Super Tuesady, aka Goodbye, Rubio Tuesday

A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day!

Actually, it probably is this day.

ERRATA: I try to save that speech for big Yankee seventh games, so ask me how that's worked out.

Comments

[Centralcal on iPad]

Yep, TM, could very well be this day. (Sigh)

[James D]

I never, ever criticize our host, but I have to speak up.

I really don't understand why he posted a YouTube link to some sort of weird fake broadcast of a baseball game that couldn't have ever happened. It makes no sense.

There was no 2004 season. Everyone knows that.

[Threadkiller]

Happy Birthday, Porch!

[Old Lurker]

HB Porch!

[Buckeye]

http://youtu.be/tU-6-gDelBE

Happy Birthday Porchlight!

After listening to the accordian being backed up by a guitarist playing a National resonator, thought you might like this.

Young girl playing is a GUS friend.

[Threadkiller]

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/03/civil-rights-activist-endorses-donald-trump-for-president/

[Waldo]

"March 15, 2016, 08:24 am
Trump wins Northern Mariana Islands caucus

Donald Trump has won the Republican caucus in the Northern Mariana Islands, picking up nine pledged delegates, according to the local GOP.

Trump won 73 percent of the total 471 votes cast in the remote U.S. territory on Tuesday, followed by Ted Cruz with 24 percent, John Kasich at .02 percent and Marco Rubio at .01 percent."

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/273017-trump-wins-northern-mariana-islands-caucus

Cruz won 9 delegates in Wyoming over the weekend. Huge congrats to both men.

[narciso]

In 2008, the party big wigs, took half of Florida's delegates and Charlie cheetah turned the state over to maverick, in 2012 mittens was as mendacious as the trump university garbage, having learned nothing from the 1994 senatorial conference.

[henry]

Hasta la vista Marco. None of this "I'll be back" stuff either, enjoy your cash in at Eric Cantor's side.

[Buckeye]

The post by Waldo at 9:45 illustrates one of my pet peeves about "journalists".

The total votes cast makes the Kasich and Rubio percentages impossible.

But then, math r hard. They don't teach that in SJW classes.

[hrtshpdbox]

Imagine if Marco didn't finish third in FL, but fourth; almost a quarter million absentee ballots were postmarked before Bush left the race, and Bush's name remains on the ballot.

http://fox40.com/2016/03/14/how-many-votes-will-jeb-bush-win-in-florida/

[Buckeye]

Going to the polls as soon as Mrs. Buckeye puts her face on.

Kasich GOTV effort yesterday was impressive, but was perhaps a tell.

Will be interesting to see what happens today.

[Porchlight]

Thanks all! Buckeye, she is really good and I love seeing all those pretty Gibsons behind her.

[Threadkiller]

That makes three names that shouldn't be on a legitimate ballot.

[Miss Marple 2]

Next, a cry to let all those Bush-voters re-vote. It's only fair....

[mike in houston]

https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2016/03/14/roderick-spode-the-real-donald-trump/

Roderick Spode: the Real Donald Trump

The more that I think of it, the more Donald Trump seems like a latter-day Spode. And the followers of both, alas, seem about equally astute. Here's Spode at a rally, and the response of one of Bertie's dimmer pals:

Roderick Spode: Citizens of Totleigh-in-the-Wold, I say to you that nothing stands between us and our victory except defeat! Tomorrow is a new day! The future lies ahead!

Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps: D'you know, I never thought of that.

Speaking of dogs my Scotty says every time she sees Donald Trump, "What a daft wee scunner he is"

[Theo]

Happy Birthday Porchlight!

[narciso]

They are a glutton for punishment.

[Miss Marple 2]

Well, good morning mike in houston!

I assume you are supporting Cruz. Good luck to you guys!

Bless your heart.

[Miss Marple 2]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/trump-campaign-conducting-background-checks-on-volunteers#.qnqWe72EQ

For some reason this seems to be a story, but I think all candidates should do it, especially with dems trying to infiltrate and terrorism and assorted other bad apples.

[Jack is Back!]

Kasich is playing the "daughter's card".

[maryrose]

Jack is Back
Your little dogs look so cute
I bet they are glad to have you home
Who was walking them during your rehab?

[narciso]

Well somebody leaked the email to buzzardfeed, so yes there's 1st least one mole.

