Throw Another Straw On the Fire

We're grilling nothingburgers today - looks like Ivanka better not run for President.

Comments

[Captain Hate]

MAGA South:

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=378228#Top

[Jack is Back!]

Cathyf,

The UPS algorithm is only about 70% effective, mostly because traffic engineering designs that restrict left turns. But it is mostly concerned with left turns at large intersections with lights, and idle time.

When I first read of UPS using them to schedule each route, I asked my UPS guy when he showed up, how many left turns did he make today? He looked at me like I was an idiot. A lot of the drivers were never informed about the route scheduling algorithm.

My OR was in R&D on increasing target acquisition speed and quality. But pretty similar approaches.

[Pinandpuller]

I think this guy needs inversion therapy

[clarice]

Good afternoon,JOM..glad to see the holiday spirit hasn't tempered your feisty spirits.

[jimmyk]

Some perspective

The writer of that piece seems to think that Obama-appointed judges might actually follow the law.

[Jane]

TC,

It's been decades since I imbibed. Altho I had a boyfriend for about 20 years who loved the stuff. I used to keep some around for him.

[Porchlight]

Trump was really funny when pardoning the turkeys. Said he couldn't guarantee that the Ninth Circuit wouldn't rescind the pardon.

[Account Deleted]

was The Rat's Wife considered a "shovel ready project"?

Where did all that stimulus money go? The Rat and his Wife are like Mugabe or Amin or any other tin-pot thief-in command.

The billion dollar brand? Who would invest in two talentless, shallow boors with made up lives?

Oh. Wait.

[Account Deleted]

So will POTUS declassify on December 24th? Put a little ca-ca in their Christmas Cupcakes.

Have a nice "winter holiday", Comrades. Love, the CIC.

IHTFP

[Extraneus]

Georgia Democrats Seek Repeal of ‘Undemocratic’ Voter Purge Law Passed by Georgia Democrats

Georgia House Democrats are proposing a repeal of what they're calling an "undemocratic" law passed by the state's Democrats in the 1990s allowing the secretary of state to purge inactive voters from the rolls.

Democratic House Minority Leader Bob Trammell brought the repeal legislation forward on Friday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

"With today’s technology, there’s no excuse that justifies making voting harder rather than simpler," he said. "The process of purging people from the voter registration rolls solely because they haven't voted in recent elections is undemocratic and corrosive to the integrity of our elections process."

Known as the "Use It or Lose It" law, the bill was passed by a Democratic legislature and signed into law by Georgia Gov. Zell Miller (D.) in 1997.

[Captain Hate]

Closer to my home, the hemorrhoid is all alone by the telephone.

Has an amber alert been issued yet? All those bottled up c&p impulses can't produce a good outcome.

[Old Lurker]

Kev "So will POTUS declassify on December 24th?"

Better to assume it never will be declassified, and there was nothing there, and nobody will be held to account for anything, and that it was all just opium for our side to keep our blood boiling so we would vote the way the puppet masters wanted us to vote. And yes, they will play the same card again and again until the ink is worn off the cards, and they will pump up both sides to make it look like a race. But nobody is going to drain the Swamp, and nobody is bringing the Constitutional Rule of Law back to this population which doesn't know what it was in the first place, and doesn't want it in the second place. Those who do are mostly old and will be gone soon enough. Demographics = Destiny.

There.

Have a nice day.

[Captain Hate]

One last middle finger to the base:

Ohio Gov. John Kasich will veto both a heartbeat bill and stand-your-ground legislation if the controversial bills reach his desk during the legislatures current lame-duck session.
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 20, 2018 02:14 PM (JFO2v)

[Narciso79]

The odd thing is that paper is still around:

https://amgreatness.com/2018/11/19/big-medias-power-games-and-the-khashoggi-affair/

[Narciso79]

Well he looks the first zombie convert in dawn of the living dead so...

[Pinandpuller]

The billion dollar brand? Who would invest in two talentless, shallow boors with made up lives?

Oh. Wait.

Posted by: Kevlar Kid | November 20, 2018 at 02:05 PM

Some black guys I used to work with got branded by their fraternity.

[Narciso79]

Yes it's still around:

https://al-bab.com/blog/2018/10/libyan-warlords-pr-man-joins-panel-syria

[daddy]

OK, here are the horrendous injuries sustained by Michelle Fields when Cory Lewandowski assaulted her:

And if you scroll down you can see the horrible injuries sustained by the Estonian Actress that Michael Avenatti assaulted: PICTURED: Injuries of actress who claims Michael Avenatti hit her in the face with pillows, dragged her across the floor in her underwear and called her an 'ungrateful b***h'

If John Kerry had sustained such horrific injuries as these 2 women during his service in Viet Nam I'm sure he'd have had at least 2 more Purple Hearts, but mainly the pictures convince me that both gals would make great Soccer players.

