General Discussion, Sunday, February 28, 2016

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Stella

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  1. Col.(R) Ken's avatar Col.(R) Ken says:
    February 28, 2016 at 12:12 am

    Great picture! Now for a few hours sleep…….

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  2. MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
    February 28, 2016 at 12:15 am

    The picture has a Narnian feel to it.

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  3. MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
    February 28, 2016 at 12:19 am

    History isn’t always boring:

    How American Soldiers Used Pig’s Blood and Corpses to Fight Muslim Terrorism

    http://counterjihadreport.com/2016/02/26/how-american-soldiers-used-pigs-blood-and-corpses-to-fight-muslim-terrorism/

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  4. Stella's avatar stella says:
    February 28, 2016 at 1:00 am

    The mystery is solved! McGuffin says he/she is the one who created the Texas sign at the Fort Worth rally:

    http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/02/26/donald-trump-rally-fort-worth-texas-100pm-est-live-stream/comment-page-6/#comment-2159385

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  5. MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
    February 28, 2016 at 2:24 am

    A thought for Sunday–and every day:

    “You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.”
    — James 5:8 —

    Blessings on everyone here.

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  6. Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
    February 28, 2016 at 7:41 am

    Coffee is up. Help yourself and good morning.

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  7. Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
    February 28, 2016 at 7:43 am

    Nyet, may I please have a big stack of waffles? I have my own Irish butter and Vermont syrup. I have been thinking of waffles all week as I ate my fruit and nuts.

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  9. derk's avatar derk says:
    February 28, 2016 at 8:05 am

    Good morning Stellars,

    Hope you all have a great Sunday.

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  10. michellc's avatar michellc says:
    February 28, 2016 at 8:13 am

    Something I can’t understand. A guy we’ve dealt with a few times, him and his wife bought a house in the country and wanted to try “hobby” farming. I overlooked the “hobby” but it does get on my nerves about as much as the “homesteader” does now. I overlooked it because at least they bought more than an acre of land and thought they could raise goats, chickens, pigs and cattle to raise their own food. They got their start in goats and chickens from us.
    They both were in the military we learned, both were going to school to become registered nurses and have 5 kids.

    Fast forward to this morning. My daughter and I have a farm FB group, this morning I was going through those who wanted to join the group. I always go to their page to make sure they’re a real person and live in the area, because we learned the hard way there are a lot of fake people on FB who only exist to post spam and porn on groups. I’ve never known the above couple’s last name, but when I go to his page and see his cover photo I recognize who they are. His last several posts have been anti-Trump posts and pro-Bernie Sanders posts and pro-Planned Parenthood and pro-abortion posts and the worst for a veteran who served during the time we were fighting moslem terrorists is he supports refugees. Huffingtonpost seems to be his news source.
    How the heck someone could have served in the military, wants to be a farmer, be a nurse, have children and can support Bernie Sanders and be in favor of abortion and Moslem refugees? I would never have dreamed he was a libtard. He did a good job of hiding it, but then he might at least have had enough sense to not spew stupid when he was on our property. It’s pretty obvious by my collection of signs and the flags we fly not to mention the sign you can’t miss when you walk into the building we keep chicks in that says, “We have the right to refuse sales to anyone. That means you Liberals!”

    I guess though my instincts were sort of correct, he put off bad vibes to me and I told my daughter there was something about him that put me on edge. Now I know why, although my vibe that he probably abuses his wife could also be correct.

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  11. derk's avatar derk says:
    February 28, 2016 at 8:57 am

    Interesting new storage technology, and they used the BIBLE, will last 13.8 Billion years!
    http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/wonder/the-crystal-bible-to-last-a-billion-years/vi-BBq3pnW?ocid=spartanntp

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  12. Stella's avatar stella says:
    February 28, 2016 at 10:02 am

    Good morning everyone. I am downcast this morning, because I don’t understand the amount of vitriol coming from persons I thought were conservatives – some of them friends – because they disagree about what candidate they will support for President! It isn’t that they direct this vitriol at the candidate they oppose; they also direct it at friends and acquaintances who support a candidate who is different than theirs.

