want to exclude some new group, we have to test whether the exclusion criteria also work against any of the traditional groups - or we risk creating a contradiction.
re: #76 CuriousLurker
BTW, one for you too. I put the following book on my Kindle wishlist earlier this week, in part because of hearing you talk about where you live. I just went back to look up the exact title and the price from $14.99 to $4.99. Gah! Amazon is evil—they know exactly how to entice me to buy stuff.
I’m never going to be able to read all the Kindle books I’ve bought. I SO need to stop.
I just started reading that (from the public library, so I have to read it before it’s due). Looks like it’ll be a fairly quick read. I may have something to say about it when it’s finished.
(I had about 400 books on my Kindle the last time I checked. Which, considering that I bought it only so I wouldn’t have to drag books with me when I travelled, is quite a few. I set a limit of $1.99 for kindle books a while back, and only have only broken it once — special case.)
re: #88 MsJ
What is Pakled?
Blockheaded trader species in one of the Star Trek shows. The meme is:
“Trump smart. Make us strong!”
re: #85 Skip Intro
Campaign manager: Trump would be willing to do another debate
I assume this means they think they’ve finally got his drug dosage right.
Old political rule: You only want more debates when you’re losing. It’s always the side that’s losing that suggests a series of debates or an extra debate.
It also fits with Trump’s style. He’s all about rallies and media exposure. The hard work of voter outreach and gotv work doesn’t interest him (or apparently his staff)
re: #88 MsJ
What is Pakled?
Star Trek thing — a species that thinks/tries to convince themselves they’re really smart, but outsiders see that they aren’t
Emergency “prepper” (survivalist) expo, I guess they’re worried their boy is about to get his ass kicked. pic.twitter.com/umTtMZY9uJ
— Timothy Watson (@timothy_watson) October 23, 2016
Also love the political correctness of calling survivalists and militia members “preppers”.
— Timothy Watson (@timothy_watson) October 23, 2016
Reminder for Walking Dead peeps tonight:
SPOILER CUTS!! Well-labeled spoiler cuts. I’m too afraid to watch it first airing…
re: #83 Cheechako
I think Don Young is senile. Hope to hell he loses.
re: #91 Snarknado!
I just started reading that (from the public library, so I have to read it before it’s due). Looks like it’ll be a fairly quick read. I may have something to say about it when it’s finished.
(I had about 400 books on my Kindle the last time I checked. Which, considering that I bought it only so I wouldn’t have to drag books with me when I travelled, is quite a few. I set a limit of $1.99 for kindle books a while back, and only have only broken it once — special case.)
Ooh, I’ll be interested to hear your opinion.
re: #90 Nyet
More to chew on. Thanks! (No, that’s not a sarcastic thanks—even when/if I disagree with someone, I still find it useful to see how/why they arrived at a given conclusion).
re: #86 freetoken
I thought the only Alaska poll done recently showed Murkowski with a huge lead?
I’m not very sure about polling up here. I think Stock is kinda’ hiding out and could ambush Murkowski on election day. Remember, 6 years ago Murkowski lost the Republican primary and had to run as an Independent write-in candidate against Joe Miller, the Republican candidate. Once elected, she immediately switched back to being a Republican. A lot of voters wish she had remained an Independent in the Senate. Stock is definitely an under-dog but she could pull off an upset.
Still hard to tell. Murkowski is Chair of the Senate Natural Resources Committee and that is a power-full position for Alaska. Time will tell.
Former CIA and NSA Director Mike Hayden responds to @seanhannity’s endorsement of foreign espionage against the US. pic.twitter.com/HwbNJjKmDB
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) October 23, 2016
re: #88 MsJ
These clowns from Star Trek, The Next Generation.
They don’t have a close equivalent in Doctor Who, though the Tivolians are not too far off.
re: #99 CuriousLurker
BTW, to be very clear, this is a non-sectarian approach. Obviously when one does employ the sectarian frame of reference (I hope “sectarian” does not sound pejorative in this context, I’m using it neutrally), then one can clearly differentiate between the bad groups and the good groups, the legitimate ones and the illegitimate ones. But such differentiation stops “at the border”, so to say. I’ve read that many Sunnis consider Shia not to be (fully) legitimate Muslims. Since I’m not a Muslim, I can’t tell them what to think. We simply do not share the core assumptions. I can only tell them that this is a subjective vision that has no place in objective academic scholarship, in the news, etc. - but they’re welcome to hold such views if they wish.
The rural-urban division in our society is pretty strong these days. I think the information revolution has accentuated that, with rural communities being more isolated and news and entertainment from large urban areas dominating online presence. Those people who live in the country may not even be connected via cable.
I don’t know how much of a problem this can create for our country. Because of our Constitution, very rural states like North Dakota can control national policy if their Senators want to sit on a treaty or nomination. Note that Iowa Senator Grassley has sat on the USSC nomination and that alone can’t cost him his seat this year.
Because of how our system of government has been structured, changing to a more democratic form of representation is unlikely. If our population continues to grow the way it has, many states may end up with only 1 or 2 Representatives while the most populated 15 states end up with the majority of the House. But even that won’t change the Senate.
Short of a crisis like the Civil War this won’t change. I do not foresee a change in US governance in my lifetime. It may take centuries to change. We are already the oldest continual Republic on the planet and the force of our forefathers will press us forward on the same path for several generations.
Climate change is a chronic, not acute, problem. Perhaps late in the 22nd century, when Miami and New Orleans and New York and Norfolk and Houston are abandoned and our civilization really does change… then all bets are off.
Till then we will muddle through. Drumpfskind will lose, his movement, really George Wallace’s movement + the disaffection of the rural populace, will simmer along but always step on itself with its own stupidity and viciousness.
So to the New Yorker and the rest now fretting about the “white working-class” I say this: if by now you haven’t convinced them that they have been participating in socialism (lite) during their entire lives, you’re not going to now. They will simply die off.
re: #34 GlutenFreeJesus
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I’m 99.9% sure I know that bike shop. At least there is a Halcyon bike shop in Nashville, the area looks about right IIRC. So does the established date.
I dropped in there with one of my recumbents, I was just riding around the city and needed a small little part to take care of a noise. Super cool folks.
RBS
re: #104 Nyet
I notice a lot of these clowns behave like the Kharijites from the early days of Islam.
