Happy Presidents’ Day, to the group least likely to wish that on anyone. I had to work, but my kids were off. I assume my wife will be telling me, “take your kids” as soon as I leave the sanctum of my home office. Unfortunately, the beer is downstairs. This is going to make for some tough choices.
Old men and women shake fists, shout at clouds. Its a good thing I’m not AG. My next IG inspection would be going through pension records.
Why don’t they just wipe their ass with money instead?
You can always count on our local Orange Man to run to the front of the mob and claim he’s leading the parade.
For sale: One nuclear reactor, hardly used.
And of course, the song.
UPDATE – Almost forgot Gojira’s part:
Attention Dallas/Ft. Worth Glibs! There will be a meetup for all local gang members & well-wishers this coming Saturday, 2/22/20, at 6:00 pm at J. Gilligan’s Bar & Grill in Arlington. It’s a very central location, so as to be equally inconvenient to attendees from either side of the metroplex. Come see all your favorite Glibs, such as Sir Digby, Mark Hamill*, Gojira, and many more!
I’m almost never in a position to be able to post during the afternoon, so if someone can re-post this notice in the afternoon links, it would be much appreciated.
*Mark Hamill may not appear
have you considered to see if GrubHub will deliver to a second story window?
Mini fridge. Empties can also be used to hold used beer.
This is why drones are the future of delivery.
have you considered to see if GrubHub will deliver to a second story window?
If not, I’d consider that a true market failure. Surely there is a demand for that.
“Such behavior is a grave threat to the fair administration of justice,” the former officials wrote. “In this nation, we are all equal before the law. A person should not be given special treatment in a criminal prosecution because they are a close political ally of the President. Governments that use the enormous power of law enforcement to punish their enemies and reward their allies are not constitutional republics; they are autocracies.”
“You have disrupted our ability to railroad people we don’t like.”
Governments that use the enormous power of law enforcement to punish their enemies
That’s not what’s happening here with the prosecution of Stone?
and reward their allies
Like how McCabe skated after lying to the FBI?
A person should not be given special treatment in a criminal prosecution because they are a close political ally of the President.
You mean, like having a ridiculously heavy sentence proposed for someone who was (briefly) associated with his campaign?
Or, like having obvious criminal activities waved off for being his Secretary of State?
Trump should just make it a moot point and pardon the motherfucker.
And specifically say that he’s doing it because the prosecutors have shown that people who lie to FISA courts for reasons the prosecutors like get off scot-free, so the rule of law requires that other people accused of lying to the FBI get off, too.
That wouldn’t be a bad angle to take and I suspect he will get a pardon along with a laundry list of others if he wins reelection.
Unlike other Article III courts where the judges are directly appointed by the executive (with the advise and consent..), FISA court judges are appointed by the Chief Justice from the pool of existing Article III judges for seven-year terms. Totes constitutional.
A college student in New Zealand tried to sell a “potential” nuclear reactor on a local version of Craigslist. The young man says his goal was to raise money for his tuition. He also says the plasma reactor could be brought online by an intrepid amateur scientist.
I like his entrepreneurial spirit.
KOROWNUHVYRUS!!!!!
Armed men allegedly took off with hundreds of rolls of toilet paper in Hong Kong as coronavirus fears have left the bathroom necessity in short supply. Toilet paper has have become a hot commodity since the outbreak of the virus on mainland China.
It’s almost like Venezuela.
DAMN YOU!
*looks down 2 comments*
Or, you know, 3 😉
🙂
I’ve often wondered about what the price of toilet paper would be when the SHTF.
Presidents have their uses. Ribbon cuttings, throwing a baseball on the first day of the season, vetoing legislation…
///Coronavirus-so-white.
Don’t forget that CNN bitched about Trump’s scientific council to study the disease being too white and male.
That’s what I was referring to.
Look, they wanted to bring in an Asian guy, but that’s too close to white nowadays. And, you know….
Jesus Christ.
/Sorry Father but man….these people are fucken ridiculous. Can’t you do something about it Father?
Like Bernie, Bloomberg, and Biden?
Why don’t they just wipe their ass with money instead?
Friend, this ain’t Venezuela!
/HK dollah
Toilet paper has have become a hot commodity since the outbreak of the virus on mainland China.
So, in other words, it’s like Venezuela.
With drugs falling out of its ass.
It’s the leprosy.
‘It’s a photo orgy’; the mating rituals of the outdoor photographer
The way in which Miss Harris is holding her opera glasses makes it look a little like she’s drinking a Coke. (Rathbone’s fiancee – had to look up her name though.)
Self-interested moaning is a human right
Michelle Wu, a City Council member in Boston, wants everyone to ride for free on subways and buses that crisscross the region.
Wu says the city is experiencing a “transportation crisis” as ridership declines, rush-hour traffic rises and the infrastructure of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority continues to crumble.
The transportation authority needs salvation and money for repairs, commuters and local transit advocates say, but instead of raising fares beyond the $2.90 it costs now if you pay for a subway ride in cash, Wu thinks a solution may lie in dropping fares altogether.
Her position is shared by other progressive lawmakers across the country who say mobility is a human right, like health care and education, and think residents should be able to freely move around their cities, no matter their income brackets. They propose eliminating fares on city buses, light rail and trains to achieve their vision of universal mobility. But some experts warn that free rides wouldn’t solve the issues besetting many public transit systems, including crumbling infrastructure, infrequent and unreliable service, and routes that take workers nowhere near their jobs.
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Robbie Makinen, CEO of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, said public transit is the glue that holds a community together.
“The return on investment for social justice, compassion and empathy far outweighs the return on investment for asphalt and concrete,” he said.
The Kansas City transit authority partnered with the Center for Economic Information at the University of Missouri-Kansas City to analyze the economic impact of the proposed zero-fare policy. The study found that free transit would increase Kansas City’s regional gross domestic product by more than $13 million a year and improve the livelihoods of regular riders along with new riders encouraged to try public transit without the fare barrier.
