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So Who’s Messing With The California Primaries?

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 168 Comments › )
Filed under Corruption, Elections 2018, Open thread, Politics, Progressives at May 28th, 2018 - 10:54 pm

The California Primaries are coming up on June 5th, the campaign flyers are filling up mail boxes in every neighborhood, and everyone is eyeballing the race for Governor except for those who aren’t.

California has “Open Primaries” which allows one to vote for any candidate regardless of one’s party affiliation, i.e., Democrats may vote for Republican candidates and vice-versa. Although it may sound reasonable to some, it has the potential to allow one political party to determine the nominee of the opposing party, which dilutes and undermines the credibility of election results. Getting the weaker candidate of the opposing party nominated is the game.

The race for California Governor is interesting this year, because there’s a chance, albeit remote, that the voters might wrest control from the incumbent socialists. The top four contenders as of 28 May are:

Gavin Newsom (D)
John Cox (R)
Antonio (aka Tony Villar) Villaraigosa (D)
Travis Allen (R).

Now back to the campaign flyers. Check this out.

That’s a typical flyer of half-truths and misinformation, Travis Allen doesn’t appear to have a chance,  but who paid for it?

Major funding from
Reed Hastings (Netflix CEO)
Eli Broad (NYC multi-billionaire, philanthropist, anti-2nd Amendment, pro-taxes)
Michael Bloomberg (ex-Mayor of New York City)

Note that the not-so-cleverly-embedded “Hillary Logo” attempts to equate John Cox to HRC. Pheeew.

California State Assemblyman Travis Allen is certainly qualified for the position of Governor, but he’s a long shot compared to John Cox, so why would people opposing Cox support Allen? Seems obvious.

[Sources: RealClear Politics 28 May 2018 and scan of an original mailer.]

[Update: Among those who have endorsed John Cox for Governor to date are John Coupal / Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, Newt Gingrich and POTUS Donald J. Trump.]

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168 Responses to “So Who’s Messing With The California Primaries?”
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  1. Calo
    1 | May 28, 2018 11:15 pm

    It will be interesting to see how the top two primary system will affect the results.


  2. 2 | May 28, 2018 11:24 pm

    I’ma gonna send a blog link to everyone and anyone I can think of.


  3. 3 | May 29, 2018 12:44 am

    @ Calo:
    I sent it off to Drudge, linked back here. If this place crashes you’ll know why.


  4. 4 | May 29, 2018 1:01 am

    @ Bunk X:
    https://youtu.be/LrjHz5hrupA


  5. coldwarrior
    5 | May 29, 2018 6:04 am

    Thanks bunk!

    I’m stuck in the salt mines!


  6. rain of lead
    6 | May 29, 2018 6:43 am

    morning y’all


  7. 7 | May 29, 2018 8:59 am

    So I had the weirdest dream last night.

    I was visiting England, (which is in itself pretty weird, since the British have gone stone cold bonkers) Oxford to be specific. And I experienced a child like delight, and crushing disappointment at the same moment.

    The child like delight, was because I was visiting the main library at the University of Oxford (and yes, I was sneaking around trying to find hidden doors that lead to secret book stacks) and as I stood in the grand entrance-way of the library, I realized that I had forgotten my cell phone (which of course meant my camera) back at the hotel.

    That was the crushing disappointment, there I was, in the main library of the University of Oxford, and I didn’t have a camera to take pictures…

    Hmmm… Did my inner nerd just poke his head out? Ok, its true… I get all wobbly inside when visiting grand historic libraries. Yes, its also true that I spent a year (while going to college the first time) working 10 hours a week as an unpaid library volunteer. Yes, I am something of a librariphile.

    Ok… You are now returned to your regularly scheduled program…


  8. 8 | May 29, 2018 9:01 am

    Oh, and as ya’ll probably know, the Barbarian and I have been discussing this very subject for about the last week or so. I myself have been leaning towards Travis Allen, I will now have to reconsider this.


  9. 9 | May 29, 2018 9:16 am

    OK, so this is absolutely sick cool… When does this technology hit the Maker community i.e., Hobie community?

    Rapid Prototyping and Digital Sand Casting Services
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8MaVaqNr3U


  10. 10 | May 29, 2018 9:28 am

    @ doriangrey:

    All snark aside… As most of you are no doubt well aware, most 3D modeling CAD software these days has built in scaling parameters. Which means, if you use the software right, any change you make to the size or scale of one part of your design, is automatically re-scaled to the entire model.

    So, let’s say you have a full complete CAD model for a Falcon 9 first stage rocket engine. And you want to build your own model rocket. Well, obviously the Falcon 9 engine is way to big for your average 12 foot tall scale model of a Falcon 9. So… Change the scale of the engine to 1/16th scale and Ta-da… Now you have a Falcon 9 first stage rocket engine CAD file…

    Import that file into this new fangled 3D sand cast printer… and Damn it Jim, I’m a Doctor not a Rocket Scientist… Bones… I… Don’t… Care… Just… Fix… The… Damned… Thing…

    Now Bob is well and truly your uncle.


  11. RIX
    11 | May 29, 2018 2:08 pm

    http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/05/breaking-abc-cancels-roseanne-television-show-following-tweet-on-valerie-jarrett/
    @ Gateway Pundit
    ABC cancels the Roseanne show because of a tweet. Wait until you see the tweet.


  12. 12 | May 29, 2018 2:23 pm

    RIX wrote:

    http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/05/breaking-abc-cancels-roseanne-television-show-following-tweet-on-valerie-jarrett/
    @ Gateway Pundit
    ABC cancels the Roseanne show because of a tweet. Wait until you see the tweet.

    I’m going to predict a massive lawsuit from Roseanne, and huge push back by the fans of her show.


  13. 13 | May 29, 2018 3:52 pm

    @ Calo:

    There are lots of Democrats running – but it’s Newsome and Villaraigosa that are the top two. However, Villaraigosa is SoCal – Newsome is NorCal and there’s a hell of a lot more of the former than the latter. Couple that with Dems that don’t like either one, and it could be split badly.

    Taxes are a big issue in California right now. Gas taxes went up, which affects everyone. I heard a lot of grumbling at the pump. And illegals are not as popular in this state, nor is the sanctuary city policy, as the Democrats would have you believe. There is anger at illegals voting and other voter fraud.

