April 02, 2014

Supreme Court Strikes Down Aggregate Campaign Contribution Limits
— DrewM

Old and busted lefty talking point: Citizen's United ruined America.

New hawtness: McCutcheon ruined America.


The Supreme Court struck down limits Wednesday in federal law on the overall campaign contributions the biggest individual donors may make to candidates, political parties and political action committees.

The justices said in a 5-4 vote that Americans have a right to give the legal maximum to candidates for Congress and president, as well as to parties and PACs, without worrying that they will violate the law when they bump up against a limit on all contributions, set at $123,200 for 2013 and 2014. That includes a separate $48,600 cap on contributions to candidates.


The $2,600 limit on donations to a single candidate wasn't touched by this decision but you have to think when a case challenging that comes up they will be struck down as well.

Basically what this means is that before today one Koch brother could basically donate $2,600 to 47 candidates ($2,600 x 47= $122,200). Now he can donate $2,600 to 535 candidates (435 in the House and 100 in the Senate).

This will make Harry Reid's head explode because he will ignore (publicly anyway) that Democrat mega-donors can do that same thing.

Personally, I agree with the notion that campaign contributions are speech and speech can't be regulated so I like this decision. I'd like it even more if I were a campaign consultant because a lot of money is going to be flowing into campaigns across the country.

Posted by: DrewM at 07:00 AM | Comments (335)
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1 Yay!  Not Dump!

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 07:00 AM (GQ8sn)

2 Mmmm smells fresh!

Posted by: Chi-town Jerry at April 02, 2014 07:01 AM (Z7PrM)

3 What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 02, 2014 07:01 AM (GjPnA)

4 Good!

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at April 02, 2014 07:01 AM (R8hU8)

5 Good! Can't wait to see Harry's meltdown.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 07:01 AM (IXrOn)

6 Now, Barky can charge $100k per plate at his lavish Hollywood dinners!

Posted by: Chi-town Jerry at April 02, 2014 07:02 AM (Z7PrM)

7 Its Open Season, we can now openly buy our politicians again.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 07:02 AM (7oL8c)

8 Others have been summoned.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 07:02 AM (ix+5k)

9 Ha! AoSHQ prowled through the drawer, found the back-up undies.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:02 AM (aDwsi)

10 Ok, this willow thing is pretty amazing.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 07:02 AM (HLprW)

11 brings bar of soap to thread.

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 07:02 AM (nqBYe)

12 *points and laughs at McCain*

Posted by: AMDG at April 02, 2014 07:02 AM (eFytx)

13 KOOOOOOOOOOOCCCCCCHHHHHH!!! ---Harry Reid, mental case

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 07:03 AM (jNNPU)

14 Willow brought us used underwear AND a new thread.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 07:03 AM (HLprW)

15

the article says only 200 people maxed out last cycle, in a Preisdential year to boot.  Anyone who was wealthy enough to contribute big dollars was already doing so anyway, but just not to specific campaigns. 

 

In other words, this is a nothing-burger of a story.  Don't tell Hairy Reid though.  He's going to be apoplectic  over  this  no doubt.

Posted by: MTF at April 02, 2014 07:04 AM (LISuA)

16 let's let bygones (undies) be bygones.

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 07:04 AM (nqBYe)

17 All your underpants are belong to us

Posted by: Underpants Gnomes at April 02, 2014 07:04 AM (32Ze2)

18 Thanks for doing the laundry, Drew!

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 07:05 AM (jNNPU)

19 I heard Harry Reid is a pederast.

Posted by: Bob at April 02, 2014 07:05 AM (vgIRn)

20 Willow brought us used underwear AND a new thread. Yay willow!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 07:05 AM (ix+5k)

21 The Penis Brothers will buy Congress!

Posted by: Crazed lefties at April 02, 2014 07:05 AM (RD7QR)

22 Question: Does this effect or nullify the D'Souza indictment?

Posted by: bananaDream at April 02, 2014 07:05 AM (F5hy9)

23 In Russia, underwear change you

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:06 AM (aDwsi)

24 So if a pederast has dementia, does that mean he gets confused and chases Roman Polanski's girlfriends?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 07:06 AM (7oL8c)

25

I'm getting my earplugs - the screams of Doom from the Left are going to be shriekingly ear-splitting.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Stay Outraged, My Friends at the Outrage Outlet at April 02, 2014 07:06 AM (hLRSq)

26 What about credit card donations? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Brocko Bama at April 02, 2014 07:07 AM (HLprW)

27 Don't care much about this ruling.  Dims break campaign financing laws with impunity and immunity.  All the Dim leadership should be in Federal prison for their numerous campaign financing felonies.   Heck, the Clintons should be in prison for treason for their campaign financing finagling with the Red Chinese.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, We Be Bossy at April 02, 2014 07:08 AM (kXoT0)

28

Others have been summoned.

---

I have my dragongalass ready

Posted by: Samwell Tarley at April 02, 2014 07:08 AM (SO2Q8)

29 26 What about credit card donations?


Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Brocko Bama at April 02, 2014 11:07 AM (HLprW)

 

I got this.

Posted by: Doodad Pro at April 02, 2014 07:08 AM (DrWcr)

30 As I recall, the original campaign contribution limits were passed because the leftists were pissed that a fellow donated $1 million to Nixon.

It's not the money in politics that corrupts--it's the power.

There should be no limits on individuals or groups donating money to anyone for anything.

Much like speech, the solution to money you disagree with is not to restrict donations, but more donations.

It takes a special level of stupid, e.g. a leftist, to contort your thoughts into the pretzel that money is not speech.

Posted by: RoyalOil at April 02, 2014 07:09 AM (VjL9S)

31 I wonder how this will affect PACs.  Now that you can contribute directly you won't need to launder tthrough a PAC (unless you got something to hide...)

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Stay Outraged, My Friends at the Outrage Outlet at April 02, 2014 07:09 AM (hLRSq)

32 29 26 What about credit card donations? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Brocko Bama at April 02, 2014 11:07 AM (HLprW)

I got this.

Posted by: Doodad Pro at April 02, 2014 11:08 AM (DrWcr)


Let me know too!

Posted by: qwertyuiop at April 02, 2014 07:09 AM (GQ8sn)

33 Where's the rest of the post that points out that Republicans suck?

Posted by: polynikes at April 02, 2014 07:10 AM (m2CN7)

34 so this means Reid's kid can profit more from her Dad's  campaigns how about Rory Reid?

Oh i know we won't actually go after a Dem's for their work around laws.

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 07:10 AM (nqBYe)

35 The Right always gets so excited when we have a chance to play the Race Card against the Left. But 1) it never works and 2) it just makes the Race Card stronger for the Left. I like Malkin, but she's gone into crazy land here. Not sure if she really wants to ban ironic ching-chong jokes, or just think it's a good opportunity to shout "Racist!!!" at a prominent left-winger. Stupid and ineffective regardless. National Review ‏@NRO 'Stephen Colbert, Racist': The unfunny “comedian” mocks Asians and calls it satire. http://natl.re/1mKxfUQ

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 07:10 AM (ZPrif)

36 And?? Who were the 5 and who were the 4?

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 02, 2014 07:10 AM (5Kf7w)

37 Hey is Mickey Mouse going to donate the full amt?

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 07:10 AM (nqBYe)

38 Who were the 5 and who were the 4?


Guess.


Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 07:11 AM (GQ8sn)

39 Like any of our donors would allow laws influence their donation patterns

Posted by: David Axlerod at April 02, 2014 07:11 AM (kFxpe)

40 Abraham Lincoln ""Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth."" Koch brothers ""Government of the people, by the rich, for the rich, shall not perish from the Earth.""

Posted by: TommyVee at April 02, 2014 07:11 AM (/Qr9e)

41 Michael Morrell still talking at the House Intel Committee. He said al qaeda/ideology spreading, a win for them. Decimating the leadership in Paki was our win. He is also saying, it was a terrorist attack in Benghazi. No kidding. live link over at therightscoop

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 07:11 AM (IXrOn)

42 Clarence Thomas left a pubic hair on a KOCH bottle. Coincidence ? I think not !!

Posted by: Harry Reid at April 02, 2014 07:11 AM (nCSwS)

43 So you can get rid of a 'tax'...

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2014 07:11 AM (FcR7P)

44 ""Government of the people, by the rich, for the rich, shall not perish from the Earth.""

Posted by: TommyVee at April 02, 2014 11:11 AM (/Qr9e)



You got that right, fuck-o!!!



Posted by: Mark Zuckerberg at April 02, 2014 07:11 AM (GQ8sn)

45 Hell,  Hairy Reid is probably in favor of this decision since (IIRC) a buddy of his went to jail for donating too much to the last pederasty crusade, errrr  "re-election campaign".

Posted by: MTF at April 02, 2014 07:12 AM (LISuA)

46 41 Michael Morrell still talking at the House Intel Committee.

He said al qaeda/ideology spreading, a win for them.

Decimating the leadership in Paki was our win.

He is also saying, it was a terrorist attack in Benghazi. No kidding.

live link over at therightscoop

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 11:11 AM (IXrOn)


It won't matter a whit if it's unreported. Nobody in the MSM will notice.

Posted by: Crazed lefties at April 02, 2014 07:12 AM (RD7QR)

47 Here, Obama, have a free mansion. Oh, and do that thing where you pretend you give a fuck about the poor or middle class, that just slaaaaaays me.

Posted by: Penny Pritzker at April 02, 2014 07:12 AM (ZshNr)

48 Good news for free speech. As a side note, there is a mistake in the following portion of the write-up: "Basically what this means is that before today one Koch brother could basically donate $2,600 to 47 candidates ($2,600 x 47= $122,200). Now he can donate $2,600 to 535 candidates (435 in the House and 100 in the Senate)." The limit on contributions to candidates was $48,600, so you could only contribute $2,600 to 18 candidates (or nine candidates, if you contributed the max of $2,600 for both the primary and the general election). Now, you could give the max of $5,200 ($2,600 for both primary and general) to all 535 candidates for federal legislative office, for a total of $2,782,000.

Posted by: Mose at April 02, 2014 07:12 AM (SZbgH)

49 I've always wondered why democrats complain about campaign contributions when they usually get more than republicans?

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at April 02, 2014 07:13 AM (OJn3e)

50 wht about all the free campaign donations and humping Obamas legs by the media?

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 07:13 AM (nqBYe)

51 Urrgh. I must be getting Hairy Reed's senility because that's the second sock fail of the day.

Posted by: joncelli at April 02, 2014 07:13 AM (RD7QR)

52 George Soros isn't real!!!!

Posted by: TommyVee at April 02, 2014 07:13 AM (Aif/5)

53 Hey TommiV: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php I hope you have a large screen or are okay scrolling for a while to get past the Dem donors, let alone find the Koch bros.