Assume a can opener. Assume a bus. Assume a giant pot of free money.
Somewhere in this morass of stupidity, somebody points out the fact that it doesn’t make a goddam bit of difference how much the bus ride costs, if it doesn’t go where you need to go, when you need to go there.
‘Robbie Makinen, CEO of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, said public transit is the glue that holds a community together.’
KC is a personal car town. A far flung commute for nearly everybody in the area. Public transport is sparse in comparison to most cities I’ve been in. Yes, as in any city, people living in the downtown/midtown areas use buses and light rail for their commute, but that hardly counts for the majority even there.
This person is full of shit.
When that doesn’t work they will implement “road diets” (lane closures) and turn all street parking into bike lanes. If demand doesn’t exist, create it by whatever means necessary.
If they really want to create demand for “public” (really government) transit, get rid of all parking lots for government buildings and ban government-sector workers from using cars.
People should ride their bikes to work during ice storms!
That actually happens in Montreal. During the ice storm of 1998 we clipped on our cross country skies, hooked them to th bumper of a car and went ‘snow-skiing.’ The funny part? No one said boo.
Last deep freeze (-27c) people were rising on their far tire mountain bikes 40 minutes north of MTL.
I saw that in Minneapolis and again in Madison.
Especially the old, lame and infirm!
Oh yeah, that’s just what Boston needs.
Robbie Makinen, CEO of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, said public transit is the glue that holds a community together.
“The return on investment for social justice, compassion and empathy far outweighs the return on investment for asphalt and concrete,” he said.
If you don’t invest in asphalt and concrete, exactly what roads are those busses full of social justice, compassion, and empathy going to drive on?
unicorn poop
Don’t you know the roads are made of smug?
Don’t get me started on the condition of the roads here in KC, or Missouri for that matter. Near the top of the list for things not done well here. At all. It’s kinda ridiculous.
The downtown loop. Ugh.
The last time I was on Missouri roads was in 2005. And they were absolute shit – real 3rd world stuff.
It’s hilarious crossing into MO from IA. Last time I thought I blew out a tire.
One day of biking : 120 miles, 7 flats. Fuck. You. Missouri.
However – the most dramatic change in highway quality I’ve seen was crossing from West Virginia to Maryland. Cracked, pitted, concrete-laid-by-Soviet-forced-labour-gangs-in-1936 to glass smooth asphalt.
So the solution to a transit system operating in the red is to make the fares free of charge?
Sounds legit.
Duh. You make it up in volume.
It’s almost like you’ve never studied Progonomics.
I worked for manufacturer that used that system once.
Once is all it takes!
Apparently, diverting the budget for roads to subsidize the “free” transit system is also part of the proposal.
What a steaming pile. The fare is already priced so low that anyone who isn’t sleeping in a gutter can afford it – by design. “Social justice” my ass.
JFC that is dishonest. The MBTA are the same people that brought us The Big Dig. Graft, ridiculous union rules and wages, along with management so bad it never adequately replaces its capital assets. Writing these fuckers a blank check will bring the system to a halt.
You say like that is a bad thing.
As promised, reposting from midday article:
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/02/16/adult-film-shot-at-santa-monica-public-library-during-business-hours-sparks-outrage/
“ The video was uploaded to a porn site that pays per click.”
Looks like the marketing guy’s getting a raise.
I’d like to see those girl reporters in a porn. We need more laws to make people follow the laws that already exist.
Sara yes; Sandra and Christy no.
I guess the main set was overbooked.
Well I guess that covers that.
How am I supposed to measure my outrage without viewing the video?
Exactly. I tried to find it but no joy.
Mark Levine
@DelegateMark
Senate Committee voted to study assault weapons bill for another year. We already know weapons of war don’t belong on our streets. I fear mass murder with these weapons between now and then, but I am proud of House of Delegates for doing what we could. We will be back.
Of course, gun-grabbers never quit.
Their majority will increase in 2021…
*tries very hard to not to wish that he succumbs to a violent and ironic death*
*tries very hard to not to wish that he succumbs to a violent and ironic death*
Chokes on a flower? I don’t know what would be ironic for a gun-grabber. Maybe shot by the police?
“I fear mass murder with these weapons between now and then”
More like “I pray for mass murder and a fresh pile of corpses on which to climb and pontificate”.
Fuck you, Mark Levine.
I got $20 that says more people are killed by police “patrol rifles” than “assault rifles” wielded by non-cops in VA over the next year.
Did they ever demonstrate that ANY of the deaths at the Waco Biker Massacre were from anyone other than LE?
I’ve never heard otherwise.
Friend, this ain’t
Venezuela!ZimbabweThat’s not what’s happening here with the prosecution of Stone?
These people are astoundingly unselfaware.
Prosecuting Emmanuel Goldstein never goes out of fashion.
Something something constitutional norms.
“I have some information as well about the Obama administration, which will be disclosed in a lawsuit at some point, but I’m not prepared to disclose it now, about how President Obama personally asked the FBI to investigate somebody on behalf of George Soros, who was a close ally of his,” he said. Dershowitz was responding to the over-the-top hand-wringing going on in the media after Donald Trump tweeted out his disgust at the sentencing recommendation of up to nine years for Roger Stone, which was announced by prosecutors at the Justice Department.
“We’ve seen this kind of White House influence on the Justice Department virtually in every Justice Department,” continued Dershowitz. “The difference is this president is much more overt about it. He tweets about it. President Obama whispered to the Justice Department about it.” Dershowitz then went on to give historical context and claimed that while not advisable, it’s perfectly constitutional for the president to completely control the Department of Justice, as has been done before. “The president could make a decision to really decide to control the Justice Department…Thomas Jefferson did it.”
