I won't make fun of Fat Donny's wig anymore either.

Mikey Cohen says it's not a wig. It's a botched hair transplant surgery contorted to hide multiple scars and consists of a long strand of hair that hangs down below his shoulder on the right side. According to Cohen: "The three-step procedure required a flop up of the hair from the back of his head, followed by the flip of the resulting overhang on the back of his pate, and then the flap of his combover on the right side, providing three layers of thinly disguised balding-male insecurity."

No mention of hairspray, but I would wager it's a shellacking.

please allow me to rephrase:

Proceed, governor.

while said reasons may in fact exist, i believe that re-hashing them here is unlikely to influence the only person who's actually making the decisions.

Workable hypothesis. :)

PREACH!!! Love you, Kick!!!

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but I did want to make sure everyone noticed it, too, that's why [51].

-CW

Thank you for your response. I will drop the issue. I gotta say that it is odd and honestly a little unnerving to see your response being made using my "voice" in [47].

-R

-CW

My apologies for not being clearer.

Any rules I am proposing here are rules only for persons already in the penalty box.

I deal with discipline on a case-by-case basis. If any of the rest of you get annoying, I will deal with you specific to your own circumstances. Most people will take gentle criticism and suggestions to heart and be more polite, I have found. For the few who don't or can't, special rules are sometimes necessary. I wish this weren't so, but as we all have seen, sadly sometimes this is true.

Does that help?

-CW

please allow me to rephrase: while said reasons may in fact exist, i believe that re-hashing them here is unlikely to influence the only person who's actually making the decisions.

JL

You are incorrect. We have (archived) reasons.

PREACH!!! Love you, Kick!!!

-R

CW, card me if you must... But I would like to know
if pointing out when someone is lying using their own comments as the evidence truly considered a "personal attack" on that someone?

[Moderator: Removed a paragraph here because I felt it was not helpful.]

[It's a new day. Let's move forward and I will deal with incidents as they happen. I understand what you are saying, but let's all strive to turn over a new leaf, shall we?]

I'm thinking perhaps of a "no pasted text" rule, too, perhaps. Post a link, if people want to read it, they will, if they don't, they won't.

But no posted text.

PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS... For multiple reasons:

I, for one, seem to always find something in an article that I want to share and it always comes from a source that is behind a paywall.

Sadly, many articles may have a great line or two in them, but the rest of the article is mediocre at best. Long pieces that go on and on but contains one zinger that is great...but that really isn't worth the effort it took to find it.

Again, it's your kingdom, your rules... but I would rather put up with reading the cut and paste if it means I can avoid going to the website of some of the sources of his content. Rather stay off of those lists.

I have not even begun to pile. When I have to be limited to 20 comments per column, then maybe I've been piling.

I am past the point of caring...

See? We can agree on something!

That's precisely where all the rest of us are, with you.

-CW

There's really no reason to pile on at this point.

You are incorrect. We have (archived) reasons.

As you wish. ∞

My birthday 12 November. I have a green card to play. Do the math.

I did the math:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCTunqv1Xt4

As I said, you're just educating me as to what to do next week.

As I said, I think we all already know what you are going to do next week..

We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.

Deal with it.

I AM dealing with it..

I am obeying ALL the rules and restrictions you put on me with love in my heart and a smile on my face.. :D

What more do ya want??

Look.. You are going to ban me or restrict the hell out of me.. As you yourself said, I cannot say or do anything that will affect what you are going to do..

One thing I WON'T do is kiss your ass...

So, ban me.. Don't ban me.. Limit me to 20 comments a day or 2 comments a day...

I am past the point of caring... :^/

14/20

Yeah, but don't worry, you're not in the penalty box right now...

-CW

There's really no reason to pile on at this point. You're making m's case for him - a lot better than he's doing for himself, i should mention.

JL

But no posted text.

Seems like that might make things more cheerful here, what do others think?

-CW

I also meant from cw. Other commenters might care that you post off topic, but if you were to seriously stick to a 20 post guideline going forward, i don't think cw himself would care whether or not you strayed from the blogs' topics. I've noticed quite a few of Russ's posts deleted as well, so i think cw is willing to meet you halfway on the flame war front. So, at least where our host is concerned, it really is volume that will get you carded, significantly more than anything else.
JL

Keep it up, Michale. As I said, you're just educating me as to what to do next week. You still don't get it. I'm not interested in bargaining with you. Because you don't get to set the rules. I do. Here's the uber-rule for you: It's my blog. I quote from my comment policy, which has been posted here since Day One: Once again, for emphasis: We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone. For any reason. For any comment we don't like. Deal with it.

