I’m going with B. Although it was nice to see Odell at least looking like a normal adult male with the freaky blond highlights trimmed off.
Comment by TeeRoy Jenkins on September 17, 2019 7:23 am
Eyes opened at 04:30 CST, laid in bed to 05:30 then got up. Dogs were like “yay we get to go early.”….take dogs out, hear my FIL talking on his porch next door. Walk over and find he is unknowingly entertaining a known meth head. Reminded said Meth Head I always have a gun on me and I like to shoot things. Im going to have to have a chat with the ole man about how its not normal behavior for men to be walking around the neighborhood at 0530. I have a tendency to be a bit grumpy first thing in the morning before coffee..
It’s sort of like when people try to talk to my about politics. I’m all like, you’ve got it all wrong. War Turtle hands off to Miss Lindsey, who breaks right past cloture, and then when the defense is really committed, he shit posts until Kegger Kavanaugh busts through for a last second lateral and TOUCHDOWN!
Comment by TeeRoy Jenkins on September 17, 2019 9:20 am
Oops…credit where credit is due. Jay you da man for the Uncle Ted. Jimbro you still da man too, just not for the Uncle Ted today.
Todays job search is focused on the burgeoning Marijuana Industry. Legalization takes effect Jan 01 this year so I suspect there will be opportunities avail locally in the near future.
Todays job search is focused on the burgeoning Marijuana Industry. Legalization takes effect Jan 01 this year so I suspect there will be opportunities avail locally in the near future.
Big Joint is already ahead of you and will obliterate the existing supply chain.
We used to share tips at the bar. Wait staff didn’t. I kicked their ass when I waited. They also used to make me take a break, because the bar wouldn’t make any money if I worked.
Big Joint is already ahead of you and will obliterate the existing supply chain.
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In Michigan this has already happened. Folks got their nice storefronts all ready but the product is only available to what is basically “company stores”.
Better off buying up any housing you can before it gets turned into grow houses.
IME, that’s not how it works after the legalization. They get leases from the state for a “grow” in a community that doesn’t raise sufficient hell to keep them out, then they fence off a few acres and cultivate it just like soybeans, though under guard.
Alex, how are you at R, python, and machine learning? How do you feel about working in St Joseph, MI. Its the West Coast that’s worth living on.
HotBride invited me to a movie tonight about Linda Ronstadt, with her girlfriends. (They typically go on Tuesdays, and guys are rarely invited.) I told her if I wanted to listen to an asshole I’d fart.
The legal medical marijuana shops got upset when recreational marijuana laws passed here. They spent a lot of time and money to build their brand and -swoosh- it was out the window.
Every once in a while I get asked about medical marijuana or CBD supplements and I just punt the answer to their PCP
I live in a town infested with liberals. Ask any waiter, they mostly suck at tipping.
Case in point: the guy who cuts my hair also cuts Rick Snyder’s hair and Mark Schlissel’s.
He said Rick gives hip a $25 tip every time, Schlissel has never given him an extra penny.
So at the end of Snyder’s last term Schlissel asks him, “Are you going to keep cutting Snyder’s hair now that he isn’t governor?” To which Perry replied, “Yeah, as long as he keeps giving me $50 a pop I’ll be thrilled to keep him.”
Comment by Colorado Alex In Exile on September 17, 2019 10:27 am
My standard explanation is that you can thank Obama and Hillary for this. Obama was a disaster for the party, with over a thousand seats across all levels lost during his tenure. Meanwhile, the Clintons were happy to wait in the wings so that when Hillary ascended to the presidency all the Clinton lackeys and hangers-on could take over the party. Hillary’s loss meant that all those people were suddenly toxic. At the same time, the Obama years and Hillary’s candidacy convinced a lot of Dems that they no longer needed the white working class, so they’ve become open in their disdain, and their egos won’t allow them to back down and play nice anymore.
The result is a party consisting of the deep blue dems, who have been in their positions forever, and the radicals who have money but are too far left. The Dems are basically in a civil war right now. No one can veer towards the center because they can’t afford to lose support from the far left.
Isn’t there something better for babies to fall asleep with? Like a horror movie?
Comment by Colorado Alex In Exile on September 17, 2019 10:29 am
Comment by Jay in Ames on September 17, 2019 10:24 am
People on FB still accuse 2nd amendment types of being paranoid that the government is going to “take their guns”.
I love the exchanges that go something like:
Lib: You right wingers are paranoid nutjobs. The government isn’t going to take your guns. And if it did, do you really think that you can stand up to a government that has bombers and nukes and poison gas?
2A supporter: So, you’re saying that you believe I should disarm myself to a government willing to inflict massive casualties on its own population using WMDs or bombing?
Speaking of horror movies, I watched the Banana Splits trailer yesterday and had a few thoughts.