[lyle]

It appears the attempt of the delightfully named Marcia Fudge to take out Botox Nancy as majority leader seems to have hit a bump. As in a “attesting to the sterling character of a wife murdering suspect” bump...

[henry]

I'm sure Pelosi said nice things about sex perv Wiener... lets have a mutual nuking!

[Jack is Back!]

Got the USMNT game against Italy on. They are playing in Genk, Belgium, Cristal Arena. Now it well from going to games there. It has to be the youngest team we have ever assembled. The Italians own the stands but there are a good amount of Americans. However, the Italians sing better and look happier.

I think there may be one American player who is over 21. The best player is Pulisic who plays for Borussia Dortmand in the Bundesliga and he is just 20.

Talking about a learning experience. Very good Turkish ref and assistants. Should be a fun game.

[Narciso79]

Was that wrong, lyle it wasnt in the manual.

[Narciso79]

Fwiw:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/devin-nunes-fourth-bucket-of-classified-emails-show-info-withheld-from-fisa-court

[Jack is Back!]

Pelosi or any senior Dem knows how to handle these leadership elections, whether she is onset dementia or not. You set up a Pac or have your sponsors do it, and you give money to your members during elections, etc. Marcia (white or chocolate) Fudge has zilch of a Pac. So does Tim Ryan.

I have no idea why this is so difficult for the media and others to understand. Trump does and is why he is shaking their cage.

[jimmyk]

Hi, Clarice! How's Hawaii treating you?

[lyle]

Was that a George Costanza “was that wrong” question, narc? 😉

[henry]

Run on the "robot in every home" platform. This one cleans bathromms:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/robots-finally-learning-to-clean-the-bathroom

[Narciso79]

Yes that's the gist, how are you doing?

[Jack is Back!]

Actually, 9 of the 11 starters are under the age of 23. Avg. age is 22.

Its a movement. Great save by our GK.

[lyle]

Geez, jimmyk, is that a trick question?

(I have a lot of questions about questions.)

[Narciso79]

It starts that way, then animatrix.

[lyle]

Great, buddy, thanks for axing. For some odd reason, I’m actually looking forward to the holidays.

[Jack is Back!]

henry,

Did you notice how the guy got up and moved away from the throne before the bot cleaned it:)

[henry]

event rules... he can't interfere with the robot. too close is considered cheating.

[Narciso79]

It seems the muddled screenplay made fantastic beasts more selective.

[henry]

José Alberto Niño @JoseAlNino
1h

Friendly reminder:

Steak is a health food.

[daddy]

Schumer's ties to actual criminal Wiener.

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) defended Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) Monday, saying he's sure the congressman had nothing to do with a controversial tweet that appeared on Weiner's Twitter account.

Schumer: "I don't know the details. But I know him to be a person of integrity and I am virtually certain he had nothing to do with this."

[Jack is Back!]

Heh!

[Old Lurker]

Henry "Friendly reminder: Steak is a health food."

Somewhere between the first anniversary and the 42, all married couples find themselves in a routine. My wife, starting X years ago, wanting to make something appealing to me for dinner, would ask me "what do you feel like for dinner?" As the years go by this gets accompanied with an unspoken "do you really have to have dinner EVERY night when she is happy with just a salad?", but the fact of the matter is it shifts the (ungodly) burden to me to suggest a menu. Seeing how that story was going to go, I started answering that question with "I would like two cheeseburgers and french fries..."

[MissMarple2]

President @realDonaldTrump, joined by @FLOTUS, has officially pardoned this year's National Thanksgiving Turkey, Peas—and his alternate, Carrots! pic.twitter.com/ExL9pgK8Bo

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) November 20, 2018

Short clip at the link, mainly to show Melania's swell coat.

[MissMarple2]

Back from the grocery, and everything unloaded and put away. Whew!

Dogs are happy because I brought home TREATS!!

I think Kroger puts drugs in their Pupperoni knock-offs.

[Jack is Back!]

OL,

I have gone from a Belgian wife ordering Steak au Poivre or Steak Tartare to salads, or just some paté and crackers, and I have to follow (natch). She will be so disappointed when she comes back from Belgium and looks in the fridge and finds the remnants of my pot roast from a few nights back.

[Jim,SunnyvaleCA,USA]

Apologies if already posted, running way behind ....