This troll cannot help itself any more than Don Harris could. Whatever it may have once contributed to these pages hasn't been evident since I joined up three years ago.

It's just a matter of time before it gets banned. My birthday 12 November. I have a green card to play. Do the math.

[12] 1-2/20
[14] 3/20
[15] 4/20
[16] 5-6/20
[17] 7/20
[18] 8/20
[19] 9/20
[21] 10/20
[26] 11-12/20

Remember when conservatives called liberals "snowflakes" and sneered at them for "playing the victim card"? How whining was something only liberals did, and was to be looked down upon?

Yeah, takes you back, doesn't it? Those were the days, eh?

-CW

Second arrest made in connection with Republican canvasser attack in Hialeah, cops say

Monzon told investigators he walked onto the street to avoid them, and that Casanova told him, “He was not allowed to walk around his neighborhood and if he continued to do so he would shoot him,” the affidavit states. Monzon retorted that he was on public property and could be in the area.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article267870627.html

You were saying??? :D

So, right from the start, this was known a a Political Hate Crime.. :D

Gosh, it's tough being factually accurate all the time.. :D

13/20

As I said, you're just educating me as to what to do next week.

You still don't get it. I'm not interested in bargaining with you. Because you don't get to set the rules. I do.

Here's the uber-rule for you:

It's my blog.

I quote from my comment policy, which has been posted here since Day One:

Once again, for emphasis:

We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.

For any reason.

For any comment we don't like.

Deal with it.

-CW

As for the rest, i think any other objections others might have will fade into obscurity if you can get your volume under permanent control.

I love your giddy optimism.. :D

But you know and I know that this is heading for one inescapable resolution..

I am going to be banned... It's a forgone conclusion..

As you can see from the comments of the last few days, the Peanut Gallery of Weigantia® will demand nothing less...

So, let's just have some fun until the ax drops..

That's my plan anyways.. :D

12/20

"Hi. Good night everybody."
-Fetterman Opening

Moderator
Your opponent has said you have not paid your taxes ... how do you respond?"

Fetterman
"It was helping two students 17 years ago to help them buy their own homes. They for and didn’t pay the bills and got are paid and it has never been an issue in any of the campaign before."

Moderator
"Why haven't you released your medical records?"

Fetterman
"My doctors believe I am ready to be served."

Moderator
"Why won't you release the records?"

Fetterman
"My doctor believes I am fit to be serving and I believe that is where I am standing."

Moderator
Moderator: "Are there any of Biden's policy positions that you disagree with."

Fetterman
silence

Fetterman "Jab" at Doc Oz
"Dr. Oz loves free money when it's a half a million dollar on one of his down on the ranch in Florida and whether it was a $50 tax break you know about his farm in Montgomery County."

I swear.. Whoever made Fetterman go up on stage last night should be arrested for Handicap Abuse... :^/

11/20

Oz Odds Of Winning PA Soar After Historic Fetterman Debate Meltdown
The Fetterman campaign may have just watched what remained of its prospects in Pennsylvania circle the drain after tonight's sole debate between him and PA Senate candidate Dr. Oz.

Recovering from his stroke, Fetterman's answers ranged between somewhat inept and completely incomprehensible. The ugly performance started right from the beginning, with Fetterman bidding viewers "good night" as part of his opening statement.

I think it's safe to say that Democrats can kiss Pennsylvania good-bye.. :D

13 Days and counting.. :D

10/20

I wasn't talking about "everyone".. I was talking the moderator..

Your "everyone" did not "ask" they demanded.. And their demands came in the form of disgusting personal attacks on myself and my family..

How the hell did ya THINK I would respond to such "asking"??

Face it man, tearing off fifty posts at a clip is practically second-nature, and not something you've easily turned off.

And yet, look at the last couple days...

Obviously the FACTS prove your claim is without factual basis... I CAN easily turn off the volume..

This is coming from a place of love:

And yet that's not how it looks like from my end... If there was "love" there, then how do you explain your lack of comment to specific personal attacks on myself and my family?? Hmmmm??? Look at JFC's disgusting attack on my wife in yesterday's commentary..

Where's the "love", JL??

As for the rest, i think any other objections others might have will fade into obscurity if you can get your volume under permanent control.

And yet, the FACTS of the last few days prove that wrong..

Look what we have.. STILL have disgusting attacks on my wife, STILL have personal attacks on myself...