    I have seen comments that say terrible things about Trump supporters. I also sometimes see comments from Trump supporters about Cruz and Rubio supporters, but that isn’t as frequent. I don’t mean disagreements over policies, or even slurs against a candidate, but actual personal attacks and slurs directed towards voters who support a particular candidate. Having been a target of attacks like this (both personal and as a member of a generic group) over the past month or so, I have to say that it doesn’t bother me so much when it is someone I don’t know who levels the attack, but when it is someone I always thought of as a friend, it shocks and saddens me.

    I have always tried to keep discussions impersonal. I prefer to use facts rather than emotion in arguments (I’m not always successful, but usually I am), especially when the person on the opposing side is a friend or relative. Can someone explain to me how people can say things like this, which I encountered yesterday: “I think I’ve figured it out. It’s the Archie Bunker wing of the electorate that supports Trump. Seriously.”

    This is a mild one, but it comes from a person I thought was friendly. I don’t care that her preferred candidate isn’t the one that I support, so I called her on her remark. She doubled down and told me that if I was insulted, it was because I chose to take it that way. I ask you, how else can that remark be taken? She went on to say that I had abandoned my staunch principles for “this man”, and that Trump supporters are an angry mob who will someday wake up to how they are being manipulated by Trump, the Democrat Party, and the MSM.

    After this now-triple insult, I remarked to a Treeper friend that it is disturbing to see the number of people who think it is perfectly fine to ridicule Trump supporters. They do it openly on Facebook, and they don’t seem to care that they are insulting friends and relatives. It has become socially acceptable. And it is so ugly, and condescending. I went on to say that it’s almost like racism. You know, the guy who will tell jokes about blacks, or Pollacks, or Dagos – but he doesn’t mean his neighbors and coworkers. It’s weird and disconnected.

    Anyway, I’ll try to think of some beautiful poetry, or go look to see if a crocus might be sticking its head up in my garden. At least the weather is nice today.

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    • Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
      February 28, 2016 at 11:02 am

      Her “if you choose to take it that way” response is as much an insult as the original. The whole thing reeks of someone who is so condescending that they don’t think they are speaking to someone with equal intelligence and deserving of respect.

      If they are pushed, after being called on personal insults, into using facts, they sure like to cherry pick them. But no so much for their own candidates.

      Trump may not be what I think he will be. But Cruz and Rubio have a factual record that I don’t like. I don’t intend to support more of the same. That gets me what I don’t want.

      I have seen these “We hear you, angry conservatives, but really, what ARE you thinking” diatribes pretending at first to be an arm around the shoulder conversation with a pal, and devolve into an attack on our intelligence. Here is what I am thinking, although you are tuning it out. I have been betrayed by the Republican Party. I will never trust them again. They do not work for me, they do not represent my vote, they do not get anything done for me. When I vote for Donald Trump, I am not voting Republican, I am voting for Trump. He happens to be running as Republican, the only one I will vote for.

      I now consider myself what I always swore was useless and a waste. Third Party. Nothing but destruction of the Republican Party as it exists now will help conservatives. Allowing the deceit to continue just plays into their hands.

      I agree with you Stella. If you don’t agree with my right to vote my choice fine. But to make things a personal attack says something about the person attacking. It speaks to a lazy superiority that is very disappointing in people I once respected.

      Many Trump supporters have acted in such a way. I disrespect them too. I confess I have to constantly try to accord liberals and Democrats that same courtesy and sometimes fail. I can’t respect them, but I do need to get better at being courteous.

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    • facebkwallflower's avatar facebkwallflower says:
      February 28, 2016 at 11:11 am

      Oh, Stella. I so feel for you. My own daughters know I am for Trump, although I do not speak about it with them now. Anyways, they know and on fb call his supporters koolaid drinkers, assholes, clueless, low info, angry, haters, etc., And I just grieve. They know how researched and thorough I am. They have always looked up to me and came to me for political advice (these are over 30 age women, not teenagers) and direction for research and understanding. They know I know my stuff and listen to all angles and willing to change my mind and accept when wrong or misdirected. And yet, they lump me in the category of these adjectives. It is just weird. I don’t comment on their fb post after the one time I did and they reacted so spiteful and disrespectful. (I just said, “OK, I come out of the closet. I am for Trump.) I was really embarrassed for them.