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-19/democratic-2020-candidate-pushes-us-govt-sponsored-social-credit-system-china

And the weakly standard branch of GOPe weighs in
https://pjmedia.com/trending/betrayal-ohio-gov-kasich-announces-he-will-veto-heartbeat-bill-and-stand-your-ground-measure/

[MissMarple2]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/border-security-beefed-up-in-san-diego-after-reports-caravan-migrants-planned-to-run-through-traffic-lanes-dhs

[Marlene]

Good afternoon! OL just mentioned salad. The CDC is warning people that it is not safe to eat ANY romaine lettuce. That must why I heard Shep warning everyone to THROW AWAY the romaine lettuce in your refrigerator.

[henry]

Sure... social credit. go for it.

[henry]

what happened to lettuce?

[Jim,SunnyvaleCA,USA]

Busted link. This should be better

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-19/democratic-2020-candidate-pushes-us-govt-sponsored-social-credit-system-chinas

[Extraneus]

Nice pic at 3:20, Jack.

[Jack is Back!]

Isn't it great how Trumppalooza has revealed all these fakers like Katshit?

The Bushies, the Romney's, the whole GoPe estabishement but also brought to light people like Jordan, Nunes, Gohmert, Gaetz, DeSantis, et. al. Whatever Conservatism represented before Trump is now on a Rush Limbaugh trajectory, since he is the Donald's biggest cheerleader, and in my opinion his unofficial strategist. I'll bet Trump and Rush talk to each other several times a day.

YMMV

[Marlene]

henry,E.coli.

[MissMarple2]

https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/20/demint-republicans

DeMint: Republicans Can Deserve To Win 2020 — By Following Trump’s Lead
===============

I can see the CoC GOP clutching their pearls, now.

[MissMarple2]

Ahem:

[Jack is Back!]

Geebus,

I have two bags Mrs. JiB left me to devour. Ha! Great excuse: E.coli.

wonderful news. But I love a well made Ceasar with a nice Salmon.

[Extraneus]

Tried posting these two links without comment, but TP apparently thinks that was spam, so here goes...

Study: 97.8% of Mass Shootings Since 1950 Occurred in ‘Gun-Free Zones’

FBI Data Shows Armed Citizens Have 94% Success Rate Stopping Would-Be Mass Shooters

[daddy]

Report: House Oversight Democrats to Probe Ivanka Trump’s Personal Email Use

You have to give the Left credit for having no fear.

Our side couldn't even investigate Hillary and E-mail gate, nor Lois Lerner, nor Awan-Gate, nor vote for Wall Funding, nor even do so much as to pull funding for NPR/PBS. Great job Ryan.

[Dave (in MA)]

Kendonesian Kommie Bastard has Daddy issues.
And Mommy issues.
And issues.

[Jack is Back!]

Ex,

Too many facts in those links for the average public school educated American can understand. More lies, lies, and statistics, as Twain would say.

[Old Lurker]

Social Credit?

Top MBA programs (as I have complained) are now teaching future business leaders to think in terms of "multiple bottom lines". So what's the dif?

Just you wait until businesses have to file a tax return for profits, then another for pollution, another for payments made to the community, another detailing the sources of the energy they consumed, and so on and on.

You have no idea how close we are to that day. We would be there had Hillary beaten Trump. No reason to think we won't get there after Trump is gone.

[daddy]

what happened to lettuce?

It never got a GED.

Twain: Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

And don't get me started on kale.

[Account Deleted]

OL:

it's better for *YOU* to feed that doomsday view to your subconscious on a daily basis.

if we were surrounded on some desolate hill, being shelled relentlessly, with Donald J. Trump in command, i'd request a transfer out of the foxhole if it were *YOU* sharing it with me.

there's to much fight left to go--- and it won't be resolved in DC. but that isn't even part of the point you felt compelled to make.

i do not think your view is better than any view i might espouse, now or in the future.

There.

PS: are you and i devolving again? :D

[Captain Hate]

You have to give the Left credit for having no fear.

Trump will sandbag them like the Rat did, which was very instructional in just how little investigating power the House has when a President doesn't feel like playing along.

[Account Deleted]

"My mommy was pornographed by a Marxist Mandingo type."

There. No mommy issues there.

"Oh. And i love having my fudge packed."

There no daddy issues there.

"Oh. And i married a weird mix of...wait. never mind. We have a pre-nup."

IHTFP.

[Captain Hate]

Yeah the Rat going after mommy issues is dumb even for him. Maybe he's back on the pipe again; the glass one...

[Account Deleted]

Hey Dave
I love your typepad picture! "Your Ad Here" Hah!

[Account Deleted]

Kale went to Yale.
Then ended up in Jale.
Two time loser.

DOH! :D Ducks!!!

