A Character Building Opportunity

I have NOT been watching this debate because I am a man of low character. But I will read about it at some point.

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[matt - deplore me if you must]

Primiero??

[matt - deplore me if you must]

So has anyone in the debate come out for the New Socialist He/She yet?

[Dave (in MA)]

D in prev. thread:

Booker says he hears gunshots in his neighborhood.

Republican baseball practice nearby?

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Everyone must be engrossed in the debate. It's quiet in here. Too quiet.....

Either that or everyone is already totaled from drunkblogging.

[Threadkiller]

I have been monitoring DawsonSField's twitter account. I assume that a few of the Dems on the stage are White Hats and I am waiting for his confirmation.

[D]

TK:
I laughed out loud at that.
Ryan and Delaney are the only ones making sense and they are shushed by the moderators.

[sbwaters]

Whoa! How did I last this long watching the debate?

Probably switching from popcorn to Eggos and bourbon.

[D]

Now it is the minority victim issue.Everyone should vote according to Klobuchar.

[MissMarple2]

Tim Young
‏Verified account @TimRunsHisMouth
5m5 minutes ago

This #DemDebate is just a free 2 hour advertisement for Trump 2020.

[rich]

everyone is drunk on the other thread.

[D]

Dave:
Love the humor tonight!

[peter]

Castro just used the word Latinos, instead of Latinxes. Is he a sexist?

[Momto2]

Andrew Surabian
@Surabees

I've concluded exactly two things from the first hour of the #DemDebate:

1. I should have paid attention in my High School Spanish class.

2. @realDonaldTrump will be reelected President in 2020.

[Pinandpuller]

Castro is the only Lah-tee-noe running.

Beto Myth...Busted!

[D]

Very little on foreign policy, which is most of the presidential job.

[D]

DiBlasio butting in.
World War 2 story about dad.

[MissMarple2]

Just stopped in Alaska and said hello to our GREAT troops! pic.twitter.com/oLYn1mpaVm

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2019

Video at link.

[Dave (in MA)]

Dan McLaughlin

@baseballcrank
We all know what this debate needs right now.

[sbwaters]

Klobuchar, Beto, Booker, Castro, Gabbard, DeBlasio, Delaney, Inslee, Ryan all lost.

Lester won't be the candidate. Rachel won't be. NBC won't be.

Warren didn’t kill herself, but she can’t beat Trump.

[Pinandpuller]

Who is the bug eyed sage of Youngstown?

[D]

Gabbard and Ryan-going at it.

[Narciso79]

I guess Ryan is where Gephardt was 30 years ago.

[Pinandpuller]

What's the difference between Paul Ryan and Tim Ryan?

Really, other than first names.

[MissMarple2]

Trump's 2 tweets about the debate:

1. Quality assessment: BORING.

2. Gives NBC hell for the technical screw-up.

3. Tweets a video of him demonstrating how a REAL President behaves, greeting the troops in Alaska with Air Force One in the background. You cannot imagine ONE person on that stage who could fill his shoes.

[sbwaters]

Dave, on point.

[Pinandpuller]

Beto has elf ears, nearly Klingon but not quite. He's so lifelike.

[MissMarple2]

Well, a typo. 3 tweets.

[Dave (in MA)]

Joe Battenfeld and 7 others follow
Evan Lips@evanmlips
Waiting to hear audio of Frank Drebin taking a leak.
 #DemDebate

[Narciso79]

Was Steve Harvey running thr audio?

[Narciso79]

Is it safe?

[Pinandpuller]

The guy on the far right reminds me of David Koechner. Isn't DeBlasio on the far left lol?

[sbwaters]

Mollie Verified account @MZHemingway

Russia collusion conspiracy theorist Rachel Maddow is asking Delaney for his thoughts on whether Trump can be prosecuted for things after he leaves office. These last two questions from partisan moderators are making the candidates seem less radical.

[sbwaters]

Um, do we have to have another debate tomorrow?

[D]

Delaney caught off guard with greatest threat.
Half of the candidates say climate change biggest threat.

[MissMarple2]

sbwaters,

According to what I am reading NBC is asking if Trump can be arrested when he leaves office, and at least a couple of these morons said yes.

How is this not stirring up sedition? It seems to me like NBC wants civil war.

[Narciso79]

The beatings will continue,

Btw it was that gay antifa Carlos meza who called to ban the Donald subreddit three days ago.

