Think of it this way, Michale ... it's = it is; try using that in your sentence and see how grammatically correct it seems.

But its???

I mean "it's teeth were sharp" seems more grammatically correct than "its teeth were sharp"...

Yer da teacher, so I know I am on the losing side of this argument.

It never pays to argue with a teacher.. :D Remind me to tell you about the time I got into an argument with my Academy Poli Sci teacher over Israel.. :D

Michale

But its???

I mean "it's teeth were sharp" seems more grammatically correct than "its teeth were sharp"...

Yer da teacher, so I know I am on the losing side of this argument.

It never pays to argue with a teacher.. :D Remind me to tell you about the time I got into an argument with my Academy Poli Sci teacher over Israel.. :D

Michale

my your his her its our their whose

mine yours his hers its ours theirs whose

the only time pronouns have apostrophes is when they are part of a contraction:

i'm you're he's she's it's we're they're who's

so, is your mind sufficiently blown?

:)
JL

"Whoaa!!! WAIT A MINUTE!!!"
-Ralph Macchio, MY COUSIN VINNY

Since when!???

Michale

@liz,

now you're just messing with me.

i'm of the belief that he's sleeping because it's too late. you're in agreement?

OR

my belief regarding this issue is that his sleep is more important than its resolution. have i responded to your satisfaction?

;-)
JL

Heh.

Where's Michale? :)

i'm pretty sure obama will nominate, and perhaps the senate will even hold a confirmation vote, but not before squeezing every possible drop of political juice out of the process. because it's a presidential election year, more favors will be traded behind the scenes over this SCOTUS nomination than we've seen in quite awhile.

JL

p.s. "its job," not "it's job." possessive pronouns don't have apostrophes.

Scalia is no more. Now SIERRA just got interesting.

Will Congress do it's job? Will the president do his? and MOST importantly will the american public weigh in? will what the american public expresses matter? (probably not..)

Stay tuned to another exciting episode of as the politics churn...

CW, PBM is pretty creepy, but it's not like M used B*lgium or anything. Those gravity waves announced this week weren't caused by colliding black holes... they were caused some golfer in a galaxy far, far away firing off a B*lgium after a bad slice. Somebody is going to get a Nobel Prize for detecting billion year old profanity with an interferometer.

It's somewhat surprising because, up until now, the entirety of the Left Wingery has treated these occupiers as nothing but Right Wing domestic terrorists..

It's heartening to see your compassion for your fellow human surpass any partisan ideology..

I mean it seriously when I say kudos to you...

Michale

She was argumentative, insulting and talked over the top of him to the point where he was in complete meltdown. At one point he told her and Gavin (another amateur whose interference and lack of understanding directly contributed to Fry's severe distress) that he was holding a gun to his head. That didn't stop either of them, especially Ms Motormouth who ploughed on over the top of Fry with renewed vigor.

This went on for over an hour before the FBI somehow managed to shut up the pair of amateurs and bring in a professional negotiator who resolved the situation in minutes.

I was listening to all this with friends who were equally horrified and really thought Hall was going to talk Fry into killing himself. It was a close thing.

Yet -- and I'm gobsmacked by this -- not a single newspaper reported how Hall and Seim very nearly caused David Fry's death. The comment sections of most newspapers were full of it, particularly The Oregonian, but not in the papers' reports. They just glossed over the whole drama as though it hadn't happened at all.

For MDDOTW, I'd like to nominate these seven House Democrats in a tie for the award:

Brad Ashford (NE-02)

Jim Costa (CA-16)

Henry Cuellar (TX-28)

Alan Grayson (FL-09)

Dan Lipinski (IL-03)

Collin Peterson (MN-07)

Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)

All seven voted for the "Scientific Research in the National Interest" Bill which adds additional bureaucratic requirements to the process of awarding grants and cooperative agreements, and opens it up to political influence.

The Bill will burden the National Science Foundation with unnecessary layers of bureaucracy yet, disgracefully, seven Democrats voted for this latest move in the GOP war on science.

Like Steinam's and Albright's moronic statements, Lewis' bonehead attacks are having the opposite effect...

Michale

Well, if we are going to judge a person by the people that support them, then all the black racists that hurt and kill white people color Obama..