[Account Deleted]

Glad you said glass--- i thought you meant Reggie's pipe. :D

[Jack is Back!]

OH! HELL!!! ... Let's Offend Everybody!

Q. What's the Cuban National Anthem?
A. Row, Row, Row Your Boat.

Q. Where does an Irish family go on vacation?
A. A different bar.

Q. What did the Chinese couple name their tan, curly-haired baby?
A. Sum Ting Wong.

Q. What do you call it when an Italian has one arm shorter than the other?
A. A speech impediment.

Q. Why aren't there any Puerto Ricans on Star Trek?
A. Because they're not going to work in the future either.

Q. Why do Driver Ed classes in redneck schools use the car only on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays?
A. Because on Tuesday and Thursday, the Sex Ed class uses it.

Q. What's the difference between a southern zoo and a northern zoo?
A. The southern zoo has a description of the animal ... Along with a recipe.

Q. How do you get a sweet little 80-year-old lady to say the 'F' word?
A. Get another sweet little 80-year-old lady to yell, 'BINGO!'

Q. What's the difference between a northern fairytale and a southern fairytale???
A. A northern fairytale begins, ...'Once upon a time...'
A southern fairytale begins, ... 'Y'all ain't gonna believe this shit.'

Q. Why doesn't Mexico have an Olympic team?
A. Because all the Mexicans who can run, jump, or swim are already in the United States

[Old Lurker]

Daddy "Great job Ryan."

He had a lot of help from the winning team, Daddy.

[Account Deleted]

Thanksgiving menu roll out for the Beaster Feaster at Chez Kid, in honor of College Man's favoritos:

Appetizers:
Home-made tortilla chips
Home-made serrano green salsa
Pomegranate Lemonade(xylitol sweetener)

Main Deal:
Organic "Free Huey" Chicken Mammaries
(biggunz mah lawd: to be deep fried in the turkey fryer)

Boats of:
Mole' Sauce (deep dark chocolate and poblano base)
Chicken Grevvy

Greens:
5 green salad mixed with raw broccoli slaw
Balsamic glaze and olive oil dressing

Sides:
Yam/Russet mix mash with diced raw Anaheim chilis

Fresh made cranberrie sauce (xylitol sweetener)

Dessert:
Numi Jasmine Green tea
Italian ice

Two hour preparation time....and i don't do no steenkeeng deeshes. :D

[Buckeye]

Sitting in ATL waiting to take a flight home.

Place is a zoo.

Job 1 when I get home is figuring out which packing box my Ahia State garb is in:)

4 days until kickoff.

[daddy]

Trump in an impromptu Press Conference says that the CIA told Trump about MBS "maybe he did, maybe he didn't," meaning they do not have a definitive answer on if the Saudi Prince actually called for the murder of Kashogi. Regardless, Trump say he is going to continue to work with and have a continuing relationship with Saudi Arabia and he is doing it because it is in America's interests to continue that relationship and it would be detrimental to America to sever the relationship over this. And he is unapologetic about it.

[Account Deleted]

Buckeye:

i have a vested interest in seeing Harbag and the wolvies get emasculated on Saturday.

it galls me to think that ND served Harbag a royal beatdown and he's still getting ranked in the top ten, i don't care what conference he is in.

go Buckeyes.

safe travels!

viva Tsalagi.

Kev

[Buckeye]

And he is unapologetic about it.

Good. Sure the press won't approve of his "tone".

[Jack is Back!]

Just watched a bullshit game. The Turkish referee allows Italy to run the clock in stoppage time until they can score a goal. What a fix. The US team held them scoreless for 94 minutes.

Stolen.

[boatbuilder]

UNL Vice Chancellor for Diversity Will Receive $250K

His statement said: “I am grateful for the opportunity to create and lead this inaugural office and work with the campus and extended communities to position diversity, inclusion and equity for the next 150 years. I invite others to join me in this journey.”

So he took the lump sum payment?

[Account Deleted]

Each team in the BCS Champinchip gets 18M according to Real Clear Sports.

If the IRISH should be blessed to appear, it's my recollection of past bowl game distributions, the IRISH won't have to divide their loot with ennabuddy.

Don't look past the Trojans and get hosed!

[Account Deleted]

"Journey".... the most overused word in academic administration "parlance d' puque".

[Old Lurker]

Kev "PS: are you and i devolving again? :D"

No need for that, Kev. As long as you don't accuse me of undermining our chance of victory in the fight, I won't accuse you of tricking our side into assuming some rosy outcome so why worry. You did just that by moving the goal posts we all moved all last year about exactly when the 4D bomb would be set off, decimating all of our enemies, suggesting that now Trump will do it Christmas Eve. You obviously don't like my observation that by this time I might rather assume it was never there in the first place.

