RIP

Prince has passed on. A nation mourns.

Comments

[Porchlight]

My MN friends are having a hard time. I never thought of him as a real person, more of an alien come to earth and hiding out in Chanhassen, so it's not affecting me very much, I guess.

[Miss Marple 2]

Porchlight, Prince's rise came as I tuned out of pop music and moved to classical.

I honestly don't think I would recognize one song of his, although I knew who he was.

I am sorry for him and for his fans, but I am sort of bewildered.

[NK]

I do not favor polite euphemisms such as 'passed on'. The man died, can we just say that plainly.

[Miss Marple 2]

Now I have work to do, so will be gone until evening.

Everyone have a great day!

[danoso]

Jeeez, you too, TM?

I flip around the radio dial on the way in and just about every station is doing something about Prince - News/Talk, sports, whatever the format. I can understand '80s rock, but come on.

I go to the Weather Channel site, and they have a tribute to the guy - The Weather Channel? Seriously? Yahoo Sports - article about his 'incredible' SB halftime show - so incredible I don't remember it. If it wasn't Earf Day I'm sure Google would have some purple animation to mark the day.

Get off my lawn. Why do I have this nagging feeling that herd mentality tributes like this and the driving force behind the bathroom controversy are related.

[Johns_Creek_Bill]

Was never a big fan but his talent cannot be denied.

I do appreciate celebrities who keep there private lives private.

[Threadkiller]

A Deather thread?

::groan::

[Truthbetold]

TRUMP LOBBIED CONGRESS FOR HIGHER TAXES AND PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT

http://www.jenkuznicki.com/trump-lobbied-congress-for-higher-taxes-and-preferential-treatment

[Truthbetold]

Trump tells RNC don't worry I'm going to start telling different lies.

Manafort Tells RNC Trump Has a Different Private Persona
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/manafort-tells-rnc-trump-has-different-private-persona-n560186

[Captain Hate]

JCB pretty much speaks for me. Wasn't particularly interested in his music but a lot of people whose musical opinions I respect, including here, liked him a lot.

[Truthbetold]

And Trump agrees with them!

The accused pedophile behind the ‘bathroom bills’
http://www.trevorloudon.com/2016/04/the-accused-pedophile-behind-the-bathroom-bills/

[James D]

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/04/chelsea-clinton-now-scalias-gone/

I despise her. I don't care how difficult it probably was to grow up with parents as hideous as Bill and Hillary. In a sane world, she would be carted off along with both her parents to face the guillotine.

[buccaneer morgan]

She's a birgia whelp, it's in her nature.

[NK]

Happy Earth Day-- those of you on social media please post this link: https://www.ihatethemedia.com/earth-day-predictions-of-1970-the-reason-you-should-not-believe-earth-day-predictions-of-2009

[Marlene]

I just realized why Michelle was wearing that purple dress at the lunch they had with the Queen!

Hi Jane! We'll be down for a week-end in September. Have a great trip!

[maryd]

Color of royalty, Marlene?

[James D]

Marlene @ 10:20

Speaking of people whom I despise...

[Thomas Collins]

OK, so TM picked Prince over Chyna as a threadstarter. No disrespect to Prince or my JOM music lover friends, but pro wrestling in my opinion is a great combination of entertainment and physical danger. Pro wrestling is certainly prearranged, but there is nothing fake about it. When a big falootin' actor or actress has someone do a physical stunt for them, that's fake. Pro wrestlers are not only the personalities, but in effect serve as their own stuntmen or stuntwomen.

Speaking of pro wrestlers, have you seen your pal Ivory recently, Man Tran? How is she doing?

[Janet]

Imagine if the MFM covered the news about the multimillion dollar business of selling baby body parts like they are covering Prince. :(

"Evidence was released at the hearing showing a drop-down menu order form where researchers can order any and all baby body parts, including brain, heart, lungs, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, esophagus, tongue, and scalp. Yes, scalp." ...

page 9 of this pdf shows the order form - http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF04/20160420/104822/HHRG-114-IF04-20160420-SD003.pdf

http://thefederalist.com/2016/04/21/11-quick-takeaways-from-house-hearing-on-aborted-baby-parts-trafficking/

How is this not big news?

