February 26, 2014

"Rising Star" Congressional Republican Jumps into Senate Race to Unseat Democrat Mark Udall
— Ace

Udall is perceived as weak, but this seat wasn't viewed as a likely pickup because of a perceived "weak field."

Cory Gardner is apparently considered strong. He had apparently refused previous attempts to recruit him for this race because he was rising in the House leadership and I guess he felt like a sure thing is better than a risky one.

But he's been jawboned into getting into the race. Or maybe he thinks Udall is so weak that this bid isn't quite so risky as it once seemed.

Various politics-watchers on Twitter, @HotlineJosh, @AaronBlakeWP, @TheFix, call this either a "game changer" or a "huge recruitment" for the GOP.

CAC will post this when his erection is no longer sore.

By the way, for anyone still saying "It doesn't matter who wins or loses" or "I'd actually prefer to lose" or that sort of thing, let Harry Reid congratulate you on your dubious wisdom.

Posted by: Ace at 12:28 PM | Comments (382)
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1 CAC will post this when his erection is no longer sore. Haaahahahahhahahahahaaa....

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at February 26, 2014 12:29 PM (vd7A8)

2 Harry Reid doesn't tell the truth. He is the truth.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 26, 2014 12:30 PM (XUKZU)

3 He had apparently refused previous attempts to recruit him for this race because he was rising in the House leadership and I guess he felt like a sure thing is better than a risky one.

Is there a rule that says you can't run for both?  I'm thinking of Joe Biden running for re-election the same year he ran for VP.

Posted by: HR, watching scripts run at February 26, 2014 12:30 PM (ZKzrr)

4 On a less bright note, your friend and mine, Ms. Lindsey Graham, seems poised to recapture the Republican nomination.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 26, 2014 12:31 PM (XUKZU)

5 Reid is a liar & I believe he is a pederast. That is what I read here.

Posted by: Carol at February 26, 2014 12:31 PM (z4WKX)

6 Yes, because all the establishment GOP has done continuously is win win win. By God, they are winners.

Posted by: ejo at February 26, 2014 12:31 PM (GXvSO)

7 Ms. Lindsey Graham, seems poised to recapture the Republican nomination. Yeah, but, who's gonna come out and vote for him in the general?

Posted by: Soothsayer at February 26, 2014 12:32 PM (9WnL1)

8 (hint: not most of the base)

Posted by: Soothsayer at February 26, 2014 12:32 PM (9WnL1)

9 Eeeeeuuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

Posted by: CAC at February 26, 2014 12:33 PM (gpWCR)

10 But he's been jawboned into getting into the race. Or maybe he thinks Udall is so weak that this bid isn't quite so risky as it once seemed. It could be that the leadership of the House GOP isn't a growth opportunity. These guys want to be Senators eventually and I don't think there will be a better time for him in the near future.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 26, 2014 12:33 PM (T0NGe)

11 Republicans will be lucky to defeat Pryor in AR.

Posted by: Soothsayer at February 26, 2014 12:33 PM (9WnL1)

12 Ms. Lindsey Graham, seems poised to recapture the Republican nomination.

Yeah, but, who's gonna come out and vote for him in the general?
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Alvin Greene, this is your year.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 26, 2014 12:34 PM (XUKZU)

13 Harry Reid should be darted and netted, and humanely removed to a safe place until this behavior subsides.
The little boys of DeeCee will breath a collective sigh of relief, for one thing.

Posted by: Euthyphro T Jones, a serious jones fo da truf at February 26, 2014 12:34 PM (1/4XQ)

14 Yes, because all the establishment GOP has done continuously is win win win. By God, they are winners. And just look at what all that winning has gotten us. House leadership has been so strong and good for America. Yay! Let's move those guys on up.

Posted by: traye at February 26, 2014 12:36 PM (SIdI1)

15 Why is no one challenging al Franken?

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at February 26, 2014 12:36 PM (S44lC)

16 Yeah, but, who's gonna come out and vote for him in the general? I'm guessing about 57% of those who turn out at the polls.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 26, 2014 12:36 PM (SY2Kh)

17 I didn't know Meatballs could get erections.

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 26, 2014 12:36 PM (GrtrJ)

18 In the article: But then I watched Harry Reid mumble about the Koch brothers for three minutes... Just curious- do the Koch brothers really exist? How did they just spring into Evil-ness?

Posted by: t-bird at February 26, 2014 12:36 PM (FcR7P)

19 You know, my Senator in N.H., Jeanne Shaheen, is an ok senator. I don't particularly have anything against her. But I'd vote for a three-toed arthritic sloth with an R after his or her name to ensure Reid doesn't remain Majority Leader. That is all.

Posted by: GuyfromNH at February 26, 2014 12:37 PM (kbOju)

20 I cannot believe Mark Udall is so-- under-performing! Snoopy Dance!!! Oh yeeeeaaaah!!!

Posted by: tasker at February 26, 2014 12:37 PM (RJMhd)

21 I'm all giddy to vote for our NC house leader as senator, what with him pushing for Obama's Medicare expansion in NC, that conservative values right there buddy.

Posted by: traye at February 26, 2014 12:37 PM (SIdI1)

22 Why is no one challenging al Franken?

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at February 26, 2014 04:36 PM (S44lC)


What do you mean?  I'm the reason he had to switch to velcro shoes.

Posted by: Shoelaces at February 26, 2014 12:38 PM (tv7DV)

23 @15 b/c Minnesnowda has the representation they deserve.
Btw, fwiw the Somali community here is reportedly no longer mutilating the genitals of their daughters, as is rampant in the old country.

Posted by: Euthyphro T Jones, a serious jones fo da truf at February 26, 2014 12:38 PM (1/4XQ)

24 15 Why is no one challenging al Franken? Forget it, Jake, it's Minnesota. And, yeah, he's a real waste of space, isn't he? Is he still in the Senate?

Posted by: AmishDude at February 26, 2014 12:38 PM (T0NGe)

25 Good news!!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 26, 2014 12:38 PM (aq/zi)

26 But I'd vote for a three-toed arthritic sloth with an R after his or her name to ensure Reid doesn't remain Majority Leader.
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Meh, three-toed arthritic slots might be too controversial...we need someone a bit more...white bread. And rich so Democrats can stereotype him.

Hey...can we clone Romney?

Posted by: The Republican Leadership at February 26, 2014 12:38 PM (P3U0f)

27 do the Koch brothers really exist? How did they just spring into Evil-ness?
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Exposed to gamma radiation when a progressive experiment to power charge SNAP cards overheated.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 26, 2014 12:39 PM (XUKZU)

28 Harry Reid can't even fog a mirror, yet this foul homunculus is the leader of the Senate?  I lost 40 points off my IQ listening to him and 10 years off my life looking at him.

SMOD, you sassy bitch, quit teasing me and strike.

Posted by: Turnip Defense League [/i] at February 26, 2014 12:40 PM (O7Q1u)

29 Just curious- do the Koch brothers really exist? How did they just spring into Evil-ness? I have several missions for them to accomplish.

Posted by: GoT Red Woman's Cooter at February 26, 2014 12:40 PM (S0eIZ)

30 Not wearing pants and a double dose of Viagra is the secret to good public speaking.

Posted by: Harry Reid at February 26, 2014 12:40 PM (mETGQ)

31 Why is no one challenging al Franken?

Forget it, Jake, it's Minnesota.
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Yeah, he's already got cartons of ballots to be found stored in his trunk.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 26, 2014 12:40 PM (XUKZU)

32 Did no one page the fratricide thread?

Posted by: tasker at February 26, 2014 12:41 PM (RJMhd)

33 >>By the way, for anyone still saying "It doesn't matter who wins or loses" or "I'd actually prefer to lose" or that sort of thing<<

Should be flogged, shot in the kneecaps and burned alive.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 26, 2014 12:41 PM (GGCsk)

34 >>>Just curious- do the Koch brothers really exist? How did they just spring into Evil-ness?<<<



The greatest trick the Koch brothers ever pulled was convincing the world they didn't exist.

Posted by: Harry "Verbal Kint" Reid at February 26, 2014 12:41 PM (UIxS+)

35 So help me, there better be plaid maps.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 26, 2014 12:41 PM (VtjlW)

36 >>>Is there a rule that says you can't run for both? I'm thinking of Joe Biden running for re-election the same year he ran for VP. yes. this has probably already been answered but a House seat is one of the few where you can't do simultaneous runs for different seats. You're permitted to do that in the Senate (probably because senate posts were originally appointed by state legislatures, but House seats were always popular elections).

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 12:42 PM (/FnUH)

37

But I'd vote for a three-toed arthritic sloth with an R after his or her name to ensure Reid doesn't remain Majority Leader.

 

And here I thought it was my turn.

Posted by: The Aquatic Sloth at February 26, 2014 12:42 PM (A0sHn)

38 What difference does it make now

Posted by: Hillary-once Republican at February 26, 2014 12:43 PM (T2V/1)

39 Why is no one challenging al Franken?

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale

You mean on the Dems' side?


