I can write the next Krauthammer column myself…”It is time for the rest of the GOP field to come together and tell The Donald: stay in GOP and accept the primary results or admit you are handing the election to Hillary with a 3rd party run”
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Punchy
Dont say “butt”, say “tushy”
–Every 3 year old I know
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Another Holocene Human
My cat has turned it down and is napping despite my rummaging around in the kitchen.
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Another Holocene Human
@Jeffro: Wait, I thought Quinnapiac just said Hilary couldn’t beat the Walkermentum, lolololol.
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KG
@Punchy: i’ve been told by my nieces and nephews that “stupid” is a bad word. it took every ounce of self control i had to not respond with “that’s just stupid.”
Bringing Trump into the mix as an independent reduces Bush’s support in his better groups, including Republicans (-27 points for Bush with Trump added),
There’s that number again….
I still think that Trump hasn’t as much started a presidential run as he has embarked on an 18 month ego-trip. Which means he just won’t go away quietly, and he will go for a third-party run if his poll numbers hold up.
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Pogonip
One night my classmate and I were feeling silly and we danced around the dojo singing “Shake your budo, shake your budo…”
The question of core values is a potentially difficult one for Trump. Republicans and Republican-leaning independents by a 24-point margin, 56-32 percent, say his views do not reflect the core values of the Republican Party
The Republican Party is much, much better than Republicans.
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Pogonip
@KG: When the kids are old enough to gaze aghast upon cable news, they will understand why the language needs words and phrases like “stupid,” “inane,” “dunderheaded,” and “mucking forons.”
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dmsilev
@Kay: What are the core values of the Republican Party? As far as I can tell, the really important one is “rich people should become richer”, and Trump certainly reflects that.
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Belafon
@KG: My kids have been told at school not to say stupid, especially talking about someone else. We’ve had our discussion about the word.
They should ask them to list the values first, I agree. “While I have you on the phone, would you mind clearing this up for me?”
Sadly, I feel I know what they would say because I listen to them all day every day- “self reliance” “greatness” “strength”
I didn’t look but if it’s really 6 points in Clinton v Bush she has to be happy with that, Trump or no Trump. It’s not like people don’t know her.
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Brachiator
Turn it up and shake your butt a little.
Shouldn’t it be “sheik yer bootie?”
Catchy tune.
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catclub
@dmsilev: Harry Reid did yeoman’s work in this regard, asking the GOP candidates to name one substantive difference between their immigration policies and Trump’s.
Unfortunately he is unlikely to be moderating the GOP debates.
What are the core values of the Republican Party? As far as I can tell, the really important one is “rich people should become richer”, and Trump certainly reflects that.
That, and the whole, “The paler you are, the better” thing. Oh, and “smaller government except in your bedroom”.
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catclub
@Brachiator: Midnight on the oasis for sheiking the booty.
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Jeffro
@catclub: it’s funny, because only Bush and Rubio do differ from the herd on immigration, but they’re paralyzed – they know they can’t say anything until after the primaries
The Dem candidates really ought to take the opportunity to pound these guys – “Doesn’t matter which of these folks wins, you’re gonna get the same-old, same old from the GOP”
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Brachiator
The IRS had a tough time doing its job this year. Customer service was severely affected by budget cuts. Congress to the rescue, with more budget cuts.
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on July 22 approved a fiscal year (FY) 2016 IRS funding measure that provides $10.475 billion, a cut of $470 million, or 4 percent, below the FY 2015 enacted level. Appropriators said the decrease in funds would require the IRS to streamline its activities and prioritize available resources, including user fees, to perform core agency duties.
The House on June 17 approved $10.1-billion to fund the IRS for FY 2016, representing a cut of approximately $838 million, compared to FY 2015. The funding level was $2.8-billion below President Obama’s budget request
For IRS enforcement measures, the Senate level of $4.5 billion is $360 million less than FY 2015 and $548 million less than the administration’s request. Appropriators also cut IRS operations support, making the Senate level of $170 million less than FY 2015 and $960 million less than the administration’s request. Business systems modernization fared no better, receiving a $30-million cut from the FY 2015 level and $119 million less than the president’s request.