Posted by: AMDG at April 02, 2014 07:13 AM (eFytx)

54 OT going out of my mind Benghazi hearing acting CIA chief is a lying dummy yes dummy

Posted by: thunderb at April 02, 2014 07:13 AM (zOTsN)

55 I wonder how much Media Time was donated Helping Obama win?

what would THAT cost?

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 07:13 AM (nqBYe)

56 Laws are for little people...

Posted by: George Soros at April 02, 2014 07:13 AM (kFxpe)

57 Check for strings on those five Justices! 'Cause Koch puppets!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at April 02, 2014 07:14 AM (HsTG8)

58 It won't matter a whit if it's unreported. Nobody in the MSM will notice. Posted by: Crazed lefties at April 02, 2014 11:12 AM (RD7QR) He says he knows of no Stand Down order. BS

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 07:14 AM (IXrOn)

59 Mayor Ed Koch has a brother?  Oh....nevermind.

Posted by: ParisParamus (@ParisParamus) at April 02, 2014 07:14 AM (CkjRf)

60 Azengoth, because Dems circumnavigate the system and donation limits only affect Republican donors. Dems don't want a level playing field.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 07:14 AM (rSIYI)

61 Have the moonbats blamed the Chile earthquake on US fracking yet ?

Posted by: McCool at April 02, 2014 07:15 AM (nCSwS)

62 55 I wonder how much Media Time was donated Helping Obama win?

what would THAT cost?

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 11:13 AM (nqBYe)

 

I've often thought that pretty much every second of MFM airtime should have been accounted for as in-kind campaign contributions to Barky.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 07:15 AM (DrWcr)

63

Campaign finance limits is just  like Gun Control laws.

 

Law abiding people mostly get screwed by  the  law and it has no effect on the criminals who will ignore the law.   Guess which party mostly abides by the law and which one ignores the law.

Posted by: polynikes at April 02, 2014 07:15 AM (m2CN7)

64 61 Have the moonbats blamed the Chile earthquake on US fracking yet ?

Posted by: McCool at April 02, 2014 11:15 AM (nCSwS)


That ship sailed within seconds after the quake.

Posted by: joncelli at April 02, 2014 07:15 AM (RD7QR)

65 Two words: Koch Brothers.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 02, 2014 07:16 AM (XUKZU)

66 going out of my mind Benghazi hearing acting CIA chief is a lying dummy yes dummy Posted by: thunderb at April 02, 2014 11:13 AM (zOTsN) yep, this was one way we could get TFG impeached I'm going to go work out. Can't listen anymore, either.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 07:16 AM (IXrOn)

67 Can't wait to see Harry's meltdown. It'll be phony. The fact is that Democrats are all about big-money donors.

Posted by: AmishDude at April 02, 2014 07:16 AM (T0NGe)

68 Insomniac  should have been ,in a just world.
I mean overtly saying you were gonna Help this Guy?


AND DID.

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 07:16 AM (nqBYe)

69 65 Two words: Koch Brothers.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 02, 2014 11:16 AM (XUKZU)


Three words: Tides Foundation.

Posted by: Joe Biden, SOOOOOOPER genius at April 02, 2014 07:17 AM (RD7QR)

70 I mean overtly saying you were gonna Help this Guy?


AND DID.

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 11:16 AM (nqBYe)

 

Yup.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 07:17 AM (DrWcr)

71 Sorry for that little hit and run guys, but I gotta get back to my auto-fellatio exercises.

Posted by: Tommy Veeee at April 02, 2014 07:18 AM (HLprW)

72 I don't know...  Wouldn't it be 435 + 100/3 candidates since only a 1/3 of Senate is ever up for election during any election?

Posted by: Eric at April 02, 2014 07:18 AM (ClJ2V)

73 I wonder how the four fascist judges would have ruled on a law preventing lawyers from donating to campaigns on the basis that it is a violation of ethics and a conflict of interest.

Posted by: AmishDude at April 02, 2014 07:18 AM (T0NGe)

74 71 Sorry for that little hit and run guys, but I gotta get back to my auto-fellatio exercises.

Posted by: Tommy Veeee at April 02, 2014 11:18 AM (HLprW)


Nobody's that flexible.

Posted by: Joe Biden, SOOOOOOPER genius at April 02, 2014 07:19 AM (RD7QR)

75 Not sure why Harry Reid would complain, unless it's just for show. D'oh, it is! We'll soon see the box-office receipts of entire movies and concerts sent to Democrats. Transparently, that is. They won't have to hide it anymore.

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2014 07:19 AM (FcR7P)

76 Nice little bit of news after another great night of elections here in SE Wisconsin.

Milwaukee County Board was voted a major pay cut in line with their now part time job - 71% were for the cut in Milwaukee County, gives you an idea of how badly the Milwaukee County Board is that it crosses party lines.

City of Waukesha new conservative mayor getting rid of the Republican mayor who had gotten quoted calling Walker an extremist.

Couple of other towns (Franklin, South Milwaukee) got with the program and put in fiscally conservative leadership.

But maybe the biggest was the school board elections in the formally solid union city of Kenosha. Kenosha school board had ignored ACT 10 previously and gave the teacher unions a plum contract while the injunction was in place. Two pro ACT 10 people running for the open seats on the board which would have turned it over in favor of ACT 10. WI unions spent a crapload ($24,000) in advertising, walking door to door and holding rallies over the weekend to "Send a message to the Koch Brothers" (yes they linked a school board election in Kenosha to Koch).

Results?  Both pro ACT 10 won the seats and now Kenosha will be joining the fight against the teacher unions.

On Wisconsin.

Posted by: H Badger at April 02, 2014 07:19 AM (n/0Nw)

77 I like Malkin, but she's gone into crazy land here.
==========
As far as I know, she's lived there for a while.

"Gardisil is gonna rape your little girls and cook their brains!"

However, she has managed to make a very comfortable living there.

Posted by: RoyalOil at April 02, 2014 07:19 AM (VjL9S)

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 07:19 AM (nqBYe)

79 Things go better with Koch.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:20 AM (aDwsi)

80 KOCH BROTHERS!! BRRRRAAAAAACCCKKK! THE RICH! VOTE BUYING!! BRRRRAAAAAAACCCCKKK!!! KOCHHHHHH!!! KOCCCCCHHHHH!!!

Posted by: Proggy, the Leftist Parrot at April 02, 2014 07:20 AM (rSIYI)

81 Top political donations for last 25 years in the nic They are overwhelmingly Unions or Lefty orgs

Posted by: McCool at April 02, 2014 07:20 AM (nCSwS)

82 49 I've always wondered why democrats complain about campaign contributions when they usually get more than republicans? Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at April 02, 2014 11:13 AM (OJn3e) Simple. They're idiots.

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 07:20 AM (fWAjv)

83

""Government of the people, by the rich, for the rich, shall not perish from the Earth.""

Posted by: TommyVee at April 02, 2014 11:11 AM (/Qr9e)

 

"I can haz Green subsidy?" - Tom Steyer

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Stay Outraged, My Friends at the Outrage Outlet at April 02, 2014 07:20 AM (hLRSq)

84 In Tech news, Amazon just unveiled their new Fire TV set-top box. So, basically all the big players now are in the war for the set-top box. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Sony ... now Amazon.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 07:20 AM (ZPrif)

85 I would enlighten you baggers with more facts, but this scrotum ain't gonna inflate itself.

Posted by: Tommy Veeee at April 02, 2014 07:21 AM (HLprW)

86 For those that missed it. Top political contributors: http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:21 AM (aDwsi)

87 So, this spells doom...........?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 07:22 AM (gOoFi)

88 Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 11:14 AM (rSIYI) That and democrats constantly pretend that corporations should (for some unknown reason) have different speech rights than unions (which aren't all that different than a cooperation at a high level.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 07:22 AM (HDwDg)

89 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 07:22 AM (PYAXX)

90 So, this spells doom...........?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 11:22 AM (gOoFi)

 

 

This is AoSHQ - there's more Doom here per square inch than at a Goth convention.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Stay Outraged, My Friends at the Outrage Outlet at April 02, 2014 07:23 AM (hLRSq)

91 That and democrats constantly pretend that corporations should (for some unknown reason) have different speech rights than unions (which aren't all that different than a cooperation at a high level.) Unions have it better. If they didn't, they'd simply incorporate.

Posted by: AmishDude at April 02, 2014 07:24 AM (T0NGe)

92

Posted by: Penny Pritzker at April 02, 2014 11:12 AM (ZshNr)

 

How's it feel to have your OIG's chief counsel and your OIG's whistle-blower protection ombudsman relieved by the US Congress?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 02, 2014 07:24 AM (fwARV)

93 I don't think it's even that effective playing the Race Card when lefties are actually racist. But Colbert's joke obviously wasn't since he was mocking Dan Snyder, it was offensive on purpose. That was the joke. The campus Left has recently tried to declare war on "ironic racism" aka "hipster racism". I guess they want to ban South Park or something cause doing a joke of Kim Jong Il singing about how Ronrey he is is racist. Also jokes about tiny asian penises.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 07:25 AM (ZPrif)

94 In Tech news, Amazon just unveiled their new Fire TV set-top box.

So, basically all the big players now are in the war for the set-top box. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Sony ... now Amazon.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 11:20 AM (ZPrif)



Meh.   It does what the Roku already does.  What's the price?

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 07:25 AM (GQ8sn)

95 Americans spend more on dog food than politics in an election year. The problem isn't that there's too much money in politics, it's that only interest groups spend any on it.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 02, 2014 07:25 AM (Kqtqx)

96

Posted by: AmishDude at April 02, 2014 11:24 AM (T0NGe)

 

Unions are corporations.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Stay Outraged, My Friends at the Outrage Outlet at April 02, 2014 07:25 AM (hLRSq)

97 The top donor on the first list was ActBlue, which I had never heard of. It's apparently "a website where anyone can raise money for the Democrat Party". What the fuck is that? An out in the open campaign contribution laundering scheme?

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 02, 2014 07:25 AM (ZshNr)

98 Great news for freedom; but this case shows the extraordinarily importance of presidential elections. 5 votes for freedom; 4 votes for "let's do what we think is right, damn the Constitution." And the 5 don't march in lockstep (Kennedy, Roberts mostly); while 4 the rarely stray from toeing the liberal line. The problem is that the Dems nominate ACLU 100%ers who won't ever stray on an important issue. And there is very little push-back from teh R's in the Senate (Ruth Bader Ginsburg anyone?) When a moderate Republican is in the WH (and even a conservative like Reagan), the media immediately starts chirping on "no litmus tests" (ever hear that when a Dem is in the WH?). And so our side ends up appointing a squish like Souter and moderates like Kennedy and O'Connor. The rule of law would look significantly different today with conservatives in those roles.

