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FIRSTICUS!
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From last night:
You get ONE guess WHO put $30 million into GoreBullWarming.
http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/us/hacked-email-reveals-who-is-behind-al-gores-climate-change-agendaAl
WhGore was trying to play both sides, R and D, off each other to see who would give him the most prime time face time during a convention in the 80s. He flunked out of divinity school before he tried to be a reporter, then his daddy got him into politics and he has been a whorish POS ever since. Even his wife had enough of his BS and had the good sense to leave him. -
The sleeze and slime around the Hollyweird bigshots is astounding:
HEADLINE: Leonardo DiCaprio, the Malaysian Money Scandal and His “Unusual” Foundation
On the evening of July 20, under a tent at a vineyard in St. Tropez brimming to his specifications with booze, billionaires and babes, Leonardo DiCaprio was preparing to host one of the glitziest charitable events of the year: the third annual fundraiser for his Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation. Earlier that same day, under far less glamorous auspices half a world away, the U.S. Department of Justice was filing a complaint with the U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles that suggested the recent Oscar winner is a bit player in the planet’s largest embezzlement case, totaling more than $3 billion siphoned from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund called 1MDB.
While the complaint does not target DiCaprio — he’s referred to twice in the 136-page document and only as “Hollywood Actor 1” — the scandal shines an unfamiliar light on the charitable foundation of the most powerful actor in Hollywood thanks to the way the LDF has benefited directly from DiCaprio’s relationship with key figures in the saga. And much like the gala in St. Tropez, with its expressions of one-percenter excess ostensibly in support of saving the environment (guests helicoptering in to dine on whole sea bass after watching a short film about the dangers of overfishing), a closer look at the LDF itself raises questions about its ties to the 1MDB players as well as the lack of transparency often required (or offered in this case) for the specific structure the actor has chosen for his endeavor.
Set up not as a nonprofit but instead as a donor-advised fund (DAF) attached to the California Community Foundation, which is a nonprofit, the LDF therefore is not required to file itemized public disclosures about its own revenue, expenditures and disbursements. “It’s difficult to characterize the giving of the DiCaprio Foundation because its status as part of the CCF makes it impossible to look at its finances,” industry trade journal Inside Philanthropy noted in 2015.Corrupt California set up a system to encourage corrupt behavior – what a shocker.
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Good dreary morning Hamsters. Misty down below and above and 75 at 6, and a beautiful full Moon wore a veil on her way to bed. More rain is forecast for today, but that’s expected by now.
#2 Bonecrusher
Great exposure of the nefarious and evil Soros. Regrettably he didn’t kick the bucket instead of Antonin Scalia. The world would be a better place now if he had. -
This may be a lengthy video, but Roger Scruton is one of the more brilliant conservative scholars alive today. It is worth your time even if you only watch it in short segments.
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#4 Ms Adee: Ya gotsta give credit to M42 for that find.
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Ann Coulter has a great read about the blatant media double standard.
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Let us all acknowledge our heartfelt condolences to ELGordo today. Today is the anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment.
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Still overcast and misty for the fourth or fifth day in a row now out here in Centex. Grass has filled in solid green where it used to be brown, and hopefully it is establishing a good, deep root system in preparation for winter. Algore apparently showed up in Houston a few days ago and the temperature immediately dropped 25 degrees or more, thus the name “Gore effect” which had to be added to long range weather forecast disclaimers by the meteorologists. Now if we could just figure out how to make that rain selectively feed the grass but not the weeds we would be on to something. Fall’s early arrival this year has been a welcome relief from the brutal dry heat we suffered all summer. You all have a great day, and don’t worry about the Olympic athletes being held hostage in Brazil – State Dept is on the case.
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Back home from Port Aransas, if the nasty weather on 59 at Richmond/Rosenberg around 4:00PM yesterday is any evidence, Ms Adee and Sarge are no longer in drought conditions.
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Algore just needs to change his gig’s marketing, he now has the cure to global warming and you too can enjoy his heat relief for a fee.
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We always stop by Prasek’s Hillje Smokehouse when going 59 south, picked up some jerky and sausage. Wanted some of everything but man you can go broke in that place.
