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You are here: Home / Oh We’re Doing This Shit Again

Oh We’re Doing This Shit Again

by John Cole|  April 26, 20199:21 pm| 118 Comments

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Trump’s comments weren’t taken out of context and they were so in context that they stumbled all over themselves rewording it and respinning it for the following week after it happened, Mr. Robbins. Not to mention, right after a woman is murdered by a white supremacist the day after a bunch of nazis stormed Charlottesville goosestepping to “Jews Will Not Replace US” and immediately following a “Unite the Right” rally of nazis, klansmen, white nationalists, and neo-confederates organized by an open white supremacist IS NOT THE FUCKING TIME TO BE BOTH SIDESING shit. The only appropriate response is FUCK NAZIS WE WILL DESTROY THEM.

So fuck right off to whatever hole you crawled out from under.

Not to mention, let’s not forget the source. Donald’s Trump dad was a klansman, Donald Trump is a racist and a white supremacist who was sued for housing… oh fuck it I’m not going through all this shit again. You fucking know and don’t care you lying piece of shit. Fuck you Mr. Robbins.

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  1. 1.

    Baud

    April 26, 2019 at 9:25 pm

    Who is Mr. Robbins?

    The only appropriate response is FUCK NAZIS WE WILL DESTROY REPLACE THEM.

    Fixed

  2. 2.

    Brachiator

    April 26, 2019 at 9:27 pm

    Who is this Robbins asswipe? Yeah, fuck him.

  3. 3.

    schrodingers_cat

    April 26, 2019 at 9:30 pm

    What newspaper is this? Any photo of the Orange President should come with a trigger warning and it should be below the fold. This is my safe space.

  4. 4.

    Cacti

    April 26, 2019 at 9:30 pm

    Uncle Joe baited Trump into doubling down on his Nazi-ass, murderous supporters in Charlottesville.

    And all you front page bed wetters were whining about him entering the race.

  5. 5.

    Jerzy Russian

    April 26, 2019 at 9:31 pm

    Christ, what an asshole.

    I am happy to report that I can type that phrase using only the autocomplete feature. Saves me a bit of trouble in the future.

  6. 6.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 26, 2019 at 9:32 pm

    @Brachiator:
    He is apparently a USA Today columnist. And he’s written some books, one of which is about GOATS!

    His books include The Real Custer: from Boy General to Tragic Hero (2014), Native Americans: Patriotism, Exceptionalism and the New American Identity (2013), This Time We Win: Revisiting the Tet Offensive (2010) and Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point (2006).

  7. 7.

    vtr

    April 26, 2019 at 9:32 pm

    There are 335 million people in the USA. There are between 15 and 17 million Jews on earth. No, Jews will not replace us. Grow up.

  8. 8.

    sdhays

    April 26, 2019 at 9:34 pm

    @Cacti: I don’t think he’ll be (and don’t really want him to be) the nominee, but it certainly seems like it’s possible that he’ll be a positive addition to the race.

  9. 9.

    Gin & Tonic

    April 26, 2019 at 9:35 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    one of which is about GOATS!

    It would be, of course, irresponsible not to speculate…

  10. 10.

    Gin & Tonic

    April 26, 2019 at 9:37 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    This Time We Win: Revisiting the Tet Offensive

    I see he’s a writer of fantasy, too.

  11. 11.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 26, 2019 at 9:37 pm

    So this dipshit is a Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and Op-Ed guy for the Washington Times. Go figure.

  12. 12.

    sdhays

    April 26, 2019 at 9:37 pm

    @vtr: Don’t fall for their math tricks. //

  13. 13.

    Cacti

    April 26, 2019 at 9:37 pm

    @sdhays:

    I don’t think he will be either. But I’m very happy to see him blasting the fascist elements of the Trump movement with both barrels.

  14. 14.

    khead

    April 26, 2019 at 9:42 pm

    James S. Robbins

    Edit – Never mind. Other folks beat me to it.

  15. 15.

    TenguPhule

    April 26, 2019 at 9:43 pm

    What comes after gaslighting?

  16. 16.

    TenguPhule

    April 26, 2019 at 9:43 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Talk about an insult to goats.

  17. 17.