Posted by: duke at April 02, 2014 07:25 AM (d3clc)

99 Posted by: AmishDude at April 02, 2014 11:24 AM (T0NGe) Obviously. Unions can force you to join. But at the 50,000 feet level, they're the same things: groups of individuals banded together for a particular purpose. There's no reason we should say "Bad corporation, you can't try and influence elections" and then turn around and say "Good Union, spend some more money."

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 07:25 AM (HDwDg)

100 Sorry, I was out smoking a cigarette. What was that again?

Posted by: Doom at April 02, 2014 07:25 AM (gOoFi)

101 >This is AoSHQ - there's more Doom here per square inch than at a Goth convention.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Stay Outraged, My Friends at the Outrage Outlet at April 02, 2014 11:23 AM (hLRSq)<



Dude.  That put disturbing visuals into my mind thoughts.  Willow all gothed out??

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 02, 2014 07:26 AM (sjdRT)

102 86 For those that missed it. Top political contributors: http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 11:21 AM (aDwsi) Thanks. Bookmarking that for future use.

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 07:27 AM (fWAjv)

103 Herridge is stunned

Posted by: thunderb at April 02, 2014 07:27 AM (zOTsN)

104 The Left is convinced that they are better at collective action -- and not dependent on left-wing, eco-nazi billionaires. Their self-image is a community organizer. So they are convinced they'll win if bans on individuals are in place, cause they'll be able to crowd-source funds with their magic community organizing and unions. The reality is Tom Steyer and George Soros and Mark Zuckerberg and the rest of the Silicon Valley and Wall Street billionaires that bankroll the Left.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 07:27 AM (ZPrif)

105 Is that actually a layer of Doom in the bottom of the barrel?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2014 07:27 AM (si68n)

106 For those that missed it. Top political contributors:
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 11:21 AM (aDwsi)

Thanks. Bookmarking that for future use.

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 11:27 AM (fWAjv)



The fucking dems have no leg to stand on, lecturing anyone about contributions.


Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 07:27 AM (GQ8sn)

107 84 In Tech news, Amazon just unveiled their new Fire TV set-top box.

So, basically all the big players now are in the war for the set-top box. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Sony ... now Amazon.
============
Makes me think a la carte programming is inevitable.

Heck, between Amazon Prime, Netflix and Hulu, we are darned close anyway.

Note that Amazon is bankrolling several "TV" pilots to turn into series; becoming a content producer in addition to a provider.

I've watched one of them and it was quite good--as good, if not better than the current fare.

Posted by: RoyalOil at April 02, 2014 07:28 AM (VjL9S)

108 Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 11:27 AM (fWAjv) I love that NEA is listed on that site as "fence sitting." Because they give a ton of money to 3rd parties rather than candidates (i.e. they launder it.) But they only give 56% to dems! So open secret says "fence sitting" (FWIW they give 4% to R's.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 07:29 AM (HDwDg)

109 The fucking dems have no leg to stand on, lecturing anyone about contributions. Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 11:27 AM (GQ8sn) I can't remember EVER hearing about 'ActBlue.'

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 07:29 AM (fWAjv)

110 90 So, this spells doom...........?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 11:22 AM (gOoFi)


This is AoSHQ - there's more Doom here per square inch than at a Goth convention.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Stay Outraged, My Friends at the Outrage Outlet at April 02, 2014 11:23 AM (hLRSq)


Dude. We're Little Miss Sunshine compared to you guys.

Posted by: Goth convention organizer at April 02, 2014 07:30 AM (RD7QR)

111

I haven't read the dissent yet, but the radio news characterized it thusly:

 

Breyer wrote that this ruling eviscerates campaign finance laws.

 

If that's the reasoning for voting against this, then we have serious problems on the Court.

Posted by: @JohnTant at April 02, 2014 07:30 AM (PFy0L)

112 The Kochs give 8% to Dems, they're leaning on the fence.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 02, 2014 07:31 AM (ZshNr)

113 71 Sorry for that little hit and run guys, but I gotta get back to my auto-fellatio exercises. I read that too fast - thought you'd said "ANTI-fellatio" exercises. It did not compute.

Posted by: RightWingProf at April 02, 2014 07:31 AM (ceOhI)

114 Apparently Army grooming standards are racist now. http://tinyurl.com/kf53o3m

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 07:31 AM (HLprW)

115 Malkin is the one who went eleventy on Laura Bush because she told the milking a bull joke.   I have tried to read her book Culture of Corruption and it is unreadable.  

Posted by: polynikes at April 02, 2014 07:32 AM (m2CN7)

116 Unions are corporations. Posted by: Mikey NTH - Stay Outraged, My Friends at the Outrage Outlet at April 02, 2014 11:25 AM (hLRSq) Really? I can buy stock in the UAW?

Posted by: AmishDude at April 02, 2014 07:32 AM (T0NGe)

117 "Personally, I agree with the notion that campaign contributions are speech and speech can't be regulated so I like this decision. I'd like it even more if I were a campaign consultant because a lot of money is going to be flowing into campaigns across the country. " so the richest people win. What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: tangonine at April 02, 2014 07:32 AM (x3YFz)

118 The motivation for donating to politicians comes from their power. A smaller, weaker federal government would not have that power and hence donations wouldn't be so vigorous or huge. Problem solved.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 02, 2014 07:32 AM (zfY+H)

119 No limits AND complete transparency is the best route. 

Posted by: dfbaskwill at April 02, 2014 07:33 AM (zllbf)

120 The reality is Tom Steyer and George Soros and Mark Zuckerberg and the rest of the Silicon Valley and Wall Street billionaires that bankroll the Left. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 11:27 AM (ZPrif) Note, the Bill Gates foundation has put hundreds of millions of dollars out funding Common Core... or as I call it, Obamacare for Education.

Posted by: MSM, spinning up at April 02, 2014 07:33 AM (84gbM)

121 I can't remember EVER hearing about 'ActBlue.'

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 11:29 AM (fWAjv)



They've been around for a while.  I remember reading about them during the whole auto bailout business.

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 07:33 AM (GQ8sn)

122 114 Apparently Army grooming standards are racist now.


http://tinyurl.com/kf53o3m

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 11:31 AM (HLprW)

 

Make 'em go high and tight.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 07:34 AM (DrWcr)

123 114 Apparently Army grooming standards are racist now. http://tinyurl.com/kf53o3m Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 11:31 AM (HLprW) Simple solution. Electric clippers with no guard.

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 07:34 AM (fWAjv)

124 Its not like the limits worked anyway, if people wanted to donate, they found ways around it.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 02, 2014 07:34 AM (zfY+H)

125

Really? I can buy stock in the UAW?

 

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You don't necessarily have to have/offer  stock in order to have a corporation. 

Posted by: @JohnTant at April 02, 2014 07:34 AM (PFy0L)

126

This is AoSHQ - there's more Doom here per square inch than at a Goth convention.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Stay Outraged, My Friends at the Outrage Outlet at April 02, 2014 11:23 AM (hLRSq)

The glue that holds the moron horde  together is not liking the  same  things or people   but  hating the same things or people.

Posted by: polynikes at April 02, 2014 07:34 AM (m2CN7)

127 Simple solution. Electric clippers with no guard.

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 11:34 AM (fWAjv)



Starship Troopers model for the wimmiz.



Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 07:34 AM (GQ8sn)

128 Really? I can buy stock in the UAW? Posted by: AmishDude at April 02, 2014 11:32 AM (T0NGe) Not all corporations are public corporations. Many, indeed, are privately owned-and-traded. First State Bank of Rio Vista (aka "The Cow Pasture Bank") was a privately owned Corporation (with stock and everything) but you couldn't buy the stock- it all belonged to the family who owned the bank (until they privately sold it to Norwest bank back in 1999).

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 07:34 AM (PYAXX)

129 Posted by: AmishDude at April 02, 2014 11:32 AM (T0NGe) ?! Not every corporation is for profit or publicly traded. Come now, don't be overly simplistic.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 07:34 AM (HDwDg)

130 Pardon me while I go setup ActRed. Have the Koch brothers hit me up on PayPal if they come by.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 02, 2014 07:35 AM (ZshNr)

131 116 Unions are corporations.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Stay Outraged, My Friends at the Outrage Outlet at April 02, 2014 11:25 AM (hLRSq)

Really? I can buy stock in the UAW?

Posted by: AmishDude at April 02, 2014 11:32 AM (T0NGe)

 

They're probably incorporated as not-for-profts, meaning no shareholders.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 07:35 AM (DrWcr)

132 >The glue that holds the moron horde together is not liking the same things or people but hating the same things or people.

Posted by: polynikes at April 02, 2014 11:34 AM (m2CN7)<



I disagree.  Submitted for your approval:  Bacon, Valu-Rite, Bourbon, and Boobehs.

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 02, 2014 07:36 AM (sjdRT)

133 Obumbles has informed Georgia that they will soon have the right to vote in Russian elections, whether they like it or not: http://thebea.st/1gOa48X

Posted by: MTF at April 02, 2014 07:36 AM (LISuA)

134 so the richest people win.

What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: tangonine at April 02, 2014 11:32 AM (x3YFz)

 

I think both sides have riches so it equals out.

Posted by: polynikes at April 02, 2014 07:36 AM (m2CN7)

135 Right on schedule... (yet) another unemployment extension bill is about to go the House. Republicans (in this order) will oppose it, demand something in return, get scared, lose their nerve, and finally that bill, mark my words, will pass the House. It will pass with a majority of D votes. This has always been Pelosi's House.

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 02, 2014 07:37 AM (5Kf7w)

136 the rich and the powerful become even more rich and powerful... what's that squeaking noise? the public? ... who cares, I'm rich!

Posted by: Shoey at April 02, 2014 07:38 AM (jdOk/)

137 They're probably incorporated as not-for-profits, meaning no shareholders. ---- But there are certainly alot of people profiting in the UAW

Posted by: McCool at April 02, 2014 07:38 AM (nCSwS)

138 The richest people always win in a fiscal sense. That's part of what it means to be rich: you get goodies, you have things that poor people lack. That's like saying "smart people get the answers correct" well, yeah.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 02, 2014 07:38 AM (zfY+H)

139 I think of Malkin as an effective attack dog. And she's demonstrably has one of the best media business minds on the Right -- she's started 3 of the top right-wing media sites out there. And I doubt she's done. Like most people, there are certain issues where she goes into crazy-land. She's very useful and effective most of the time, though. I don't expect my allies to be in lockstep agreement with me 100%. I agree with her on most issues. And Malkin has more effectively pushed the ideas I care about than almost anyone else. She also occasionally goes off on stupid tangents. But so do almost all prominent right-wing pundits and politicians. And Malkin is more reliable in her attack dog punditry than most Republican officials are in their actual votes.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 07:38 AM (ZPrif)

140 Feudalism sounds awesome! The assumption that there are "Republican" billionaires and "Democratic" billionaires is a mistake. The interests of the rich are all too often exactly the same: cheap labor, mass immigration, low taxes on capital gains, etc. There are many issues where the money all lines up on one side. That's why we don't have border security. It's why we don't have a balanced budget. It's why the government grows bigger and bigger and bigger.