Affordable birth control
among women with large‐employer coverage who use oral contraceptives, “the share experiencing out‐of‐pocket spending…declined from 94 percent in 2012 to 11 percent in 2017.” The ACA’s reshaping of the market for oral contraceptives precisely coincided with a dramatic increase in prices for those items. As the mandate began to take effect and as the ACA made oral contraceptives seem “free” to more purchasers, prices for hormones and oral contraceptives began to rise. Once the mandate took full effect, prices began to rise rapidly. From May 2013 through May 2019, while real prices for non‐prescription drugs and prescription drugs overall rose just 12 percent and 37 percent, respectively, prices for hormones and oral contraceptives rose 108 percent.
This is a perfect case study in how third party payers ruin markets.
oral contraceptives
Oral is definitely a way to avoid pregnancy.
As long as she doesn’t swallow.
More transit whining:
Comparing 100 metropolitan areas of similar size to Kansas City, a 2011 report from the Brookings Institution found that Kansas City’s transit system was among the 10 worst at connecting workers to their jobs, with only 18 percent of jobs in the metropolitan region accessible to job seekers by commutes of less than 90 minutes.
For that reason, city leaders should not look at eliminating fares as a “panacea” for transit problems, said Hayley Richardson, a spokeswoman for TransitCenter, a nonprofit group based in New York City that works to improve public transit around the country.
“A bus that comes once an hour that’s free isn’t useful to people,” Richardson said. “The way we make transit useful to people is by making it come frequently and reliable.”
Instead of eliminating fares, Richardson said, cities need to prioritize creating transit systems that actually serve their customers. The best scenario would be cities where buses arrive every five minutes in dedicated lanes and a country where most Americans can walk to transit.
Whaddaya mean, our proposals are pointlessly impractical and a massive waste of time and money?
cities need to prioritize creating transit systems that actually serve their customers
You know, roads for use by privately-owned vehicles are also a transit system.
buses arrive every five minutes in dedicated lanes
Well, busses not going where you want to go are as much use as no busses at all. And I would be very curious to know if there is a bus route anywhere in the country that stops every 5 minutes.
a country where most Americans can walk to transit
So ableist. Leaving that aside, this would require bulldozing the homes of a good-sized majority of Americans to herd them into high-rise government projects.
You say that last sentence like it would be a negative to those types.
I have no illusions.
The fact that they are trying to stuff as many of us onto trains is not lost on me, either.
The City has utterly fucked over The Rockaways by turning our once nice wide roads (2 travel lanes in each direction, parking on both sides of the street) into a gridlocked morass of sensible transit measures (1 travel lane in each direction, no parking on either side of the street, a dedicated bus lane on one side and a bike lane the same size as a car lane on the other).
Quite a few in NYC.
A single route with busses every 5 minutes? Not busses stop at this stop every 5 minutes (which can include busses on a number of different routes).
Single routes. Granted, I’m talking about rush hour.
Here is one. TW: pdf
if there is a bus route anywhere in the country that stops every 5 minutes.
Disneyworld
You can’t use private transportation. That’s cheating!
The bus route with a stop at our Chicago condo (downtown) stop every six minutes.
Dedicated lanes for government buses means closure of existing lanes, ie making things more difficult for private individuals, delivery services, etc.
Mammary Monday sez “we don’t need no stinkin’ clothes!”
http://archive.is/NMFXM
That’s a lot of bunny boilers.
Not a good collection.
Considering Mark’s politics I am not surprised.
I was just in Dallas on business twice over the past three months. Why am I only now learning of the great representation of Glibs there? Oh well, maybe next time.
It’s amazing how quick the Berniebots swarm if you dare say anything negative about Dear Leader. Had one who said the following (after I talked about how cultish Bernie fans are)
I asked the same guy what he’d do in November if Bernie isn’t the nominee, he answered.
I really may be underestimating how big a victory Trump will win in November. Hell, Bernie might hand Congress back to Team Red too.
Nobody else supports these policies
Every Dem candidate supports the Green New Deal, and at least some support Medicare for All and/or some cancellation of student loan debt.
In his defense, Bernie may be the only one that actually believes that bullshit.
How’d the MMJ work out?
Went to the dispensary Friday. Stuff is incredibly expensive here (paid $94 for an 800mg vape cartridge). Got that and a 1000mg syringe concentrate.
Had some trouble getting the dosage right at first. Friday night was far too deep (visual hallucinations are fun), Saturday night didn’t take enough and it didn’t do much. Last night was 4 seconds on the vape and it was pretty good, aside from the coughing fit I have whenever I use the vape. Helped me get to sleep better than any benzos ever had.
Yeah, concentrates can take some getting used to.
The good news is, you can titrate them more closely (“4 seconds on the vape”).
Err, at least, that’s what a friend told me.
Is the dosage of the vape cartridges more accurate than edibles?
Good to hear. When I was trying to quite smoking cigs I tried vaping. It made me cough more than cigs. A much heavier/dense smoke I guess. I hope you have success with it.
Go get the beer, Brett.
You’ve earned it, particularly with that musical history lesson.
*watches for the third time*
Loretta….cough….Lynch….ahem….meeting with…cough….Bill Clinton.
Where were they then? Just a bunch of theatrical cumtards like the fake anti-war movement.
Tard Tuesday: Early Edition
This one couldn’t wait. It’s so tarded, it has a shelf life.
Fascism is control of governments by corporations and monied interests.
That’s true! I remember how Italy was ruled by the board of Mussolini SpA!
Fucking idiots.
Bonus comment tardation::
>Democrats don’t cheat
Feel the Bern.
Al Franken is just the guy for that.
Republicans/Dixiecrats, are no longer Americans
Goddamned deplorables. We should force them to wear an identifier, some sort of patch perhaps.
I’m working on something involving simple geometric shapes and color combos.
Rhombus with a pink to yellow gradient.
Rothko would approve.
Indeed, but I can’t see what’s special or valuable about his work.
Fascism is control of governments by corporations and monied interests.