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Two Texas A&M football players were walking in the woods. One of them said, “Look, a dead bird.” The other looked up in the sky and said,” Where?”
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Not sure when we got what but rain gage reports 4 1/2″. That’ll work.
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Sweet, sweet revenge.
I doubt he’ll ever rape again. I notice that the woman isn’t going to be charged.
UPDATE: This is fake, but it would be nice to see this happen to someone who really deserved it.“I threw that ba**rds junk in the microwave, grab the plate, fork and a steak knife and cut it up like hot dogs. I grabbed a gun that he had left on the kitchen counter, walked over to him, and forced him to eat it. I have no remorse and I am not sorry. That ba***rd deserved it and he’s going to hell.”
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Good morning, Hamsterville ™ !
Looking at the 10-day forecast for my zip code, I see a couple of 20% middle of next week — maybe I can get my grass mowed again? -
HAMOUS: On the front page of the Dead Tree version of the Comical, there is a story about the White Oak Music Hall, 2915 North Main. That’s your neck o the woods, ain’t it?
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To add to yesterday’s comments on Breitbart and Trump’s relations. Title edited at my discretion.
That Time Trump’s New Campaign Executive Told Me to Go F*** Myself
This is a post at Patterico’s pontification and from Patterico himself.
WARNING: F-bombs used. -
GJT
Not sure when we got what but rain gage reports 4 1/2″. That’ll work.
Rain faeries and rain gnomes been messin with your gauge
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He’s going to go after Hillary tooth and nail I tell ya. Its going to be glorious—–
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I thought for sure that baseball and nachos would get this thread rip-roaring along.
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Tedtam
I thought for sure that baseball and nachos would get this thread rip-roaring along.
My mistake.Let’s try this
HEY Hamous
Shannon says that #malepolish would help my ugly toes. I summarily dismissed the idea and told him that I thought nothing could help my ugly feet. But I told him I would ask you. So ummm how has #malepolish helped you out? Shannon was worried you were too busy trying to get your manbun applied to your head to answer me. -
Raining! 🙁
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Aha, “man bun applied to head”… So Hammy’s man bun is store-bought and has to be glued to the back of his skull.
Now I know some of youse men have loooooong hair and can roll your own man bun, ain’t that right, Squawks?
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Whiskerfish could do it but his helmet wouldn’t fit right.
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Thunder!!!
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Lights flickering!
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Men who sport a man bun prolly do not have the guts to ride a motorcycle. Maybe a scooter or a moped — if they still make mopeds.
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In an attempt to discover if there was an ethnic origin to the man bun — I have seen it around Houston mostly on young hispanics — I stumbled across this jewel of an explanation for it. Bwa Haha Ha!
https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2015/12/26/man-buns-as-cultural-appropriation/ -
Congratulations are in order to mharper 42 for finding the dirt on Leonardo DiCaprio et al. that Bonecrusher #3 this morning described. Nasty from start to finish.
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The bottom just dropped out over us about 15 minutes ago, and it was really hard rain such that we could barely see the house across the street. Instant big puddles in two minutes and lotsa red over us on the radar. This is the first time since it all began on Sunday that such a cloudburst parked over us. Until this blast our cumulative rainfall had been a tad under 3.5″. That is changing fast. Temp has dived to 73.
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Men who sport a man bun prolly do not have the guts to ride a motorcycle.
But with a proper snood, a real man can ride just about anything.
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You just thought Barney was scary:
Conservatives Are Really Scared Of This Purple _______________
I wonder if it fartz rainbows? -
#21 Katfish
LOL, that poor guy discovered the one-handed catch was not to be and forgot the other hand was full of cheese and nachos. That might have been the high point of the game if the Astros had been playing there. -
For some of you nostalgia buffs, here are some photos and other information about all the goings on in Houston in the 1960’s. Things were happening fast back then, and Houston was a “can do” city without any limits. Too bad what happened after that. Anyway, enjoy.
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The gully washer has moved on, and spouse walked out to see what the previously empty rain gauge had in it. Puddle in front of it was too large to get close enough for an accurate reading without boots on, so the squint reading at a distance is well over an inch. Given that it was raging for about 20 minutes, that would be at least 3 inches per hour if it continued that long. Still a light rain hangs on. Now we have puddles in the yards that will likely take a while to soak in.