Posted by: Little Lord Fauntleroy at April 02, 2014 07:38 AM (FtG+R)

141 Do you pay income taxes? If you do, you are a big-time donor to the Democrat Party.

Posted by: eman at April 02, 2014 07:38 AM (AO9UG)

142 I see the Undertaker from Phantasm is losing his marbles again on the Senate Floor today.

Attention, Reid family!  It's past time to have a family meeting on what to do about PeePaw.

Posted by: B at April 02, 2014 07:39 AM (twiRb)

143 137 They're probably incorporated as not-for-profits, meaning no shareholders.

----

But there are certainly alot of people profiting in the UAW

Posted by: McCool at April 02, 2014 11:38 AM (nCSwS)

 

Not-for-profit is a form of corporate structure.  It doesn't mean they don't make money, or have to operate for charitable purposes.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 07:39 AM (DrWcr)

144 Well, it's 80 degrees, and everyone knows what that means. Time to bathe the horse. He hasn't had a good bath all winter. The only question is where to stop for lunch afterwards. I haven't willingly gone to a Subway in years, but a couple of their commercials have been working on me for a while.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 02, 2014 07:40 AM (ZshNr)

145 133 Obumbles has informed Georgia that they will soon have the right to vote in Russian elections, whether they like it or not:


http://thebea.st/1gOa48X

Posted by: MTF at April 02, 2014 11:36 AM (LISuA)


Looks like Barry is being flexible for Vlad again.

Posted by: joncelli at April 02, 2014 07:40 AM (RD7QR)

146 Starship Troopers model for the wimmiz. Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 11:34 AM (GQ8sn) Well, apparently there was a ST3:Marauder.

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 07:40 AM (fWAjv)

147 Maybe they can get a statement from Crying Wisconsin Guy on this. I'm a little thirsty.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 07:40 AM (HLprW)

148 Speech is speech. If you don't like that some people/groups have more money are are thus able to express their speech more broadly, then band together with others, raise money, and counter their speech. This and Citizens United is more "waah rich people and corporations are evil" pablum.

Posted by: brak at April 02, 2014 07:40 AM (NaTky)

149 I still have a problem with the whole premise that 'money is speech'. Money is property... and property rights say you can give your damn property to whoever you want... The Government tried to control property, by saying it was speech, which THEY say they can control.... Sophistry.... so they can control you.... And besides, its not the blatant corruption that comes through direct campaign contributions... its all the other 'scratch my back' type of things that go on in the background (Hillary and cattle futures....) which corrupt politicians. Its funny how they all end up RICH after a stint in Congress... even though we don't pay them much...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2014 07:40 AM (84gbM)

150 I haven't willingly gone to a Subway in years, but a couple of their commercials have been working on me for a while.

I like Jersey Mikes and Jimmy Johns.  Either near you?

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 07:41 AM (GQ8sn)

151 McCutchen will steal any second base that's not nailed down.  I should probably hate him, but he's fun to watch.

Posted by: HR at April 02, 2014 07:41 AM (ZKzrr)

152 Yeah, the super-rich, the uber corporations are apolitical, they don't care who is in power or what the policies are. They care about what makes and keeps them rich. That's why they donate to who they think is going to win, not who they prefer in power. They aren't Republican or Democrat.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 02, 2014 07:41 AM (zfY+H)

153 "Would you like all of your neighbors to 'contribute' $5 to the candidate of our choosing? Yes or No."

Posted by: Form 1040EZ, rev 2014 at April 02, 2014 07:41 AM (FcR7P)

154 >>I'd like it even more if I were a campaign consultant because a lot of money is going to be flowing into campaigns across the country. Yup. I gotta say it shocked the ever-loving shit out of me when I discovered political fundraisers work on a commission. That is verboten in charitable fundraising and for a very good reason. The donations being solicited should not have any direct impact on the solicitor's pocket. It is terribly corrupting to have a fundraiser work on commission. There is far too much temptation for campaigns to cast every bit of information in a light that leads potential donors to believe that "their gift will make the difference." We saw very clearly in the last cycle overly optimistic reports of polls and GOTV that I have come to believe should have always been suspect to a disinterested professional observer. It is very unlikely that I will ever donate to a political campaign again. Between the corruption in the consulting system and the risk incurred when one's donations are made public by assholes like the anti-Prop8 crowd, the risk is to high. Toss in a corrupt IRS, which I personally know attacked large donors to Romney's campaign last time, and why should I give? Great job, Ruling Class!

Posted by: Y-not at April 02, 2014 07:41 AM (zDsvJ)

155 >151 McCutchen will steal any second base that's not nailed down. I should probably hate him, but he's fun to watch.

Posted by: HR at April 02, 2014 11:41 AM (ZKzrr)<



Like Lou Brock back in the day?

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 02, 2014 07:42 AM (sjdRT)

156 Both are nearby, Jersey Mike's is my go-to, but it's in the opposite direction of where I'm headed. Jimmy John's might be just the ticket.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 02, 2014 07:42 AM (ZshNr)

157 Well, apparently there was a ST3:Marauder.

Never saw 2 or 3.    Movies fucked up the book like a teenage boy on his first post-prom grabbass session.

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 07:42 AM (GQ8sn)

158 Jimmy Johns has good food, but they are a little expensive.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 02, 2014 07:43 AM (zfY+H)

159 That Ass from the CIA is lying his butt off right now on the Benghazi hearings. He's contradicting everyone who said they knew it wasn't the "film" that caused the attack. Says they ALL agreed it was because of that. What a piece of shit....

Posted by: Hello it's me Donna and I know nuthink! at April 02, 2014 07:43 AM (9+ccr)

160 144 Well, it's 80 degrees, and everyone knows what that means. Time to bathe the horse. He hasn't had a good bath all winter. The only question is where to stop for lunch afterwards. I haven't willingly gone to a Subway in years, but a couple of their commercials have been working on me for a while. Posted by: Lincolntf at April 02, 2014 11:40 AM (ZshNr) Bathe the horse. So that's what you call it.

Posted by: eman at April 02, 2014 07:43 AM (AO9UG)

161 Open Secrets doesn't appear to be very up to date.  It doesn't show any of my contributions since 99.

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at April 02, 2014 07:43 AM (L02KD)

162 >Bathe the horse. So that's what you call it.

Posted by: eman at April 02, 2014 11:43 AM (AO9UG)<



That bucket ain't just for water.....

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 02, 2014 07:44 AM (sjdRT)

163 Never saw 2 or 3. Movies fucked up the book like a teenage boy on his first post-prom grabbass session. I can't remember where, but I recall someone trying to defend the movie basically by saying "treating the material seriously and honestly wouldn't have gotten the message across." I nearly punched my computer screen.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 07:44 AM (PYAXX)

164 148 Speech is speech. If you don't like that some people/groups have more money are are thus able to express their speech more broadly, then band together with others, raise money, and counter their speech. This and Citizens United is more "waah rich people and corporations are evil" pablum. Posted by: brak at April 02, 2014 11:40 AM (NaTky) didn't say rich people are evil. Please not the majority of political contributions given to the left vs. the right. think the Koch bro's were the highest donators to the right and they came in at #19 (could be wrong, but you get the idea) on the list. Shit, I want to be rich! Who doesn't? There's a lot more money on the left than the right, and this is going to hurt. jus' sayin'

Posted by: tangonine at April 02, 2014 07:44 AM (x3YFz)

165 http://thebea.st/1gOa48X Posted by: MTF at April 02, 2014 11:36 AM (LISuA) If you like your NATO, you can keep your NATO... PERIOD....

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2014 07:44 AM (84gbM)

166 Can we coin "Koch-hurt" for the Left's reaction to these kinds of stories?

Posted by: Citizen X at April 02, 2014 07:45 AM (7ObY1)

167

The comments on the WAPO article are hilarious.  What a bunch of whiny Marxists. 

Sorry, Commies.  You don't win them all.

Posted by: Steve in Greensboro at April 02, 2014 07:45 AM (bbivj)

168 @ RWC

And it is animated. Was sick as hell and was rolling through all of them as a time killer...the acting was about as good as the live action versions.

And as a plus for the Morons here there is animated womenz nudity and an R rating.

Posted by: H Badger at April 02, 2014 07:45 AM (n/0Nw)

169 Not true. The super rich are intensely political. Tons of social science surveys have show the richer you get, the more partisan and ideological you get. Rich people don't dream about getting ever more rich. That loses it's luster. They do dream about imposing their will on the world. They do dream about "saving the world" according to their ideology. The image of some Richie Rich who just apolitically schemes about getting ever more Richie Rich is a childish cliche. Totally untrue.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 07:45 AM (ZPrif)

170 The left complaining about something and then doing that something in spades?  Hard to believe.

Posted by: Feliz Naivete at April 02, 2014 07:45 AM (yhJhK)

171 I can't remember where, but I recall someone trying to defend the movie basically by saying "treating the material seriously and honestly wouldn't have gotten the message across."


RAH would have come back from the dead to kill this person.

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 07:45 AM (GQ8sn)

172 35 The Right always gets so excited when we have a chance to play the Race Card against the Left. But 1) it never works and 2) it just makes the Race Card stronger for the Left. I like Malkin, but she's gone into crazy land here. Not sure if she really wants to ban ironic ching-chong jokes, or just think it's a good opportunity to shout "Racist!!!" at a prominent left-winger. Stupid and ineffective regardless. National Review ‏@NRO 'Stephen Colbert, Racist': The unfunny “comedian” mocks Asians and calls it satire. http://natl.re/1mKxfUQ Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 11:10 AM (ZPrif) Thank you Joe! This cannot be said enough. You're playing in the arena created by the Left. You will not win and just by playing you make their position stronger.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 02, 2014 07:46 AM (oFCZn)

173 lulz Adam was "green." Glenn Beck is talking about NOAH and it's ignorant and arrogant (the very worst combination) director.