The problem is, one of the groups that were among the Kharijites has actually survived to the present day, and make a good account of themselves, the Ibadi. They are the majority in Oman and are significant in number in Zanzibar, and are found in small pockets across North Africa.
re: #76 CuriousLurker
I’ve got that one on hold from my local library.
25 people ahead of me on the hold list…
re: #53 Lidane
In that picture poor Frank looks like someone who’s getting a colonoscopy.
re: #99 CuriousLurker
More to chew on. Thanks! (No, that’s not a sarcastic thanks—even when/if I disagree with someone, I still find it useful to see how/why they arrived at a given conclusion).
i have always held that how people arrive at what they think is way more informative and fascinating than the specifics.
re: The Walking Dead
I am going to be traumatized tonight. I just know it. I’ll be offline during the show and then watching Talking Dead afterwards. I’m going to need a hug when it’s over.
I am pretty confident that no other lizard is feeling better than I am right now. I had a fantastic day at the quarry with 3 other divers who are also good friends of mine. 2 dives, each about 45 minutes. Visibility was 50 foot or more (Outstanding by quarry standards), plenty of fish to see, I just felt “right” in the water. We were all pretty competent divers so didn’t have to babysit anybody, nobodies equipment had any issues that needed fixing, we got our stuff ready, checked each other out, did a quick brief and then just had fun.
Lots of trash talking and fun between dives. Now I’m scarfing down a pizza ‘cuz I is HUNGRY!!!!.
Today was a good day.
RBS
re: #95 Timothy Watson
Also love the political correctness of calling survivalists and militia members “preppers”.
Same genus, perhaps, but a different species. Preppers can be fairly non-RWNJ, and even LW. The farm generation that went through the Depression, and refugees from WWII often had compulsive prepper habits. Into the 90s, my MIL/FIL had bags of groceries, still packed from the checkout, in a storeroom. Both almost starved before the New Deal.
Which reminds me to go eat. BBL
re: #104 Nyet
Duly noted; thanks for your precision follow-up.
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re: #112 Lidane
re: The Walking Dead
I am going to be traumatized tonight. I just know it. I’ll be offline during the show and then watching Talking Dead afterwards. I’m going to need a hug when it’s over.
I’m so excited/scared. It’s going to be rough, that we know.
re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’ve got that one on hold from my local library.
25 people ahead of me on the hold list…
Wow, must be pretty good if so many people want to read it.
re: #113 Reality Based Steve
I am pretty confident that no other lizard is feeling better than I am right now. I had a fantastic day at the quarry with 3 other divers who are also good friends of mine. 2 dives, each about 45 minutes. Visibility was 50 foot or more (Outstanding by quarry standards), plenty of fish to see, I just felt “right” in the water. We were all pretty competent divers so didn’t have to babysit anybody, nobodies equipment had any issues that needed fixing, we got our stuff ready, checked each other out, did a quick brief and then just had fun.
Lots of trash talking and fun between dives. Now I’m scarfing down a pizza ‘cuz I is HUNGRY!!!!.
Today was a good day.
RBS
Congrats!
If you take another break from social media without telling anyone, I’m going to go ahead and assume this is the kind of thing going on with you. Because my tendency is to think, maybe not the worst, but not-good things.
John Nolte is having a twitter meltdown and shrieking at Jonah Goldberg. If your Sunday needs a little schadenfreude, check it out.
re: #2 Charles Johnson
Pleased about Texas being a toss up state but surprised at Minnesota being a toss up. Usually a very blue state.
re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’ve got that one on hold from my local library.
25 people ahead of me on the hold list…
Be patient… I was number 77 when I signed up.
re: #105 freetoken
Most of the quirks of the Senate are the results of Senate rules. There’s nothing in the constitution about filibusters, cloture, or holds. Those rules can be changed but for a variety of reasons, the leadership in both major parties see value in having them so they remain.
I fully suspect that the Democrats will seek to reduce the number of votes for cloture to however many votes they have in January. The Republicans will scream and yell, but when they eventually get the majority back they’ll see the benefit in keeping the number lower.
re: #120 Patricia Kayden
RCP simply reports MN as a toss up because they say there are not enough recent polls there.
The Texas polls still show Drumpfskind leading, but only by a few points, not significantly over the “margin of error.”
@JonahNRO @NolteNC For those that doubt that false memory is a thing.
— Sergey Romanov (@S_ergeyR_omanov) October 23, 2016
re: #120 Patricia Kayden
RCP is massaging the numbers.
Princeton has it as Safe, and 538 has it between 7.5-8%.
re: #113 Reality Based Steve
Be careful out there. Earlier this week I was reading about that father & son in Florida who died in that Eagle’s Nest sinkhole. I even looked up an “atlas” of the caves under it and was thinking, “WTF—were they nuts??” You don’t strike me as the kind of guy who’d take unnecessary risks, but still. *shudder*
re: #119 bratwurst
John Nolte is having a twitter meltdown and shrieking at Jonah Goldberg. If your Sunday needs a little schadenfreude, check it out.
Is it ‘freudenfreude’ if there’s no schaden?
re: #122 KGxvi
I’m not sure either party will find it their best interests to change Senate rules.
But even if they are changed, an influential Senator can still sit on a bill/nominee if they are the head of the right committee. I suppose the Senate could even choose to eliminate that and just introduce/debate everything in the full Senate, but I really doubt that will happen.
re: #127 CuriousLurker
Links added for clarity, pls refresh comment.
re: #117 CuriousLurker
Wow, must be pretty good if so many people want to read it.
Here’s a piece Vance wrote for The Atlantic in July:
What Trump offers is an easy escape from the pain. To every complex problem, he promises a simple solution. He can bring jobs back simply by punishing offshoring companies into submission. As he told a New Hampshire crowd—folks all too familiar with the opioid scourge—he can cure the addiction epidemic by building a Mexican wall and keeping the cartels out. He will spare the United States from humiliation and military defeat with indiscriminate bombing. It doesn’t matter that no credible military leader has endorsed his plan. He never offers details for how these plans will work, because he can’t. Trump’s promises are the needle in America’s collective vein.
re: #128 wrenchwench
Is it ‘freudenfreude’ if there’s no schaden?
I’d say it’s Doppelschaden, considering they’re both very damaged.
re: #118 wrenchwench
Congrats!
If you take another break from social media without telling anyone, I’m going to go ahead and assume this is the kind of thing going on with you. Because my tendency is to think, maybe not the worst, but not-good things.
Ditto.
