I feel like I have been plagiarized! It’s OK tho.
The Collapse of the Never-Trump Conservatives
They were never ‘Conservative’
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I feel like I have been plagiarized! It’s OK tho.
The Collapse of the Never-Trump Conservatives
They were never ‘Conservative’
Enjoy this open!
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I read this earlier today and loved it. It’s one thing to be a snob, it’s another thing – a really annoying one – if it’s the precise thing that’s made you utterly irrelevant.
I just wish he had made room for the utter malice that’s part and parcel of this. Kristol told a story the other day about conversation at a party when someone asked “yes, but even if you don’t like the man, don’t you like his policies?” Before Kristol could get started, a woman said, “character,, dear, character matters more than policy”. Whereupon Kristol provided the proverbial pat on the head. “if western civilization is to be saved, it will be saved by a woman”.
Think about that. Kristol wanted to throw the election to Hillary, a woman with so much character that she let Americans die at Benghazi to cover up her gun running and then tried to jail some poor dumb muslim film maker.
That’s NOT just snobbishness, that’s something so putrid a starving cat wouldn’t touch it.
Snicker snicker… yea, we have had this conversation many times before haven’t we.
Friday night, and aint nobody here, ya’ll must all be out at your local protest getting your fair share of abuse.
@ doriangrey: Actually, I had to turn in early Friday night, as I am scheduled to be at work for a few hours Saturday morning. I hope that it is just 2 or 3 hours, as Saturday is my birthday.
Nothing like getting called in to work after a 48 hour work week. >:(
@ doriangrey:
Today is Friday for me…
coldwarrior wrote:
So…. Tequila and cigars on the back deck in a couple hours eh…
Greetings and salutations and sup?
The police are now telling people to stay away from downtown Chicago, due to the immigration rally.
you just can’t get in. I looked at the thing on line and lots of Muslim groups sponsoring as well as the usual
suspects SEIU, and Move On.org etc.
My problem is that I am meeting my daughter down there tomorrow for my Father’s Day gift, a boat ride and lunch.
Can’t tell if they are back at it tomorrow.
RIX wrote:
I think it’s just a one day deal. Downtowns are usually fairly empty on Sundays so there would be nothing to disrupt and no one to pay attention to them. I haven’t checked on the one here, but it’s so hot, I wouldn’t be surprised to hear they had some heat-related medical problems
@ doriangrey:
H upmann by AJ Fernandez and a Tuckahoe Brewery Quatrain.
Smokin a brisket too.
@ coldwarrior:
Using two dual probe thermocouple for precision.
@ coldwarrior:
Because now I have fans…
@ coldwarrior:
Yuge compliment paid to my brisket by some of the inner city peeps where Mrs coldwarrior works.
coldwarrior wrote:
I find that Brisket leaves an oily residue in my pipe, so I stick to Captain Black or Cherry Cavendish.
@ doriangrey:
The oil is the best part.
eaglesoars wrote:
……. then tried to jail some poor dumb muslim film maker…… What ya mean ‘tried’.
The poor bastard spent 6 months behind bars thanks to Hillary.
6 months for making a B grade movie for crying out aloud.
If that is the criteria then most of hell-iwood should be locked up
🙂
lobo91 wrote:
Yeah a real expert!
Anyone want to try to take my money when I guarantee that this moron has NEVER handed a shotgun and wouldn’t know a choke from a foresight!
Anyone?
I’ll even give great odds. Anyone?
🙂
coldwarrior wrote:
Is it possible to have TOO much fun?
🙂
HAH
Back from the beach.
Sunset was spectacular and there were 6 dogs with associated humans walking along the shoreline. Low tide and sparkling clear water.
No stingrays however.
They missed a great sunset!
Bit chilly however 4C BRRRRRRRR
coldwarrior wrote:
Now you’re just showing off!
HEH !
🙂
Aussie Infidel wrote:
What is the very first thing they teach every high school cheerleader?
If ya got it…. Flaunt it…
@ doriangrey:
had i used the bluetooth connectivity…yes.
THAT would have been flaunting it.
coldwarrior wrote:
To quote Jimmy Page…. “It aint bragging if you can actually do it”…
Not Jimmy Page, but still pretty damn good:
Shocking, I know:
@ lobo91:
Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! /Best Gomer Pyle voice
@ AZfederalist:
Shazam!
This is from the comments section of a report of a three day strike by merchants in Tehran & other cities in Iran. The article says the hardliners encouraged the strike along with the merchants who have seen the currency tank even more when Trump said “No deal”
WORTH THE LONG-ISH READ. The Telegraph as a news source seems LESS credible than the comment.