Even with LESS than 20 comments per day, people are STILL whining and complaining..

So, it's a proven FACT that the volume is not the problem..

The problem is I am a Trump/America supporter in a forum that HATES Trump/America supporters....

That is the ONLY fact in play here...

Kick,

As I pointed out, you were 68% of the first 100 comments. If you start counting from where you jumped in, you were 81% of the comments.

It's the volume, dude. That's what is truly annoying everyone. The sheer flood of it all. Just to let you know...

And, SINCE that observation 4-odd days ago???

My volume is down 90%...

So, obviously you prove my point for me.. Thanx.. :D

And even WITH the volume way way way down, ya'all STILL bitch and moan and complain..

I have met EVERY restriction placed upon me by the moderator with love in my heart and a smile on my face..

And yet ya'all STILL complain..

So, what FACTS have we learned??

First and foremost, it's NOT the volume that is the problem.. It's simply ya'all hate Trump/America supporters...

This is established fact...

And it's funny.. You and JFC complained that A> I comment to much and B> I make comments that are about me personally..

And yet, you AND JFC are doing the exact same thing.. Making comments that are about me personally and, by addressing me, you advocate for MORE comments from me.. :D

Funny how ya'all seem to be part of the problem and not part of the solution, eh? :D

Yunno what all this reminds me of?? :D

This reminds me of that old DRAGNET episode... May be a bit before ya'all's time..

Sgt Joe Friday was taking a college class where the Democrat Cop-Hating hippies wanted to get Sgt Friday thrown out of the class because they hated cops..

These Democrat Cop Hating hippies hated ANYONE who thought different from them, who actually LOVED this country and what it stood for.. They hated ANYONE who would not toe their ideological line..

I am Sgt Joe Friday and ya'all are the Democrat Cop-Hating hippies.. :D

Life imitates art... :D

9/20

Moose poop, buddy. Literally everyone has just asked. Multiple times. Face it man, tearing off fifty posts at a clip is practically second-nature, and not something you've easily turned off. This is coming from a place of love: a hard intervention is probably the only way that particular tendency will ever change on more than a temporary basis. As for the rest, i think any other objections others might have will fade into obscurity if you can get your volume under permanent control.

Excellent recap. :)

Do you have anything NOT from years and years ago??

Yes, obviously.

[120] Chris Weigant wrote:

Michale -

As I pointed out, you were 68% of the first 100 comments. If you start counting from where you jumped in, you were 81% of the comments.

It's the volume, dude. That's what is truly annoying everyone. The sheer flood of it all. Just to let you know...

-CW

[ Saturday, October 22nd, 2022 at 19:10 ]

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Something that takes into account all of the facts of the here and now??

<--- All? Archived to your left.

Then what you post is not relevant to the discussion of the here and now IN the here and now...

You lecturing anyone on relevancy!?

BWAH hah hah! ~ Chris Weigant

4/∞

CW tells demented troll: Enjoy your week, you are teaching me what new rules I should consider... One of which will definitely be about reposted columns from elsewhere... that need is obvious...

Toxic troll gives him the finger and pukes up more of the same.

Low IQ troll lies some more about CW.

Kick proves that Team Putin troll is lying.

Death cult troll accuses Kick of posting OT.

Boring troll is victorious. It has proven that trolling is its only reason to exist and that it is the most boring and predictable troll in the known universe. Everyone is bored with the crybaby troll and looking forward to new Troll Control Rules.

Do you have anything NOT from years and years ago??

Something that takes into account all of the facts of the here and now??

Anything?? Anything at all??

No??

Then what you post is not relevant to the discussion of the here and now IN the here and now...

But thanx for playing.. :D Your Participation Trophy is in the mail.. :D

8/20

I only quoted a small portion of the commentary that day, but I would highly recommend you read all the author's posts directed at the troll.

[166] Chris Weigant wrote:

Michale [163] -

The simple fact is, I am being asked to censor my viewpoint...

Oh, poor, poor pitiful you.

Nope, you're not being asked to censor anything (well, except the profanity). You are being asked to MODERATE the QUANTITY of repeating that same viewpoint over and over and over again.

There's a difference. Go back and read what I read -- where do I ask you to censor your viewpoint? All I ask is that you express your viewpoint a few times, and then not repeat it every 5 minutes for the rest of the day.

You speak of the days of old on this blog, well I remember when one daily column didn't generate 200-600 comments. People discussed the column, went off on tangents, argued with each other, and had some fun along the way. Instead of having to scroll through miles of you ignoring all evidence not to your liking and proclaiming every opinion you have as FACT FACT FACT when they are actually just that -- one man's opinion.