    Brachiator

    April 26, 2019 at 9:44 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    And he’s written some books

    He seems to have a thing for losers.

  18. 18.

    TenguPhule

    April 26, 2019 at 9:44 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    I see he’s a writer of fantasy, too.

    Fantasy has to be believable.

  19. 19.

    khead

    April 26, 2019 at 9:44 pm

    Also, I don’t know if this is an open thread, but the Arizona Cardinals just traded Josh Rosen to the Dolphins for a case of Natty Boh and a bottle of Aristocrat vodka.

  20. 20.

    mrmoshpotato

    April 26, 2019 at 9:45 pm

    More attention needs to be brought to Cole’s recent tweet.

    Cake or Death
    @Johngcole
    the highlight of my Friday night was driving to DQ through a rainstorm wearing my pajamas and slippers so if you are wondering how I am doing I am still living the dream
    8:09 PM · Apr 26, 2019 · TweetDeck

    Excellent! Live that dream.

  21. 21.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 26, 2019 at 9:47 pm

    @sdhays:

    Dammit. I was reliably informed that there would be no math.

  22. 22.

    Jay

    April 26, 2019 at 9:47 pm

    @Brachiator:

    USA Today editorialst, wingnut welfare recipent, allumni of the Moonie Times.

  23. 23.

    TenguPhule

    April 26, 2019 at 9:48 pm

    @khead:

    Also, I don’t know if this is an open thread, but the Arizona Cardinals just traded Josh Rosen to the Dolphins for a case of Natty Boh and a bottle of Aristocrat vodka.

    So you’re saying the Cardinals came out of this ahead.

  24. 24.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 26, 2019 at 9:50 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: The USMA Goat of 1988 was in my Field Artillery course. He had rather famously been profiled in Time where he was quoted as saying that he really wanted to be an Armor officer. Needless to say, this caused the Artillery school instructors to have fun with him. He always responded by pointing out that his USMA grades indicated that he wasn’t all that bright.

  25. 25.

    plato

    April 26, 2019 at 9:50 pm

    Will take this over some bs from some knownothing.

    The University of Virginia Men's basketball team is declining to visit the White House after winning the national championship.https://t.co/JrI7ymg5wB— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 26, 2019

  26. 26.

    Gin & Tonic

    April 26, 2019 at 9:50 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: What we need to know is whether that DQ has a drive-through window, or if he went in dressed like that.

    Oh, why the fuck am I even asking, it’s West Virginia.

  27. 27.

    Gex

    April 26, 2019 at 9:52 pm

    White supremacist writes article running interference for another white supremacist who ran interference for a mob of white supremacists.

  28. 28.

    Jay

    April 26, 2019 at 9:53 pm

    @Gex:

    Yup,

  29. 29.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 26, 2019 at 9:53 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    He always responded by pointing out that his USMA grades indicated that he wasn’t all that bright.

    That response, OTOH, indicates that he was.

  30. 30.

    Spanky

    April 26, 2019 at 9:54 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: You have to remember that Cole’s “PJs” are actually overalls. Because fuck yeah! Wesr Virginia.

  31. 31.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 26, 2019 at 9:54 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Reliably?

  32. 32.

    raven

    April 26, 2019 at 9:55 pm

    Long couple of days at Jeykll Island. I had dinner last night and tonight with old old friends, what a delight. I managed to work at our meeting today but squeezed in sunrise and afternoon fishing. I’m going to hit the beach at sunrise and then make that long trek back to Athens.

  33. 33.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 26, 2019 at 9:56 pm

    @TenguPhule:

    Talk about an insult to goats.

    Nah. The kids are all right.

  34. 34.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 26, 2019 at 9:57 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Yeah. The first week was kind of rough for him, but he knew it was coming from the time he found out he didn’t get Armor.

  35. 35.

    Brachiator

    April 26, 2019 at 9:57 pm

    @plato:

    The University of Virginia Men’s basketball team is declining to visit the White House after winning the national championship

    What, they don’t like hamberders?

    But good for them. Fuck Trump.

  36. 36.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 26, 2019 at 9:58 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Reliably?

    Hyperbole.

  37. 37.

    JR

    April 26, 2019 at 9:58 pm

    Trump’s comments twisted by … the media

    As good an admission as any, Mr. Robbins

  38. 38.