GOP challengers as of the 13thFeb: state Sen. Julianne Ortman, state Rep. Jim Abeler, St. Louis County Commissioner Chris Dalberg, and apparent party favorite Mike McFadden

Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at February 26, 2014 12:43 PM (xrX4n)

40 Should be flogged, shot in the kneecaps and burned alive Yep. Do exactly as I say, and don't you dare do anything like have principles.

Posted by: Karl Rove at February 26, 2014 12:43 PM (chqG9)

41 John Cornhole Cornyn or Kesha Rogers, which is less liberal?

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at February 26, 2014 12:43 PM (kxSZr)

42 And rich so Democrats can stereotype him.

They stereotyped Bush as rich when he made $600K/year.  Movie stars make more in residuals.  John Kerry at the time was worth what, $200 million?

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 26, 2014 12:44 PM (4QSOR)

43 Do exactly as I say, and don't you dare do anything like have principles.

Posted by: Karl Rove at February 26, 2014 04:43 PM (chqG9)

Principles are for closers.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 26, 2014 12:44 PM (XUKZU)

44 >>>Yes, because all the establishment GOP has done continuously is win win win. By God, they are winners. And just look at what all that winning has gotten us. House leadership has been so strong and good for America. Yay! Let's move those guys on up. ... Then go. If you're a revolutionary, and actively just want everything to fail so you can get your Red Dawn on, then go comment on a revolutionary blog. If you're a Moby, you're annoying. If you have no interest in politics, I guess I have to ask you what you're doing commenting on a political blog.

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 12:44 PM (/FnUH)

45 Who did Franken beat? Wasn't it that rock ribbed neanderthal not the establishment Republican, Norm Coleman?

Posted by: ejo at February 26, 2014 12:44 PM (GXvSO)

46 4 On a less bright note, your friend and mine, Ms. Lindsey Graham, seems poised to recapture the Republican nomination.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 26, 2014 04:31 PM (XUKZU)



If you are basing that on SC newspaper or any other liberal polling outfit don't bet on it.  The rank and file SC Republican county parties are pissed at Miss Lindsey

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 26, 2014 12:44 PM (T2V/1)

47 On a less bright note, your friend and mine, Ms. Lindsey Graham, seems poised to recapture the Republican nomination. Posted by: WalrusRex at February 26, 2014 04:31 PM (XUKZU) As does the asshole cornyn in Texas

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at February 26, 2014 12:44 PM (R8hU8)

48 yes. this has probably already been answered but a House seat is one of the few where you can't do simultaneous runs for different seats. You're permitted to do that in the Senate (probably because senate posts were originally appointed by state legislatures, but House seats were always popular elections). Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 04:42 PM (/FnUH) I don't think this is right. Paul Ryan ran for VP and his House seat, didn't he?

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 26, 2014 12:45 PM (GrtrJ)

49 John Kerry at the time was worth what, $200 million?
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I wouldn't value John Kerry at $200.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 26, 2014 12:45 PM (XUKZU)

50 Yep. Do exactly as I say, and don't you dare do anything like have principles. Posted by: Karl Rove at February 26, 2014 04:43 PM (chqG9) ********** You should *see* how much these Principles get paid in Wisconsin!

Posted by: Scott Walker Of Wisconsin at February 26, 2014 12:45 PM (RJMhd)

51
Udall is gonna face an unhappy electorate, not just for obamacare, but the turnout to end the dem hold on the state legislature for their gun control extravaganza.  People are still pissed, Hickenlooper will not have an easy time either.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 26, 2014 12:45 PM (n0DEs)

52 CAC will post this when his erection is no longer sore. Um, really, TMI.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 12:45 PM (CRyse)

53 >>>Yes, because all the establishment GOP has done continuously is win win win. By God, they are winners. you're tedious as f**k, ejo. Please, this blog is about politics, not about personal psychological therapy or primal screaming.

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 12:46 PM (/FnUH)

54 I don't think this is right. Paul Ryan ran for VP and his House seat, didn't he? Posted by: DangerGirl at February 26, 2014 04:45 PM (GrtrJ) ****** Oooh--I think that is correct.

Posted by: Scott Walker Of Wisconsin at February 26, 2014 12:46 PM (RJMhd)

55 I will always hope for a candidate who matches my ideology and values 100%, but failing that will vote for the candidate I consider most amenable to persuasion toward my positions . That is virtually never the Democrat.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 26, 2014 12:46 PM (ZshNr)

56 >>Yep. Do exactly as I say, and don't you dare do anything like have principles.<<

That's the weakest sauce ever made. It does not even have the semblance of an argument. It is pathos based stupid dressed up as intelligence.

Screaming "principles" is suppose to be some modern day political trump card. It's not. It is foolishness dressed up in a winter snow suit for camouflage.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 26, 2014 12:46 PM (GGCsk)

57 The rank and file SC Republican county parties are pissed at Miss Lindsey

Posted by: Vic at February 26, 2014 04:44 PM (T2V/1)

Being pissed at him and bouncing his ass out of DC in the next primary are two very different things.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 12:46 PM (QFxY5)

58 Harry Reid is a very strange and nasty man. Something is so entirely wrong with his moral code, he gets put in my evil category up there with Soros.

Posted by: Seems legit at February 26, 2014 12:47 PM (A98Xu)

59 Is this Udall related to Moe Udall? Not that it really matters much. One lefty is as bad as another.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 26, 2014 12:47 PM (olDqf)

60 I may ban people for unhinged anger and resentment. This is why: Because it's a horrible fucking emotional state to be confronted with all the time. As Dennis Prager said, we each of us have a responsibility to be happy, or at least project happiness, for the sake of others. I am getting very fucking sick of people taking their emotional shit and baggage and bringing it here, every fucking day. I don't need it, and I don't want it.

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 12:47 PM (/FnUH)

61 I was too busy laughing at the irony of a Healthcare.gov add on the page.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 26, 2014 12:48 PM (KdfFa)

62 "Rising star in the GOP leadership" is not a ringing endorsement to me. Though if presented the opportunity to vote out a dem, count me in. Lindsey Graham on the other hand. I would lose sleep to vote between him and filet mignon. I'd have to do the math. Too bad I'm north of the border.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 26, 2014 12:48 PM (/djtm)

63 @45 Norm used to be a Dem.-Commie.
Btw, our party, and, indeed, the planet, would be much better off if we let the Hamiltonians from the Northeast keep running everything.
The rest of us can concentrate on worshiping our Creator, raising our families, Production (with a capital P, bitch), and target practice.
Keep your cotton mills, Whigs.

Posted by: Euthyphro T Jones, a serious jones fo da truf at February 26, 2014 12:48 PM (1/4XQ)

64 >>> I don't think this is right. Paul Ryan ran for VP and his House seat, didn't he? DAMNIT YOU'RE RIGHT! Well, I guess you can't run for House AND Senate. Like that combination is forbidden.

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 12:48 PM (/FnUH)

65 59 Is this Udall related to Moe Udall? Not that it really matters much. One lefty is as bad as another. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 26, 2014 04:47 PM (olDqf) ********* Yes. It's a dynasty of Udalls.

Posted by: Scott Walker Of Wisconsin at February 26, 2014 12:48 PM (RJMhd)

66 57  Being pissed at him and bouncing his ass out of DC in the next primary are two very different things.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 04:46 PM (QFxY5)


I think we have a good chance this time.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 26, 2014 12:49 PM (T2V/1)

67 Very excited by this development - I hope all us CO morons can get behind this and work for the guy. I might even donate for the first time ever ... Some hope on the horizon for a change, and something to do this fall ...

Posted by: Joe (wearalljoenow) at February 26, 2014 12:49 PM (nPdWs)

68 Nobody's ever seen him them. They become a myth, a spook story that Dems tell their kids at night. 'Rat on your pop and the Koch brothers will get ya.' And no one ever really believes.

Posted by: Harry "Verbal Kint" Reid at February 26, 2014 12:49 PM (UIxS+)

69 The Udalls Mark Udall was born in Tucson, Arizona, and is the son of Patricia J. (née Emery) and the late Morris "Mo" Udall, a former congressman from Arizona and candidate for the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination. He is a first cousin of Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico; a second cousin of Senator Mike Lee of Utah;[3] and a double second cousin of former Senator Gordon Smith of Oregon. He is also the nephew of former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall.

Posted by: Scott Walker Of Wisconsin at February 26, 2014 12:49 PM (RJMhd)

70 I may be motivated to actually get involved in my local, Maryland, elections. We need help. You know what's sad...? Http://mdgop.org/GOP-congressman ^^ that's congressMAN, singular and not congressMEN.

Posted by: Serious Cat at February 26, 2014 12:49 PM (NersQ)

71 FWIW ace, I'm ready and willing to win with whatever we got (I'll do my balking during the primaries, but wherever the chips fall that's what I'll work to get into office.) Having said that, my personal wellbeing comes first now, and I really can't be doing much that doesn't move me in the direction of a paycheck right now. Marital bliss and all that .