Some of this is also a sideways attempt to prevent the IRS from administering Obamacare (Premium Tax Credit, etc).
I hope this isn’t a canary in the coal mine, but we were just informed by FedEx that the Russian government is not allowing them to ship anything into the country right now, so the package we sent out to go to a museum yesterday is being returned to us.
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Belafon
@Brachiator: When the IRS can’t collect taxes, Republicans will proclaim “We’re turning into Greece” and their followers still won’t understand the reason.
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Another Holocene Human
@Belafon: Jesus said not to call your brother a fool. He had no trouble calling people hypocrites, though.
(Proverbs calls people fools all day long, usually for being atheists.)
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shell
Just had a shrimp salad sandwich for lunch. Yum.
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Another Holocene Human
@Cervantes: lol, it’s true, though, he needed an editor. That’s what a lot of directors and conductors do, they make cuts all over the place. Wagner actually had talent and a vision, but he was too fucking full of himself to show any restraint and I guess there was nobody around to tell him no.
Note: my wife is a Wagner fan and very defensive about it
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Another Holocene Human
@Jeffro: You don’t have to be pale, you just have to support the existing power structure, and vocally hate all the people they hate.
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Another Holocene Human
@Brachiator: Cheat cheat cheat
Cheat cheat cheat
On your taxes
On your ta-xes!
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Another Holocene Human
@Mnemosyne (iPhone): Nothing on their website so far but apparently Russian Customs pulled something like this last year, too.
I just had a regulator shriek at me that she knows that her interpretation incentivizes ppl to steal things that they agreed to pay for but WE CANNOT TRUST THE PRIVATE SECTOR! and hung up on me.
I called DHL instead at our contact’s suggestion and they didn’t seem to know of anything specific going on, but the representative did politely indicate that shipping there is always a pain in the ass, so hopefully it’s nothing.
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Feathers
Linked on the tuba thread, which sees to be deadish, so I’m reposting here.
Good idea to follow on the tuba at the march would be an updating of clowns against Nazis A Bad Day for Nazis. “Grand Army of the Clowns Against the Confederacy”? Could work for white allies, coordinated with the BLM people.
I’d volunteer, but for my horrible knees and being terribly out of shape.
@Another Holocene Human: That’s why I said it – in their view – is “better” (not “required”).
On another note, it will be interesting to see how Rand Paul handles not doing well in the primaries and/or being treated roughly in the debates. He has the potential to say some interesting stuff on his way out the door.
When the IRS can’t collect taxes, Republicans will proclaim “We’re turning into Greece” and their followers still won’t understand the reason.
Yep. The Republicans will also say, “this is why we must get rid of Medicare and Social Security, repeal Obamacare and cut the government (except Defense spending, of course)
@Another Holocene Human: I always read it the other way around. “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God’,” i.e Solomon is saying only a fool cannot perceive something so obvious.
(Hey, in WEIRD 21st-century America, this qualifies as a serious theological discussion! *Grin*)
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Another Holocene Human
@Pogonip: Yeah, well, I find that a little insulting. I don’t talk to trees or the sky and they don’t talk back. Sure, I know people who do. That’s just normal human variation, doesn’t make me a fool. A fool doesn’t have conversations with gods but believes people who say they do and that their god has a special message for them. (And the message is ‘send cash’.)
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Another Holocene Human
@ranchandsyrup: I had someone’s boss at Equal Opportunity call me once eons ago after his subordinate had flamed out at me … she took me for a creditor once, no lie. This is after she had initiated the phone tag game we were playing. (We weren’t in compliance, but, frankly, I didn’t feel like our in compliance was an improvement. Thanks Newt and Al!)
I’ve always treated fed exec agency lifers like visitors from another planet. Observed their customs, and stayed out of their way. (You know they’re aliens because they queue up at bus stops.)
Don’t blame me, I am merely explaining what used to be the standard nterpretation of what His Majesty wrote! Mine was, I believe, the last generation to be catechized the old, pre-Vatican II way. I remember explaining to someone a few years younger than me how the suspense builds as the young priest in ” The Exorcist” is drawn deeper and deeper into the demon’s trap. Older readers are yelling “Don’t go there! Don’t go there!” while the younger ones only get the surface conflict.