1) Scott Cawthon (creator of Five Nights at Freddy’s) has a lawsuit if he wants it.
2) Why the heck would you use this IP to do a horror movie?
3) This is stomach-turning and makes me want to hunt down those involved.
4) Was the Hayes Production Code really so bad?
Comment by Colorado Alex In Exile on September 17, 2019 10:34 am
Leon, I thought of Five Nights as well. I mean, it’s pretty blatant.
As for why this IP, it’s because a) they have no creativity and b) they like shitting on previous generations good memories, especially if they can corrupt children’s entertainment.
Comment by Colorado Alex In Exile on September 17, 2019 10:39 am
If the comments are to be believed, the studio was actually working with Scott on a FNAF movie and the deal fell through, so they did this instead.
Having watched a lot of the GoodBadFlicks channel (he does a lot of in-depth research on old horror and exploitation films), I completely buy this story.
Well, we kinda are, but did she mean ally? Or sit with our tail between our legs?
Attacking a country’s main source of economic activity is the biggest act of war there is. And this after Trump stayed his hand after the tanker incident, and Bolton leaving?
Comment by Colorado Alex In Exile on September 17, 2019 10:50 am
Ultimately I’d rather see the Saudis take the lead on this.
Should we support them? Or sit on the sideline, doing nothing, like the last 8 years before Trump? Send them a pallet of money asking for their mercy?
I don’t like war, and I don’t think we should do it for regime change, and I hate empire building. But you stick up for your friends, or you fall from your moral obligations.
“Support” could take many forms. Not stopping SA and Israel from doing whatever they feel is necessary and continuing to trade with both of them is a lot of support right there. We don’t have to lob bombs. We could share imagery and intel.
Comment by Colorado Alex In Exile on September 17, 2019 11:03 am
Intel sharing, providing logistics, or simply focusing on striking certain types of targets and leaving most of the attack to the Saudis.
We’ve long supported the Saudis because we needed oil to flow in the ME. That’s no longer the case, so we should be willing to reevaluate our position there. This was an attack on their sovereignty, so they need to be responsible for the lion’s share of any response, not us.
The Dems are basically in a civil war right now. No one can veer towards the center because they can’t afford to lose support from the far left.
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Agreed, but it’s not acknowledged for some reason. It’s portrayed as a small disagreement between the left and the center left. Everyone wants universal coverage, you know. We just differ on how to get there. Small tweaks.
Bish please.
Comment by Colorado Alex In Exile on September 17, 2019 11:05 am
They can’t acknowledge it because donors would flee.
I really do think we’ll see the destruction of both parties in the next decade or so, and a realignment of the US political order into a “nationalist-globalist” dichotomy.
I don’t like war, and I don’t think we should do it for regime change, and I hate empire building. But you stick up for your friends, or you fall from your moral obligations.
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Is Saudi Arabia a friend? How does their friendship benefit the US?
There are only a few military powers that could stop SA from making war with Iran, and we’re one of them. Just staying out of it — and telling others to do likewise — would be significant support.
China might get into this if we do. That would be bad.
Comment by Colorado Alex In Exile on September 17, 2019 11:08 am
The current Saudi crown prince seems to be making the hard changes to bring the country into the modern era, if slowly. And ME oil is still critical on the global market, so having a friendly government in there benefits us.
But one of the nice things about the fracking boom has been that we aren’t as reliant on ME oil as we used to be.
Comment by Colorado Alex In Exile on September 17, 2019 11:09 am
China doesn’t have the capability to project its forces into the region. The best they could do is some money and supplies to the Iranians, but I doubt that they’d bother. More likely they’d hope to use any US distraction to expand their influence over the South China sea.
It’s my understanding that the Russians didn’t get balls deep in Syria and Libya until pussyboy drew a red line and then walk away from it. We don’t need the saudis looking elsewhere for help.
I really do think we’ll see the destruction of both parties in the next decade or so, and a realignment of the US political order into a “nationalist-globalist” dichotomy.
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That’s an interesting thought. Where do cultural issues fit in? Is it as simple and cosmopolitan = globalist? As in, it’s cosmopolitan to cut off your dick or how no borders…
That’s an interesting thought. Where do cultural issues fit in? Is it as simple and cosmopolitan = globalist? As in, it’s cosmopolitan to cut off your dick or how no borders…
That certainly seems to be how it’s shaping up. I think the alignment of “gender is whatever I say it is!” and “no borders” is the destruction of local community, and thus history and family. A person who insists on redefining themselves wholly, without constraint of God or Man, needs a new place to be, or a place that is forced to forget who they really are. The immigrant is the former, the transsexual is the latter.
Whether or not SA is a good friend is beside the point. We have legal obligations towards them, not just public opinion.