      It hurt to be treated that way by them. It was so out of character for our relationship. And hurt deeply. Each time I read one of their mocking Trump supporters to their friends (and many of my friends on their list) I take it personally as they all know I my daughters know I support Trump and they talk like that with no disclaimer. It makes it look like they have all sorts of mommy issues. I know them well enough that if I say something like, “Well, this asshole supports him,” they will go off with something like I need to stop being argumentative, making me, but more themselves, look foolish and make everyone else uncomfortable like they walked into something deeper in family conflict than who is for Trump and who is not; but there isn’t anything deeper. So it hurts.

      I just keep shaking my head, “Are these really my daughters?” By the way one is liberal and thus, has mommy issues but is going to vote Republican for first time–Rubio. The other staunch and usually very informed conservative. Guess Trump really is a unifier as sisters are together on this (don’t know choice of conserv sissy.)

      So, I feel for you. I get it. It is really strange territory to realize I have put up a little wall of distrust up in the relationship with these two wonderful women. Weird not trusting them.

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      • Stella's avatar stella says:
        February 28, 2016 at 11:29 am

        I’m sorry you have had this experience, facebkwallflower. I would be very distressed if I were in your position.

        My daughter tends to the liberal side of politics, but she doesn’t usually post about politics on FB, and she and I have an understanding that we don’t publicly argue about such matters. She commented on one of my posts one time, we argued, and came to that agreement. We only comment on each other’s posts if the topic is non-political.

        Re my other relatives that I disagree with, I have a posting list that excludes them from seeing mine. I imagine most of them do the same for me, and that’s just fine!

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        • facebkwallflower's avatar facebkwallflower says:
          February 28, 2016 at 11:38 am

          Yeah, I only have a few on “political” list that I named “the grown ups”. I don’t have any libs on it (and now no Trump haters) because it is mostly to talk amongst likeminded and why give the opposition insight into our heads? None of my children are on that. Never have been. I like keeping social network just that for most and just liked being “friends” with my kids for the grandkid pics and reports. DH says this is just too weird for them not to come around from this labeling across the board; they will wake up. So I find encouragement and just wait.

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        • Wooly Covfefe's avatar taqiyyologist says:
          February 28, 2016 at 11:58 am

          I know. I just actively love everyone. And part of that loving means not arguing with them about politics, religion, or society, but instead showing them love.

          You’re not going to convince them with your words, folks. Those people you love so much, whom you wish to God you could turn. You don’t have a television bezel around your head, and a nice glass-and-oak anchor desk, and perfect scripting, and images over your shoulder, and ominous or happy music as needed. You are at a great disadvantage here. Those people are who they trust to tell them the truth.

          Show them instead. but never argue with them. At least not without praying — preferably with them — first. Because they won’t be swayed without divine intervention. They’ve already decided that their minds won’t be changed by anyone other than Stars.

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    • michellc's avatar michellc says:
      February 28, 2016 at 11:26 am

      It does get old. I had one the other day that told me I was no different than any other lowfo. When I started talking about cloture votes, she didn’t even know what I was talking about, yet I’m the lowfo.
      When I told her a lot Trump has said over the past 20 years, some I agree with and some I don’t, she said that didn’t prove I was informed.

      It’s like arguing with a liberal.

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    • nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
      February 28, 2016 at 11:30 am

      That is a very telling statement; “that Trump supporters are an angry mob who will someday wake up to how they are being manipulated by Trump, the Democrat Party, and the MSM.” That person, for at least this one topic, is not thinking.
      Since the insults are not based on actual fact, it’s more something to be sad about in my opinion. Nothing you can say could change their view, they have to wake up or not on their own.

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    • Wooly Covfefe's avatar taqiyyologist says:
      February 28, 2016 at 11:47 am

      You summed up why I hang out here, now, in your first paragraph.

      And the rest of it should be a blog post.