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 02, 2014 07:46 AM (5Kf7w)

174 Try Fundrace, SpongeBob.

Posted by: Y-not at April 02, 2014 07:46 AM (zDsvJ)

175 "The left complaining about something and then doing that something in spades?" They doth project too much.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 07:46 AM (gOoFi)

176 Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 11:38 AM (ZPrif) How did you feel about Malkin taking the lead in torpedoing Rick Perry's campaign? Was she being an effective voice for Republicans? Is it Michelle Malkin's job to do oppo research on her own side's candidates? Has any Democrat, ever, took the lead away from Repub oppo researchers and gone ahead and torpedoed their own? Circular firing squads are the exclusive domain of The Stupid Party.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 02, 2014 07:47 AM (7ObY1)

177 Really? I can buy stock in the UAW?

Posted by: AmishDude at April 02, 2014 11:32 AM (T0NGe)

 

Not publically traded corporations.  Most are organized as non-profits, but they are corporations under tax laws and for legal purposes.  Don't have such a limited view about what constitutes a "corporation" - there are a lot of different forms for incorporating.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Stay Outraged, My Friends at the Outrage Outlet at April 02, 2014 07:48 AM (hLRSq)

178 Time for my shift at the glory hole!

Posted by: Tommy Vee at April 02, 2014 07:48 AM (Aif/5)

179 Yeah, the upper-middle class and professional class (ie the money) in America have been trending Left for a while now. Over the past several decades the Republicans and Democrats have been trading white people. Dems used to be downscale whites and Repubs upscale whites. That has largely reversed. Shift isn't complete. And the true elite -- the 1% or .1% skew overwhelmingly left-wing. Yeah, if we are in a billionaire race then we are gonna lose. The Left has a lot more billionaires than the Right.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 07:49 AM (ZPrif)

180 meh. I like Perry and I like Malkin. I am large. I contain multitudes.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 07:50 AM (ZPrif)

181 Yes, tell me more of this new natural phenomenon erfquakes.

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 02, 2014 07:50 AM (5Kf7w)

182 I hope the animals are told of this decision and return to Yellowstone.

Posted by: eman at April 02, 2014 07:51 AM (AO9UG)

183 What's with the Moby?

Posted by: GMan at April 02, 2014 07:51 AM (sxq57)

184 meh. I like Perry and I like Malkin. I am large. I contain multitudes. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 11:50 AM (ZPrif) You, too, huh?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 02, 2014 07:51 AM (PYAXX)

185 Contribution limits of any sort are unconstitutional. On the other end of the spectrum, Minimum wages are unconstitutional for the same damn reason. You can't fucking tell people what they can or can not do with their own fucking money!

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 02, 2014 07:52 AM (bb5+k)

186 "I can't remember where, but I recall someone trying to defend the movie basically by saying 'treating the material seriously and honestly wouldn't have gotten the message across.'"
That's technically true, because Verhoven's message was "military is evil and patriotic people are fascists, like Heinlein obviously was, what a nut case."
"Rich people don't dream about getting ever more rich. That loses it's luster.
Ask Rockerfeller about that some time. His answer to how much money is enough was 'more.' Part of what it takes to become super rich is to be the kind of person that always wants more and is willing to do what it takes to get that.
"They do dream about imposing their will on the world. They do dream about 'saving the world' according to their ideology."
Some, but I suspect most aren't particularly concerned or even aware of politics. Amassing wealth is a full-time job, and these guys sleep like 4 hours a day.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 02, 2014 07:52 AM (zfY+H)

187 meh. I like Perry and I like Malkin. I am large. I contain multitudes.
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 11:50 AM (ZPrif)

You, too, huh?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 02, 2014 11:51 AM (PYAXX)

 

 

*golf clap* 

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Stay Outraged, My Friends at the Outrage Outlet at April 02, 2014 07:52 AM (hLRSq)

188 Posted by: H Badger at April 02, 2014 11:45 AM (n/0Nw) There must be two ST3's then. The one I saw on IMDB was live.

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 07:53 AM (fWAjv)

189 "You can't fucking tell people what they can or can not do with their own fucking money! " Ahem...

Posted by: Obamacare at April 02, 2014 07:54 AM (gOoFi)

190 I like Michelle Malkin fine. I liked her more when she was just a columnist, but she's okay. Everyone gets silly sometimes. At least she's never done a total 180 like Ann Coulter and proved she'll say whatever it takes to promote what she thinks will get her noticed.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 02, 2014 07:54 AM (zfY+H)

191

"They do dream about imposing their will on the world. They do dream about 'saving the world' according to their ideology."

 

---------

 

Maybe second/third generation idiot sons who have inherited their wealth.  But the actual creators, the ones who made the wealth to begin with...I'd say on balance they are too busy to be political.

Posted by: @JohnTant at April 02, 2014 07:54 AM (PFy0L)

192 You can't fucking tell people what they can or can not do with their own fucking money! This becomes clearer when you substitute the word "work" for the word "money" which we should start doing. This is why debasing the language is dangerous. "Money" does, indeed, mean "a means of conveying value" as in coin and paper tender of various types. However, we now use the word "money" when we should be using the words "work" or "capital." And those two words completely lay bare many of the left's arguments.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 07:54 AM (PYAXX)

193 I don't think this is a game changer either way. If you want to get money to a candidate or candidates you are going to find a way.

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 07:54 AM (fWAjv)

194
Never saw 2 or 3. Movies fucked up the book like a teenage boy on his first post-prom grabbass session.

I can't remember where, but I recall someone trying to defend the movie basically by saying "treating the material seriously and honestly wouldn't have gotten the message across."

I nearly punched my computer screen.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 11:44 AM (PYAXX)










The best part about the first film was watching it in a theater full of SoCal lefties. Snickering about the fascism in the first act, getting into the bug killin' action in the second act, and the confusion in the third act when they realize that Verhoeven snookered them into cheering for the Nazis.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2014 07:54 AM (TIIx5)

195 You can't fucking tell people what they can or can not do with their own fucking money!

*points, laughs*

Posted by: Congress at April 02, 2014 07:54 AM (ZKzrr)

196

The motivation for donating to politicians comes from their power. A smaller, weaker federal government would not have that power and hence donations wouldn't be so vigorous or huge. Problem solved.

---

So if we shrink the government, we'll have less power AND less money?

Hoe-lee shit. BRB, going to vote to spend a few trillion dollars on...who they hell cares what.

Posted by: All Politicians at April 02, 2014 07:55 AM (SO2Q8)

197 OT Is the Benghazi hearing over?

Posted by: Madamex at April 02, 2014 07:55 AM (vaWdD)

198 You can't fucking tell people what they can or can not do with their own fucking money! Posted by: D-Lamp at April 02, 2014 11:52 AM (bb5+k) Hey..... simmer down there.... we'll tell you what your Rights are...

Posted by: Supreme Court at April 02, 2014 07:55 AM (84gbM)

199 Amazon's Fire TV is basically a Kindle Fire in a box. Looks pretty slick. Voice search for movies, TV, music. Doubles as game console. $99. interesting.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 07:55 AM (ZPrif)

200 It sickens me that 4 of our Supreme Court justices went the other way on this case.  The idea that the 1st Amendment has some sort of arbitrary limit on how many candidates you can support in an election cycle is an absurdity.

The biggest reason why I can never threaten to sit out elections even if I don't like the Republican Presidential candidate is the Supreme Court.  Even RINO Presidents usually try and appoint conservative justices (George HW Bush and Clarence Thomas for example) 

The problem is, sometimes they devolve once they get that lifetime appointment.  I'd still rather take that gamble than whatever left-wing Justice a Democrat Presidential candidate will always appoint.

So much of our nation's direction unfortunately comes from the Supreme Court.

Posted by: McAdams at April 02, 2014 07:55 AM (nbQjb)

201 180 meh. I like Perry and I like Malkin. I am large. I contain multitudes.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 11:50 AM (ZPrif)


Gotta cut back on the Taco Hell, dude.

Posted by: joncelli at April 02, 2014 07:56 AM (RD7QR)

202 Good decision...but eman is right. I pay income tax which means the Demoncrats are well funded anyways. With April 15th coming due how about the FairTax? A FlatTax? A MoronTax?.....

Posted by: IrishEd at April 02, 2014 07:56 AM (D0NZx)

203 Generous, horny older gentleman seeks attractive young women for periodic hookups, no strings attached.  Wait, where am I?  What?  Who's there?

Posted by: Uncle Sven at April 02, 2014 07:57 AM (yhJhK)

204 163 Never saw 2 or 3. Movies fucked up the book like a teenage boy on his first post-prom grabbass session.

I can't remember where, but I recall someone trying to defend the movie basically by saying "treating the material seriously and honestly wouldn't have gotten the message across."

I nearly punched my computer screen.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 11:44 AM (PYAXX

 

Yeah that's not the way to defend the movie.  The way to defend the movie is to use what it actually is.  Its not really a good defense though.  The movie Starship Troopers was not based on the book Starship Troopers.  The script was not written with the book in mind.  The connections to the book were added after licensing the name and to tie it to the book.

Posted by: buzzion at April 02, 2014 07:57 AM (LI48c)

205 189 "You can't fucking tell people what they can or can not do with their own fucking money! " Ahem... Posted by: Obamacare at April 02, 2014 11:54 AM (gOoFi) And if the fucking court wasn't out of it's fucking mind, it would have ruled that "You can't tell people what to do with their own fucking money." We used to have a word for letting "masters" decide what to do with the fruits of another man's labor. It was called "Slavery", and we supposedly fought a war over that or something. Now it's trying to sneak back in through the back door.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 02, 2014 07:59 AM (bb5+k)

206 Yeah, the Rich have been moving into running media operations as charities to get around campaign laws anyway. You can't give $10M to candidate X to smear candidate Z. You can, however, run a "news" website that loses money hand over fist and runs $10M in news stories about how awesome candidate X is and how evil candidate Z is.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 07:59 AM (ZPrif)

207 Oh, this is nice.

Wise Latina: "Once we decide, there is no more hope."
http://is.gd/PTUBob

Posted by: HR needs a beer at April 02, 2014 07:59 AM (ZKzrr)

208 What about Casino Cash? Is that covered? How is Harry gonna buy his seat next term?

Posted by: Roy at April 02, 2014 07:59 AM (VndSC)

209

So there's going to be a Top Gun sequel?

 

First, why the fuck?

 

Second, I wonder if there'll be another Tom Cruise/Kelly McGillis macking scene, because ugh.

Posted by: @JohnTant at April 02, 2014 08:01 AM (PFy0L)

210 Thanks for the FundRace tip, it's taking too long to load and there is shiite to do so I'll check it later.  Don't know why anyone would bother to look me up but if they do I want them to see that one time I donated to a candidate that won, Cruz.

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at April 02, 2014 08:01 AM (L02KD)

211 207 Oh, this is nice.

Wise Latina: "Once we decide, there is no more hope."
http://is.gd/PTUBob

Posted by: HR needs a beer at April 02, 2014 11:59 AM (ZKzrr)

 

That's some major fucking arrogance on display there.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 08:01 AM (DrWcr)

212 ec - Note that the list's Dem/Rep tilt is a little misleading. For instance, it indicates that the NEA's contributions are neutral. That is because the list composer used a criteria of 60%+ as an indicator of a significant tilt. Which is fair, except that in many cases, like the NEA, less than 60% of donations went to the Dems (56% in that case), but contributions to Reps were only 4%. So, that list could use some revision as far as 'tilt' goes. Note also, that the heinous Koch Bros., are down at #59. And yet, and yet...., when we here of money influencing politics, we hear nothing, nothing about all of the Left/Liberal organizations above them.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 08:01 AM (aDwsi)

213 203 Generous, horny older gentleman seeks attractive young women for periodic hookups, no strings attached. Wait, where am I? What? Who's there? Posted by: Uncle Sven at April 02, 2014 11:57 AM (yhJhK) Try Backpage.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 02, 2014 08:01 AM (oFCZn)

214
207 Oh, this is nice.