    Steve in the ATL

    April 26, 2019 at 9:58 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: catch-22!

  39. 39.

    Brachiator

    April 26, 2019 at 9:59 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Nah. The kids are all right

    You win the Internets.

  40. 40.

    Steve in the ATL

    April 26, 2019 at 10:00 pm

    @plato: occasionally, implausibly, teams that wear orange do something right!

  41. 41.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 26, 2019 at 10:00 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: groan

  42. 42.

    Steve in the ATL

    April 26, 2019 at 10:00 pm

    @khead: I heard that Arizona wanted Taaka vodka but there were no takers at that price

  43. 43.

    BCHS Class of 1980

    April 26, 2019 at 10:01 pm

    @Brachiator: Currently for USA Today, but formerly for the Washington Times and occasionally for NRO. So yeah, easy to see where’s he’s coming from.

  44. 44.

    Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho

    April 26, 2019 at 10:02 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: Ahem.

  45. 45.

    geg6

    April 26, 2019 at 10:03 pm

    Uncle Joe seems to have Trump in full freak out mode. For that alone, it’s worth it to have him out on the campaign trail. He’s not in my top five, but I do like seeing Trump rattled. And he is, don’t fall for his bullshit.

  46. 46.

    mrmoshpotato

    April 26, 2019 at 10:05 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Haha. Either or.

  47. 47.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 26, 2019 at 10:05 pm

    @raven:

    I’m going to hit the beach at sunrise and then make that long trek back to Athens.

    Safe travels, raven. I’m on the final leg of my drive to Boston and back. Left Hampton, VA a bit before noon today, but it was heavy rain and strong winds most of the way, so it was slow going and I only got as far as Durham. Back to the ATL tomorrow. Hope that weather system is gone and doesn’t trouble you.

  48. 48.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 26, 2019 at 10:05 pm

    I can’t believe we’ve come this far without an explicit Mickey Kaus reference.

  49. 49.

    The Dangerman

    April 26, 2019 at 10:07 pm

    @khead:

    Arizona Cardinals just traded Josh Rosen to the Dolphins for a case of Natty Boh and a bottle of Aristocrat vodka.

    I watched Rosen at UCLA; such promise, but he is destined to always disappoint. The only way he gets to the Super Bowl is with a ticket.

    There’s a reason Arizona tossed him after only 1 year. Shoulda saved the vodka, Miami.

  50. 50.

    Gin & Tonic

    April 26, 2019 at 10:09 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Hyperbole.

    No math? Ha!

  51. 51.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    April 26, 2019 at 10:09 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I was letting you have the honors.

  52. 52.

    lamh36

    April 26, 2019 at 10:09 pm

    Ugh!!!

    What the fuck United!

    @psddluva4evah
    More
    WTF @united family way back in Feb, paid/selected our seats for rip to London. I looked 2day and our seats for one of the legs we PAID for had no seat selections! had to call to get my 2 seat assigned and NOT the damn seats I PAID/SELECTED & now 2 other fam won’t be sitting w/us

    @united
    14m14 minutes ago
    More
    Replying to @psddluva4evah
    We do very much apologize about the inconvenience. We try our best to provide preselected seats, but we are unable to guarantee them. You can view more information here: http://bit.ly/1Lrkve2 . If you pay for a seat upgrade and don’t get it, you can get a refund. ^BC

    @psddluva4evah
    4m4 minutes ago
    More
    if someone PAID IN FULL for a darn seat MONTHS BEFORE the flight got booked full…then the assigned seating should still be there…period! This will def effect my decision to travel wth the airline the next time I am looking to book a flight with @united in the future

    @united
    Follow Follow @united
    More
    Replying to @psddluva4evah
    Understood. We are sorry for the inconvenience. ^BC

    I promise you guys…I will do my darndest to never fly @united again!

  53. 53.

    Origuy

    April 26, 2019 at 10:14 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    His books include The Real Custer: from Boy General to Tragic Hero

    Fuck Custer, too.

  54. 54.

    khead

    April 26, 2019 at 10:15 pm

    @The Dangerman:

    It’s just the way the Cardinals went about it that amazes me. The deal HAD to be made BEFORE the draft if the Cardinals were gonna take Murray. Fucking dumpster fire.

