Apple Resists FBI, New Presidential Polls from Nevada, Pope Francis Finishes Trip to Mexico: P.M. Links

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imore.com Apple is standing its ground against the FBI, who wants it to help them bypass the encrpytion on the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. Justin Amash praised Apple for its decision.
- A new presidential poll in Nevada finds Donald Trump in the lead among Republicans and Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton tied among Democrats.
- President Obama will not attend the funeral of Antonin Scalia, according to the White House.
- A car bomb targetting a military convoy killed at least 18 people in Turkey.
- Government officials in Iraq are seeking radioactive material stolen last year.
- Surface to air missiles are suspected to have been deployed by China on a disputed island in the South China Sea.
- Pope Francis concluded his trip to Mexico by visiting a prison and the U.S. border.
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Pope Francis concluded his trip to Mexico by visiting a prison and the U.S. border.,/i
He wants a wall too!
Hey, is *that* a legitimate first post?
Can we get a ruling here?
I consider it to be so, despite the formatting.
#fistfail
I like to throw those tag errors in every once in a while to show these aren't pre-prepared comments LIKE SOME PEOPLE'S.
All comments are pre-planned if one's clock counts in Planck time.
"President Obama will not attend the funeral of Antonin Scalia, according to the White House."
Fore!
Where ARE my manners?
Hello.
l'amour s'en va
je t'?chapp' quand tu me poursuis
ou bien c'est moi
qui refus' de croir' tout fini
Hang on a sec (puts card to forehead) Pepe LePew?
Karnac (sp?) was the funniest (okay, the ONLY funny) thing Carson did.
That's crazy talk.
Alliteration is annoying and absolutely ahumorous.
Yeah, that's kind of...tacky. You may not respect the man, but you try to respect the office. Particularly for statists.
Did you think he was classy?
Have you seen him hop off Air Force One as he flippantly saluting serviceman?
Dude is tacky personified.
not that it matters at this point but 'salutes'.
Obama loves those corpse-men (!).
The pain...the pain...
This is no shocker. The man has never displayed any class or respect for his office or any other office. If there has been a more undignified person in the office I don't know who they are.
LBJ held meetings from the shitter.
I could see Obama Skyping in to Scalia's funeral from the shitter.
Prediction: Large increase in 'house-sitters'
"Picturesque California Bay Area town bans short-term rentals"
[?]
"Some residents argued they should be allowed to use their property as they want, but many more said they didn't want Danville's "small town" feel ruined by strangers?."
http://www.sfgate.com/news/art.....836302.php
Prediction: Large increase in 'house-sitters'
Sir, I like the cut of your jib. Do you have a newsletter or blog?
Howza bout flagpole sittas?
I'm not sick but I'm not well
And I'm so hot 'cause I'm in Hell.
Small town feel, eh? Ira Levin had a book about a small town once.
So did Grace Metalious.
You know who else had a book about a small town once?
John Cougar Mellenkamp loves him some small town.
"Some residents argued they should be allowed to use their property as they want,
And what will the government do to protect us from these dangerous extremists!?
Paranoia, paranoia
Everybody's coming to get me
Those would be Harvey Danger-ous extremists.
Hey, that's my town!
"but many more said they didn't want Danville's "small town" feel ruined by strangers"
Unfortunately, they failed to mention that Danville's "small town" feel is ruined by all of the douche bags that live here.
As if they could name any of their neighbors other than Scott Adams.
A new presidential poll in Nevada finds Donald Trump in the lead among Republicans and Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton tied among Democrats.
And this commenter blames you, the American voter.
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton tied among Democrats.
It was expected!
/clintoncampaign /nytimes
"Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton tied among Democrats."
So I'm clear. Bernie and Hillary were tied in or to a bed with other Democrats and they did what exactly?
Only SugarFree has the gastrointestinal fortitude to know.
Rusty Trombone.
Democracy simply doesn't work.
+ Homer
+50 million in funding for the Perverted Arts
President Obama will not attend the funeral of Antonin Scalia, according to the White House.
Classiest President ever. /David Brooks
They should hold it at the 4th hole at Andrews.
Hiyo!
That's pretty fucked up. Even if you didn't like to guy, put it aside for an hour so you don't look like a dick.
You know he can't.
And yet the GOP still look like the Keystone cops when trying to outmaneuver him.
They don't call it the stupid party for nothing.
Oh, lighten up, guys!
He said he
"regrets" filibustering the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.
*** reflects upon karma ***
I bet he does.
It'd be awesome if he said he "regrets" appointing you-know-who SoS.
Oh, Rich,. You belly belly bad man.
Obama never said shit. His mouth piece said he said it.
Hey, if you can't trust "Josh Earnest", who *can* you trust?
Where you stand depends on where you sit, or however that expression goes.
It's even better - Obama, Biden, Kerry, Clinton, and Harry Reid all voted the same way on that one. So, essentially, the 5 most important Dems that have been calling the shots for Team Blue. They have no right to bitch.
But bitch they will, because they know the media will back them up.
This is sadly true.
Eh, I'm pretty sure Scalia wouldn't want him there, so he should stay away.
I personally don't have an issue with it. Funerals are very personal and if you don't want to go you shouldn't go. I would have no problem skipping Obama's.
There are funerals and then there are public official funerals. The thing Obama is skipping isn't the personal family gets together to mourn funeral. This is the everyone shows respect to the power you had in life events. The more important you were, the more important people show up. Having the vice-president attend instead of the president is a perfectly acceptable display of respect, but having the vice-president attend because the president doesn't want to cancel his golf game really undercuts that display. If handled incorrectly as it was here, it is a snub, and you're going to piss off all of his friends (the other judges).