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    • derk's avatar derk says:
      February 28, 2016 at 2:59 pm

      In Archie Bunker, the perfect caricature is presented. Old, white, angry, racist, homophobe, overweight, opinionated… The lefties apparently thought that they had rid this country of these types, or had effectively silenced them. But now “the Archies” of this country are rising up en masse, and they are not pleased, mortified actually.
      So, insults of integrity, character and lack of “social conscience” are used to douse these vulgar types in ridicule and shame. Please, just retire to your overstuffed chairs and die out in agony, in silence of course.
      Not happening. What they don’t take into account, is that those rising now in defiance of the status quo are not Archies. They are educated, intellectual, articulate, aware, Constitutionalists, well read and well researched. Well, they may know that, but what they don’t like is that these vulgar people are also, mostly God fearing, Biblical, moral, hard working, loyal, patriotic, nationalists who are now saying “Enough!”.
      I know in my case Stella, that it hurts deeply when people view as a heathen for my support of Trump. My oldest, a daughter who lives and works in SF, condescendingly says, ” Oh, Daddy”, as if I was a slobbering idiot sitting out in the sun slurping a soda. My Canadian friends looked at me aghast when I informed them that I’m in for Trump, and the friendship has since cooled.
      I raised my daughter well, am a great father, and we have great relationship. She knows me well, and the input from me to her has been well accepted and valued. But not in this case. So with her, it hurts very much, to know that she feels as though I’m an unwashed low fo idiot in need of pity. Will always love her dearly.
      With my friends, before our last dinner conversation, I walked on water. But am now a bottom feeding sucker fish/ogre. “How does poor little Pedro down in Mexico not deserve the access to everything you do?”. This coming from a couple desperately seeking entrance to the USA but being denied because of lack of an already established white collar job. And although it hurts as well, I too view them in a new light, so life does go on. Still friends, but will stay away from the politics.
      The hurt involved for me, is that even though these people know me well, have respect for me, value my input and ideals, they don’t in in regards to Trump, which I also regard as THE MOST IMPORTANT issue to come our way in my lifetime. No matter what I say, I will not change their mind, nor they mine. Sad but true, and yes, a wedge is driven.

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      • Stella's avatar stella says:
        February 28, 2016 at 3:37 pm

        Someday your daughter may say to you, “Dad, I’ll never doubt your judgment about people again”, as my daughter once said to me. She disagrees with me on this, I suspect, but she keeps her mouth shut. Of course, she now has an executive position, works hard, and earns a good salary, while she and her husband try to set aside enough money to send their two sons to college. Aging and responsibility tend to make one more sober and (dare I say) conservative in many ways. Take heart. We can wait this out.

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    • lovely's avatar lovely says:
      February 28, 2016 at 4:29 pm

      I think there are three phenomenons behind the vitriol of the conservative anti-Trump movement.

      1) Most of the very angry mean spirited people are acting on an visceral level because they identify emotionally with their candidate of choice and they take it personally when Trump insults or brings a candidate down. It doesn’t matter if the insult was warranted, if it was personal or political attack or just an accurate statement of fact, people consider it a personal attack on their own integrity. It is purely emotional response so the facts are unimportant.

      2) I talked about part of 2 a long time ago. Trump does not always get that people are not as smart as he is and this allows for him to use words in a way that can appear to be sloppy. Those sloppy words and Trumps liberal beginnings are what make conservative voters bonkers and irrational. An example would be Trump saying that there are good things about Planned Parenthood while at the same time stating that his information about Planned Parenthood might be flawed. I can live with that as I know once Trump does the research he will see that the 3% number is a lie and that Planned Parenthood’s main business is butchering babies.

      There is a time I would have dismissed Trump because of his Planned Parenthood statement because there are other candidates who articulate and know more about the lies Planned Parenthood perpetuates with its nonsense “3%” number that Trump quoted with the qualifier that it could be wrong and Trump will adjust his opinion to the facts as he discovers them.

      That said those same politicians, who may sound more pro life than Trump have lied to me over and over again and they will do absolutely nothing to change or defund Planned Parenthood. Those same politicians who know more and articulate a stronger stance on Planned Parenthood voted for the PP friendly stimulus package.

