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Thursday Open

by coldwarrior ( 131 Comments › )
Filed under Open thread at March 22nd, 2018 - 12:15 am

Why is it still so damned cold??????

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  1. Aussie Infidel
    1 | March 22, 2018 1:24 am

    Silly boy !

    It’s the bloody Global Warming of course.

    šŸ™‚

    Hot cold wet fine it’s all Gerbal Worming!

    šŸ™‚


  2. 2 | March 22, 2018 7:09 am

    @ Aussie Infidel:
    Climate change.


  3. 3 | March 22, 2018 8:01 am

    Someone go find ManBearPig for comment!
    Round 6 begins tomorrow!


  4. eaglesoars
    4 | March 22, 2018 8:11 am

    See? I TOLD you they lie. Our forecast says right now it’s “33 but it feels like 23”. No. It’s 23 you wankers, there’s no 33. High is supposed to be 49 but it will feel like 33. Oh spare me. You’re just hiding the data to keep up the globular warming hoax.

    In other news, it occurs to me that Mark Suckerberger’s chances of running for POTUS are slightly worse than mine. Also, he looks like a prototype of Data (Star Trek: Next Generation)


  5. 5 | March 22, 2018 8:23 am

    eaglesoars wrote:

    Also, he looks like a prototype of Data (Star Trek: Next Generation)

    Well, maybe, if Doctor Noonian Soong had taken a dump in the mold use to make the face.


  6. RIX
    6 | March 22, 2018 8:51 am

    https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/03/21/hillary-clinton-thinks-she-might-have-found-someone-else-to-blame-for-her-loss/
    @ Twitchy
    Good morning. Hillary keeps blaming everything in sight for her loss except herself.
    What is the over and under on Climate Change being blamed?


  7. eaglesoars
    7 | March 22, 2018 9:02 am

    @ RIX:

    That interview was recorded in 2016 and she knew about Cambridge Analytica then? hunh.

    This part, tho, is risable.

    Clinton continued: ā€œSo if they were getting advice from, letā€™s say, Cambridge Analytica or someone else about, ā€˜OK, here are the 12 voters in this town in Wisconsin ā€” thatā€™s whose Facebook pages you need to be on to send these messages,ā€™ that indeed would be very disturbing.ā€

    No it wouldn’t. Also, it’s not like she talked to ANY voters in Wisconsin, so she’s behind the curve already.


  8. eaglesoars
    8 | March 22, 2018 9:13 am

    doriangrey wrote:

    Well, maybe, if Doctor Noonian Soong had taken a dump in the mold use to make the face.

    well, prototype, so ya never know.

    My brain did another ‘hey what if’ facial thing re: David Hogg, the Parkland ‘survivor’ who’s been strutting his skinny ass and big mouth all over the place.

    Goebbels looked just like him when he was that age.


  9. RIX
    9 | March 22, 2018 9:18 am

    @ eaglesoars:
    Hillary ran a campaign based on her entitlement to the office, you know her turn.
    She ran a lazy poor campaign. Nobody made her stay out of places like Wisconsin or made her
    insult half of the country with her deplorable and irredeemable comment. She was a bad candidate and
    corruption oozes out of her.


  10. 10 | March 22, 2018 9:35 am

    eaglesoars wrote:

    Goebbels looked just like him when he was that age.

    Probably acted just like him as well.


  11. eaglesoars
    11 | March 22, 2018 9:38 am

    @ doriangrey:

    I’m betting Goebbels had more charm.

    gotta go, the day impends. Later.


  12. 13 | March 22, 2018 10:44 am

    They’ve released the dashcam from that horrific Uber self-driving car incident. It looks VERY bad for Uber, since the “safety driver” was not even remotely looking at the road until the moment of impact.

    https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/03/22/police-release-uber-dashcam-video-of-fatal-crash-and-its-bad-for-uber-the-safety-driver-and-the-tempe-police-chief/


  13. Deplorable Bumr50
    14 | March 22, 2018 4:19 pm

    NBC News just broke into programming (and the Judge Judy my dog was watching while we were at work) to tell me that the stock market crashed 700 points TODAY over Trump’s tariffs announced WEEKS AGO. “And Facebook mumble, mumble…”


  14. Deplorable Bumr50
    15 | March 22, 2018 4:21 pm

    @ Deplorable Bumr50:

    OH, there’s something new I guess.


  15. eaglesoars
    16 | March 22, 2018 5:13 pm

    Deplorable Bumr50 wrote:

    Trumpā€™s tariffs announced WEEKS AGO.

    ah, but he actually SIGNED it today, dontchaknow.

    So I heard on the radio that CitiBank is no longer going to allow its cards to be used to purchase guns if the buyer is under 21. Even if the store allows it. Basically, telling consumers AND retailers what they can purchase.

    So who has standing to sue? Consumer, retailer,both?