"This is the everyone shows respect to the power you had in life events."
Pass.
I would love to attend Obumbles funeral, especially if I had a chance to speak.
"Well...*glances toward casket*...the man finally did something right."
*drops mic, walks off*
(golf clap)
"Let me whip this out..."
We might not have a choice to forgo Obama's funeral. President Chelsea Clinton will require all subjects to pay their proper respects to the departed Dear Leader.
And then we hang his body in front of the Washington Monument?
But the crease......?!?! The crease in O's pants.......! An unalloyed good?!?!
/confused Brooks
He really is a prick. Remember Scalia's best friend on the court was apparently Ruth Ginsburg. So don't tell me the guy was hated by all the right and good. I cannot believe this country elected someone who is that big of a worthless prick.
What a dumbfounding response to a complete and utter non-story. I can't fathom the amount of mental exercise that someone has to do to make this a big deal.
What a dumbfounding response to a complete and utter non-story. I can't fathom the amount of mental exercise that someone has to do to make this a big deal.
If Obama ordered a drink at Starbucks, John could give you 1,000 words on how it signals how much he hates the American people and all that is good and right in the world, and fuck you you ignorant moron if you disagree.
LIAR!
500 words.
Did they fuck up your programming android? I have defended Obama on here multiple times. For example, I think the Republicans are wrong and that he was right to leave Iraq. I also agree with him that we need to kill NASA and let space go private.
I don't agree with Obama a lot. But I do sometimes.
Are you calling him paranoid?
Are you a sock puppet?
Are you?
Because there are to us human beings called social obligations. And these obligations extend to the President. It is a prick move.
Dumb move. He's apparently going to a thing at a later date to honor the judge, but the very fact that the white house PR guy had to dodge the question about if the president would be golfing during the funeral instead spells very bad things. He may have just given the Republicans the ammo they need to win a nomination fight.
He really doesn't give a shit. I honestly think he enjoys pissing on the country.
THIS.
He enjoys the shit out of it. That's why he does a lot of the shit he does with invites to the White House and such.
To be fair, if I were a member of Scalia's family, I wouldn't want Obama there.
To be fair, if I were a member of Scalia's family, I wouldn't want Obama there.
To be honest, it would be really easy for the Administration to say this or something to the effect were it true.
Were I Obama I would have stated that Scalia privately and respectfully requested I skip his funeral. It would be easy to fake that and make him look like less of a dick.
Doubling down, he's sending Joe Biden.
"Serial groper disrupts Justice's Funeral proceedings"
Antonin, stand up, let the people see you!
I'm glad. He didn't care for Alito, and now we don't have to hear him lie about what a great guy Scalia is and how he'll be missed.
Sounds like Obama is racist against I-talians.
I thought attending funerals was the Vice President's job.
Would you want Biden at your funeral? Jesus even Obama isn't that much of a prick.
Government officials in Iraq are seeking radioactive material stolen last year.
They should invade themselves to look for it
+some yellowcake
Ummm... yellowcake. Does it have chocolate icing?
"Don't drop that shit!"
President Obama will not attend the funeral of Antonin Scalia, according to the White House.
There goes any chance Scalia's gonna attend Obama's.
+1 Yogi
A neurologist identifies what bugs him about Ted Cruz's face...
http://tinyurl.com/jpy6pjm
Also, the 50 character limit on this forum sucks. Or maybe massively long links suck. Not sure.
the 50 character limit
wut
You can't have more than 50 characters in a single "word", which would include links. Some people, like B.P., are too lazy to enclose the link in href tags.
I beg your pardon... I'm too stupid to put it in tags.
http://www.echoecho.com/htmllinks01.htm
Also:
http://www.simplehtmlguide.com/cheatsheet.php
Indeed. There are a *lot* more than 50 characters on this forum.
You would know, Tulpa.
Calling people Tulpa on this forum is becoming a bit like progs screaming "racist" and stomping out of the room. Only difference being that more often than not it actually IS Tulpa.
Whatever, Tulpa.
Is it true that when a person accused of being Tulpa denies it, xi really means xi *is* Tulpa?
Check your Tulpa Privilege
I thought we'd determined that we're almost all Tulpa sockpuppets.
When they rescinded the 50 Tulpa limit this place went to hell. I think that was when Postrel left.
Shut up, Tulpa.
Get out of here, Weigel!
+700 Tulpas tulping
Did Tulpa pay up yet?
OMG Tupla! Shut up!
"Tupla"?! So YOU are Tulpa!!
Tulpa, you wish you had my commenting skills.
And yet you still haven't figured out Tulpa was a sock for White Indian.
TPLUA NOOO
HERCULE shits on your white indian, TULPA!
I miss Herc.
Tulpa please
He always looks pathetic.
Try doing this yourself
I see this article was informed by great scientific rigor.
He's a neurologist *and* a mathematician!
R-eyegor, not Rigor
Did he do Michelle's face?
You have to shave it first
So sarcasmic gives us some fat broad from the Daily Fail this morning. Meanwhile, there was this.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/spo.....ition.html
And I am the one who likes fat broads, not the guy who didn't post that.
Are... are you babeshaming sarcasmic?
I always thought Wozniaki was cute but I had no idea she was that hot. She is better than Von.