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 26, 2014 12:50 PM (hq5sb)

72 I will always hope for a candidate who matches my ideology and values 100%, but failing that will vote for the candidate I consider most amenable to persuasion toward my positions . That is virtually never the Democrat. I have never & will never vote for a D. I will abstain before voting for a D.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 12:50 PM (CRyse)

73
Gardner is in the Mike Lee type mold for those wondering.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 26, 2014 12:50 PM (n0DEs)

74 That's the weakest sauce ever made. It does not even have the semblance of an argument. It is pathos based stupid dressed up as intelligence. Said the man who wants people shot in the kneecaps and burned alive.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at February 26, 2014 12:50 PM (hjRtO)

75 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Cory Gardner's Garbage at February 26, 2014 12:50 PM (WDCYi)

76 In Alan Grayson's blue district, I envy you folks who can have actual ideological standards for Republicans. I just want this crazy MFer to go back to suing the military and chasing ambulances.

Posted by: Beagle at February 26, 2014 12:50 PM (sOtz/)

77 Harry Reid is a senile old fool....what else can explain it?

Posted by: Jprs at February 26, 2014 12:50 PM (YQ4mh)

78 Yes. It's a dynasty of Udalls. Thank the Lord we don't have that here.

Posted by: The Dingells of Michigan at February 26, 2014 12:50 PM (l3vZN)

79 Who did Franken beat? Wasn't it that rock ribbed neanderthal not the establishment Republican, Norm Coleman?>>

Yes Franken beat Coleman in a 3 way race by just over 300 votes out of ~2.5 million cast.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 26, 2014 12:50 PM (wrS2o)

80 I don't need it, and I don't want it.

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 04:47 PM (/FnUH)

That's why your occasional silly posts or movie posts or TV posts or whatever are such a breath of fresh air. Even the overtly philosophical ones are a relief from the grind of politics 24/7.

And Kate Upton. Mustn't forget her.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 12:50 PM (QFxY5)

81 I can't listen to that video of Harry Reid because I KNOW it will make blood shoot out of my eyes and steam shoot out of my ears and that's a bad thing.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 26, 2014 12:51 PM (oFCZn)

82 62  Lindsey Graham on the other hand. I would lose sleep to vote between him and filet mignon. I'd have to do the math.

Too bad I'm north of the border.



Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 26, 2014 04:48 PM (/djtm)



I may not vote in the general because even my supposed ultra conservative R - Representative has jumped on the amnesty bandwagon, but I will vote in the primary to unseat that turd.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 26, 2014 12:51 PM (T2V/1)

83 I'm one of those guys that also wonders, "Well, what actually did we win?" and I want to win badly. At the same time, if not one of the challengers from the Right can unseat an Old Dog, we will have very little leverage and we'll have won nothing. Back to the same old pork factory. Quandary, this is.

Posted by: spongeworthy at February 26, 2014 12:51 PM (g3wv2)

84

>>>By the way, for anyone still saying "It doesn't matter who wins or loses"

 

GOP doesn't speak for me, so no, it doesn't. Wish it were different.

Posted by: Bigby's Waving Hands at February 26, 2014 12:51 PM (3ZtZW)

85 Well, I guess you can't run for House AND Senate. Like that combination is forbidden. Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 04:48 PM (/FnUH) There might be some federal law on this particular thing, but usually it depends on the state.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 26, 2014 12:51 PM (T0NGe)

86
Well, I guess you can't run for House AND Senate. Like that combination is forbidden.
Posted by: ace



In 1968, Rep. John Dent (D-PA) ran for both renomination for the House (which he gained) and nomination for the US Senate (he lost to incumbent Sen. Joseph Clark).

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 26, 2014 12:51 PM (kdS6q)

87 64 >>> I don't think this is right. Paul Ryan ran for VP and his House seat, didn't he? DAMNIT YOU'RE RIGHT! Well, I guess you can't run for House AND Senate. Like that combination is forbidden. Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 04:48 PM (/FnUH) ********** There is something that is forbidden like that --damn if I can remember it. Plus depressing I think --oh forget it but "he" lost one race in his very own district but one the other one--IIRC (I love that acronym) I know you cannot have a Prezy and VP from the same state.

Posted by: Scott Walker Of Wisconsin at February 26, 2014 12:51 PM (RJMhd)

88 If the GOP wants to convince me that winning matters, they have to convince me that winning matters. Mitch McConnell high-fiving Harry Reid after giving Obama a blank check on the debt ceiling does not convince me that winning matters.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at February 26, 2014 12:52 PM (S44lC)

89 I may ban people for unhinged anger and resentment. This is why we can't ever have horrible things.

Posted by: blaster at February 26, 2014 12:52 PM (4+AaH)

90 *won* the other one.

Posted by: Scott Walker Of Wisconsin at February 26, 2014 12:52 PM (RJMhd)

91 80 I don't need it, and I don't want it. Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 04:47 PM (/FnUH) That's why your occasional silly posts or movie posts or TV posts or whatever are such a breath of fresh air. Even the overtly philosophical ones are a relief from the grind of politics 24/7. And Kate Upton. Mustn't forget her. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 04:50 PM (QFxY5) We're long overdue for a movie review.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 26, 2014 12:52 PM (oFCZn)

92 Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 04:48 PM (/FnUH) It might be a state by state rule.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 26, 2014 12:52 PM (hq5sb)

93 As Dennis Prager said, we each of us have a responsibility to be happy, or at least project happiness, for the sake of others. Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at February 26, 2014 12:52 PM (R8hU8)

94 Now that Reid has assured me that these insurance premium hike stories are false, what do I do with this $980 bill for insurance that was $250 under Bush?

Posted by: Mindy at February 26, 2014 12:52 PM (mQwL2)

95 >>>In 1968, Rep. John Dent (D-PA) ran for both renomination for the House (which he gained) and nomination for the US Senate (he lost to incumbent Sen. Joseph Clark). looks like a lot of people want to be banned today. ( KIDDING...! )

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 12:52 PM (/FnUH)

96 heh. I see Jimmy Carter is going to Venezuela. Prediction: A bad situation will get worse. Expect Carter to make a unilateral commitment of U.S. resources, without bothering to ask anyone.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 26, 2014 12:53 PM (aDwsi)

97 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 26, 2014 04:47 PM (olDqf)

I think he is Moe Udall's son.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 12:53 PM (QFxY5)

98 wait you said NOMINATION for those posts -- you can run for nominations for the post. You just can't be on the ballot, which is post-nomination.

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 12:53 PM (/FnUH)

99 79  Yes Franken beat Coleman in a 3 way race by just over 300 votes out of ~2.5 million cast.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 26, 2014 04:50 PM (wrS2o)


Yeah, the "found" a 1000 uncounted votes in the trunk of a car.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 26, 2014 12:53 PM (T2V/1)

100 >>>We're long overdue for a movie review. i haven't seen many movies.

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 12:54 PM (/FnUH)

101 Y'know, if we can cobble together a Senate coalition of 26 RINO wishy-washy fauxcon GOPers along with 26 hardcore conservatarians, and oust Harry Reid -- I'd be more than happy with that. You don't grab the brass ring in one desperate lunge You get closer and closer each time the election merry-go-round comes around, until finally you snag it effortlessly. Let's oonch closer this time, whatever it takes, even with unpalatable RINOs in the mix.

Posted by: zombie at February 26, 2014 12:54 PM (+cx5n)

102 Yes Franken beat Coleman in a 3 way race by just over 300a suddenly discovered trunkful of votes out of ~2.5 million cast. FIFY

Posted by: blaster at February 26, 2014 12:54 PM (4+AaH)

103 78 Yes. It's a dynasty of Udalls. Thank the Lord we don't have that here. Posted by: The Dingells of Michigan at February 26, 2014 04:50 PM (l3vZN) ************ Oh crap--there's a-- Dork of Dingells?

Posted by: Scott Walker Of Wisconsin at February 26, 2014 12:54 PM (RJMhd)

104 Yes Franken beat Coleman in a 3 way race by just over 300 votes out of ~2.5 million cast. Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 26, 2014 04:50 PM (wrS2o) Although Franken did, in fact, steal that race (straight up), it was a three-way race. Head-to-head, Republicans have no chance for Senate in Minnesota. In the longer term, that might not be the case, the Iron Range is no longer so monolithically Dem, which leaves the Twin Cities as their vote source. I see the Minnesota trend toward third parties as disillusionment with the DFL (Democrat) party.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 26, 2014 12:54 PM (T0NGe)

105 I was too busy laughing at the irony of a Healthcare.gov add on the page. Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 26, 2014 04:48 PM (KdfFa) That's nearly as funny as when Disney ads pop up on the ONT. Now it's bugging me if you can run for House and Senate at the same time. Drat you to heck for making me look something up! *stamps wee feets* Okay, apparently it depends on the state. I nominate some Colorado moron to figure out if Colorado prohibits that.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 26, 2014 12:55 PM (VtjlW)

106 94 Now that Reid has assured me that these insurance premium hike stories are false, what do I do with this $980 bill for insurance that was $250 under Bush? Posted by: Mindy at February 26, 2014 04:52 PM (mQwL2) Send it back with a note that says, "Harry Reid says this can't happen" attached to it.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 26, 2014 12:55 PM (oFCZn)

107 I believe it's state law on whether or not you can run for multiple offices. I'm probably wrong. Back to drinking.

Posted by: mugiwara at February 26, 2014 12:55 PM (o0+9j)

108 John Kerry at the time was worth what, $200 million?

$750M.  Which is 3x what Evil Rich Scrooge Romney was worth in 2012.

