This is basically Elizabeth Warren's "Formation" https://t.co/flfNqAb23x pic.twitter.com/jiRxdmZ0Yp
— Alex Abad-Santos (@alex_abads) February 14, 2016
… and I hope she’s in the Senate, speaking the deeply partisan, rudely divisive TRUTH, for a great many years to come!
Corner Stone
Fuck yeah! Bring it, EW!
lamh36
Good evening BJ.
It’s been a busy weekend for me…it was a beautiful 70 degrees here in NOLA all weekend…where is the winter weather? I don’t know.
I spent Saturday with the fam, including Zoe and Maddie.
It’s Sunday, so I’m made my lunch for the week.
I had a craving…so I went for a NOLA staple… Seafood Gumbo.
dr. bloor
Yertle et al would probably confirm her just to get her out of their hair.
Brendancalling
@lamh36: damn. Hungry now!
Corner Stone
A little OT. I was skimming The Monuments Men earlier and my heart started screaming on the scene where the Nazis were flame throwing all the stolen art.
And also, too. Cate Blanchett and Natalie Portman are fucking amazeballs beautiful.
Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)
No, no, no, no. You don’t get it, and neither does Elizabeth Warren, the well-known marxist anti-Christ. Elections only count if Republicans win.
Omnes Omnibus
@Corner Stone:
This is true.
amk
The notion that the rethugs can be shamed into doing the right thing is redenculous.
Harry needs to bring his A game and kick them their nads to gititdone.
Matt McIrvin
@lamh36:
It’s here in Massachusetts. My car battery got killed by below-zero weather yesterday.
But not for long: it’s supposed to be 50 degrees and rainy on Tuesday. This cold snap is a rare thing for this year.
redshirt
@Corner Stone: They’ll both be in the next Thor movie too.
Corner Stone, why won’t you talk to me? I’m not a troll.
gogol's wife
@Omnes Omnibus:
OT, but since you liked War and Peace — I’ve been watching it here, and there are significant passages that were cut out of the TV version.
Steeplejack
@lamh36:
Gumbo looks good. Want!
Omnes Omnibus
@gogol’s wife: Cool. Thanks.
Linda Featheringill
As I understand constitutional law, a quick recess appointment to the Supreme Court would be temporary. The appointee would serve until January of 2018 or until the Senate approved another candidate.
If Obama were to appoint somebody REALLY liberal for filling the temporary position, the Repugs would hate it so much they would have to approve of somebody more palatable to them.
Bill Clinton would be beautiful but Robert Reich would be good, too.
redshirt
@Matt McIrvin: I feel terrible for my nearby ski mountains. They’ve not got much snow this year. And then we have epic cold and who wants to ski with -25 wind chill? Not many.
And then on Tuesday it will be 45 and raining.
And that might be the end of winter. The next ten days are above freezing. Crazy.
debbie
Did I really see Edith concerned about Mary?
lamh36
@Matt McIrvin: It’s really weird…it’s almost March and so if the cold is coming, it’a gonna only have until April…cause the seasons are almost ready to switch over.
It’s rains alot more in NOLA during the spring…we have had more rain than cold weather this winter so far…but IDK maybe we’ll get some cold next week?
Omnes Omnibus
@debbie: Momentary lapse, I am sure.
debbie
@Linda Featheringill:
And if the Dems dawdled…
OGLiberal
@lamh36: Was in NOLA last weekend….high about 60 and overnight lows in the high 30s. Made for a chilly parade experience. Still, got to go fishing and my son caught his first fish! (Alas, he hates all seafood so he didn’t eat it)
lamh36
Egads…even without the whitewashing…that Gods of Egypt movie looks horrible…not Razzie horrible I guess, but not interesting enough for me to want to pay $10.50 for…nope…
Jeffro
The GOP doesn’t have a leg, thigh, shin, ankle, or toe to stand on here…Obama should and will nominate someone to replace Scalia, most likely one of the three that has sailed through previously on a 97-0 (or similar) vote. Good luck trying to look like a normal political party opposing that, Mitch!
redshirt
@efgoldman: Yeah. They ARE Nihilists. We must deal with them as such at all times, never forget. Some people just want to watch the world burn.