[GUS]

Buckeye, thanks for the prop. Macyn is awesome and CREAM CITY music has a GIANT and I mean GIANT, blue GREG KOCH TELECASTER in it's front yard. I hate to even go there, it's like a little NASHVILLE. Btw, it's very close to Henry's office.

[Jack is Back!]

Damn, I often wondered when lurking here during my Rehab when someone would cite Wodehouse during this primary season. Thanks, Mike in Houston.

[Jane]

Here is the go fund me page for Hit's defense:

https://www.gofundme.com/6fcfd8
Now I am off to vote.

[GUS]

GRETSCH'S

[sbw]

Commenting over at Insty about the social justus crowd I wrote:

Social justice warriors don’t care about due process because “now” is the only time frame they know.

[sbw]

Wodehouse’s “brownshorts” is a priceless putdown.

[mike in houston]

mm

Is that a southern "bless your heart"? I never know how to take that phrase. My mom always used it to denote someone who wasn't quite right in the head. I'm sure you didn't mean it that way. Read the article, it is quite funny. I am a Cruz supporter because unlike many, I value reason and logic over feelings and false images.

[James D]

MM @ 10:16

Would that Romney's campaign had done that in 2012...

[Threadkiller]

Maybe you can help me with an unanswered question, mike.

Using reason and logic, do you find it believable that Cruz did not know he was a Canadian citizen until a newspaper article informed him in 2014?

[cindyk]

mike in houston: ...giggle giggle...snort snort...!

[Jack is Back!]

sbw,

Black Shorts.

[narciso]

So politico runs with a nonstory, fancy that.

[Miss Marple 2]

mike in houston,

Here I am trying to be positive and so a "Bless Your Heart" is what you get.

I am trying REALLY hard to like Cruz in case he's the selected nominee through negotiation (which is being pushed on Fox again now) so I am not getting into arguments.

[narciso]

Which they baited ever stone into contributing to.

[narciso]

Roger stone, maybe he's more out of the loop then I thought.

[Buckeye]

GUS

Yes she is good. I think she has a bright future as a fingerstylist.

Not many kids graduate from U of Wisconsin at 17.

[narciso]

That is wonderful, buckeye.

[GUS]

Hey Jack, my years old reconstructed left knee was bothering me yesterday. I thought of you and just kept my yap shut about it.
I hope you are well.

[Dave (in MA)]

Typo thread! Woo oho!

[clarice]

Happy Birthday, Porch.

Hope Hit gets outta jail.

Don't miss the story Iggy posted on the last thread.

Congratulations, Marlene--hope to see more of you and Jane next winter.

[hrtshpdbox]

Roger stone, maybe he's more out of the loop then I thought.

Stone is certifiably loopy, so there's that.

[narciso]

Rick santellu has some thoughts, about this part of the quarter quell, and the next round.

[Dave (in MA)]

The country is going to [Redacted for Lent] but by all means lets waste an entire week obsessing over whether some guy may or may not have grabbed the arm of somebody trying to invade the personal space of a presidential candidate.

[narciso]

How do they say it dave, first world problems.

[Dave (in MA)]

Malaise update for when DuDa comes to.

-
0
.
1

-
0
.
4

[narciso]

Meanwhile car bombs are going off in berlin, could be n'drangeta, or bratva or obshina (chechen), the mullahs got 13,000 pages of data from their guest on farsi, etc etc.

[narciso]

Red queen's amnesia is getting progressive.

[Thomas Collins]

James D, you're just envious that the Bronx Bombers are unlikely to accomplish what the Red Sox have in the last 14 seasons: (I) losing the ALCS on a home run after blowing a late inning lead; (II) winning the ALCS after falling behind three games to zero; (II) winning three World Series titles; and (IV) managing to finish last three of the last four seasons, the one non-last place finish being a World Series title. Rarely has a pro sports team demonstrated such excellence and incompetence in such a short time frame.

[Threadkiller]

http://spectator.org/articles/65782/meet-moveonorg-new-kkk

And Cruz blames Trump.

What a dope.

[Buckeye]

I think Zero/Lynchmob are kicking the Shrillary indictment can down the road.

Why get your hands dirty when she will do a fine job of drinking herself into a permanent stupor?

Somebody should make odds on how many days/weeks/months before the general election.

[sbw]

Right. Black shorts.

