I had a long day and am cranky so I am watching the blacklist and eating chocolate ice cream (have been off the ice cream fora while) as a treat.
Also, LOL FIORINA.
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I had a long day and am cranky so I am watching the blacklist and eating chocolate ice cream (have been off the ice cream fora while) as a treat.
Also, LOL FIORINA.
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AnotherBruce
Cruz and Carly, a match made from somewhere south of hell.
redshirt
Thank you, John Cole.
Twitter really works!
Mobil RoonieRoo
Completely agree with LOL Fiorina.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
jeb! flack on the O’Donnell show (because I am too lazy to reach for the remote and can’t change the channel from my keyboard) arguing that the iCarly pick is a brill move!
There’d be more dignity in going back to work for his dad.
Linnaeus
Ducks-Preds Game 7. Might be a good one.
Matt Smith
Wait, so you mean there’s times you’re NOT cranky?
Just when you think you know someone…
jeffreyw
Betty’s tart recipe
chopper
i can’t get over it. cruz is already picking out drapes for the WH.
he probably wants to replace the basketball hoops in the WH gym with those new-fangled “rings”.
schrodinger's cat
Zen kitteh looks smashing with a daffodil
Jim, Foolish Literalist
someone is jealous of all that face time Chris Christie is getting lately, and making such a hash of
James E Powell
@jeffreyw:
I see the tart; I don’t see the recipe.
Splitting Image
The only bad thing about Cruz picking Fiorina is that it makes it doubly sad that he isn’t going to be the nominee.
However, I remain confident that whoever Trump eventually picks will make Fiorina seem like a solid pick by comparison.
Punchy
John, can you believe this Gar-field of GOPers so Odie-ous? I guess thats the new Nermal. Seems like they want to return to an era of Jim Crow and Jefferson Davis…say, perhaps, a Jim Davis era…
Omnes Omnibus
@James E Powell: You should be able to extrapolate the recipe from the pic. It’s all there.
amk
crude/cruella 2016
redshirt
@Splitting Image: I can’t even imagine who Trump will pick.
Omarosa? Also has lady parts as far as I know.
aimai
I love the blacklist! I would watch it all over again if I had the free time. Sad I’ve watched all the way through to the current end of season. crawling into bed, watching tv, and eating ice cream sounds PERFECT to me.
NR
A couple of RedState frontpagers have promised not to vote for Trump. I wonder if it’ll hold until November.
LAO
@Linnaeus: that didn’t take long.
Linnaeus
@LAO:
Nope. It’s early, though.
TaMara (HFG)
@James E Powell: The recipe is here.
Botsplainer, Cryptofascist Tool of the Oppressor Class
Just watched a Cruz commercial aimed at Indiana. Lots of stills of sad-faced white people as Ted’s high-pitched, nasally whine drones on about how miserable everybody is and how he’s going to repeal Obamacare and roll back the EPA.
Each time that shit runs, he loses another 5000 votes…
LAO
@Linnaeus: agreed. I’m rooting for an entertaining game since I don’t care who wins.
jl
LOL FIORINA. would make a good song for a line dance.
And since the lyrics and backstory for Macarena can mean almost anything, we need a parody Lol Fiorina.
Need to toe work in ‘Cruz’ somehow.
Linnaeus
@LAO:
Yeah, I don’t have anything invested in either team, either. So I can watch it without worry.
patroclus
I think we should be both consistent and unpredictable in our relationship with TanZANia and San BORNadino; I think we should prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and I think the Iran nuclear deal is a DISASTER. I think we should work with our Muslim allies but not allow any of them to enter the U.S.; I think we should maintain strong alliances while we are rethinking all of our solemn treaties, I think we should be a strong and reliable ally while we implement a secret plan to defeat ISIS.
dmsilev
@NR:
I give it, at most, until 30 seconds after Trump’s convention speech.
LAO
@Linnaeus: Once the Rangers got knocked out, no more invested for me. I do expect to enjoy the rest of the playoffs (even if the islanders win).
danielx
@chopper:
Got that right. And makes that remark in a place where basketball is the state religion, no less.
