A-Frakin-Men to THAT...

Mr. "Too Much Political Correctness" who worships the Orange Blowhole continues his whining about "common decency" in of the comments of others! I wonder if he reads his own posts?

We regret to inform you that the only person on this board you could possibly be fooling with this "common decency" whining is probably yourself. Nice try, though.

Besides, CW didn't have a problem with Paula's post, so y'all can now come down off your high horse... oh, wait... y'all can now stop beating your dead horse already... m'kay? :D

But my days of being a Weigantian Punching Bag are over...

Translation: The board's gaslighting troll sure doesn't mind endlessly and incessantly "dishing it out," but he is not altogether so good in the "taking it" department... ever the whiny and aggrieved "victim" with zero ability at self-awareness. :D

If you get a chance, read the original script of that episode..

VERY dark with drug-dealing crew members and cripples in wheelchairs getting phaser'ed...

Very dark.. Even for Ellison...

This is not about me or about avoiding comments we don't like. This is about respecting the blog you purport to love.

A-Frakin-Men to THAT...

Glad ta see ya back.. Was getting worried about ya.. :D

Got your board shorts ready to surf that red wave? Heh. Whatever helps you sleep at night, bro...

How else do you explain that Democrats blew a 22 point Generic Poll lead??? :D

You're probably right. Liberals are grasping a single straw, really, and that is that either Susan Collins or Lisa Murkowski (or perhaps some anti-Trump senator who is retiring) will gum up the confirmation works until the next Senate is seated. With McCain sidelined, all it would take would be one defection, and the vote would be 50-49 against confirmation. A slim hope, to be sure, but please remember what a razor-thin majority the GOP now has.

Yea, but there are 5 Democrats who will vote to confirm President Trump's nominee or they might as well concede their election right now..

Because we all know how Democrats always confiscate everyone's guns, first thing. Oh, wait, that never actually happened, did it?

Ain't from lack of bragging and screaming hysterically about it..

But what are Dems gonna do?? Ban shotguns now??

The PERSON is the key.. Not the tool they choose..

I think you meant: "NOTHING motivates voters on the right like SCOTUS"...

OK... OK.. But IF accurate, then McConnell should hold off on the confirmation until after the mid-terms so that the Right voters will be motivated and the Left voters will be apathetic, right?? :D

Come on, CW.. You know I was born at night, but not LAST NIGHT.. :D If there is a SCOTUS pick in the mix, LEFT voters will be JUST as hysterically motivated as RIGHT voters.. :D

I'll bet you 1000 Quatloos, right here and now, that AOC wins the general and is seated in the new House. Say what you want about her, but she fits her district.

Heh.

Tempting.. But you know her district better than I do, so I will accept your wisdom..

However, it does nothing to refute my earlier claim, as I am sure you will agree..

Disappointed that the judge you predicted would rule for Manafort didn't?

heh.

Yea, I am.. I don't mind admitting it.. But my point is still valid that it has absolutely NOTHING to do with Trump.... excuse me.. PRESIDENT Trump, the Russians or the election..

Even the Judge is disgusted by Mueller totally blatant political witch-hunt play...

My wife likes "Bosch" too, but I've only read the books. I'd have to start from the beginning and binge watch it, at this point...

It's not hard to binge watch.. :D each episode is like 35 mins and there are only 10 episodes per season..

It's a pretty decent show...

As do I Liz, as do I..

But my days of being a Weigantian Punching Bag are over...

Me too, except is was "Love Ain't Nothin' But Sex Misspelled"...

Requiescat In Pace

-CW

We sure could use a lot of Native American spirituality - here and everywhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHXwPFMvaXk

You must allow them both to thrive. Do not starve either one or the other. :)

It's a very appropriate story for what we've been discussing here with respect to civil discourse.

I'd like to post the story at some point here - do you have a good link for it?

So much for your judgment, sweetie. It obviously sucks. :D

Well, Kick, the only thing I can conclude from your response above is that you don't actually love this blog.

Thank you, Elizabeth... for responding to my repeated requests that you stop sitting in judgment of other posters and attempting to control the dialogue by sitting in judgment of me yet again. Good call.

This is not about me or about avoiding comments we don't like. This is about respecting the blog you purport to love.

How is not about you, Elizabeth? How exactly is it not about you when you repeatedly and continually sit in judgment of posters while deciding what is and is not acceptable commentary according to your judgment?
How is it not about you, Elizabeth, when you inform another poster that you have "concluded" something about them based on your judgment?

Does Paula's wording regarding Mr. Kennedy not meet with your definition of "common dececency"? How is that not about you, Elizabeth? Have you concluded that I don't love something based on your definition of "love"? Again, how is that not about you Elizabeth?