    We won’t turn the state RED of course, but I hear a lot of people saying that the Democrats in Sacramento have got to go. And NEWSOME, as Lt. Governor for the last 8 years, has the Patina of Jerry Brown on him.

    @ doriangrey:

    I’ll stick with Allen – He was in a debate up here a couple weeks ago with Newsome, Villagiarosa and Cox and a couple of no-names – and he wiped the floor with them. Even LIBERALS were voting that he’d won. I won’t hold him responsible for what some over-eagers may have put out.

    Oh, and that endorsement from Tom McClintock goes a long way with me.

    BTW, I give the conservative viewpoint to candidate Jeff Bleich (Lt. Governor); I’ve told him you’ll get nowhere off that ballot without Red California supporting you.


  14. 14 | May 29, 2018 5:04 pm

    @ doriangrey:

    ABC cancels Roseanne.

    The same network that has let Whoppie Goldberg and Joy Behar smear and slam the President, call Christians mentally ill, and basically libel anyone they don’t like.

    The same network that has put that probably legally insane Keither Olbermann back onto ESPN.

    And they say she doesn’t espouse their “values.”

    WHAT values?


  15. rain of lead
    16 | May 29, 2018 6:10 pm

    Marsha Blackburn is a full throated 110% trump supporter


  16. 17 | May 29, 2018 6:12 pm

    The Barbarian wrote:

    And they say she doesn’t espouse their “values.”

    Why, their Marxist/Socialist values of course.


  17. 18 | May 29, 2018 6:39 pm

    Listening to Levin play the clips of Marco Rubio on set with Martha Radish (sarc) literally justifying the spying on the Trump campaign makes me sick to my stomach that I ever had any faith in Little Marco….


  18. 19 | May 29, 2018 7:47 pm

    The Barbarian wrote:

    Listening to Levin play the clips of Marco Rubio on set with Martha Radish (sarc) literally justifying the spying on the Trump campaign makes me sick to my stomach that I ever had any faith in Little Marco….

    Lil Marco is a snake in the grass alright. Like a rattlesnake, all coiled up and waiting to strike. Damned shame we can’t treat snakes like Lil Marco the way we treat rattlesnakes here in SoCal.

    Blow their heads off, peel the hides off their backs and stretch the hides and cover them with salt until they cure, then hang them on the wall as a trophy.


  19. RIX
    20 | May 29, 2018 8:03 pm

    doriangrey wrote:

    RIX wrote:

    http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/05/breaking-abc-cancels-roseanne-television-show-following-tweet-on-valerie-jarrett/
    @ Gateway Pundit
    ABC cancels the Roseanne show because of a tweet. Wait until you see the tweet.

    I’m going to predict a massive lawsuit from Roseanne, and huge push back by the fans of her show.

    Could be.


  20. 21 | May 29, 2018 8:05 pm

    @ doriangrey:

    You guys may not like Ted Cruz but near as I can tell, he’s supported Trump’s vision since the inauguration. Rubio, Bush, McCain, Kasich, the rest of the Sore Loser club are acting like five year olds because they lost. Political campaigns are nasty. You came after him. He fired back. Your annoyance is that you shot at him with a .22; he came back at you with a bazooka.

    Grow the EFF up.


  21. 22 | May 29, 2018 8:06 pm

    @ The Barbarian:

    I mean for the loser CANDIDATES to grow the eff up…..not anybody here!


  22. 23 | May 29, 2018 8:06 pm

    @ coldwarrior:
    Apparently the same people are paying for John Cox smear ads on radio (and presumably on TV that I don’t watch). Cox has begun running counter-ads, so it’s not a secret what they’re trying to do.


  23. 24 | May 29, 2018 8:13 pm

    @ doriangrey:
    Sorry, Dorian (and others) but I haven’t been here in a while – too long I think – so I missed out on the discussion. Been busy in meatworld, had to comb back on blogging time a bit. Trying to keep Diary of Daedalus alive for the regulars and their banter, but even there the new threads are infrequent.


  24. 25 | May 29, 2018 8:20 pm

    @ Bunk X:

    WINNING! is hitting the DoD too!


  25. 26 | May 29, 2018 8:27 pm

    @ The Barbarian:
    FWIW, Newt Gingrich, Rush and POTUS have all endorsed Cox.


  26. 27 | May 29, 2018 8:30 pm

    @ Deplorable Macker:
    😀 😀 😛


  27. 28 | May 29, 2018 8:35 pm

    @ The Barbarian:
    The Missus and I were Cruzers, but in retrospect, the only one who could beat Hillary was The Donald. I was apprehensive, but now I’m pleased.


  28. 29 | May 29, 2018 8:41 pm

    Bunk X wrote:

    but now I’m pleased.

    So, you were only mostly dead.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SamgviMdxes

    But you got better eh?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6pZuAJjBa4


  29. rain of lead
    30 | May 29, 2018 8:58 pm

    trump just mentioned the embassy in jeruslem (sp?) crowd went NUTS


  30. rain of lead
    31 | May 29, 2018 9:14 pm

    Trump mentions Corker…and the crowd Boo’s, loudly


  31. 32 | May 29, 2018 9:28 pm

    @ rain of lead:
    @ rain of lead:

    Trump is a lot smarter than the Democrats would like people to believe. He has taken the most effective plays out of the playbooks of FDR, (Fireside chats and train tours) JFK (Television addresses) Ronald Reagan (humorous shots at his opponents) and BO, (use of social media and non stop campaigning) and his is using them all with a massive doses of Saul Alinsky tactics to cripple and disarm his opponents.


  32. 33 | May 29, 2018 9:29 pm

    @ doriangrey:
    Yes. So what’s your point?


  33. 34 | May 29, 2018 9:40 pm

    Oh great… Seems one of my nephews has decided to invent a new sport/game…

    Chicken tossing. The object of this sport/game… Is to see how high you can toss a chicken into the air. Chickens can fly… sort of. They can’t fly very high, or for very long. But they can fly. So, pretty much as high as you can throw one, they do not come back down like a rock.