Linda Featheringill
@efgoldman:
I got my information from here:
http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/226701/
The actual ruling is probably in language that is beyond my ability to understand.
the Conster, la Citoyenne
Speaking of the wonderful wisdom of women, has mistermix apologized for that steaming pile of bro he posted yesterday? Did he respond to any of the comments? WTF over.
Gin & Tonic
@redshirt: -25? Today the wind chill at the summit of Whiteface (near Lake Placid, NY) was -112.
redshirt
@Gin & Tonic: Nice.
I read the scariest weather update from the NWS. They were like “DON’T HIKE THE MOUNTAINS THIS WEEKEND!!!!” But literally like “Cancel your hike and find shelter. Dangerous wind chills present….”
David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch
I saw Sanders on one of the Sunday shows and he is just uncomfortable talking about social issues.
The reluctance is something deep within him. When the subject is economics he becomes highly animated, when it comes to taking on the pig fuckers on SCOTUS he climbs into a shell and mumbles.
schrodinger's cat
We have our friends over from upstate NY staying with us tonight. My friend made us a cheesecake which was awesome. I made a southwestern soup with sausage and chickpeas, we had good wine and a good time was had by all.
I got pretty earrings in the morning so the day started well too!
Linda Featheringill
@efgoldman:
Thank you for your support.
Joel
@lamh36: Got to know it well over the last four days with our furnace out and temps in the 0-20 degree range. Heat came back tonight, tho.
schrodinger's cat
@efgoldman: It was -12 in western Mass last night but its going to be more than 40 just 2 days from now. That’s crazy.
Joel
@lamh36: If a movie has Gerard Butler in it, chances are, it sucks.
the Conster, la Citoyenne
@David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch:
His white male privilege is something he’s never had to really think about, until #BLM called all the candidates out on it and he had to find his way through that the best he could. Bernie just can’t bring himself to hug Obama though, and he knows it’s not working for him. He can’t – he’s 74 years old, and he is what he is. He’s got no real feel for anything outside his shouty wheelhouse.
Adam L Silverman
@redshirt: I thought Portman refused to do anymore of them.
Adam L Silverman
@efgoldman: Nor will they be punished based on past performance. In fact they’ll be rewarded.
Gin & Tonic
@efgoldman: No, I’m not. My son was going to head up there this weekend but thought better of it.
redshirt
@efgoldman: Mostly just rabbits and red squirrels.
But as a huge bonus this winter, in addition to my best friends the chickadees, the finches have stayed. Both purple and gold, I’d guesstimate about 12 a tribe for a total of 24 finches attacking my feeder. It’s so cool. The juncos are on the ground too.
Jeffro
@efgoldman: I’m good with that as a second-best option: let’s just have the normal nomination and let the Rs twist themselves into pretzels either opposing it or letting it go forward with all sorts of shirt-rending and what not.
Just another way to help them implode, if that’s what they’re determined to do.
lamh36
@OGLiberal: it was the prettiest Mardi Gras day and season in a while I think
Amir Khalid
@Adam L Silverman:
My understanding was that Disney/Marvel would have signed her up for the sequels along with the first movie, precisely to avoid such a situation.
redshirt
This winter has been rather extreme on the dry side. I’ve had like maybe total 20 inches of snow this year. Last winter it was like closer to 200.
I wonder if this pattern foretells drought.
Omnes Omnibus
Breaking: Leonard Nimoy and Obama killed Scalia.
ETA: Was Formation the go code?
redshirt
@Adam L Silverman: I hadn’t heard that but also see she’s not yet confirmed for the movie either.
I hope she finishes the role.
schrodinger's cat
@Omnes Omnibus: Parody site?
Adam L Silverman
@efgoldman: @Linda Featheringill: Its not even this much effort. What the GOP had been doing that led to the court challenge was on the House side as they hadn’t yet taken control of the Senate. They had one GOP member of the House gavel a pro forma session in, hold the floor open for business for about three minutes or so, then gavel the session closed. This was done every three days. My understanding is that it was one of the GOP House members from MD or VA so they didn’t have to really give up their recess/vacation. The case was picked up by a couple of the minarcho or anarcho libertarian legal scholars from CATO or one of the other think tanks and they pushed through this ridiculous legal theory that this was a legitimate opening of one chamber of Congress, which meant that despite a formal Congressional calendar delineating the recesses and both chambers voting to go into recess, that Congress could not be in recess, because the House was gaveled into session and held open for business. Because four of the five conservative/right of center justices on the Supreme Court are members of the Federalist Society in good standing, and the fifth is Associate Justice Kennedy, the only person who had to be convinced to support this bizarre Constitutional interpretation was Associate Justice Kennedy. And convinced he was. As long as one GOP member of the House or Senate does this Congress cannot now ever be in recess. No matter what the official calendar or the motions to adjourn for recess might say.