I understand he was taken to the hospital shortly after for removal of the foot he managed to get stuck down his throat.
Gin & Tonic
@patroclus: So you’ve been leading Il Donaldo’s foreign-policy team?
satby
Reposted from downstairs because I’m a proud aunt: my niece just put up a cool T-shirt she’s selling in her Etsy shop, all proceeds go to the Chicago area rescue Precious Pets Almost Home. Another redheaded rescuer in the family, I’m so proud!
It’s the Hissfits T-shirt. I’m not quite cool enough to remember whether the Misfits is a band or a zombie movie.
redshirt
@dmsilev: After Trump pivots to bein’ Presidential. Then they can all jump on board.
We’re already seeing the beginning of it with the praise for that joke of a foreign policy speech.
Jeffro
@Splitting Image:
It’ll be interesting to see if Trump (or more accurately, Manafort) picks a retired general/admiral who’ll go along for the ride, or if he picks a female GOP elected official of some sort (like Ernst or Sanchez). And of course it matters diddly squat, except for the potential to offend military voters & veterans, women, Hispanics, or all of the above depending upon the words he choses when he introduces the Veep.
Also be interesting to get Christie’s reaction when it’s not him…
Lyrebird
George Takei makes me smile:
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/george-takei-urges-fellow-sanders-supporters-abandon-family-squabble-and-back-clinton/
danielx
@Botsplainer, Cryptofascist Tool of the Oppressor Class:
Hey, I live here – at this rate I’m going to have to see a dermatologist, every time I hear that sumbitch’s voice on the television, I start to break out in spots.
Benw
@Punchy: I Calvin’t believe your comment! That Hobbes to be one of the more awesome ones I’ve seen. Watt are you, son? A professional punner? About Wormwood we get to see another one? As Susie as possible, I hope. Bill done!
LAO
I understand that there are pundits on tv saying that Cruz’s announcement of Forina as his VP is a brilliant move but I just can’t see it. It looks like weakness to me, an acknowledgment that he can’t beat Trump alone and that he is not appealing to enough Republicans. I simply don’t get this move.
redshirt
@efgoldman: Damn. Best wishes efg.
LAO
@efgoldman: I hope he takes a plea and you all are spared a trial. Glad to hear you all made home safely.
Technocrat
@efgoldman:
People can be amazing in the same trip you see how awful they are. Stay strong.
Bobby Thomson
With Fiorina providing an assist, Cruz should be able to drive to the basketball ring.
redshirt
@Bobby Thomson: And hit a touchdown in November!
Technocrat
@NR:
More than a couple. It’s basically become NeverTrumpState.
Many will come around, but the Palin Effect was real in 2008, and it will have some impact this cycle.
satby
@efgoldman: So sorry for you all. Hope the bastard gets put away a long time, though it won’t bring Donna back. Condolences again.
Omnes Omnibus
@efgoldman: I am glad that you came through a horrible thing with the ability to still toss some humor into the mix. Your family is in my thoughts.
debbie
@Technocrat:
Seconded.
dexwood
@efgoldman:
Peace and strength to all (except the sumbitch).
hamletta
@efgoldman:
Hey now! It’s the Athens of the South, son!
And surprised the shit out of me, Nashville goes apey for the Preds!
Linnaeus
@efgoldman:
Heh. Nashville’s been pretty good for a few years now, and from what I hear, they’ve developed a decent fanbase.
The Dangerman
@Splitting Image:
I’ve been calling Palin for a while….
SiubhanDuinne
@Jeffro:
I have a vague recollection, but can’t be arsed to look for it, that Trump said a few weeks ago that his VP pick would definitely be an elected official (he may have specified a member of Congress, obvs including Senators). Has Ernst endorsed him? Because I can easily see her as his choice. She would bring all kinds of balance:
Male/female
Big Eastern city boy/rural Midwesterner
Businessman/farm girl
No political experience/smidgen of political experience
Oldish/youngish
Resembles a pig/castrates pigs
Made lots of bread in YUUUUGE deals/wore bread bags on feet in YUUUUGE snowstorms
NR
@redshirt: They hated that speech over at RS.