    Though to be honest, I can’t tell whether the chickens like this new sport/game or not. They are after all, chickens, and not very bright. I used to have a airsoft piston that when they tried to sneak into my container, I would shot them with.

    It took less than a week for the Chickens to decide it was a hoot to try to sneak in without getting shot. When I would hit one of them, they would stop dead in their tracks, give me a dirty look and quit running and slowly saunter away, only to make a mad dash for the door again a couple minutes later.

    They did this about 200 times a day, until my airsoft pistol broke, now they kind of wander up, look around confused, and run away, then stop and look back at me as if to say… Well? aren’t you going to shoot us?

    So who knows? Maybe the Chickens like the “Toss the Chicken” game, after all, who knows the mind of a Chicken?


  34. 35 | May 29, 2018 9:41 pm

    Bunk X wrote:

    @ doriangrey:
    Yes. So what’s your point?

    I Princess Brided and Monty Pythoned you in the same quote… Seems the ole Bunkster is loosing his mojo…


  35. 36 | May 29, 2018 9:58 pm

    @ doriangrey:
    How big was your container and what were you doing in it?


  36. 37 | May 29, 2018 9:59 pm

    @ doriangrey:
    No, just making you work for it.


  37. 38 | May 29, 2018 10:02 pm

    @ doriangrey:
    Y’know, Dorian, when I first wandered over here in the late 1980s, you and Calo were the first to say “Hi.” I think you both were also the first to say, “Now go away.”


  38. 39 | May 29, 2018 10:31 pm

    Bunk X wrote:

    @ doriangrey:
    How big was your container and what were you doing in it?

    Its a standard 40 by 8.5 by 8.5 shipping container, and I live in it. Oh how the mighty have fallen. No job, can’t seem to find one to save my life, means I am living in a container at my sole remaining family members house. I was my mom’s care taker for 20 years. The last 7 or 8 years she prevailed upon me to not take a job because she was afraid of being alone.

    Now at 57, finding anyone who will hire me with a 10 year gap in my employment history is proving to be a real mother fucker. In case you hadn’t heard, my sister died in 2015, my mother in 2016 and my brother in 2017. 2015 through 2017 really sucked. Things aren’t getting any worse at this exact moment, but they aren’t getting any better either. My youngest brother (my only surviving family member) had his first heart attack in 2018.


  39. Possum
    40 | May 29, 2018 10:45 pm

    @ doriangrey:

    So where is your nearest airport?


  40. Possum
    41 | May 29, 2018 10:51 pm

    Possum wrote:

    @ doriangrey:

    So where is your nearest airport?

    because I ain’t driving.


  41. 42 | May 29, 2018 11:02 pm

    Possum wrote:

    @ doriangrey:

    So where is your nearest airport?

    Possum wrote:

    @ doriangrey:

    So where is your nearest airport?

    About 40 miles away. Not sure my brother would let you move in, I already have 3 rabbits and 2 squirrels living under the container. I just had to evict the 3 mice who moved in without permission.


  42. lobo91
    43 | May 29, 2018 11:09 pm

    @ doriangrey:

    I just had to evict the 3 mice who moved in without permission.

    Damn illegals…
    //


  43. 44 | May 29, 2018 11:12 pm

    @ doriangrey:
    Dang. I didn’t know. You got a swamp cooler?


  44. 45 | May 29, 2018 11:16 pm

    @ Possum:
    Fly into Ontario or John Wayne. I’ll pick you up and drop you off outside of a container.


  45. 46 | May 29, 2018 11:22 pm

    Bunk X wrote:

    @ doriangrey:
    Dang. I didn’t know. You got a swamp cooler?

    Nope, but I am negotiating a air conditioner for this summer. Brother has been threatening to fix the central air in the house for a couple years and if/when he does an air conditioner might become available. Right now its not bad and I am making due with a couple of fans.


  46. Possum
    47 | May 29, 2018 11:22 pm

    Bunk X wrote:

    @ doriangrey:
    Dang. I didn’t know. You got a swamp cooler?

    I am thinking solar tower one end and swamp cooler the other end.

    Airflow.

    Plus covering container with dirt and growing stuff on it.


  47. Calo
    48 | May 29, 2018 11:24 pm

    @ Possum:
    Wouldn’t cutting out some windows give better, more economical air flow?


  48. 49 | May 29, 2018 11:25 pm

    lobo91 wrote:

    Yup… always sneaking in under cover of dark or in the trunk of somebodies car an stuff.


  49. 50 | May 29, 2018 11:31 pm

    Calo wrote:

    @ Possum:
    Wouldn’t cutting out some windows give better, more economical air flow?

    I have windows, and probably will do exactly that sometime this summer. Been putting it off until some of the semi abandoned vehicles here disappear. One of these days I’m going to get around to putting a “REAL” door on as well. First I have to get one though. The labor I can do, it’s getting the materials that presents a problem, my budget is pretty much what I can scrounge.

    Air flow don’t do much good when its 110 degrees for weeks at a time though, so the air conditioner is a must at some point. Yea, it gets that hot here every summer.


  50. 51 | May 29, 2018 11:36 pm

    Possum wrote:

    Plus covering container with dirt and growing stuff on it.

    Amusing as the idea is, it would never work. Not to mention the creepy factor… Being in a box covered with dirt with plants growing above my head? A tad bit like being in a coffin. Cancer has killed almost everyone else in my family, it probably coming for me sooner or later as well, no since giving it any ideas that I’m ready to have daises growing above me if I don’t have to.


  51. Possum
    52 | May 29, 2018 11:36 pm

    @ Calo:
    Calo wrote:

    @ Possum:
    Wouldn’t cutting out some windows give better, more economical air flow?

    Nope windows let in heat as well as light.

    Best home in a hot climate is as far underground as you can get.

    at about six feet it is 55f all year round.

    Of course below ground house needs lights.

    They used to make heat so defeating the idea of underground living.

    LED lighting changed that.

    Dorian, if you are not in a flood plane cover your container in as much dirt as you can.


  52. Possum
    53 | May 29, 2018 11:39 pm

    doriangrey wrote:

    Possum wrote:

    Plus covering container with dirt and growing stuff on it.