Wise Latina: "Once we decide, there is no more hope."
http://is.gd/PTUBob

Posted by: HR needs a beer at April 02, 2014 11:59 AM (ZKzrr)


So kind of like entering the Inferno:


Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate.

Posted by: joncelli at April 02, 2014 08:02 AM (RD7QR)

215 THIS WILL DESTROY THE COUNTRY. Pay no attention to the massive budget deficits, crony economy, and incoherent foreign policy.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 02, 2014 08:02 AM (659DL)

216 Oh, this is nice. Wise Latina: "Once we decide, there is no more hope." How many divisions does the SC have?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 08:02 AM (ix+5k)

217 Has any Democrat, ever, took the lead away from Repub oppo researchers and gone ahead and torpedoed their own?

Circular firing squads are the exclusive domain of The Stupid Party. Posted by: Citizen X at April 02, 2014 11:47 AM
===
Eh, from what I've read, Kos has been banging the drum loudly for Prog Purity. There is, apparently, some deft knife work going on between Clintonite 'pragmatists" and hard-left Puritans.

Posted by: mrp at April 02, 2014 08:03 AM (JBggj)

218 Most of the campaign finance and gun law victories are an Obama scotus pick away from being reversed. And if Hillary wins the next election then the Left will probably get a 5-4, if not 6-3, lock on the Supreme Court for the next 20-30 years. The guys voting on our side sadly aren't immortal. At some point we need an actual Republican in the white house appointing judges.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 08:03 AM (ZPrif)

219 So there's going to be a Top Gun sequel? --------- Suggested title: "Auger In"

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 08:03 AM (aDwsi)

220 want to get big money out of campaign finance.... repeal the 17th Amendment...

The big money, corruption is in Senate Campaigns...  Senators influence/corruption would at least be put back on the state and local level.   You know they would raise large state-level PAC's to make sure they keep getting appointed...  But that's fine, it would put the attention of the populace on the local/state level.

Posted by: phreshone at April 02, 2014 08:03 AM (kFxpe)

221 Part of what it takes to become super rich is to be the kind of person that always wants more and is willing to do what it takes to get that.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 02, 2014 11:52 AM (zfY+H)

Unfortunately, part of what they feel they need to do is manipulate the political system via lobbying and donations, to get favorable legislation and sympathetic officeholders.

In this, the current situation is somewhat analogous to late Republican Rome.  And look how well that turned out.

Posted by: CQD at April 02, 2014 08:03 AM (4iOIE)

222 "That's some major fucking arrogance on display there." Read the article looking for that bit thinking there must be a context thing going on here. No. That's exactly what she said. Very doomy.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 08:03 AM (gOoFi)

223 Second, I wonder if there'll be another Tom Cruise/Kelly McGillis macking scene, because ugh. Posted by: @JohnTant at April 02, 2014 12:01 PM (PFy0L) I think McGillis bats for the other team now.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 08:03 AM (1EJ2w)

224 *sees in sidebar something about a Top Gun[/i[ sequel of Tom Cruise vs Drones.*

Beyond the obvious how can you tell which is the real drone.  Wasn't there an MoD White Paper from the 1960s that said fighters were obsolete because of missiles?

Or better yet, just go watch [i]Macross Plus where Guld Bowman in his YF-21 does battle with the X-9 drone fighter that has been hacked by Sharon Apple.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 08:03 AM (7oL8c)

225 209
So there's going to be a Top Gun sequel?

First, why the fuck?

Second, I wonder if there'll be another Tom Cruise/Kelly McGillis macking scene, because ugh.

Posted by: @JohnTant at April 02, 2014 12:01 PM (PFy0L)


Particularly since Kelly came out as a carpet muncher. Thus such a scene might be...unconvincing.

Posted by: joncelli at April 02, 2014 08:04 AM (RD7QR)

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 08:04 AM (7oL8c)

227 @RWC

Must of been part 4 then...I think they finally caught on that crap in animation is far cheaper than crap in real life.


Posted by: H Badger at April 02, 2014 08:04 AM (n/0Nw)

228 So there's going to be a Top Gun sequel? And it looks like they took the plot from that terrible movie "Stealth" that came out right around 2000.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 08:04 AM (PYAXX)

229 219 So there's going to be a Top Gun sequel? --------- Suggested title: "Auger In" Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 12:03 PM (aDwsi) Yeah.... they need a propaganda piece for the F-35....

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2014 08:04 AM (84gbM)

230 "Second, I wonder if there'll be another Tom Cruise/Kelly McGillis macking scene," McGillis doesn't mack on anything anymore that doesn't also have boobehs and a vajayjay.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 08:04 AM (gOoFi)

231 The guys voting on our side upholding The Constitution sadly aren't immortal. -- FIFY

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 08:04 AM (aDwsi)

232 Not to mention she hasn't aged well. McGillis that is.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 08:04 AM (1EJ2w)

233 Almost into the barrel there.  Yikes.

Methinks I should meander on off and do other things.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 08:04 AM (7oL8c)

234 Afternoon Horde. Who we pissing off?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 02, 2014 08:05 AM (da5Wo)

235 Because the left begins with conclusions, facts and logic be damned, you can't convince them to change their minds with facts and logic.  Similarly, shaming them or proving their hypocrisy does no good, since they are shameless and hypocrisy, like racism, doesn't apply to them.  All you can do is destroy them.  And shock therapy.  But mostly destroy them.

Posted by: Kendrick at April 02, 2014 08:05 AM (yhJhK)

236 I am large. I contain multitudes.
You, too, huh?

Hey. Git th'hell ta-singin'.

Posted by: The Body Electric at April 02, 2014 08:06 AM (xq1UY)

237 232 Not to mention she hasn't aged well. McGillis that is.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 12:04 PM (1EJ2w)


Tom keeps his boyish looks with clean living and the souls of the innocent, but mostly the souls of the innocent.

Posted by: joncelli at April 02, 2014 08:06 AM (RD7QR)

238 The games angle of the Amazon Fire TV gadget is interesting. Trying to undercut the PS4s and XBox's of the world with a "good enough" game system that is much, much cheaper. Basically tablet gaming for the TV.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 08:07 AM (ZPrif)

239 Not sure Cruise could stand another combat assignment, I mean, you know "acting is as hard as being a military soldier in Afghanistan". His grasp of reality is revealed by the redundant "military soldier". F'kwit.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 08:07 AM (aDwsi)

240 207 Oh, this is nice. Wise Latina: "Once we decide, there is no more hope." http://is.gd/PTUBob Posted by: HR needs a beer at April 02, 2014 11:59 AM (ZKzrr) Well.... she is sort of right....

Posted by: One of the 55 Million Aborted Babies... at April 02, 2014 08:07 AM (84gbM)

241 238 The games angle of the Amazon Fire TV gadget is interesting. Trying to undercut the PS4s and XBox's of the world with a "good enough" game system that is much, much cheaper. Basically tablet gaming for the TV.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 12:07 PM (ZPrif)


It almost has to be cheaper than the PS4.

Posted by: joncelli at April 02, 2014 08:08 AM (RD7QR)

242 " she hasn't aged well. McGillis that is." No. She. Has. Not. Nine miles of bad road. She's not even MILFable.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 08:08 AM (gOoFi)

243 BC - Mostly ourselves.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 08:08 AM (aDwsi)

244

Generous, horny older gentleman seeks attractive young women for periodic hookups, no strings attached. Wait, where am I? What? Who's there?
---

That sounded awesome until i realized it meant no bondage. O well, the quest continues...

Posted by: Scarlett Johansson at April 02, 2014 08:08 AM (SO2Q8)

245 Well.... she is sort of right....

Posted by: One of the 55 Million Aborted Babies... at April 02, 2014 12:07 PM (84gbM)

 

Speaking of, here's hoping Harry Blackmun is getting extra attention from Satan's barbed cock.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 08:09 AM (DrWcr)

246 Heya BC!

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 08:09 AM (GQ8sn)

247 "O well, the quest continues..." Scarlett, all you gotta do is ask "pretty please."

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 08:09 AM (gOoFi)

248 A "Top Gun" sequel?  Really?   Thirty years after the original?   Uh, yeah.  Sure.  It'll be a real hit, I'm sure.  

Are they going to bring back Val Kilmer as the Ice Man?  Because   if so     they might want to roll him into a gym    for a few years.   Homoerotic volleyball is only homoerotic if the guys playing are actually, you know,    attractive.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit (or Beth for short) [/u][/i][/s][/b] at April 02, 2014 08:10 AM (4df7R)

249 McGillis doesn't mack on anything anymore that doesn't also have boobehs and a vajayjay.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 12:04 PM (gOoFi)

 

And Tom Cruise doesn't mack on anything that does.

Posted by: buzzion at April 02, 2014 08:10 AM (LI48c)

250 I think McGillis bats for the other team now.

It's like Big Trades Week. They both bat for other teams.

Posted by: The Varied Carols, I hear at April 02, 2014 08:10 AM (xq1UY)

251

189 "You can't fucking tell people what they can or can not do with their own fucking money! "

---

Word

Posted by: Crack Dealers of America at April 02, 2014 08:10 AM (SO2Q8)

252 "And Tom Cruise doesn't mack on anything that does." And therein lies the irony of it all.....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 08:11 AM (gOoFi)

253 YF-21 vs X-9 fight scene
http://youtu.be/5hJepWBUqZk

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 08:11 AM (7oL8c)

254 The problem isn't that there's too much money in politics, it's that only interest groups spend any on it.

The problem isn't that we spend too much on politicians it's that politicians take too much from everything.  They'd be just another bunch of beyond their usefulness middlemen destroying a market (e.g. HFT, union bosses, lawyers in general, etc.) if it weren't for the whole men with guns backing them up thing.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at April 02, 2014 08:11 AM (DL2i+)

255 Malkin is not gonna let that chicken go. Cause asian ethnic accents are racist and evil and the worst thing evar! Funny Italian accents like the Marx Bros are ok though. That's a Spicy Meatball!!!! HotAir.com ‏@hotairblog 8m Dear Mr. Colbert: Me so stupid. You so funny! http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=291367 Â…

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 08:11 AM (ZPrif)

256 248 A "Top Gun" sequel? Really? Thirty years after the original? Uh, yeah. Sure. It'll be a real hit, I'm sure. Are they going to bring back Val Kilmer as the Ice Man? Because if so they might want to roll him into a gym for a few years. Homoerotic volleyball is only homoerotic if the guys playing are actually, you know, attractive. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit (or Beth for short) at April 02, 2014 12:10 PM (4df7R) Hey baby, the highway to my danger zone is just a little longer now.