Well, if that’s not exactly backwards, its at least 90 degrees off.
The one way that democracies (the people) could control corporations until recently was by taxation.
I could have sworn that laws and regulations could apply to business enterprises, as well as individuals.
“I could have sworn that laws and regulations could apply to business enterprises”
Exactly, if you want to stop the influence peddling, take away the governments power to hand out special favors.
The loss of the power to tax is the loss of democracy.
The power to tax is the power to destroy.
Fascism is winning this war.
Sorta correct but not how you mean.
Fascism is control of governments by corporations and monied interests.
Bass ackwards. But you people think fascism is just anything you don’t like.
Instead of large, expensive city-run buses, we could turn the clock back to a time when entrepreneurs were free to provide transport service to individuals or groups with neither let nor hindrance. Gypsy cabs, jitneys, carpools, employer bus services…
I know, I know, unfettered wild west capitalism ruins everything.
Dude, Uber is already murdering employees. Why would you invite more to the party?
The first Mexican owned and operated rickshaw seen in a hipster neighborhood would make their heads explode.
Also, cut Corporate (hidden consumer taxes) taxes to zero.
Do you want the few survivors of the repeal of net neutrality to die?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._H._Green
Hmmm….
https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-2036,00.html
Here’s a nice rabbit hole for you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-syndicalism
mises.org response
https://mises.org/library/trouble-socialist-anarchism
The loss of the power to tax is the loss of democracy.
Dizzying.
*Chuckles* Yeah, sure. Oh wait, you’re serious.
Co-host Whoopi Goldberg said, “A lot of people want to see you on that ticket, first as vice president.”
Abrams said, “Of course, I would be honored to run for vice president with the nominee.”
She continued, “As a woman of color, especially a black woman — this is an unusual position to be in for someone to be considered possibly the next vice president. And it would be doing a disservice to every woman of color, every woman of ambition, every child who wants to think beyond their known space for me to say no. Or to pretend, ‘Oh no, I don’t want it.’ Of course, I want it. Of course, I want to serve America. Of course, I want to be a patriot and do this work, and so I say yes.”
Goldberg asked, “You also see yourself running as president too.”
Abrams said, “Oh, absolutely. Absolutely.”
She added, “I want to do good, and there’s no stronger platform than president of the United States. That’s a position I want to one day hold.”
Someone hopes to be dictator one day.
And even if she loses, she actually won, the other side just cheated!
” I want to be a patriot and do this work, and so I say yes.”
‘I’m headed out the door right now to enlist so one of the other people will be spared another deployment”, said Ms Abrams to no one within hearing distance.
‘
It cracks me up that she still gets media coverage.
Hey she is the rightful Governor of Georgia. The other guy only won because he actually did his job and followed the law.
You know who else had 30 dicks?
*I have no memory of that song being played during school house rock
*lights straffinrun signal*
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/japan-naked-festival-intl-hnk/index.html
I was not expecting a Q link to have so many dudes.
Although the description of how the festival came about was somewhat amusing:
?
Democrats don’t cheat because we were taught some kind of moral code other than Crush the other guy and take everything he has.
I guess LBJ was a Republican.
THE PARTIES SWITCHED SIDES!
Well he was a Warmongering racist Texan so he is an honorary Republican.
I read that, and thought “And people wonder why I am convinced some people live in an alternate reality.”
Progjection.
The guy on the left of picture at the top was also a Democrat.
In the Long Ago and Far Away Yosemite had a real fire fall. They’d have a huge bonfire at the top of Glacier Point, let it burn down to embers and then at dusk push the embers over the edge. It was way cool.
Greta would not be amused.
Firefall?
And people complain about my music links.
I always like this dudes. Strange Ways
The albums were quite good. However, only their sappiest songs made the top 40. They were ruined by their success.
Headed for a Fall
Cinderella
https://youtu.be/MCOrtJMQmVs
Relevant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgf_39CfS1Y
Doom.
Pelosi said, “I can’t even envision a situation where he would be reelected. But we are not—we don’t take anything for granted.”
She added, “As I say, we have to have our own vision for the future. But everybody knows that we must be unified and making sure that he does not have a second term. Our country is great. The American people are wonderful. We’re a resilient country. We can withstand one term. But the destruction that he would do to the courts of our country, and the environment where he says I’m not going to use science as any basis for decisions on the environment. When he says, Article 2 says I can do whatever I want. He must be defeated.”
“I can’t even envision a situation where he would be reelected”
Someone needs to tell her.
No, please don’t – I want it to be surprise.
It’s funnier if she finds out on her own.
She needs to keep a brave face, which means her plastics surgeons will be busy.
Imagine the meltdown that will happen if he is reelected.
There will be flash flood warnings due to a sudden, nationwide increase in prog tears.
That bait gun in the kid selling his reactor story is awesome.
I had the same thought.
$500 and it’s yours!
Two, maybe three trips to the hardware store and that could be done for $100 I bet.
Great song choice Brett.
These are the most overrated candies
To be clear, overrated does not equate to bad. A measurement of overratedness considers societal expectations relative to objective performance. Only candies beloved by the masses, ones with good-or-better reputations, could be assessed here (likewise, underratedness mostly applies to candies of net-negative repute)…
Hershey’s Kisses, Butterfinger, Twizzlers, Haribo Goldbears, and Jolly Ranchers
I have no problem with this list, except I would bump Butterfinger to the #1 most overrated. I like the idea in theory, and may have even had one once at some point that was on point, but it is largely always a disappointment.
Calling things overrated is so overrated.
Your mom is overrated.
She’s a nice lady.
Tremendous. The best lady.
For the money though…
I like Butterfingers.
Butter Fingers only work when blended with ice cream in a Blizzard. And anyone who doesn’t like Twizzlers is a fucking commie.
I hate twizzlers.
Aligned on both points.