This guy is such a choch.
Tweets by NolteNCre: #126 Nyet
Yep!
I will credit Nate Silver, that even though I think he is wrong for including every poll, no matter how disreputable the source, he doesn’t try to massage the numbers and he does follow his ideas to the letter. Through how he interprets things can be incredibly wrong-headed at times.
He doesn’t try to out right massage the data.
re: #118 wrenchwench
Congrats!
If you take another break from social media without telling anyone, I’m going to go ahead and assume this is the kind of thing going on with you. Because my tendency is to think, maybe not the worst, but not-good things.
When I take the next break, assume the best :P
re: #135 Ziggy_TARDIS
He includes every poll but he also weights them by accuracy.
re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth
Here’s a piece Vance wrote for The Atlantic in July:
Thanks! Sent it to Instapaper so I can read it later on my iPad.
Still reading The Fireman. It’s good. But not as good as NOS4A2.
>.>
re: #138 Nyet
True, but I think some polls are simply irredeemable, and should be left out. But, that is simply a preference.
re: #129 freetoken
I’m not sure either party will find it their best interests to change Senate rules.
But even if they are changed, an influential Senator can still sit on a bill/nominee if they are the head of the right committee. I suppose the Senate could even choose to eliminate that and just introduce/debate everything in the full Senate, but I really doubt that will happen.
I believe the Democrats talked about lowering the number of votes for cloture, and I could absolutely see them doing that with a Clinton win and less than 60 seats in their caucus. As for committee chairs sitting on legislation, there are ways around that but they are rarely invoked. Also, keep in mind, over the last six years, we’ve seen one side taking full advantage of the letter of the rules while abusing the spirit of the rules, which is likely a contributing factor to the Democrats gaining seats in the senate this year
re: #113 Reality Based Steve
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re: #127 CuriousLurker
Be careful out there. Earlier this week I was reading about that father & son in Florida who died in that Eagle’s Nest sinkhole. I even looked up an “atlas” of the caves under it and was thinking, “WTF—were they nuts??” You don’t strike me as the kind of guy who’d take unnecessary risks, but still. *shudder*
I was talking to a diver today that was familiar with that particular cave system. It’s considered in the Mt. Everest category for cave divers, he doubts he would ever try it. It’s very deep, silty, narrow and complex. He had some good info on the two divers who died, number of theories as to why, based on the fact that one of them had their equipment (rebreather, scrubs out the CO2 from your exhaled breath and add O2 to keep it at a normal level. Very complex piece of equipment, but allows very very long deep extended dives). off, it’s suspected that they were trying to pass though a narrow restraint and something went wrong. That or one of them got stuck and the only way the other could get him out was to pull his gear off. In any case, a horrible thing. Both divers were VERY experienced, and were diving some very advanced gear, rebreathers with Trimix (a special mix of Oxygen, Helium and Nitrogen, designed to eliminate narcosis and oxygen toxicity at great depths)
I’d like to do the first 2 of the 3 levels of cave training, in part to really refine my own skills. I’d stick to caves that are in the “easy” category however.
As for the Father / Son, the son (at least) wasn’t scuba certified at all, neither were cave certified and they died from, quite frankly, being stupid.
re: #137 Nyet
When I take the next break, assume the best :P
With you, I do. You’re traveling the world. RBS goes under water. I’ve traveled, so it’s easy to imagine that going well. I haven’t gone more than 6 feet under water, and never scuba’d, so that becomes a disaster more easily in my imagination.
It seems that the some in the wing-o-sphere are getting into a tizzy about this alleged leaked Soros playbook on how to undermine Trump-mentum on social media
There are several reasons I believe it to be fake, but it is actually pretty interesting to read.
This Aussie idiot said he’ll destroy Hillary Clinton. 16 email leaks later, HRC is up 12 points and getting stronger. 💪🏻#PodestaEmails16 pic.twitter.com/1Oah140RWf
— Mama Jones (@Mama_Jones2013) October 23, 2016
re: #28 freetoken
The Review-Journal was bought late last year by the casino magnate and billionaire Sheldon Adelson, a Trump supporter and longtime Republican benefactor.
That explains this endorsement then. Ha!
re: #119 bratwurst
John Nolte is having a twitter meltdown and shrieking at Jonah Goldberg. If your Sunday needs a little schadenfreude, check it out.
I’m blocked! I never tweeted anything to him, I’m pretty darn sure.
I got Final Fantasy VII for the computer.
I did decide to use the character booster once, as one odd flaw with the game is that, unlike many Final Fantasies, you have buy your magic. But, the money supply is tight. So guess what I am doing.
re: #142 KGxvi
I believe the Democrats talked about lowering the number of votes for cloture, and I could absolutely see them doing that with a Clinton win and less than 60 seats in their caucus. As for committee chairs sitting on legislation, there are ways around that but they are rarely invoked. Also, keep in mind, over the last six years, we’ve seen one side taking full advantage of the letter of the rules while abusing the spirit of the rules, which is likely a contributing factor to the Democrats gaining seats in the senate this year
the public at large will support rules changes if they are used in the pursuit of actually legislating and governing and not for posturing, obstructing, etc.
re: #145 wrenchwench
With you, I do. You’re traveling the world. RBS goes under water. I’ve traveled, so it’s easy to imagine that going well. I haven’t gone more than 6 feet under water, and never scuba’d, so that becomes a disaster more easily in my imagination.
THIS.
re: #150 Ziggy_TARDIS
Or not, because apparently, it was designed to boost none, or boost all. Which is dumb. Gil can be hard to get in any large amounts during the game.
Somewhere between Hillary is not perfect & Hillary is responsible for everything that ever happened there seems to be a gap of information.
— John (@linnyitssn) October 23, 2016
re: #148 Patricia Kayden
The Review-Journal was bought late last year by the casino magnate and billionaire Sheldon Adelson, a Trump supporter and longtime Republican benefactor.
That explains this endorsement then. Ha!
Sheldon Adelson Has Reportedly Had It With Donald Trump
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I really don’t know what “center-right” means in the context of Lithuania, but here:
Center-right opposition claims victory in Lithuania vote, to start coalition talks
Lithuania’s center-right opposition Peasants and Greens party declared victory after a second round of voting in a general election on Sunday and said it would start negotiations with the Homeland Union and Social Democrats over forming a coalition government.
The Peasants and Greens won 54 seats in the 141-member parliament, making it the biggest party, results published by the Lithuanian election commission showed.