  16. eaglesoars
    17 | March 22, 2018 5:21 pm

    Also, Trump’s lawyer Dowd walked out the door. I don’t know why, not willing yet to give credence to any explanation I read. But it IS good he brought DeGenova on board because HE will go on CNN/MSNBC and kick Mueller’s ass into next week.


  17. eaglesoars
    18 | March 22, 2018 6:02 pm

    United fucks up again. With the MILITARY, no less.

    How stupid do you have to be to run a multi-billion dollar company?

    Military families on Guam moving to the U.S. mainland may be forced to leave their pets behind, following United Airlinesā€™ decision to suspend its pet transportation program until no later than May 1, following multiple delivery mistakes and at least one pet death.

    United is the only carrier flying directly between the island and the mainland U.S., according to families there, some of whom took to social media Wednesday to say they felt blindsided by Unitedā€™s announcement.

    https://www.weaselzippers.us/379183-military-family-pets-in-guam-stranded-as-united-airlines-suspends-shipments/


  18. eaglesoars
    19 | March 22, 2018 6:34 pm

    HA! McMaster out, Bolton in


  19. eaglesoars
    20 | March 22, 2018 6:42 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    So I heard on the radio that CitiBank is no longer going to allow its cards to be used to purchase guns if the buyer is under 21.

    Citi Statement

    Announcing Our U.S. Commercial Firearms Policy

    Under this new policy, we will require new retail sector clients or partners to adhere to these best practices: (1) they donā€™t sell firearms to someone who hasnā€™t passed a background check, (2) they restrict the sale of firearms for individuals under 21 years of age, and (3) they donā€™t sell bump stocks or high-capacity magazines. This policy will apply across the firm, including to small business, commercial and institutional clients, as well as credit card partners, whether co-brand or private label. It doesn’t impact the ability of consumers to use their Citi cards at merchants of their choice.

    https://blog.citigroup.com/2018/03/announcing-our-us-commercial-firearms-policy


  20. Aussie Infidel
    21 | March 22, 2018 7:09 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    United fucks up again. With the MILITARY, no less.

    How stupid do you have to be to run a multi-billion dollar company?

    Military families on Guam moving to the U.S. mainland may be forced to leave their pets behind, following United Airlinesā€™ decision to suspend its pet transportation program until no later than May 1, following multiple delivery mistakes and at least one pet death.

    United is the only carrier flying directly between the island and the mainland U.S., according to families there, some of whom took to social media Wednesday to say they felt blindsided by Unitedā€™s announcement.

    https://www.weaselzippers.us/379183-military-family-pets-in-guam-stranded-as-united-airlines-suspends-shipments/

    I hope that the military will allow competition on the Guam route. BUT not that old time operator Continental. They had so many really dangerous and operationally shonky issues. The whole of the Pacific operators used to give Continental operators ‘extra space by off-setting tracks and adding a couple of hundred feet to altitudes to give us more chance of not having a mid air collision with some Continental ‘cowboys’ flying at the wrong altitudes to save fuel. Those bastards were lethal.

    One night a dispatch engineer in Auckland refused to sigh off a Continental aircraft because he discovered that the floor of a rear toilet had been replaced by a piece of plywood and the structural members were corroded by the blue toilet flush that was leaking everywhere and for a loooong time in the aircraft’s rear structure. Continental got a tame Senator to pressure the FAA to allow the aircraft to return to the US without getting an engineering clearance but with a full load of passengers aboard as well !

    That is criminal !


  21. Aussie Infidel
    22 | March 22, 2018 7:15 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    HA! McMaster out, Bolton in

    Fantastic news.

    Chris Liddel is the new Deputy Chief . I’m not sure of his credentials as he appears to be a typical establishment type. An old by of Mt. Albert Grammar School here in Auckland. One of six kids brought up by a widowed mother. I know his brother very well. He’s a major and 2IC of an infantry Battalion in NZ. Good guy and a great family that pulled themselves up with their own boot-straps. But Chris Liddel has held the top appointments of major international companies and may have caught the elitist infection. Just be careful of him until he proves himself


  22. Aussie Infidel
    23 | March 22, 2018 7:16 pm

    right_wing2 wrote:

    @ Aussie Infidel:
    Climate change.

    I Never allow the left to call it that.

    I have Global warming around their necks to ensure that they never forget that fuck up!


  23. Aussie Infidel
    24 | March 22, 2018 7:18 pm

    Obambi is lunching on Waiheke Island and flies out this evening.

    Don’t let the door hit ya on the way out arsehole.


  24. eaglesoars
    25 | March 22, 2018 7:19 pm

    Aussie Infidel wrote:

    Just be careful of him until he proves himself

    I assume he’s there by Bolton’s wish.