When you constantly allow the males on this board to post all manner of curse words and hate speech toward politicians as well as other posters while selectively admonishing primarily the female posters on this board about their "language," how is that not about you, Elizabeth?

And newsflash: I might not even be a female.

Get over yourself, please. M'kay? :)

Yeah, funny how that is. I laugh about it every time I see Trump interact with foreign leaders.

i'm not shocked at all.

JL

Shocking. Positively shocking.

Profound sadness. Ellison edited a compilation called Dangerous Visions that was a touchstone for me when I was in High School of what really good writing looked like. I gave a copy to an english teacher once, and he agreed, but said, "If I tried to teach this, I'd lose my job", and that taught me a lesson that I'm sure Ellison would have approved of.

This is not about me or about avoiding comments we don't like. This is about respecting the blog you purport to love.

I know, I know... it's impossible to ignore...

[2] -

I did see the ad, and it was fantastic. So were her posters and campaign buttons. She's living proof talent can overcome money, at times...

Don Harris [3] -

What's not to love about AOC? She ran on the slogan "they have the money, we have the people." Seems like a prime candidate for you to support...

TheStig [7] -

Well, thank you for the kind words!

:-)

Paula [11] -

Nice LOTR metaphor, there...

Good point about Mueller, too.

neilm [21] -

Excellent points all around about SCOTUS and Roe. If this doesn't get Dems to pay attention to the court, nothing will.

Also good point about Ireland, too.

Michale [25] -

Got your board shorts ready to surf that red wave? Heh. Whatever helps you sleep at night, bro...

:-)

neilm [26] -

I've been wondering about the multiple Universes theories myself for the last two years.

:-)

neilm [29] -

The GOP does seem to be damned if they do (on immigration) and damned if they don't. Now that they didn't, we'll see the fallout in the moderate districts with high Latino percentages.

Michale [30] -

Did anyone dispute the fact that Kennedy leaned conservative? But I bet you weren't as big a Kennedy fan for all of his rulings, were you?

Heh.

neilm [38] -

To defeat the nannybot, try tinyurl.com, that might help. Just a suggestion...

Michale [39] -

OMG, Michale and I are agreeing! Well, at least it's on the technical level, not political... whew!

Heh.

Michale [40] -

You're probably right. Liberals are grasping a single straw, really, and that is that either Susan Collins or Lisa Murkowski (or perhaps some anti-Trump senator who is retiring) will gum up the confirmation works until the next Senate is seated. With McCain sidelined, all it would take would be one defection, and the vote would be 50-49 against confirmation. A slim hope, to be sure, but please remember what a razor-thin majority the GOP now has.

neilm [42] -

OK, now that's downright scary. But you're probably right, sad to say!

Michale [45] -

Because we all know how Democrats always confiscate everyone's guns, first thing. Oh, wait, that never actually happened, did it?

[47] -

I think you meant: "NOTHING motivates voters on the right like SCOTUS"...

[51] -

Oh, please. You really think that if your scenario had happened (Dems supported Gorsuch, McConnell didn't have to drop the second nuke), that McConnell wouldn't immediately do so now? That's a fantasy, pal.

[65] -

Filibuster-proof? Wow, have some more Kool-Aid, there, dude... I think you're getting feverish...

:-)

C. R. Stucki [72] -

I think you meant "12%"?

LizM [83] and Michale [85] -

OK, your wish is my command. The comment has been edited, with a note to point this out. Done!

Michale [89] -

Who knew conservatives were such snowflakes? They bully and bully and bully, and the minute someone challenges them, they collapse into a pile of quivering Jell-O. Sad!

John M [93] -

Good point. I've already heard speculation about (as it were) "turning SCOTUS up to eleven."

Probably won't happen, but there's nothing in the Constitution to prevent it, that's for sure...

Don Harris [98] -

Only CW can know why he won't address One Demand and the issues at hand and why he is keeping it to himself.

You want a final answer? OK, here goes:

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

There you go!

Happy now?

Michale [102] -

Socialist candidates who want to abolish ICE are winning your primaries.. Candidates that have absolutely NO CHANCE of winning in the election..

I'll bet you 1000 Quatloos, right here and now, that AOC wins the general and is seated in the new House. Say what you want about her, but she fits her district.

:-)

C'mon, you know you want to...

Heh.

[103] -

Harlan Ellison died? Wow, that is a bummer.

Among many other things, he sure did know how to come up with memorable names for his stories:

I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream

"Repent, Harlequin!" Said The Ticktockman

He will indeed be missed. I need to go watch "The City On The Edge Of Forever" again, and re-read "A Boy And His Dog."

Thanks for passing on the news, I hadn't heard it yet...

Kick [113] -

Looks like I need to work my way back through more comments. Seems the mice are playing while the cat's away...