I think Vonns's cuter but they're all hot
FMK: Rousey, Vonn, Wozniacki
okay that was backwards
Disgusting.
Give me death by Rousey!
Bronze, Silver, Gold.
You wouldn't even have to kill Rousey. Just find someone to beat her up in public and she'll do it herself.
zing!
Mashallah!
No, wait.
Inshallah!
Hmmm.
*squirms and readjusts jeans*
The Americans Season 4 Extended Promo (HD)
There may be some spoilers in that yall, but omg.
For a second or so I thought you posted about The Americans Season 4 Extended Porno (HD)
I've never really envisioned Noah Emmerich in quite that way....but....
I'm a fan, and I love John-boy as a Fed.
OMG I hate that fucking bitch daughter, ahhhh!
Season 3 is on Amazon, and I watched a few episodes the other night and that is what I kept saying!
CAT FIGHT!
Yeah, looking forward to that. They get so much right, but the location shots for the residential neighborhoods just don't look right for Northern VA.
They shot season 3 in Brooklyn when New York had a brutal winter, which helped make the show seem cold and bleak.
So, I finally watched the first two episodes of the first season of the Americans. I don't find it believable because the male spy doesn't look Russian. It should not be that difficult to cast an actor who can plausibly look both Russian and American -- see the female spy for example. To be even more specific, he looks Jewish. And the KGB would have never sent a Jew as a deep cover agent to the US. The truth of this was so obvious to me that I even checked the bio of the actor, apparently he's Welsh. But that makes no difference, to a Russian eye he looks Jewish.
Good news for Mr. Lizard
The factor that determines chances of extinction is degree of specialization, not brain size.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-g.....nd-bernie/
Republicans win any potential matchup except for Cruz v. Bernie according to a new USA today poll.
"John Kasich smashes Clinton by +11 points, 49% to 38%."
LOL, the Republicans' best general election candidate is John Kasich.
Fuck this country.
I'm gonna stock up on Blu-Rays and DVDs of Fargo and make a killing on the black market when President Kasich bans it.
Meh. If Kasich is serious about criminal justice reform, he's probably the least offensive of the Republican lot. I wouldn't really trust him to appoint a Supreme Court justice, though.
Kasich is boring, but I think he aligns pretty well in his views with the electorate, so it's not too surprising (note: I'm not saying that's a good or bad thing, just that it's true IMO).
I think Kasich would do well in the general, in fact I think he might do just as well in the Dem primary as the GOP, he's got plenty of cross-over appeal for what used to be the moderate Democrats. He's about as white bread middle-of-the-road as it gets. But I think he's better suited for a care-taker presidency when you don't want anybody that's going to do much of anything different. That's maybe the best we can do, somebody that's gonna give you more of the same but less of it, but it's not what anybody's looking for.
He is my least favorite of all the GOP candidates. Gasbag in a stuffed suit mouthing nothing but platitudes and canned lines. Why he has any traction, I haven't a clue.
Carson's vote has to go somewhere.
"I like him: he's inoffensive."
Really? I mean, he sucks but there is clearly worse. He might even be alright on CJ.
Canadian Jackasses?
Crusty Juggler?
You are both wrong. The correct answer was clearly Christopher Johnson. D9/D10 will be the least of our worries when he returns with his pissed off friends.
The RCP average is clear that Hillary trounces Trump. Anyone who thinks otherwise is off their gourd.
Ok, young Canadian
http://www.realclearpolitics.c.....-5491.html
It would be a bloodbath.
I know you are retarded and all but there is no way to read that data as anything but a tight race. Just stop being so fucking stupid all the time. Just try.
John, the gap between you and I is like the gap between a regular person and a table. A mentally ill table. The gap is not in your favor.
Yeah,. And the sad fact is you actually believe that. It is bad enough you are this stupid. You are untrainable on top of it.
Tell us how Mitt Romney is totally going to win it in 2012.
When you are proven wrong, it will be a small consolation for President-elect Trump
Please stop. My sides can only take so much.
It has her up by 3.4 points. I know you are 11 and they probably haven't covered the word "trounces" in your vocabulary class yet, but I don't think it means what you think it does.
http://www.realclearpolitics.c.....-5491.html
She has NEVER been behind. Ever. Romney was doing better and never had a chance.
She is behind in two of the polls, including the latest one, you fucking half wit. The average is barely outside of the margin of error.
And I know you are Canadian and retarded and all but the US doesn't elect the President by popular vote. A slim lead in the popular vote doesn't even guarantee you a victory much less means you will trounce them.
Again, just try harder. No one is this stupid. You are not this stupid. You just are such a fanatic you can't seem to help yourself.
I was talking about the aggregate you dumbass. Again: she was never behind, as is pulling ahead. And I am aware of how the EC works. She's still going to gore him.
Margin of error, how does it work?
And that's assuming no indictment, no FBI investigation leaks, and no health problems *COUGH* *COUGH* *COUGH* *COUGH* *COUGH*....
It's sexist to bring up her shrill voice, her bossiness, or her tuberculosis.
She's pure Teflon. That's the only conclusion I can draw at this point.
In a race against Trump, no one will give a shit about that stuff. It will be all about Trump's scape-goating of minorities and vaccines all day every day.
No, she's not. For one thing, it turns out that young women voters aren't terribly enthused about voting for the enabling wife of a sexual predator.
Read the earlier Reason story about the white and non-white voters. Short story: Hillary's problem is with whitey. With Hispanics and blacks, she dominates, regardless of gender.