Steve in the ATL
@efgoldman:
And they can’t overturn that until they get a fifth vote. Merde!
Omnes Omnibus
@schrodinger’s cat: I really hope so.
Adam L Silverman
@efgoldman: I would too. That this time they’ve really gone to far. But the vast majority of Americans don’t pay attention or seem to care, though they are angry, about something, whatever that is. And Democrats have trouble turning out voters, especially in midterms.
Gex
@Omnes Omnibus: And Natalie Portman has an Erdos-Bacon number. Smart and beautiful. (Another actress with an Erdos-Bacon number? Danica McKeller from the Wonder Years.)
Adam L Silverman
@Amir Khalid: I just checked. Apparently the locked her in for three and that’s it. That’s why she’s not been in the Avengers movies, though Skaarsgard has been. If I’m recalling correctly she had hinted that she didn’t like doing the movies and didn’t really want to be involved with them, so I reckoned she might not be back for Thor 3. But I was wrong. It happens.
Mike J
Ted Cruz never leans against stuff.
Steve in the ATL
@Gin & Tonic:
Bad day to be out when you are measuring temperature in Kelvin
Adam L Silverman
@Amir Khalid: @redshirt: Here’s the cast list:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3501632/fullcredits/
Chris Hemsworth … Thor
Jaimie Alexander Lady Sif
Cate Blanchett … (rumored)
Tom Hiddleston … Loki
Mark Ruffalo … Bruce Banner / Hulk
Lou Ferrigno … Hulk (voice) (rumored)
She’s not on the IMDB list.
The Marvel Wiki, however, has her on it as confirmed, but its in an article marked rumors:
http://marvel-movies.wikia.com/wiki/Thor:_Ragnarok_rumors
Natalie Portman will return as Jane Foster.
CONFIRMED: Jaimie Alexander will return as Sif.[1][2]
Stellan Skarsgård will return as Erik Selvig.
Ray Stevenson will return as Volstagg.
Zachary Levi will return as Fandral.[3]
Tadanobu Asano will return as Hogun.
Idris Elba will return as Heimdall.
Kat Dennings will return as Darcy Lewis.
Anthony Hopkins will return as Odin.
Alice Krige will return as Eir.
Clive Russell will return as Tyr.
Benicio del Toro will return as Taneleer Tivan/The Collector.
Chris O’Dowd will return as Richard.
Jonathan Howard will return as Ian Boothby.
Clark Gregg will return as Phil Coulson.
Elena Satine will return as Lorelei.
Daniel Radcliffe is talking with Marvel about doing a movie.[4][5]
LL Cool J will have a role in the film.[6][7][8]
Josh Brolin will return as Thanos.[9]
Cate Blanchett will have a role in the film.[10][11]
Alice Eve may portray the Enchantress.[12]
Emily Blunt, Charlize Theron or Jessica Chastain will portray the female villain.[13]
Steeplejack
@Omnes Omnibus:
Thanks. I know where to go now to get The Truth.
Princess
Laura Clawson’s post is going to upset a lot of people:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/2/14/1483010/-How-Bernie-Sanders-lost-me-and-Hillary-Clinton-won-me-over
redshirt
@Adam L Silverman: That’s some big time spoilers.
Adam L Silverman
@redshirt: I think its some big time rumors. If she was confirmed in a main/lead role she’d be listed at IMDB. But I could be wrong.
I know Elba wasn’t happy playing Heimdahl or however they’re spelling it for the movie, but my understanding is they locked him in for the three Thor movies and cameos as needed, hence his small part in Avengers Age of Ultron.
WarMunchkin
@efgoldman: Seriously, why do we think that it matters about the 97-0 vote for moderate judges? This is a very Lucy and the football thing. It doesn’t matter. There are no political prices paid by Republicans to do whatever. Nominate someone absolutely ridiculous. Bill Clinton, Ellen DeGeneres, a corgi, whatever.