Posted by: HR, watching scripts run at February 26, 2014 12:55 PM (ZKzrr)

109 >>Said the man who wants people shot in the kneecaps and burned alive.<<

Says the man who is tired of living under tyranny underwritten by electoral stupidity and an inability to plot a strategy of incrementalism as a means of regaining our Republic

Posted by: Marcus T at February 26, 2014 12:55 PM (GGCsk)

110 Well, I guess you can't run for House AND Senate. Like that combination is forbidden. Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 04:48 PM (/FnUH) Actually, I don't even think there is a Federal law against such a thing. Elections usually fall under State Law, so it would depend on the state. From a quick search on the interwebs, it looks like John Dent from Pennsylvania ran both for Senate and House in 1968 but lost the Senate primary. I don't know why a candidate would want to run for both though, it wouldn't make much sense.

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 26, 2014 12:55 PM (GrtrJ)

111 This is the first I've heard of Cory Gardner. Maybe that's a good thing.

Posted by: Mindy at February 26, 2014 12:55 PM (mQwL2)

112 Those horror stories you've heard about my underground torture chamber? Not true.

Posted by: Harry Reid at February 26, 2014 12:55 PM (Aif/5)

113 These horror stories concerning what was found buried in my lawn are complete fabrications.

Posted by: Hairy Reed at February 26, 2014 12:55 PM (dvRYt)

114 89 I may ban people for unhinged anger and resentment. Will it have to be all eleventy or will the eight hates and the nine whines be banished too.

Posted by: See You Next Tuesday at February 26, 2014 12:55 PM (DAevm)

115 98 wait you said NOMINATION for those posts -- you can run for nominations for the post. You just can't be on the ballot, which is post-nomination. That would make for some interesting campaign stops. Support me as congressman! Or as Senator!

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at February 26, 2014 12:56 PM (hjRtO)

116 An Ace review of the Lego movie would be entertaining. 

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at February 26, 2014 12:56 PM (kxSZr)

117 Posted by: zombie at February 26, 2014 04:54 PM (+cx5n) Plus we'd be able to actually put things on Barky's desk and force him to act, he'd lose his protection. And that hopefully sets us up for 2016.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 26, 2014 12:56 PM (hq5sb)

118 i haven't seen many movies. Posted by: ace neither as anyone else, apparently -- some stat came out today that, like, 75% of American have not seen ANY of the Best Picture nominees. Hollywood is ideologizing itself into irrelevancy.

Posted by: zombie at February 26, 2014 12:56 PM (+cx5n)

119 100 >>>We're long overdue for a movie review. i haven't seen many movies. Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 04:54 PM (/FnUH) I know but you could see one. The True Detective threads were good palate cleansers but a movie review is a main course.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 26, 2014 12:56 PM (oFCZn)

120 I know you cannot have a Prezy and VP from the same state. Posted by: Scott Walker Of Wisconsin at February 26, 2014 04:51 PM (RJMhd) Yes you can. The electors for that state cannot vote for both of them.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 26, 2014 12:56 PM (T0NGe)

121 --Do you believe in them, Harry?--

Someone once told me, "I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of him." Well, I believe in God...and the only things that scares me are the Koch brothers.

Posted by: Harry "Verbal Kint" Reid at February 26, 2014 12:56 PM (UIxS+)

122 Does this have anything to do with Udall, jr.'s drug and burglary problems?

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 26, 2014 12:57 PM (6Nj7A)

123 * quietly, and with proper chagrin, re-hinges anger and resentment *

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 26, 2014 12:57 PM (aDwsi)

124 >>>This is the first I've heard of Cory Gardner. Maybe that's a good thing. ... You may be familiar with my work.

Posted by: Cory Gardner, Master/Teacher of Sean Ludwick at February 26, 2014 12:57 PM (/FnUH)

125 Hick is very popular in spite of some hits he has taken, and no real viable candidate has emerged yet, I would be surprised if he loses in the fall. This is the basket do all our legalized eggs ...

Posted by: Joe (@wearalljoenow) at February 26, 2014 12:57 PM (nPdWs)

126 As someone who has run Senate campaigns in CO, and met with Rep Gardner, he has little chance if any. Udall has ENORMOUS access to cash. Cory will have to get close to 50mil to unseat, 20 just to be competitive. And, if Udall looks 'unseatable' then he will drop, and Hick (current Gov) will step in. Game over.

Posted by: Mr Wolf at February 26, 2014 12:57 PM (nRgwZ)

127 Do these Cock Brother people even exist?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2014 12:57 PM (6bMeY)

128 @99 The actual margin was slightly greater than the actual number of felons convicted for fraudulently voting.
Then there are the "found" ballots.
And the busload of DDAs voting in Wright county, and...

Posted by: Euthyphro T Jones, a serious jones fo da truf at February 26, 2014 12:57 PM (1/4XQ)

129 Yes Franken beat Coleman in a 3 way race by just over 300 votes out of ~2.5 million cast. And with Coleman running a poor campaign. Norm didn't take the threat from Franken seriously enough until it was too late, and then relied too heavily on negative ads.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 26, 2014 12:58 PM (SY2Kh)

130 By the way, for anyone still saying

Do you not read what else people type with that? or even what you wrote about their goals not being our goals.  Winning only matters if the GOPe accomplishes something.  They've shat the bed so hard the duvet is in orbit.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at February 26, 2014 12:58 PM (DL2i+)

131

>>>(UIxS+)

 

Whoever you are, I approve.

Posted by: Paul at February 26, 2014 12:58 PM (9qDRl)

132

i haven't seen many movies.

 

I could do with a True Detective thread every day.  I was bummed that I missed Monday's live, but I went back and read it. 

 

I started in Game of Thrones mode, like Bill Hurt in The Big Chill, "sometimes you just have to let art wash over you".  I don't keep track of fueds and dynasties in GoT, I just relish the medievalry and dragons and titties.  Now, with all that's built up, True Detective is really worth paying attention to. Analyzing. Talking about.  Rewatching feverishly.

 

Also, I could do with more True Detective threads.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 26, 2014 12:59 PM (A0sHn)

133 Says the man who is tired of living under tyranny underwritten by electoral stupidity and an inability to plot a strategy of incrementalism as a means of regaining our Republic Well, threaten a few more people. It's a great strategy to regaining the Republic.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at February 26, 2014 12:59 PM (hjRtO)

134 I may ban people for unhinged anger and resentment. This is why we can't ever have horrible things. I'd settle for sharks with fricken laser beams on their heads.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 12:59 PM (CRyse)

135 126 As someone who has run Senate campaigns in CO, and met with Rep Gardner, he has little chance if any. Udall has ENORMOUS access to cash. Cory will have to get close to 50mil to unseat, 20 just to be competitive. And, if Udall looks 'unseatable' then he will drop, and Hick (current Gov) will step in. Game over. Posted by: Mr Wolf at February 26, 2014 04:57 PM (nRgwZ) ********* Can we not take away CAC's shiny new play toy? I'm begging you.

Posted by: Scott Walker Of Wisconsin at February 26, 2014 12:59 PM (RJMhd)

136 Who picked 4    hours    as the under/over?

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at February 26, 2014 12:59 PM (ZkzmI)

137 >>>Do you not read what else people type with that? or even what you wrote about their goals not being our goals. Winning only matters if the GOPe accomplishes something. They've shat the bed so hard the duvet is in orbit. yes I hear what you're saying. What you're saying is you want to lose or don't care if you do.

Posted by: Cory Gardner, Master/Teacher of Sean Ludwick at February 26, 2014 12:59 PM (/FnUH)

138 Isn't Harry Reid a Morman? How does he get by with standing in front of cameras and lying and the Morman church not kick him out.

Posted by: Fourth Horseman at February 26, 2014 12:59 PM (GKF3X)

139 There's no more crucial first step than getting that subhuman mongrel Harry Reid out of control of the Senate.

Posted by: --- at February 26, 2014 12:59 PM (MMC8r)

140 neither as anyone else, apparently -- some stat came out today that, like, 75% of American have not seen ANY of the Best Picture nominees. Hollywood is ideologizing itself into irrelevancy. Posted by: zombie at February 26, 2014 04:56 PM (+cx5n) Yeah, there are some ideological turds in that pile, but less so than in previous years. If it ain't 'splody or animated, Americans have turned it off and tuned it out.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 26, 2014 01:00 PM (T0NGe)

141 I didn't know Meatballs could get erections. Posted by: DangerGirl

Watch a chef roll em then try it on your man.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at February 26, 2014 01:00 PM (DL2i+)

142 neither as anyone else, apparently -- some stat came out today that, like, 75% of American have not seen ANY of the Best Picture nominees. Hollywood is ideologizing itself into irrelevancy. Posted by: zombie ------------- That may or may not mean a lot. One question would be what sampling method was used, i.e., what were the demographics of the sampled group, and how do the numbers stack up against previous eras.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 26, 2014 01:00 PM (aDwsi)

143
wait you said NOMINATION for those posts -- you can run for nominations for the post. You just can't be on the ballot, which is post-nomination.