Gin & Tonic
@efgoldman: I’m glad you got through the trip. I can’t imagine what it could have been like.
redshirt
@The Dangerman: A Trump/Palin ticket would be so yuuge I’d be convinced we’ve passed the Wingularity and now reside within the event horizon.
Omnes Omnibus
@hamletta: I thought Athens was the Athens of the South?
@efgoldman: Fucker.
SarahT
@satby: Misfits the band: Sort of zombie-ish looking. Misfits the movie had Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, & Clark Gable in their final roles, but no zombies…unless they became zombies after their deaths…Coincidence, or did I just have too much to drink ? Hmmm…
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@redshirt: i think Palin, Brewer, Bachmann, or Blackburn would jump at the offer
ETA:@SiubhanDuinne: i revoke my other predictions, ’cause this is too perfect. She’s also a veteran, I think a retired Lt Colonel, or full Colonel? as frightening as that may be
Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA
@efgoldman: No words. I’m so sorry your family has to go through that.
redshirt
@NR: Newt loved it! So did General McCaffery. And other Very Serious Persons.
redshirt
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: The crazy ladies of the GOP! What could go wrong?
Emma
@efgoldman: I can’t even begin to imagine what this weekend was like for your family. My condolences for your loss.
Punchy
@efgoldman: I missed the backstory…your relative was murdered? OMFG….just stunned…
SiubhanDuinne
@efgoldman:
Oh my friend. I’m having my own good cry just reading your account. What an incredible fucking nightmare for everyone. Mrs. efg and her mother and cousin are very fortunate women to have you on their team, and the watchful neighbours sound pretty amazing too. Give your bride a hug from me, please.
Okay, I’m off to the Yukon now….
satby
@SarahT: Thanks! I suspected band.
Technocrat
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Trump/Palin would be…epic doesn’t quite cover it. Trump/Blackburn worries me a bit.
themann1086
This is gloriously lacking in self-awareness.
Dr.McCoy
@efgoldman: —- Fuck’n Karma….
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I’m glad you had a moment of decency and kindness in the midst of such a difficult time for your family
SarahT
@efgoldman: I hope he DOES get the shit kicked out of him. And I hope for better days ahead for you and your family.
SiubhanDuinne
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Totally forgot that, thanks! She really is perfect for him, isn’t she?
Aleta
@patroclus: Our friends don’t like us. Our foes don’t respect us. No more free rides. Everyone is taking advantage of us. From Day 1, I will renegotiate NATO and everything else. My priority is to contain ISIS and defeat radical Isl., which I will do by working together with our allies and the Arab nations.
BillinGlendaleCA
@redshirt: You know, Omarosa used to work for FLOTUS, Hillary Clinton?
hamletta
@efgoldman: No, silly, Athens is the Nashville of the South! (h/t my old improv buddy Don)
“Athens of the South” is because of all the colleges there. It’s why there’s a Parthenon in Centennial Park. “Music City” is the more well-known nickname.
Technocrat
@themann1086:
Say what??
And Jim VandeHei wrote this? I’m trying to process that, not having much success.
Tomorrow I expect it will be raining pizza or something.
Omnes Omnibus
@themann1086: He’s from fucking Wisconsin. Dear god.
MobiusKlein
Why is this announced before the convention? That’s not SOP
redshirt
@BillinGlendaleCA: I did not know that! Thanks for the knowledge. I am only aware of her name because of Trump’s run.
dmsilev
@MobiusKlein: Cruz is looking for something, anything, to stop Trump from getting a majority of delegates.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@SiubhanDuinne: Military career[edit]
Denali
@EF Goldman,
At least that part is behind you. Thoughts are with you.