    Given the departures of Cohn, Tillerson, Dowd and now McMaster – and looking at who is replacing them – my sense is that Trump is going to the mattresses on the Norks, Iran, and Mueller


  25. eaglesoars
    26 | March 22, 2018 7:22 pm

    Aussie Infidel wrote:

    Donā€™t let the door hit ya on the way out arsehole.

    too bad the door isn’t an emergency exit behind the wing


  26. eaglesoars
    27 | March 22, 2018 7:26 pm

    what the actual fuck?

    Guccifer 2.0, the ā€œlone hackerā€ who took credit for providing WikiLeaks with stolen emails from the Democratic National Committee, was in fact an officer of Russiaā€™s military intelligence directorate (GRU), The Daily Beast has learned. Itā€™s an attribution that resulted from a fleeting but critical slip-up in GRU tradecraft.

    That forensic determination has substantial implications for the criminal probe into potential collusion between President Donald Trump and Russia. The Daily Beast has learned that the special counsel in that investigation, Robert Mueller, has taken over the probe into Guccifer and brought the FBI agents who worked to track the persona onto his team.

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/exclusive-lone-dnc-hacker-guccifer-20-slipped-up-and-revealed-he-was-a-russian-intelligence-officer


  27. 28 | March 22, 2018 7:27 pm

    What the hell are Republicans thinking with this budget? If Pelosi and Schumer like it, itā€™s got to be crap.


  28. Aussie Infidel
    30 | March 22, 2018 7:32 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    Aussie Infidel wrote:

    Just be careful of him until he proves himself

    I assume heā€™s there by Boltonā€™s wish.

    Given the departures of Cohn, Tillerson, Dowd and now McMaster ā€“ and looking at who is replacing them ā€“ my sense is that Trump is going to the mattresses on the Norks, Iran, and Mueller

    He just took over as Deputy Chief of Staff last week when he was passed over by Trump as the Chief Economic Advisor. You could feel the tension in the air between Kelly and Trump and it was only a mater of time!

    šŸ™‚


  29. Aussie Infidel
    31 | March 22, 2018 7:34 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    Aussie Infidel wrote:

    Just be careful of him until he proves himself

    I assume heā€™s there by Boltonā€™s wish.

    Given the departures of Cohn, Tillerson, Dowd and now McMaster ā€“ and looking at who is replacing them ā€“ my sense is that Trump is going to the mattresses on the Norks, Iran, and Mueller

    …. Trump is going to the mattresses on the Norks, Iran, and Mueller …. I sure hope that you’re right.

    WE do live in interesting times.

    šŸ™‚

    Too interesting on occasion!


  30. eaglesoars
    32 | March 22, 2018 7:35 pm

    Aussie Infidel wrote:

    Fantastic news.

    Ijust realized…that whole ‘staff told Trump not to congratulate Putin’ thing that go so conveniently leaked. Then reports said Trump never saw that.

    Remember early in the admin when some Oval mtg was leaked that insisted Trump revealed classified info to the Russians? McMaster was one of the very few people who could have leaked it. It was a lie, btw.

    So I wonder…Trump ignored staff instructions to not congratulate Putin story – never was true but WAS bait to see who leaked. McMaster.

    anyway, just a thought.


  31. 33 | March 22, 2018 7:37 pm

    Aussie Infidel wrote:

    WE do live in interesting times.

    New National Security director is John “The STASH” Bolton. “Interesting” might not be the right descriptive word for when we are living.


  32. eaglesoars
    34 | March 22, 2018 7:48 pm

    doriangrey wrote:

    ā€œInterestingā€

    The NORKS are redefining the term right about now.


  33. lobo91
    35 | March 22, 2018 8:06 pm

    doriangrey wrote:

    Aussie Infidel wrote:

    WE do live in interesting times.

    New National Security director is John ā€œThe STASHā€ Bolton. ā€œInterestingā€ might not be the right descriptive word for when we are living.

    And fortunately, that’s not a position the Senate gets any say on.


  34. lobo91
    36 | March 22, 2018 8:16 pm

    Breaking: Terrorist Attack At Travis Air Force Base

    A car loaded with propane tanks ran through the main gate at Travis Air Force Base in northern California on Wednesday night. Military personnel ran up to the burning car that exploded in flame after breaching the security gates.

    In video posted on an Air Force forum on Facebook, firefighters are seen attempting to put out the flames.

    Law enforcement sources say the car carried propane tanks and the driver deliberately ignited the fire. He died inside the car, which drove off the road into a ditch. There are no reports of shots fired during the incident. The driver has been identified by law enforcement but not been named.


  35. 37 | March 22, 2018 8:18 pm

    @ lobo91:
    Billy Bob? Bubba? Mohammad? Tyrone?


  36. eaglesoars
    38 | March 22, 2018 8:29 pm

    @ right_wing2:

    That doesn’t sound like a very well thought out approach to a terrorist attack against a military base.