    Amusing as the idea is, it would never work. Not to mention the creepy factor… Being in a box covered with dirt with plants growing above my head? A tad bit like being in a coffin. Cancer has killed almost everyone else in my family, it probably coming for me sooner or later as well, no since giving it any ideas that I’m ready to have daises growing above me if I don’t have to.

    OK so you have a phobia about living underground.

    My dream is building a home inside a cave.


  53. 54 | May 29, 2018 11:42 pm

    Possum wrote:

    Dorian, if you are not in a flood plane cover your container in as much dirt as you can.

    Not on a flood plane, sitting on a piece of granite 100 times the size of an air craft carrier. Less than 2 feet of dirt to dig down into. My sister in laws step father built the house, he had to blast and bulldoze to get enough level ground for the house.


  54. Possum
    55 | May 29, 2018 11:43 pm

    doriangrey wrote:

    Calo wrote:

    @ Possum:
    Wouldn’t cutting out some windows give better, more economical air flow?

    I have windows, and probably will do exactly that sometime this summer. Been putting it off until some of the semi abandoned vehicles here disappear. One of these days I’m going to get around to putting a “REAL” door on as well. First I have to get one though. The labor I can do, it’s getting the materials that presents a problem, my budget is pretty much what I can scrounge.

    Air flow don’t do much good when its 110 degrees for weeks at a time though, so the air conditioner is a must at some point. Yea, it gets that hot here every summer.

    Air flow is important to humans, we sweat.

    Trust me.

    A 5mph breeze through your home will make a big difference


  55. Calo
    56 | May 29, 2018 11:45 pm

    @ doriangrey:
    Can I be on the organization and decorating committee?


  56. Possum
    57 | May 29, 2018 11:45 pm

    Dorian, how cold does it get at night there?


  57. 58 | May 29, 2018 11:47 pm

    Possum wrote:

    OK so you have a phobia about living underground.

    I didn’t used to, and used to think a underground house would be cool. Its only been the last few months that the reality that I am living in a very big box has starting unnerving me a little bit. That and the realization that cancer is probably in my future makes it a bit creepy.


  58. Possum
    59 | May 29, 2018 11:47 pm

    Calo wrote:

    @ doriangrey:
    Can I be on the organization and decorating committee?

    You decorated my car…

    It is now full of glitter, so are my eyes and my nose.

    When I sneeze my snot sparkles.


  59. 60 | May 29, 2018 11:49 pm

    Possum wrote:

    Dorian, how cold does it get at night there?

    Depends on the time of year. During the winter, as low as the high 20’s, during the hottest part of the year, down to the low 80’s. Right now its bouncing around between 45 and 50 or so.


  60. 61 | May 29, 2018 11:52 pm

    Calo wrote:

    @ doriangrey:
    Can I be on the organization and decorating committee?

    Depends… How good are you at decorating on a negative budget? I’m so poor, I have to borrow change just to change my mind.


  61. Possum
    62 | May 29, 2018 11:52 pm

    doriangrey wrote:

    Possum wrote:

    OK so you have a phobia about living underground.

    I didn’t used to, and used to think a underground house would be cool. Its only been the last few months that the reality that I am living in a very big box has starting unnerving me a little bit. That and the realization that cancer is probably in my future makes it a bit creepy.

    What I was thinking is an above ground underground house.

    Container on the surface but pile dirt over it.

    Also, you said cancer is killing your family and you also said house is built on granite.

    I then think Radon.


  62. 63 | May 29, 2018 11:53 pm

    Possum wrote:

    Calo wrote:

    @ doriangrey:
    Can I be on the organization and decorating committee?

    You decorated my car…

    It is now full of glitter, so are my eyes and my nose.

    When I sneeze my snot sparkles.

    Oh no no no no no…. My glitter days are long over, may they forever rest in peace.


  63. 64 | May 29, 2018 11:55 pm

    Possum wrote:

    I then think Radon.

    Yea, I would rather not think about Radon.


  64. Possum
    65 | May 29, 2018 11:56 pm

    doriangrey wrote:

    Possum wrote:

    Dorian, how cold does it get at night there?

    Depends on the time of year. During the winter, as low as the high 20’s, during the hottest part of the year, down to the low 80’s. Right now its bouncing around between 45 and 50 or so.

    So you harvest the cool at night and store the cool using water.

    Then during the day you release the cool..

    Yeah I know that sounds stupid, but in Iowa I stored the heat during the day and released it at night and ran a greenhouse for years using no heating.


  65. 66 | May 29, 2018 11:56 pm

    @ Possum:
    Meanwhile put an icemaker on one side with a fan. Or a block of ice on ones side with a fan. Or a bunch of frozen water bottles on one side with a fan. Or a wet towel on the face with a fan.


  66. 67 | May 29, 2018 11:58 pm

    @ doriangrey:
    Radon, not Rodan.


  67. Possum
    68 | May 30, 2018 12:00 am

    Bunk X wrote:

    @ Possum:
    Meanwhile put an icemaker on one side with a fan. Or a block of ice on ones side with a fan. Or a bunch of frozen water bottles on one side with a fan. Or a wet towel on the face with a fan.

    The wet towel on a fan is a swamp cooler.

    Works really well when the atmospheric humidity is low.


  68. Possum
    69 | May 30, 2018 12:01 am

    Dorian, how far down is the water table there?


  69. 70 | May 30, 2018 12:08 am

    Possum wrote:

    Dorian, how far down is the water table there?

    I think our well is 480 feet.


  70. 71 | May 30, 2018 12:10 am

    @ Possum:
    I don’t have A/C. Wet towel on the head with a fan works for us the few times a year that we need it.


  71. Possum
    72 | May 30, 2018 12:13 am

    Not trying to annoy you Dorian but you are very intelligent, just giving you new ideas.

    I would really like to own 5 acres of Texas. Nearly did it for $43,000 last year.

    Composting toilet, shallow well for washing, 3 gallons per week clean water for cooking and drinking.

    I got this shit nailed. Just need the land.


  72. Possum
    73 | May 30, 2018 12:16 am

    doriangrey wrote:

    Possum wrote:

    Dorian, how far down is the water table there?

    I think our well is 480 feet.

    That is the clean water well.. I bet the shallow water table is a few tens of feet.