Amir Khalid
Salon‘s H.A. Goodman (yes, I know) is praying very hard that the FBI will finally determine whether to arrest Hillary over the emails.
ruemara
@satby: Punk band. I have a… friend?, who would adore that.
burnspbesq
@LAO:
That’s a bridge (or maybe a tunnel) too far.
Steeplejack
@James E Powell:
TaMara (HFG) has already replied with an external link, but it was a thing here Monday afternoon.
Aleta
@efgoldman: So very sorry your family has to handle this, much too much, added to unimaginable grief.
trollhattan
@Aleta:
No one likes us-I don’t know why
We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
But all around, even our old friends put us down
Let’s drop the big one and see what happens
We give them money-but are they grateful?
No, they’re spiteful and they’re hateful
They don’t respect us-so let’s surprise them
We’ll drop the big one and pulverize them
Asia’s crowded and Europe’s too old
Africa is far too hot
And Canada’s too cold
And South America stole our name
Let’s drop the big one
There’ll be no one left to blame us
We’ll save Australia
Don’t wanna hurt no kangaroo
We’ll build an All American amusement park there
They got surfin’, too
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Amir Khalid: their chief foreign policy commenter is praising Trump’s speech. I thought Salon was bad during the last Walsh years, when they seemed to have Camile Puglia in rotation with Lady Lynn de Puma interviews
LAO
@burnspbesq: I won’t root for them! As long as the Mets keep playing well, I can ignore the islanders success. Lol
Mnemosyne
Work party was so much fun that I walked the 1 mile home rather than drive. G will take me back to pick up the car later.
Mnemo +3
Omnes Omnibus
@Amir Khalid: I know, I know… But who the fuck is H.A. Goodman? I once had a dentist named Goodman. My insurance gave me a between him and a guy called Moriarty. I’ve read my Holmes; I was not going to bet into Moriarty’s clutches.
SarahT
@satby: Cute T-Shirt ! Logo definitely a (very clever) play on Misfits logo.
Mike J
@trollhattan: Boom goes London, Boom Paris, more room for you more room for me.
ruemara
@Amir Khalid: I fear for that young man’s mental health.
@efgoldman: Holy cow. I must have missed what happened. I’m terribly sorry. My deepest condolences.
Gin & Tonic
@MobiusKlein: Reagan tried it in 1976. The gambit failed.
rikyrah
@efgoldman:
I’m glad you and the Mrs. made it back home safe.
Gin & Tonic
@Mnemosyne:
Must…refrain…from…commenting…
seaboogie
@efgoldman: Thank you for sharing the story of your trip – you and mrs ef and family are in my thoughts. Lovely bit about the neighbors.
BillinGlendaleCA
@efgoldman: Again, my condolences and happy you made it back in one piece.
Elie
@efgoldman:
I had no idea, ef — I had somehow missed this very powerful and sad family story. You have my complete sympathy and caring. Lord have mercy — so much pain! Please give my best to Missus ef and that she is cared about and what she has been through resonates. Blessed be —
Aleta
@trollhattan: Poliitcal science major?
PurpleGirl
@schrodinger’s cat: That was cute.
BillinGlendaleCA
@trollhattan: Ah, a bit of Political Science from my fellow alum.
SarahT
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:@Amir Khalid: Salon needs to be put out of (our) misery
JCJ
@efgoldman:
Haven’t seen her here lately, but Southern Beale is a big fan of the Predators.
BillinGlendaleCA
@efgoldman: Hmmm, I live in Porn Valley.
Amir Khalid
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Fred Kaplan at Slate has a less flattering view of Trumps’s FP speech. (Caution: if you’re using Firefox, open the Slate link in a private window.)
Omnes Omnibus
@JCJ: Don’t make it right.
Omnes Omnibus
@efgoldman: Never went near his office.
ETA: As far as he knows, it may are may not be safe.
trollhattan
@Aleta:
If Drumph–countering the Cruz-Fiorina masterstroke–anointed Randy Newman as his sec-def I’d reconsider my vote.
Just sayin’.