Michale [130] -

Disappointed that the judge you predicted would rule for Manafort didn't?

Hmmmm?

heh.

[134] -

My wife likes "Bosch" too, but I've only read the books. I'd have to start from the beginning and binge watch it, at this point...

OK, that's it for this fun thread. More later tonight, hopefully.

-CW

I look forward to reading your thoughtful political views and courteous responses to your fellow commenters.

Please, Elizabeth. Enough already. Allow yourself to stop assuming the role of board mother. It would honestly be best for you to avert your eyes... lest I use some of the same salty language you used as outlined in blockquote above.

This is what will make the blog we both love a better place for all of us to engage in fun and friendly discussion and debate.

It would be infinitely more "fun and friendly" if you would skip the posts of commenters you don't like and stop the incessant whining. Allow yourself to stop, please. I said please. :)

And is the best argument for why not to support third party candidates on the left. Righties will always drive a truck through that opening.

Glad to see that a few folks remember 2000, anyway. That's one thing that hasn't dropped down the memory hole.

Are you really that dumb???

Now, now... "common decency." *finger wags*

Oh bullshit.. Its you bleeding hearts who are trying to feed the emotional OH MY GOD THINK OF THE CHILDREN bullshit...

No need to yell, you know... "common decency."

Besides, who was it at [109] that just accused Democrats of wanting to have their grandson killed?

If Democrats had their way, they would prefer my grandson be mauled to death... :^/

~ Michale at 109 ^^^above^^^

People will think you're a hypocrite. :D

Brought a smile to my face. Seemed like it could have been condensed to two words totalling 7 letters.

Yes, sir. :)

Nader is no longer influential and, indeed, he is despised by most of the Dem/Prog left. Few people care what he has to say about anything.

Ralph who? Never heard of him. Wasn't he a "coffee boy."?

https://www.ft.com/content/8c6d9dca-882c-11e7-bf50-e1c239b45787

Headline: Donald Trump’s debt to Deutsche Bank
Subhead: As others shied away, the German bank lent money for several projects. But the president and lender face increased scrutiny over their ties

Justin Kennedy, a trader who arrived from Goldman to become one of Mr Trump’s most trusted associates over a 12-year spell at Deutsche, is the son of a Supreme Court justice.

Who just happens to retiring in order to give Blotus the chance to try to install a judge that will help block Mueller. Kennedy evidently didn't have the stomach for being faced with having to do the right thing. So he bailed.

This is on Blotus, the Republicans, the NRA and every bloodthirsty Trumpnazi jacking off to their guns. The Annapolis shooter is wearing no ID and refusing to give his name.

But you feel good because you think that, since seat belts weren't mentioned in the BOR, you have some smug argument.

As usual, it is all about "us vs. them" - try to think beyond the boundaries you've let yourself be programmed with Michale.

What non-fiction books have you read in the last three months? Seriously, I read a wide range of topics and approaches to problems and am always looking for new books.

I wish I could snap you outta that way of thinking.

I wrote about One Demand months ago: why I find neither it or you persuasive. Since then I've mostly skipped your posts. If you are trying to say that you raised some new point (which will be a regurgitation of an old point) or put out some specific challenge, hear this: I didn't read it, won't read it, won't respond to it, and don't care.

This is what will make the blog we both love a better place for all of us to engage in fun and friendly discussion and debate.

Amen to that.. I stand ready to do my part, but I do admit to meeting hatred and bile with hatred and bile..

If people like Paula and Kick will stop it than so will I...

I love this blog and will continue to support it and attempt to post my political views in between your repeated attempts to troll the entire board and control the dialogue.

If you love this blog as I do, then you will treat it with the great respect it deserves by commenting in a respectful and substantive manner.

I look forward to reading your thoughtful political views and courteous responses to your fellow commenters.

This is what will make the blog we both love a better place for all of us to engage in fun and friendly discussion and debate.

That's one way to describe Mueller.. Distasteful...

I give a shout out to first responders and moronic anti-gun fanatics can't wait to make political hay out of dead Americans even before the bodies get cold..

I would ask if you people have no shame, but it's apparent you do not..

Because seat belts are PROVEN to save lives..

And because there is not a CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT not to wear seat belts..

Are you really that dumb???

You are being fed emotional arguments that play to your "us vs. them" weakness. Stop letting people program you so easily Michale.

Oh bullshit.. Its you bleeding hearts who are trying to feed the emotional OH MY GOD THINK OF THE CHILDREN bullshit...

about how we could construct gun laws that allow responsible people to have guns yet protect us from as many mentally ill people as possible.

I don't have to take an hour.. I don't have to take even a minute..

The solution is simple.. Tie Gun ownership application records to mental health records.

But YOUR DEMOCRATS refuse to do that because of the social stigma...