[…]
When I hear “peasants and greens” I just don’t think “center-right.”
re: #157 Reality Based Steve
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This sign is at pretty much every cave site underwater, at the entrance of the cave system itself. Perhaps some day I’ll go beyond it, but right now, no way
RBS
cave diving is like pineapple on pizza
no redeeming value. just say no (said with tongue firmly in cheek ;-)
Just what nobody on earth wants to see!
Trump’s campaign manager: Trump would do another debate https://t.co/DyOHEOnZDn pic.twitter.com/WxgqGvgCMD
— The Hill (@thehill) October 23, 2016
re: #156 freetoken
I really don’t know what “center-right” means in the context of Lithuania, but here:
Center-right opposition claims victory in Lithuania vote, to start coalition talks
When I hear “peasants and greens” I just don’t think “center-right.”
For some reason the name reminds me of a high class men clothing shop. Where even “off the rack” is fitted to you.
RBS
re: #149 Stanley Sea
I’m blocked! I never tweeted anything to him, I’m pretty darn sure.
Consider it an honor.
Our @NewYorker endorsement of Hillary—because of her virtues not just bc of his manifest flaws. https://t.co/ZsDYrZyX25 pic.twitter.com/oAcGwqZg4t
— Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson) October 23, 2016
IBD/TIPP & LATimes/USC out on a lonesome limb in their polling. Gotta respect their experimentation though. Either will be fools or savants.
— David Catanese (@davecatanese) October 23, 2016
And @Rasmussen_Poll 3 outliers very rare and ignoring them allows @hillaryclinton to build on the “it’s over” narrative. https://t.co/iQXunROrSv
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) October 23, 2016
With all due respect, as I said in 2012, Rasmussen isn’t polling: it’s therapy. https://t.co/0TiTQ7GwDr
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) October 23, 2016
Orban invokes 1956 Hungarian uprising to resist EU empire building
[…]
“The Obama administration and the current state department supports the left — those post-communists who were always on the other side,” said Maria Schmidt, government commissioner for the commemorations and a prominent conservative historian. Ms Schmidt accuses some in Washington of an unbalanced perspective. “Why is every post-communist acceptable, but they are so strict against former Nazis?”
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Nasty us, being so strict against former Nazis.
re: #160 bratwurst
Just what nobody on earth wants to see!
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We’ve had “Off the Cuff Trump”, “Teleprompter Trump” and “Unshackled Trump”. What will be the next evolution of Trump? I’m going for “Free Association Trump”.
RBS
re: #118 wrenchwench
If you take another break from social media without telling anyone, I’m going to go ahead and assume this is the kind of thing going on with you. Because my tendency is to think, maybe not the worst, but not-good things.
Me, too, including in this case.
re: #166 Reality Based Steve
We’ve had “Off the Cuff Trump”, “Teleprompter Trump” and “Unshackled Trump”. What will be the next evolution of Trump? I’m going for “Free Association Trump”.
RBS
“Trump the Chump”, brought to you by Click and Clack, the Tappet brothers.
So, the iPod turned 15 years old.
Seems like so long ago when the iPod was the in thing.
re: #168 Decatur Deb
Times like this is when Charles needs to code in the “MEGA UPDING” option, which each lizard can use only once per week. (with no carryovers)
RBS
Does anyone here have the PC Version of FF VII?
re: #169 freetoken
So, the iPod turned 15 years old.
Seems like so long ago when the iPod was the in thing.
I have an iPod Classic, 160gig. I love mine. (of course I liked my Sony Mini-disk player better, but I was apparently one of 10 people in North America that did)
RBS
re: #168 Decatur Deb
Up ding for the NPR reference. :)
Boys II Men just made a surprise appearance here at Cheyenne High School while the crowd waits for @POTUS to arrive. pic.twitter.com/CGlvpuwssL
— Megan Messerly (@meganmesserly) October 23, 2016
re: #171 Ziggy_TARDIS
Does anyone here have the PC Version of FF VII?
Say NO to the PC Version, it’s all about ethics in Gaming. ////////
RBS
Terrible evening, family emergency. In down time managed to spend about $70 on wrestling merch.
I should take up stress eating again, it usually ends up cheaper
re: #166 Reality Based Steve
We’ve had “Off the Cuff Trump”, “Teleprompter Trump” and “Unshackled Trump”. What will be the next evolution of Trump? I’m going for “Free Association Trump”.
RBS
I’m thinking Freebasing Trump
re: #156 freetoken
When I hear “peasants and greens” I just don’t think “center-right.”
Me either. I think of half of my relatives and the stuff they put next to the cornbread on their dinner plates.
re: #176 Wozza Matter?
Wait… you’re British, correct?
The merch, was it for one of those independent promotions that seem to be popping up all over Europe?
re: #179 freetoken
Wait… you’re British, correct?
The merch, was it for one of those independent promotions that seem to be popping up all over Europe?
yeah, i just tend to do currency conversions in my head when i’m on US sites.
Got some stuff from the UK WrestleCrate folks that have a tie in with the Progress Punk Rock Pro Wrestling guys
re: #177 451_Montag
What is fueling today’s GOP?
Downballot GOP: Koch brothers
Trump: just plain Coke
re: #179 freetoken
although, i do buy a fair chunk of american indie merch too, i need a hobby (oh, wait…)
Let’s see, if the title is “Peasant’s and Green’s” we have:
1) avant garde haberdashery;
2) restaurant fitted out in 16th century village ware;
3) super-exclusive adult beverage company specializing in absinthe.
Chuck C Johnson sent @LouiseMensch some really, really weird emails. https://t.co/GRRPf8deTp
— Heat Street (@heatstreet) October 23, 2016
They’re as bad as you’d expect. UpChuck is such a fucking creepazoid.
re: #171 Ziggy_TARDIS
Does anyone here have the PC Version of FF VII?
Afraid not. Been playing “Doom & Destiny”which is a spoof of jrpgs though.
The attack on Mosul is turning out to be a total disaster. We gave them months of notice. U.S. is looking so dumb. VOTE TRUMP and WIN AGAIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 23, 2016
General Trump weighs in with his years of military experience earned with the 101st Pants Shitter Brigade (AKA The Fighting Nugents) https://t.co/CVoLVTHkXn
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 23, 2016
re: #180 Wozza Matter?