      Trump on the other hand is more than likely to actually do something about Planned Parenthood than any other candidate once Trump gets the facts and figures and sees PP in all its naked gore.

      I feel the same way about Israel, I know Trump loves Israel, I know he will work to decimate ISIS and Sharia Law in a way we have never seen before and will not see from any current presidential candidate.

      Anyhow it takes some out of the box thinking to allow oneself to support a candidate Trump when he speaks at a level that is non-visceral, because contrary to popular belief Trump is not only saying what patriots want him to say, Trump is saying what needs to be said. Trump is actually elevating the conversation for those of us who are paying attention.

      Point 3 of why there is so much anger from people who identify and vote as conservatives is simple vanity. It is similar to the same trouble an alcoholic has with getting sober. It is not easy for an alcoholic to put down the bottle, it means that they have not been doing something right, and that they have been damaging themselves, likely for a very long time.

      It is the same concept, maybe even more so for conservative voters. It is a cold awakening to realize that we, “The smart ones, the thinkers, the dealers of facts” have been snookered for years, it is uncomfortable to acknowledge betrayal and every time you or I insist that Trump is the best candidate for the next POTUS we are saying to those not ready to acknowledge it, that they are being hoodwinked.

      Anyhow, that is my 2 cents, that is why they sound like liberals, they are not ready yet to acknowledge that they have been spit upon the people who they have continuously put in power. Betrayal is difficult to accept, most people feel safer living the lie than picking up the pieces and moving on.

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    • MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
      February 28, 2016 at 5:54 pm

      I agree with so much of what you and everyone else has said on this topic, stella.

      A lot of the time, I refuse to talk about politics in detail (i.e., naming names) with people I know. The amount of hatred, vitriol, and personal attacks is utterly astonishing, even amongst people I hitherto greatly respected (in my personal life and online).

      However, I am becoming more and more open with my opinion about supporting the ultimate Republican nominee [I am 99% sure who that will be, but whoever–yes, WHOEVER]. I am telling people this: those who say “If ______________ is nominated, I won’t vote” are virtually guaranteeing that Hillary Clinton will get into the White House. And anyone who says that Hillary Clinton is a better choice than ANY of the Republican challengers has something clearly wrong with their cognitive processes. If she wins, we can kiss whatever is left of our country good-bye. Some of the R candidates are pretty bad, but she is head and shoulders worse, IMO.

      They can put THAT in their pipe and smoke it.

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      • Stella's avatar stella says:
        February 28, 2016 at 5:58 pm

        I agree, Mary, about Hillary particularly. The problem is the number of pundits who are making public pronouncements that if Trump is the candidate, they either won’t vote, or worse, will vote for Hillary! How can they say that?

        One of my FB friends suggests that we start a list of those are in that camp.

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        • MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
          February 28, 2016 at 6:12 pm

          …the number of pundits who are making public pronouncements that if Trump is the candidate, they either won’t vote, or worse, will vote for Hillary! How can they say that?

          If they “won’t vote”, they are being controlled by childish pique (at best). If they “vote for Hillary”, they are being controlled by Satan (or being bankrolled by statists–there’s clearly some overlap).

          JMO, but based on a lot of thought/realization.

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        • michellc's avatar michellc says:
          February 28, 2016 at 7:28 pm

          I was talking to pawn store owner we know, he loves Obama in one way and that is the fact that Obama has made him a lot of money with gun sales. He was telling me about another dealer in the area he was talking to who told him he hoped the democrat won and didn’t care if it was Hillary or Bernie because he knew his sales would suffer and he’d have to go back to carrying more than just guns to make a living if a Republican was elected. That got me to thinking and we all know we get played again and again by Republican politicians over guns, abortion, gay marriage, etc.
          We’re waking up to the fact we’ve been getting played by conservative media and some bloggers. So it’s not that far of a stretch to think they, just like this gun dealer prefer a democratic President as I’m sure it profits them more. If a Republican is elected, especially a Republican that will do everything in their power to fix things and will make decisions based on what’s best for the country, fewer people will be looking for a voice out there that understands what they’re going through. If the country moves to the right, which it would if leaders did what was best for the country, people would be happier, people would have jobs, people wouldn’t worry so about their kids and grandkids future.