I've repeatedly stated my policy suggestion. What do you have beyond throwing your hands up in the air and letting tens of thousands of people die every year from murder, suicide and accidents involving guns?

Your policy suggestions are NON-WORKABLE and completely against the 2nd Amendment..

Get rid of the 2nd.. THEN you can implement your suggestions..

Until then they are nothing..

Brought a smile to my face. Seemed like it could have been condensed to two words totalling 7 letters.

{/sarcasm}

It's likely going to be a disgruntled Left Winger who is pissed about Kennedy retiring and giving President Trump another SCOTUS pick..

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

This is hilarious. Karma.

Popcorn ready... :)

This is an all-or-nothing argument.

There is no way to stop all car crashes, so why mandate seat belts?

You are being fed emotional arguments that play to your "us vs. them" weakness. Stop letting people program you so easily Michale.

Take one hour and think honestly, and without partisan nonsense, about how we could construct gun laws that allow responsible people to have guns yet protect us from as many mentally ill people as possible. We are not going to have safe societies like England because of the current interpretation of the second amendment, but there is a lot that can be done within the real boundaries of the second amendment.

I've repeatedly stated my policy suggestion. What do you have beyond throwing your hands up in the air and letting tens of thousands of people die every year from murder, suicide and accidents involving guns?

If you have nothing, then be honest and state it.

Months ago, more than once, and sod off you entitled windbag. I don't have to lift a finger for you.

And if he turns out to be another James Hodgkison??

Of course you won't even acknowledge that fact...

And HOW do you find the "unstable people"?? You have to forgo privacy rights and social justice crap..

Are you willing to do that??

Of course not.. You prefer to ban the tool which has PROVEN to be absolutely useless..

You have just proven you don't WANT "responsible gun ownership".. You want a ban..

And THAT will never happen.. Especially now since the SCOTUS has become firmly and unequivocally pro-2nd Amendment..

Blotus ran to his helicopter at WH and wouldn't answer questions about the shooting BECAUSE AS POTUS HE IS A USELESS PILE OF DUNG. Not that anything he would say should be believed or would help anyone. But he's such a total coward.

The Supreme Court is going to give progressive politicians material to gin up the masses for a couple of decades. We've seen how the right has used progress to rile up grumpy folks who think the country has changed too much since they were 15 years old.

I know, right?

Now we are going to see how riled up the other side are going to be when they see injustices heaped on them by the Supreme Court year after year.

Oh, yes.

Neil, I won't quote your entire post and your list, but I just wanted to tell you it is absolutely flawless. Spot on. :)

So, which is it??

You know my policy suggestion - responsible gun ownership - everybody wants it except gun manufacturers who would lose sales to unstable people.

Gun manufacturers pay the NRA and shills. The NRA buys our politicians, the shills gin up the emotional.

Just more of the thin blue lying.

A lesson her and her cohort have yet to learn...

Let's just admit that we can't control guns and approach the problem from a different perspective- even though that is something I usually avoid doing.

It is people that are getting shot- so let's outlaw people. If there are no people they can't get shot.

Yer very close to the solution..

We need to address the PEOPLE part of it and ignore the tool used..

As is well documented, people use a variety of tools to kill people..

There is simply NO WAY to ban all of them..

So, the *ONLY* solution that makes ANY kind of sense is to address the PEOPLE who commit these horrific acts..

But Democrats won't do that because it violates their SJW agenda where they protect and support the criminal and denigrate and attack the victims..

Remember James Hodgkison??

Let there be more political speech yes.. Let there be more political discussion and less gross and perverse attacks..

Oh, please. Who in the world could you possibly think you are fooling with this? Anybody? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

I am not constrained to point out that if "common decency" toward political figures was honestly an issue with you, then you would have naturally littered this board with a multitude of posts for those various assorted times too numerous to list where Your Orange Worship didn't show "common decency" toward a political figure. Oh, where was your outrage? Silence gives assent, right? :)

You and Elizabeth and your utter nonsensical whining about "common decency" and "perverse attacks" regarding an itty bitty opinion on a political chat board after all the animated and colorful insults that you've hurled at any "hysterical Left Wingery" politician who happened to be the subject of the news of the day? And how about your comparisons of the posters on this board to the "scumbag shooter" and claiming Weigantians condoned it? You literally blamed the posters on this board for the actions of someone none of us knows and went off on a tear about Bernie Sanders that was notable for its lack of "common decency."

“I am sickened by this despicable act. Let me be as clear as I can be. Violence of any kind is unacceptable in our society and I condemn this action in the strongest possible terms.”
-Bernie Sanders

Yea???

Were you so sickened that you condemned all the violence against Trump supporters??

Were you so sickened that you condemned a Left Winger play that acted out the bloody assassination of President Trump???