[middyfeek]

"Big Yankee seventh games"

As if.

[Eric in Boise]

Red queen's amnesia is getting progressive

Yeah, Combover Croesus may wear black shorts, but I'll wager he knows how many Americans died in Benghazi. Despicable She doesn't seem to.

[lyle]

Happiest of Birthdays, Porch!

[Captain Hate]

Just back from voting for Cruz although was tempted to go for Trump when Mutt Rombley appeared for the mailman's son. I wonder if Willard remembers how he got jacked around by Johnnycakes four years ago when he came to lend support to the anti-unions measure only to have our RINO governor decide the 12 apostles were like a union so that the issue was the work of Satan.

[jimmyk]

JiB's talking dog joke in the last thread reminds me of another one (not originally about a dog, but it works just as well):

A chasidic Jew all bedecked in traditional garb, long beard, big fur "streimel" (hat), walks into a bar being pulled along by a dog. The bartender says "No dogs allowed!" The dog responds, "Hey, I'm no ordinary dog!" The bartender is stunned, and decides not to throw them out. The dog continues, "My name is Fritz," and pointing his nose at the man, "and this is Moishe." The dog asks for some water, Moishe asks for a beer, and the three of them continue to chat. At some point the bartender shakes his head and asks "Wherever did you find such a creature?" The dog interjects, "Oh it was easy, they're everywhere in Brooklyn."

[Captain Hate]

HB Porch.

[DebinNC]

HB, Porch! Any day spent with a 5 yo is a happy one imo.

VDH: Time To Calm Down About Trump, as he's no worse than HC, Bernie, or BOzo ..

"Will someone uncover an early Trump essay with lines like the following: “A man goes home and masturbates his typical fantasy. A woman on her knees, a woman tied up, a woman abused.” “A woman enjoys intercourse with her man — as she fantasizes being raped by 3 men simultaneously” — replete with exegeses like the following: “Many women seem to be walking a tightrope,” as their “qualities of love, openness, and gentleness were too deeply enmeshed with qualities of dependency, subservience, and masochism.” If such a Trump text is uncovered, will he then be in league with the author of those lines, the young Bernie Sanders?"

[cheerleader]

At least Stone never concocted a phony swearing in ceremony, now that is loopy.

[boris]

I suspect people calling Trump Satan/Hitler/Hillary don't necessarily believe it but in their minds it justifies using Alinsky tactics to stop him.

[Buckeye]

good one jimmyk!

Course if I told that I would be branded RACIST.

Now that I know I am something like 1/512 Cherokee, do I get an automatic pass like Lizzy Warren??

[Miss Marple 2]

Retail sales down last month.

My personal sales on eBay were similar.

[Buckeye]

If the economy goes in the crapper this summer, probably anybody that can "fog a mirror" will beat Shrillary.

[BlueOx]

Wow, several months ago I stumble across a wonderful version of 1952 Vincent Black Lightning and GUS has a connection to the guitarist?

This place really is the center of the universe!

[Captain Hate]

Never heard Vaseline Machine Gun played on a National before. Used to be a big Leo Kottke fan when 12 and 6 String Guitar came out on John Fahey's Takoma label. Not a bad cut on it.

[Captain Hate]

BlueOx, are you a Richard Thompson fan?

[Porchlight]

I was never a Richard Thompson fan until I heard That Song, BlueOx.

[Porchlight]

But I don't generally enjoy covers of it, because it's the vocal that I like best.

[BlueOx]

I should be. I think I like most everything I've heard (which isn't a lot).

Count me as a "yes".

[-peter]

Happy birthday porch

[Buckeye]

http://youtu.be/1xUgsggpN44

Since everyone will be curious what you are talking about BlueOx

[BlueOx]

Porch,

Your comment about covers is kind of ironic since my first exposure to Richard Thompson was via the all-cover Beat The Retreat tribute album.

(X do a great version of Shoot Out The Lights.)

[BlueOx]

X do?

X does?

[BlueOx]

And the best version I've seen from the man himself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0kJdrfzjAg

[Buckeye]

http://youtu.be/kdEFrEFkvWc

Story behind Macyn Taylor

[Porchlight]

Thanks again for the birthday greetings, everyone. I love this place. Esp. now that I know Hit isn't in jail. :)

I remember that album, BlueOx. That is a great cover.