“First of all, there is no such thing as hardliners and reformists in Iran. This is a myth that was created by the Islamic Republic to fool the masses and paint itself as a supposedly democratic system capable of change.
Unfortunately, that myth has been perpetuated by regime lobbyists in the west and consequently western media for years. but thankfully it has been shattered inside Iran and it needs to be shattered in the western media – reformists and hardliners are two sides of the same coin and there will never be detente between the Islamic Republic and its Muslim neighbors, let alone western countries.
The existence of an external enemy is existential for this regime and has been since the beginning… even when Obama bent over backward to help this regime (in the name of helping ordinary Iranians) the shouts of death to America and death to Israel were still being heard and the IR only used the opportunity to strengthen its expansionist policies.
Secondly, these protests are from the people and against the regime. They are not being encouraged by the hardliners against Rouhani or vice versa. The chants in the streets are “death to Khamanei”, “death to Syria and Palestine” and “they tell us our enemy is the US but our enemy is right here” in a clear sign that these protests are against the entire system.
People in Abadan – one of the cities in south west of Iran that was severely damaged during the Iran-Iraq war and still looks somewhat like a war zone decades after that war ended – don’t have drinking water! Farmers in Isfahan don’t have water for their crops and in Mashhad thousands of people lost their life savings when banks went belly up.
So, please stop playing into the hands of one of the most cruel and dangerous regimes in the world and stop reporting these events inaccurately as if the regime is in control and this is US/Israel/S.Arabia against Iran or vice versa. This is Iranian people against a tyrannic, incompetent, corrupt and theocratic regime that is a danger not only to its people but its neighbors and the entire world.”
@ yenta-fada:
I have to admit a certain relish at muzz calls for death to Palestine.
This is not the only newspaper report of hearing these chants. They love that whole “death to” thing. Bizarre if you think about it for 30 seconds.
From zerohedge. Merkel’s putsch for islam causing internal political problems.
“Update 3: Scratch that: no statement from Merkel tonight, however Seehofer did speak to reporters and said that he offered to quit as German interior minister, and that he wants to avoid Merkel government collapse.
He also added that he will stay in politics if Angela Merkel’s CDU backs down in the two parties’ deadlock over migration, DPA reports.
* * *
Update 2: Angela Merkel will be making a statement later in the night, confirming the severity of the situation.
* * *
Update: After several hours of negotiations, it appears that Chancellor Merkel and CSU leader Horst Seehofer have been unable to reach an agreement, and according to N-TV, Seehofer told the CSU board meeting the he will resign as Germany’s interior minister and as CSU party chairman amid the clash over Germany’s migration policy, sparing Merkel the need to fire him and potentially preserving the political alliance.”
Note. This doesn’t mean I know stuff about German politics. It’s a situation that demonstrates increasing instability at the core of the EU.
Giuliani may be jumping the gun on this Iran collapse.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/iran-exiles-trump-giuliani/2018/06/30/id/869333/
BREAKING NEWS:
doriangrey wrote:
This is a MUST SEE BREAKING NEWS video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=125&v=tIvyE2JeJj0
@ yenta-fada:
one of the smartest things Merkel has done is not leave an opening for a rival/successor to rise. There is no one to take her place from her own party. If the CSU abandons her, they’ve got nothing and no one.
Interesting political test
https://8values.github.io
@ doriangrey:
“Breaking News” that was published on 6/20?
right_wing2 wrote:
those sites just collect data about you. won’t touch ’em
right_wing2 wrote:
Very telling questions. Many of the questions betrayed a specific liberal viewpoint and denigrated those viewpoints that would be considered conservative.
lobo91 wrote:
Yes, 11 days ago… Say… Isn’t that when this whole “Separating children from their families” crap also started?
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/07/01/andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-amlo-easily-wins-mexican-presidential-election-hugo-chavez-2-0-now-running-mexico/#more-151275
Primary platform points: ♦Amnesty to all drug cartels. ♦No longer will work with U.S. immigration enforcement. ♦Nationalize oil industry. ♦Farm subsidies. ♦Elimination of multinational corporate influence on farming. ♦Support and assistance for economic growth plan: using •mass migration of Mexican nationals into Southern U.S., •create AmeriMex border region, and •remittance of earnings back to Mexico as initiative for rapid domestic economic growth.
can we declare mexico a hostile enemy now?
yeah, about that whole nafta thing….
rain of lead wrote:
If the Liberal Marxist Democrats weren’t traitors to the bone, Obrador’s statements would be considered a declaration of war against the United States.
A customer asked, “In what aisle could I find the Polish sausage?”
The clerk asks, “Are you Polish?”
The guy, clearly offended, says, “Yes I am. But let me ask you something. If I had asked for Italian sausage, would you ask me if I was Italian?