  55. 55.

    Mike in NC

    April 26, 2019 at 10:19 pm

    @Origuy: Custer’s career was sadly cut short by a case of bone spurs, not Crazy Horse.

  56. 56.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    April 26, 2019 at 10:20 pm

    @khead: Worse than that, the coach publicly expressed his confidence in Josh. You’re right dumpster fire.

  57. 57.

    Bill Arnold

    April 26, 2019 at 10:20 pm

    Parents, listen to your children. They Know things:
    Mom shocked to find daughters weren’t lying about ‘creature’ in the closet

    A woman said an opossum was living in her children’s bedroom for three days before she realized there really was a “creature” stirring in the closet, and not just an imaginary friend or stuffed animal.

    I once (as an adult) had a groundhog in my house, that went through a cat door, through a laundry room, down a hallway, up a staircase to my study. I heard it, saw it and vv, it ran back down, etc and back out the cat door. Was probably pretty impressed[1] by the giant burrow. And yes, there was a groundhog living about 10 feet from that cat door at the time.

    [1] or it was a spy. :-)

  58. 58.

    MomSense

    April 26, 2019 at 10:22 pm

    Oh wow, I knew that asshole Robbins 30 years ago. Guess he didn’t grow out of it. Well this was an unpleasant blast from the past.

  59. 59.

    khead

    April 26, 2019 at 10:22 pm

    @khead:

    Poor Ed at Gin and Tacos may stroke out when he gets the news.

  60. 60.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 26, 2019 at 10:23 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    Hyperbole.

    No math? Ha!

    My regards to your parabola.

  61. 61.

    Steve in the ATL

    April 26, 2019 at 10:25 pm

    @lamh36: it’s a shitty airline. Almost American Airlines bad, but not quite. Stick to delta and jet blue.

    Or, you know, fly private.

  62. 62.

    Steve in the ATL

    April 26, 2019 at 10:26 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: UPS dropped off a package at our house after we’d left for the lake. Be a lamb and pick that up for us, s’il vous plaît?

  63. 63.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 26, 2019 at 10:27 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: Fractional ownership is the way to go. NetJets, baby.

  64. 64.

    Steve in the ATL

    April 26, 2019 at 10:27 pm

    @Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho: sorry—forgot about the Browns!

  65. 65.

    The Dangerman

    April 26, 2019 at 10:30 pm

    @khead:

    The deal HAD to be made BEFORE the draft if the Cardinals were gonna take Murray.

    True, but why pay full price when a fire sale might be coming?

  66. 66.

    Searcher

    April 26, 2019 at 10:30 pm

    Trump dad was a klansman

    …and the only reason Trump isn’t is he’s too cheap to pay the membership dues.

  67. 67.

    Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho

    April 26, 2019 at 10:33 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: Don’t quit your day job, funny man.

  68. 68.

    lamh36

    April 26, 2019 at 10:35 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: for all the talk about SW airlines…I never had this type of issue w/seating…and SW tend to be booked full most of the damn time.

    SMH…never again. I promise you.

    I have 2 legs RT to Lodon. It involves 4 different seat changes. 2 going 2 coming. I paid for seat selection 4x over so that I could sit where I wanted and at the very least next to or near my other 2 companions. the ONLY seat that somehow disappeared was the Newark to Heathrow which of course if the most likely to be a full flight. I was able to get a seat on the same row as my nephew, but it’s at the darn bulkhead, I’m too damn tall for the bulkhead which is why I selected a DIFFERENT seat…but I could tell that was all that was left.

    My sister and my cuz have seperate bookings, single seating…same situtaion EWR to LHR no seat selected even though we ALL paid and selected our seats in Feb! I told them both to call United ASAP…and tell them they paid for seat and get an assigned seat if they can or they’ll be assigned a seat at check it. But if it’s a full fuq’n flight…then what they have to be on stand by and then they may or may not be on the same flight even though they PAID TO SELECT A DAMN SEAT!!!

    I am soo fuq’n pissed!