With all due respect, Sanders...

FRAK you...

You Left wingers have absolutely NO PROBLEM with violence until such time as it is politically correct TO have a problem with violence...

The time to condemn this kind of violence is BEFORE it happens, Sanders...

Where was your condemnation then???

{{chhhirrrrrrpppppppp}} {{ccchhhiiirrrrrpppppppppp}}

Yea, that's what I thought...

Frakin' useless luser....

So Bernie is a "frakin' useless luser" is fine and dandy with you, yet you want to sit in judgment on your moral high horses over what Paula said about Mr. Kennedy. Cry me a river.

Anyone... anyone on this board... would have to have a serious case of Alzheimer disease or a flaming case of "Can't Remember Spit" in order sit on their moral high horses in judgment of anyone else on this board. Must the posters on this board constantly remind you that the entirety of this board is archived? How long does anyone here think it would take for me to find several more instances on top of instances of your lack of "common decency"?

You want to blame Paula for your disgust with Bernie Sanders? You want to blame me? Knock yourself out. You're simply delusional. The both of you need to come down off your high horses and get off Paula over a post wherein she expressed her disgust regarding a current event. Seriously!

Common decency? "Common decency" would be exactly what Russ did and respond to her post or move on to the next post. You don't like her posts? Skip them. You don't like my posts? Skip them. I would wager a seriously large chunk of Benjamins that the poster who is blocked the most via the utilization of Charles Brown Esquire's most excellent Tamper Monkey device is... in fact... "Michale" or "michale"... easy money.

Elizabeth's constant admonishment of other posters claiming the moral high ground while she says whatever she wants when she feels like it... cry me another river. Want an example?

So, let me get this straight ...
Comey is abdicating his responsibility because he doesn't publically respond to and refute every GOD-DAMNED ASININE THING TRUMP SAYS!?

Have I got that right? Because, if that's the case, y'all are in for a very, very long Trump administration, no matter how long it actually lasts.

And, y'all have my sympathies because, things are far worse in your country than I could have ever imagined.

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/03/06/comey-needs-to-clear-the-air/#comment-96012

Which of us would you prefer to blame for Elizabeth's lack of "common decency" in the above post? Perhaps both of us?

Liz is right, Paula is completely out of control and you are running a close second..

Liz is your enabler in your attempts to silence the other posters on this board. You and Liz say whatever you want, whenever you want yet constantly admonish other posters... particularly Liz admonishing Paula ad nauseam... regarding what she is allowed to post. Get over yourselves.

Weigantia has always been a spirited and lively place..

You and Paula and your kind has made it mean and nasty..

Oh, woe is you. I understand your problem, I really do. It must be infinitely painful for you to have come across a couple of posters that you can't run off in the manner you've run off a multitude of the other posters who wouldn't post to suit you. You've even bragged on multiple occasions about the posters you've run off and stated that I'd be no different than them.

Just recently the reality must have finally hit you squarely in the face that you're not going to be able to run either of us away. Must whine and moan incessantly and leave the board until the posters I don't like are no longer here. Nope. Not going anywhere. Did you think you fooled anyone with that whining stunt? Then coming back with your promulgated rules in an attempt to have posters banned whining about personal insults and then popping over to the other page to hurl some more. Insults don't bother you. Who did you think you were fooling with that?

What you call "censorship" is nothing more than a plea for some common decency..

So you two didn't like what Paula said about Anthony Kennedy? Boo hoo... cry me a river... world's smallest violin... etc.

Liz may be more vocal than most, but at least she does threaten to DOX commenters and commenters' families..

You're delusional. I said if you didn't stop posting lies about me that I would post the truth about you. I said come down off your high horse because somebody knows who you are and can keep you honest. [Dude, everybody knows who you are... you posted it.] I never said I would post your personal information. Indeed, who would ever need to do that when you in your infinite "LEO" wisdom had already done that multiple and repeat times already. Hello? Seriously! You told this story multiple times how you met your "trophy wife"... LOL... when you arrested her. You provided several other stories too numerous to list on multiple occasions, and when you continued with your regular "fake quotes" and trolling of regular made up BS, I simply ran with what you posted.

Bashi knew exactly what I was doing. I was punching your buttons... using merely what you'd already shared with the entire world and giving it right back at you.

Do you honestly think I care what you say about me on this board when I use an alias? Yes, sir... a total alias. You keep posting my alias incessantly as if it means a damn thing while I laugh gleefully at your stupidity. What if I'm not even a female? What if I chose to claim that when you assumed I was male simply in order to watch the tenor of your insulting posts hurled regularly in my direction take a turn in an entirely different direction? All this... mind you... while you are preaching and whining incessantly regarding "hypocrisy" and "bigotry."