She's going to be the Dem nom.
How can she be pure teflon if she has a problem with whitey? Wouldn't that make her only partially Teflon-American?
Interesting point, but my point was more that she hasn't been 'taken down' by these scandals, and going to 'Teflon' from there.
Agree with that much, although they (and any investigation leaks) seem to be enough to repel a lot of voters. At least white ones.
"She's pure Teflon. That's the only conclusion I can draw at this point."
Yup.
That's why Obama dropped out in 2008.
Couldn't put a glove on her.
Just the fact that Bernie is as close as he is considering how much of a true and admitted socialist he is is proof that there are many even in the Democrat Party that find her too crooked and too slimy.
Much less the total electorate.
Jaguar introduces its fastest car
Warning: Auto-play video
Jaguar will unveil its fastest car ever at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The Jaguar F-type SVR coupe will have a top speed of 200 miles per hour and will be able to accelerate from zero to 60 miles an hour in 3.5 seconds.
Jaguar has made one other car that was faster, but it was produced in limited numbers. Jaguar is not putting a cap on how many F-type SVR cars it will produce.
Woman spends 27 months in solitary (total stay of 3 years) at Riker's.
Finally gets trial, found not guilty.
Damn, I'd be pissed.
Well that's a fucking nut punch.
Remember though, the real threat to the rule of law is jury nullification.
"At least eight times in the course of her more than three-year incarceration, she would be taken to the hospital after suicide attempts in solitary that included trying to swallow hair remover product, pills and the chemicals inside an instant ice pack, banging her head on a wall and trying to electrocute herself by putting a phone cord in her cell's toilet."
JESUS CHRIST
Behold the compassionate justice system.
A system that allows this is a depraved one.
The beginning of the incident that got her there seems like a clue to her personality:
They Live!
One of them in a chicken costume?
+1 Peter Griffith
+1 father of Melanie Griffith
Shit. Griffin, right?
I see many of you have seen Deadpool and liked it. Good.
*Spoiler alert*
Am I the only one who liked Collosus and Negasonic Teen Warhead more than the rest of the X-men, Wolverine possibly excepted?
And Deadpool receives the Cytotoxic kiss of death.
Stop that. I am the GOLD STANDARD that you people take for granted!
Almost everything you say is wrong. In that sense, you're like an early-warning system
"Almost everything you say is wrong."
Stop lying Gilmore.
My God Tom Friedman is a fascist prick.
Donald Trump is running against pluralism. Bernie Sanders shows zero interest in entrepreneurship and says the Wall Street banks that provide capital to risk-takers are involved in "fraud," and Ted Cruz speaks of our government in the same way as the anti-tax zealot Grover Norquist, who says we should shrink government "to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub." (Am I a bad person if I hope that when Norquist slips in that bathtub and has to call 911, no one answers?)
http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/226982/
They never can fail to feel the temptation to murder.
If Argentina has banned red cards, this soccer referee would be alive today
A soccer match ended in tragedy when a young player shot and killed the referee after he showed him a red card for a foul.
Or if Argentina had banned backpacks.
And I thought what Chelsea did to Anders Frisk was bad.
Does the other team get a penalty kick if you shoot the ref or how does that work?
Yes, but it's indirect, so it can't be into the goal unless someone else hits it first.
You get a penalty kick... if you can take it.
It's kind of telling that the Mirror listed it as "football violence" where a US publication would almost certainly classify it as "gun violence". http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-ab.....l-violence
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton tied among Democrats.
Ouch. If Clinton brings the super delegates to heel, it's not looking good for Team Bern.
That's just in Nevada. Hillary's ahead in most of the South. Bernie'll sweep northwestern Oregon. Who knows what'll happen.
I know exactly what'll happen: Hillary will be the Dem nom.
Hillary will crush Bernie in the South and the primary will then be over.
Assuming no indictment, no leaks from FBI agents ticked off about no indictment, no new scandals, and assuming her health holds up.... *COUGH* *COUGH* *COUGH* *COUGH* *COUGH* *COUGH*
I am assuming that and it's a pretty safe bet. If she couldn't be sunk by that stuff by now, it's not happening.
The fact that she's struggling to defeat a geriatric hippie pinko should tell you something.
Please, do tell us what it should tell us. Quick, before she crushes him in the South.
The fact that she's struggling to defeat a geriatric hippie pinko should tell you something.
It tells me she took her paid network for granted. She won't continue to.
Yes.
And yes, papaya, assuming no extraordinary circs.
I think there's always a possibility of some "last straw" event that sinks her
We've had two terms of a Democrat in the White House. It's historically very hard for one party to hold it for three terms. Most of the country is not clamoring for a third Obama term, or for someone even more left wing.
Now think of anything that can happen between now and November, good news and bad. Who does it help and hurt? (Not counting personal scandals.) I think there's a lot less good news that can help Hillary than there is bad news that can hurt her. An economic downturn hurts her. A terror attack hurts her. More refugee crises in Europe (and here) hurt her.
"Most of the country is not clamoring for a third Obama term, or for someone even more left wing."
They weren't in 2008 either, but GOP ineptitude got him re-elected anyway.
" I think there's a lot less good news that can help Hillary than there is bad news that can hurt her. An economic downturn hurts her. A terror attack hurts her. More refugee crises in Europe (and here) hurt her."
And a Trump nomination guarantees her.
*BTW pretty sure Gilmore and Irish were talking about the primary, not the general.