Posted by: ace




Pony -- in -- here -- somewhere *digs*

For those who want to research this until their asthma inhaler prescription is ready, the general term for the state legislation coving this sort of situation is an "LBJ Law", after the Texas law passed for Landslide Lyndon in '59.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 26, 2014 01:00 PM (kdS6q)

144 138 Isn't Harry Reid a Morman? How does he get by with standing in front of cameras and lying and the Morman church not kick him out. Posted by: Fourth Horseman at February 26, 2014 04:59 PM (GKF3X) He's Mormon like Noam Chomsky is Jewish.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 26, 2014 01:00 PM (olDqf)

145 I know but you could see one. The True Detective threads were good palate cleansers but a movie review is a main course. How can you talk about television and movies when we've lost the Republic!!! And for the record, I haven't watched a movie, television or my child's soccer games in 17 years!!!

Posted by: TRU-CON!!! at February 26, 2014 01:00 PM (S0eIZ)

146 >>>As someone who has run Senate campaigns in CO, and met with Rep Gardner, he has little chance if any. Interesting. So a rising star in the House gave up his seat only to run an unwinnable race. Well, I guess if he's dumb enough to do that, we oughht'nt support him, right? Damn that's disheartening. Thanks, I guess, for being concerned enough to clue us in.

Posted by: spongeworthy at February 26, 2014 01:01 PM (g3wv2)

147 I didn't know Meatballs could get erections. Posted by: DangerGirl They're called "salsicce."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 26, 2014 01:01 PM (olDqf)

148 Has anyone ever noticed that when Hairy speaks he sounds remarkably like a drunken Weird Al Yankovich?

Posted by: MTF at February 26, 2014 01:01 PM (SMd3b)

149 136 Who picked 4 hours as the under/over? Posted by: Vashta Nerada at February 26, 2014 04:59 PM (ZkzmI) ********* For what?

Posted by: Scott Walker Of Wisconsin at February 26, 2014 01:01 PM (RJMhd)

150 I might have to bow out of future True Detective threads. I haven't seen more than a few clips from a few episodes and hearing how the season ends will ruin it should I choose to watch them online or on DVD.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 26, 2014 01:01 PM (oFCZn)

151 What a horrible little man.  He reminds me of the ice cream truck clown who tries to hide his boner behind a stack of waffle cones near the tub of pistachio mint.

Posted by: Fritz at February 26, 2014 01:01 PM (UzPAd)

152 Should be flogged, shot in the kneecaps and burned alive.

No, fuck you!

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at February 26, 2014 01:02 PM (DL2i+)

153 If you want to project happiness, post puppies. Politics & Puppies -- what's not to love?

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 26, 2014 01:02 PM (6Nj7A)

154 Love it -- it's going to be a millstone around the necks of all Dems for Reid to basically call anyone hurt by Obamacare a liar.  Yeah, Harry, they are all lying, not like you, Searchlight Strangler.

Fucking asshole.

Posted by: acethepug at February 26, 2014 01:02 PM (jiOQZ)

155

Gonna be a sweet election cycle /sarc

 

Good night all

Posted by: Bigby's Waving Hands at February 26, 2014 01:02 PM (3ZtZW)

156 @129 Norm either did no, or ignored entirely, opposition research.
Franken is a busted "comic" with a long local history (Franken & Davis). He went to a prep school notorious for drugs and homosexuality.
Just guessing, but there may be a 33% chance that every party he ever attended before moving from MN was also attended by a Weather Underground fugitive. He is a pornographer and an Adult Diaper Baby.
"Right on, I dig, absolutely. (Here, man, take the f**king joint!)"

Posted by: Euthyphro T Jones, a serious jones fo da truf at February 26, 2014 01:02 PM (1/4XQ)

157 He's Mormon like Noam Chomsky is Jewish ======== Or prominent Democrats are Catholic.

Posted by: --- at February 26, 2014 01:02 PM (MMC8r)

158 Harry Reid is creepy. As in that kind of creepy that makes you cringe and avoid. The hand gestures, the weird voice, the work on his face, the jowly softness. I'd tell my kids to stay away from his house and his van.

Posted by: Seems legit at February 26, 2014 01:02 PM (A98Xu)

159 http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/23/us-oscars-poll-idUSBREA1M13R20140223 Most Americans have yet to watch any best-picture Oscar nominee: poll "It may be one of the best years in recent memory for high-quality Hollywood film, but two-thirds of Americans have yet to see any of the movies nominated for the best picture Oscar, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday. Among other questions, the poll asked 1,433 Americans whether they had seen any of the nine best-picture nominees, plus two other films competing in other categories. The Academy Awards will be hosted by comedian Ellen DeGeneres on March 2. Among those who responded to the online survey, Somali piracy thriller "Captain Phillips" was the most-watched film, at 15 percent. But 67 percent said they had yet to see any of the eleven films in the poll."

Posted by: zombie at February 26, 2014 01:03 PM (+cx5n)

160 I've lately thought that Udall might have a tough time in CO this year. After the Dem's ran the table last year with their progressive agenda in the state, there seems to be at least a tepid backlash. But again, it will be the progressive front range against the rest of the state, and that's where most of the population is. Lots of California transplants.

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy-Eared Vulcan at February 26, 2014 01:03 PM (CGjum)

161 You want horrible things You'd settle for sharks with fricken laser beams on their heads. You get Mr. Moo Moo

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 26, 2014 01:03 PM (GrtrJ)

162 Udall, U-Haul. One's a useless load, the other hauls loads usefully.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 26, 2014 01:03 PM (olDqf)

163 145 I know but you could see one. The True Detective threads were good palate cleansers but a movie review is a main course. How can you talk about television and movies when we've lost the Republic!!! And for the record, I haven't watched a movie, television or my child's soccer games in 17 years!!! Posted by: TRU-CON!!! at February 26, 2014 05:00 PM (S0eIZ) LOL!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 26, 2014 01:03 PM (oFCZn)

164 He's Mormon like Noam Chomsky is Jewish ======== Or prominent Democrats are Catholic. --------------------- Or a prominent President is Christian.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 26, 2014 01:03 PM (aDwsi)

165 Isn't Reid a former boxer. In that case why does he talk like a eunuch biatch?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2014 01:03 PM (6bMeY)

166 If you haven't seen 12 Years a Salve while crying and simultaneously having an erection, you're a racist.

Posted by: Tommy Christopher at February 26, 2014 01:03 PM (Aif/5)

167 I see Fritz and a I view the "strange man down the street," the same way.

Posted by: Seems legit at February 26, 2014 01:04 PM (A98Xu)

168 This will not energize the base, but center-left R is better than loony-left D. Maybe not a lot, granted. I just watched This Is The End. It was funnier than I originally thought. Not for kids or anyone with much of a moral code re movies. Channing "gimp" Tatum was hilarious, but only for five minutes.

Posted by: Beagle at February 26, 2014 01:04 PM (sOtz/)

169 138 Isn't Harry Reid a Morman? How does he get by with standing in front of cameras and lying and the Morman church not kick him out.Posted by: Fourth Horseman at February 26, 2014 04:59 PM (GKF3X)
I believe he is a Merman. Half man half fish.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 26, 2014 01:04 PM (kVfSG)

170 I love salsicce!!!

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 26, 2014 01:04 PM (GrtrJ)

171 There are some movies, Oscar winners or nominees or just big hits, that instantly recall and represent an era or a shared cultural moment kind of thing. Star Wars, E.T., Godfather, Jaws, 2001, even When Harry Met Sally, Titanic or Airplane, none of the nominees I see nowadays have that kind of relevance.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 26, 2014 01:04 PM (ZshNr)

172 Cornyn is also sure to win

Posted by: thunderb at February 26, 2014 01:04 PM (zOTsN)

173 Old movie recommendation to put steel back in your fight. Rob Roy

Posted by: See You Next Tuesday at February 26, 2014 01:04 PM (DAevm)

174 I saw Unhinged Anger open for Five for Fighting in the Cow Palace back in '02.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at February 26, 2014 01:04 PM (+lsX1)

175 169 I believe he is a Merman. Half man half fish. Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 26, 2014 05:04 PM (kVfSG) "EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROOOOO-SES!!!!!!!!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 26, 2014 01:04 PM (olDqf)

176 If it ain't 'splody or animated, Americans have turned it off and tuned it out. Just you wait until "Ow! My Balls!" hits the big screen. Box office gold, baby.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 26, 2014 01:05 PM (SY2Kh)

177 He's Mormon like Noam Chomsky is Jewish. Or Pelosi is Catholic.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 01:05 PM (CRyse)

178 Isn't Reid a former boxer.

***

Imagine getting paid to punch Harry Reid.

Posted by: cool arrow at February 26, 2014 01:05 PM (Dqdyh)

179 I see Fritz and a I view the "strange man down the street," the same way. Posted by: Seems -------------------- I protest!