Or if I had asked for German Bratwurst, would you ask me if I was German?
” Or if I asked for a kosher hot dog would you ask me if I was Jewish?
Or if I had asked for a Taco, would you ask if I was Mexican? Or if I asked for some Irish whiskey, would you ask if I was Irish?”
The clerk says, “No, I probably wouldn’t.”
The guy says, “Well then, because I asked for Polish sausage, why did you ask me if I’m Polish?”
The clerk replied, “Because you’re in Home Depot.”
rain of lead wrote:
I thought it already was
I don’t know what the over/under is on his life expectancy.
doriangrey wrote:
I believe Breitbart’s death was not due to natural causes. At what point do conspiracy theories stop being theories? This rot didn’t start with the last administration.
I do think the moon landing was real. 🙂
eaglesoars wrote:
:rolleyes: Who ever came up with this joke, has obviously never been to a Home Depot. My mom and I used to go to our local Home Depot just for the amazing Polish sausages that are sold just outside the entrance to almost every Home Depot.
@ eaglesoars:
Amnesty to all drug cartels
he’s good for a day or two
eaglesoars wrote:
????? Mexico has been a Marxist nation since 1910, Orbador is nothing special. Perhaps if anything, a bit more honest in his intended dealing with the US than normal, but that is about it.
rain of lead wrote:
Don’t get me started on that jughead Trudeau. Low IQ lazy narcissistic coward and bully. OK. I started. lol
rain of lead wrote:
Na, Orbador is fine, its the non Marxist Mexican politicians that get murdered. Only 132 so far this year.
yenta-fada wrote:
Meh meat puppet empty headed figurehead for the Canadian ruling Marxist Oligarchy.
doriangrey wrote:
it’s just a joke Dorian
doriangrey wrote:
I miss ethnic humor.
yenta-fada wrote:
SparkleSocks!
@ eaglesoars:
Mind meld. 🙂
eaglesoars wrote:
Obama is SparkleFarts
yenta-fada wrote:
Pope John Paul was the still alive, a little boy was lost in the Vatican on a tour. The Pope found the little boy who was crying and asked him if he was lost. The boy nodded and the Pope said he would find his parents and the boy stopped crying and felt much better. He asked the Pope if he wanted to hear a joke. The Pope thought it was only a little boy so it couldn’t be too bad. The boy said there was this Pollock who… and the Pope stopped him and said, little boy, you know I’m from Poland. The little boy said yes, but he was going to go real slow
@ doriangrey:
There are some good pics of Fidel as a young man that sure bear a resemblance to Trudy. Should have saved them. I trust nuttink!
yenta-fada wrote:
You trust nuttink, Justin knows nuttink, must be a Canadian tink…
eaglesoars wrote:
Haaa, I know… Sorry, it was a groaner… And I must apologize, Home Depot is like my second favorite store on earth. (first is Marshall’s Industrial Hardware http://www.marshallshardware.com/ )
Candy/toy stores for adults.
oh crap. Inglorious Bastards just started. I can watch this thing over and over but I have to go to bed. Ok, DVR.
nite.
eaglesoars wrote:
How well connected to the cartels is he? That will be a decisive factor
doriangrey wrote:
Cool. So Marshall’s is local to San Diego only? Looks like a good competitor to Ace (the real, old-fashioned Ace) or Graingers?
McMaster-Carr is a cool website because they have 3D CAD drawings for many of their products
@ AZfederalist:
Grainger’s prices are over-the-top nuts.
They’re the place you go when you absolutely can’t wait. And they know it.
@ AZfederalist:
LOL! I googled “Thomas Register” and now it’s “ThomasNet.”
The old man was an industrial distributor…
AZfederalist wrote:
Yea, when I was taking MasterCam a couple of years ago in college my professor pointed that out. You can go to McMaster-Carr and download the cad files in SolidWorks, export them to MasterCam and create the tool paths to make the part yourself… IF you have a CNC mill.
AZfederalist wrote:
Connected? The Cartels all work for El Presidente.
@ doriangrey:
Huh. Ever use a Faro Arm to measure a radius?
Cause we were trying to use a Faro Arm to cut quartz to a radius, but the language between the Faro arm and the Intermac required human translation.
Problems…
https://faro.com/products/factory-metrology/faroarm/
http://intermac.com/na/stone/
Sorry to complicate the question. Just wondering how often this communication problem happens between industrial systems, and how often you’ve seen this as a machinist.
a golf joke for cw
A nun walks into Mother Superior’s office and plunks down into a chair. She lets out a sigh heavy with frustration.
“What troubles you, Sister?” asked the Mother Superior. “I thought this was the day you spent with your family.”