If they were picking the fight, the view would be different. But they didn’t.
Comment by Colorado Alex In Exile on September 17, 2019 11:21 am
Cosmopolitan literally means “citizen of the world” so yeah. The cosmopolitans already generally subscribe to the left-wing cultural views, and those that don’t (often NeverTrump) are eager to be seen as no like those yucky socons who want to tell people how to live.
I learned something new yesterday. I always thought the term parabellum referred to the shape of a certain projectile, or cartridge. It doesn’t. It literally means prepared for war.
The legal medical marijuana shops got upset when recreational marijuana laws passed here. They spent a lot of time and money to build their brand and -swoosh- it was out the window.
Every once in a while I get asked about medical marijuana or CBD supplements and I just punt the answer to their PCP
Most of the people advocating for the current passage of laws are being used by corporations who are going to cash in.
Whether or not SA is a good friend is beside the point. We have legal obligations towards them, not just public opinion.
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Fair point. In fact, it’s a really good one.
But allow me to retort (Samuel Jackson voice)
Do you think we’d rush to Turkey’s aid if they were bombed? I mean, NATO and whatnot.
Comment by Colorado Alex In Exile on September 17, 2019 11:53 am
The Saudis are actually better allies than Turkey these days.
I know that the right has decided to hate the Iraq war and condemn it unconditionally, but I do think that removing Saddam was on the whole positive for the region, in part because it gave us more freedom with regard to dealing with our allies in the region. Without the threat of Saddam looming over them, the Saudis are some ability to undertake meaningful reforms with our blessing. Meanwhile, we can start to pull away from Turkey as it goes down the Islamic shithole.
Well, the “spirit of V2” is what killed Latin, not the actual documents produced. I’m not one of the lunatics who thinks that kneeling and taking communion on the tongue is magically going to fix everything, or that ad orientum is somehow holier than ad popularum.
We haven’t rushed to SA’s aid yet either, other than intel, or information, etc. So yes, I think the response would be comparable.
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Also a good point. I was assuming we were talking about publicly supporting some sort of actual war effort.
Ted was my first concert. He was my goto guy from about age 19-24. I loved the raw fuckin energy of the guy. I still have double live gonzo on my iTunes library but I have to be in the mood for it these days ie. drinking heavily. My musical tastes have reflected my metabolism…..100 mph as a youth, way slower and more relaxed these days.
My musical tastes have changed over time too. Depends on the day but it’s much more mellow than in days gone by. A lot of the classic rock I was sick of because it was overplayed sounds great now because I haven’t heard it in so long. A lot of the 80’s and 90’s stuff I really liked at the time makes me scratch my head and wonder wtf I was thinking when I played it all the time.
I pretty much don’t buy music now. Just listen to amazon music stations at work for background noise when I’m writing notes. In the car it’s either classic rock, talk radio or sports talk. I’ve given Ben free reign to trade my old CD’s for credit at Bull Moose Records. He has slacked off lately because he’s bought a lot of vinyl records and is more into video games with his friends on line.
I don’t even use my SiriusXM much any more, and I used to listen to it almost exclusively. I just fell out of the habit (also kept being in places where I couldn’t get a signal didn’t help).
When I was driving back from Bangor today I heard Glenn Beck talking about the Twelfth Imam stuff he likes to chat about and after turning the channel to sports talk I thought of something we never hear about anymore… the Arab Street. Remember all those references to the opinions of Arabs and how we should listen to it? Not so much lately.
I didn’t agree with her politics, and her politics were very obvious in her reporting, but she wasn’t mediocre. She was a very intelligent woman, and had good political analytical abilities, even though she was a flaming lib. But mediocre she wasn’t.
Comment by TeeRoy Jenkins on September 17, 2019 4:06 pm
I dont think this is going to be a boots on the ground response except for maybe the SAR Teams. I dont think BOTG is Trumps thing. I think it will be a “Blow the shit out of your important stuff, dont make us come back thing.” (My preference, fuck Nation Building)
Heard ABC Radio report that this was done by cruise missile not drones. If it was cruise missiles then a response is required. Iran cannot be allowed to throw cruise missiles around the region, and if anything even looks like its approaching Israel I would bet big money on a very dynamic response. We live in interesting times and I respectfully suggest (if you live near a major metro) attending to your basic “needs” at home. This one has the potential to go sideways and snowball. If the Iranians have used cruise missiles I think it indicates a certain level of desperation.
Assholes, that’s geese. We’re overrun by the SOBs these days. They displaced the ducks I normally see around here and instead it’s geese, geese, geese.
I love ya baby……..but I gots to be on top. Gotsta.