James E Powell
But the vast majority of Americans don’t pay attention or seem to care, though they are angry, about something, whatever that is. And Democrats have trouble turning out voters, especially in midterms.
And Democrats have trouble getting voters to direct their anger at Republicans. For reasons I will never understand, the Republicans took the country into the ditch during the Bush/Cheney Junta and two years later took the house and several state houses in a huge wave election in which Democrats did nothing to put the onus on the Republicans for everyone’s rage & anguish over the economy.
Seems like every time the whole country is pissed about something, and they are right now, they vote Republican.
We may be doomed.
WarMunchkin
@James E Powell: It will always be seen as too partisan to blame a Republican for anything a Republican does.
Roger Moore
@efgoldman:
That just means Obama needs to wait until the Senate adjourns because their terms are up. Nobody could plausibly argue that they’re in session when the 114th Congress is officially over and the 115th hasn’t officially started yet. Also, too, the justices may have different opinions when it’s their ox being gored.
Adam L Silverman
@WarMunchkin: The Senate GOP announced last Fall, after the Summer recess, that they would not move on any judicial nominations from President Obama, period, through to the end of his term. He still has a bunch of Federal District and Appeals Court vacancies to fill. Though not the backlog from before they revised the cloture/filibuster rules.
And remember, for agencies and departments they don’t like, they’ve kept them open for years. So there’s no ATF director and hasn’t been since, if I’m recalling correctly the last year of the Bush 43 Administration. He never moved to fill the vacancy in his last year and no matter who President Obama has nominated, the Senate Republicans have just sat on using holds. I’m really not sure what they got out of this. They didn’t trade it for an outright or piecemeal repeal of the National Firearms Act or the Hughes Act or even legislation severely curtailing the role of the ATF, they just decided that it wasn’t going to have a director.
Adam L Silverman
@Roger Moore: And that appointment will then be good for no more than two or three months.
Viva BrisVegas
@efgoldman:
Correct me if I’m wrong, (I’m only a furriner), but I understand that the ruling means that the Senate can stay in session symbolically, where only one Republican senator needs to show up. So therefore there is no recess.
But what happens if during one of these symbolic attendances a bunch of Democratic Senators turn up and call for a quorum? Can’t the senators present then vote for a recess?
lamh36
I don’t know if this story has come on anyone else’s radar, but if it hasn’t, it needs to be shared.
this woman’s story is tragic, sad and at the end, amazing.
It’s a weird story to share on Valentine’s Day, but it a story that is interesting to read to counteract the over he top sappiness that Valentine’s Day can bring.
Please check it out…I promise you won’t be disappointed and you will end up saying “Thanks Obama” with no hit of snark or wit…but genuine happiness
Humans of New York Inmate Stories, Part 1
Humans of New York…Part 2
Humans of New York…Part 3
Humans of New York…Part 4
ETA: Literally read the story twice!
amk
@James E Powell:
you left out the root cause of batshit crazy: #ODS
Adam L Silverman
@Viva BrisVegas: No, because the Democrats don’t control the chamber. The whole thing is so far off the charts of how either chamber is supposed to operate that everyone was amazed that the Court bought the argument. Even those Supreme Court observers who argue that the judges are just as much political actors as members of Congress and the President and other appointees, were amazed that they provided cover to a very obvious political argument being cloaked as a very weak Constitutional argument.
Cacti
@Adam L Silverman:
The Social Security Administration has also been without a full-time Commissioner since Bush’s boy Astrue retired. Carol Colvin has been “interim” Commissioner for exactly 3-years as of today.
Adam L Silverman
@Cacti: Tracking on the SSA. Not quite sure what Nixon has to do with this, but okay.
Cacti
@Adam L Silverman:
Block quote fail. Fix’t.
Adam L Silverman
@Cacti: that makes a bit more sense.
Omnes Omnibus
@Adam L Silverman: But it’s less fun.
David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch
@Princess: holy shit. the DubeBros are freaking out over one person’s opinion (a Naderite, no less) for being a class enemy of the people. I told you they were nutz.
And for the people who say it’s unfair to point that out because it reflects badly on Sanders, I say. do we not call out Trump’s goons when they;re reeking havoc.