Short fingers got
No reason….
dollared
@Omnes Omnibus: I went to college in Minnnesota with his former partner Harris. Who knew what monsters can come from such ordinary backgrounds?
satby
@trollhattan: love me some Randy Newman!
Omnes Omnibus
@dollared: Upper Mid-West college guy must ask: which college? No obligation to answer at all.
redshirt
It is true the Trump poses challenges a traditional candidate would not.
It’s also true Trump has a higher upside than Cruz.
But he’s still going to get smoked and cause the Republican Party to further shrink (and grow more extreme).
Amir Khalid
@efgoldman:
Also important: does Omnes look like Dustin Hoffman?
Gin & Tonic
@Amir Khalid: I commented in some thread earlier today that Olivier put me off going to the dentist for at least a decade.
Omnes Omnibus
@Amir Khalid: I do not.
Aleta
@trollhattan:
Karl, you never have seen such a glorious sight
As these beautiful women arrayed for the night
Just like countesses, empresses, movie stars and queens
And they’d come there with men much like me
Froggish men, unpleasant to see
Were you to kiss one, Karl
Nary a prince would there be
Mnemosyne
@Gin & Tonic:
FWIW, the party was not near my office, so I did have to drive there. But it was close enough to home that I could walk even after 2 sangrias and a glass of champagne.
Yutsano
@jeffreyw: GIMME!!!
Villago Delenda Est
HaTED and EliminaTED team up for the FAIL combo of the century!
redshirt
@efgoldman: But maybe a racist gets his wings at the same time?
Isn’t that the calculation with Trump (if you can somehow see him winning): He’s bringing in new voters/turning Dems?
It may be true to some small degree, but small, and totally outweighed by the people he pisses off who either don’t vote (R), or are motivated to vote (D).
Steeplejack
@efgoldman:
That’s rough, ef. My thoughts are with you and the missus.
feebog
@efgoldman:
I can’t imagine the pain and outrage your family is going through right now. Thinking good thoughts and wishing you eventually peace with all this someday. I know you will stay strong for the sake of your family. but take care of yourself as well.
starscream
I’m concerned. Trump could win and would represent an existential threat to this country in ways that even Romney and McCain did not.
Why the fuck are there term limits, again?
Adam L Silverman
Just an FYI: I’m zapped. Been a long day. Will do the detailed analysis of the Trump speech today tomorrow. For anyone waiting for it tonight, sorry, but I’m plum tuckered out!
Steeplejack
@efgoldman:
Hey, they have a Parthenon in Nashville. Don’t think Athens, GA, has one of those.
Omnes Omnibus
@Steeplejack: OTOH, it is Athens.
BillinGlendaleCA
@starscream:
Republican reaction to FDR.
trollhattan
@Adam L Silverman:
It’s a science fact: nothing tuckers more than a plum. Get ye some rest and feed the rabble tomorrow. We can fight amongst ourselves in the meantime.
Omnes Omnibus
@starscream: 1. Show me which states that Obama won in 2012 that Trump will take away.
2. Term limits exist because of a Constitutional Amendment.
trollhattan
@Aleta:
A lesser-known gem. Bernie would have seven more delegates had he played this at campaign events.
seaboogie
@starscream: Nah – not gonna happen. What Omnes said, and I think a lot of Republicans will go “Cole” this election. Hasta los nominaciones!
Steeplejack
@Omnes Omnibus:
What’s in a name? Kraft’s American Cheese is cheese?
burnspbesq
@Gin & Tonic:
http://youtu.be/R_UpLtGEWoY
Omnes Omnibus
@Steeplejack: Your decision I am going to bed..
burnspbesq
@Steeplejack:
Pasteurized process cheese food, if you want to be all pedantic n’shit.
opiejeanne
@efgoldman:
I am so sorry you and your family are going through this. I can’t even imagine.
Just terrible.
So glad for good neighbors.
Steeplejack
@Omnes Omnibus:
I will add that, though I haven’t seen it in years, the Parthenon in Nashville is truly impressive. It is a full-size replica of the original, and, besides being imposing and majestic in its own right, it is doubly so when you think of the original being built by a bunch of non-mechanized Greeks 2,400 years ago.