I love tribute albums. My favorite is the Neil Young one - The Bridge. Victoria Williams, Byrds and Grateful Dead tributes are also great.

[rich@gmu]

"the 12 apostles were like a union so that the issue was the work of Satan"

very good Captain Hate.

[rich@gmu]

and a funny joke jimmyk ...

Happy Birthday Porchlight.

[Captain Hate]

The first time I saw Richard Thompson was a tour promoting "Across a Crowded Room" which I thought was a great intro for me. Seeing him live is superior to records because he is an incredible guitarist by any standards and his between song comments are comedy club level funny. I've seen him about ten times, solo and with a band, the best of which was with his old band with Dave Matticks at a club on Halloween.

Neil Young appeals to the punk rockers because he's not a great singer, songwriter or guitarist but the performance is greater than the sum of the components. RT is excellent at all of them.

[rich@gmu]

Buckeye-

define "crapper"? from where I sit it should have been flushed twice ...

[Jack is Back!]

Thanks, Buckeye for that link at 11:53. Need to show Frederick after his guitar practice today and encourage him to replicate that skill:)

Is that Bluegrass or some variation [Remember I am a musical eunuch].

[Captain Hate]

Big fan of The Bridge.

[Porchlight]

I think Neil Young is a great songwriter, CH. But I generally agree with your "more than the sum of the parts" assessment. And his bands over the years have kicked ass in their own ways. Same with Costello and Tom Petty - the backing bands are very, very important.

[Captain Hate]

Conservative, tribute albums; is Porch not the perfect woman?

[Porchlight]

:) CH

[Porchlight]

You're too nice.

[sbw]

Driscoll at Insty points to a Fox video: Anti-Gun Protesters Storm Stage at Ted Cruz Rally.

Idiots! Suppose Cruz had felt threatened enough to defend himself with a weapon.

[Threadkiller]

Cruz is trying to get in on the riot scene.

Hillary tried to get some of Obama's "fainters" to put her on the radar as well.

[Elliott]

Happy birthday, Porchlight!

[Threadkiller]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=78rfAAjriBo

[Captain Hate]

At some point in the 90s I took the Hatettes on a road trip to Maryland to visit my kollidge buds. That was in the cassette era in cars so we would alternate choices. I played a Neil Young and Crazy Horse one and my youngest said "You say you don't like heavy metal but what is this?" I said "Welp everything is loud and discordant for sure; but the underlying songs are more folky and sing songy when you cut through the noise." I don't know if she agreed with me or not (or even understood; she was pretty young then); I'll try to remember to ask her next time we chat because her memory is pretty good.

[Miss Marple 2]

This is interesting. I have never run across an International Harvester refrigerator in my antique travels, but we are a little too far east from their target market.

Antique lore for those who are interested. Ima Harding was the fictional "Betty Crocker" of International Harvester:

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/irma-harding-the-woman-who-taught-rural-moms-to-kick-canning-and-start-freezing/

[hrtshpdbox]

So, I guess I'm just too dim to suss this out. Drudge headline blares "Trump at 53%", which links to a YouGov story that shows that poll result. Further down at that page are favorability ratings of each candidate, which has Trump at 66 favorable, 33 unfavorable - better than the other candidates. As polled by YouGove March 10-12th. Trouble is that Real Clear Politics notes a March 10-12th YouGov poll having Trump 36 pct positive, 61 pct negative, almost precisely the opposite result, and the RCP link brings you to a YouGov page which shows those numbers.

[Porchlight]

Thanks, Rich and Elliott! Great to see you both.

CH, very perceptive. I had the most awesome cassette collection in the '90s. It's still in a box under my house, but that crawlspace is not exactly climate controlled, so oops.

[hrtshpdbox]

The two respective clashing pages:

Trump YouGov favorability 66%:
https://today.yougov.com/news/2016/03/14/trump-rises-national-support-rubio-falls-and-carso/

Trump YouGov favorability 36%:
https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/fz4kxi611b/econToplines.pdf

[Captain Hate]

I've been meaning to ask Gus if he's an Eddie Van Halen fan? He became popular when I was being an idiotic jazz snob (let the beatings commence) but every now and then I'll hear something on a classic crock station that makes me think "[Redacted for Lent] that's good" and most of the time it's him.

[Porchlight]

Of COURSE it's good, CH. :)

I don't feel tardy.