          That would hurt the bottom line for many.

          Now, I’m not one of those who thinks Trump will come in and magically decades of left policies will disappear. I don’t think the pundits think that either, but I think they do know fewer listeners, fewer clicks will hurt them financially. I think they care about power just as much as the politicians and they have the same love of money.

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      • Monroe's avatar Monroe says:
        February 28, 2016 at 7:10 pm

        I’m beginning to think a Rubio presidency would be the most dangerous because of the precedence of an anchor baby being allowed to be POTUS would destroy America.

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      • MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
        February 28, 2016 at 8:05 pm

        Here’s an example of limited & misguided thinking [gleaned from Twitter]:

        “If Trump gets the nomination you must stay home in November. Destroy the @GOP and let’s start anew.”

        Good luck with that. It won’t just be the GOP that’s destroyed. Because there won’t BE any more time in which to start anew.

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      • MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
        February 28, 2016 at 8:45 pm

        Here’s another one on Twitter who is taking his/her ball and going home:

        “…lost all respect for sessions and Christie. This is the end of the Republican Party. I already re-registered non-affiliated.”

        I had heard that the Sessions endorsement had made some change their minds, but I’m seeing only THIS kind of stuff right now…would like to see the flip side.

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        • Stella's avatar stella says:
          February 28, 2016 at 8:49 pm

          I see a lot of that over at lucianne.com too. They are saying that Trump must have promised Sessions (read bribe) something to get his endorsement. Baloney.

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          • MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
            February 28, 2016 at 11:32 pm

            I like what Vox said [thank you, taqi, for reminding me about him]:

            “All of the conservatives nattering and bitching about how Trump isn’t a conservative are behind the times and missing the point. It doesn’t matter what your national policies are if you don’t have a nation. First things first. Sen. Sessions recognizes that.” [emphasis mine]

            Some people can both see AND interpret the handwriting on the wall.

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  13. nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
    February 28, 2016 at 10:56 am

    Mornin’ stella! (Smiter of those that ought to be smote) 😎 🍸 (Classic Daiquiri)
    Mornin’ WeeWeed! (Master Mixologist Extrodinare) 😀 🍸 (Old Fashioned)
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    Mornin’ partyzantski! 🙂 |_|
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    Mornin’ ZurichMike! 🙂 🌯 (It’s a bacon breakfast burrito)
    Mornin’ Col.(R) Ken! (hand salute) 🙂 |_|
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    Mornin’ to people posting that I missed. 😳
    Mornin’ to all you lurkers! 😕

    Breakfast!

    Cinnamon rolls for coffee!

    ⭐ = Unprintable phallic symbol

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  15. facebkwallflower's avatar facebkwallflower says:
    February 28, 2016 at 12:04 pm

    In 1991, at the end of Desert Storm, a 19 yr old US Army Cavalry Scout Private who had just spent 8 months at war sat out on a street at Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia. He sat there on his duffle bag with his Battalion around him for 4 days waiting for the buses to come and take him to the King Fahad Airport so he could go home. Unfortunately, the politicians of the day never planned for how to bring so many soldiers home after the war ended so there was a shortage of planes. Politicians are great at talking, but terrible at doing. Finally, the buses came, and took the young man to the airport. The planes waiting were from Tower Air. The owner of Tower Air had volunteered his planes and staff to bring soldiers home for the cost of fuel only. Happily, the young veteran got home just in time for Easter weekend in 1991, and spent that time emotionally healing with friends and family surrounding him. That Private was me. The Airline owner – Donald J Trump. That is why I will vote Trump. Loyalty for loyalty, respect for respect. Any questions?

    Written by Ron Knouse

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  16. Stella's avatar stella says:
    February 28, 2016 at 12:12 pm

    Dennis Michael Lynch, seen on Facebook:

    Here’s my caption:
    “Ted, you don’t bring up my Gang of 8 bill and I won’t bring up you handing out soccer balls and Teddy Bears to illegal aliens as they cross the border.”