Elizabelle
@efgoldman: So sad to hear this, bud. Hugs to you and Mrs. ef.
Was Donna Mrs. ef’s sister? What a sad story.
Again, so sorry to hear. Don’t think I’ll be around for a May meetup, but will catch the next one. Be well.
trollhattan
@efgoldman:
Damn. Just…damn.
Elizabelle
@efgoldman: Ahhhh. Hugs, as I said. Horrible.
The Lodger
@Benw: Stop! I can’t take any Moe!
Msilaneous
@efgoldman: So so sorry to hear. My condolences.
Miss Bianca
@efgoldman: Damn. Yow. Glad you’re back.
Redshift
@efgoldman: Sorry to hear your news, but I’m looking forward to the possible meetup.
NotMax
@SarahT
Misfits is also a dark, edgy, tongue-firmly-in-cheek British series about disaffected young people who gain super powers. trailer
5 seasons (season 4 was a disaster – different writers than the other seasons).
NotMax
@efgoldman
Have long maintained that the first step over the border into the Land of Old is the day one looks around and thinks, “When did they start hiring policeboys?”
Happens at different times in life to everyone, but is inevitable.
Suzanne
LOL + Fiorina = Lolerina. She is useless and I am enjoying watching Ted Cruz fail in a most embarrassing fashion.
Suzanne
@efgoldman: Oh SHIT. Keeping all of you in my thoughts. That is brutal.
Mnemosyne
@efgoldman:
I’m so sorry. It was hard enough when I lost a sibling last year, but at least it was to impersonal disease. To lose one the way Mrs. EF did is totally horrific. Again, my condolences to you both.
NotMax
Rafael and Carleton sounds like a really, really bad vaudeville team, destined to play the deuce spot.
Peale
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: “trump hated the same people I hate on, for all the wrong reasons and his solutions make no sense and he lacks a grasp of the facts and reality, but because he hated on the people I hate on, it was worth watching.”
Yutsano
@efgoldman: *hug*
I can’t guarantee it will get any better or any easier, but I can guarantee it will fade. Not the memories, just the bad emotions.
The Lodger
@efgoldman: That trip sounds like a big chunk of undeserved punishment. Things will improve. Count on it.
RaflW
@efgoldman: So sorry to hear about your loss, and the unfolding ordeal. Yikes.
danielx
@efgoldman:
An awful thing. May grace and peace be with you and yours.
Also, too – were you thinking of Olivier as the (shudder) Nazi dentist in Marathon Man?
PurpleGirl
@starscream: The Rethuglicans didn’t another Democrat like FDR to have the chance to serve that long as president again.
redshirt
Did you see anything nice in Vermont? It’s a very pretty state.
I can’t imagine though, because like you, it always unexpectedly snows when I drive there and everything is white knuckle.
divF
@BillinGlendaleCA: Uni, or UCLA ?
redshirt
@efgoldman: Oh, I meant like sights. Mountains. Valleys. Rivers. Farms. Etc.
I can’t believe Bernie allows capitalist stores in his state.
different-church-lady
@srv: Trump has problems with women he’s not going to sleep with.
That’s a whoooooooole lot of women in this country. And one of them is going to be his opponent. The fact that he can’t get under her skin is going to get under his.
Amir Khalid
@NotMax:
In my case, it was when the doctors at the University of Malaya Medical Centre started calling me “Uncle”.
DaveInOz
This is the life. Sitting in the Sunset Bar and Grill at Cable Beach, Broome, Western Australia watching the sun sink into the Indian Ocean. Sigh. Back to work next week.
Aimai
@efgoldman: so sorry ef. I cant imagine the pain.
Paul in KY
@satby: Just ordered one!
hedgehog the occasional commenter
@efgoldman: so sorry, efg.
nutella
@Amir Khalid:
I expect they were trying to be respectful, but ouch.