[sbwaters]

The good news is that the Democratic kick line will be shorter tomorrow.

[D]

Ryan is right about Dems being a coastal party .

[Pinandpuller]

Serious Question

[Narciso79]

I forgot they left out Marianne williamson.

[sbwaters]

Klobuchar has no chance. Booker has no chance. Beto has no chance.

Hell, none of them have a chance.

[Pinandpuller]

I was born a poor Black child.

[clarice]

ALL RIGHT I CAN'T RESIST..BEN SHAPIRO,"WAIT TILL WARREN STARTS TALKING IN CHEROKEE."

[sbwaters]

Time for bed. No battery left.

[Pinandpuller]

Lester Holt has no chance to replace whatshisface on The Blacklist.

[Narciso79]

Very unlikely not even the top bureau guy on blindspot.

[Neo]

And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this ashtray... And this paddle game. - The ashtray and the paddle game and that's all I need... And this remote control. - The ashtray, the paddle game, and the remote control, and that's all I need... And these matches. - The ashtray, and these matches, and the remote control, and the paddle ball... And this lamp. - The ashtray, this paddle game, and the remote control, and the lamp, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The paddle game and the chair, and the remote control, and the matches for sure. Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

[MissMarple2]

From what I can tell reading here and on Twitter, this was so bad that I bet the debate tomorrow will be ignored by most people, which will be hilarious - lower ratings for the front-runners!

I am going to bed and listen to that excellent speech the President gave this afternoon.

Nytol!

[bubarooni]

"WAIT TILL WARREN STARTS TALKING IN CHEROKEE."

I'm gonna nominate that for Best Comment on the Debate.

Damn straight it's the funniest!

[Dave (in MA)]

Too big to inline,
Too good to skip...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-CUgH2WwAAR1VQ.jpg:large

[Narciso79]

That's good, you get her off her Indian schtick and shes more insane than usual.

[Pinandpuller]

Ba dum bum

[Dave (in MA)]

Marianne Williamson@marwilliamson
I need to learn Spanish by tomorrow night at 9.

[Dave (in MA)]

DPRK News Service@DPRK_News
Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un speaks flawless Spanish.

[Narciso79]

It reminds me of a snippet of true lies where Arnold is saying something and the tag underneath say 'flawless arabic'

[Pinandpuller]

As mayor he made the Soul Train run on time

[Pinandpuller]

I think Blue Bloods is trying to Predictive Program a female NYC mayor. There hasn't been one yet, right?

[Pinandpuller]

I guess DeDonte DeBlasio would have been gilding the lily.

[Pinandpuller]

Who is our best Operation Chaos candidate?

[D]

Claire McCaskill is a commentator on Messnbc.
Nicole Wallace has gone full prog since George WBush was President.
It is not a good look on her.

[Pinandpuller]

de Blasio is Obama Jr.:

His father committed suicide while suffering from incurable lung cancer when Bill was 18. De Blasio graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in 1979, where he served in student government and was affectionately known to peers as "Senator Provolone". When he was 22, he adopted his mother's surname because his father was "largely absent," and he wanted to embrace his Italian heritage. He hyphenated it to Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm in 1983, and formally adopted the name Bill de Blasio in December 2001. He received a Bachelor of Arts from New York University, majoring in metropolitan studies, a program in urban studies, and received a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.

In 1988, he traveled with the Quixote Center to Nicaragua for 10 days to help distribute food and medicine during the Nicaraguan Revolution. De Blasio was an ardent supporter of the ruling socialist government, the Sandinista National Liberation Front,

[Narciso79]

I called her the first Norah Desmond likd the delusional character in sunset boulevard

[cathyf]

Well if we are discussing whether Trump can be prosecuted once he’s out of office it seems a good time to point out that Obama is already out of office...

[Narciso79]

A slightly less blotto exercise:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/06/opening-night.php

[jim nj]

CNN with the winners and losers.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/26/politics/who-won-democratic-debate/index.html

I didn't watch and am perfectly happy to let the media spin this any way they want.

[Pinandpuller]

Is tomorrow night Mayor Pete's first appearance since he suspended his campaign to deal with Black criminality?

I wish he had a breakdown:

DON'T DO CRIME!

[jim nj]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/06/26/this-volcano-just-erupted-after-nearly-century-silence-astronauts-captured-breathtaking-scene-miles-above/?utm_term=.f4ec9c8981a0

[jim nj]

https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3016255/trade-war-us-and-china-agree-tentative-truce-g20-summit

No idea what this portends.