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Rush’s guest host just spoke with an organizer of a volunteer group called the Cajun Navy that has been rescuing people since the flooding began in LA. They have a facebook page by that name. They’re all boat owners who have worked steadily to rescue folks from flooded homes, cars, trees, whatever and take them to safety and supplement what the overwhelmed government groups are doing. They also bring supplies to homes whose residents are afraid to leave. They do not need donations and are not asking for them but instead recommend donating to the charitable organizations that are always first responders.
Good independent Louisiana folks like good independent Texans who take care of their neighbors when disaster strikes. More power to them. -
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Thanks. I remember a lot of those places. -
We watched JFK’s motorcade….and I was wondering why his hair looked green.
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No mention of EaDo, NoDo, NoLo or SoLo? -
#41 – I think A-Ho was not incorporated at the time either.
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GJT says:
AUGUST 18, 2016 AT 2:37 PM
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No mention of EaDo, NoDo, NoLo or SoLo?I thought I saw a mention of SoSlow.
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59 and 610 is more NoGo.
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On the front page of the Dead Tree version of the Comical, there is a story about the White Oak Music Hall, 2915 North Main. That’s your neck o the woods, ain’t it?
Yup. It’s turning into Hipsters vs. Cholos. The Hipsters love it because they play “House music”. The people in the ‘hood hate it because they hold outdoor concerts. Imagine if you will, listening to this while you’re trying to rest after a long week’s work, from 7 pm until midnight, at 20 dBs above the pain level. Add to that, the venue doesn’t have enough parking to accommodate all the attendees so your neighborhood streets are chock full of Kia Souls and you can’t even get out of your driveway to escape the madness of dancing Hamsters.
Lucky for me I’m far enough away that we can’t hear it. I’m hoping it will be a big success and about the time I’m ready to retire and sell, I can find some idiot rich Hipster to buy my house for a million dollars.
For those familiar with Northside Houston, the site is where Raven Tower (the big square building setting on top of a pedestal) you can see from I-45 just north of I-10. It’s been there for at least 40 years. -
Shannon says that #malepolish would help my ugly toes. I summarily dismissed the idea and told him that I thought nothing could help my ugly feet. But I told him I would ask you. So ummm how has #malepolish helped you out? Shannon was worried you were too busy trying to get your manbun applied to your head to answer me.
I think you should soak them ugly sausages in turpentine. That might help. I gave up on the manbun extension and went back to the tried-and-true mullet.
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#47;
After clicking on that photo I don’t think the ladies will be satisfied with another man again. -
The State Department admitted Thursday that the US would not hand over $400 million in cash to Iran until it released four American hostages — two weeks after President Obama insisted the payment was not a “ransom.”
State Department spokesman John Kirby was asked at Thursday’s press briefing: “In basic English, you’re saying you wouldn’t give them $400 million in cash until the prisoners were released, correct?”
“That’s correct,” Kirby replied.
In an Aug. 4 press conference, President Obama said the opposite.
“We do not pay ransom. We didn’t here, and we won’t in the future,” the president told reporters, speaking of the Jan. 17 payment and hostage release.I’m sure the O Admin is quakingbin its boots over the accountability fsllout that’ll surely come from the GOP leadership. 👿
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I’m assuming it is the Cholos who listen to that horrible “music”.
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and about the time I’m ready to retire and sell, I can find some idiot rich Hipster to buy my house for a million dollars.
You might get forced out by some Trump protege.
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This is a serious question posed to the never Trumpsters, and I’m not trying to troll – I’m seeking real answers as to specifically why you (the) opposition to Trump as the Rep nominee. I’ll admit up front that he’s not my first choice as nominee, but that ship has sailed, so what’s this vitriolic opposition based on. Please don’t include arrogance, obnoxious, small endowment, can’t win, poor polling, or whatever – I’m looking for substantive policy issues to oppose. Thanks for your help.