    It is a supply of cold water, but not drinkable But cool!!!!! Ideal for cooling your home.


  73. 76 | May 30, 2018 12:32 am

    Possum wrote:

    That is the clean water well.. I bet the shallow water table is a few tens of feet.

    It is a supply of cold water, but not drinkable But cool!!!!! Ideal for cooling your home.

    ROTFLMAO… 1 foot down is solid granite, getting 10 feet down? Yea… not with anything I have access to.


  74. 78 | May 30, 2018 12:45 am

    Alright, good night folks…


  75. rain of lead
    79 | May 30, 2018 6:28 am

    morning y’all

    https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/trump-in-nashville/

    we met ten or so vociferous members of “Blacks for Trump” waving placards. Not a large group but, I have a hunch, a growing one. They were, to put it mildly, welcomed by the crowd, many of whom wanted to be photographed with them. The time’s they are a changing indeed.


  76. 80 | May 30, 2018 10:05 am

    Bunk X wrote:

    @ doriangrey:
    Sorry, Dorian (and others) but I haven’t been here in a while – too long I think – so I missed out on the discussion. Been busy in meatworld, had to comb back on blogging time a bit. Trying to keep Diary of Daedalus alive for the regulars and their banter, but even there the new threads are infrequent.

    Well, I mean at this point you realize Fatass is just outright mentally ill. He’s 65 years old, has no real job and from all accounts, no real friends, and probably has no real income, the way he’s all over the internet begging for money. I still think a lot of that GoFundMe page of his is him actually taking money out and then putting some back to jump start it. I mean, if I hadn’t even reached my initial goal of $10,000 in three years I’d be so embarrassed I’d take it down – in fact, I’m surprised GFM hasn’t done so already – usually they have a time limit for theses things, but it’s as close to a source of income that Fatass has. He’s a non-entity in the blogosphere now. I would expect him to show up in my Twitter feed with a “This Tweet cannot be Viewed” (because I’m blocked) and someone making fun of him but nothing there either.

    And with Trump, dude is completely off the rails. Maybe he tried to be hip and ate Tide Pods.


  77. 81 | May 30, 2018 10:06 am

    @ Bunk X:

    Rush endorsed Cox? Are you sure. Rush doesn’t endorse in primaries as a rule.


  78. 82 | May 30, 2018 10:16 am

    @ rain of lead:

    If the Football Savant Offspring’s friends are any indication, I know at least 10 of them, all “persons of color” who did not vote for Trump in 2016 but who now have great jobs thanks to the blooming economy, and have told me that they plan to vote GOP in our primary next week and will definitely vote for Trump in 2020.

    Sometimes all you need to do is get someone aside and tell them the truth about him. One of FSO’s most liberal friends told me Trump was a racist. FSO rolled his eyes and said “Okay, NOW you’ve done it.” I asked his buddy (Let’s call him “Greg”) if a racist would fight the government of Palm Beach to open a golf club to Jews and Blacks; I asked if a racist would, without any fanfare or publicity, take a frightened Black actress whose family had just been murdered and immediately put her up in his hotel with round-the-clock armed security for her protection and peace of mind. Greg says “No.” I said “Donald Trump did both.” Then I showed him the proof online.

    Two weeks later, thanks to the tax cut, Greg and his co-workers received an unexpected pay increase of $2.00 and hour. That’s an extra $350 a month in wages alone. Coupled with the tax cut, he’s now taking home almost an extra $800 a month. Just bought himself a new car. And LOVES Trump.

    To which I said – “Believe it or not, ‘Greg’ – for Trump, it was always all about us ‘forgotten little people’.”


  79. coldwarrior
    83 | May 30, 2018 12:36 pm

    just worked 12 of the last 15 days (12 hour shifts), wrote two research papers, and am now off until next week.

    monte cristo white churchill to celebrate finishing another class.

    tomorrow i leave for my dad’s annual golf outing weekend where there will be much golf, booze, steaks, cigars, banter, and tall tales. no womenz allowed.


  80. coldwarrior
    84 | May 30, 2018 12:37 pm

    @ The Barbarian:

    great stuff!


  81. coldwarrior
    85 | May 30, 2018 12:38 pm

    a damp sheet covering you wiht a fan blowing over it.

    amish air conditioning.


  82. coldwarrior
  83. coldwarrior
    87 | May 30, 2018 1:41 pm

    coldwarrior wrote:

    monte cristo white churchill to celebrate finishing another class.

    with an Innis and Gunn oak aged scottish beer.


  84. coldwarrior
    88 | May 30, 2018 2:16 pm

    doriangrey wrote:

    We tried to ta;l it over…. But the words got in the Way… We’re lost inside this masquerade…


  85. coldwarrior
    89 | May 30, 2018 2:19 pm

    while we’re at it


  86. 90 | May 30, 2018 3:05 pm

    @ coldwarrior:

    Looking forward to the condemnation of these remarks by Al Sharpton, Keith Ellison, Al Greene, Maxine Waters and …. oh who the hell am I kidding??


  87. coldwarrior
    91 | May 30, 2018 3:20 pm

    @ The Barbarian:
    RACISSSSS!


  88. 92 | May 30, 2018 3:34 pm

    @ coldwarrior:

    If you look at the MSM today, that’s pretty much the consensus.
    If you voted for Trump, you are apparently the 21st Century equivalent of Byron De La Beckwith.


  89. 94 | May 30, 2018 5:46 pm

    doriangrey wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0URpDxIjZrQ

    When I was a small child, my mother used to read us Whinne the Pooh all the time, we loved it so much that she nicknamed us all after characters from the books.

    My sister was Pooh, I was Christopher, my brother Cliff was Eeyore, my brother Guy was Piglet, and my youngest brother Andy was Roo.

    Funny how seeing the trailer for this movie made me remember something I hadn’t thought about in half a century.


  90. 95 | May 30, 2018 6:40 pm

    Today is my last day in a big city. Tomorrow I load up the uhaul and head off to the country estate. Me and the Squire are moving in with my fiancee and life is looking up.
    Still dealing with his mother in court, but she’s giving me ammunition if I need it and it’s all been documented IN court. 🙂

    Things are looking up. Hopefully my muse will come back from her vacation and we will really kick things into high gear.