Posted by: Strange Man Down the Street at February 26, 2014 01:05 PM (aDwsi)

180 165 Isn't Reid a former boxer. In that case why does he talk like a eunuch biatch? Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2014 05:03 PM (6bMeY) Cauliflower brain? Just think, though: there is someone out there who knows what it feels like to punch this assclown in the face repeatedly.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 26, 2014 01:05 PM (oFCZn)

181 170 I love salsicce!!! Posted by: DangerGirl at February 26, 2014 05:04 PM (GrtrJ) (***Tom Hagen knocking on the door***) "Hey Sonny, you in there?"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 26, 2014 01:05 PM (olDqf)

182 118  Hollywood is ideologizing itself into irrelevancy.

Posted by: zombie at February 26, 2014 04:56 PM (+cx5n)


I haven't seen any new movies coming up on Amazon worth buying for a while now.  Hollywood has killed itself.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 26, 2014 01:05 PM (T2V/1)

183 I believe he is a Merman. Half man half fish. I heard they evolved from the aquatic sloth.

Posted by: blaster at February 26, 2014 01:06 PM (4+AaH)

184 Alex I guess we can look that up, but I'm sure there is no attempt to have him on the same ballot twice. The rumors are now that Buck will step down from senate race and run for his seat, which is probably the safest R in the state.

Posted by: Joe (@wearalljoenow) at February 26, 2014 01:06 PM (nPdWs)

185 Lego Movie was 'splody, computer animated, and had Batman. Pretty much everything a hit movie needs except Jennifer Lawrence's tits.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 26, 2014 01:06 PM (ZPrif)

186 I know I've mentioned before but I have an acquaintance who must remain nameless that knows Harry Reid and he has confirmed he's in the first stages of dementia. No kidding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 26, 2014 01:06 PM (olDqf)

187 Rob Roy is an 'old movie'? Get off my lawn.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 26, 2014 01:07 PM (aDwsi)

188 Cornyn is also sure to win Not if my vote counts.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 01:07 PM (CRyse)

189 Also, I could do with more True Detective threads. Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 26, 2014 04:59 PM (A0sHn) THIS. I could go on and on and on (as opposed to my usual brevity koff) about the masterful use of unreliable narrators. Maggie's line in the last episode that "In a former life I used to exhaust myself navigating crude men who thought they were clever. So ask your questions or I'm leaving" was perfect, dead on utterly perfect to describe how everyone is interacting with everyone else. Particularly since she then point blank and bold faced lied about everything.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 26, 2014 01:08 PM (VtjlW)

190 Rob Roy

Posted by: See You Next Tuesday at February 26, 2014 05:04 PM (DAevm)

Excellent drink, especially if you use a smoky whiskey.


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 01:08 PM (QFxY5)

191 Sheesh, every word out of Hairy Reed's mouth was a lie, including the punctuation. I hope this starts a shitstorm that rains down most heavily on him. He is unfit for office.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at February 26, 2014 01:08 PM (0HooB)

192 138 Isn't Harry Reid a Morman? How does he get by with standing in front of cameras and lying and the Morman church not kick him out.

Posted by: Fourth Horseman at February 26, 2014 04:59 PM (GKF3X)


The same way Pelosi can be pro-abortion and not be excommunicated from the Catholic church.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 26, 2014 01:08 PM (T2V/1)

193 Half-man / half-fish. Sort of a coelacanthÂ… with some matzo and red horse radish.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 26, 2014 01:08 PM (olDqf)

194 re: Hollywood Hollywood is suffering partly due to ideology but largely due to 1. Creative exhaustion. I cannot give a F*** about the stupid shit they make now. I'm not a 13 year old. They don't make movies for me. (I wouldn't mind seeing a movie for my inner 17 year old but it still needs to be at a sophisticated 17-year-old level). 2. Technology. Hollywood has been threatened by television since the 50s. It's an intriguing history if you don't know it. Half of Hollywood's technical exertions (Technicolor, surround sound, 3D, etc.) were done explicitly to contrast movies with tv and get people back into the the theaters. Technology is now at the point where there is a very, very low advantage to seeing a movie in the theater, even if it's a great theater without any problems or annoying attendees. In most cases, movies are not shown at great theaters, and there are problems (with sound or poor projection), and other attendees are annoying, so an HDTV is usually a better viewing experience. Movies provide a btter THEORETICAL viewing experience, but it's only theoretical, and it's a pain in the ass. The movie exhibition business will be transformed within 5-10 years. There will barely be anything on movie screens, except for big event things.

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 01:08 PM (/FnUH)

195 >>I may ban people for unhinged anger and resentment. <<

Honestly, it is primal frustration.

I've made cogent, well-formed arguments for years. Part of what I do for a living involved unceasing negotiation and strategy.

In response to some of those well-formed arguments people scream RINO! and Principles!

The inability to at least create a strategy in place of just burning and pillaging everything is simply stunning.

Many of these people don't want to do the hard work. I understand the sentiment. We've been doinked up the squeakhole by Washington for years. They are collectively destroying us. I get it. I empathize.

But the strategy to actually win by doing what is possible is inconceivable to some. It purely pathos and primal. It's reactionary not sensible.

People say they want to burn it down. You wanna know what that looks like? Look at the Ukraine. See those dead protesters? That is what it ultimately comes down to. Who is really willing to do that? You gonna be that guy? I think a lot of people are betting it can't happen here. But it can. And most of them would be running the other way when the shooting starts.

Anyway, apologies for the negativity Ace.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 26, 2014 01:08 PM (GGCsk)

196 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 26, 2014 05:06 PM (olDqf) If you watch the whole (short) video he relies heavily on notes regarding something that is not complicated. It would be an easy speech to give off the cuff, make it up as you go sort of deal.

Posted by: Seems legit at February 26, 2014 01:09 PM (A98Xu)

197 Speaking of Lego Movie. Finally saw it and the objections about Lord Business as the bad guy totally go away once you see the movie. I can't explain why without giving away a key plot element, though.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 26, 2014 01:09 PM (ZPrif)

198 187 Rob Roy is an 'old movie'? Get off my lawn. Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 26, 2014 05:07 PM (aDwsi) Yep twenty years ago seems just like yesterday.

Posted by: See You Next Tuesday at February 26, 2014 01:09 PM (DAevm)

199 I think this years crop of movies sucks: Wolf: idiots guzzling drugs and promoting stealing. Hustle: bad toupees and sex in johns Gravity: ahhhhhhh! Eeeeeee! Ahhhhhh! Dallas: man, you didn't get aids from a chick -- who ya fooling? Slave: At least it's not oprah and the little african chick is very cute off screen like michonne. Orange: stupid chick stuff. Nebraska: boring dude stuff Did I miss any?

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 26, 2014 01:10 PM (6Nj7A)

200 Do you want to know why you hid in that ditch?

We're all scared. You hid in that ditch because you think there's still hope. But what you don't realize is that you're already dead.....

Posted by: Lt Ronald Spiers at February 26, 2014 01:10 PM (aTXUx)

201
Damn, after reading Ace's comments in this thread, I'm going to step lightly.

In fact, I think I'll just go away and come again another day.

Posted by: Sphynx at February 26, 2014 01:10 PM (OZmbA)

202 The same way Pelosi can be pro-abortion and not be excommunicated from the Catholic church. Posted by: Vic at February 26, 2014 05:08 PM (T2V/1) *opens envelope* Har har guys! No way does a letter from the pope begin with "Go fuck yourself"!

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at February 26, 2014 01:11 PM (oFCZn)

203 Posted by: zombie at February 26, 2014 05:03 PM (+cx5n) They can't fuckin afford it.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 26, 2014 01:11 PM (/djtm)

204 194 The movie exhibition business will be transformed within 5-10 years. There will barely be anything on movie screens, except for big event things. Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 05:08 PM (/FnUH) The studio finance model is going to fail, and soon. There is still a cultural aspect of going to a show with a crowd, but as young people now go cradle to grave with their eyes and ears plugged into some sort of device, the theatre experience may also go the way of the Dodo. Sad in a way.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 26, 2014 01:11 PM (olDqf)

205 Two words, Hairy: George Soros.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at February 26, 2014 01:11 PM (0HooB)

206 Would love to see Jesse Ventura run against Al Franken. Just for the theatrics.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at February 26, 2014 01:12 PM (R5UOB)

207 1. Creative exhaustion. I cannot give a F*** about the stupid shit they make now. Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 05:08 PM (/FnUH) Yet, television is doing great. Go figure..

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 26, 2014 01:12 PM (6Nj7A)

208 Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 05:08 PM (/FnUH)

I would go a step farther: TV/Cable writing is better than movie writing.

"Breaking Bad" anyone?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 01:12 PM (QFxY5)

209 The movie exhibition business will be transformed within 5-10 years. There will barely be anything on movie screens, except for big event things. Posted by: ace 3. Ticket prices. What may be acceptable for a single person and/or date, goes belly up when you factor in a spouse & two or three kids.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 01:12 PM (CRyse)

210 196 Posted by: Seems legit at February 26, 2014 05:09 PM (A98Xu) Listen to him off the cuff, or if he loses his place. Slurred speech and sometimes incoherence. Yes, I know they're all incoherent, but I mean where the brain is really not firing.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 26, 2014 01:13 PM (olDqf)

211 Mr Wolf - I challenge your credentials. It is insane to think Hick would jump into senate race when he will most likely win gov. If you have "ran" senate campaigns, I assume it was for Buck (sour grapes?) I got your excited base right here ...