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Did INGSOCNN lock SHiLLiary in their basement so Brooke Baldwin and Carol Costello ( ABBOTT!! ABBOTT!!) can feed her Gerber’s Baby Ceral in hopes of stimulating her lie-ridden brain before the debates?
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#45 Hamous
Lucky you that you’re far enough away to not hear it. That is not fit to be tenuously called music. It is not even cave-man era tribal music. It is an insult to isolated deep in the Amazon jungle head hunters tribal music that likely has ritual organization and tonality. Residents within earshot and hearing destruction ought to file a complaint with the UN and call it torture.
Though it ought to be fertile ground for ear docs and audiologists regularly to pass around their business cards at the “performances.” While wearing aircraft carrier flight deck ear protection of course. -
I don’t know EG I just feel politically homeless even more so than usual. I quit voting for this guy because he was better than the other guy a few cycles ago and I’d be doing so this time with a guy that I agree with less than a rino. Even things I agree with him on, border, refugees – I know he won’t be able to build any coalition to do anything about real. Which is no different than being told in the campaign the candidate is on my side and then isn’t. I don’t recognize any values I thought we all stood for in this guy or most of his supporters.
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#50 Shannon
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I just ate one of my low carb dinner rolls. I really need to make these more often. The recipe and size I make, each one is just a tad over 3 carbs.
Light and fluffy on the inside, with a nice crust on the outside. They freeze well, and heat up in just a few minutes in my toaster oven. Slather ’em with butter, or make a breakfast sammich out of one. Yum! -
#57 – Where’s the recipe?
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Watching the medal ceremony for the women’s hurdles, which was swept by 3 Americans. Those girls are beautiful! Looks and ability! I hope they’re doing well in their studies as well, to complete their personal trifecta.
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Warning: There’s an email going around purporting to be a nude photo of Hillary Clinton. Do not open it. It is a nude photo of Hillary Clinton.
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I’m assuming it is the Cholos who listen to that horrible “music”.
No, no. House Music is for Hipsters. When I say “Cholo” I use that as a generic term for Latinos. That area has been mainly Latino since the ’30s and ’40s. That area and 5th ward are probably the only remaining areas that haven’t been gentrified.
What/who are Cholos?
A Cholo is the stereotypical Latino played in movies. Dressed in Khakis, wife-beater, and Stacy Adams shoes. Usually a wide bandana almost covering their eyes. Tatted up and driving a Low Rider. In the old days they wore zoot suits.
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El Gordo says:
AUGUST 18, 2016 AT 6:10 PM
This is a serious question posed to the never Trumpsters, and I’m not trying to troll – I’m seeking real answers as to specifically why you (the) opposition to Trump as the Rep nominee. I’ll admit up front that he’s not my first choice as nominee, but that ship has sailed, so what’s this vitriolic opposition based on. Please don’t include arrogance, obnoxious, small endowment, can’t win, poor polling, or whatever – I’m looking for substantive policy issues to oppose. Thanks for your help.Because he is functionally, morally, and politically not different than Hillary.
He is Hillary with a penis.
He is the rescuer of the Establishment Republicans, who would rather lose an election than let a Conservative win. He got their co-operration by guaranteeing them that they could keep thier phony baloney jobs if they let him win the nomination, and they were desperate enough about Cruz that they handed him the keys.
If he’s elected, there will be no difference than what we’d get if Hillary wins—and that includes Supreme Court nominations.
He is the very epitome of the priveleged elite class that has been running this country into the ground for the last 30 years.
Now—you tell me:
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There was only one way Hillary was going to win this election.
Have the Republicans nominate somebody like Trump. -
MAGIC ROLLS RECIPE – p 22 of “The Low-Carb Comfort Food Cookbook”
There are different variations, but the basic recipe (what I made) goes like this (please bear with me, I’ll try to shorten it up.
Preheat oven to 425, get a large pan ready; should not need to grease it.