[jimmyk]

Miss M @9:19 speaks for me. I don't usually bother to post saying something does not interest me, but the degradation of the MSM is striking.

[Miss Marple 2]

Janet,

When they aren't covering something like Prince's demise, they occupy themselves with things like setting up this "Virtual Museum of the Obama Presidency:"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/obama-legacy/

The baby parts story will never be covered.

[Truthbetold]

Scarborough: Donald Trump is a centrist Democrat

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LqR-a4yFTzo&ebc=ANyPxKohJjbvCcXIsyaMxKXnUcMzvMOzIMsEaXX_20VVpTx8ZUD5sVlz-V0AzxOPwgT_V0AJFS8GyCTD67KbF5RS-WSPGd6HZQ&time_continue=71

[_peter]

Prince never did much for me. I thought that he had found religion a couple of years ago, but I guess it didn't last, as being a Jehovah's Witness and taking opiates usually don't go together. Like MM, when he broke out, I was just reaching that stage in life where rock and roll didnt seem as impressive as a good classical or jazz solo. I know others here disagree,. As for the current employment of the phrase, "passing on" frequently shortened to just "passing" what happened to "passing away" or simply "dying? "

As far as Prince's ability to play multiple musical instruments without instruction, in my life, I have known quite a few people with that ability, and don't find it all that impressive.

Apparently Prince was known as a musician who was very opposed to streaming because it did not generate revenue for the artist, so I guess he favored property rights, so in a sense there was a tiny bit of him that was conservative.

See, I managed to find something good to say about him.

[Captain Hate]

Dropping like flies: RIP Lonnie Mack

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yIeZSUevSuc

[James D]

Janet @ 10:55

The GOP ought to be using this as a major issue. Yeah, abortion is controversial, and they're afraid of another Todd Akin situation. I get that.

But for heaven's sake, They have clear, visual proof of businesses placing orders for human body parts with abortion clinics!

If they're not willing to take a stand on the for-profit harvesting of human bodies for parts, is thre ANYTHING they are willing to stand fast on?

And if they can't craft an effective message on that topic, given the available evidence and how gruesome it is, everyone involved should turn in their resignations and let somebody else take a turn.

[Dave (in MA)]

Apparently the lil' feller used to do the usual JW door-to-door thing just like everybody else, from what I heard on Red Eye Radio last night. Now, that would be weird.

[Captain Hate]

I taped this off state run radio and just about wore the oxide off playing it (definitely put a notch in the playback head). Mack doesn't appear until near the end but Lonnie Brooks put on incredible shows at this time:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wEo6mqkMs84

[Porchlight]

Yes, Prince used to go around the neighborhoods with Larry Graham, bassist for Sly & the Family Stone. I really respect that, honestly.

[buccaneer morgan]

Well so is morning joke, so he would recognize a kindred spirit.

I'd never heard of Lonnie Mack before.

[buccaneer morgan]

Lonnie brooks, sorry, meanwhile the jayvees are oppening another franchise south of the border.

[Captain Hate]

Lonnie Mack was kind of a cult figure who came out of nowhere to climb the charts with an instrumental version of Memphis and promptly disappeared from the public eye again. He was very influential on what became Southern Rock.

[_peter]

Lonnie Mack, an alligator records artist, played the blues.. I owned a couple of Lonnie Mack CDs but never knew he was white until now.
Huh. I denounce myself for my racism.

That is impressive that Prince went door to door with other JWs. Even more reason to hide behind the curtains when they knock

[Truthbetold]

Donald Trump was Epstein’s pal at that time. “He’s a lot of fun to be with,” Trump said. “It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”

[Texas Liberty Gal]

MM - Previous thread you said you felt Cruz was playing a con game too just like Trump. You must have examples - I'd love to hear them.