[Pinandpuller]

Blue Check Zombies are going after Tulsi en masse.

[jim nj]

https://phys.org/news/2019-06-ai-universe-sim-fast-accurateand.html

"The first AI universe sim is fast and accurate—and its creators don't know how it works."

"Ho, He and their colleagues honed the deep neural network that powers D3M by feeding it 8,000 different simulations from one of the highest-accuracy models available."

Now it can spit out a model in 30 milliseconds compared to the 300 hours long model run or the less accurate few minutes model run.

300 hours vs. 30 milliseconds, but they don't know how the new AI works.

"It's like teaching image recognition software with lots of pictures of cats and dogs, but then it's able to recognize elephants," Ho explains. "Nobody knows how it does this, and it's a great mystery to be solved."

[jim nj]

https://hotair.com/archives/2019/06/25/maduros-ex-spy-chief-washington-hes-spilling-beans/

Interesting. What stories might he tell?

[jim nj]

https://hotair.com/archives/2019/06/26/new-york-city-saves-money-sending-thousands-homeless-people-somewhere-else/

We've had stories reported in NJ of MYC moving their homeless to NJ into building apartments that don't have valid CO's and dozens of building coda and health violations.

The landlord gets his money and the tenant has no leverage. Some NJ cities have been complaining very loudly.

[jim nj]

No TV ratings yet for the debate. Media in many articles are picking the winners and losers. Many hit the same points, but some have differing results as though they didn't see the same debate as the others. Favoritism? Bias leaking through?

I expect to see some articles some pushing for some candidates to withdraw in the near future.

They'll cite polls or fund-raising or their own personal biases.

[jim nj]

https://www.hughhewitt.com/brad-thor-on-the-release-of-backlash/

Audio only, no transcript, and damn my speakers aren't working.

[jim nj]

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/first-democratic-debate-cory-booker-julian-castro-thrive/

One more debate analysis - only because it's by
Jim Geraghty.

[jim nj]

Democratic debate questions asked by cheerleaders - seen on the web.

[Pinandpuller]

The Civil War ended more than 150 years ago, but the U.S. government is still paying a veteran's pension from that conflict.

"One beneficiary from the Civil War [is] still alive and receiving benefits," Randy Noller of the Department of Veterans Affairs confirms.

Irene Triplett – the 86-year-old daughter of a Civil War veteran – collects $73.13 each month from her father's military pension. The identity of Triplett was first reported by The Wall Street Journal in 2014.

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-08-08/civil-war-vets-pension-still-remains-on-governments-payroll-151-years-after-last-shot-fired

[jim nj]

https://www.aei.org/publication/busting-college-industrial-complex/

"Yet even as reformers have pushed to remove a variety of barriers to employment, the biggest and most significant barrier to employment in American life — the use of the college degree as a default hiring device — has gone blithely unremarked. Indeed, even as reformers target employment obstacles for felons and florists, the pervasive use of college-degree requirements, despite its dubious legality and profound costs, has bizarrely escaped serious consideration."

Absolutely infuriating post. Using college degrees as a bar to employment. Ability tests have been knocked down as discriminatory, so requiring a college degree is easier to defend legally.

Companies require job applicants to have college degrees even when they aren't needed for the job, because they are less likely to be caught up in a discrimination suit.

This BS was the only reason that at age 30+ I went back to college to get a degree. Without a degree I wasn't worthy of consideration for a job that I could have done without the damn degree.

PLEASE READ THIS AND SEE IF I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS THIS IS CRIMINAL AND AN INDICTMENT OF THE WHOLE COLLEGE SYSTEM.

It's ugly as sin and props up a college system that still can't train young people to be employable.

[jim nj]

PIN,

Lots of young women married old Civil War veterans to be eligible for their pensions.

[joan]

"Blades of grass and pure white stones
Shelter those who've come and gone
Just below the emerald sod
Are those who've reached the arms of God ...."

The Democrats and media continue to betray this great country. They are beneath contempt. I consider them evil and contemptuous.

Now that I've gotten that off my chest :), I have something to share. :) I sing with a group called Ad Libs, and we're presenting a patriotic program for a local bank that hosts a Friday Forum with the chamber of commerce and guests.