    I’m guessing ‘Chelsea’


  37. lobo91
    39 | March 22, 2018 8:44 pm

    VIDEO=> Pelosi and Schumer Cheer Paul Ryanā€™s Omnibus: ā€œWe Were Able to Accomplish More Than When We Held Majorityā€

    House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer rushed out to celebrate the $1.3 trillion Omnibus bill that passed Congress today.

    The record spending bill funds all of the Democrat Partyā€™s pet projects and denies funding for Trumpā€™s border wall

    Democrats loved it!

    Chuck Schumer cheered the bill:

    ā€œIn a certain sense we were able to accomplish more in the minority than we had the presidency or were even in the majority.ā€


  38. AZfederalist
    40 | March 22, 2018 8:51 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    It doesnā€™t impact the ability of consumers to use their Citi cards at merchants of their choice.

    Umm, 1), 2), and [especoially]3) directly contradict that statement.


  39. lobo91
    41 | March 22, 2018 8:54 pm

    @ AZfederalist:

    Umm, 1), 2), and [especoially]3) directly contradict that statement.

    It’s a restriction on businesses that Citibank does business with, not on cardholders.


  40. AZfederalist
  41. AZfederalist
    43 | March 22, 2018 8:57 pm

    right_wing2 wrote:

    @ lobo91:
    Billy Bob? Bubba? Mohammad? Tyrone?

    Dang it! the blog pasted the wrong thing:

    Jedediah


  42. AZfederalist
    44 | March 22, 2018 8:57 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    Iā€™m guessing ā€˜Chelseaā€™

    … as in “#wegotthis”?


  43. AZfederalist
    45 | March 22, 2018 9:00 pm

    lobo91 wrote:

    Itā€™s a restriction on businesses that Citibank does business with, not on cardholders.

    If I’m a cardholder, legally over 18 and go into one of those stores to purchase a rifle or a 30 round magazine for my AR and want to pay for it with my Costco Citibank card, it darned well is a restriction on me.


  44. lobo91
    46 | March 22, 2018 9:02 pm

    AZfederalist wrote:

    lobo91 wrote:

    Itā€™s a restriction on businesses that Citibank does business with, not on cardholders.

    If Iā€™m a cardholder, legally over 18 and go into one of those stores to purchase a rifle or a 30 round magazine for my AR and want to pay for it with my Costco Citibank card, it darned well is a restriction on me.

    I rather doubt that many businesses are going to let Citibank tell them what to sell, so it will be moot. They’ll just switch banks


  45. Aussie Infidel
    47 | March 22, 2018 9:08 pm

    lobo91 wrote:

    doriangrey wrote:

    And fortunately, thatā€™s not a position the Senate gets any say on.

    No Omnibus bill until all the appointments to the Trump staff have been passed.

    Decouple the Defence appropriations from the bill and debate it separately.

    Likewise other security related bills that protect the core of the State.

    re-impose the 50% +1 requirement to pass these bills just as the Dems did in the other house.

    Fight fire with fire.


  46. Aussie Infidel
    48 | March 22, 2018 9:13 pm

    lobo91 wrote:

    @ AZfederalist:

    Umm, 1), 2), and [especoially]3) directly contradict that statement.

    Itā€™s a restriction on businesses that Citibank does business with, not on cardholders.

    The card holders are the ones at the end of the transaction line however.

    If business wants to dabble in politics then they will find pretty quickly that they are only servicing 50 % of the population which in turnover terms means they go out of business or are forced to retrench and downsize which opens the market for more agile non-political competitors to enter the marketplace.

    Smells like suicide on Citibank’s behalf. Maybe they should have been left to die in the ditch back in 2008 by the taxpayers.

    SPIT !


  47. AZfederalist
    49 | March 22, 2018 9:13 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    https://blog.citigroup.com/2018/03/announcing-our-us-commercial-firearms-policy

    … and it appears that Citibank is “moderating” the comments. Guess they got too many negative comments before they stepped in. They aren’t moderating up-votes though


  48. AZfederalist
    51 | March 22, 2018 9:18 pm

    lobo91 wrote:

    I rather doubt that many businesses are going to let Citibank tell them what to sell, so it will be moot. Theyā€™ll just switch banks

    From the statement: This policy will apply across the firm, including to small business, commercial and institutional clients, as well as credit card partners, whether co-brand or private label.

    My assumption was that a “credit card partner” includes merchants accepting those cards. If not, then I’m using my Costco Citibank card everytime I go into Sportsman’s Warehouse to buy standard AR magazines.


  49. RIX
    53 | March 22, 2018 9:30 pm

    Loyola of Chicago just beat Nevada 69 to 68! they have won three tournament games by a total of four points.
    This is surreal, Loyola is going to the Elite Eight. They are rockin this town


  50. eaglesoars
    54 | March 22, 2018 9:33 pm

    AZfederalist wrote:

    My assumption was that a ā€œcredit card partnerā€ includes merchants accepting those cards

    I don’t give a flying fuck one way or the other. Where does it stop? Tobacco products? Sodas? Fossil fuels? Products from Israel?