[Man Tran]

TC,

Ivory's doing great. We see her at least every week. My business partner/pal is her boyfriend. (Most of the west coast JOMers along with Jane, Caro, and CH have met him.)

BTW she's the one who discovered the Protandim (sp) I mentioned some months back that several folks are taking. She first found the doggy version that magically eliminated growths/lumps on the old timers.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Tons of commie death worshiping idiots commenting on that Federalist PP story.
They know that story is a massive problem that keeps rising from the dead. If they didn't think that they wouldn't care enough to even comment.

[Man Tran]

Porch,

Your comment that Prince was an alien is close to mine. I always thought he was the inspiration for the Pharoah in the Stargate movie.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--(Most of the west coast JOMers along with Jane, Caro, and CH have met him.)--

Is that the dude who had his daughters with him when we ate at the airport that time, MT?

[Porchlight]

Man Tran, I haven't seen that movie but from the Google images, it sounds like you are on to something.

Jehovah's Witness or no, I've thought of Prince as a Christian for a long time - the lyrics to "The Cross" seem pretty unambiguous. And lo and behold, here's a WaPo story saying he was not only Christian but conservative. That actually doesn't surprise me either. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/04/21/raunchy-prince-was-actually-a-conservative-christian-who-reportedly-opposed-gay-marriage/

[Dave (in MA)]

the Pharoah in the Stargate movie

Which restroom did he use?

[Man Tran]

Iggy,

Yep, that's the dude. The older daughter is finishing up her freshman year at Gonzaga.

[Porchlight]

From WaPo:

The Purple One’s religiosity became even more apparent after he turned to Jesus in 2001.

“I don’t see it really as a conversion,” he said. “More, you know, it’s a realization. It’s like Morpheus and Neo in ‘The Matrix’.”

Totally. Kind of funny because today I'm working on Sunday School lesson about the Road to Damascus.

[Miss Marple 2]

Texas Liberty Gal,

As I told NK, I have nothing to go on but my gut feeling, do not expect anyone to agree, and that's all I have to say.

I have made an effort to not post very many Trump stories here, since most people don't support him and I really am not looking to get into fights.

I did post a couple yesterday of general interest because they relate to the May 3 Indiana primary.

Now I am going away for the rest of the day. Have a good one!

[Free James D.]

Ig @ 12:04

I went back and read some of the comments. I think those people are possessed by demons.

I'm not being snarky or funny. I honestly believe that. It's hard to think of any other explanation for their seething, unreasoning malice and hate.

[buccaneer morgan]

He was played by the same guy from the crying game.

[Captain Hate]

Man Tran, I was too shocked from being in the presence of such neat people when we met up that I forgot to ask if there's any insider knowledge on what Sable is like. I remember the first time I saw her with Mark Meno before she had her fun bags cranked up and thinking "[Redacted], who is that?" Just absolutely gorgeous. I saw recently that she got hitched to Brock Lesnar which seems to have "train wreck" written all over it although I hope I'm wrong.

[Truthbetold]

MM

My gut tells me you're a progressive.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Geez, MT, you had me feelin sorry for the guy when we met.
Looks like things have improved markedly.
Good for him. :)

[Texas Liberty Gal]

MM - I was pretty sure you didn't have any examples because there aren't any.

You have a good day too!!

[Porchlight]

He was played by the same guy from the crying game.

I thought he looked familiar.

The Crying Game was such a weak movie. People actually didn't know the "secret" from the very beginning? Maybe I was tipped to it because I'd just seen a Hong Kong movie starring a tranny character the week before.

[buccaneer morgan]

Brooksie is more clueless than usual today.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Train wreck? This gal? No way...

One thing is certain though; there is no way she and Seinfeld were ever getting together.
Check out the man hands.