3/4 cup + 2 tbsp cold water
6 tbsp butter
3/4 cup vital wheat gluten flour (NOT flour, just the wheat gluten; it’s a fine powder)
1/3 cup unbleached, all purpose wheat flour
trace of salt
3 eggs, 1 egg white
(1) Heat water and butter in 2 qt saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally as butter melts…..(2) Meanwhile mix flours and salt in medium bowl….(3) When melted butter mixture simmers, add dry mix all at once. Stir vigorously with wooden spoon. Keep stirring until no flour shows, cook for 10 more seconds and then remove from heat….(4) Put hot pan on non-heated surface, stir in eggs one at a time, mixing well after each. The dough will start lumpy, then become smooth after all 3 eggs added. It should be creamy and hold peaks w/o much settling. Work in the egg white. Now it should still hold shape, but in softer peaks. It should form mounds that do not spread on the cookie sheet, but sink back and broaden out slightly. Consistency is important (see end of recipe)….(5) Put spoonfuls of dough on the cookie sheet, using large teaspooons or even soup spoons. (I use my wooden spoon but don’t fill the bowl full.) Place fairly close together, not touching….(6) Bake for 25-28 minutes until golden brown and crusty on top. Promptly freeze those you won’t be eating that day.
Thaw: room temp, or at 350 degrees (no preheat necessary) for 5 minutes
Consistency: Egg size is important. If the eggs are larger, you may omit the egg white or add only a portion. If the eggs are smaller size, the dough may be too stiff, and you may need to add an extra egg or egg white. I use the extra large and follow the recipe without a problem.
If you decide to slice and toast the halves, they toast quickly, so keep a close eye on them.
I make batches of 16 out of this recipe.
18 batch -> 2.8 g carb, 5.8 g protein
16 batch -> 3.1 g carb, 6.5 g protein
12 batch -> 4.2 g carb, 8.6 g protein
These make good bread crumbs for other recipes, and the cookbook has other variations. This is one of my favorite low carb cookbooks.
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I’m looking for substantive policy issues to oppose.
– supports affirmative action
– supports progressive income tax
– supports minimum wage increase
– promises to weaken the 1st Amendment by “opening up the libel laws”. That came up when “Reporters are treating me very badly. Very, very unfair.”
– promises to continue funding Planned Parenthood
– in favor of “Assault Weapons” ban
– in favor of “universal health care”
– he praised the Kelo decision
– his immigration plan calls for deportation, but also calls for expedited amnesty to get back in legally. Btw, Kay Bailey Hutchinson proposed this, calling it “touchback amnesty”, and was roundly criticized by many here. -
American won the decathlon! Yay!
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There was only one way the Establishment Republicans could maintain their grip on the Party.
Nominate someone like Trump and lose to Hillary. -
I gave up on the manbun extension and went back to the tried-and-true mullet.
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In the 2012 election, Republicans believed that the polls were skewed in Obama’s favor, and did not take conservative enthusiasm into consideration. I was one of them — I believed we were going to win. I believed the polls were wrong.
On election night when President Obama easily won reelection, I vowed to never put myself in that position again. I wouldn’t simply listen to what I wanted to hear. I would instead take the numbers for what they were, because the polling involved specifically in presidential elections has been accurate since 1952.
By believing that the polls were wrong, I had let both myself and our viewers down. I had done them a disservice. After the election, our viewers were mad. And they had every right to be.
We shouldn’t have to learn this lesson again. At this point in the general election, Trump is struggling in the presidential polls. But making excuses for the numbers will not change them. It would be a disservice to the candidate and his supporters to say otherwise.
If this fictitious message is encouraged and continued, it sets up his supporters for major disappointment and anger. By allowing this kind of mindset to take hold, it means that Trump can’t get past that roadblock, and become more competitive this fall, so that he can be in a position to win.
No candidate has been this behind in August and gone on to win. But I recognize that Trump is unlike any candidate America has ever seen. Yet if the size of one’s rallies translated into votes, Bernie Sanders would be the Democratic nominee right now.
There is, of course, a first time for everything, and I am not saying this election is over. I believe the polls will tighten after Labor Day. How this contest is waged and how both candidates perform in the upcoming debates in the next eleven weeks will determine that.
When I speak the truth about the state of the race, some Trump supporters call me a “Negative Nancy” or a “Debbie Downer.” I have even been called a “pragmatic snob,” whatever that is. I understand and am sympathetic towards their frustration, but I believe in my gut that being honest about the state of the race is better than adding to people’s false hopes. Wishful thinking is the greatest enemy of the Republican Party.