  91. 96 | May 30, 2018 6:41 pm

    @ coldwarrior:
    Nothing will be said about Calypso Louie’s racism because he’s attacking white people and Jews.


  92. 97 | May 30, 2018 6:43 pm

    @ doriangrey:
    Eeyore’s always been too positive.


  93. 98 | May 30, 2018 8:24 pm

    right_wing2 wrote:

    @ doriangrey:
    Eeyore’s always been too positive.

    Well, he certainly was positive everything was going to end poorly.


  94. AZfederalist
    99 | May 30, 2018 9:36 pm

    doriangrey wrote:

    Well, he certainly was positive everything was going to end poorly.

    Days, weeks, months ….

    One of my favorite lines


  95. 100 | May 30, 2018 9:41 pm

    @ The Barbarian:
    No, and you’re correct. Rush mentioned Cox and gave him kudos, but no endorsement. I’ve updated the thread to include the endorsement of John Coupal/HJTA.

    To be fair, Tom McClintock endorses Travis Allen. The aim is to knock out Villaraigosa.


  96. 101 | May 30, 2018 9:42 pm

    @ Bunk X:
    100th comment. #WinningSomething


  97. Aussie Infidel
    102 | May 30, 2018 10:03 pm

    doriangrey wrote:

    Possum wrote:

    That is the clean water well.. I bet the shallow water table is a few tens of feet.

    It is a supply of cold water, but not drinkable But cool!!!!! Ideal for cooling your home.

    ROTFLMAO… 1 foot down is solid granite, getting 10 feet down? Yea… not with anything I have access to.

    B urn your way down with Hydrox gas. It destroys granite and also automatically seals the sides of the hole with melted rock (glass).
    All you need is a portable power generator, an electrolysis unit, some plumbing and you can use normal welding heads for the cutters. Got to extract the destroyed rock somehow however. Hydrox concentrates the heat naturally and doesn’t heat the surrounding granite. I watched Hydrox slice through a pile of firebrick as if it was made of butter.

    Why they don’t use Hydrox in tunnelling I don’t know! Perhaps having the perfect low pressure mix of H2 and O2 from the disassociation of water makes them nervous. Still nothing more dangerous then pressurised O2 and Acetylene bottles kicking around a job!

    🙂


  98. Deplorable Bumr50
    103 | May 30, 2018 10:16 pm

    @ doriangrey:

    Does anybody want the granite?

    I mean, how much granite is there?

    Maybe somebody would buy the granite from you, and offer to remove it for you.


  99. 104 | May 30, 2018 10:32 pm

    Deplorable Bumr50 wrote:

    @ doriangrey:

    Does anybody want the granite?

    I mean, how much granite is there?

    Maybe somebody would buy the granite from you, and offer to remove it for you.

    ROTFLMAO… You guys do know I live 2200 feet up the side of a mountain that is made out of solid granite, right? No, nobody is going to offer to remove the mountain from under my feet.


  100. Calo
    105 | May 30, 2018 10:34 pm

    @ doriangrey:
    Lol, you beat me to it. I was trying to find an image of the San Diego foothills that showed all the damn rocks


  101. 106 | May 30, 2018 10:36 pm

    doriangrey wrote:

    No, nobody is going to offer to remove the mountain from under my feet.

    Earthquakes and individuals falling under the general definition off “God” not included in this statement.


  102. lobo91
    107 | May 30, 2018 10:36 pm

    @ doriangrey:

    Isn’t most of the Earth granite?


  103. 108 | May 30, 2018 10:38 pm

    Calo wrote:

    @ doriangrey:
    Lol, you beat me to it. I was trying to find an image of the San Diego foothills that showed all the damn rocks

    Lol, so was I. I see them all the time, so of course I don’t have any pictures of them.


  104. Calo
    109 | May 30, 2018 10:43 pm

    @ doriangrey:
    I’m going to replace my current kitchen counters with Granite del Dorian.

    Get chopping. I’ll pay the freight.


  105. 110 | May 30, 2018 10:53 pm

    lobo91 wrote:

    @ doriangrey:

    Isn’t most of the Earth granite?

    Umm, actually, no. Granite is just one of about 30 types of igneous rock, very common on the Continental plates, but not a majority by any means.

    https://geology.com/rocks/igneous-rocks.shtml


  106. Deplorable Bumr50
    111 | May 30, 2018 11:02 pm

    @ doriangrey:

    I DID NOT know that.


  107. lobo91
    112 | May 30, 2018 11:12 pm

    @ doriangrey:

    It’s definitely not rare, anyway


  108. 113 | May 30, 2018 11:13 pm

    Calo wrote:

    @ doriangrey:
    I’m going to replace my current kitchen counters with Granite del Dorian.

    Get chopping. I’ll pay the freight.

    Bah… if only I knew how to post pictures here. Here (maybe) are some rocks for you to choose from. Pick one (not the Carne Asada or brauts) and I’ll start at it with my hammer and chisel, Shouldn’t take me more then 30 or 40 years to get it to the right shape.

    http://sketchbook.ercles.com/stuff/2018/04/06-1748-tgif-i-know-its-you-the-crystal-method.html#comment-3924520275


  109. yenta-fada
    114 | May 30, 2018 11:13 pm

    Deplorable Bumr50 wrote:

    @ doriangrey:

    I DID NOT know that.

    And I took it all for granite.


  110. yenta-fada
    117 | May 30, 2018 11:17 pm

    PaladinPhil wrote:

    Today is my last day in a big city. Tomorrow I load up the uhaul and head off to the country estate. Me and the Squire are moving in with my fiancee and life is looking up.
    Still dealing with his mother in court, but she’s giving me ammunition if I need it and it’s all been documented IN court.

    Things are looking up. Hopefully my muse will come back from her vacation and we will really kick things into high gear.

    Congratlations on fnding your future wife! And you are escaping the madness of the ‘vibrancy’ of the city.


  111. yenta-fada
    120 | May 30, 2018 11:29 pm

    Bunk X wrote:

    @ Possum:
    I don’t have A/C. Wet towel on the head with a fan works for us the few times a year that we need it.