Posted by: Iceman at April 02, 2014 08:11 AM (da5Wo)

257 "You can't fucking tell people what they can or can not do with their own fucking money! " ------------------------- Obamacare

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 08:12 AM (aDwsi)

258 I think McGillis bats for the other team now.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 12:03 PM (1EJ2w)

So does Cruise, so the symmetry hasn't changed.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 08:12 AM (QFxY5)

259 So will Cruise still be the hotshot Maverick pilot?   Or will he be the guy in charge who has to     put up with a     newer, younger hotshot pilot, played by   Ryan Chris Gosling Pine?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit (or Beth for short) [/u][/i][/s][/b] at April 02, 2014 08:12 AM (4df7R)

260 Yeah Tom Cruise IS the picture of Dorian Gray.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 08:13 AM (7oL8c)

261 "Are they going to bring back Val Kilmer.... I don't think Val really gives a fuck anymore.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 08:13 AM (gOoFi)

262

I think McGillis bats for the other team now.

---

Not sure i want to imagine her with a bat...

Posted by: Crack Dealers of America at April 02, 2014 08:13 AM (SO2Q8)

263 I don't think Val really gives a fuck anymore.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 12:13 PM (gOoFi)

 

Nope.  He's let himself go, big time.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 08:13 AM (DrWcr)

264 Hey baby, the highway to my danger zone is just a little longer  wider now.

Posted by: Iceman at April 02, 2014 12:11 PM (da5Wo)

 

FTFY

Posted by: buzzion at April 02, 2014 08:13 AM (LI48c)

265 Hey baby, the highway to my danger zone is just a little longer now.

Posted by: Iceman at April 02, 2014 12:11 PM (da5Wo)



*throws up in mouth a little*


You were so hot as Madmartigan in "Willow," Val.  *sigh*   What happened?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit (or Beth for short) [/u][/i][/s][/b] at April 02, 2014 08:13 AM (4df7R)

266 My guess is Michelle Malkin is just trying to highlight anti-Asian racism on the left more than anything. its one of those open secrets, the one minority group you can mock openly is Asians because they are too comfortable in the American Way and too self-sufficient. Nothing annoys a leftist more than an identity group that doesn't want their help.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 02, 2014 08:14 AM (zfY+H)

267 Great piece over at pjmedia Republicans Catch on that Negative Advertising Works ... Early spending by outside groups on attack ads has put Democratic incumbents on the defensive. The Godfather of the anti-Koch campaign has been Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who now seems to have some serious ethical problems of his own to deal with. In any case, legal campaign spending is hardly un-American, and there is no evidence that Americans for Prosperity or the Koch Brothers have broken any laws. What they have done is change the script- spending early to put Democrats on defense. If you are a progressive, or merely a Democratic party operative and major campaign contributor (public employee union leader, trial lawyer, victims group advocate), what is really un-American is that Republicans seem to be winning at the moment. Big campaign spending by wealthy people is certainly not confined to Republicans, and Democrats have plenty of big spending individuals and groups behind their candidates, from George Soros, to Jeffrey Katzenberg to what might be the biggest of all — Tom Steyer. Since Bill Clinton’s first Presidential campaign in 1992, Democrats have generally equaled or exceeded the campaign spending by their opponents. ... read the whole thing it's delicious http://tinyurl.com/l75w86d This is why Harry is so angry.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 08:14 AM (IXrOn)

268 I thought I read that Cruise was going to be an instructor and the young hot shot was going to be a female pilot.

Posted by: Adam at April 02, 2014 08:14 AM (Aif/5)

269 You were so hot as Madmartigan in "Willow," Val. *sigh* What happened?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit (or Beth for short) at April 02, 2014 12:13 PM (4df7R)

 

I thought Sorsha was smokin' hot, even when I saw that movie as a lad.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 08:14 AM (DrWcr)

270 Val Kilmer is still a really good actor, he's just not as pretty as he used to be. Too bad nobody wants to give him work.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 02, 2014 08:15 AM (zfY+H)

271 So Cruise is competing with military drones? Not sure how many 51 year old fighter pilots there are.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at April 02, 2014 08:15 AM (WdbF7)

272 The last I read Cruise would be assuming a Tom Skerritt-y like role this time.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 08:15 AM (gOoFi)

273 I thought I read that Cruise was going to be an instructor and the young hot shot was going to be a female pilot.

Posted by: Adam at April 02, 2014 12:14 PM (Aif/5)



Oh.   Good.      Gotta be a female pilot,   because  gender equity.


Since this is post DADT, odds that one or more of the other pilots is   ghey as a $2 bill?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit (or Beth for short) [/u][/i][/s][/b] at April 02, 2014 08:15 AM (4df7R)

274 Val was the only good thing in Willow I think sometimes.  Slightly crazy warrior.

Can you imagine Val and Steven Seagal in a movie now?  They would need Nick Nolte's baby blue Cadillac just to sit.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 08:15 AM (7oL8c)

275 268 I thought I read that Cruise was going to be an instructor and the young hot shot was going to be a female lesbian, disabled pilot of color.

Posted by: Adam at April 02, 2014 12:14 PM (Aif/5) 

 

FTFY

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 08:15 AM (DrWcr)

276 You were so hot as Madmartigan in "Willow," Val. *sigh* What happened? Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit (or Beth for short) at April 02, 2014 12:13 PM (4df7R) Damn Green Room buffets are a bitch. But hey, I'm still the same guy I always was under here. You just got a dig a little deeper.

Posted by: Iceman at April 02, 2014 08:15 AM (da5Wo)

277 I've done worse than kill you, Harry. I've hurt you...and I'd like to continue hurting you. I shall leave you as you left me, as you left America - marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead blue ideology. Buried alive (in campaign funds). Buried alive... Harry Reid (pederast): "KOOOOOOOOOOOCH!" "KOOOOOOOOOCH!"

Posted by: Khan Koch at April 02, 2014 08:16 AM (X866z)

278

Scarlett, all you gotta do is ask "pretty please."

---

I wouldn't want to come off as needy, but you would not believe the quantity and variety of my needs.

Posted by: Scarlett Johansson at April 02, 2014 08:16 AM (SO2Q8)

279 Sequel, yeah sure. The Tomcats are gone. The carrier is gone. What's left?

Well. Christine Fox, the woman who was the model for the original role, has aged one hell of a lot better than the actors or planes or big boats with airplanes on them in the first film. She was the highest-ranking female at the Pentagon until Obama fired her last month.

Obama.
Fired her.
Last. Month.

Now have you got any fuckin ideas for a sequel?

Posted by: The Varied Carols, I hear at April 02, 2014 08:16 AM (xq1UY)

280 "Can you imagine Val and Steven Seagal in a movie now? They would need Nick Nolte's baby blue Cadillac just to sit." If they didn't eat it first.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 08:17 AM (gOoFi)

281 No, Malkin is just enjoying playing the aggrieved victim and throwing around the Race Card. Many on the Right do it when they think they have a chance to use such a powerful weapon. It rarely works, though. She thought she had a trump card. She didn't. If she was a Lefty and Limbaugh made the same joke Colbert did, it would probably work. She'd be able to pull a Fluke and purposefully misunderstand a satirical joke and the media would go along and pretend to not get the joke as well. But she isn't, so they won't.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 08:17 AM (ZPrif)

282 I've done worse than kill you, Harry. I've hurt you...and I'd like to continue hurting you.

I shall leave you as you left me, as you left America - marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead blue ideology.

Buried alive (in campaign funds). Buried alive...

Harry Reid (pederast): "KOOOOOOOOOOOCH!" "KOOOOOOOOOCH!"

Posted by: Khan Koch at April 02, 2014 12:16 PM (X866z)



Well done!


*golf clap*


Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 08:17 AM (GQ8sn)

283 Maybe this Top Gun sequel is the reason the Iranians are building that 660ft scale model of USS Nimitz.  They are going to shoot the film on location in the Persian Gulf.

Yeah that's the ticket...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 08:18 AM (7oL8c)

284 "Can you imagine Val and Steven Seagal in a movie now? They would need Nick Nolte's baby blue Cadillac just to sit."


Nick Nolte's got a Cadillac?   How does he fit it in the cardboard box he lives in   behind that    Chinese takeout joint    in downtown Schenectady?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit (or Beth for short) [/u][/i][/s][/b] at April 02, 2014 08:18 AM (4df7R)

285 And per wiki Kilmer is interested in being in the sequel.

Posted by: Adam at April 02, 2014 08:18 AM (Aif/5)

286 Must be tough to find a cast of munchkins to leave the impression that Cruise isn't a midget. Robert Reich could do a cameo.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 08:18 AM (aDwsi)

287 Obama.
Fired her.
Last. Month.

She probably refused a hypothetical White House order to fire missiles at Koch Industries.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2014 08:19 AM (B/VB5)

288 Must be tough to find a cast of munchkins to leave the impression that Cruise isn't a midget. Robert Reich could do a cameo.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 12:18 PM (aDwsi)



If a Robert Reich cameo didn't end with him as a pile of smoking ash in a pair of loafers, I would demand a   refund.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit (or Beth for short) [/u][/i][/s][/b] at April 02, 2014 08:20 AM (4df7R)

289 No, Malkin is just enjoying playing the aggrieved victim and throwing around the Race Card.

Malkin didn't actually start this, actual lefties called Colbert racist before she got into it.  So it actually is A Thing.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 02, 2014 08:20 AM (B/VB5)

290 "And now for a little breather."

And Robert Reich shows up in a smoking jacket.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 08:20 AM (7oL8c)

291

The Tomcats are gone.

---

I crid when the marriage failed.

Posted by: John Boehner at April 02, 2014 08:21 AM (SO2Q8)

292 286 Must be tough to find a cast of munchkins to leave the impression that Cruise isn't a midget. Robert Reich could do a cameo.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 12:18 PM (aDwsi)

 

I wonder if anyone has ever asked Kilmer, who was taller?  Warwick Davis or Tom Cruise?

Posted by: buzzion at April 02, 2014 08:21 AM (LI48c)

293 Must of been part 4 then...I think they finally caught on that crap in animation is far cheaper than crap in real life. Posted by: H Badger at April 02, 2014 12:04 PM (n/0Nw) Yep. ST:Invasion. Released 2012.

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 08:21 AM (fWAjv)

294 And Robert Reich shows up in a smoking jacket.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 12:20 PM (7oL8c)



... I hope by "smoking jacket"  you mean  "a jacket which is smoking, because he just got lit up by a drone strike."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit (or Beth for short) [/u][/i][/s][/b] at April 02, 2014 08:21 AM (4df7R)

295 Tom has a new flick coming out that looks interesting.  "Edge of Tomorrow", from the Japanese version called "All You Need Is Kill".  Interesting title.