Comment by TeeRoy Jenkins on September 17, 2019 7:06 pm
I firmly believe that the primary reason that we’re seeing all these “re-boots” is because they can blame any prospective social justice blowback on the past vs. taking accountability for their “original” content. That and the lockstep cheesy fucks couldn’t buy a original thought. They cant get anything new past the sjw censors and they know it.
And they don’t know how to write a long form story. You can’t learn that in college anymore. Along with principled journalism, the good things about western civilization, ethics, etc…
Lewandowski with Swallel(sp), who threatened to nuke gun owners’.
You put these notes in your safe?
How big is this safe?
It’s a big safe, congressman, there are many guns in there.
Corey is a thug and an asshole, but he totally owned these assholes today.
Additionally, I don’t believe in crashing the greatest economy in the world because some people may die.
Like all things in a free country, there is a risk.
It’s been said many times but I’m not giving up my guns so you can feel safe. I’m not driving slow so you can feel safe, I’m not going to wear a helmet riding a bike because you think it’s safer. I’m going to play/watch sports that you won’t because you think they’re not safe. I’m going to eat meat that you may not think is good for my health or the effing planet. I don’t give a shit if you think it’s better to be locked up in our houses getting arrested and getting tickets for going outside. You’re wrong. This is America. Freedom over safety. Also, FUCK OFF.
Last gasp of summer this weekend which is forecast to be in the mid-80’s.
So, Cleveland Browns, that good?
Or NY Jets, that bad?
I’m going with B. Although it was nice to see Odell at least looking like a normal adult male with the freaky blond highlights trimmed off.
Eyes opened at 04:30 CST, laid in bed to 05:30 then got up. Dogs were like “yay we get to go early.”….take dogs out, hear my FIL talking on his porch next door. Walk over and find he is unknowingly entertaining a known meth head. Reminded said Meth Head I always have a gun on me and I like to shoot things. Im going to have to have a chat with the ole man about how its not normal behavior for men to be walking around the neighborhood at 0530. I have a tendency to be a bit grumpy first thing in the morning before coffee..
You da man Jimbro. Uncle Ted ROCKS.
wakey wakey
there was football last night? huh. cards won though.
Everyone in the South likes football.
I just keep quiet.
It’s sort of like when people try to talk to my about politics. I’m all like, you’ve got it all wrong. War Turtle hands off to Miss Lindsey, who breaks right past cloture, and then when the defense is really committed, he shit posts until Kegger Kavanaugh busts through for a last second lateral and TOUCHDOWN!
Everyone in the South likes football.
This is why I can’t live there.
That and the poisonous snakes.
And lizards.
And monkeys.
Why didn’t you tell me I didn’t put a more tag in the poat?
Because I clicked through from Monday and never went to the front page.
Gee Car in, do you feel like helping your less enthusiastic co-workers to make a little extra?
https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/detroit/new-detroit-restaurant-magnet-will-have-a-no-tipping-policy-when-it-opens-later-this-week
Socialism comes to restaurants.
The no tipping thing pops up every once in a while in some restaurant and inevitably fails.
This isn’t Europe. We’re civilized people who tip our waitresses.
Fun little back and forth with a reporter on FB:
Visual representation of J’Ames being an asshole on Facebook
Customer – May I have another drink?
Waiter – Sure. The bar is over there.
Oops…credit where credit is due. Jay you da man for the Uncle Ted. Jimbro you still da man too, just not for the Uncle Ted today.
Todays job search is focused on the burgeoning Marijuana Industry. Legalization takes effect Jan 01 this year so I suspect there will be opportunities avail locally in the near future.
Ruzzlefuzzle stupid wake up and go to work thing.
Cat Scratch Fever’s TeeRoy!
Yes. Let’s see how this works out. The place is also mostly vegan.
My one friend works at a small place that does tip sharing. Even that sucks.
If they unionize it will be like dining at the DMV.
Todays job search is focused on the burgeoning Marijuana Industry. Legalization takes effect Jan 01 this year so I suspect there will be opportunities avail locally in the near future.
Big Joint is already ahead of you and will obliterate the existing supply chain.
* looks at watch *
Sorry, I’m on break.
Vegan restaurant goes under, blames food, not no-tipping policy. Report at 11.
Vegan restaurant goes under, blames food, not no-tipping policy. Report at 11.
Embrace the inclusive and conjunctive power of AND.
We used to share tips at the bar. Wait staff didn’t. I kicked their ass when I waited. They also used to make me take a break, because the bar wouldn’t make any money if I worked.
If the food’s at fault, doesn’t that point back to the people making it?
Does anyone think shit through anymore?
Big Joint is already ahead of you and will obliterate the existing supply chain.
Better off buying up any housing you can before it gets turned into grow houses.
Big Joint is already ahead of you and will obliterate the existing supply chain.