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Jeffro
With Trump in race, 6-point Clinton lead over Bush turns into 16-point lead:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-gains-shows-vulnerability-crowded-contentious-gop/story?id=32576808
I can write the next Krauthammer column myself…”It is time for the rest of the GOP field to come together and tell The Donald: stay in GOP and accept the primary results or admit you are handing the election to Hillary with a 3rd party run”
Punchy
Dont say “butt”, say “tushy”
–Every 3 year old I know
Another Holocene Human
My cat has turned it down and is napping despite my rummaging around in the kitchen.
Another Holocene Human
@Jeffro: Wait, I thought Quinnapiac just said Hilary couldn’t beat the Walkermentum, lolololol.
KG
@Punchy: i’ve been told by my nieces and nephews that “stupid” is a bad word. it took every ounce of self control i had to not respond with “that’s just stupid.”
i am a terrible adult.
Calouste
@Jeffro:
There’s that number again….
I still think that Trump hasn’t as much started a presidential run as he has embarked on an 18 month ego-trip. Which means he just won’t go away quietly, and he will go for a third-party run if his poll numbers hold up.
Pogonip
One night my classmate and I were feeling silly and we danced around the dojo singing “Shake your budo, shake your budo…”
Kay
@Jeffro:
I love this:
The Republican Party is much, much better than Republicans.
Pogonip
@KG: When the kids are old enough to gaze aghast upon cable news, they will understand why the language needs words and phrases like “stupid,” “inane,” “dunderheaded,” and “mucking forons.”
dmsilev
@Kay: What are the core values of the Republican Party? As far as I can tell, the really important one is “rich people should become richer”, and Trump certainly reflects that.
Belafon
@KG: My kids have been told at school not to say stupid, especially talking about someone else. We’ve had our discussion about the word.
Cervantes
@Kay:
In the same way that Wagner’s music is much, much better than it sounds.
Kay
@dmsilev:
They should ask them to list the values first, I agree. “While I have you on the phone, would you mind clearing this up for me?”
Sadly, I feel I know what they would say because I listen to them all day every day- “self reliance” “greatness” “strength”
I didn’t look but if it’s really 6 points in Clinton v Bush she has to be happy with that, Trump or no Trump. It’s not like people don’t know her.
Brachiator
Shouldn’t it be “sheik yer bootie?”
Catchy tune.
catclub
@dmsilev: Harry Reid did yeoman’s work in this regard, asking the GOP candidates to name one substantive difference between their immigration policies and Trump’s.
Unfortunately he is unlikely to be moderating the GOP debates.
Jeffro
@dmsilev:
That, and the whole, “The paler you are, the better” thing. Oh, and “smaller government except in your bedroom”.
catclub
@Brachiator: Midnight on the oasis for sheiking the booty.
Jeffro
@catclub: it’s funny, because only Bush and Rubio do differ from the herd on immigration, but they’re paralyzed – they know they can’t say anything until after the primaries
The Dem candidates really ought to take the opportunity to pound these guys – “Doesn’t matter which of these folks wins, you’re gonna get the same-old, same old from the GOP”
Brachiator
The IRS had a tough time doing its job this year. Customer service was severely affected by budget cuts. Congress to the rescue, with more budget cuts.
Some of this is also a sideways attempt to prevent the IRS from administering Obamacare (Premium Tax Credit, etc).
Mnemosyne (iPhone)
I hope this isn’t a canary in the coal mine, but we were just informed by FedEx that the Russian government is not allowing them to ship anything into the country right now, so the package we sent out to go to a museum yesterday is being returned to us.
Belafon
@Brachiator: When the IRS can’t collect taxes, Republicans will proclaim “We’re turning into Greece” and their followers still won’t understand the reason.
Another Holocene Human
@Belafon: Jesus said not to call your brother a fool. He had no trouble calling people hypocrites, though.