"But I was right in 2016!" Yep, and you were wrong in 2012 and 2018. Nobody knows what the future will bring, sorry to have to break it to you.

-CW

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/07/29/rampant-gop-incompetence-on-full-display/#comment-166450

No amount of spin can undo what voters witnessed on the debate stage last night in Pennsylvania.

It's clear to even the most RAA-RAA Democrat that Fetterman was an un-mitigated disaster for the Democrat quest to hold onto the US Senate...

He might have done LESS damage to his campaign if he had just cancelled as I figured he would..

Cancelling would have been the MUCH BETTER tactical decision...

What's that old saying??

It's better to be silent and thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt..

Fetterman removed all doubt last night.. :^/

7/20

The Danger of Bubble Wrap (Or, How Democrats Learned To Love Ignoring Voters)
There is thinking inside the box.

Then there is living inside a bubble.

And then there is thinking inside a bubble which is in a box in a cage in the basement tucked behind the furnace with a giant sign “Beware of the Leopard!” draped across it (apologies to Douglas Adams.)

But it may be a combination of all four things plus one extra very important fact: they are only talking amongst themselves.

Imagine a conference room full of Democratic operatives strategizing campaign themes and one says “hey, maybe we should lay off the Jan. 6 stuff and focus on issues that the vast majority of everyday Americans really care about?”

The first sound heard in response would be crickets. The second sound would be of a pink slip hitting the table. The third sound would be the revocation of a building security clearance. The fourth sound would be the pinging of cell phones as the entire room simultaneously engages in ritualized contact info removal.

In other words, many Democrats are engaged in campaigns that are not being run by people who are – first and foremost – interested in winning but by people who are deathly afraid of saying the wrong thing, being socially ostracized, and seeing their future careers instantaneously evaporate in a woke cloud of revenge.

I only quoted a small portion of the commentary... But I would highly recommend ya'all read the entire thing..

First off, it's hilarious and second of all, made even MORE hilarious by it's dead on ballz accuracy... :D

We see the "only talking amongst themselves" effect a lot here in Weigantia®..

Anyways, it's a very good read... :D

6/20

I figured I'd get the sheer volume down before tackling other issues...

If the goal was to "get the sheer volume down", all you had to do was ask.. :^/

All the hostility and bullying wasn't necessary... :^/

5/20

I will concede that I am surprised that Fetterman didn't cancel.. So, he DOES deserve credit for showing up, I will give him that..

But, boy oh boy, did he show that he was definitely out of his league and not prepared, health-wise, to be a US Senator...

Fetterman's painful debate
Capitol Hill's reaction to the Pennsylvania Senate debate was brutal for Democratic nominee John Fetterman, from Democrats and Republicans alike.

Multiple sources wondered why Fetterman agreed to debate when he clearly wasn’t ready. Fetterman struggled at times to respond to the moderators' questions, even with the assistance of a closed captioning device.

"Why the hell did Fetterman agree to this?" one Democratic lawmaker and Fetterman backer told Axios. "This will obviously raise more questions than answers about John's health."

NewsNation host Leland Vittert said "the biggest issue was John Fetterman's health and his ability to comprehend speech, and to then speak coherently on the issues of the day."
Another Pennsylvania Democratic official worried: "Everyone is nervous. I've traveled everywhere. Fetterman is a deep concern. And this debate will only increase it."

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), on CNN: "It's sad to see John Fetterman struggling so much. He should take more time to allow himself to fully recover. "

Other stalwart Fetterman defenders argued that, despite the debate stumble, they gave him credit for at least showing up.

A senior Democratic official in Pennsylvania told Axios: “I wished Fetterman was in a better place to clap back. Overall, I argue it wasn’t great for us but still a draw. Remember in these next few weeks that Oz’s campaign is spending tens of millions of dollars against a man with a major medical condition.”
The bottom line: A CBS News/YouGov poll conducted before the debate found that 46% of respondents believed it's important for candidates to address Fetterman's health.

It's hard to see how Fetterman's debate performance alleviated the concerns of the skeptics.

I guess the "at least he showed up" is the best argument that the Pro-Fetterman crowd could come up with...

Which doesn't really say much for the Pro-Fetterman argument, eh??

I'm just sayin'...