Posted by: Joe (@wearalljoenow) at February 26, 2014 01:13 PM (nPdWs)

212 CAC erection thread. Now, that is weird.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 26, 2014 01:13 PM (HVff2)

213 Perhaps seeing the establishment R's completely screw the pooch during the Bush Admin with their spending (which led to Obama) might lead one to have a bit of anger now towards the same morons as they say trust us and contribute?

Posted by: ejo at February 26, 2014 01:13 PM (GXvSO)

214 Box Office revenues aren't showing any sign of an imminent collapse, either domestic or globally. Domestic revenue has been up the past two years, hitting records highs each time.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 26, 2014 01:13 PM (ZPrif)

215 Didn't the Catholic Church recently threaten to ex-communicate Spolosi over her abortion stance?

Posted by: Fourth Horseman at February 26, 2014 01:14 PM (GKF3X)

216 Hollywood is ideologizing itself into irrelevancy. Posted by: zombie at February 26, 2014 04:56 PM (+cx5n) I don't think that's it, at least not most of it. They're sucking at making non-ideological movies, too. With exceptions, of course. For example, I watched Lone Survivor a couple weeks ago- the type of movie I am a target audience for. It sucked. They actually managed to make an hour long running gun battle involving SEALS shooting Jihadis in Afghanistan boring. How is that even possible? Oh, wait- I know how it's possible. No character development, no plot development, no depth at all. And yet, we bought tickets and watched. I was hoping for another Blackhawk Down. Instead I got Downs Syndrome.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 26, 2014 01:14 PM (SY2Kh)

217 I feel greatly out of the loop having never seen Game of Thrones (although read the first book), True Detective, or any other HBO/SHOWTIME/Netflix deal. However, I do know that Harrelson's character banged a chick with a smoking hot body and that GoT has lots of boobs and sex via Egotastic.com.

Posted by: Seems legit at February 26, 2014 01:14 PM (A98Xu)

218 If Hollywood had made Breaking Bad into a movie instead of a TV show, it would've featured Jackie Chan or Ryan Reynolds or both.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 26, 2014 01:14 PM (ZshNr)

219 I'm befuddled as to why cinemas are still cash cows. Box office receipts have never been higher! What Ace says above is all accurate. But people like "going out" to the movies, which is reason enough for Hollywood to continue producing movies -- all kinds of movies.

Posted by: Soothsayer at February 26, 2014 01:14 PM (9WnL1)

220 I read somewhere that Disney World was a $100 ticket. That was just the Magic Kingdom maybe.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2014 01:15 PM (6bMeY)

221 Technology is now at the point where there is a very, very low advantage to seeing a movie in the theater, even if it's a great theater without any problems or annoying attendees. So, kinda old thing, kind of new thing. There is a chain called Alamo Drafthouse that is making movies more of an event, they serve food and beer, wine, and cocktails. They are death on acting the fool in the theater. I have seen a few others of these around before and they tend to be based on substandard theater equipment and second run movies. Alamo is doing it with state of the art equipment and first run films, you get tickets online and pick your seats then (yes, you can walk up, but you might not get in.) I highly recommend the experience. And they don't rake you over the coals on the prices.

Posted by: blaster at February 26, 2014 01:15 PM (4+AaH)

222 166 If you haven't seen 12 Years a Salve while crying and simultaneously having an erection, you're a racist. Posted by: Tommy Christopher at February 26, 2014 05:03 PM (Aif/5) ***** salve Ha!

Posted by: Scott Walker Of Wisconsin at February 26, 2014 01:15 PM (RJMhd)

223 >>And yet, we bought tickets and watched. <<

For Marcus and his brothers only. Not for the Holly-douches.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 26, 2014 01:15 PM (GGCsk)

224 In other words, if they produce it, people will come.

Posted by: Soothsayer at February 26, 2014 01:15 PM (9WnL1)

225 @126 Mr. Wolf doesn't have a clue what he's talking about if he thinks a CO Senate candidate needs 50M to unseat Udall (or anyone, for that matter). Senate contests aren't that expensive in the state. Udall had 4.7M COH as of Jan. 14.

Media isn't as expensive out here as it is in the NE, and there's polling showing him ahead of Udall already, so raising money isn't going to be an issue.

I actually do know Cory, and trust me, he wouldn't have given up his seat unless he thought this was doable.

Posted by: ATaLien81 at February 26, 2014 01:16 PM (b96e6)

226 That is some old salve.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2014 01:16 PM (6bMeY)

227 oh when I say "Hollywood" is dead I mean theatrical exhibitions and much of the "movie" form. Television and downloads will be the main form of delivery. Unshackled from the theater's requirement of single two-hour show times, the format will permit multi-episode "movies." True Detective is essentially a long movie in 8 52 minute pieces. Thus the format will have more give in it, as far as the short series (very long movie) and such.

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 01:16 PM (/FnUH)

228 Movies provide a btter THEORETICAL viewing experience, but it's only theoretical, and it's a pain in the ass. It's not even a pleasant date. $20 for tickets at a crappy theater. Another $20 for popcorn and a couple of sodas.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 26, 2014 01:16 PM (T0NGe)

229 Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 26, 2014 05:13 PM (ZPrif)

I wonder if the decrease in disposable income has pushed people towards the movies as a lower cost alternative to real vacations?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 01:17 PM (QFxY5)

230

3. Ticket prices.

 

And this crosses streams with 2. Technology. 

 

James Cameron made every theater invest in 3D projection, now it's more important to make movies where the snowflakes blow into your actual eyeballs than to tell a good or compelling story.  And they cost $16 to see.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 26, 2014 01:17 PM (A0sHn)

231 @197 One could argue Business was a meta-critique of all the villains in movies being CEOs. But Lego Movie was deeply unserious (good) and not meta-anything.

Posted by: Beagle at February 26, 2014 01:17 PM (sOtz/)

232 Twelve Years a Salve was the balm!

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 26, 2014 01:17 PM (ZshNr)

233 watching "gladiator" tiger fight scene...harry reid is like his highness/joaquin phoenix, and we're the maximus!

Posted by: concrete girl at February 26, 2014 01:17 PM (AwcHw)

234 I'm befuddled as to why cinemas are still cash cows. Box office receipts have never been higher! What Ace says above is all accurate. But people like "going out" to the movies, which is reason enough for Hollywood to continue producing movies -- all kinds of movies. I haven't been to a theater in two ex wives.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 01:17 PM (CRyse)

235 So, kinda old thing, kind of new thing. There is a chain called Alamo Drafthouse that is making movies more of an event, they serve food and beer, wine, and cocktails. They are death on acting the fool in the theater. We have a similar place here, Movie Tavern. It's the only place we go to see movies on the rare occasion we go to the theater.

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 26, 2014 01:17 PM (GrtrJ)

236 Boss Moss, you are correct.

My brother, his wife, and their daughter went.  I expect they will be paying that trip off for some time.

Re:  Game of Thrones.  I really enjoy it, despite it being a bit off compared to the books.  The sad thing (I am nearly done with Season 3, S3 DVDs in my puggy hands) is that being honest and decent tends to get you stomped, like Obama's America ...

Posted by: acethepug at February 26, 2014 01:17 PM (jiOQZ)

237 We have to look at these races individually. In each case in each case, it's "compared to what. I read somewhere this morning harping on the tea party for O'Donnell and Akin. O'Donnell is a fair cop, but Akin wasn't the tea party guy and it's not their fault he was an idiot. So in SC, it makes perfect sense to primary Graham or in any state (or district) where the electorate is to the right of the office holder and is a safe R state. Can we do better than Ayotte in NH? Maybe not and we should therefore tolerate her occasional straying. Numbers matter. If we had 51 in the Senate right now, there are a lot of problems we could stop, especially in appointments. As always, McCain/Graham, etc. can cause problems. But they can stick together on important issues when they are sufficiently pressured. If we had more numbers, we'd still be disappointed, maybe frequently, but things wouldn't be as bad as they are.

Posted by: duke at February 26, 2014 01:17 PM (d3clc)

238 Mr Wolf how did you arrive at your numbers?

Posted by: thunderb at February 26, 2014 01:17 PM (zOTsN)

239 Posted by: AmishDude at February 26, 2014 05:16 PM (T0NGe)

Um....maybe it's the math part that your dates aren't enjoying?


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 01:17 PM (QFxY5)

240 Theres a theatre chain that opened locally called The Movie Tavern. You order a meal/food in your seat before the movie starts. Kinda cool, though they have a limited movie selection.

Posted by: votermom at February 26, 2014 01:18 PM (LsjRw)

241 Ace? Could you please work this thread into a pro-gay-all-day-all-the-way campaign like your candy-ass RINO pal Allahpundit?


Is Cory Gardner pro Homo Nazi?