    I don’t use our AC. I wait for 7 months to get warm. Why would I spoil it?


  112. yenta-fada
    121 | May 30, 2018 11:32 pm

    @ doriangrey:

    The rocks look quite pink.


  113. 122 | May 30, 2018 11:49 pm

    Deplorable Bumr50 wrote:

    Ahhh, ok, so yea, I live at an elevation of 2200 feet, on the side of a mountain perched half way between Palomar Mountain (elevation 6,138 feet) home of the Hale Telescope and Mount Luguna (elevation 6,000 feet elevation) Both mountains are part of what is called the Peninsular Ranges, and they run 930 miles north to south through Southern California down into Mexico they are part of the North American Coast Ranges, which run along the Pacific Coast from Alaska to Mexico. Elevations range from 500 to 10,834 feet. Yea, they are solid granite.


  114. 123 | May 30, 2018 11:56 pm

    yenta-fada wrote:

    @ doriangrey:

    The rocks look quite pink.

    That’s iron oxide, the granite here has a very high iron content. Well, for Granite anyways, its not iron ore, specifically anyways. Though, there are places along the mountain range I live on where there is iron ore of mine-able iron content. The Marxist tyrant wannbe envior nazi’s closed the mountain range down to mining back in the mid 90’s though.

    Besides, iron, tungsten, cobalt, thorium and uranium, those mountains also contain the richest Rare Earth Metal deposits on earth, which… by the way, is EXACTLY why they closed them down to any and all mining exploitation.


  115. 124 | May 31, 2018 12:05 am

    @ doriangrey:

    The US basically owned the Rare Earth Metals Market until the Clinton’s shut that mountain ranges down so their Chinese buddies could take over the worlds Rare Earth Metal markets. Just one more reason Bill and Hill should be taken out and hung.


  116. 126 | May 31, 2018 3:02 am

    @ yenta-fada:
    We eat the heat a week or two a year. Otherwise we’re cool, collected and entirely bitchin’.


  117. Aussie Infidel
    127 | May 31, 2018 8:10 am

    doriangrey wrote:

    @ doriangrey:

    The US basically owned the Rare Earth Metals Market until the Clinton’s shut that mountain ranges down so their Chinese buddies could take over the worlds Rare Earth Metal markets. Just one more reason Bill and Hill should be taken out and hung.

    up I remember that well because of the hub-but it caused at the time. Still the US has it’s store of strategic Rare Earths for some time in the future when everyone else has used theirs. The Kiwis have just found two deposits of rare earths as well as lithium. WE’ll trade you some machine tools and 3 D printers for Rare Earths anytime.

    🙂


  118. RIX
    128 | May 31, 2018 9:33 am

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/05/31/trump-kim-kardashian-new-york-post-cover-white-house-meeting/658359002/
    Good morning. NY Post has some fun with the Trump- Kim Kardashian meeting.


  119. lobo91
    129 | May 31, 2018 9:37 am

    Donald J. Trump

    Verified account

    @realDonaldTrump
    17m17 minutes ago
    More
    Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D’Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government!


  120. RIX
    130 | May 31, 2018 1:05 pm

    @ lobo91:
    Trump is now considering a pardon for Blagoyvich


  121. 131 | May 31, 2018 1:14 pm

    @ lobo91:
    @ Bunk X:

    I’d rather Villa be on the ballot than Newsome, frankly. It’d be a hoot if it was Cox and Allen. So many Dem and flake party candidates. Who will the Antifa Resisters choose? That’s if they even show up at the po1ls.

    Speaking of resistance – REAL resistance to facism going on in Iran right now. Pray for them.


  122. rain of lead
    133 | May 31, 2018 7:05 pm

    @ RIX:

    rush pointed out that trump is doing pardons for people muller had a hand in convicting

    oh

    afternoon y’all


  123. rain of lead
    134 | May 31, 2018 7:06 pm

    the girl is at camp
    so
    gonna smoke some filets of beef
    bake a couple of taters
    a nice little salad and some rolls for dinner

    yum


  124. rain of lead
    135 | May 31, 2018 8:22 pm

    well… supper was nice…


  125. rain of lead
    136 | May 31, 2018 8:24 pm

    http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/31/secret-service-agent-doesnt-recognize-jim-acosta/

    Acosta: …That’s why I’m not wearing a badge.

    Agent: That’s fine if you’re on the air. That’s fine. But if you’re walking around when you’re not on camera … you wear it so we know who you are…

    Acosta: I’ve been here five years, nobody has ever said that to me…

    The agent had the last word as Acosta walked away, saying, “I haven’t been here five years. I’m sorry. I didn’t recognize you.”

    bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah


  126. rain of lead
    137 | May 31, 2018 8:26 pm

    Don’t. You. know. Who. I. Am!?!

    NO.


  127. rain of lead
    139 | May 31, 2018 8:33 pm

    A baby seal waddles into a bar…
    Bartender asks, “What’ll you have?”
    Baby seal replies, “Anything but a Canadian Club”…


  128. rain of lead
    141 | May 31, 2018 8:43 pm

    hey dorian
    google thinks your a Nazi

    http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=375518

    but you already knew that


  129. 142 | May 31, 2018 8:50 pm

    rain of lead wrote:

    hey dorian
    google thinks your a Nazi

    http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=375518

    but you already knew that

    And Trump is the one being investigated for colluding with the Russian’s to influence the 2016 elections. Looks like it should be Google being investigated for attempting to illegally influence elections instead of Trump or the Russian’s.


  130. Possum
    144 | May 31, 2018 9:42 pm

    LOL

    Today I tried to stage an historic moment.

    I put my hand on the hand of a friend as the friend turned a key.

    My actions were noble.

    The event took place and as we walked away my friend said “did we turn the AC off?”

    Friend then unlocked the door again. We checked the AC and it was off, forever.

    Friend then locked the door alone.

    Now, why am I posting this? well it was a kind of Neil Armstrong moment, something that will only happen once and should be remembered and cherished for the unique moment it was.

    So to translate what happened today to the first moon landing.

    Neil Armstrong: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

    The world watched in awe…

    Today was the same, a great event watched by not millions but me. Memorable!