One of the cultural innovations of late appears to be small scale worked-shoot events, and small-time MMA competitions.
While UFC sold for 4 billion, and WWE has a monopoly on American style professional wrestling, I find it kind of interesting that there is a bit of an underground movement to offer counter-programming to those two.
Humans like to watch other humans fight.
re: #135 Ziggy_TARDIS
Yep!
I will credit Nate Silver, that even though I think he is wrong for including every poll, no matter how disreputable the source, he doesn’t try to massage the numbers and he does follow his ideas to the letter. Through how he interprets things can be incredibly wrong-headed at times.
He doesn’t try to out right massage the data.
Silver has banned five pollsters for making up data. he sees value in making use of polls with varying methodologies. Even if Rasmussen is wrong, its possible that including Rasmussen in the aggregate, appropriately weighted, will make the aggregate more accurate, if that makes sense. Its like looking at the same picture from two different angles; you could pick up something from one angle you missed from another.
re: #187 teleskiguy
He may not have a blue check mark but I do love Stonekettle’s remark.
re: #189 Big Beautiful Door
Even the LAT poll is not hopeless - properly corrected for weighting it shows pretty much the same results as everybody else.
I don’t know if any paper has used it (I can’t believe they haven’t yet), but if I were the editor of a paper, the headline November 9th would read
Hillary Trumps Donald
But I suspect it’s been used. All my good ideas have been done. (but I’ve got one for a website where people can have friends, and post things that their friends can see. I’m going to call it “Face Time With Friends Space”. I’ll make HUGE bucks.
RBS
Mental health break:
This melts my heart. We don’t deserve dogs 😭 pic.twitter.com/x5wHFsNTlj
— Baby Animals (@BabyAnimalPics) October 23, 2016
re: #192 Reality Based Steve
Better than that “Trump that B*t*h” chant you hear from Trump supporters at their Nazi rallies.
re: #166 Reality Based Steve
We’ve had “Off the Cuff Trump”, “Teleprompter Trump” and “Unshackled Trump”. What will be the next evolution of Trump? I’m going for “Free Association Trump”.
RBS
Next debate should be a Rap Battle.
re: #171 Ziggy_TARDIS
I don’t have the new version, but the original PC version of FFVII is what got me into FF and console RPGs in the first place.
re: #188 freetoken
One of the cultural innovations of late appears to be small scale worked-shoot events, and small-time MMA competitions.
While UFC sold for 4 billion, and WWE has a monopoly on American style professional wrestling, I find it kind of interesting that there is a bit of an underground movement to offer counter-programming to those two.
Humans like to watch other humans fight.
Worked shoot was huge in Japan for a while, and i guess it counts as super strong style, not too much of it in the UK. Some good old fashioned ECW type stuff, carnival family friendly stuff and some strong style are what’s dominating at the minute.
I don’t do reality TV, got tired of the Legitimate Theatre(tm, i don’t go to gigs much any more as the crowds just film stuff on phones and talk to each other rather than watch the show. I find wrestling crowds much better places to be - fans are there to watch the damn show and are generally decent friendly folk. The UK scene has a huge crossover with Rock & Metal music, so lots of black tshirts, dark clothes and long manky hair among the men. Lots of female fans too (who are there of their own accord), it’s a helluva scene at the minute.
It will ocmbust eventually, but at the moment it’s grand
re: #193 Lidane
Dang those onions. **sniff sniff**
re: #197 EPR-radar
I have run into a problem:
Using the switch button, I am unable to switch which character I which to have make an action during battles.
re: #184 teleskiguy
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They’re as bad as you’d expect. UpChuck is such a fucking creepazoid.
Isn’t Heat Street a wannabe respectable wingnut news/blog site?
The attack on Mosul is turning out to be a total disaster. We gave them months of notice. U.S. is looking so dumb. VOTE TRUMP and WIN AGAIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 23, 2016
-Op is currently ahead of schedule
-No one can ‘sneak attack’ a major city with 35000 troops
-Also shut the fuck up https://t.co/3lz2ABq5A1— Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) October 23, 2016
re: #198 Wozza Matter?
I notice the Youtube-popular WhatCulture outfit have gone into offering these too.
Worked-shoot kind of died in Japan but there are still fights arranged. Rizin I guess is the latest to emerge from the end of Pride Fighting. Japanese pro-wrestling is also waning though it still gets some press.
Here in the US I always wondered why work-shoot as well as kick-boxing and legitimate jiu jitsu competitions never really took off. I know MMA today incorporates a lot of jiu jitsu, but to me so many MMA fights are really just bad boxing.
And speaking of boxing, it is nothing like it was 20, and especially 40 and 60 years ago. I think the boxing promoters really messed up the whole sport, if indeed we want to call it a sport.
re: #201 Timothy Watson
Isn’t Heat Street a wannabe respectable wingnut news/blog site?
Yup. And Louise Mensch is kind of a loon too.
A man in a Trump t-shirt was arrested for civil assault @ Clinton’s event in Charlotte after he punched another event attendee, police say.
— Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) October 23, 2016
The chief of police told @devonmsayers that the man in the Trump shirt put the victim in a headlock and punched them at least once. https://t.co/niWBqvfiWu
— Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) October 23, 2016
re: #203 freetoken
the What Culture Pro Wrestling stuff is pretty good, their entire channel is good.
I’m going to an ROH show late next month as well as seeing a UK vs Japan show on the 11th. Jysuhin thunder Liger coming to town for the 11th (super psyched)
re: #203 freetoken
I still watch boxing now and again, there was a decent WBC Welterweight fight on yesterday for a vacant belt - but there are too many federations :(
re: #206 Wozza Matter?
I’m going to an ROH show late next month as well as seeing a UK vs Japan show on the 11th. Jysuhin thunder Liger coming to town for the 11th (super psyched)
Liger’s been around forever. He’s a real star in Japan, one of the best known wrestlers of all time.
Pres. Obama: Don’t boo
Crowd: VOTE!
POTUS laughs: Some guy asked me, “I voted. Can I boo now?
POTUS: I said no, go get someone else to vote— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) October 24, 2016
Here’s What the Latest Polls Suggest in the 9 States Voting on Marijuana
California
The crown jewel for the marijuana industry is California, which is on its own the eighth-largest economy in the world by GDP. If marijuana is legalized for recreational use, California could be looking at an additional $1 billion in annual tax revenue, and the marijuana industry would have a new pathway to rapid growth. Ironically, though, some of the biggest opposition within the state has come from cannabis growers.Thus far, things are swaying toward approval for Prop 64. A late September poll from KPIX 5/Survey USA found that 52% of respondents favored Prop 64, compared to 41% who opposed the measure. A similar poll released on Sept. 12 from USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times found 58% support for the measure.