  69. 69.

    worn

    April 26, 2019 at 10:35 pm

    What an equivocating piece of shit. The part that cracks me up is that he offers “a more complete quote” in an attempt to prove his ‘point’ and in this quote Needy Amin states: “I’m not talking about the neo-Nazis and the White nationalists, because they should be condemned totally…”

    “should be”

    Not “I condemn them totally…” or something equivalent.

    It’s almost as if they think we don’t understand the English language.

  70. 70.

    MomSense

    April 26, 2019 at 10:38 pm

    @lamh36:
    That’s bullshit. I can’t believe their response.

  71. 71.

    JaySinWA

    April 26, 2019 at 10:43 pm

    @vtr: The expression isn’t meant to be “Jews will replace us with Jews” The plot is supposed to be the Jewish masterminds will bring in non-white immigrants that will take our jobs, our women, and dilute our blood lines. The logic is irresistable apparently. Now who took the strawberries?

  72. 72.

    worn

    April 26, 2019 at 10:43 pm

    @lamh36: Good lord, that level of customer service sounds like my experiences with American, a carrier who will – as long as I have some choice in the matter – will never receive another penny of my money. I am so sorry they are screwing you and your family over.

    It may be wise to review their Contract of Carriage; though I doubt it will be the case, you might possibly have some recourse.

  73. 73.

    lamh36

    April 26, 2019 at 10:45 pm

    @MomSense: that’s what pissed me off…basically their response is oh well…it’s too late now, but FUQ if I ever fly United again.

  74. 74.

    NotMax

    April 26, 2019 at 10:47 pm

    Pummeled B-J back into displaying as it should. Had to do a full system restore to do so.

    @mrmoshpotato

    Cue Buddy Hackett’s pizza story.

    :)

  75. 75.

    Gin & Tonic

    April 26, 2019 at 10:48 pm

    I’ve read that John Havlicek has died. As a lifelong, dyed-in-the-wool Celtics hater, I can still say he was a class act. RIP, Hondo.

  76. 76.

    Jay

    April 26, 2019 at 10:48 pm

    @worn:

    It’s nice that the Nazi’s are outing themselves as Nazi’s.

    People are making lists,…..

  77. 77.

    Steve in the ATL

    April 26, 2019 at 10:48 pm

    @Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho: was catching up on way overdue expense reports earlier. How the hell did two people run up a $170 tab at the Brown Dog?!

  78. 78.

    eemom

    April 26, 2019 at 10:49 pm

    BOTH SIDESING shit.

    Yes, “we” are doing this shit again. Check out the “Biden is the anti-Christ” geniuses at the bottom of Betty’s bird thread.

  79. 79.

    debbie

    April 26, 2019 at 10:54 pm

    @geg6:

    You’d think someone so young and vibrant would be beyond being rattled… ?

  80. 80.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 26, 2019 at 10:54 pm

    @Steve in the ATL:

    Avec plaisir, dude. Avec fuckin plaisir.

  81. 81.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    April 26, 2019 at 10:54 pm

    @Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho: Wait, you want Steve to rely on his legal skills?

  82. 82.

    Jay

    April 26, 2019 at 10:55 pm

    “By Arsalan Bukhari | –

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (CAIR News Release) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today welcomed this afternoon’s landmark victory in CAIR’s First Amendment lawsuit on behalf of Bahia Amawi, the Texas speech language pathologist who lost her job because she refused to sign a “No Boycott of Israel” clause.

    The CAIR Legal Defense Fund filed the lawsuit in December 2018 challenging Texas Anti-BDS Act, H.B. 89. CAIR actively challenges similar measures around the country, including in Arizona and Maryland.”

    https://www.juancole.com/2019/04/landmark-amendment-striking.html

  83. 83.

    khead

    April 26, 2019 at 10:55 pm

    @The Dangerman:

    Then you tell everyone how much you love Nick Bosa instead.

  84. 84.

    Steve in the ATL

    April 26, 2019 at 10:59 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: yeah, that was cold. These Ohio chicks, man….

  85. 85.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 26, 2019 at 10:59 pm

    @worn:

    It may be wise to review their Contract of Carriage;

    I’ve read that at least three times, and each time it initially registers as “Contract of Carnage.”

    #FinallyTimeForThatCataractSurgery?

  86. 86.