Twizzlers are good, but real (not twizzlers) black licorice is better. Once you go black you won’t go back.
I am a big fan of black licorice but the night out at the movies combo of theater popcorn and Twizzlers can’t be beat. Throw in some Dot’s and you have the hat trick of movie snacking.
PS kinnath is a commie mole.
Sno-Caps or GTFO
I can honestly say I have never had a Sno-Cap. Which after typing that I find hard to believe but I can honestly not say what they are. I know I have seen them.
behold
*clicks link*
Oh…those fucking things?! Gawd dam, Rhy (and Jarflax!). What the actual fuck is wrong with you people?
Those are horrific.
^ I’m with Rhywun. Sno-caps are the best Movie candy by far.
You are both mentally touched. Milk Duds or gtfo.
Milk duds? Carob and wax over tootsie roll?
And malt balls. Don’t forget the malt balls.
Maltesers. Gained many a pound back when I was a wee lad on those things.
Malt balls are the best kind of balls.
You’re all wrong.
Junior Mints or Dots.
I’ll give you Junior Mints. Dots are a chick candy.
You eat Peeps. They make Tripe look appetizing. You have no say.
Jujyfruits >>>> Dot’s.
I am going with = to. I will take either. For some reason I never see Jujyfruits anymore.
It’s because The Man doesn’t want us to have movie theatre candy options and with Big Cinema decided to only sell the lesser Dot’s at all the multiplexes.
Are these the same people who run Big Bay Leaf?
Probably. Somanabatches.
This seems like a good place to bring this up; In last night’s post, you seemed to claim that Myles Garrett was acting in self defense when he assaulted Mason Rudolph. Did I misunderstand your comment, or are you actually the troll many believe you to be?
Rudolph started it, Miles got the better of him but was backing away when Rudolph and his friends rushed him. Self defense pure and simple. Not trolling, that is how I see it. For libertarians whom I assume believe in ‘stand your ground’ (in principle if not in the way the laws are written) I am surprised by how many of you seem to think Garrett is in the wrong here. Unless you have only seen the tail end of the altercation it’s evident that Rudolph not only initiated the conflict he continued to pursue it when it could have been over.
You don’t swing a helmet at a guys head, period.
Didn’t you steal a base or two, here?
Miiles picked him up off the ground by his face mask, tore off his helmet, and hit him on the head with it. What happened after that has nothing to do with it.
Dude you are being such a homer right now lol.
@ Jarflax. Yep. Didn’t even think about location. That’s what it is.
Rudolph tried to rip Miles’ helmet off. That is what started it. Nap/stand your ground/self defense would excuse Miles retaliating by ripping Rudolph’s helmet off. Having succeeded that, Miles then backed off, he was back peddling when the linemen and Rudolph rushed him. Lethal force is justified when one is being assaulted.
There’s nothing a person can’t talk themselves into if they want to bad enough. Go Browns!
Rudolph tried to rip Miles’ helmet off. That is what started it.
I just watched the video 3 times trying to see anything you can interpret as this. It ain’t there Hyp. I hate both teams with a passion, and no, Rudolf did nothing of the sort. He got hit late and wrestled with Garrett on the ground then Garrett went Psycho on him. Garrett was in the wrong from the late hit on.
Go to 1:47 of this video. Is Rudolph not tying to rip Miles helmet off? After Miles shows Rudolph how to rip a helmet off is he (Miles) not backing away? do the lineman and Rudolph not escalate the situation by attacking Miles? Its right there on video.
Someone tries to harm me and I get the better of him and he continues to aggress? I can use whatever force I want to end the threat. That’s self defense 101.
Ooooooh! You mean after he illegally brought him to the ground well after he got rid of the ball? Yeah, you’re still grasping at straws.
And you keep ignoring the fact that Garrett picked Rudolph up off the ground by his face mask.
Hmm, from that angle there is a second where he looks to be pullling on the helmet, but
Someone tries to harm me and I get the better of him and he continues to aggress? I can use whatever force I want to end the threat. That’s self defense 101.
Not what happened after that, nor is it the accurate beginning. Garrett late hit, wrestling on ground (I’ll give you Rudolph got nasty there) then Garret rips the helmet off and tries to kill Rudolph. Rudolph at that point is talking not hitting.
I am staying out of this one due to my long standing rule of never agreeing with Hyperbole.
I’ll ignore the ‘well after’ subjective spin and instead say that late hits/hard tackles are part of the game. Ripping a helmet off isn’t and Rudolph did that first, well he tried but just because the gunman that comes for you has bad aim doesn’t mean you can’t shoot back, thus Rudolph initiated the extracurricular violence, he broke the NAP and Miles’ reactions are justifiable by any rational criteria. Even picking him up by his face mask is excusable, I’m not ignoring that I’m condoning it, in this situation.
So late hits/hard tackles are part of the game, but scuffles when someone loses their temper isn’t?
You’re saying that if I try to draw my gun on you and you stop me, that’s not the end of it. You also get to draw yours and shoot me in the face, just because I tried to break the NAP.
So late hits/hard tackles are part of the game, but scuffles when someone loses their temper isn’t?
Exactly, hits, tackles, blocks these are part of the game, scuffles aren’t, tempers lost or no. There are no guidelines for legal scuffles. Legal hits, legal blocks, legal tackles are all part of the game there is no legal scuffle. So while one may argue the merits of a tackle or a hit or a block, once you try and rip a guys helmet off there is no wiggle room, there is no legal helmet ripping off. Once Rudolph started down that road the gloves were off.
You’re saying that if I try to draw my gun on you and you stop me, that’s not the end of it. You also get to draw yours and shoot me in the face, just because I tried to break the NAP.
…there’s also no legal late hitting.
If you continue to aggress, then yes I get to shoot you in the face. You’ve shown willingness to cause me great harm and no willingness to stand down. I don’t see where it’s up to me to find the least violent resolution to this situation that you instigated and then escalated.