While I am all for decriminalizing cannabis, as a stringent no-smoker I’m rather dismayed by this. Tobacco itself is probably the worst thing the New World gave the Old World. The recent trend of “vaping” I find obnoxious when I am out and about and find myself in the odorous trains of a vaper. Cannabis will be just as bad.
Call me a prude if you want, but why do people do this to their lungs?
re: #207 Wozza Matter?
I still watch boxing now and again, there was a decent WBC Welterweight fight on yesterday for a vacant belt - but there are too many federations :(
The World Heavyweight Champion use to be one of the most famous and important athletes on the planet. I have absolutely no idea who currently holds that title, and I haven’t for decades.
re: #210 freetoken
Here’s What the Latest Polls Suggest in the 9 States Voting on Marijuana
While I am all for decriminalizing cannabis, as a stringent no-smoker I’m rather dismayed by this. Tobacco itself is probably the worst thing the New World gave the Old World. The recent trend of “vaping” I find obnoxious when I am out and about and find myself in the odorous trains of a vaper. Cannabis will be just as bad.
Call me a prude if you want, but why do people do this to their lungs?
Edibles take care of that.
re: #210 freetoken
Here’s What the Latest Polls Suggest in the 9 States Voting on Marijuana
While I am all for decriminalizing cannabis, as a stringent no-smoker I’m rather dismayed by this. Tobacco itself is probably the worst thing the New World gave the Old World. The recent trend of “vaping” I find obnoxious when I am out and about and find myself in the odorous trains of a vaper. Cannabis will be just as bad.
Call me a prude if you want, but why do people do this to their lungs?
I heard someone recently suggest that what we need to do is legalize marijuana and then make actually smoking it socially unacceptable as was done with tobacco. Sounds fairly reasonable to me.
re: #208 freetoken
yeah, he’s the main reason i paid out the £20 for that ticket :) he’s over every couple of years but i always seem to miss him
i saw vader a couple of months back too at what’s probably his last uk show.
A friend of mine saw this at her local Stop’n’Rob in Southern California today and thought it looked remarkably like a certain Presidential candidate, but Trump wouldn’t be shilling for Corona.
Came around the corner and saw this. Trump wouldn’t be pimping for Mexican beer though. pic.twitter.com/ohUkaNb5Kj
— xenubarb (@xenubarb) October 23, 2016
re: #212 Stanley Sea
Edibles take care of that.
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Scott Adams is going to kill Hitler, and he needs your help https://t.co/ms7vktC82N pic.twitter.com/BiIierB8wR
— Matt Karp (@karpmj) October 24, 2016
Oookay …
Dispatch from Naples, Florida: Trump says Clinton “wants to start shooting wars in Syria.” https://t.co/z8BixBzqFx pic.twitter.com/ewJ2T4GxPS
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) October 24, 2016
There’s ALREADY a shooting war in Syria, MacArthur. https://t.co/O0fNwCeb3E
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) October 24, 2016
re: #217 teleskiguy
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Oookay …
I hope his agent can make room in his schedule for the Secret Service interview.
re: #219 Timothy Watson
I hope his agent can make room in his schedule for the Secret Service interview.
I wonder how Siri will handle that one? “You appear to have an email from the Secret Service requesting an interview tomorrow at 2 pm. Shall I contact your lawyer, or would you prefer I book a flight?”
RBS
The attack on Mosul is turning out to be a total disaster. We gave them months of notice. U.S. is looking so dumb. VOTE TRUMP and WIN AGAIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 23, 2016
Haven’t seen anyone, save for ISIS propaganda sites, saying Mosul is going unexpectedly poorly. So this is…odd. https://t.co/EyWhJyErBq
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) October 23, 2016
re: #222 Stanley Sea
It is going bad for the uncouth one and no one else.
Oh dog, The Walking Dead is going to ruin me tonight. See ya’ll later. maybe.
Recorded “The Walking Dead: The Journey So Far” last weekend, watching it now. Such an amazing storyline.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 24, 2016
re: #225 Great White Snark
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Yea Donna!!!! What did she win ribbons for, if we may be so bold?
RBS
That moment you take a second look at a days photography and come to a completely difference conclusion. pic.twitter.com/IbHlvTfETo
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) October 24, 2016
re: #229 Great White Snark
I am sorry I could not find it.
re: #228 Reality Based Steve
Yea Donna!!!! What did she win ribbons for, if we may be so bold?
RBS
She entered some Orchids she grew in the big American orchid Show at the Huntington Library in Pasadena.
re: #222 Stanley Sea
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Orange fucker is actively rooting for them. Can’t have anything good happening to counteract his narrative that everything is shit.
re: #231 Great White Snark
And for some reason it is not available.
Five minutes in and it’s already death by commercials.
Chuck C Johnson sent @LouiseMensch some really, really weird emails. https://t.co/GRRPf8deTp
— Heat Street (@heatstreet) October 23, 2016
@LouiseMensch & I don’t see eye-to-eye on many things, but when it comes to Chuck C. Johnson we’re on the same page. https://t.co/kaxeLhPEUU
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 24, 2016
@LouiseMensch And that page is titled, “What a fucking creep this guy is.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 24, 2016
re: #233 PhillyPretzel
She has that friends. I’ll ask her to make that post public. But I posted one…
re: #234 Great White Snark
Ahhh those are beautiful.
re: #238 PhillyPretzel
Okay this is the one that’s a big deal. Macroclinum Manabinum Best in show miscellaneous species. It’s the largest example seen in decades of that diminutive little plant. Yes that little bundle of greeen in the upper right.
re: #240 Great White Snark
Okay this is the one that’s a big deal. Best in show miscellaneous species. It’s the largest example seen in decades of that diminutive little plant.
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I think this was an episode of Midsomer Murders.
So cool. I don’t have the patience to do gardening and horticultural type things I’m afraid. I also may have inherited my Mom’s “Brown (opposed to green) Thumb”.
RBS
WIMPS AND WUSSES!!!!
If GOP loses Senate, it’s not because candidates ran WITH @realDonaldTrump; but because they ran FROM him. No time for wimps and wusses!