We've had two terms of a Democrat in the White House. It's historically very hard for one party to hold it for three terms.
+1 Reagan/Bush/FDR/Truman/Harding/Coolidge/Hoover
How are you defining "historically hard"?
"+1 Reagan/Bush/FDR/Truman/Harding/Coolidge/Hoover
How are you defining "historically hard"?"
What was the approval-rating of the sitting president when the heir-apparent came in for a 3rd term?
I've seen at least 2-3 analyses, and one pointed out that unless the incumbent has better than 50% approval, there is no way their party keeps the presidency
another - here - bases their analysis on 'margin of victory'
""Given the narrow margin for error enjoyed by President Obama in 2012, a swing of a little less than 3 points in the two-party vote would hand the White House to the Republicans?and swings of that size are far more the rule than the exception. In fact, looking at the two-party vote, no non-incumbent since Ulysses S. Grant in 1868 has lost less than 3 points off the prior re-elected incumbent's showing"
neither is 100% convincing, but when combined with hillary's "baggage"... starts to add up.
alternative scenario? - Trump loses primary, runs as 3rd party candidate? fucks GOP
What you're talking about is relevant for a general election, not the primary. She'll win the primary, i think she'll lose the general.
She'll win the primary, i think she'll lose the general.
Against which hypothetical candidate?
Any hypothetical candidate, i think.
The short case is basically half of what papaya said
- the odds are high that the presidency changes party-hands after 2 terms + below-50% approval ratings of sitting president
- hillary's base is fragmented by the proggy sanders-elements as well as low-motivation for hills by the minority element
- i also think the GOP base is *extremely* motivated by anti-hillary animus. They wont care who the hell the candidate is.
Incredible that the insane evil party seems to be the one that can choose a candidate even semi-rationally, after flirting with madness, as opposed to Team Full Retarder, which may be about to throw away a perfectly winnable election.
The Chance to Regulate Airline Seats Is Before Us
Last week, an amendment that would set minimum dimensions of airline seats was shot down in a Congressional committee by a 26-33 vote.
The same week, we learned that Airbus has filed a patent application for airline seats that have storage spaces built in underneath the seats?meaning that passengers would not be able to stretch their legs out beneath the seat in front of them.
Currently, and into the foreseeable future, the airline business strategy of purposely torturing your passengers in order to spur them to purchase expensive upgrades continues unimpeded.
Because 10 or 20 dollars for a better seat is sooooooo expensive. The upgrades are cheap for everything but first class. People just aren't willing to spend a couple lattes worth of cash to be comfortable for hours on end.
It depends on the flight. Most of my flights are short like Minneapolis to Chicago. I spend more time boarding than in the air. No point in spending $10 for a 48 minute flight.
This. As I mature I've let go of my more counter-productive cheap-ass habits, like flying in at midnight to save $25.
The seat pitch on intra-European flights in business on British Airways is 30 inches. The same as in coach. It's impossible to sit there at all if you're 6'4" or above. European bureaucrats should do something about it.
Some people prefer to ride "IT"
Airbus has filed a patent application for airline seats that have storage spaces built in underneath the seats
"Storage spaces". Soon to be known as "Value Class".
I'm sitting at the dentist, waiting to have my wisdom teeth removed, so all that wisdom that I give, that I know means so much to so many, both here and in the real world, will soon be gone forever.
How will we be able to tell?
Because I just told you. See, that is the kind of thing I will no longer be able to explain to you.
Just carry them in your pocket or earlobes, DUH!
I could make a necklace!
I vote for this.
Have a speedy recovery man.
Thanks
Who are you? Tulpa?
We're all Tulpa!
Godspeed. Take all the meds they offer, gas, topical, shots, etc.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016.....uckgo.com/
Kentucky forcing men to get wife's permission for dick drugs.
But his wife and minor daughter can get an abortion without telling him. Disgusting.
Yo. My wife (this was years and years ago) signed a consent form when I got a vasectomy. If this is a patriarchal society, I'd hate to see a matriarchal one.
^^^ This is retarded and awful though, and should be brought up more often than it is.
Was that the law or ass-covering by the surgeon?
John, this is a sarcastic bill meant to criticize people who think a wife should have to inform her husband before she gets an abortion.
It is not a serious bill.
I guess it's working.
Since abortion involves an actual life, you would have to be a cytoxic level idiot to think these things are comparable. And as Libertarian says above, doctors often wont' do vasectomies without the wife's consent. The pussy privilege in this country is boundless.
There's only one way out now, John. You'll just have to start dating men.
Given the state of American women, that is not the most unreasonable option available.
I wasn't comparing the two. I was pointing out that they aren't actually trying to get this law passed, so whining about this law is dumb.
"Since abortion involves an actual life"
Facts not in evidence.
Now that's he's marked both of them with his seed, they're his property!
Well the comments on this are going to be a massive exercise in people a) not reading the article, and b) proving the point by missing the point a la John right above me.
"John, this is a sarcastic bill meant to criticize people who think a wife should have to inform her husband before she gets an abortion.
It is not a serious bill."
HA!
Look at Irish, proving Jesse should have more faith in him!
But it only gave Viagra to white guys, you'd be all for it.
*tosses giant wooden spoon out of view*
*buys Florida Man a more hygenic stainless steel spoon for shit-stirring*
Thank you. I didn't want to say anything, but the wood spoon was getting pretty disgusting.