Forgetting (or lamely excusing) for a moment that your aggression started it all?
Late hitting is subjective, you can hit, you shouldn’t late hit, what is a ‘late’ hit is up to interpretation. Not so much yanking on a dudes helmet. There’s no legal helmet yank, “Well, Bill, the QB yanked on the helmet well before the whistle was blown” is not a defense one will see for helmet yankers.
I know you’re a smart and considerate guy. For you to equate flailingly grasping at a guys helmet while being driven to the ground, with getting up and pulling another person to their feet by the face mask, and then pulling the helmet all the way off, and then hitting them in the head with it, tells me I am either being punked, or you’re blinded by fanaticism for your team.
And a “late hit” is much more clear than you’re trying to make it. After the whistle, after the ball has left his hand…both apply here and you know it.
You’re right He should have stopped in this split second when Rudolph still had the ball and he was half a foot away from hitting him, obviously a late hit. Eye roll emoji thing here.
Oh stop. It wasn’t the hit, it was the dragging him to the ground and you damn well know it.
“Dragging him to the ground”, oh did the widdle quarterback get dwagged to the gwound! oh nowes! It’s football ladies, take the hit and man up. Christ, if you people had your way Turkey Jones would still be in prison.
Holy shit, talk about arguing in bad faith. Tempers can or can’t be lost, and rules can or can’t be broken, depending on what color uniform the player is wearing apparently.
The only thing I’ll quibble with is the theater popcorn. Air/oil popped popcorn with melted (real) butter and kosher salt is so much better that it can hardly be called the same thing.
Air popped with Orville Redenbacher’s butter oil and salt.
I have one of these. I stalked the thrift store appliance aisles for months waiting for that.
Again in agreement. I feel an artery narrow after I eat my own popcorn. But if I am sneaking something into a theater it is not popcorn with cold real butter.
Fair enough. My “theater” is about 20 paces from the kitchen, so I get the best of both worlds.
If not liking twizzlers makes you a commie I’m to the left of Bernie Sanders.
Chocolate Twizzlers > Red Twizzlers > Black Twizzlers
classic Cherry twizzlers (hard to find the normal (not pull-apart garbage) ones in most stores 🙁 ), are far better than strawberry.
Take 5 is the most underrated.
Hershey’s Kisses, Butterfinger, Twizzlers, Haribo Goldbears, and Jolly Ranchers
Those aren’t candies. Those are things my wife no longer lets me do to her.
What, pray tell, does a Haribo Goldbear involve?
Honey, a candle, and a butthole…
Yep. Just a little bit o honey.
I’m intrigued…
Butterfingers were great until they changed the recipe. I’m still mad about that.
Butterfingers reminds me a lot of the Canadian “Crispy Crunch.” How in God’s green earth could you “change” a recipe that’s that simple to begin with?
In no particular order:
Peeps – best when totally dried out and the outside is crunchy like Lucky Charms “marshmallows”
Twizzlers – strawberry. Fuck off with the black licorice, people.
Payday – better than Snickers for fighting off the hangries.
Skittles – ruined my whole fucking life when they changed lime to green apple. GTFO
Brach’s maple nut goodies – I have to be in the mood, but when I am…
Bit o’ Honey – Oh, honey.
Tootsie Rolls fruit rolls – stop me before I clear out every store in the city
Charleston Chews – in moderation
Ghirardelli caramel squares – only 1 or 2 at a time please; very rich
Ghirardelli peppermint bark squares – only from December 1 – December 31 and then– Oh, wait, maybe THAT’S what happened to all my money.
cherry cordials – only from the fancy schmancy fudge shop at Crown Center
Starburst – unwrapping them is a pain but one I must endure
Heath – also too rich for mass consumption
gummy worms – getting a little more picky about gummy candy lately
Spree – tart tart tart and more tart, must have tart
+1,000,000
When I was a kid I would purposely leave the marshmallow bag open to achieve this state of nirvana.
Yay! Fellow fans of stale dehydrated marshmallows!
Everyone I know has always thought I was crazy for letting marshmallows sit out to dehydrate.
Surely, you don’t listen to the haters?
Peeps and Circus Peanuts need to be aged a couple of months to reach their peak.
@ Mojeaux
MIkeS
Shirley
and Spud
Just no. You say things like this and I hope you end up eating nothing but Pineapple Deepdish FOR EVER!
A. I don’t like pineapple.
B. I’m not a huge fan of any pizza.
C. You’re totally wrong and you’re going to hell for it.
I’m a discerning stale marshmallow connoisseur: I like plain white, stale, marshmallows. Peeps have too much sugar on the outside. And circus peanuts are…weird.
I would go so far as to say circus peanuts are gross. Like Necco Wafers gross only spongy.
All marshmallows are gross. They are all gross always in every form. They are candy asif the Communists ran the candy plant.
Chocolate Necco Wafers rock.
I like the white ones, whatever flavor that is supposed to be.
Circus Peanuts are the Nick Gillespie of candy. That is too harsh I take that back. Nick is better than Circus Peanuts.
If you’d eat Peeps you’d gas (((Us)) in the camps. Peeps are literally Hitler.
This long, long, long discussion but not a word about a Holloway Sucker. A nickel, would last all the way through the previews, a 3 stooges short comedy, a Walter Lantz cartoon (I’m looking at you, Woody) a newsreel and until Roy, Dale and Gabby caught up to the rustlers and were ready to duke it out with them.
I’d only have a nickle left after I’d paid my 20 cents (if there was 6 cartoons, otherwise 12 cents) and a Holloway sucker was the best value. Mild duds were good but I didn’t have a dime.
Here’s my little ten second insight for the day. The “media” personalities who so desperately want us to respect and admire them for their wise insights and analysis, are nothing more than transcriptionists for their preferred political actors.
That article about mass transit is just some credulous ninny copying down whatever those politicians and consultants blurt out.