I love my country; I love its history and know its history, and I have huge chunks of the United States Constitution memorized. I love this website and the articles, particularly the ones about history; it is the most excellent thing I have stumbled across in a very, very long time, and I will continue to support it and post on it as long as I am allowed. I try to discuss politics here while you and your enabler routinely take active measures to interrupt the dialogue of myself and other posters on a regular basis and brag about how you'll run me off like everyone else you've run off. Stop doing that, please.

So to recap:

* Stop trying to censor other posters with your utter asinine complaints about "common decency" while you prattle on and on saying whatever you please.

* I love this blog and will continue to support it and attempt to post my political views in between your repeated attempts to troll the entire board and control the dialogue.

* If you don't like my posts, you are free to skip over them or block them with Tamper Monkey... thank you Charles Brown, Esq. We miss you, Please come back.

* Bashi is absolutely correct. You got played; now get over it.

And, once again, the racist speaks.. :^/

[98] Don: But go ahead, make your case for why I haven't made my case. Been there, done it, not gonna do it again.

If Democrats had their way, they would prefer my grandson be mauled to death... :^/

Perhaps.. But the guns that you want to ban weren't used in this shooting..

So, once again, the gun laws you want would not have changed ANYTHING in this shooting..

Unless you are advocating a total gun ban.. Which you have stated in the past you are not..

So, which is it??

Five more people die that would probably be able to go home to their families tonight if we had gun laws like normal countries do.

https://www.themaven.net/mishtalk/economics/cpi-up-0-1-percent-how-much-is-the-cpi-understated-qIvzoCwNyUqySlu7gIlhJw/

Police and EMS units arrived within 60 seconds of the shooting, something officials credited with saving lives.
http://www.wbal.com/article/322207/124/5-dead-others-gravely-injured-in-mass-shooting-at-capital-gazette

Let's give a shout out to first responders..

HOOOOOOOO AAAAAAAA

Who'd've known. Oh yes, everybody. The CPI is the most commonly used measure of inflation. This is finance 101 and isn't even up for discussion in normal circles.

How accurately CPI measures inflation is definitely up for discussion, but that drifts into some deep realms beyond the common discourse. Mish Sherlock is all over this discussion if you are interested (you'd like him, he's a libertarian, or at least expounds libertarian views) over on mishtalk: (https://www.themaven.net/mishtalk)

RIP Harlan Ellison..

For example????

Yes, I am asking you for FACTS...

You got any??

No you don't..

As a matter of FACT, there are signs that the blue wave is disappearing..

Socialist candidates who want to abolish ICE are winning your primaries.. Candidates that have absolutely NO CHANCE of winning in the election..

Republicans are going to pick up 6 seats in the Senate, possibly as many as 10.....

The SCOTUS is going to be 6-3 in favor of the GOP within 6 months...

Spin all you want, Balthy...

But the fact is Democrats have had their worst week since the 2016 Election...

Of course, it COULD happen..

But, when looking at the FACTS and REALITY, the ONLY thing that has come to bite someone on the ass is that Harry Reid's use of nukes have TOTALLY scroo'ed the Democrats..

They are COMPLETELY impotent to stop or slow President Trump's SCOTUS pick.. :D

There will be a Democratic Congress again.

Unlikely in our lifetimes..

Your rhetoric and gloating are part of the problem Michale.

And ya'all's rhetoric and gloating has NOTHING to do with the problem??

Yer very transparent, JM.. :D

Repubs are scoundrels and traitors but they value their own skins and don't really want shooting to start because if it does other people will shoot back and their (Repub) precious hides may get caught in the crossfire.

Repubs want America's good guys to be afraid of Trumpnazi thugs - to remain submissive out of fear of the brownshirts.

The question hanging is how many Trumpnazis will actually start shooting - the vast majority of them are keyboard terrorists who are physical cowards. But some are armed and crazy and vicious.

Separately, history shows that repressed people eventually blow up. I would argue Dems have been repressed for years but especially since DT and are reaching the boiling point. Repubs have stated outright they don't represent Dems and, in fact, will do everything in their power to hurt Dems. Literally.

But there are more of us than them.

Repubs (those who aren't idiots) know this and know they're skating on thinner and thinner ice. But the idiot Repubs don't have the sense God gave rutabegas and they are actively fomenting violence.

And none of us know how this story ends. But I will say this, Dems have legitimate reasons to feel themselves to be in danger and the instinct for self-defense is powerful.

In this case John, the problem isn't Michale. As signs of the blue wave have grown, Rightie consultants have been telling Fox News and other partisans that nothing less than overheated and apocalyptic rhetoric would get their voters to the polls in November.