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) October 23, 2016
I would just like to say I do NOT watch TWD.
Those of you who do: I hope it lives up to the hype.
The Ultimate Mansplain….
GOP congressman on Clinton: ‘A lady needs to be told when she’s being nasty’
RBS
re: #245 Reality Based Steve
The Ultimate Mansplain….
GOP congressman on Clinton: ‘A lady needs to be told when she’s being nasty’RBS
OFFS.
re: #244 Eclectic Cyborg
You should watch. It’s not about the zombies. :)
re: #248 GlutenFreeJesus
You should watch. It’s not about the zombies. :)
I watched the “Story so far” retrospective but still found myself uninterested. There are only three characters that intrigue me and I felt the storylines are repetitive (get chased zombies, find “safe haven” that turns out to be run by shady people, get chased by zombies, etc.)
@johnderosa Nope. I own this name. The Rage Furby is an interloper who has already lost this contest.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 24, 2016
upthread family emergency is still ongoing.
*no more merch bought though, downloaded three linux distros and an fps instead*
re: #213 calochortus
I heard someone recently suggest that what we need to do is legalize marijuana and then make actually smoking it socially unacceptable as was done with tobacco. Sounds fairly reasonable to me.
Most people aren’t going going to smoke weed in public. Couple of reasons: first most laws are treating it more like alcohol than tobacco in that’s you can’t just light up while walking down the street, you’ve got to be at home or at a smoking club type place. Second, most people who will be smoking pot when legal either already smoke it or used to, and typically that smoking happens in private. Third, even if it was treated like tobacco most places have gone nonsmoking (either by choice or by force of law), so you’re not going to be able to spark up wherever anyway
re: #241 whitebeach
I think this was an episode of Midsomer Murders.
That was a papheopedilum of some sort I think.
I am embarrassed to admit I remember that.
re: #206 Wozza Matter?
the What Culture Pro Wrestling stuff is pretty good, their entire channel is good.
I’m going to an ROH show late next month as well as seeing a UK vs Japan show on the 11th. Jysuhin thunder Liger coming to town for the 11th (super psyched)
I keep meaning to go to a PWG show around here. Also going to have to look into tickets for the next season of lucha underground
re: #252 KGxvi
Most people aren’t going going to smoke weed in public. Couple of reasons: first most laws are treating it more like alcohol than tobacco in that’s you can’t just light up while walking down the street, you’ve got to be at home or at a smoking club type place. Second, most people who will be smoking pot when legal either already smoke it or used to, and typically that smoking happens in private. Third, even if it was treated like tobacco most places have gone nonsmoking (either by choice or by force of law), so you’re not going to be able to spark up wherever anyway
Might not work, but making it seem less ‘hip’ might reduce the number of young people lighting up.
re: #254 KGxvi
I keep meaning to go to a PWG show around here. Also going to have to look into tickets for the next season of lucha underground
Now there is a specialized offering. They’re in an American Legion hall, correct?
Got to love American Legion halls for their willingness to host so many different things.
re: #254 KGxvi
Also going to have to look into tickets for the next season of lucha underground
Read where they had a free show here in San Diego tonight. Cricket Wireless was promoting their phone service and hired LU to do a show locally. Don’t know where though.
re: #256 freetoken
Now there is a specialized offering. They’re in an American Legion hall, correct?
Got to love American Legion halls for their willingness to host so many different things.
Yeah, they just recently did the Battle of Los Angeles at an American Legion hall in Reseda, I think it was. Zack Sabre Jr who had some great matches in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic is their champion (or at least last I heard); also Cody Rhodes apparently was part of BoLA
re: #258 KGxvi
That type of wrestling is very specialized offerings - I think most Americans aren’t even aware there is stuff outside of WWE. When I was growing up the local professional wrestling was back in the black and white TV days, with Saturday noon TV shows from the local NWA promotion. What you’re into with PWG and LU is definitely connoisseur wrestling, if I may put those two words together in a sentence.
re: #257 freetoken
Read where they had a free show here in San Diego tonight. Cricket Wireless was promoting their phone service and hired LU to do a show locally. Don’t know where though.
According to their Instagram account (I will cop to following Iveliese), they were at the Arizona State Fair today and will be in San Diego on Nov 5 (holy hell, it’s going to be November in two weeks)
re: #260 KGxvi
Ok, well, that goes to show how well they’ve advertised. I think I have only heard a Cricket Wireless advert.
re: #258 KGxvi
Liger is 51 years old and still going? Wow.
re: #259 freetoken
I grew up watching mostly WWF (my knowledge of other promotions was limited to the various wrestling mags back in the day), lost interest around high school and then got back into it during the Monday night wars. I had a stretch where I’d watch anything I could, including AWA on late night ESPN2 or Lucha libre on the high numbered channels here in Southern California.
More recently it was just WWE with the occasional TNA or ROH show. But I’ve been really impressed by LU. As for PWG, I’d just like to check it out to up my hipster wrestling fan credentials
re: #262 Eclectic Cyborg
Liger is 51 years old and still going? Wow.
The Undertaker is 51 also I believe.
RBS
re: #210 freetoken
While I am all for decriminalizing cannabis, as a stringent no-smoker I’m rather dismayed by this. Tobacco itself is probably the worst thing the New World gave the Old World. The recent trend of “vaping” I find obnoxious when I am out and about and find myself in the odorous trains of a vaper. Cannabis will be just as bad.
Call me a prude if you want, but why do people do this to their lungs?
I have a neighbor who would appear to agree with you. This was sent in an email to our neighborhood association the other day (middle-class Denver suburb):
Colorado problems!
For the record, I’m a non-smoker with asthma who dislikes the scent of marijuana almost as much as I despise tobacco smoke, and I’m not thrilled with vaping. But I really hope the marijuana measures pass in more states — it’s a lot better as a legal substance with social disapproval of rude public smoking.
Here’s to oils and edibles and a thriving hemp industry.
re: #261 freetoken
Ok, well, that goes to show how well they’ve advertised. I think I have only heard a Cricket Wireless advert.
#LuchaUnderground is hitting the open road with FREE shows in Phoenix, Houston and San Diego! Details coming tomorrow.
re: #265 Reality Based Steve
The Undertaker is 51 also I believe.