[NK]

Gangster organization, pure and simple: http://freebeacon.com/politics/virginia-gov-mcauliffe-200k-felons/

[lyle]

I was never a big Prince fan but I didn't actively dislike him either. I do remember back in the early VH1 and MTV music video heydays watching a Prince vid where he simulated ejaculation from the headstock of his guitar. No, I don't have any idea why I can recall that stunt...

[James D]

Wow. I just read the Brooks piece.

I don't think I've ever read anything as stupid. I think I lost a few IQ points just from reading it.

[lyle]

From NK's 12:34:

The move will likely boost Democrats’ chances of winning Virginia, a crucial swing state, in the November election. Hillary Clinton, to whom McAuliffe is a longtime ally, is likely to be the Democratic nominee for president.

In case you harbored any doubts as to the motivation behind this.

[Truthbetold]

NK

Felons back on the voting roles is going to go national. Watch for the felon Jesse Jackson Jr. to emerge as one of the champions of this scam. The groundwork was laid while he was in prison.

[Buckeye]

http://youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y

If you ever doubted that Prince was a self absorbed media whore, this will cure you. Starting about the 3:30 mark.

Credit where credit is due, dude could play the guitar.

[James D]

NK @ 12:34

And even though the Republicans hold the majority in both houses of the VA legislature, I'm sure there will be absolutely nothing they can do to stop this.

Hillary will be President, and the Dems will take the Senate, and the country will continue to disintegrate.

Thanks so much for nothing, GOP.

[Porchlight]

My FB feed is all Prince today. Oh, the crowd at First Ave last night sang Purple Rain in harmonious unity! Oh, the IDS tower is lit up purple!

Why do people lose their minds over the death of celebrities? It's embarrassing.

[Porchlight]

lyle, NK, I guess I take some comfort in the notion that they actually think they need help in VA.

[Porchlight]

There’s no question that we’ve had a horrible history in voting rights as relates to African-Americans–we should remedy it,” McAuliffe said Thursday ahead of the announcement, according to the New York Times. “We should do it as soon as we possibly can.”

Isn't it kinda RACIST to suggest that all these felons are black?

[Momto2]

Does anyone ever notice or care it's always the Dems who are behind these felons voting? I once worked as a volunteer in our elections office. Just before an election we were inundated with new voter registrations. We discovered they were all incarcerated and a local official with the D party had gone into the jail and registered everyone who was not already registered. He delivered these in a container like you use for bulk mail.

Fortunately, our elections supervisor did not take these at face value and each one had to be checked to see if they were legal. If they were convicted of a felony and still on probation etc. they were not allowed to vote. I heard later the guy took his cause before a judge and stated the ones who had not yet been tried should still vote. I think they let them vote a provisional ballot which would be kept in a "lockbox" until their court date and would then be counted or not. Of course, the election would be over by this time.

I really liked that lady but realized that many counties may have had workers who were too lazy to do all of that checking.

[NK]

Beyond this report, I don't know any details. My hope is that this is a desperation throw of the dice by McThief to bail out Hilligula based on HIS OWN staff's 'legal conclusion' that he has the power under the Va Constitution. Why do I think that analysis may be BS and the Courts will enjoin this act of tyranny. McThief should have a rendezvous with a lamp post in richmond.

[Dave (in MA)]

I'm going to a show tonight and it wouldn't surprise me if they did a Prince cover tune. One of the band members was way ahead of his time, having filmed a music video in a ladies room way back before the enlightened years that began on 01-20-09. (The video has a Larry Craig reference)

[Captain Hate]

McAwful is scum. When the idiots elected him, thanks in part to the RINOs bailing on Cooch, it confirmed every negative thing I'd thought of that [Redacted] state.

[Appalled]

NK

It's pretty clear the governor does have the power to do this in Virginia. See:

http://george.loper.org/trends/2009/Nov/HoganHartsonMemo.pdf

[Buckeye]

Speaking of race, my nephew (the guy you want as a coder ManTran) recently did one of the DNA tests that identify your ethnic makeup.