What they're hoping for right now is for anyone, anywhere to threaten to take someone's guns away, so that they can scare the bejeesus out of those poor fuckers too, and run a full-spectrum wingnut campaign, as they did in 2016. Trust me, if they can't find a quote from Maxine Waters or John Lewis to that effect, they'll make something up, as sure as I'm sitting here.

This, for them, is modern politics. They do not care, in the modern environment, whether the soft middle tilts in their direction or not. Those folks are more than made up for by the wingnuts who have suddenly become a part of the mainstream of Trump World.

[SPOILER ALERT - if you're still binging WESTWORLD you might want to skip the next analogy..]

Like Delores in Westworld, Trump has killed off all of the robots that aren't completely with him, and is herding the rest toward the Valley Beyond - a place where reality will never seep in to disturb them.

I don't oppose it. I don't CARE about it. But CW has made his choice and I'm tired of you refusing to accept it. I also understand why he made that choice, because you have failed to make your case, not once, but literally hundreds of times.

I can't stop you from whining and repeating failed arguments. I can weigh occasionally which I am doing, and now I'm done. It's a waste of time.

There is nothing in the Constitution that sets the number of Supreme Court Justices at NINE. That is totally up to Congress.

In fact, historically in the past, the Supreme Court has had as few as 7 Justices and as many as 10 Justices.

There will be a Democratic Congress again. Just like there will be a Republican Congress again. There is nothing preventing a Democratic Congress from say, increasing the number of Supreme Court Justices to 11, and then packing those seats with Liberals.

As for Michale's predictions, again I would caution, don't count your chickens before they hatch. Say it with me again Michale, Senator Doug Jones.

Or as Trump put it "Be careful what you wish for." It's not only the right wing who carries guns. The radical Left also knows how to make bombs too.

Your rhetoric and gloating are part of the problem Michale. You might very well wish into existence what you keep saying is a danger.

Apologies accepted. And, don't worry if Chris can't fix it. No real harm done.

I feel really bad about that. My fingers just got ahead of my brain. Hopefully, CW can rectify that egregious bone head error I made...

Now, didn't you say you were going to give us a break today? :)

Yea, I am taking a beer-break.. We got a heat index of 102 today and I have to retreat to my work shop (an awesome 74 degrees :D) for lunch.. I'll be out of ya'all's hair again momentarily...

:D

And when you look around at Democratic leaders applauding and encouraging the open harassment of political opponents out in public, you know things are only going to get worse.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/27/new-civil-war-already-upon-us/

It's going to get a LOT worse before it gets better...

I'm not against the option. I'm not "for it" in the sense that you have never convinced me it will work. But that's not the same as opposing it.

But your saying that also irritates me in that it is a form of manipulation - it is dishonest. Most of your responses to people's saying, for the 900th time, to get off your ass and do the work instead of posting whines here about how we aren't doing it for you - are dishonest manipulations.

Separately, the fact that you keep wanting Ralph Nader to do anything also indicates your finger is nowhere near the public's pulse.

Nader is no longer influential and, indeed, he is despised by most of the Dem/Prog left. Few people care what he has to say about anything.

Apologies accepted. And, don't worry if Chris can't fix it. No real harm done.

Now, didn't you say you were going to give us a break today? :)

APPLE-ogies accepted. :)

I think you should get Chris to fix it. I have a reputation to uphold, you know ...

OHMYGODS!!!!

Shit, Liz.. Sorry, sorry a thousand sorrys....

I was looking at the wrong comment..

CW, please please PLEASE change the "does" in line:

Liz may be more vocal than most, but at least she does threaten to DOX commenters and commenters' families..

.... to "doesn't" in comment

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/06/26/democrats-need-to-campaign-more-on-judicial-picks/#comment-121443

Sorry, Liz.. A horrible HORRIBLE typo....

I think you should get Chris to fix it. I have a reputation to uphold, you know ...

Exactly.. In their hysterical need to be all Anti-Trump, Democrats let their hysterical hatred and bigotry screw up their the long game..

For all these reasons, Trump’s appointee is likely to be confirmed. If that happens, Trump will have led one of the most consequential conservative presidencies in modern American history. Not only is Trump expanding the conservative Supreme Court majority, he is also moving at record pace to fill the federal appeals courts with young conservative judges who will preside for decades. Imagine if it were Clinton making all these appointments. The consequences for human life, religious liberty, the Second Amendment and limited government would have been disastrous.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/to-the-voters-who-picked-trump-with-the-courts-in-mind-you-did-the-right-thing/2018/06/27/cf194204-7a53-11e8-80be-6d32e182a3bc_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.bcbb8a40f2d7

I don't envy those Dem senators.. They are stuck between the proverbial rock and the proverbial hard place...

You asked me before why McConnell should move on a SCOTUS pick with a mid-term election so close...

Elena Kagan, August 2010....