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In Michigan this has already happened. Folks got their nice storefronts all ready but the product is only available to what is basically “company stores”.
Better off buying up any housing you can before it gets turned into grow houses.
IME, that’s not how it works after the legalization. They get leases from the state for a “grow” in a community that doesn’t raise sufficient hell to keep them out, then they fence off a few acres and cultivate it just like soybeans, though under guard.
Alex, how are you at R, python, and machine learning? How do you feel about working in St Joseph, MI. Its the West Coast that’s worth living on.
My sister is trying to recruit a data scientist for the credit union she works at. She’s asking me, but it might fit you just as well.
Unfortunately my knowledge of python is very limited, and I have no experience with machine learning.
It’s a “python or R”, but it’s heavy on the ML. I sent the PDF in case you’re interested.
HotBride invited me to a movie tonight about Linda Ronstadt, with her girlfriends. (They typically go on Tuesdays, and guys are rarely invited.) I told her if I wanted to listen to an asshole I’d fart.
I think maybe she was fucking with me.
The legal medical marijuana shops got upset when recreational marijuana laws passed here. They spent a lot of time and money to build their brand and -swoosh- it was out the window.
Every once in a while I get asked about medical marijuana or CBD supplements and I just punt the answer to their PCP
I live in a town infested with liberals. Ask any waiter, they mostly suck at tipping.
Case in point: the guy who cuts my hair also cuts Rick Snyder’s hair and Mark Schlissel’s.
He said Rick gives hip a $25 tip every time, Schlissel has never given him an extra penny.
So at the end of Snyder’s last term Schlissel asks him, “Are you going to keep cutting Snyder’s hair now that he isn’t governor?” To which Perry replied, “Yeah, as long as he keeps giving me $50 a pop I’ll be thrilled to keep him.”
Burn.
They spent a lot of time and money to build their brand and -swoosh- it was out the window.
In other words they were depending on the guns of the government to protect their little controlled substance gig.
Sorry. Not sorry.
So in the past week or so we’ve learned that Democrats want to:
Take your guns
Switch your insurance to Medicare against your will
Raise your tax rate
Have social workers visit black families to teach them how to raise their kids; ie leaving on the record player
Impeach the President for something but not really impeach him… kind of sort of, maybe depends, just sayin
Kick the shit out of Corn Pop when all he wanted to do was swim a little with pomade in his hair
Impeach Justice Kavanaugh cuz someone forced his gentlemen’s sausage on a chick hand 35 years ago but only Hillary’s lawyer remembers hearing about it
What am I missing?
MJ, that’s how I interpreted it. Except you know if they go after Kavanaugh then they’ll go after Gorsuch. And don’t forget open borders.
That platform… it’s a bold move, Cotton. Let’s see how it works out for them.
*turns on record player
Is tool available on Vinyl?
Winning strategy there! Can’t wait to see how far to the right they move when the general starts. We’ll be back to being Nazis again (still).
You can’t put enough lipstick on it. It just doesn’t make sense.
I think the gun grabbing thing is totally underestimated. No one in the media has any idea how impactful Beto’s statement was.
Oh yeah, and reparations. Add that to the list.
People on FB still accuse 2nd amendment types of being paranoid that the government is going to “take their guns”.
That is verbatim what he said. yet they still say it. It’s a mental disorder.
I have Undertow on vinyl. True story.
My standard explanation is that you can thank Obama and Hillary for this. Obama was a disaster for the party, with over a thousand seats across all levels lost during his tenure. Meanwhile, the Clintons were happy to wait in the wings so that when Hillary ascended to the presidency all the Clinton lackeys and hangers-on could take over the party. Hillary’s loss meant that all those people were suddenly toxic. At the same time, the Obama years and Hillary’s candidacy convinced a lot of Dems that they no longer needed the white working class, so they’ve become open in their disdain, and their egos won’t allow them to back down and play nice anymore.
The result is a party consisting of the deep blue dems, who have been in their positions forever, and the radicals who have money but are too far left. The Dems are basically in a civil war right now. No one can veer towards the center because they can’t afford to lose support from the far left.
Is MJr a Tool fan?
Isn’t there something better for babies to fall asleep with? Like a horror movie?
Comment by Jay in Ames on September 17, 2019 10:24 am
People on FB still accuse 2nd amendment types of being paranoid that the government is going to “take their guns”.
I love the exchanges that go something like:
Lib: You right wingers are paranoid nutjobs. The government isn’t going to take your guns. And if it did, do you really think that you can stand up to a government that has bombers and nukes and poison gas?
2A supporter: So, you’re saying that you believe I should disarm myself to a government willing to inflict massive casualties on its own population using WMDs or bombing?
Speaking of horror movies, I watched the Banana Splits trailer yesterday and had a few thoughts.