✌
Kropadope
@efgoldman: @Viva BrisVegas:
Someone pointed out earlier that the Republicans won’t have this option when the Congressional term ends, before the new Congress is sworn in.
catclub
@Omnes Omnibus:
pretty convincing journalism.
the Conster, la Citoyenne
@amk:
close, It’s racism.
Roger Moore
@Viva BrisVegas:
No, or at least there would have to be a better move than that. There’s a rule [ETA: Article 1, Section 5, clause 4] that neither house can adjourn for more than 3 days without permission from the other house. That’s how the Republicans were able to keep the Senate from going into recess when the Democrats still had a majority. So the Democrats would have to plan it well and spring it in both houses simultaneously. I think they’d also need to make sure they had enough people there to establish a quorum, which would be very hard to do without tipping their hand to the Republicans.
Cacti
Given how legacy conscious Roberts is, and how loath he would be to have his branch of government in a prolonged lame duck status, I wouldn’t be surprised if he spoke up for Obama’s nominee if s/he is a moderate like people are anticipating.
David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch
See – others see it too.
Viva BrisVegas
@efgoldman:
Not to belabour the point, but isn’t Joe Biden President of the Senate when he is there?
So if we have a situation where one Republican turns up in the Senate to keep the session running. Almost all other Republicans senators have spread to the four winds.
A group of Democratic senators walk into the chamber and call for a quorum. Quorum fails. The members present vote for a recess. Joe Biden presiding, grants it.
I’ve been watching too much West Wing or maybe it was Dave.
Aha, I see Roger Moore answered my question. I didn’t understand the relationship between the two houses.
Thanks.
NotMax
@Adam L. Silverman
Hiring Ferrigno for to do voice work is a bold, yet risky, choice.
Omnes Omnibus
@NotMax: The riskiness is what makes it bold.
Adam L Silverman
@NotMax: Since he hasn’t done the Hulk’s voice in the two Avengers movies, my guess is this is fan driven hope and rumor.
NotMax
@Viva BrisVegas
The Vice-prez, when appearing as the titular president of the Senate, is not permitted to say so much as “Boo” unless there is a tie vote to be broken. That’s pretty much his sole function as restricted by Senate rules.
Main reason the Veep so rarely shows up for other than ceremonail occasions when the Senate is in session. Nothing for him/her to do other than keep a chair warm.
Steeplejack
@Viva BrisVegas:
Hell, call a quorum and pass universal health care, with complimentary unicorns for all citizens.
ETA: Nuts to all of you fact-based killjoys.
SarahT
@Princess: Saw that – good for her. It is a pretty Biden Fucking Deal for those who still care about DKos. I’m sure the comments over there are hideous.
Anoniminous
Finished reading The Battle of Kurtz by Glantz and House. Shorter version: Wehrmacht attacks were the Red Army is dug in and waiting. Does not go good for the Germans or Russians but the Russian win because they don’t lose. Russians then go on the offensive and has Big Time Win until they overextend and get cut to pieces.
The End.
Reading the book it became clear to me even after 40 years of reading how little I really knew of the “True Facts” of the Ostfront/Great Patriotic War. I’m going to order Col. Glantz’s Stalingrad Trilogy and find out how WW 2 was decided.
debbie
@lamh36:
All of the Humans of New York stories have been really compelling. Judging from some of the comments I’ve read on my FB page, people are learning not to rely on stereotypes. Quite an achievement in this country.
amk
Amazing how the rethugs always put out a bs proposition and every one has to argue it from their pov. Fucking fifth columnist fourth estate.
The Republic, Blah Blah Blah...
Bill Murray…
oldgold
The Constitution is remarkably clear as to Obama right and duty to nominate a justice to replace Scalia.
Article 2, Section 1: “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the
United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the TERM OF FOUR YEARS …” (caps supplied)
Article 2, Section 2: “… he SHALL NOMINATE, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint … Judges of the supreme Court..”
(caps supplied)
SarahT
@lamh36: Wasn’t that so great ? Only way I could be happier for her would be if someone could magically give her those 20 years back.
benw
Happy Day After Valentine’s Day, everyone!
Omnes Omnibus
@Anoniminous: Antony Beevor’s Stalingrad is quite good. If you are looking for books on that theater of the war.
Mike E
@srv: So is relentless Bern Basher troll amirite?