You can't have it one way without the other...

I was amused to read that David Duke, former grand wizard of the KKK, said that Trump speaks "a lot more radically" than he does.

And the Ayatollahs and Kim Un have sang Obama praises at one time..

Once again, you can't have it your way without the other way...

Michale

PuppyMonkeyBaby

hehehehehehe

Wasn't that the creepiest thing!!!??? :D

Michale

I don't think Trump is a white supremacist either but he certainly does attract their support and he seems happy enough about it since he's done nothing to discourage them.

I was amused to read that David Duke, former grand wizard of the KKK, said that Trump speaks "a lot more radically" than he does.

If the Republican Establishment says "Preserve the Party at All Costs" I can see them warming to support Trump.

Especially if The Establishment Wing believes they can co-opt him.

That may well be possible considering the rapid turnaround of Trump's "economic policy". What he said and what was written for him were canyons apart!

It went from him saying he'd pay more taxes, close loopholes and tax hedge fund managers more heavily to cutting taxes to the wealthiest of the wealthy while the bottom third are being paid far too much, including those on minimum wage.

The latter is definitely in line with establishment Republican (aka plutocrat) policy and it only took Trump 24 hours to switch from the former to the latter.

But, as you pointed out, there is also the matter of power, specifically: control. I doubt that they could ever have that with Trump, no matter how cooperative he might prove to be in other ways. So a brokered convention is looking like their best option at this stage.

If ever the words "wait and see" have weight, now is that time.

Can't argue with that!

Fair enough, but I'm warning you in advance my mind's pretty much set on Gloria Steinem this week...

Did you actually see Steinem and Lewis? Two wholly different contexts within which the comments were made - Real Time with Bill Maher vs a public endorsement announcement on a serious stage, number one.

And, number two, one was said half-jokingly and could only be condemned by the extremely hypersensitive among us. The other was a wholly non-serious statement said in all seriousness - not to mention mean-spiritedness - in a blatant and unwarranted attempt to demean the character of a presidential candidate.

Give Steinem an dishonourable mention, if you must, but there can be no more disappointing democrat this week and beyond than Rep. Lewis.

Fair enough, but I'm warning you in advance my mind's pretty much set on Gloria Steinem this week...

-CW

OK, that one sent chills up my back. Machiavelli would be proud of that scheme!

Heh.

-CW

You are on very dangerous thin ice. You have broken a cardinal rule of this website by using monumentally disturbing language. This is your last warning, the next time you'll be banned from the site permanently.

The offending phrase which led to this warning, of course, was:

PuppyMonkeyBaby

There's just no call for that level of creepiness.

[Heh.]

-CW

Honesty.. Integrity...

OK OK, that's two things.. :D

Michale

And, I think Sanders has a lot of convincing yet to do to make me comfortable with him as the Democratic nominee.

Those statements are not mutually exclusive...

While you may or may not think that Sanders has the capability to be POTUS, it's clear the he DOES have the one thing (in spades) that Hillary lacks..

Honesty.. Integrity...

In that, Hillary doesn't deserve to be the Dem Candidate because her honesty/integrity numbers are in the toilet...

What point was he trying to make? I mean, I know what he was trying to say but what he was trying to say doesn't make any sense.

He was calling Sanders a liar.. Pure and simple...

Michale

I can't say that I agree with you 100% about Hillary not deserving the honour.

And, I think Sanders has a lot of convincing yet to do to make me comfortable with him as the Democratic nominee.

What point was he trying to make? I mean, I know what he was trying to say but what he was trying to say doesn't make any sense.

I never would have expected that from him.

We are in complete agreement. I don't care that he endorsed HRC. I very disappointed by what he said.

COMPLETELY surprisingly, I find myself in complete agreement with JFC... :D

Lewis' claim, "I don't recall Senator Sanders in any civil rights protest so he must be lying" or words to that effect is the cheapest of cheap shots...

This is exactly why I support completely and unequivocally Bernie for the Democrat Party candidate for POTUS..

Hillary Clinton doesn't DESERVE the honor...

Michale

I'd like to second that motion. Rep. Lewis is a good man but he engaged in the not-so-artful smear in endorsing Hillary Clinton.