I believe that conservative values and policy prescriptions are better than liberal ones. But conservatives have to find a better way to convince Americans to believe that too. We all deserve better. -
Mine is a sympathy vote for Trump. Because he is less endowed than Hillary.
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Maybe Dana Downer should go visit The Dizzy One in Crawford Texas and they can reminisce about how they back stabbed the faithful and why he was a huge reason we got saddled with Hussein the Destroyer.
He even campaigned for that great Con-servative Arlen Specter.
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Separated at birth?
Heh. Back in the ’80s I dated this girl who was a BRC fan. She had a photo of him, signed I think, on her ’80s chrome-and-glass etagere. Every time I walked past it I’d lay it face down. I think she finally got tired of it and the 8×10 glossy of BRC won out. Probably for the best for everyone involved. Except for maybe BRC. Instead of marrying this girl he married someone else and this sprang from his loins.
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Hammy, I sure would appreciate a little warning!
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Here’s the thing.
Do you really think it was smart to Nominate a candidate for the Republican Party who would force you to spend all summer long convincing Conservatives to vote for him?
You win these friggin things by giving Independents a candidate they feel good about voting for, and you nominate one that everybody in the Party can feel comfortable with.
You guys spent the entire primary process alienating the very voters Trump needed to win, now you’re whining that we won’t vote for him. -
Yah Phil.
Dana’s just making all that stuff up.
Trump’s gonna win in a landslide. -
From Hannah Montana to Hannah gets Mounted.
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You win these friggin things by giving Independents a candidate they feel good about voting for
Uh, that would be Jeb or Kasich.
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Here’s what gives me hope for the future. You really have to dig into this and read the whole thing to grasp the sheer beauty of it. Someone commented it’s like a modern-day Salem witch hunt. The bright side is these Chuckleheads are burning each other at the state, thereby self-cleaning the gene pool. No muss, no fuss.
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I just saw something about “first day of work firings”. I had a flashback…
I was only nineteen, and it was the summer before I left home for college. A friend had gotten me a summer intern job at A Major Energy Company downtown. The lady I was supposed to sub in for had not left for her maternity leave yet, so I worked as a “floater” in the employee office on the 21st floor for a few days.
On my first day, I was asked to go to the 18th floor to pick up some new hire booklets. To get from the 21st to the 18th floor, I had go down to the first floor and change to a different elevator bank. So, I told my temporary boss I was “on it” and promptly departed for the elevator. I got to the first floor, got out and then into a different car, found my contact on the 18th floor, and received an ARMLOAD of booklets. They weren’t in a box or bag, just loose. So here I am, with a bulging armload of 1/2 inch thick booklets, and I smile and thank the guy, wondering how I’m going to push an elevator button without dropping them all. But I’m young, and I trust that I’ll manage, so off I go!
I get in the elevator, and manage to push the button for the first floor. The elevator goes down, and then instead of opening doors, I hear a humming sound — and the doors remain closed. I push the “open door” button, but nothing. I don’t panic, I push the button for the basement, thinking I’ll change banks in the basement.
No go. Same thing. Doors don’t open. I go back to one. Back to basement. Back to one. I’ve been gone for quite a while now, and I’m beginning to wonder what my boss is wondering…about me. By now, my arms are killing me.
I push the emergency button, and a security guard’s voice comes through the little speakers.”Is there a problem?” I want to scream out “No sh*t, Sherlock! My arms are killing me, I’m about to drop these books all over the floor, this is my first day, and I’m sure I’m going to get fired!” All I said, though, was “THE DOORS WON’T OPEN! I’ve tried both floors!” I could hear more humming, and then “Wait there, I’ll get some help.”
Okay, I’m thinking this security guard isn’t fully aware of my situation. I mean, where was I supposed to go, so that I wouldn’t be able to “wait there”? I merely sighed and adjusted my load and tried to lean my arms against the walls to reduce the weight some infinitesimal amount. It must have been a full ten minutes before I heard voices again, just as I start trying to figure out how I’m going to relieve myself when the time comes. I may as well pee in the elevator, because I’m becoming more convinced I won’t be offered a second day at work. “Try it now,” she says. Somehow I manage to reach up to the button for the first floor, and….nothing. I push the open door button…nothing.