So what?

Perhaps if you would, rather than say "we don't need your Doomsday view" (which, when I express it is almost always predicated on an event, or fact, or a result, or some new threat to which I am calling attention) if you might explain what about the thing I am referring to is wrong, I would be all ears.

You and I get crossways, not when we see things differently, but when you attack the messenger rather than the message, and when you assume some higher standard of speaking with the group here than I might be using.

As Cap'n might say "I yam what I yam...hush me if you like but don't lecture me on what I think." Or on what I say unless I make a mistake (which I have) or when I cross some line of courtesy (which I have but less often than when I say something wrong).

[henry]

Nuke Turkey

[Jack is Back!]

henry,

I agree. How do you allow a team totally underrated to the team they are playing in a "Friendly" but playing them to a draw get a goal with the clock runned out? Felt it was a designed move by the ref. He already has a bad rap from England. Typical FiFa and UEFA who sponsored this fraud.

[daddy]

Recreational marijuana sales to begin in Massachusetts Tuesday and the first two customers have already been selected

Howie Carr is mimicking his Chapel Hill years by pretending to bogart a joint and playing Hendrix in the background as bumper music.

[Manuel Transmission]

Well, Mrs MT whipped up her first Caesar salad in, like forever and I had a fairly thorough cleansing overnight. :( Never happens to me, so I was a bit surprised. She bought it a Costco Saturday.

[daddy]

Suggested pot name from Howie's Chump line:

Maui Howie

[Jack is Back!]

MT,

As long as you wash it down with a glass of Makers Markd ditch, you should be fine.

[Extraneus]

Obama Blames Slow Climate Change Progress On "Confused, Blind, Racist, Shrouded With Hate" Americans

"...the reason we don't [invest in climate change policies] is because we are still confused, blind, shrouded with hate, anger, racism - mommy issues..."

“I mean, we — we are we are fraught with stuff,” he continued,

“And — and so if that’s the case then the single most important thing that we have to invest in is not all — and look I’m a huge supporter of science and technological research and social science and, you know, evidence-based learning and all that good stuff.

I’m — I’m — people call me Spock for a reason, I believe in reason and logic and all these enlightenment values, but the thing that really we have to invest in is people. We got to get people to figure out how they work together — in a — you know, how do we get people to work together in a cooperative, thoughtful, constructive way."

[Jack is Back!]

Ex,

He is even more stupid than Ocassionally Corpulent. What a fucking idiot we elected to the POTUS. He can't even spell his name.

[henry]

Who the hell calls him Spock? What science did he take?

effing red shirt reject

[cathyf]

MT — if you had planned ahead you would have been all set for a colonoscopy!

[Narciso79]

More like his daffy half brother in the 5th trek film

[henry]

Saavedra

BREAKING: President Donald Trump has submitted his answers to questions from special counsel Robert Mueller

[MissMarple2]

I have rice in the cooker and am preparing a stir-fry tonight.

Kev, When reading Old Lurker's stuff I simply umagine the satisfaction I will feel when things turn out swell and I get to say "Neener, neener!" to him.

He obviously never read any Norman Vincent Peale.

MY position is that I don't know what in the hell is going on, but I trust Trump does and so will leave it up to him.

If disaster comes, I will deal with it at that time. Until then, I choose to be in a hopeful mind set. It's much easier on my blood pressure.

Now, for a martini!

[Captain Hate]

I had a fairly thorough cleansing overnight

Speaking of which, my first colonoscopy is scheduled for January.

[Jack is Back!]

BREAKING: President Donald Trump has submitted his answers to questions from special counsel Robert Mueller

Why?

[henry]

McGahn told Trump he would get impeached if he asked for this. So lack of indictments is wholly on Sessions:

CNBC

Trump reportedly told White House counsel McGahn he wanted to prosecute Hillary Clinton and James Comey

https://twitter.com/cnbc/status/1065009515689664513?s=21

[Captain Hate]

HOF AtC:

I was friends with a member of Kasich's extended family and thus had the utter misfortune of being at social gatherings where he was.

However much you think he's an asshat who believes his farts don't stink, he's three times as bad.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at November 20, 2018 04:51 PM (mf5HN)

[Manuel Transmission]

cathyf, that’s exactly what I was thinking. :)

[Extraneus]

Why?

Maybe Herr Mueller offered to wrap it up sooner.

[Pinandpuller]

I have to say Michelle Obama looks better than DeNiro or Perlman's wife. God love 'em.

[Pinandpuller]

Something does not add up

Who's going to pay for all my kids?