This is one of the songs. This version of the song is instrumental. I've been using it to learn the words. And, I've been wondering if I'll be able to sing without tears.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0ZxUe0fuws

[MissMarple2]

joan,

I used to have that trouble when I sang in the church choir years ago. That's a beautiful song, with such poignant meaning.

After that crew last night, I cannot help but be grateful forever for Donald Trump saving us from a return of Clinton rule. I doubt the country would have survived her.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
6h6 hours ago

I look forward to speaking with Prime Minister Modi about the fact that India, for years having put very high Tariffs against the United States, just recently increased the Tariffs even further. This is unacceptable and the Tariffs must be withdrawn!

[MissMarple2]

Bill Mitchell
‏Verified account @mitchellvii
10s10 seconds ago

A lot of Democrats watching the debate last night feel embarrassed to be a Democrat this morning.

[MissMarple2]

Thank you @MSNBC, real professionals! @chucktodd @maddow pic.twitter.com/7ZCkcUQ4yA

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2019

Video at link. Thanks to the Daily Mail, I now know the music this is set to is "Crazy Train." LOL!

[clarice]

https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/the-ghost-of-hunter-thompson-lurks-over-muellers-coming-testimony/

[MissMarple2]

Secretary Pompeo
‏Verified account @SecPompeo
3m3 minutes ago

Arrived in Japan for the #G20OsakaSummit. I look forward to supporting President @realDonaldTrump’s agenda to promote economic and national security with leaders from around the world.

[MissMarple2]

clarice,

Thanks for that Roger Simon article! It was great!

[MissMarple2]

Angela Merkel seen shaking uncontrollably for second time in nine days..

Dehydration again?? There's something definitely wrong.. pic.twitter.com/bgGucs9FEV

— TheSpeaker2018 (@TheSpeaker2018) June 27, 2019

Video at link.

[jim nj]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048488/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

The Phenix City Story, A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.

Never saw this before. I was in Columbus, Georgia in the 90's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus,_Georgia

Nice city, on my way to the airport to return home I saw that if I crossed two bridges I could ride though Phenix City, Alabama and claim another state visited.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenix_City,_Alabama

Didn't know that beck in the 40's and 50's it was a cesspit. The above movie dramatizes this.

[anonamom]

MM, catching up from yesterday--that video you posted for me of all those oh-so-thin New Yorkers before processed food--

I trained from 1979-1984, and I took care of ONE patient in that time who weighed over 300 pounds.
Now I do that each week, if not more frequently.

It's not just just processed food--it's that damned food pyramid with six to eight servings of grains that George McGovern created out of thin air, and the cardiologists' Fake Lipid Theory they promulgated with the support of BigPharma, who could peddle their statins as long as they held that BS to be true. Not to mention BigFood loving the low fat/high carb era. Cheetos and Pringles as health food!

[MissMarple2]

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-27/futures-tumble-after-beijing-reveals-demands-agree-trade-war-truce

[clarice]

https://www.scotusblog.com/2019/06/opinion-analysis-divided-court-throws-out-additional-jail-time-for-sex-offender/#more-287338

[jim nj]

MM, Re: Merkel - I'd guess that was a side effect of some medication. Absolutely know way to know for sure, but I feel allowed to speculate.

[MissMarple2]

anonamom,

So glad you saw that video! You were the first person I thought about when I saw it!

[clarice]

MY PLEASURE, MM.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2019/06/27/war-watch-odonnell-deutsch-brawl-after-deutsch-says-no-dem-could

Deutsch says no one on the stage could beat Trump. O'Donnell goes ballistic.

[MissMarple2]

Going right along with Deutsch's opinion:

Chris Stigall
‏Verified account @ChrisStigall
9h9 hours ago

Sincerely. And I mean this. Donald Trump has taught the country they don’t have to put up with this platitude B.S. These people can’t hang with him in a debate. None can. And that’s not wishful thinking. These people are blowdried phonies. #DemocratDebates

[Buckeye]

Well if we are discussing whether Trump can be prosecuted once he’s out of office it seems a good time to point out that Obama is already out of office...

Posted by: cathyf | June 27, 2019 at 12:11 AM

Winner from last night:)

[jim nj]

MM,

That's not the gist of the trade war "truce" I posted earlier. More like a list of Chinese demands.

The two sides don't appear to be on the same page.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elizabeth-warren-grabs-spotlight-msnbc-barely-challenges-dem-candidates

This is Howard Kurtz's review.