Finally! I see a shaft of light come through the door about the same time I see a maintenance guy with a pry bar opening the door. I don’t even stop to say anything but a brief “thank you” as I practically ran to the other elevator bank, got a car going up, and burst into the employment office to drop the armload onto a desk. Here comes my supervisor, and before she says anything I blurt out “I got stuck in the elevator! I swear I did, you can check with the security guard!” She looked at me quizzically and said, “I was wondering what happened to you.”
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Shannon says:
AUGUST 18, 2016 AT 9:18 PMYou win these friggin things by giving Independents a candidate they feel good about voting for
Uh, that would be Jeb or Kasich.
Both of whom would have had a better chance of beating Hillary.
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But Jeb was never going to get the nomination.
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Company I worked for needed a temp receptionist for reasons I don’t recall. Most who were tried just didn’t work out. The absolute worst was a young lady who worked the front desk all morning but disappeared after lunch. The 10-floor building and its grounds and parking garage were searched; no sign of her. Finally it was discovered she had simply walked out and went home. She called her agency and told them she quit.
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See, here’s the difference.
And all you people who are concerned about Hillary winning, pay attention.
I could have voted for Kasich or Rubio. I would have brough people to the polls to vote for Cruz. I would have donated money and travelled to other states to help get Cruz elected.
I’m not alone there.
I’m never gonna vote for Trump.
And I’m not alone there, either
But Trump and the GOPe knew that, and they didn’t want Cruz to win. So when it came down to deciding whether they were gonna support Cruz or Trump, they chose Trump.
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I just have one question. Is Selma Hayek a queer taco in real life or does she just play one in the movies?
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The queer taco thing has my brain pretty scrambled, but is Sarge actually saying that Trump won the primary because the GOPe turned out in droves for him?
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Well, first we must determine if
sheze is a latinx lesbian or bisexual taco. -
#66 – Thanks. I’m going to investigate those matters you raised a bit, but that gives me a starting point. All the bellyaching from some about wouldda, couldda, shouldda just don’t hold water with me since he is in fact the nominee, regardless of what I might have preferred, I want to be certain of what I’m doing. I’ll report back if I find anything new.
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Shannon says:
AUGUST 18, 2016 AT 9:57 PM
The queer taco thing has my brain pretty scrambled, but is Sarge actually saying that Trump won the primary because the GOPe turned out in droves for him?No.
Its because when it came down to choosing the two leading candidates, they decided to put the Party infrastructure, which included acess to donors, media consultants, and campaign workers, behind Trump to keep Cruz from winning.
What the Trumpettes want me to do is to sell my Conservative Soul because “Who else are you gonna vote for?”
Which is exactly what the Republican Party has been doing to me since 1988. -
You’re not going to save the nation by keeping Hillary out of office.
You’re going to do it by taking the GOPe apart, limb by limb, grinding it into small pieces, burning it, then cast salt over the ashes.
Despite what the Trumpettes think, that’s not what’s happening. -
We all have to do what we have to do.
I’ll sleep just fine voting against HRC. -
#88 Here’s a start.
I get that people are enamored by him not being a “traditional Republican” candidate. But that’s because he’s a Democrat. -
I wasn’t one of those people who told others that if they didn’t vote for McCain or Romney they were voting for Barry. I grudgingly voted for them but did not denigrate those who didn’t, even though it surely meant we were going to have Obama as president. Ironically, now those same people are denigrating me, and pretty viciously, for not supporting Trump. I’m thick-skinned. I can take it. To tell the truth, I think it’s funny.
If anyone wants to vote for Trump, have at it. All I plan on doing is pointing out via the evidence that he’s a charlatan. You can believe it or not. No skin off my back. -
Well, I’m not voting for Hillary either.
By some folks’ math, that means a vote for Trump, so its all good. -
TGIF!!!
I didn’t think we’d make it to Friday.
Mornin’ Gang -
I think you mean – It’s Friday already??
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It is?
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