Only if you think abortion is just another medical procedure, sure its the same. Someone is missing the point here sure. It is the people who wrote the bill and can't seem to understand that not everyone shares their assumption that abortion is just like taking a pill.
Tens of millions of pro-choice people do think it's just another medical procedure, and this is a way for them to show that. It's literally the whole point.
No shit Nikki. But millions of others disagree. So, what exactly is the joke here? It only makes sense if you are pro abortion. To anyone else, it makes the people who wrote this law look like idiots who can't seem to understand the essence of the dispute.
Except its a bad analogy. The vasectomy analogy is closer( but still not the same).
And, as already pointed out, this is done with vasectomies in some states.
""literally ""
so the worst
Found this regarding SC appointments.
http://fpc.state.gov/documents...../50146.pdf
Interesting. Page 9 under President's Selection of Nominee seems to make things rather clear.
As noted earlier, over the course of two centuries, roughly one out of every five
Supreme Court nominations (34 out of 154 received by the Senate) has failed to be
confirmed.
interesting
Happy Wednesday everyone! Do I drink stouts at the bar or finish my handle of rum tonight?
Why cant it be both?
Fuck, I can do that?! Stout month at Mountain sun hasets been great. Something like 50 different stouts.
50 different stouts. I'd be there despite the temptation of rum.
So far they've been great. There was a nitro Irish one that I could not stop drinking.
How'd the food there? And how come I'm still in the damn waiting room?
It's all pretty good. I go with Tim's chicken quesadilla, but everything I've had there has been very good. If you stand in the bar area, they have free fries they'll give out. Cash only there, so be prepared.
There are a few locations too. One on pearl in Boulder is mountain sun. There's another "under the sun" at table Mesa in Boulder.ones in Longmont, and I think a new one in Louisville.
Germany Revives Calls for No-Fly Zone in Northern Syria
Lot's of great ideas regarding Syria and it's people coming out of Germany lately. "If we double down on stupid, all the stupid will cancel out. "
Gutes idee!
I'm thinking of changing up my vape device. Anyone recommend anything that's of higher quality yet cost effective on the refills? I like my vapor to be as cigarette smoke like as possible... Currently using Vuse, which I like, but the cartridges are fucking expensive and don't last more than a day given my love of the habit.
I've been using this for over 2 years. It's a little older, so the price is right. The thing is a tank, it never breaks. It's nothing fancy, not the latest tech with the latest features, but it WORKS.
The replacement coils are cheap as well.
Then you just buy the e-juice that tastes good to you. Most store have massive samples to taste. They will try to get you to spend a shitton of money on fancy devices, though.
how long do these coils last? How long does the nicotine nectar last you?
The coils last around a couple of weeks each(depends on how much you vape); there are ways to clean them for extended use, though. I vape a lot, and i buy around 25$ worth of juice every 2 weeks or so.
Shit, with Vuse I'm spending about $25 twice a week. Sorry to keep prodding you, but have you got any recommendation on juice brands?
There's like a thousand flavors and brands now. Only advice is find a vape shop with a lot of samples. Watch the hard sell, though.
As a Vuse user, I can say that going to one of the other brands will be rough. As near as I can tell, Vuse runs about twice as strong as typical "strong" eCig brands or vape juice. I have tried moving back and forth to other ecigs and the big mods.
The other brands are definitely cheaper, but the vuse has hooked people by pumping up the nicotine. I should note that when I switched off of vuse (before switching back again) my heartburn went away very quickly.
Also, I should note that for a purely ecig experience, I have enjoyed the V2cigs- specifically the v2 pro series 3 and it works great. It has attachments for cartridges (bought from the v2 site at about $1.60 per cartridge depending on order size) as well as eliquid atomizers and even hash burners if that's your thing. The cartridges are ok and last about 1.5x as long as Vuse. The real downsides are: you puff more since the strength is about half; your battery goes out quicker (need two to rotate); there is no auto-disable so you will puff until the cart tastes like burnt sock.
I don't know if you figured this out with Vuse, but I realized after about a month that the vuse limits puffs, not duration. By that I mean if you inhale fully until the vuse stops generating vapor, you will get more puffs than if you just puff quickly on the cartridge.
This guy has a lot of info on vaping.
There's basically 2 types of vapers:
1) ex-smokers who just want the nicotine and feel of smoking (like me)
2) hobbyists who want the lastest and fanciest equipment to blow giant clouds of vape with juice that tastes like Fruit Loops
I'm definitely in the first category too. Thank you!
I was another type: a non-smoker who wanted nicotine to cut appetite.
I use a 12$ CE for nicotine. Don't try it for hash oil. It gives a pretty powerful hit, fits in the pocket, and is easy to fill.
When you say "don't try it for hash oil", is that some sort of reverse psychology? Because it's working.
Because it won't get hot enough. I've got a different one for hash oil.
Good lad.
Mt. Baker Vapor is the cheapest juice by far. ~$35 for 240mL + 10% off with vaporfrombaker coupon. The average flavor is worse than more expensive brands, but there's a ton of them and you'll find some you really like if you try enough. Also, you'll need to let non-tobacco flavors sit for two weeks and tobacco flavors for four.
As far as tanks go, I'd get one that's compatible with ceramic coils. I can get you more info if you're interested.
MVP 2 and Nautilus mini = best overall for price and utility IMO. I've tested for a time through 20 or so setups. Lots work great at first, but then get finicky after time. I want nicotene not maintenance/ bullshit QC or leak issues. Way less coil issues than i had with kanger. Wish the eGrip worked as well as specs say it should, badass form factor. If you are going to use other than nicotene, may go with mvp3 for higher wattage.