1) Scott Cawthon (creator of Five Nights at Freddy’s) has a lawsuit if he wants it.
2) Why the heck would you use this IP to do a horror movie?
3) This is stomach-turning and makes me want to hunt down those involved.
4) Was the Hayes Production Code really so bad?
WTH?
Leon, I thought of Five Nights as well. I mean, it’s pretty blatant.
As for why this IP, it’s because a) they have no creativity and b) they like shitting on previous generations good memories, especially if they can corrupt children’s entertainment.
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/no-beto-ar-15-lower-receiver-available-in-time-for-christmas-chanukah/
If the comments are to be believed, the studio was actually working with Scott on a FNAF movie and the deal fell through, so they did this instead.
Having watched a lot of the GoodBadFlicks channel (he does a lot of in-depth research on old horror and exploitation films), I completely buy this story.
Heh, PSA is awesome.
I wonder what Tulsi Gabbard is saying about Iran and Trump after they bombed the oil fields.
She made some comment about how we should be Saudi Arabia’s bitches.
Well, we kinda are, but did she mean ally? Or sit with our tail between our legs?
Attacking a country’s main source of economic activity is the biggest act of war there is. And this after Trump stayed his hand after the tanker incident, and Bolton leaving?
Ultimately I’d rather see the Saudis take the lead on this.
WARNING! Huffpost link Tulsi Gabbard Says Trump Is Turning The U.S. Into ‘Saudi Arabia’s Bitch’
WTF does she expect us to do?
Saudi Arabia could be free of the Iranian threat in a week or so if they just told Israel it was “go time”.
Gas would get expensive, then cheap.
Should we support them? Or sit on the sideline, doing nothing, like the last 8 years before Trump? Send them a pallet of money asking for their mercy?
I don’t like war, and I don’t think we should do it for regime change, and I hate empire building. But you stick up for your friends, or you fall from your moral obligations.
“Support” could take many forms. Not stopping SA and Israel from doing whatever they feel is necessary and continuing to trade with both of them is a lot of support right there. We don’t have to lob bombs. We could share imagery and intel.
Intel sharing, providing logistics, or simply focusing on striking certain types of targets and leaving most of the attack to the Saudis.
We’ve long supported the Saudis because we needed oil to flow in the ME. That’s no longer the case, so we should be willing to reevaluate our position there. This was an attack on their sovereignty, so they need to be responsible for the lion’s share of any response, not us.
The Dems are basically in a civil war right now. No one can veer towards the center because they can’t afford to lose support from the far left.
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Agreed, but it’s not acknowledged for some reason. It’s portrayed as a small disagreement between the left and the center left. Everyone wants universal coverage, you know. We just differ on how to get there. Small tweaks.
Bish please.
They can’t acknowledge it because donors would flee.
I really do think we’ll see the destruction of both parties in the next decade or so, and a realignment of the US political order into a “nationalist-globalist” dichotomy.
I don’t like war, and I don’t think we should do it for regime change, and I hate empire building. But you stick up for your friends, or you fall from your moral obligations.
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Is Saudi Arabia a friend? How does their friendship benefit the US?
There are only a few military powers that could stop SA from making war with Iran, and we’re one of them. Just staying out of it — and telling others to do likewise — would be significant support.
China might get into this if we do. That would be bad.
The current Saudi crown prince seems to be making the hard changes to bring the country into the modern era, if slowly. And ME oil is still critical on the global market, so having a friendly government in there benefits us.
But one of the nice things about the fracking boom has been that we aren’t as reliant on ME oil as we used to be.
Cokie Roberts is dead.
China doesn’t have the capability to project its forces into the region. The best they could do is some money and supplies to the Iranians, but I doubt that they’d bother. More likely they’d hope to use any US distraction to expand their influence over the South China sea.
It’s my understanding that the Russians didn’t get balls deep in Syria and Libya until pussyboy drew a red line and then walk away from it. We don’t need the saudis looking elsewhere for help.
I really do think we’ll see the destruction of both parties in the next decade or so, and a realignment of the US political order into a “nationalist-globalist” dichotomy.
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That’s an interesting thought. Where do cultural issues fit in? Is it as simple and cosmopolitan = globalist? As in, it’s cosmopolitan to cut off your dick or how no borders…
That’s an interesting thought. Where do cultural issues fit in? Is it as simple and cosmopolitan = globalist? As in, it’s cosmopolitan to cut off your dick or how no borders…
That certainly seems to be how it’s shaping up. I think the alignment of “gender is whatever I say it is!” and “no borders” is the destruction of local community, and thus history and family. A person who insists on redefining themselves wholly, without constraint of God or Man, needs a new place to be, or a place that is forced to forget who they really are. The immigrant is the former, the transsexual is the latter.