When you get back here, your first order of business will be to correct the last bit of

What are you trying to do to me?!

Not sure what you mean.. I was trying to point out ignorant and hypocritical Democrats who loved Kennedy when he did things they like, but attack him and vilify him in the most disgusting ways when he does things they don't like..

And distinguish those hypocrites from those Lefties here in Weigantia who are more reasonable...

If that message didn't come across as intended, my sincerest apologies...

A. I wouldn't know anything about "Stock Times News", never heard of 'em, but I happened to have TD Ameritrade on my screen when you posted, so I clicked on "USS over last 30 days, and up popped the numbers I posted. I didn't even have to do the calculation, so I'm betting most folks would go with Ameritrade.

B. The "I" in "CPI" is NOT 'inflation', it's 'Index" (meaning 'measure')!!! The CPI measures (as its name indicate) "consumer Prices", nowhere in that name is the word 'inflation', and your problem is, you're too ignorant to understand that those terms are NOT synonymous!

You need to read the details. Do you think I made the 25% number up (I rounded it down from 25.84% for nice round numbers).

So, let's see, whose calculation do we agree with:

A. Stock Times News
B. A guy who thinks CPI isn't a measure of inflation

(Hint: A. No, seriously A. I mean it is obvious, A.)

http://stocksnewstimes.com/stockwatch/154145/guide-to-day-traders-united-states-steel-corporation-nyse-x/27/12/17/32/

When you get back here, your first order of business will be to correct the last bit of

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/06/26/democrats-need-to-campaign-more-on-judicial-picks/#comment-121443

What are you trying to do to me?!

"How has USS stock been doing?" "Down 25%"

It took me less than 30 seconds to discover that over the last month USS stock has declined from a high $37.5 to $34.5, a decline of $3/share, which computes (by the 'old math' of my school yrs) to 12$.

Pathetic how some folks here can't deal with simple math!!

Please don't drag me back in.. I do actually need to work once in a while.. :D hehehehehe

Courts ruled that, if you don't support Federal LEO in immigration matters, you don't get to suck off the government tit...

Another win for President Trump and patriotic Americans...

I am STILL not getting tired of winning.. :D

Mexico goes to the polls this weekend. 132 candidates have been killed since campaigning began, per one count
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/americas/mexico-political-deaths-election-season-trnd/index.html

It stands to reason, Neil.. If the Cartel allows this candidate to live, it's apparent that this is the Cartel's candidate..

CHIEF: "I don't care, Max.. You're choosing Hymie as your best man!!"
KOAS: "They finally picked the guy we want!!"
-GET SMART, The Worst Best Man

:D

And yet, polls that YOU swear by (when they say what you want to hear) say that the majority of Americans approve of President Trump's handling...

That doesn't seem to support your opinion, Neil...

How come?? :D

The GOP will pick up a minimum of 4 seats..

If everything goes the GOP (unlikely, but possible) the GOP picks up 9 seats..

If McCain dies, another POTUS friendly Senator will be sworn in.

That will give the GOP a filibuster-proof Senate and will allow President Trump nearly free reign in pushing the America First agenda...

Yea, this summer is gonna be a wild ride!! :D

Interesting to note.. This election will be the first time I vote GOP in a Senate race... :D

U.S. Steel (NYSE:X) is one of the largest potential beneficiaries of protective tariffs Trump announced.

How has its stock been doing?

A: Up 50%
B: Up 25%
C: Down 25%

(Hint: This is Trump we are talking about, you know, the reverse Midas touch guy, who turned four of his daddy-funded businesses into bankruptcy all by himself.)

(Answer: C)

(And BTW Singapore's per capita GDP is 50% higher than the U.S.)

The only reason Moore lost is because the Democrat was a better Republican than Moore.. :D

If you insist.. :D

Democrats have been vilified and castigated for advocating and committing acts of violence and harassment against Trump supporters...

Democrats lost in the Texas Gerrymandering case..

Democrats lost in the California abortion cases..

Democrats lost in the Travel Ban case..

Democrats lost in the Union/Dues case...

Seems to me that Democrats have been bitch-slapped to hell and back.. :D

Scratch that.. They HAVEN'T come back yet..

Because President Trump gets ANOTHER SCOTUS pick.... :D

}*hugs*{ :D

So, President Trump gets to make another mark in the WIN column.. :D

Michale on 7/28/17 proving to everybody, yet again, that he is always right about everything.

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/07/27/the-stupidest-press-conference-ever/#comment-106413

Michale - just before being wrong.

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/12/07/maybe-al-franken-should-run-again/#comment-111877

Sure. That is exactly how the World works.

Say it with me..

SENATOR ROY MOORE

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/12/07/maybe-al-franken-should-run-again/#comment-111874