I guess the Poles didn't get the memo about those how those racist German women were lying about being raped.
http://www.breitbart.com/londo.....ank-cover/
Cytotoxic claiming that because it's Breitbart reporting on a Polish magazine, the entire rapefugee situation doesn't really exist... in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1....
"rapefugee situation "
I don't even know what this is, and I doubt you do.
http://bfy.tw/4Jfl
Ha ha nope. Not my job to substantiate your hysteria.
It's good to see people actually willing to discuss it. It's a shame the west needs more gangrapes, riots and terrorist attacks before they'll start talking about it too. One might even say, the western and northern Europeans are less free than the eastern Europeans, in the western countries a new sort of tyranny of tolerance has risen up and quashed freedom. Tolerance nazis is a very fitting term IMHO.
"It's a shame the west needs more gangrapes, riots and terrorist attacks before they'll start talking about it too."
We're already talking about it, but I guess acknowledging that gets in the way of your Cassandra complex.
Here in Canada, no gangrapes, no riots, too little terror to care about.
Erm no. Western European countries are literally prosecuting people who talk about it. Cops are harassing people who make rather mild comments in disagreement with the policy. In Sweden and Norway there is an outright censorship from the state about the legal ways that news publications can describe the assailants in these crimes. Yes WE are talking about it here, and on message boards and in online forums, but no thanks to and quite against the wishes of, you and your ilk.
Okay, first "the west" is too vague. You should have been more specific. And while I don't doubt that those countries have awful PC laws, that doesn't mean all discussion is terminated. And fuck you if you think that I have anything to do with those laws.
No. You just think "talking about it" is calling anyone who points out the truth a racist. And one talk or not, you would never support doing anything to stop it.
Again: stop lying.
Again: stop lying.
Is that you Donald ?
Golly gosh darn it. I read a piece regarding Poland and immigration (the lack thereof) a few weeks ago. It discussed how Poland was a lot more insular than other European countries. I want to send that article to a Polish friend of mine, but can't find it. Does it sound familiar to anyone? I read Samizdata, Lew Rockwell, American Conservative, Takimag, etc. but can't find the thing.
Well I have read that eastern Europe is less of a destination for third-worlders since the welfare states there are less generous.
Eastern Europe also has a very long history of experience with Islam. They have been the buffer between Islam and western Europe for centuries. It is no surprise that they are less hospitable toward these invaders.
And rightly regard the invaders as such.
"these invaders"
Do you have any idea how deranged you sound to normal people? How totally insane that statement is?
Hello Mr Kettle, I see you've met Mr Pot.
Right. Tell us more about THE INVASIUN
LOL
This seems to be your default response lately. The lack of thought or wit and its monosyllabillism suit you.
Vidkun Quisling may have collaborated with the Nazis, but the Nazis were never going to exterminate the Norwegian people. Angela Merkel and her ilk will probably end up being hanged.
Again: Do you have any idea how deranged you sound to normal people? How totally insane that statement is?
That is straight out of KKK propaganda right there.
So says the guy who thinks the rape and murder of a woman in Sweden is nothing. God you are an amoral piece of shit. You would happily send women to be raped and to their death is doing so is necessary to implement your retarded ideology. You are just pathetic.
"So says the guy who thinks the rape and murder of a woman in Sweden is nothing."
Stop lying, and deflecting for that matter.
Are you yet receiving counseling? For your raging mental illness? Because you need it and bad.
http://www.vogue.com/13393672/.....-election/
Hillary says America just not ready for a woman President. Ah, no since she has not yet run in the general election, we can't say that. At best we can say is that the Democratic Party is not ready for a woman nominee. Who knew the Democrats were just sexists?
Hillary says America just not ready for a woman President.
Right. She can drop out now.
"Hillary says America just not ready for a woman President."
That would be like my walking up to Sofia Vergara and asking her out for a date, and upon receiving a firm "no", claiming that Sofia is not ready for a man. Oy.
Right. It's because she is a woman. Not because she is a liar and a felon and probably a traitor too. It's because she is a woman.
Don't forget how America became more racist in 2012 because Obama got less votes than in 2008.
Who knew the Democrats were just sexists?
Margaret Thatcher?
Angela Merkel?
Hitler?
So, without explanation, SBNation (Vox subsidiary, for the record) has pulled their "Daniel Holtzclaw was innocent/sad because he didn't make it to the NFL/who cares, they were hookers anyways" article.
It's hard to fathom how that could get published at such a proggy site.
I don't really get it. Isn't everyone, proggy or not, glad the guy is being thrown in the slammer until we've colonized the moon?
IE sure does suck. It doesn't even scroll to my comment after I post it.
Except just now.
You use IE? That seems fitting, somehow....
Not usually. The computer I'm stuck with today does however.
Well that wasn't too bad. I don't feel any pain. In fact, I can't feel anything. How am I drink whiskey without dribbling?
" that wasn't too bad. I don't feel any pain."
Well to hell with you then. I had mine pulled without any anesthetic at all and it was fucking horrifying medieval Marathon Man seeing-stars shit.
(*it was a clinic, and they wanted cash payment for the drogas. I was 16 and had none. No one had told me in advance when my parents dropped me off. The dental-student guy even looked uncomfortable about it, like, "i'm not sure we should actually do this" etc.)
or, alternatively - Kudos! you just dodged a bullet. If they're not impacted at all (like snowcones! said the dentist) they pop right out. If they're like other peoples (*like tree roots! said the dentist) it feels like they're tearing a golf-ball sized chunk of your head out through a tooth-hole.