RBS
And apparently on crutches (at least according to the wrestling podcasts I listen to)
re: #264 KGxvi
I have no interest in whatever WWE offers these days as far as entertainment. I still will watch Japanese wrestling if I can find it online, if only to practice my Japanese.
re: #267 KGxvi
Oh yes, John Hennigan. Amazing physique, and that is probably what led him to being cast as Hercules in a movie by the same name.
A couple of years ago there were a couple of “Hercules” movies released, a decent one and a bad one. Both starred wrestlers as Hercules. Dwayne Johnson played the character in the ok movie. Hennigan was the Hercules in the bad one. I watched as much of it as I could, but his acting was so bad it made me cringe.
re: #267 KGxvi
Not to discourage you from going to watch Hennigan. I’m sure he’s a fine wrestler. Just not made to be a leading man in a movie, though.
re: #150 Ziggy_TARDIS
I’m not sure, I think most Final Fantasies have you buy your magic. I know 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 did. 5 drives me crazy because it’s pricey, and there’s not a lot of money in that game without abusing the gil turtle tunnel.
re: #171 Ziggy_TARDIS
I don’t, but I have 4 and 5 on PC. :)
re: #268 freetoken
I have no interest in whatever WWE offers these days as far as entertainment. I still will watch Japanese wrestling if I can find it online, if only to practice my Japanese.
WWE has adapted fairly well recently. AJ Styles holds their world title and Kevin Owens (formerly Steen) holds the new universal title (they split the roster between their two shows). Dean Ambrose (formerly Johnny Moxley on the indie scene) is feuding with Styles and Seth Rollins (formerly Tyler Black on the indies) is feuding with Owens/Steen. El Generico is also on the roster as Sami Zayn. And Finn Balor (Prince Devitt) actually beat Rollins for the newly established universal title before having to give it up due to injury. They seemed to learn something from CM Punk and Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson) over the last couple of years.
re: #271 freetoken
Not to discourage you from going to watch Hennigan. I’m sure he’s a fine wrestler. Just not made to be a leading man in a movie, though.
No worries. He’s a fine wrestler, one of those guys that the WWE could just never figure out how to use right
I just have to say how much I enjoy having Linux on my Laptop now. It runs so much faster and while I’ve occassionally had to Google how to do something, I’m loving it.
My biggest fear turned out to be a non-issue. I LOVE Adobe Lightroom for RAW editing, but guess what, there is a free Linux equilivant app. Haven’t done a “feature for feature” comparison, but so far I’m very impressed with it and didn’t have any issues with any of my images
The fact that I’m running Zorin, which is a distro tailored for windows users probably contributed to my comfort level.
And remember, this is coming from someone who spent 15 years teaching Microsoft Technologies and has no freaking idea how many various certs.
Hell, I may just learn some Python and get back into programming a bit for fun.
RBS
re: #272 Sir_Checkmate
I have really only played 5 of the main ones, 7, 8, 10, 12, and 13. I could not finish 12, as the leveling up system was needlessly complicated, and the characters did little to inspire any sort of interest.
The Problem with 7 is the fact that the materia cost oodles. I will admit, the constant hate-bashing of 7 by the purists of those before FF 7 have turned me off of Final Fantasies 1-6, especially in the case of 6, where Kefka just seems like a Joker-ripoff with Magic, and I am quite sure DC has written a comic about the Joker with magic.
re: #272 Sir_Checkmate
I must say I enjoy the cut of your FF jib.
As for FF7 (2nd best; Squall Leonhart forever), I don’t recall having issues switching on PC. I do recall that when I played it back in 1998 on my brand new PC, I had a driver issue with it I could never figure out, so all of my cutscenes played upside down.
*Just* the cutscenes. So for those of you who’ve played it, you may realize that quite a few of the cutscenes play as background over which you can still move your characters. The characters weren’t upside down, just the background. I actually turned my CRT monitor on it’s side and laid on the desk to watch the ending and “the scene”. Good dang times.
re: #278 Bass Reeves
I know hold Final Fantasy VII and VIII in equal esteem.
FFVIII is the more polished of the two, with far more complete world-building than VII. Even after all the side-games, there is still a lot of world-building that simply isn’t there in FFVII. It also has a simpler and easier to understand love story than FFVII, provided you make the right choices.
However, FF7 will touch your heart. It’s a game that pulls at the heartsrings, and its gameplay is just a little bit better than VIII’s. There are more emotional moments in VII than VIII. They are equally good, just with different strengths.
In regards to Villians, I would be hard pressed to choose, though I think I would lean towards Sephiroth. On one hand, FFVII has Sephiroth, a villain that, while batshit insane, was cool, calculating and independent, and willing to handle things himself. His backstory from Crisis Core makes him more interesting. On the other hand, the inference you can get from Ultimecia from her speaking is that this is a woman who was persecuted into snapping at everything, and wanting to become a Goddess in order to stop it. Ultimecia is compelling in her own way. Again though, slight lean to Sephiroth.
re: #200 Ziggy_TARDIS
I have run into a problem:
Using the switch button, I am unable to switch which character I which to have make an action during battles.
I’m sorry I can’t help with that. Switch character in FF7 is triangle on the PS, IIRC, and any PC version should include a consistent mapping of the PS controller buttons to keys.
re: #278 Bass Reeves
I must say I enjoy the cut of your FF jib.
As for FF7 (2nd best; Squall Leonhart forever), I don’t recall having issues switching on PC. I do recall that when I played it back in 1998 on my brand new PC, I had a driver issue with it I could never figure out, so all of my cutscenes played upside down.
*Just* the cutscenes. So for those of you who’ve played it, you may realize that quite a few of the cutscenes play as background over which you can still move your characters. The characters weren’t upside down, just the background. I actually turned my CRT monitor on it’s side and laid on the desk to watch the ending and “the scene”. Good dang times.
The original FF7 on the PC was a bug-infested mess.
re: #279 Ziggy_TARDIS
I also like both FF7 and FF8. They do different things well and poorly, so they are hard to compare. The final dungeon in FF8 is the best I’ve ever seen in any game.
re: #280 EPR-radar
Derp: I forgot, the menu button does that. I am still getting used to controls.
re: #282 EPR-radar
Ultimecia’s castle was amazing. Northern Crater was ok, through one of the weaknesses of VII is shown there, as there is a completely unexplained abandoned settlement on the way towards the pit where you go towards Jenova.
The Tesseracts of 13 were pretty good too, at least in concept. 10 had the worst Final Dungeon of the bunch by a country mile.
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