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  17. Stella's avatar stella says:
    February 28, 2016 at 2:16 pm

    This a very interesting article, written by Conrad Black in the Canadian National Post.

    I am intrigued more and more what individuals who know Donald Trump say about the man they know, as opposed to the public personna that we see at rallies and debates. Even a FB friend commented that he met DT one time when he was chairing a charity for Vets; he said that Trump was a very nice guy in person – and that he pledged several million dollars to the charity.

    It makes me wonder why Trump has chosen the approach he is using in this Presidential run. I am rather convinced that it is a deliberate choice. Here is one comment by Black:

    Donald Trump horrifies Canadians as a caricature of an Ugly American of the 1950s vintage: loud, boastful, boorish, ignorant, obscenely materialistic, and illiberal in every respect, as nauseating a personality as he is reassuring to us of our comparative civility, culture, and equability, our inoffensiveness and niceness, if not exactly our style. There is some reason for this judgment of Trump from what we have generally seen of him in public now for 30 years. In private, he is charming, solicitous, engaging, and companionable, never pompous, devoid of prejudice, abstemious, and a traditional and conscientious family man. He is a generous civic leader in New York, a quality builder, and a generous employer and philanthropist and friend. His company and ours had a joint venture in Chicago and he delivered on every clause, managed the redevelopment of our property there with great skill and it was a very satisfactory experience all round.

    I scarcely recognize the self-obsessed blowhard I see on television, but the fact that he is doing so well in preferential elections in the nominating process must be taken not as a sign of the triumph of the belligerent, clumsy, bullying America the world knows and dislikes, but rather as indicative of the rage of scores of millions of Americans as they work themselves to the bone to stumble from pay cheque to pay cheque with maxed-out credit cards and loud rumours of recession. They are angry about rising crime rates, the many thousands of American lives and trillions of dollars that have been squandered in the Middle East to produce an appalling humanitarian crisis, the debasement of the currency and the reduction of their great country to the status of a laughing stock. These are legitimate grievances and for Trump to stare at audiences with an Ozymandian curled lip and say, as he did in winning the Nevada primary this week, “I love the poorly educated people,” to applause, and take nearly half the Hispanic vote despite being falsely reviled as a racist, only means that he knew how angry the people were and knew how to give voice to that anger, to be its evocator and its voice.

    http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/conrad-black-signs-of-hope-for-fresh-thinking-in-the-u-s-and-the-u-k

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  19. derk's avatar derk says:
    February 28, 2016 at 4:35 pm

    LameCherry has several good reads today. Current 5 are: Satire of Cruz/Zodiac Killer being a possibility. Donald Trump and the judgement of America. Two scathing insights into Ted Crruz, and another on Hillary.

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  20. facebkwallflower's avatar facebkwallflower says:
    February 28, 2016 at 7:41 pm

    Well, I think it is time for me to party company with the computer for the evening; starting to get impatient with people in comment sections. Good night. Sweet dreams, you all.

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  21. Wooly Covfefe's avatar taqiyyologist says:
    February 28, 2016 at 8:10 pm

    1,459 comments on the Bombshell thread at CTH.

    And it is a bombshell. GOPe is GOPe, and they just outed themselves.

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  22. Wooly Covfefe's avatar taqiyyologist says:
    February 28, 2016 at 8:17 pm

    No kidding.

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  23. Wooly Covfefe's avatar taqiyyologist says:
    February 28, 2016 at 8:28 pm

    Oscars starts right now.

    If your’re in the mood for watching Chris Rock make fun of white people in general.

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  24. michellc's avatar michellc says:
    February 28, 2016 at 11:17 pm

    Cruz has went bat you know what crazy. I mean really, the mob, mafia? Yep, I’m sure you’re going to list income from the mafia on your tax returns.
    http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/02/here-we-go-ted-cruz-accuses-donald-trump-of-mob-connections-on-meet-the-press/

    Ted Cruz: “There have been multiple media reports about Donald’s business dealings with the mob, with the mafia. Maybe his tax returns show his business dealings are a lot more extensive than has been reported. We don’t know.”

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