    My next payment will be my last.


  51. eaglesoars
    55 | March 22, 2018 9:35 pm

    doriangrey wrote:

    @ doriangrey:
    https://twitter.com/OscarWildeGrey/status/976993313998848000

    dammit! I NEVER get to see the good stuff.


  52. eaglesoars
    57 | March 22, 2018 9:39 pm

    AZfederalist wrote:

    eaglesoars wrote:

    Iā€™m guessing ā€˜Chelseaā€™

    ā€¦ as in ā€œ#wegotthisā€?

    uh huh


  53. eaglesoars
    58 | March 22, 2018 9:43 pm

    RIX wrote:

    Anybody else had enough of this kid?

    yeah. I imagine that’s going to be true for a lot more people shortly. Don’t know if you caught it, but to me he looks like what Goebbels must have looked like when he was young.


  54. 59 | March 22, 2018 9:49 pm

    @ RIX:

    You mean… Besides the entire State of Florida who are under 18? Oh yea, he just royally pissed them off. Every school kid should wear a clear plastic back pack.


  55. eaglesoars
    60 | March 22, 2018 9:59 pm

    doriangrey wrote:

    Every school kid should wear a clear plastic back pack.

    *snicker*

    If you’re watching John Sullivan on Hannity talk about Mueller and his cover up of Putin/Uranium 1 for Obama, here’s a piece he wrote about it back in October

    FBI uncovered Russian bribery plot before Obama administration approved controversial nuclear deal with Moscow

    http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/355749-fbi-uncovered-russian-bribery-plot-before-obama-administration

    And here’s another general piece on his corruption

    https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/28555-probing-mueller-what-were-his-roles-in-boston-mafia-murders-uranium-one-and-other-fbi-scandals


  56. RIX
    61 | March 22, 2018 10:01 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    RIX wrote:

    Anybody else had enough of this kid?

    yeah. I imagine thatā€™s going to be true for a lot more people shortly. Donā€™t know if you caught it, but to me he looks like what Goebbels must have looked like when he was young.

    That is a good observation. He is a creepy little demogouge


  57. RIX
    62 | March 22, 2018 10:02 pm

    doriangrey wrote:

    @ RIX:

    You meanā€¦ Besides the entire State of Florida who are under 18? Oh yea, he just royally pissed them off. Every school kid should wear a clear plastic back pack.

    Right, how do you hide your weed?


  58. RIX
    63 | March 22, 2018 10:04 pm

    Good night all.


  59. eaglesoars
    64 | March 22, 2018 10:06 pm

    nite rix


  60. eaglesoars
    66 | March 22, 2018 10:39 pm

    @ doriangrey:

    is anybody else seeing this or did you just get lucky (I’m not doubting you, it would be nice to hear what others see)


  61. eaglesoars
    67 | March 22, 2018 10:42 pm

    watch the video on this and tell me it’s not l’enfant Goebbels

    https://www.weaselzippers.us/379326-parklands-david-hogg-promises-to-oppose-pro-gun-democrats/


  62. eaglesoars
    68 | March 22, 2018 10:53 pm

    and….I’m out. sleep well, tomorrow’s weather is going to suck again, I suggest you all do what I did and get a puppy.


  63. AZfederalist
    69 | March 22, 2018 11:39 pm

    RIX wrote:

    Anybody else had enough of this kid?

    Like about the first time he was featured on TV


  64. 70 | March 22, 2018 11:41 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    is anybody else seeing this or did you just get lucky (Iā€™m not doubting you, it would be nice to hear what others see)

    I do not really know. I mean, nobody else here at my house saw it. I called them out to see it, but by the time they got outside all that was left was the weird tunnel in the clouds.


  65. rain of lead
    71 | March 23, 2018 6:49 am

    morning y’all
    so today is the last day of my job…

    cause I got a promotion and a raise.
    start my NEW job on sunday

    automotive dept mgr
    thus the new gravitar šŸ™‚


  66. coldwarrior
    73 | March 23, 2018 8:17 am

    rain of lead wrote:

    morning yā€™all
    so today is the last day of my jobā€¦

    cause I got a promotion and a raise.
    start my NEW job on sunday

    automotive dept mgr
    thus the new gravitar

    all hail, Caesar!

    šŸ˜†


  67. 74 | March 23, 2018 8:24 am

    I have an interview tomorrow at Royal Caribbeanā€™s call center. It pays a bit more than Iā€™m making now. On Monday I have the big interview at the power company for their call center, which pays a lot more. The RC job could start as early as 4/9, no idea on the other one.

    Debating if I get offered the job with RC, and it starts 4/2, if itā€™s fair to them to suddenly back out if the power company job comes through.

    Possible interview today at the current company, too.


  68. coldwarrior
    75 | March 23, 2018 8:38 am

    right_wing2 wrote:

    Debating if I get offered the job with RC, and it starts 4/2, if itā€™s fair to them to suddenly back out if the power company job comes through.

    yes, happens all the time.