Well, I'm not sure how it'll feel when the Novocain wears off. Ima get the scrip filled just in case (winks at Crusty)
In the 70s and 80s when I was a kid I never had any kind of anesthetic at the dentist. Dunno if that's because we were kind of poor (Medicaid etc.) or if that was normal.
"How am I drink whiskey without dribbling?"
A straw. or! there's nothing shameful about repurposing a baby-bottle. in fact, its sort of awesome.
Oh, you will NOT want to use a straw. Sucking on anything while you have those gaping holes in your jaw will be very unpleasant.
Yes, bad advice from Gilmore. Straws cause dry socket
". Sometimes that clot can become dislodged or dissolve a couple of days after the extraction. That leaves the bone and nerve exposed to air, food, fluid, and anything else that enters the mouth. This can lead to infection and severe pain that can last for 5 or 6 days."
But.... but.... whiskey.
Yes, whiskey = no infection. I'm not a drunk, it's medicinal.
I'm not an alcoholic. I'm a drunk. Alcoholics go to meetings.
My momma didn't raise no quitters!
when in doubt, just pour the bottle on your face.
Osmosis Creek would be an awesome name for a whiskey.
Use a soup spoon and let the whiskey soak into the empty sockets.
That way you can claim the whiskey is medicinal porpoises.
If you take 2 of the Vicodin with the whiskey you might no longer claim that painkillers don't affect you.
But I don't advise you to take Vicodin and alcohol at the same time Mr. Preet.
#winning
I was around 14 when I had mine out. I had a reaction to the anesthetic, pulled the needle out of my arm and punched the dental assistant in the jaw. My mother was in the waiting room when someone yelled something like "code blue!" and the secretary took the phone off the hook and ran in the back.
It has been downhill ever since.
I was around 14 when I had mine out.
[...]
It has been downhill ever since.
Good Lord! It's only been six months! Give it some time!
Do I seem juvenile or something?
Uhm, no, I assumed you and I were the same age. Am I not correct?
You could be.
Yes, I'd recommend not waiting until you're middle aged to get your wisdom teeth extracted or to punch an orderly in the jaw. Do both when you are young.
someone yelled something like "code blue!"
You punched someone into cardiac arrest?
I said something like! I do not know the exact details of what happened. When I came to the surgical assistant had an ice pack on her face, and I was laughing a lot, which made everyone really unhappy. That is what I remember.
I tried to make it more obviously a joke, but couldn't get the wording right.
I am not picking up on anything today. I am more off than usual.
""code blue!"
That's weird, they kept yelling "IS IT SAFE??!! IS IT SAFE?!!" at me.
From what you have said, I think it could have been more like the tooth pulling scene from The Americans.
That guy is way too professional and that clinic is far too hygenic.
"Bronx Dental Clinic, 1990" probably is close to "Haitian Prison Riot", where the guards are the dental-students
Wow, this far in and no one's mentioned Marathon Man.
I had mine out at 14 too. Didn't punch any assistants, but the Novocain wore off on the 70 mile car ride home (I lived in BFE at the time), and I was still groggy and disoriented from the general anesthetic. That was...unpleasant.
Dude that makes no sense whatsoever man. None.
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Professional athletes have bodies that meet your standard? Good to know.
I have no problem carrying Ashley Graham's virtue on my back (I can handle it because I workout). Again, she is certainly big, or bigger, or thick, but she is not unhealthy, and she is not obese or "quite fat." I have seen fat. I have laid down with fat. She is not fat.
One of those is for a distinguished Master of the Universe in a suit, one is for a high school geek with pimples.
707 HP. Impressive and in production unlike the 1041 HP Veryon.
Dodge Charger Hellcat Also Stupid Fast, Does 0-60 In 2.9 Seconds
Once, before exploding in a cloud of smoke and oil. It's still a Dodge.
You know who else was fat?
Whoops. 1014 metric horsepower for the base version.
Shut up, Tulpa!
Is it so hard to believe that some people find her attractive or is the theory now that sports illustrated has been taken over by SJWs. Good grief.
Thanks. Unfortunately, narcotics don't really do much for me. I may as well take tylonol.
That is good. Hats off to that.
What's that? The Challenger hellcat?
Still would rather have a cayman
Vape pen.
I would never say on an open forum that you should offer them to your commenting friends, and I do not recommend that you do that, of course. You should not do that.
Already loaded with the hash oil 😉
Oh, of course not. That would be illegal.
Did you just call me Sasquatch? What. The. Frick.
But I am Tulpa.
C'mon, Tundra! I called you that out of love too.
Sorry didn't clk link
I don't have internet now, u see.
If I ever go to a Reason meet up I'm going to tell everyone I'm Tulpa
Crap, I had a wisdom tooth out that was coming in at an angle and that's when I found out I had an adverse reaction to the narcotics - they work like speed on me. Imagine taking pep pills so you can enjoy all that pain at about 110 db. My sister has the same thing - she found out when she had her first kid. Nurses couldn't figure out why they'd given her enough to knock out a horse and she was still levitating out of the bed screaming at them to give her some damn meds.
No I'm Herc.
He's Tulpa.
"Is it so hard to believe that some people find her attractive or is the theory now that sports illustrated has been taken over by SJWs."
Can it be both?