    Jay

    April 26, 2019 at 11:02 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Contract of Carnage sums up modern airtravel, from airport security to 737 MAX,

  87. 87.

    Steve in the ATL

    April 26, 2019 at 11:09 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: mort de rire. Isn’t it funny that “fucking”, an adjective in English in this situation, is an idiom and in French would be replaced with the noun “putain”?

    Fun fact:”putain” means “whore”

    Par example, “I fucking love you” would be “Putain que je t’aime.

  88. 88.

    Suzanne

    April 26, 2019 at 11:09 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    I’ve read that at least three times, and each time it initially registers as “Contract of Carnage.”

    Accurate.
    United is probably my least favorite airline, and that is saying something.

  89. 89.

    MisterForkbeard

    April 26, 2019 at 11:09 pm

    @eemom: Hell, look at the screenshot. The main article is about how Trump totally didn’t endorse Nazis as enthusiastically as most of us think! The second biggest article is about how Kamala Harris is a terrible person because she owns a handgun she bought for protection and got licensed for.

    We’re already full swing on “protect Republicans, attack Democrats”

  90. 90.

    Steve in the ATL

    April 26, 2019 at 11:12 pm

    @Suzanne: you’re forgetting Spirit and Frontier. Which is the right thing to do.

  91. 91.

    NotMax

    April 26, 2019 at 11:14 pm

    @Suzanne

    Alaska Airlines. Nothing but an extended sequence of horror stories.

  92. 92.

    Gin & Tonic

    April 26, 2019 at 11:18 pm

    @Suzanne: Hey, as long as you’re here, I thought you might be interested in this piece about the first black woman licensed as an architect in NY, and the first to be licensed in CA.

    My son’s friend wrote it, I’m not otherwise interested in architecture.

  93. 93.

    Gin & Tonic

    April 26, 2019 at 11:19 pm

    @Steve in the ATL:

    “I fucking love you”

    Showing, again, that in English, word order is important (it’s actually a lot more flexible in Slavic languages.)

  94. 94.

    Steve in the ATL

    April 26, 2019 at 11:19 pm

    @lamh36: fuck that shit! Or, if you get rerouted to Paris, putain de merde!

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    frosty

    April 26, 2019 at 11:22 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: We hit the same weather south bound on 95. A trip that should have taken 6 hours took 8. It’s never a good sign when the emergency vehicles are coming up the shoulder behind you. Lots of “incidents”. Can’t anyone in DC drive in the rain?

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    Steve in the ATL

    April 26, 2019 at 11:23 pm

    @khead: dude is from Chicago and roots for Arizona. He gets what he deserves!

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    debbie

    April 26, 2019 at 11:23 pm

    @NotMax:

    I know they’re long gone, but Try Walking Asshole was the worst in its day.

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    Omnes Omnibus

    April 26, 2019 at 11:23 pm

    @Steve in the ATL:

    These Ohio chicks, man….

    You have no idea. I lived there for 15 years. The stories I could tell….

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    Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho

    April 26, 2019 at 11:23 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: Long legal discussions, as I recall. One drinks at least 2 slightly expensive cocktails; one has a glass of wine or 3; dinner is served. “Business expense,” said one of them, when the other reached for the check.

  100. 100.

    Omnes Omnibus

    April 26, 2019 at 11:24 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: The French can be a mercenary bunch.

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    Luthe

    April 26, 2019 at 11:26 pm

    @lamh36: Complain to the credit card company? I mean, you aren’t getting what you paid for, so I would think that would be a reason to dispute the charges…

  102. 102.

    Luthe

    April 26, 2019 at 11:29 pm

    I’m surprised no one has commented on the absolutely idiotic article on how Kamala Harris is an unacceptable candidate because she owns a handgun. I’m all for gun control, but give me a break, dude.

  103. 103.

    Steve in the ATL

    April 26, 2019 at 11:30 pm

    @Luthe: it was mocked earlier.

  104. 104.

    NotMax

    April 26, 2019 at 11:33 pm

    @debbie

    1974. Round trip to and from Europe (including a stop to change planes in Reykjavik). Multiple hops on various airlines within Europe and within the U.K. Returned to NY and grabbed a puddle jumper from NY to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Monmouth Airlines.

    That last was the flight that lost my luggage (total: 1 backpack). Took close to a week for it to show up.