The Stone sentencing story is nothing more than some media dope acting as a stenographer for those “former DoJ prosecutors”. Could any of those people have an axe to grind? It hardly seems worth asking, does it?
And we see, on a daily basis, weeping and wailing about the lack of respect and admiration for journalism.
The same dicks who think Andrew McCabe shouldn’t be prosecuted for lying his face off to get warrants are upset an old civilian man won’t do 9 years for maybe lying about some political gossip in an investigation that never charged anyone for the potential crime they were supposed to investigate. Nobody has ever explained to me how Stone’s interviews had even the tiniest bearing on the Mueller investigation.
The braying for Stone’s head is about vengeance, not justice. I’m not a fan of his, he’s a blowhard and a bullshit artist, but 7 to 9 years for what he did is ridiculous on its face.
I never heard of him before this case. He just seems like an old man they hate.
He used to make the Alex Jones and similar circuit which is where I know him from (I find Jones funny in small doses). Stone’s a dick swinger and an in your face guy and it’s no wonder they can’t stand him but that obviously shouldn’t play a part in sentencing decisions.
Far as I know he’s been a political creature, opportunist, consultant, etc for ever, I’d be surprised to learn that he ever held an honest job in his life. I have absolutely no sympathy for him, live by the swamp, die by the swamp.
Stone’s been a sack of shit since before the Nixon administration but he still shouldn’t get more than he deserves.
“Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?”
The whole goddamn law is blatantly at odds with any sane theory of justice, and unconstitutional. Making false statements to a Fed is a felony? No oath, not giving evidence, simply talking to a fed, and lies, and exaggerations land you in prison. I couldn’t care less about Stone qua Stone, but jailing people for lying, not perjury, just plain old lying, is wrong.
So you won’t be calling for Jussie Smollet to be punished.
Did Stone call Congress and make a false report of a felony assault in order to advance his career?
Lying’s lying.
No, it isn’t, and in every other jurisdiction lying in and of itself is not a crime. To the best of my knowledge, the only time you could be jailed for not being helpful is when Congress demands your assistance. Which, honestly, Stone’s character aside, is my problem with all this shit. I have no reason to believe he’s not a scumbag, but this is the abuse of power to punish political foes, not justice.
You don’t have the right not to incriminate yourself and I’m gonna say that you have the right to lie.
I think lying about what you previously said to some asshat politicians or even the FBI and filing a false police report about a fictitious assault you orchestrated are not apples to apples.
You can be jailed for failing to follow any subpoena including court-issued ones. You can also be jailed for failing to follow a National Security Letter, which comes from the executive branch. Really, the only time you cannot be compelled to assist the police is when your actions might incriminate yourself or someone who enjoys a recognized form of legal privilege with you, and even then there are exceptions.
A gross oversimplification that ignores causality and agency.
Think I posted this one last week. McCarthy goes through the “sentencing grid” that the Feds use: https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/02/the-roger-stone-sentencing-fiasco/
Also another piece by him on McCabe. https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/02/why-wasnt-andrew-mccabe-charged/
I like how the unhinged crazies in the comments get exactly the same number of “respect” points on every single one of their posts. It must feel good to have all your sockpuppets respect you.
Mueller was trying to find out who knew what and when about the wikileaks leaks of the dems stolen emails because Russian and Stone was going around bragging that he could get access to them for Trump, thus Mueller looked into what Stone Knew and Stone lied and tried to get others to lie to cover his lies and then threatened to ‘get’ some dudes service dog. Plus he’s goofy looking and wears stupid sunglasses.
“wears stupid sunglasses”
That’s the straw…
Don’t forget his Nixon tattoo. He should be jailed for that.
If only the FBI had a computer forensics unit…
Our country is great. The American people are wonderful.
Well except for all those white supremacists and Republikkkins, right Nancy? It’s a shame you have to share the world with the sort of deplorable losers who watch cars go around in circles and vote for Trump.
A heart-wrenching story…
Eurocrats ‘Fighting Like Ferrets in a Sack’ over Brexit Budget Hole
Obviously spending cuts are out of the question.
It’s a German project, let them pay for it.
You know what else Germany started?
Paternalistic welfarism? [Thanks Otto!]
Public education?
Government schools?
Octoberfest?
You should be sad
https://youtu.be/jGYo1bmqn40
I’m not sure how a stripper singing a country song makes me feel. Confused mostly.
Sounds like they should have done that a long time ago.
http://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/ohio-woman-accused-of-calling-911-repeatedly-after-parents-shut-off-cellphone-service
All your (New Zealand) children belong to us.
“There is a renewed plea for the government to introduce a strict monitoring regime for all children under five years old in New Zealand in the wake of a four-year-old Flaxmere boy being brutally beaten two weeks ago…Judge Bain repeated the recommendation for compulsory registration and monitoring of children up to the age of five including scheduled and unscheduled home visits in his report into the death Moko Rangitoheriri, another toddler brutally abused and tortured.”
They should put cameras in everyone’s homes.
Or make it illegal to beat kids to death.
You Know Which Other New Zealanders wanted to ensure that Maori children had a strict monitoring regime?
“ He said all children need to be registered with government agencies from birth, so that under five year olds could be seen on a two to three monthly basis on a doctor’s premises or in their homes.
“Wallace Bain referred to entering a private house more specifically because then we could see the environment that these children are living in and knowing that they’re living in a safe and healthy environment.””
I don’t see how that could go wrong.
I think NZ needs some woodchippers. Oh that’s right, they disarmed themselves. Nevermind. Prepare to be mounted.
Was Moko a child of color?
That will prevent exactly zero abuse cases and criminalize any number of innocent parents.
If they could just find a way to ensure the visits coincide with the time of the abuse, it would all come together.
So NZ is gonna register and monitor all children under five to make sure their parents don’t injure or kill them? That sounds like a great plan. Honestly, I can’t think of a better way to protect children than to have low-level bureaucrats make unannounced “visits” to people’s homes in order to determine whether they should be allowed to keep their children.