Peale
@efgoldman: the senate republicans will raise truckloads of corporate cash to keep the court. I don’t see a downside for them. I don’t think democratic voters care about the court.
Kropadope
@srv:
@Mike E:
Heh????
Omnes Omnibus
@Peale:
What do you think Democratic voters care about?
lamh36
@SarahT: Right…20 years…when she and her sons were essentially the victims of the abusive prick she married…
I hadn’t heard about Obama’s clemency when I read the story, so when I got to the end of the story, I genuinely smiled really big and thought Thanks Obama…
Anoniminous
@Omnes Omnibus:
Read it when it first came out but don’t remember if he went digging through the actual Soviet files or not.
Glantz has some serious chops wrt Soviet intelligence analysis and military history and he went digging through the actual records and files of the Red Army, in Russia, something I don’t think any other Western researcher has.
ETA: highly recommend the Kursk book. First one I’ve read that gives sufficient detail on the Red Army side of things. Like an entire Front Army (= Army Group) in theater the Germans didn’t know was there.
Kropadope
@Peale: Man, those democratic voters are all the same…
Omnes Omnibus
@Anoniminous: IIRC, Beevor was one of the first to get access to Soviet records.
ETA: I believe he was a cavalryman, so that casts some doubt on his brain power.
shortribs
@Peale: I disagree on the latter, I think Democratic voters care immensely about the court, “the left” has finally clued into to the long game and how important it is, I doubt there’s anyone old enough to remember that doesn’t still feel the sting of Bush v. Gore. The downside for the GOP in delaying so long is it puts the presidency at risk and with them losing the presidency, they lose twice when the next Dem president nominates a supreme court seat and likely with more “political capital” to spend. I have no doubt they’ll delay as long as possible (it’s all they know), but I don’t think they want to risk the presidency over a court appointment.
Emerald
@Adam L Silverman:
The Rs are refusing to fill all appointments because they don’t want the government to work. They are the anti-government party, so when the government doesn’t work, people get mad at the government and vote for the anti-government party.
And they never take the blame.
Luthe
@benw: You mean Happy Cheap Chocolate Day.
Yutsano
@schrodinger’s cat: Ugh. I clicked on it. Not only do I need a shower, but I’m calling parody site now.
Adam L Silverman
@Emerald: I get that part, but that’s the long game. Usually there’s also a shorter term transactional goal. Often a symbolic one. They could have traded a bill removing suppressors (silencers) from being a National Firearms Act regulated item for approving the ATF director. It would have made a couple of their very specific constituencies very happy. And it wouldn’t have done anything to make the ATF function any more efficiently than it is now hamstrung with competing directives and too small budgets to do what it needs to do across all of its mission sets.
Suzanne
Fuck YES, Elizabeth Warren. They are all hypocrites and they should be marched naked through the public square while we throw turds at them. SHAME!
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano: Come on, it explains everything. When Valdivia passed it on to me, we laughed our asses off.
Suzanne
Oh, and weather: it was just shy 90 today. Not even halfway through February. We took Spawn the Younger to hike Tempe Butte, aka A Mountain.
I am not going to make it through the summer. I need to move.
Mike E
@Kropadope: jesus, look for the red leaves…ain’t it obvious?
Anoniminous
@Omnes Omnibus:
He very could have. I haven’t read it since it came out, one of the few books I’ve read, liked, and then didn’t get a copy for my library.
Kropadope
@Mike E: I didn’t really understand what you wrote, so I suppose it isn’t so obvious to me at least.
benw
@Luthe: LOL. And slightly wilted bouquets.
Omnes Omnibus
@Anoniminous: It’s on one of my military history shelves.
Mike E
@Kropadope: sorry…I don’t mind people tootin’ their own horn here (or anywhere) but the constant playing with oneself in public gets a bit uh, unseemly. IMO
shomi
This is all about making Repubs pay a heavy political price for their stance. I am pretty sure Obama will get a nomination through after Dems rake Repubs over the coals like this for a few months.
Scalia will do more for Dems in death than he ever did in life.
Omnes Omnibus
@shomi: Then again you are an anti-Cole troll, so who cares?