Why not just endorse her? Why do what he did to Senator Sanders?

I would like to nominate Rep John Lewis (GA) as this week's Most Disappointing Democrat.

The decision, which may provide an advantage to Hillary Clinton’s candidacy, was viewed with disappointment Friday morning by good government activists who saw it as a step backward in the effort to limit special interest influence in Washington.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dnc-allowing-donations-from-federal-lobbyists-and-pacs/2016/02/12/22b1c38c-d196-11e5-88cd-753e80cd29ad_story.html

Someone remind me again how exactly it's the REPUBLICANS who are corrupt about money influencing elections??

I seem to have forgotten what with all the FACTS to the contrary???

:^/

Michale

If you say so, John. I hope the GOP Machine and their PC police are unable to muscle the Stormfront out of his grade-school level word salads. I want him to win!

But I have a feeling ya'all won't like where the facts lead.. :D

Michale

Sounds like a PERFECT fit to me.

Yea, it IS a perfect fit..

Well, except for the fact that there are NO FACTS supporting the idea that Trump is a white supremacist..

But I get it..

When it comes to political bigotry, ya'all don't need no stinkin' facts.... :D

Michale

Sounds like a PERFECT fit to me.

If the Republican Establishment says "Preserve the Party at All Costs" I can see them warming to support Trump.

Especially if The Establishment Wing believes they can co-opt him. Given that Trump has held such a wealth of conflicting political positions in the not-all-that-distant past there might be some validity, or at least hope attached to that belief. Very risky though, and Established Wealth and Power = Republican Establishment does not particularly like risk.

An alternative to Preserve the Party At All Costs is "Preserve Control of the Party at all costs." If this means losing a presidential election to maintain a meaningful degree of control (veto power) going forward, so be it. Political parties are all about control. All the more so if Trump is perceived to be a long shot once nominated. Why cozy up to an upstart who will lose - make the bastid pay for his insolence! This is a long-view perspective, but dynasties take the long view.

The remaining primaries are much less proportional in terms of delegate allocation, and the fight goes to states which are much more favorable to the Establishment Wing and Cruz TP Wing. Trump could still fade, and an Establishment candidate could emerge and actually get more than 50% of the delegates. That said, fifty% +1 is starting to look like a heavy lift for any Republican.

At this point,a contested convention is not a bad outcome for The Establishment. The Tea Party Wing of the GOP doesn't really trust Trump, and he's eating into their constituency among The Base. At the very least, a three winged party offers room for meaningful negotiation with Trump, and if the negotiation goes badly, there are still alternatives. Among them, the fall backs are 1),"place holder candidate, wait 4 more years", 2), Party Purge (does anybody actually know the party rules) or even 3) take the ball and bolt the party, while fighting to retain the Brand Name. Two and three come down to lawyers lawyers lawyers.

If ever the words "wait and see" have weight, now is that time.

If this occurs, the Democrats can kiss their collective asses good-bye...

Michale

Great strategy!

If the goal is to hand the primary to Bernie..

Upwards of 80% of Americans have emphatically STATED that they do NOT want a continuation of the Obama Administration..

This is 2008 all over again with a different set of mistakes..

"We're not going to make the same mistakes, I can tell you that!"
"No, no.. You are making all new mistakes.."
-Jurassic Park-LOST WORLD

Michale

Guess it wasn't all that big a deal, eh?? :D

Michale

Ted Cruz, as Trump has taken to pointing out, doesn't have many friends in Washington. He has been extraordinarily successful in making enemies, though.

Which WOULD make him appealing in my book, considering the enemies he has made.. :D I have always maintained that you can know the character of a person, not only by the friends they keep but the enemies they make.. :D

JFC,

C'mon now. The GOP backing a white supremacist

And yet, not a SINGLE person can find a SINGLE racist statement made by Trump.

Funny, iddn't it.. :D

I know, I know... Who cares about FACTS!? It IS a hysterical bigoted rant, after all.. :D

We are the ninety-nine percent!

PuppyMonkeyBaby

Michale

Who? Me?

[looks behind to see who's really being talked about...]

Heh. Heh heh.

:-)

-CW