“Compulsory registration”. Virtually every country already has this. Some call it “muh social contract”. You are the property of the gang who claims the turf you were born on.
Scotland’s Named Person scheme was a disaster.
Why do they hate 6+ year olds?
Too old for OMWC.
That’ll do wonders for the birth rate.
“Her position is shared by other progressive lawmakers across the country who say mobility is a human right, ”
Now do No Fly Lists, the TSA and RealID
Green New Deal
Uh…
Not providing is taking.
Banjos wanted something reposted this afternoon. Does anybody remember what it was?
Found it:
“Attention Dallas/Ft. Worth Glibs! There will be a meetup for all local gang members & well-wishers this coming Saturday, 2/22/20, at 6:00 pm at J. Gilligan’s Bar & Grill in Arlington. It’s a very central location, so as to be equally inconvenient to attendees from either side of the metroplex. Come see all your favorite Glibs, such as Sir Digby, Mark Hamill*, Gojira, and many more!”
I guess we know who doesn’t read the posts. :-p
AM links? Hell no.
I’ve been known to read them over coffee. For some value of the term “read,” more or less.
I wasn’t talking about the AM Links, or Animal’s post.
The “official” name of the holiday is Washington’s Birthday (observed).
(pushed glasses back up nose)
Gotta give Brett props for his choice of picture.
Most of my training today was general stuff. How to keep customers happy and rules for treating a customer well even when they are treating you poorly. I had to read this:
Then the lady running the orientation asked me which of the rules of customer service the lady broke.
I said none, it’s the politician that broke the rules. He’s the one selling something, trying to get reelected. She’s just serving food at a barbecue, it doesn’t say she’s selling anything.
Her response was,’I’ve never had anyone see it like that, but yeah, that makes a lot of sense.’
You got a job at KFC?
I found out today that my department is treated very secretively within the company, caught me off guard a bit. We must have the secret recipe.
Hope it went well.
The only rule she broke was failing to stab him with a pair of tongs when he said, “Do you know who I am?”
Kind of hard to get tongs to penetrate. Now a barbecue fork…
She’s supposed to call out loud enough so everybody at the shindig can hear, “Does anybody know this man? He doesn’t seem to know who he is.”
Also, after I read that aloud she said I should be on the radio. Heh.
She was hitting on you, file a sexual misconduct suit against her and the company.
Do you even pay attention to this stuff, Hype?
First, sleep with her.
Then file the suit!
Honestly, kids these days . . .
Hyp is too eager to find the Devil’s Advocate position to take full advantage of the situation.
Am not.
Contrarians unite!
Also, after I read that aloud she said I should be on the radio.
I, too, have been told that I have a great face for radio.
Some name.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nsa-leaker-reality-winner-clemency-sought-letters-support
That’s ironic, given her loose grip with reality. Especially given that her crime and the fact she wants clemency from Trump.
The biggest threat to Americans isn’t Russia. It’s that we are approaching the inevitable conclusion of Public Choice Theory.
I figured the biggest threat was our educational complex.
Part of PCT.
We are reaching the inevitable result of ignoring public choice theory.
Baby Bloomy’s campaign just called me. No robo-call. Actual human being that didn’t have any background noise of a call center (he must have shelled out for great noise-cancelling hardware). Anyway, he asked for me by name. I said (as per usual), “Who’s calling please?”
“Mike Bloomberg’s campaign–”
“Fuck off, slaver.”
well played
Not all heroines wear capes!
::fist bump::
“President Warren” is currently trending #2 on Twitter.
In case you want nightmare fuel.
She’s dun. D.U.N. done. Like Biden, she just doesn’t know it yet.
An oldie but goodie: Do not click
My shitty internet started buffering at the 30 second mark. I took that as a sign to get the fuck out.
Gay
This freaking out about each Dem as they rise to the top is silly. Your choices are Bloomberg-Mussolini, Gay-Castro, Librarian-Lenin, Hot dish Stalin and Grandpa Gulag. Obama got us 1/2 way to socialized medicine, and created the CFPB which fines financial institutions billions for daring to look at credit or ask for repayment and hands it to communist NGOs. Next D that wins we are EU socialist, second term give it up and expect the gulag.
Warren is such a lying sack of shit.
When even the prog Dems don’t want to put up with you anymore, you know you are politically dead in the water.
My wife’s viral cat video was on Greg Gutfeild’s FOX News show last night. She says “I’d better get licensing money for this”. ~25 seconds in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apSjWCfkg10
You’re famous!
Can I touch you? Or borrow some of your dirty socks?
For science of course.
?
That was awesome.
Ha! I kept waiting for sparks to fly off that cat’s feet. Congrats to your honey on her 15
minutesseconds of fame!I thought that came when it was on a Japanese TV show rather than on FOX News at 1 AM. They even interviewed her over Skype!
We’ve made like $8k over 4 years in licensing fees for this video. Not too bad all things considered (though it messes with my tax withholding and I’ve had to end up paying out to the IRS the last 4 years).
No kidding?! That’s awesome! (not the fucking IRS part) I had no idea how any of that worked. Good for you guys!
Someone posted that a few days ago. I hope she cashes in. In spite of you being a Twizzler commie.
Poor Kittie!
Is there any conclusive evidence that Clinton and LL didn’t have a torrid affair on the tarmac?
I mean, Slick Willy + Airplane + 30 minutes + no witnesses.
Maybe we are misreading this and he is lying but it is all just a coverup for them “knocking boots”?!
Mr. Clinton, when did you stop banging Loretta Lynch?
Can’t help but wonder if Hype ever played organized sports. Fouls, penalties and even pushing, shoving and even the odd punch are all somewhat part of the game. Bashing someone’s head with a helmet? No. Not in any sport I’ve played. There’s a line and you know it when someone crossed it.