(Proverbs calls people fools all day long, usually for being atheists.)
shell
Just had a shrimp salad sandwich for lunch. Yum.
Another Holocene Human
@Cervantes: lol, it’s true, though, he needed an editor. That’s what a lot of directors and conductors do, they make cuts all over the place. Wagner actually had talent and a vision, but he was too fucking full of himself to show any restraint and I guess there was nobody around to tell him no.
Note: my wife is a Wagner fan and very defensive about it
Another Holocene Human
@Jeffro: You don’t have to be pale, you just have to support the existing power structure, and vocally hate all the people they hate.
Another Holocene Human
@Brachiator: Cheat cheat cheat
Cheat cheat cheat
On your taxes
On your ta-xes!
Another Holocene Human
@Mnemosyne (iPhone): Nothing on their website so far but apparently Russian Customs pulled something like this last year, too.
ranchandsyrup
I just had a regulator shriek at me that she knows that her interpretation incentivizes ppl to steal things that they agreed to pay for but WE CANNOT TRUST THE PRIVATE SECTOR! and hung up on me.
Mnemosyne (iPhone)
@Another Holocene Human:
I called DHL instead at our contact’s suggestion and they didn’t seem to know of anything specific going on, but the representative did politely indicate that shipping there is always a pain in the ass, so hopefully it’s nothing.
Feathers
Linked on the tuba thread, which sees to be deadish, so I’m reposting here.
Good idea to follow on the tuba at the march would be an updating of clowns against Nazis A Bad Day for Nazis. “Grand Army of the Clowns Against the Confederacy”? Could work for white allies, coordinated with the BLM people.
I’d volunteer, but for my horrible knees and being terribly out of shape.
Brachiator
@catclub:
Or you go to the source, KC and the Sunshine Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3fZuW-aJsg
Jeffro
@Another Holocene Human: That’s why I said it – in their view – is “better” (not “required”).
On another note, it will be interesting to see how Rand Paul handles not doing well in the primaries and/or being treated roughly in the debates. He has the potential to say some interesting stuff on his way out the door.
Brachiator
@Belafon:
Yep. The Republicans will also say, “this is why we must get rid of Medicare and Social Security, repeal Obamacare and cut the government (except Defense spending, of course)
ranchandsyrup
@ranchandsyrup: heh, her boss called and apologized and told me “You can petition for a rulemaking.”
boss is a real pro’s pro.
Mnemosyne (iPhone)
@Feathers:
Why do you think the Shriners drive tiny cars?
Pogonip
@Another Holocene Human: I always read it the other way around. “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God’,” i.e Solomon is saying only a fool cannot perceive something so obvious.
(Hey, in WEIRD 21st-century America, this qualifies as a serious theological discussion! *Grin*)
Another Holocene Human
@Pogonip: Yeah, well, I find that a little insulting. I don’t talk to trees or the sky and they don’t talk back. Sure, I know people who do. That’s just normal human variation, doesn’t make me a fool. A fool doesn’t have conversations with gods but believes people who say they do and that their god has a special message for them. (And the message is ‘send cash’.)
Another Holocene Human
@ranchandsyrup: I had someone’s boss at Equal Opportunity call me once eons ago after his subordinate had flamed out at me … she took me for a creditor once, no lie. This is after she had initiated the phone tag game we were playing. (We weren’t in compliance, but, frankly, I didn’t feel like our in compliance was an improvement. Thanks Newt and Al!)
I’ve always treated fed exec agency lifers like visitors from another planet. Observed their customs, and stayed out of their way. (You know they’re aliens because they queue up at bus stops.)
Paul in KY
@dmsilev: That’s the main doctrine, right there.
Pogonip
@Another Holocene Human: Did King Solomon talk to the trees?
Don’t blame me, I am merely explaining what used to be the standard nterpretation of what His Majesty wrote! Mine was, I believe, the last generation to be catechized the old, pre-Vatican II way. I remember explaining to someone a few years younger than me how the suspense builds as the young priest in ” The Exorcist” is drawn deeper and deeper into the demon’s trap. Older readers are yelling “Don’t go there! Don’t go there!” while the younger ones only get the surface conflict.