“It was,” sighed the Sister. “I went to play golf with my brother. You know I was quite a talented golfer before I devoted my life to Christ.”
“I seem to recall that,” the Mother Superior agreed. “So I take it your day of recreation was not relaxing?”
“Far from it,” snorted the Sister, “in fact, I even took the Lord’s name in vain today!”
“Goodness, Sister!” gasped the Mother Superior, astonished. “You must tell me all about it!”
“Well, we were on the fifth tee…and this hole is a monster, Mother Superior – 540 yard Par 5, with a nasty dogleg left and a hidden green….and I hit the drive of my life. I creamed it. The sweetest swing I’ve ever made. It’s flying straight and true, right along the line I wanted…and it hits a bird in mid-flight !”
“Oh my!” commiserated the Mother. “How unfortunate! But surely that didn’t make you blaspheme, Sister!”
“No, that wasn’t it,” admitted Sister. “While I was still trying to fathom what had happened, this squirrel runs out of the woods, grabs my ball and runs off down the fairway!”
“Oh, that would have made me blaspheme!” sympathized the Mother.
“But I didn’t, Mother!” sobbed the Sister. “And I was so proud of myself! And while I was pondering whether this was a sign from God, this hawk swoops out of the sky and grabs the squirrel and flies off, with my ball still clutched in his paws!”
“So that’s when you cursed,” said the Mother with a knowing smile.
“Nope, that wasn’t it either,” cried the Sister, anguished, “because as the hawk started to fly out of sight, the squirrel started struggling, and the hawk dropped him right there on the green, and the ball popped out of his paws and rolled to about 18 inches from the cup!”
Mother Superior sat back in her chair, folded her arms across her chest, fixed the Sister with a baleful stare and said… “You missed the freakin’ putt, didn’t you?”
Deplorable Bumr50 wrote:
Nope. I have never used a 3D touch probe. I did work at 2 places that used laser based CMM scan tables, but never actually used either of them. They are a real bitch to set up and touchy as hell.
Here’s another take on the ongoing extinction of the NeverTrumpers
We ruined their scam. They miss the cruise ships, filled with marks handing over cash to mingle with second-tier scribes from magazines put out by lesser sons of greater fathers that we stopped reading when they stopped mattering. Never Trump wants to once stand on a sold-out cruise ship’s bridge, pale puny arms spread wide, shouting, “I’m a minor duke of the world!”
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2018/07/02/draft-n2496373
oh goody! The heat index by this evening will range from 103 thru 108.
h@ eaglesoars:
I met Ohio congressman Jim Jordan and his wife at a wedding Saturday night. His son married the daughter of
our friends. Really nice people.
His sister told me a story of a recent incident. Jim and his wife were standing in line to buy movie tickets.
A woman tapped him on the shoulder to ask if he was Congessman Jordan. When he answered in the affirmative, the woman began to loudly chant “Shame, Shame, Shame………….!
his wife intervened like McConnlels wife, “Please leave my husband alone.”
you know what happened, the woman broke into the same chant to her.
tolerant people./
@ RIX:
women need to learn how to/stop being afraid to – throw a punch
holy moley! don’t know if you heard, but in Thailand a football team and their coach decided to explore some caves after a game. While they were inside, the rains came, the place flooded, and they were trapped. Well, they have been found alive. I think they’re still trying to get them out – there’s a lot of water to pump out – but they’ll make it.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44688909
@ eaglesoars:
I called them Word Whores for a reason.
@ rain of lead:
Nice!
@ eaglesoars:
I wrote that three years ago! Where’s my check???
😆
@ RIX:
And they drive more voters to trump.
doriangrey wrote:
… or a 3D printer
… or just need a drawing of wheels or other hardware for a woodworking or metalworking project so you can get the dimensions right.
RIX wrote:
Quite the little Bolsheviks, aren’t they? … or Nazis, Nazis were equally tolerant.
Seriously, I wonder when they will next start condoning violence and mob violence in such circumstances as well.
“Brian Ross is leaving ABC after botched Michael Flynn report”
Actually, his ass was booted because the 3rd time getting caught publicly is the charm. He reported that James Holmes, the Aurora shooter belonged to the Tea Party, Rush Limbaugh was involved in money laundering, and god knows what else
https://pagesix.com/2018/07/02/brian-ross-leaving-abc-news-after-botched-michael-flynn-report/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=P6Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow
AZfederalist wrote:
[Jennifer] Rubin: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Should Be Harassed Publicly as a ‘Life Sentence’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2018/07/01/rubin-sarah-huckabee-sanders-should-be-harassed-publicly-life
Man, I want to live long enough to see these people get what’s coming.
@ eaglesoars:
And they call us fascists.