Whether or not SA is a good friend is beside the point. We have legal obligations towards them, not just public opinion.
If they were picking the fight, the view would be different. But they didn’t.
Cosmopolitan literally means “citizen of the world” so yeah. The cosmopolitans already generally subscribe to the left-wing cultural views, and those that don’t (often NeverTrump) are eager to be seen as no like those yucky socons who want to tell people how to live.
I learned something new yesterday. I always thought the term parabellum referred to the shape of a certain projectile, or cartridge. It doesn’t. It literally means prepared for war.
The legal medical marijuana shops got upset when recreational marijuana laws passed here. They spent a lot of time and money to build their brand and -swoosh- it was out the window.
Every once in a while I get asked about medical marijuana or CBD supplements and I just punt the answer to their PCP
Most of the people advocating for the current passage of laws are being used by corporations who are going to cash in.
Whether or not SA is a good friend is beside the point. We have legal obligations towards them, not just public opinion.
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Fair point. In fact, it’s a really good one.
But allow me to retort (Samuel Jackson voice)
Do you think we’d rush to Turkey’s aid if they were bombed? I mean, NATO and whatnot.
The Saudis are actually better allies than Turkey these days.
I know that the right has decided to hate the Iraq war and condemn it unconditionally, but I do think that removing Saddam was on the whole positive for the region, in part because it gave us more freedom with regard to dealing with our allies in the region. Without the threat of Saddam looming over them, the Saudis are some ability to undertake meaningful reforms with our blessing. Meanwhile, we can start to pull away from Turkey as it goes down the Islamic shithole.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
I blame Vatican II for killing Latin literacy.
Blaming Vatican II is appropriate for a lot of things.
We haven’t rushed to SA’s aid yet either, other than intel, or information, etc. So yes, I think the response would be comparable.
Well, the “spirit of V2” is what killed Latin, not the actual documents produced. I’m not one of the lunatics who thinks that kneeling and taking communion on the tongue is magically going to fix everything, or that ad orientum is somehow holier than ad popularum.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/20-gut-busting-cheeseburgers-with-over-1000-calories/ss-AAH1Ezo?ocid=ientp
Seems like a challenge…
Vegan restaurant goes under, blames
food , not no-tipping policy.Trump…..Fixt.
true story, pepe
We haven’t rushed to SA’s aid yet either, other than intel, or information, etc. So yes, I think the response would be comparable.
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Also a good point. I was assuming we were talking about publicly supporting some sort of actual war effort.
If you are referring to committing US troops to set foot in Turkey, no I don’t think that would happen.
I also don’t think we’ll see US troops on the ground in SA either.
There are already troops on the ground in San Antonio. Fort Sam Houston is located there along with a couple of air bases.
they are staging an invasion of Austin
Did everyone like the music today?
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
Pacem is peace, so If you seek peace, prepare for war? Makes sense to me.
Yes. It’s a very famous latin phrase.
Ted was my first concert. He was my goto guy from about age 19-24. I loved the raw fuckin energy of the guy. I still have double live gonzo on my iTunes library but I have to be in the mood for it these days ie. drinking heavily. My musical tastes have reflected my metabolism…..100 mph as a youth, way slower and more relaxed these days.
I might have liked Tool if I’d heard them as a youngster, but I doubt it.
It’s a very famous latin phrase.
Way to make me feel like a dope. I know shit too, ya know.
Someone had to explain molon labe to me once, too.
Also, I don’t know shit. I’m pretty sure if I knew shit, I’d be a lot less miserable.
My musical tastes have changed over time too. Depends on the day but it’s much more mellow than in days gone by. A lot of the classic rock I was sick of because it was overplayed sounds great now because I haven’t heard it in so long. A lot of the 80’s and 90’s stuff I really liked at the time makes me scratch my head and wonder wtf I was thinking when I played it all the time.
I pretty much don’t buy music now. Just listen to amazon music stations at work for background noise when I’m writing notes. In the car it’s either classic rock, talk radio or sports talk. I’ve given Ben free reign to trade my old CD’s for credit at Bull Moose Records. He has slacked off lately because he’s bought a lot of vinyl records and is more into video games with his friends on line.
About the only music I hear anymore is hymns at church. Not signalling holiness at all, I just don’t listen to music much.
I do get to hear Possum’s “Kid Songs” CD a lot.
A lot.
I don’t even use my SiriusXM much any more, and I used to listen to it almost exclusively. I just fell out of the habit (also kept being in places where I couldn’t get a signal didn’t help).
Music is life. You guys are cray cray.
Not recently it isn’t.
When I was driving back from Bangor today I heard Glenn Beck talking about the Twelfth Imam stuff he likes to chat about and after turning the channel to sports talk I thought of something we never hear about anymore… the Arab Street. Remember all those references to the opinions of Arabs and how we should listen to it? Not so much lately.
https://www.algemeiner.com/2019/01/14/the-arab-street-is-a-dead-end/
Excellent post, Jay!!