  69. RIX
    76 | March 23, 2018 9:05 am

    Good morning. Trump is now threatening to veto the Omnibus Bill. Do it


  70. eaglesoars
    77 | March 23, 2018 9:08 am

    right_wing2 wrote:

    if itā€™s fair to them to suddenly back out if the power company job comes through.

    I’ve been responsible for staffing teams and believe me, it happens. If possible, I’d come up with a counter-offer to keep the person if they were that good, if not, life goes on. Everybody understands the first responsibility is to family and the career that supports it. ‘Fair’ is a luxury. Good luck, no guilt.


  71. eaglesoars
    78 | March 23, 2018 9:09 am

    rain of lead wrote:

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/03/22/giddy-up-doj-admits-they-have-a-grand-jury-empaneled-in-fbi-and-doj-investigation/

    but no idea what the grand jury is actually about, is there?


  72. 79 | March 23, 2018 9:38 am

    RIX wrote:

    https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/03/22/good-talk-david-hogg-says-nra-are-pathetic-fkers-that-want-to-keep-killing-our-children/
    @ Twitchy
    Anybody else had enough of this kid?

    Time Magazine’s cover this week is of the Famewhore Four + 1 with the legend “ENOUGH” written across it.

    The irony was not lost on Twitter.


  73. RIX
    81 | March 23, 2018 9:45 am

    Deplorable Barbarian wrote:

    RIX wrote:

    https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/03/22/good-talk-david-hogg-says-nra-are-pathetic-fkers-that-want-to-keep-killing-our-children/
    @ Twitchy
    Anybody else had enough of this kid?

    Time Magazineā€™s cover this week is of the Famewhore Four + 1 with the legend ā€œENOUGHā€ written across it.

    The irony was not lost on Twitter.

    Obviously they have no sense of irony. That David Hogg is one nasty little nose bleed.


  74. 83 | March 23, 2018 10:05 am

    @ RIX:

    And he makes the mistake that all narcissic attention junkies make. And that is working overtime to make sure he stays in the public eye, upping the ante each time. Now he’s an apparent expert on disenfranchised voters, making a silly speech about how Voter ID is wrong. Except in this one he doesn’t have the crowd. A healthy majority of the country SUPPORTS needing an ID to vote. Yeah, he’s done. They couldn’t even get TV time after the MD shooting, although I’m sure they waited by the phones all day.


  75. eaglesoars
    84 | March 23, 2018 10:07 am

    RIX wrote:

    Will he do it?

    I love the way he nailed the Dems on ‘abandoning’ the Dreamers and grabbed the high ground on that one


  76. 85 | March 23, 2018 10:10 am

    eaglesoars wrote:

    andā€¦.Iā€™m out. sleep well, tomorrowā€™s weather is going to suck again, I suggest you all do what I did and get a puppy.

    And Today is National Puppy Day!
    So … NO excuses!


  77. 86 | March 23, 2018 10:13 am

    RIX wrote:

    https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/03/23/trump-threatens-veto-of-1-3-trillion-spending-bill-to-address-daca/
    @ Twitchy
    Will he do it?

    Does House have enough votes to override, though?


  78. eaglesoars
    87 | March 23, 2018 10:16 am

    oh jeez. The girl who was shot at the Maryland high school is being taken off life support

    ——–

    Mother of Maryland high school shooting victim, 16, who was gunned down by jilted ex reveals her daughter is ‘brain dead’ and will be taken off life support

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5533859/Wounded-teen-fights-life-despite-Facebook-message.html


  79. eaglesoars
    88 | March 23, 2018 10:26 am

    Apparently the situation in France is over, ISIS bad guy dead.

    Police storm French supermarket and shoot dead ISIS gunman who was holding hostages as it emerges he had killed a person before beginning his siege, where he killed two of his captives

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5535755/Shooting-hostage-taking-supermarket-south-France.html


  80. 89 | March 23, 2018 10:31 am

    @ eaglesoars:

    My heart breaks for her.

    @ eaglesoars:

    This would be France – land of serious GUN CONTROL?


  81. eaglesoars
    90 | March 23, 2018 10:39 am

    Deplorable Barbarian wrote:

    This would be France ā€“ land of serious GUN CONTROL?

    mais oui!


  82. eaglesoars
    91 | March 23, 2018 10:40 am

    Deplorable Barbarian wrote:

    My heart breaks for her.

    I just heard she died shortly before midnite last nite after life support was removed.


  83. coldwarrior
    92 | March 23, 2018 10:59 am

    Fed budget needs to be expressed as % of gdp.


  84. coldwarrior
    93 | March 23, 2018 11:02 am

    Debt also has to be expressed in % of GDP.

    Wages have to be expressed in a base year dollars, as do prices.