Since his dad is 100% Sicilian and showed up as 50% of his ethnic makeup, the rest of the results I can take to the bank.

Not only did it confirm my Native American ancestors that daddy discovered, but I find that I am 4% African. The rest was as expected, mostly Northern European Heinz 57.

Maybe I am related to Thomas Jefferson:)

I will be applying to teach 1 class at Harvard, and with my pedigree, won't settle for less than $500K/year. Lizzy Warren has nothin' on me!

[lyle]

Larry Craig!

I taught our two American Eskimo dogs to jump in my lap when I was sitting by spreading my legs and telling them, "c'mon, I'm giving you the Larry Craig wide stance." As soon as one of them leapt onto my lap I'd close my legs and give them my patented "puppy massage." (Use your best Brit accent on those two words.) It got a little complicated when they'd both leap at the same time.

[lyle]

Can't wait for you to start posting all your native American recipes, Buckeye.

[NK]

It's official, Appalled is a fool. Hogan and Hartson?

[Jack is Back! (As An Officially Declared Islamaphobe)]

Buckeye,

Nick Price, Gary Player and Ernie Els are Africans also:)

[Captain Hate]

I expect Buckeye to occupy the Great Serpent Mound as part of his birthright and set up a Powow Chow eatery.

[NK]

The Hogan and Hartson memo is beyond obnoxious. The entire context of the Va Constitution is the Governor's right to use the 'pardon' power in individual cases. The EO application to a 200,000 class of felons is a gross violation of the Constitution fundamental separation of powers. And the finnal graph in the memo betrays it's obnoxious power grab: 'consistent with growing consensus in the Nation..." 2 states permit felons to vote, 2 fucking states is some consensus. FUCK YOU appalled you degenerate.

[buccaneer morgan]

Well it's like malloy's milieu, nk, like back...

[Buckeye]

Can't wait for you to start posting all your native American recipes, Buckeye.

I better get busy learning them:)

The son of my grandmother's (where all this mixed ancestry comes from) little sister is offering to take Mrs. Buckeye and I to become acquainted with his family in Eastern Tennessee.

If they can cook as well as my Grandma, I am sure I will have a great opportunity to pick up some good recipes.

I do know how to skin squirrel and rabbit and clean fish, is that a start?

[lyle]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/04/22/monstrous-interference-uk-pols-furious-at-obamas-plan-to-intervene-in-eu-debate.html?intcmp=hpbt2

What a jerk.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Isn't it kinda RACIST to suggest that all these felons are black?--

Not once you realize they were in prison because of the color of their skin not the content of their rap sheet.

[lyle]

I do know how to skin squirrel and rabbit and clean fish, is that a start?

Undoubtedly more than Fauxcahontas can do, so yeah.

[lyle]

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/04/22/john-kasich-wishes-more-republicans-liked-democrats-ideas/

What a jerk.

[Appalled]

NK:

So you are an expert on the Virginia separation of powers? I am a little tired of the casual use of expletives used because you don't like the message. It's hardly my fault the GOP has decided to self-destruct this year, and is leaving the local populace angry and hollow eyed, and more inclined to jeremiads...

Look, I am just using Google here, like most of us, and I don't know the law firm. (Georgia. Non-lawyer) I picked this memo, rather than the ACLU one from 2013 because it went back further (2005). It does seem there is a history of the governor using this part of the VA Constitution for easing the felons don't vote provisions. that predates Terry

If the Virginia legislature has a case -- they will sue.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I think McAwful should be one of those felons having their voting rights restored.

However I'm guessing the Dems net about 6 votes out of 200,000 ex felon black dudes, with the choice of screeching, white trash Hillbilly Clinton as their savior.

[Buckeye]

Buckeye,

Nick Price, Gary Player and Ernie Els are Africans also:)

Good company for sure;)

I have a sneaky suspicion that my "mixed" ancestry had everything to do with a serious shortage of women folk back in the 1600/1700s out in the lonely frontier land.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--FUCK YOU appalled you degenerate.-

WTH?