  105. 105.

    Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho

    April 26, 2019 at 11:34 pm

    @eemom: People want to argue with fucking transcripts. It does seem we’re doing this shit again.

  106. 106.

    Suzanne

    April 26, 2019 at 11:35 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Ooooh, thank you! I will def read it.

    @Steve in the ATL: I’ve flown Spirit once. They lost my luggage. Never done Frontier. I flew Allegiant once when visiting my in-laws because they flew into the regional airport closer to their house. It was awful and I have never repeated the experience.

    I will note that I have never detected any improvement in the flying experience when flying domestically on the legacy carriers relative to the budget carriers. They’re all terrible. Southwest goes most of the places I want to go domestically (except to the in-laws), and they have never lost my luggage, and they’re usually on time, and they don’t charge for bags. So I’ll usually choose them if there are options.

  107. 107.

    MisterForkbeard

    April 26, 2019 at 11:40 pm

    @Luthe: It was thoroughly mocked in the previous thread, but I also mentioned it here.

    It’s a stupendously dumb article.

  108. 108.

    NotMax

    April 26, 2019 at 11:42 pm

    @Suzanne

    Still harbor a slight annoyance at Virgin Atlantic. My morning flight back here from NY was cancelled. Bumped onto a flight the next day, which meant an additional overnight stay to deal with. Next day they would not waive the the fee for one checked bag as some modicum of make good for the inconvenience.

  109. 109.

    mrmoshpotato

    April 26, 2019 at 11:46 pm

    @NotMax: That was really good. I love it when the straight man can’t keep it together.

  110. 110.

    Miss Bianca

    April 26, 2019 at 11:56 pm

    @geg6: Yeah, I’m kind of digging that vibe, too. In fact, if Biden can just keep rattling Trump’s cage for the next year or so, I’ll throw money to him *myself*.

  111. 111.

    frosty

    April 26, 2019 at 11:58 pm

    @NotMax: RT with stop in Reykjavic? Icelandic to be sure. I took the same flight in ‘77 for my 3 month walkabout (as the Aussies who drank me under the table called it).

  112. 112.

    Miss Bianca

    April 26, 2019 at 11:59 pm

    @lamh36: Fly British Airways. Dead serious about this.

  113. 113.

    frosty

    April 27, 2019 at 12:03 am

    @Suzanne: Southwest is my first choice. My guitar (metal resonator) survived the baggage compartment twice because they hand carried it and didn’t toss it on the conveyor belt.

  114. 114.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    April 27, 2019 at 12:05 am

    @Miss Bianca: I’m ambivalent about Biden myself, but damn me if he doesn’t draw all the right enemies and irritate so many people, left right and wackadoo, that I despise.

    I remember Poppy Bush showing off a bumper sticker in ’92 that read, “Annoy the Media: Re-elect Bush”. “Annoy the Intercept: Nominate Biden” might work on a certain kind of phlegmatic internet leftie.

  115. 115.

    lamh36

    April 27, 2019 at 12:10 am

    So my sister finally got through to CS ar United and now my sister and my cuz are indeed in separate rows sitting next to complete strangers…and why, because United changes planes and did NOT send any damn alert to passengers who were already booked on the original plane.

    So if I had never looked and saw no seat selected, we would have gone to the damn airport with no assigned seats that we already PAID for and would have had to take whatever seats were still available IF ANY. And I’m sorry but I’m too damn fat to try & get a good last min seat?

    which is why I PAID TO SELECT ASSIGNED FUQN SEATS IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!

    https://twitter.com/psddluva4evah/status/1121984191166652416?s=21

  116. 116.

    Miss Bianca

    April 27, 2019 at 12:11 am

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    “Annoy the Intercept: Nominate Biden”

    Damn, I’m just about persuadable to buy one!

  117. 117.

    emrys

    April 27, 2019 at 12:14 am

    @frosty: Me (actually I). But I don’t live there anymore.

  118. 118.

    Aziz, light!

    April 27, 2019 at 12:33 am

    @vtr:

    There are 335 million people in the USA. There are between 15 and 17 million Jews on earth. No, Jews will not replace us. Grow up.

    There would be more of us, except because Nazis.

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