    Tax revenue may be expressed in base year dollars OR % of gdp.


  85. coldwarrior
    94 | March 23, 2018 11:02 am

    There is some sloppy-assed econ reporting going on both left and right.

    Propaganda


  86. coldwarrior
    95 | March 23, 2018 11:13 am

    This is so full of cognitive dissonance.
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5532631/Clintons-one-way-open-marriage-pollster-says.html


  87. 96 | March 23, 2018 11:23 am

    @ Deplorable Barbarian:
    A puppy? Along with all the cats?! Dear God mass chaos.


  88. 97 | March 23, 2018 11:24 am

    @ coldwarrior:
    Inflation should include food prices.


  89. eaglesoars
    98 | March 23, 2018 11:29 am

    coldwarrior wrote:

    This is so full of cognitive dissonance.

    It’s Mark Penn. Anyone who hitches his wagon to the Clintons is not going to be the definition of ‘clarity’.


  90. eaglesoars
    99 | March 23, 2018 11:31 am

    right_wing2 wrote:

    Dear God mass chaos.

    well yeah, that’s kinda the point. People who are into tidy houses and quiet shouldn’t be around dogs. Mine wreck the house twice a day and for all the chews I bring home, there’s an astonishing amount of shredded cardboard, newspaper around and bathroom doors are closed because she figured out the toilet paper trick (I have pictures)


  91. coldwarrior
    100 | March 23, 2018 11:41 am

    right_wing2 wrote:

    @ coldwarrior:
    Inflation should include food prices.

    https://inflationdata.com/articles/2008/02/24/what-is-core-inflation-and-why-doesnt-it-include-food-and-energy/

    its a pretty good explaination


  92. darkwords
    101 | March 23, 2018 11:47 am

    @ RIX:
    If he doesnā€™t get a wall and jobs he should veto. Iā€™m ok with rubber stamping this year if next year he puts an end to pc bs. Little worried about the midterms. But Iā€™ ll stand by Trump.


  93. 102 | March 23, 2018 12:13 pm

    @ eaglesoars:

    This is why I always adopt older dogs. They don’t have time for the toilet paper trick because they’re too busy drinking out of the commode. Plus I like my shoes in pairs….not one good one and one chew toy.


  94. eaglesoars
    103 | March 23, 2018 12:18 pm

    Deplorable Barbarian wrote:

    .not one good one and one chew toy.

    I give ’em up for Lent


  95. eaglesoars
    104 | March 23, 2018 12:20 pm

    I’m reading/listening about this budget bill and wondering where the hell Ryan et al were? Nancy Pelosi wrote it, it sounds like and the crowing coming from the Dem side is embarrassing.

    I’m confused. To say the least.


  96. Deplorable Bumr50
    105 | March 23, 2018 12:27 pm

    @ eaglesoars:

    Limbaugh posited that the whole thing is to discredit Trump, a way of showing he can’t change anything and has to real power in DC.


  97. eaglesoars
    106 | March 23, 2018 12:30 pm

    @ Deplorable Bumr50:

    yeah and it looks like the Rs just stood there with their dicks in their hands and let it happen


  98. eaglesoars
    107 | March 23, 2018 12:50 pm

    Trump news conf 1pm


  99. eaglesoars
    108 | March 23, 2018 1:07 pm

    AP & CNN reporting he will sign the bill

    I am gobsmacked


  100. RIX
    109 | March 23, 2018 1:24 pm

    @ eaglesoars:
    There was a Republican operative on just now. Unless I misunderstood he claimed that Trump should sign the bill,
    because then the pressure will be on Congress.


  101. eaglesoars
    110 | March 23, 2018 1:28 pm

    he’s using the military funding as an excuse for signing


  102. coldwarrior
    111 | March 23, 2018 1:33 pm

    @ RIX:
    @ eaglesoars:

    lets see how this plays out over the next few weeks.


  103. RIX
    112 | March 23, 2018 1:35 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    heā€™s using the military funding as an excuse for signing

    Saw this coming, that is why he had lunch with Mattis. He should have vetoed this theft of the taxpayers.
    This is really disappointing.


  104. RIX
    113 | March 23, 2018 1:38 pm

    coldwarrior wrote:

    @ RIX:
    @ eaglesoars:

    lets see how this plays out over the next few weeks.

    Hate to say it , but the corrupt plutocrats ate Trumps lunch and you know that they are enjoying this.


  105. eaglesoars
    114 | March 23, 2018 1:46 pm

    coldwarrior wrote:

    @ RIX:
    @ eaglesoars:

    lets see how this plays out over the next few weeks.

    I hear what you’re saying but I’m not sanguine. The media are already portraying him as ‘weak’ and they’ve got ammo.