[Captain Hate]

If nothing else, this long campaign has revealed what a pile of RINO [Redacted] Kasich is to the rest of the country.

Speaking of pests, I was accosted by somebody getting ballot signatures in front of the library. The first was some "clean energy" waste of money; I let him get a couple sentences out before saying "not interested". He quickly flipped over his clipboard and barely got the words "medical marijuana" out when I just said "No" and turned away. He said "it will happen anyway" to which I responded "then I guess you don't really need my signature" which a bystander apparently found amusing.

[Buckeye]

CH, do you see yourself staying in Ahia long term?

I'm thinking that it probably isn't a good idea.

When the OPM flow starts shrinking, Ahia will turn into a stinking pile pretty quickly.

[Buckeye]

into a bigger stinking pile...

[Captain Hate]

I should probably be more proactive than I've been so far, Buckeye.

[jimmyk]

Perhaps lawyers here can comment, but a legal opinion by some law firm sought out by an activist organization to support its mission is hardly dispositive. An actual legal case, decided by a judge, would have some weight, but an opinion is worth about the paper it's written on.

[maryrose]

Good for you Captain
I thought the marijuana cause was already decided.
TLK
So true
McAuliffe may have to run his plan past the Supreme Court.
Is t no felons voting settled law?
If not which other states allow it
One positive thought _If Hil gets referred to JP then Dems are stuck with Bernie as the nominee.
Already insiders are urging him to drop out
I love that Hildebeast just can't put him away.

[maryrose]

Good for you Captain
I thought the marijuana cause was already decided.
TLK
So true
McAuliffe may have to run his plan past the Supreme Court.
Is t no felons voting settled law?
If not which other states allow it
One positive thought _If Hil gets referred to JP then Dems are stuck with Bernie as the nominee.
Already insiders are urging him to drop out
I love that Hildebeast just can't put him away.

[Captain Hate]

Hurricane Camille is directly over Cankleville:

http://www.salon.com/topic/camille_paglia/

[Captain Hate]

Hmmmm, specifically this:

http://www.salon.com/2016/04/21/enough_with_the_hillary_cult_her_admirers_ignore_reality_dream_of_worshipping_a_queen/

[maryrose]

Mental illness is a disease and party of our society.
We need to recognize this and work to help those who suffer from it.

[NK]

jimmyk-- Hogan and Hartson has historically been the DNC in exile. This was a plot to steal close elections years in the making. Separation of Powers mean nothing and Govs/POTUS are deemed sovereigns because the courts interpret constitutions as suggested by the shameless shills.

[maryrose]

Should be part of

[maryrose]

Should be TLG

[Appalled]

NK:

In other words --- it would likely be upheld, though it shouldn't be. In your view, the law is not just an ass, it is a degenerate ass...

[Theo]

jimmyk is certainly right that an opinion of counsel that is a thinly disguised advocacy piece is hardly definitive. It is more like a brief than a court ruling.

That having been said, I think that H&H is a respected enough law firm that one can say with some certainty that the position they stake out is not affirmatively bat guano crazy. Our good friend NK may have overreacted a bit to Appalled's posting of this memo.

I do not know whether the governor of Virginia can issue some sort of edict that restores voting rights en masse to the state's convicted felons. But apparently there is at least a colorable argument that he can do so. I would suspect, as with so many legal arguments, the outcome depends on what judge or tribunal makes the decision.

[James D]

It's hardly my fault the GOP has decided to self-destruct this year, and is leaving the local populace angry and hollow eyed, and more inclined to jeremiads...

Actually, it kind of is. It's the fault of people who counsel moderation at every turn, who advise the GOP to never fight, to never stand on any principle, to surrender on immmigration, on the budget, on social issues, on everything, until it's clear to everyone that it stands for nothing.