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 08:22 AM (GQ8sn)

296 The Tomcats are gone. So is the 16-carrier, 600-ship, 100-submarine Navy.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 02, 2014 08:22 AM (659DL)

297 Top Gun 2 will highlight our present day military. So yeah, 2 hours of the ghey volley ball scene.

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 08:24 AM (fWAjv)

298 I hadn't seen this. It's a bit old. My Cancellation sung to The Who "My Generation" tune. (he has a horrible voice, lol) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbjleUg6peg#t=75 Talkin' 'bout my cancellation...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 08:24 AM (IXrOn)

299 I'd like it even more if I were a campaign consultant because a lot of money is going to be flowing into campaigns across the country.

I can safely say, not much of my money will be flowing that way...

Posted by: Paladin at April 02, 2014 08:24 AM (lP8dE)

300 Maverick as instructor at Strike U at NAS Fallon to hot shot smoking hot new female Super Rhino pilot.

Maverick, "So you like yanking the joystick?"

Female pilot, "Joysticks are so old school, I prefer my Kinect"

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 08:25 AM (7oL8c)

301 So Kelly is no longer with her civil partner?
Am I reading that right?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2014 08:25 AM (si68n)

302 280 "Can you imagine Val and Steven Seagal in a movie now? They would need Nick Nolte's baby blue Cadillac just to sit." If they didn't eat it first. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 12:17 PM (gOoFi) Seagal is a conservative. BTW.

Posted by: tangonine at April 02, 2014 08:25 AM (x3YFz)

303 >>>"I can haz Green subsidy?" - Tom Steyer

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Stay Outraged, My Friends at the Outrage Outlet at April 02, 2014 11:20 AM (hLRSq)<<<

 

iirc he spent a cool half million in a Washington state senate election.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 08:25 AM (RhQvZ)

304 Shit. Where did I see a Top Gun parody of how ghey that scene was. Archer perhaps?

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 08:26 AM (fWAjv)

305 "All You Need Is Kill" Interesting.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 08:26 AM (gOoFi)

306 MWR, LOL

Robert starts to pat off the smoking debris and smirks, "They missed."

Then baby Godzilla steps on him.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 08:26 AM (7oL8c)

307 You were so hot as Madmartigan in "Willow," Val. *sigh* What happened? Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit (or Beth for short) at April 02, 2014 12:13 PM (4df7R) Eh, some guys in Hollywood mainline heroin. Me? Crisco.

Posted by: Val Kilmer at April 02, 2014 08:27 AM (0cMkb)

308 Seagal is a conservative. BTW. He is also a Galactic Grand Admiral with Clusters Jackass.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 02, 2014 08:27 AM (659DL)

309 OT, but I'm super irritated right now.  I applied for a   position in my current Bureau that is, essentially, EXACTLY what I'm currently doing in my (lower grade, lower paying) position.   My supervisor WANTS me to get this new position, because, as I said, it's exactly what I'm doing now, but which I'm not getting paid     for doing.   My resume    is overflowing with all the reasons I am qualified to do thsi position, including level of education and how many years    of experience I have doing the things I'm currently doing that I would continue to do in this new position.


I get the message back from HR:  I'm not qualified and my application has been denied.


SO.  Now my boss    has decided to say, "Fuck it," and   try to get my current position upgraded.   So I've got to list out    all of my current job duties and compare them to the job duties outlined on my   current job description, so that frigging HR can look at it and go, "Oh, yeah, I guess she is qualified."       Or, you know,   what they could have    figured out if they'd just read my damned resume.


*breathing through nose* 


As it is, I highly doubt this upgrade is going to happen.   Because   fuck state gubmint bureaucracy.



Okay.   Rant over.    I return you to your regularly scheduled     Horde   discussion.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit (or Beth for short) [/u][/i][/s][/b] at April 02, 2014 08:27 AM (4df7R)

310 "Seagal is a conservative. BTW." Ya know, I'm not sure what he is. He had a real enviro-warrior thing going on for a while too.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 08:28 AM (gOoFi)

311 If money isn't speech, then how do all these Eco-lunies get the EPA to sponsor\finance their cases against every biz for even the thought of an infraction. If they had to stand on their own legal legs, I doubt they could scratch together money for Starbucks....

Posted by: fred zeppelin at April 02, 2014 08:29 AM (zL/eJ)

312 308 Seagal is a conservative. BTW. He is also a Galactic Grand Admiral with Clusters Jackass. Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 02, 2014 12:27 PM (659DL) those two attributes don't generally go together (well, me excepted, obviously). What did I miss?

Posted by: tangonine at April 02, 2014 08:29 AM (x3YFz)

313 *emails a 400dpi poster of Val as Mad Martigan to MWR*

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 08:29 AM (7oL8c)

314 Right, Suey Park started it. She's a left-wing, anti-white campus racist who wants asians to be as protected as blacks and join together to fight White Privilege. It's a Thing. A Stupid Thing started by professional anti-white race-monger Park. Stupid for Malkin to help her co-ethnic like that. The whole thing is retarded. It's an attempt to pull a Fluke on Colbert and purposefully not get a satirical joke. It's a stupid War On Humor.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2014 08:29 AM (ZPrif)

315 Ya know, I'm not sure what he is. He had a real enviro-warrior thing going on for a while too.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 12:28 PM (gOoFi)

 

Yup.  On Deadly Ground was one big piece of anti-oil eco-propaganda.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 08:29 AM (DrWcr)

316 One commenter on that page opined: "We need an independent agency to expose the facts behind all of the claims made in those political ads."

Ah, if there were only an industry dedicated to bringing such information to light with some means of disseminating that information to the general public...

Posted by: Drumwaster at April 02, 2014 08:29 AM (K6BSx)

317 309 That sucks, Beth.  I wonder if that position you applied for is being held open as a patronage position for some idiot son somewhere.

Posted by: @JohnTant at April 02, 2014 08:31 AM (PFy0L)

318 Ah, if there were only an industry dedicated to bringing such information to light with some means of disseminating that information to the general public...

Posted by: Drumwaster at April 02, 2014 12:29 PM (K6BSx)

...that wasn't sucking the Democrat party's dick.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 08:31 AM (DrWcr)

319 Fitting like a glove also proves you're not guilty of murder.

Posted by: OJ Simpleton Jurist at April 02, 2014 08:32 AM (IXrOn)

320 KOCH-TOPIA!!!

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 02, 2014 08:33 AM (9uGT0)

321 Ah, if there were only an industry dedicated to bringing such information to light with some means of disseminating that information to the general public... Posted by: Drumwaster at April 02, 2014 12:29 PM (K6BSx) /white board /confers with experts We could call it: (drum roll) The Press! oh... /erases white board This is hard.

Posted by: tangonine at April 02, 2014 08:33 AM (x3YFz)

322 320 KOCH-TOPIA!!! Posted by: Captain Hate at April 02, 2014 12:33 PM (9uGT0) I really wish you guys would not keep referring to my ex-wife's life while I was TDY.

Posted by: tangonine at April 02, 2014 08:34 AM (x3YFz)

323 Beth, Feel yer pain and my sympathy - same roads here- the local HRs use PeopleSoft to scower resumes, for candidates, and it can't pick 0's from 1's. Got a Tech resume that has tons of EXP, a good degree, and supervisors letters up the ying\yang, and yet the PS (more like BS) says 'naaaaaaaa'. Very discouraging... Its all about buzzwords and fitting what they're looking for. Or substantial bribes...

Posted by: fred zeppelin at April 02, 2014 08:35 AM (zL/eJ)

324 "Seagal is a conservative. BTW."
Maybe in some areas but On Dangerous Ground was basically a crazed environmental tract.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 02, 2014 08:37 AM (zfY+H)

325 Ah, if there were only an industry dedicated to bringing such information to light with some means of disseminating that information to the general public... --------------------- ... and that was granted an explicit Constitutional protection to carry out that function.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 08:37 AM (aDwsi)

326 What is that scurrying noise that I hear?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 08:39 AM (aDwsi)

327 ....which became a political operatives with a by-lines for that segment of the spectrum. Gosh, where is Edward R. when we really need him, and, was yellow journalism worse than our current red-stain?

Posted by: fred zeppelin at April 02, 2014 08:40 AM (zL/eJ)

328 Particularly since Kelly came out as a carpet muncher. Thus such a scene might be...unconvincing.

Posted by: joncelli at April 02, 2014 12:04 PM (RD7QR)

 

________________________________________________

You wouldn't happen to have her number would you?

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 02, 2014 08:41 AM (GjPnA)

329 Its all about buzzwords and fitting what they're looking for. Or substantial bribes... Posted by: fred zeppelin at April 02, 2014 12:35 PM (zL/eJ) The, and I'm going to use the word "people" loosely here, people that are the denizens of HR generally don't know shit about qualifications or how to hire people. Exceptions exist, certainly. However just because you spelled "and" "nad" on your resume isn't, to me a disqualifier. I've had fantastic, dedicated, bust-your-ass people work for me that, oddly enough, made mistakes. Damndest thing, right?

Posted by: tangonine at April 02, 2014 08:41 AM (x3YFz)

330 >>>Okay. Rant over. I return you to your regularly scheduled Horde discussion.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit (or Beth for short) at April 02, 2014 12:27 PM (4df7R)<<<

 

sorry to hear that. hope the upgrade works out.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 08:52 AM (RhQvZ)

331 Alia: I am a messenger from Muad'Dib. Poor Emperor. I'm afraid my brother won't be very pleased with you.

Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV: Silence!

Reverend Mother Mohiam: Kill this child. She's an abomination. Kill her!

Reverend Mother Mohiam: [groans then yells at Alia] Get out of my mind!

Alia: [using the voice] Not until you tell them both who I *really* am!

Reverend Mother Mohiam: [Weakly] Alia, daughter of Duke Leto the Just and the royal lady Jessica. Sister... of Paul... Muad'Dib.

Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV: Paul's sister? Paul is Muad'Dib?

Posted by: King Nebuchadnezzar at April 02, 2014 09:23 AM (e8kgV)

332 It is said that less than 10 people financed the presidential campaign of JFK.

So now, we can go back to those wonderful years of Camelot.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at April 02, 2014 10:01 AM (e8kgV)

333 So maybe it's time to start up DrewM Campaign Consultancy, LLC?

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at April 02, 2014 12:04 PM (1hM1d)

334 I get the message back from HR: I'm not qualified and my application has been denied. ... Now my boss has decided to say, "Fuck it," and try to get my current position upgraded. ... As it is, I highly doubt this upgrade is going to happen. Because fuck state gubmint bureaucracy. Better hope they don't decide that you're unqualified for your current position and send you packing...

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at April 02, 2014 12:08 PM (1hM1d)

335 It's funny to me how conservatives hate big government and the UN yet trust multi-national conglomerates.

Posted by: JEA at April 02, 2014 05:28 PM (hpPAv)

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