    Then it was like…

    Neil Armstrong: Aw fuck, hey Buzz hold onto the ladder I am coming back inside the LEM, I forgot my smokes. )


  131. rain of lead
    145 | May 31, 2018 9:47 pm

    @ Possum:
    so calo closed the shop?


  132. Possum
    146 | May 31, 2018 9:58 pm

    rain of lead wrote:

    @ Possum:
    so calo closed the shop?

    Yep “One huge six week ordeal for me breaking up things and putting them in a dumpster and even taking things and putting them in my dumpster at work and being covered in glitter while doing it”

    She did it, alone, and with style…


  133. 147 | May 31, 2018 10:13 pm

    Possum wrote:

    rain of lead wrote:

    @ Possum:
    so calo closed the shop?

    Yep “One huge six week ordeal for me breaking up things and putting them in a dumpster and even taking things and putting them in my dumpster at work and being covered in glitter while doing it”

    She did it, alone, and with style…

    Funny, I guess, in an ironic kind of way perhaps, but I view this as a sad thing. I do hope Calo knows that she has my utmost sympathy. I know all too well the grief and sadness she is feeling. At time I also feel overwhelmed by the loss.

    I hope and pray, that by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, her heart is once again filled with the peace that passes all understanding and a unspeakable joy.

    Thank you Possum for being there for her.


  134. 148 | May 31, 2018 10:16 pm

    @ doriangrey:

    This was one of my brother Cliff’s favorite songs. I was never much of a Neil Young fan, but since his passing it has brought me an odd degree of comfort.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An2a1_Do_fc


  135. Deplorable Bumr50
    149 | May 31, 2018 10:16 pm

    doriangrey wrote:

    Thank you Possum for being there for her.

    Amen.


  136. Calo
    150 | May 31, 2018 10:23 pm

    @ Deplorable Bumr50:
    No SORROW allowed. That Houston store was an albatross.

    I still have another store that’s doing fine. Of course, I sold it to the competition if they can get a new lease from the property owners. And, the completion I sold it to ensured me of a job as Area Manager. Way less stress.

    All is good. And, Possum was a trooper helping me dismantle stuff. Over 50 cubic yards of junk.


  137. Deplorable Bumr50
    151 | May 31, 2018 10:31 pm

    Calo wrote:

    Over 50 cubic yards of junk.

    So do ya scrap it? Burn it? Recycle it?


  138. CynicalConservative
    152 | May 31, 2018 10:32 pm

    @ Calo:
    Hi Calo.

    /not galt


  139. rain of lead
    153 | May 31, 2018 10:33 pm

    @ Calo:

    there comes a time when the stress of being an owner just aint worth it

    downsizing can be good


  140. Calo
    154 | May 31, 2018 10:35 pm

    @ Deplorable Bumr50:
    Hauled out to a roll off dumpster, one piece at a time.

    When you close a store, you have to take everything out but the carpet and ceiling tiles. That includes back room racks, registers, counters, fixtures, wall fixtures, exterior neon signage etc…..

    It’s a hell of a lot of physical work. My body is battered, bruised and tired.


  141. Calo
    155 | May 31, 2018 10:36 pm

    @ CynicalConservative:
    Hi CC. How is Portlandia treating you?


  142. Deplorable Bumr50
    156 | May 31, 2018 10:40 pm

    I had the most intense physical examination I’ve ever had in my life today as part of a pre-employment screening.

    Now I have to find a doctor that will tell them that the arrhythmia that I’ve had since I was a kid is normal. Lots of PVC’s. Every time. Think it’s cause I was a preemie.

    Unfortunately I’m a guy and don’t “go to the doctor.”

    They took hair, blood, and urine and did an ear, eye, and pulmonary test along with respirator fit and a chest x-ray.

    All good but I’m worried about passing the heart thing. Need to get a PCP.


  143. CynicalConservative
    157 | May 31, 2018 10:41 pm

    @ Calo:
    I ignore it and it mostly ignores me. Out of the city/suburbs finally, now to get out of work. (someday)


  144. Deplorable Bumr50
    158 | May 31, 2018 10:43 pm

    @ Calo:

    Bet you’re glad it’s over.


  145. Deplorable Bumr50
    159 | May 31, 2018 10:46 pm

    Has anyone heard from eaglesoars?


  146. 160 | May 31, 2018 10:46 pm

    CynicalConservative wrote:

    now to get out of work. (someday)

    Everybody thinks they want to get out of work until they get thrown out of work and there is no work to be found. Retirement is just passing time waiting to die. Death will come for me one day as sure as the sun rises, but damn it I have no intention of making myself easy for him to find. Even if that means hiding out at work.

    Now I just have to find some work, no doubt the bastard knows where to find me right now.


  147. AZfederalist
    161 | May 31, 2018 10:47 pm

    lobo91 wrote:

    Donald J. Trump

    Verified account

    @realDonaldTrump
    17m17 minutes ago
    More
    Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D’Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government!

    That’s great news.


  148. 163 | May 31, 2018 10:48 pm

    AZfederalist wrote:

    lobo91 wrote:

    Donald J. Trump

    Verified account

    @realDonaldTrump
    17m17 minutes ago
    More
    Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D’Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government!

    That’s great news.

    And a thumb in Mueller’s eye.


  149. Calo
    164 | May 31, 2018 10:50 pm

    @ CynicalConservative:
    If you retire, I guarantee you your wife will continue to work in some capacity just to escape!


  150. CynicalConservative
    165 | May 31, 2018 10:50 pm

    @ doriangrey:
    More like retirement to the farmwork that I don’t have time to do well due to salary work. I understand where you come from though.


  151. CynicalConservative
    166 | May 31, 2018 10:51 pm

    @ Calo:
    Yeah, opposite ends of the house, opposite ends of the property. Works out well. 🙂


  152. Deplorable Bumr50
    167 | May 31, 2018 10:51 pm

    @ Calo:

    Thanks!

    The PCRN was real cool and wrote the paper out decent for them.

    Apparently I also have a “belly-button hernia.”

    She was like, “It’s not a problem until it is.”


  153. AZfederalist
    168 | May 31, 2018 10:52 pm

    doriangrey wrote:

    And a thumb in Mueller’s eye.

    … and that makes it even better news. Trump knows how to push buttons


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