Of course it was!
(thanks mare)
I don’t believe any of the nasty things they’ve been saying about you.
Music is life.
No, it’s not.
Heh, see where Al Sharpton posted a tribute to Cokie Roberts, except it was Christine Amanpour?
LOL
The lead story at Ace’s is hilarious. Sharpton refers to Roberts as Cookie, then posts an interview he did with Christiane Amanpour.
What a fucking jackass.
Ace refers to Roberts as “southern-fried liberal patrician mediocrity”, which I disagree with.
I didn’t agree with her politics, and her politics were very obvious in her reporting, but she wasn’t mediocre. She was a very intelligent woman, and had good political analytical abilities, even though she was a flaming lib. But mediocre she wasn’t.
I dont think this is going to be a boots on the ground response except for maybe the SAR Teams. I dont think BOTG is Trumps thing. I think it will be a “Blow the shit out of your important stuff, dont make us come back thing.” (My preference, fuck Nation Building)
Heard ABC Radio report that this was done by cruise missile not drones. If it was cruise missiles then a response is required. Iran cannot be allowed to throw cruise missiles around the region, and if anything even looks like its approaching Israel I would bet big money on a very dynamic response. We live in interesting times and I respectfully suggest (if you live near a major metro) attending to your basic “needs” at home. This one has the potential to go sideways and snowball. If the Iranians have used cruise missiles I think it indicates a certain level of desperation.
https://babylonbee.com/news/hypocrisy-right-wingers-who-love-it-when-the-babylon-bee-makes-stuff-up-suddenly-get-mad-when-the-nyt-does-it
I thought we were the only ones with cruise missiles. SCUDs don’t count.
It’s not like the tech behind cruise missiles is that hard to put together *cough*V-1*cough*…
Why do you disagree?
She was lame.
Not using reason and logic is mediocre. leftists aren’t all that bright.
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Music is life. You guys are cray cray.
One person’s music is another person’s ear bleed.
Music to me….busy birds in the springtime. Such a happy sound. That is life.
I loved the bird song too. It’s already gone and we’re sad about that.
/turns up Tool
Birds, cicadas, wind in the trees. And it’s not overproduced like the drek they foist off these days.
I love the sound of cicadas
Today I saw a couple big fat fluffy bluejays swooshing around in the birdbaths. They’re so sassy. I love them.
But not in Spring.
Sassy is a nice politically correct term for Bluejays.
More common is Assholes.
Assholes, that’s geese. We’re overrun by the SOBs these days. They displaced the ducks I normally see around here and instead it’s geese, geese, geese.
Huh, Cory Lewandowski seems like a kickass guy. I like his handling of the dem dumbasses.
Poor bastard. That look of hopelessness…
https://tinyurl.com/y6fmqq33
The look on his face ….”Wait?? I did Whut??”
They’re seriously considering making another reboot of Battlestar Galactica. *shakes head*
Poor bastard. That look of hopelessness…
https://tinyurl.com/y6fmqq33
I love ya baby……..but I gots to be on top. Gotsta.
I firmly believe that the primary reason that we’re seeing all these “re-boots” is because they can blame any prospective social justice blowback on the past vs. taking accountability for their “original” content. That and the lockstep cheesy fucks couldn’t buy a original thought. They cant get anything new past the sjw censors and they know it.
And they don’t know how to write a long form story. You can’t learn that in college anymore. Along with principled journalism, the good things about western civilization, ethics, etc…
long form story?
Like, a book.
Way to make me feel like a dope. I know shit too, ya know.
No, no, I felt dopey the same way. I’m certain that’s not the right term for what I’m talking about.
GODDAMN YOU WORTHLESS LIBERAL EDUCATORS!!
*shakes fist indignantly*
*looks around all sneaky like*
TIL my dad saw Eddie Mathews play for the Atlanta Crackers and Satchel Paige pitching against him.
haha, just quoting hotspur
That’s cool, roamy. Anyone who pitches into his 50’s (and well!) is pretty awesome in my book.
Is the BSG reboot rebooting the original or rebooting the reboot?
Cool version of Gallows Pole
It made up for hearing the yellow cat story for the 1,089th time.
Lewandowski with Swallel(sp), who threatened to nuke gun owners’.
You put these notes in your safe?
How big is this safe?
It’s a big safe, congressman, there are many guns in there.
Corey is a thug and an asshole, but he totally owned these assholes today.
Cory sure is smooth. He has a very refined speaking style.
Denying everything, Rodney prevaricated.
long form book – novel?
the redo of battlestar gallactica was much better than the first.