Fetterman Struggles Thru Hour Long Debate
John Fetterman and Dr. Oz go head-to-head: Democratic Senate hopeful garbles several answers during hour-long debate as he deals with post-stroke 'auditory issues' - while he and Republican TV personality tussle over fracking, crime and abortion

Pennsylvania Democratic Senate hopeful John Fetterman at points struggled to get through his hour-long debate with Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz

The after-effect's of Fetterman's stroke were on full display, as his campaign warned prior to the meeting there would be awkward pauses and errors

Fetterman's delivery was often halting and choppy, while Oz turned on the TV charm he honed over 13 seasons of TV

The most painful part of the debate, in my not-so-humble opinion, was seeing Fetterman defend his born-again Fracking position..

As a regular Democrat, Fetterman has always been against Fracking and America's Energy Independence.

But, of course, Fracking is a big part of Pennsylvania's economy, so obviously Fetterman had to flip flop on his support...

But his flip-flop was obvious and painful to watch..

Doc Oz was definitely the winner of the debate, but it was a hollow victory of sorts.. Fetterman was obviously impaired and no one likes to be seen appearing to beat up on someone who is handicapped...

But the one overriding take-away from the debate was that Fetterman is simply not capable of being a US Senator...

Maybe his recovery in a year or two will change that assessment.. Maybe next election Fetterman can run against Doc Oz and show the country he is healed and prepared to be a US Senator..

But that day is not this day..

Fetterman has proven to the entire country that he is simply not fit to be a US Senator in the here and now...

This is a cold assessment, to be sure. But it is an objective and logical assessment..

4/20

Maybe the winds o' change are a-blowin' eh?? :D

But it's always been obvious to anyone with more than 2 brain cells to rub together that the Progressive Wing of the Democrat Party was always a drag on the Democrat Party as a whole if not a drag on the entire country..

I coined the term "Hysterical Left" which CW (at the time) thought was wholly appropriate. :D

I was actually surprised to see this come-uppance of the Progressives because Weigantia® has ALSO swung way way WAY to the progressive side of the political spectrum..

But I guess the topsy-turvy politics of the last two years has affected everything..

And so it goes and so it goes.. :D

That's not what's embarrassing, in my view. No, what's embarrassing is how Biden - of all people!!! - was so instrumental in ensuring that the war in Ukraine would happen. He used to know better.

I would have thought you would have figured out that the old Biden is long gone after the gross debacle that was Afghanistan, eh??

I'm just sayin'... :D

2/20

*laughs*

Mr. Richard Feder from Fort Lee, NJ!

Did you know that Tut spelled backwards still spells Tut? ;)

Moderator,

Sooner or later Michale will figure out that this is not his blog, therefore he doesn't get to set the rules, period.

I have never claimed it was my blog..

All I am doing is asking you to follow your own rules and concede when you are wrong when the FACTS show you that you are wrong..

I am trying to work with you in good faith... Can't you show me the same courtesy??

If you can't, tell me now and I won't waste my time here anymore..

Except for, y'know:

and that's just from your first 10 comments.

The ON TOPIC demand of yours was from several days ago.. And I abided by that ON TOPIC request as long as it was the rule.. You yourself even noted that all my comments were ON TOPIC..

The ABOVE comments you mention were *AFTER* you had said that I could post unrestricted and unfiltered.

Once again, all I am asking you to do is to abide by YOUR OWN rules..

Is that or is that not a fair request??

And again, I am trying to work with you here.. If you are going to refuse to work with me then tell me now so I can stop wasting my time here..

By my count, that's 12 out of 16 comments that were off topic.

And, by MY count, that's the 3rd time in ONE COMMENTARY that you violated your own rules..

If you want to impose an ON TOPIC restriction, by all means.. I have proven that I can meet any restriction you want to put down..

But is it really fair to move the goal posts daily?? :^/

I had hoped that there was SOME semblance of fairness and integrity left of my old friend CW in there somewhere..

But it's becoming apparent that Lord Zapacna was right.. Nothing of the host survives.. :^/

If Zapacna was right, then at least have the integrity to tell me now.

I'll happily and victoriously leave ... :D

Liz,

Ah, Michale, you are your own worst enemy ... sigh.

Why?? Because I won't be bullied?

BWAH hah hah!

Glad others remember, too...

:-)

-CW

That's when wars happen.

That's not what's embarrassing, in my view. No, what's embarrassing is how Biden - of all people!!! - was so instrumental in ensuring that the war in Ukraine would happen. He used to know better.

As a favourite geopolitical analyst has said, Biden doesn't need advice. He needs a policy change. And, good luck with that.

I do wonder, though, what a Ukrainian win looks like ... ;)