  106. RIX
    115 | March 23, 2018 1:48 pm

    Trump said, ā€œI will never sign another bill like this again ā€œ
    Well ok then./


  107. eaglesoars
    116 | March 23, 2018 2:18 pm

    rush is saying the bill give money for 33 miles of wall in Texas but specifies none of it may be built according to the prototypes

    this is ridiculous

    Trump could have vetoed the bill, insisted on the cuts he wanted and used that for some of the military

    He got NOTHING. Dave Bratt said the Senate put in the bill that they won’t be doing another budget next year

    So Paul Ryan’s excuse that “it’s only 6 mos.” is a lie.

    Tell me how Trump didn’t get rolled


  108. 117 | March 23, 2018 3:22 pm

    If Twitter is any indication, Trump supporters are PISSED.
    This is going to be the election of 2006 all over again come November.


  109. eaglesoars
    118 | March 23, 2018 3:24 pm

    @ Deplorable Barbarian:

    I had a 2:30 mtg so I didn’t get to hear all of Rush but from what I heard, it’s pitchforks and torches.

    I am not among them. Trump has done an enormous amount of good and god knows we’ve been thru worse. And we’ll get A LOT worse if we quit now.


  110. darkwords
    119 | March 23, 2018 3:43 pm

    For me the wall has to be built. Otherwise the politically correct side wins. I would just have the military build it. Add in machine gun towers to piss off liberals.


  111. darkwords
    120 | March 23, 2018 3:44 pm

    @ eaglesoars:
    What stuns me are the Jeff Flakes and the Paul Ryans. I think they are twisted people trying to project a holy wholesome image.


  112. 121 | March 23, 2018 3:45 pm

    @ eaglesoars:

    I live in John Garamendi’s District so there’s no way that POS doesn’t get re-elected – and under our skewed primary system, he’ll win nomination easily. But I will be curious in the districts that matter if RINOS get primaried out and fiscal conservatives put in their place.

    You’re right – we have a long way to go.


  113. eaglesoars
    122 | March 23, 2018 4:03 pm

    @ darkwords:

    Jeff Flake doesn’t surprise me in the least. Paul Ryan needs to be kicked to the curb.

    Deplorable Barbarian wrote:

    But I will be curious in the districts that matter if RINOS get primaried out and fiscal conservatives put in their place.

    RINOS are what the GOPe produce and protect. So the answer is no.

    I think the more interesting/important fight will be on the Hill among the Jim Jordan/Dave Bratt crew and the Ryan/McConnell imbedded crooks.

    Just a loose thought rattling around: this military funding thing. I know it’s been neglected for too long but I’m wondering if there’s some urgency we’re not aware of that Mattis, et.al., are. And that put the fear of the Almighty into Trump to get this ball rolling now because we’re going to need this military sooner than we’d like.


  114. 123 | March 23, 2018 4:06 pm

    @ eaglesoars:

    I saw a blurb that Mattis went to see Trump this a.m.


  115. eaglesoars
    124 | March 23, 2018 4:13 pm

    Deplorable Barbarian wrote:

    @ eaglesoars:

    I saw a blurb that Mattis went to see Trump this a.m.

    may be nothing. just to go over the remarks Mattis would make this afternoon. who knows.

    Trump is a fighter. He’s picked a fight, I just don’t know which one it is.


  116. 125 | March 23, 2018 4:44 pm

    @ eaglesoars:
    Cats arenā€™t any better. Weā€™re constantly cleaning up some mess or other. One drags laundry up from the basement. But itā€™s worth it.


  117. eaglesoars
    126 | March 23, 2018 5:04 pm

    right_wing2 wrote:

    One drags laundry up from the basement.

    Well,if it’s clean, you’re halfway there!


  118. 127 | March 23, 2018 6:06 pm

    Attacker identified in last night’s terror attempt at Travis AFB. 51-eyar old 51-year-old Hafiz Kazi.

    http://abc7news.com/3

    Oh and I’ll be claiming the title of SURVIVOR, even though I was five miles away and not in any danger….


  119. 128 | March 23, 2018 6:07 pm

    @ eaglesoars:
    It is! Heā€™ll pull a sock from between the slats of a hamper. Weird cat has brought up socks, rags, shorts, golf shirts and his record was Mrs MFā€™s sweater. Heā€™ll ā€˜serenadeā€™ us while he does it, too. We nicknamed him ā€˜oddboyā€™.


  120. coldwarrior
    129 | March 23, 2018 6:14 pm

    new thread.


  121. AZfederalist
    130 | March 23, 2018 8:08 pm

    rain of lead wrote:

    automotive dept mgr
    thus the new gravitar

    Well, congratulations


  122. AZfederalist
    131 | March 23, 2018 8:12 pm

    eaglesoars wrote:

    Police storm French supermarket and shoot dead ISIS gunman who was holding hostages as it emerges he had killed a person before beginning his siege, where he killed two of his captives

    Why, that is impossible. France has strict gun control laws. The kind of laws David Hogg and the other idiots want here. No way could an ISIS terrorist have gotten a gun in France. /s


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