Frankensteinbeck
@shomi:
I’m also pretty sure Obama will get a nomination through, because McConnell has a fantastic record of quiet obstructionism, but backs down after making big defiant statements in public showdowns. Debt ceilings, budgets, and so on. Most appointments are not national news, even though they should be. The nomination of Scalia’s replacement sure will be.
reality-based (the original, not the troll)
@Emerald:
Sir, that’s the most elegantly phrased explanation I’ve ever seen for the last 20 years in American Politics. Thank you.
Except your Unified Field Theory of the Decline and Fall of the USA is missing one crucial element – the &%^$%#% sorry-ass excuse for a press we have.
None of this crap would be possible if they DID THEIR JOBS. Or had a brain.
But since they don’t – the GOP will NEVER pay any price.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Even accepting, as I do, that Jeb is special kind of dimwit, this one is hard to puzzle out:
They should have televised their family dinners? webcams of Sash and Malia doing their homework?
gwangung
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Oh? What’re YOU doing, Mr. Bush, with your children that Mr. & Mrs. Obama are not doing?
Amir Khalid
@srv:
Okay. When you connect the dots here, what picture do you get?
redshirt
@Amir Khalid: Col. Mustard in the parlor with a length of pipe. Pip Pip.
Redshift
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I read it as Bush suggesting to his definitely-not-racist audience that the Obamas should be more actively telling Those People to take them as a role model, because we all know that the problems in certain communities are caused by the breakdown of the family and absent fathers and stuff, not the other way round. It’s an article of faith in the wingnut bubble. If it wasn’t true, it might require government action, it redistribution of wealth or something.
So basically, Bush is faulting him for not telling black people, “see, if I can do it, so can you.”
Redshift
@Amir Khalid: I think the idea that Ted Cruz had Scalia killed to keep the Supreme Court from ruling him ineligible is my favorite conspiracy theory yet!
BillinGlendaleCA
@Amir Khalid: I could tell you but this is fucking family blog.
ETA: Oh gawd, the “pillow over his head” part is apparently from “The Dumbest Man on the Internet”(Instapundit).
Peale
@Amir Khalid: I don’t mind. So Ted Cruz had Scalia killed so that a 4-4 court wouldn’t be able to declare him ineligible for the presidency. Makes sense. It’s even in character for cruz.
Wake up, sheeple!!!
AxelFoley
@James E Powell:
Well, Democrats running away from a popular Democratic President in two consecutive midterms might’ve had something to do with them getting their asses kicked both times.
gwangung
@AxelFoley: Also, I think white Democratic voters don’t have a ready made organization to help drive voters. Blacks have their churches; whites used to have unions, but that’s not there any more. Need a solution for that, and OFA didn’t have it. (And I doubt Sanders has it either).
David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch
Baghdad
BobBill KristolDavid ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch
This confirms Trump is the nominee.
SenyorDave
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: @Redshift: Its like Bill O’Reilly expressing disbelief when he went to a Sylvia’s, an upscale soul food restaurant in Harlem, and there acted civilly. He just was shocked that black people could behave themselves in public. And O’Reilly, good person that he is, was going to scream from every mountaintop that black people could be well behaved.
Jeb! sounds like he is cut from the same cloth as Billo.
Technocrat
@gwangung:
Pfft, that’s easy. White folk need to start coming to black churches. Bring dollars.
Central Planning
@Corner Stone:
I’m in Berlin now, been here for a couple days. I walked all over the place and came across a memorial for the Nazi T4 euthanasia program, as well as the Topography of Terror at the former SS/Gestapo/other headquarters. It was all so horrifying and depressing to read about.
The other horrifying part at the ToT was the descriptions of how the Nazis used “others” to further their goals – Jews, gypsies, disabled, mentally challenged, homeless, etc. It’s frightening how that could apply to some (most? all?) in the Republican party.
WaterGirl
@the Conster, la Citoyenne: In defense of mistermix – not for what he wrote, of course! – if the world slaps me upside the head as we did in his thread yesterday, i often need a day or to two think about things and do some soul searching.
But I do think it would be best to say something soon, even if (worst case) it’s just to stand his ground or explain how we misunderstood his words or his intent. It’s not like we want him to go away as a front pager, but what he wrote was pretty shocking and he offended a lot of people and it would be good to hear from him.
Paul in KY
@James E Powell: My party has sucked ass in calling a duck a duck. We beat around the bush too much.