Posted by: Strife at February 26, 2014 01:18 PM (ZW1Ga)

242 Technology is now at the point where there is a very, very low advantage to seeing a movie in the theater,>>

The snacks are better and cheaper at home and I can pause for a piss break.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 26, 2014 01:18 PM (wrS2o)

243 One thing I admired the creator of BB for was his emphasis on telling a story. So much shit these days is nothing but filler because they have no creativity. Excessive sex scenes, feelings, or god save us, dream sequences, are bullshit. It's indicative of losing the plot.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 26, 2014 01:18 PM (6Nj7A)

244 >>>I highly recommend the experience. And they don't rake you over the coals on the prices. Well I see this as a niche thing, which can continue, as they're adding value. Yes, there will always be cinemas for cinephiles, but that doesn't change the prediction that the main vehicle for seeing movies is home tv, and this trend will accelerate, until only a fraction of the biggest or most "Big Screen Necessary" movies (like Gravity) will be in cinemas in most parts of the country. But the days of the Movie being queen of the visual arts are over, and the days of the multiplex are coming to an end.

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 01:19 PM (/FnUH)

245 Posted by: Lincolntf at February 26, 2014 05:17 PM (ZshNr)

That was awful.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 01:19 PM (QFxY5)

246 I read somewhere that Disney World was a $100 ticket. That was just the Magic Kingdom maybe. One day ticket. For one person. Was on yesterday's local news.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 01:19 PM (CRyse)

247 Particularly since she then point blank and bold faced lied about everything.

-

Not to mention the revenge boinking.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 26, 2014 01:20 PM (XUKZU)

248 232 Twelve Years a Salve was the balm! Posted by: Lincolntf First time all day I have burst out laughing uncontrollably.

Posted by: zombie at February 26, 2014 01:20 PM (+cx5n)

249 Beyond those five seats, there is a second tier of states where the presidentÂ’s disapproval rating stands somewhere between 50 percent and 55 percent, including: Iowa (50.1 percent disapproval), New Hampshire (50.2 percent), North Carolina (50.4 percent), Colorado (51.2 percent) and Louisiana (53.9 percent). Obama is deeply unpopular in CO. That will make a difference

Posted by: thunderb at February 26, 2014 01:20 PM (zOTsN)

250 hey Ace I miss the Winston Wolfe resets.

The GOP just cost my family budget a pension and ~45,000 a year for no gain if Ogabe gets this.

They handed him the attack of "now wait a second y'all alreadycut a bunch..."

Thus far Searchlight has everything he has wanted....and the gOP not doing shit about anything but "uh we'll fix Obamacarenot uh end it..."

Paul Ryan has athe most chutzpah I have ever seen.

The one entitlement he "reformed" is military pensions.

See you in November.

Posted by: sven10077 at February 26, 2014 01:21 PM (TE35l)

251 It's not even a pleasant date. $20 for tickets at a crappy theater. Another $20 for popcorn and a couple of sodas. -------- And when you taste the popcorn you realize you'd be willing to pay them $20 if they'd just pop you some Orville Redenbacher.

Posted by: Adam at February 26, 2014 01:21 PM (Aif/5)

252 Different strokes for different folks in the topical application humor department.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 26, 2014 01:21 PM (ZshNr)

253

Posted by: Strife at February 26, 2014 05:18 PM

 

I vote for a summary banning.  It will make you feel better.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 26, 2014 01:21 PM (A0sHn)

254 241 Ace? Could you please work this thread into a pro-gay-all-day-all-the-way campaign like your candy-ass RINO pal Allahpundit? Is Cory Gardner pro Homo Nazi? Posted by: Strife at February 26, 2014 05:18 PM (ZW1Ga) Is this necessary?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 26, 2014 01:21 PM (olDqf)

255 Years a Slave was a good movie. Yes, it portrayed Northrup as more noble than he probably was in real life, but it showed the brutality and hopelessness of slavery and how it destroyed the souls of both slave and, even more, slave owners. Gravity was a two-hour treat for a man of my tastes. Less jiggle than Kate Upton but when the 3D Blu-Ray comes out I may just move permanently to my bunker. Or is it bunk? Either one or both, I'll be there.

Posted by: Michael the Hobbit who is now Chelsea at February 26, 2014 01:22 PM (vVMIQ)

256 MY D WONT GO DOWN Call the paramedics

Posted by: CAC at February 26, 2014 01:22 PM (gpWCR)

257 I wonder if the decrease in disposable income has pushed people towards the movies as a lower cost alternative to real vacations? Redbox, big screen tv, surround sound, hot air popped popcorn, real butter and a clean bathroom. Why go somewhere?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 01:22 PM (CRyse)

258 232 Twelve Years a Salve was the balm! Posted by: Lincolntf at February 26, 2014 05:17 PM (ZshNr) ******** lol...yikes

Posted by: Scott Walker Of Wisconsin at February 26, 2014 01:22 PM (RJMhd)

259 Posted by: Lincolntf at February 26, 2014 05:17 PM (ZshNr) HOF. Lol.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 26, 2014 01:22 PM (/djtm)

260 Um....maybe it's the math part that your dates aren't enjoying? Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 05:17 PM (QFxY5) I wasn't speaking from experience. I don't have time for...people. I'm talking about the kids who are looking at having their dates at home playing Xbox. Because they can't find a minimum wage job. You gotta wonder, though, how many kids go to the dollar theater for their dates now. It's less cool, but they can afford it.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 26, 2014 01:23 PM (T0NGe)

261 Is this necessary?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 26, 2014 05:21 PM (olDqf)

Troll. A bad one too.

I'm reconsidering my Platinum membership because this place has not attracted the quality of troll it used to.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 01:23 PM (QFxY5)

262 Awesome news, and I'm so sick of these conservatives that think "it doesn't matter who controls Congress" because all Republicans are RINOs.

Liberals certainly don't feel they're two sides of the same coin, maybe that's why they've been winning lately.

Posted by: Uniden at February 26, 2014 01:23 PM (13G+x)

263 Today, going to the movies is a lot like the successful sales of the frequent reiterations of cellphones, e.g., iphone 4...iphone 5, Galaxy 3...4...etc. It is difficult to fathom, but it is important to many people have the latest phone at the earliest possible time. The difference in versions is barely noticeable, but it matters not. People gotta have that nood phone now!

Posted by: Soothsayer at February 26, 2014 01:23 PM (9WnL1)

264 harry reid is like his highness/joaquin phoenix, Ummm...I may be into my hot sister, but I'm not a fucking pervert!

Posted by: Commodus at February 26, 2014 01:23 PM (S0eIZ)

265 @246 85 last I checked. So probably right.

Posted by: Beagle at February 26, 2014 01:23 PM (sOtz/)

266

A few months after a movie is released, you can watch it at home.  You can sit on your couch, take off your shoes, eat and drink whatever you want, pause it whenever you    want, and actually enjoy it.

 

Or, you can wait in line, pay outrageous prices for a limited selection of snacks, listen to children    yelling, and listen to some fat chick talking on     her cell phone throughout the movie.

 

Your choice.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at February 26, 2014 01:24 PM (ZkzmI)

267 254 Is this necessary?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 26, 2014 05:21 PM (olDqf)



You need to relax, Sally.

Posted by: Strife at February 26, 2014 01:24 PM (ZW1Ga)

268 I don't know Ace. I was just a theatre in Colorado last weekend called Cinebistro, which combines pretty darn good food and films. They serve dinner at your seat (and the seats are like first class airplane seats), including drinks, and then you watch a movie. The popcorn was excellent too. The place was packed, despite big prices. I asked the manager how they do on week nights and he told me they are booming, including on what are normally off-nights for theaters.

Posted by: MTF at February 26, 2014 01:24 PM (SMd3b)

269 Someone is not long for the Horde world.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 26, 2014 01:24 PM (/djtm)

270 Good. It's good for the Republican party. And winning is probably good for the Conservative movement. And it's better to be in the Senate than in the House homoship.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 26, 2014 01:24 PM (spmY9)

271 I don't think people will give up the movie-theater experience. For one thing, there are some super-visual movies that are better to see on a big screen. For another, movie theaters are the only place where you can buy a tiny box of Junior Mints for $3.50. You just can't get that kind of deal anywhere else!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 26, 2014 01:24 PM (dfYL9)

272 Hey strife why don't you google up his positions yourself you hateful fragger - I assume you're cruising for a banning just for fun ...

Posted by: Joe (@wearalljoenow) at February 26, 2014 01:24 PM (nPdWs)

273 It's amusing to see people accusing OTHER people of being all-gay-all-the-time, and yet who can't refrain from bringing up Teh Gay in an unrelated thread.

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 01:24 PM (/FnUH)

274 Movies are taking a back seat in the zeitgeist to cable tv series like Downton Abbey, True Detective, Mad Men, Walking Dead, etc

Most of those series are written for adults watching from home

Theatrical movies are written for the teenage crowd



Posted by: kbdabear at February 26, 2014 01:24 PM (aTXUx)

275 Why go somewhere?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 05:22 PM (CRyse)

Oh, I agree completely. But we are a bunch of anti-social curmudgeons.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 01:24 PM (QFxY5)

276 For Marcus and his brothers only. Not for the Holly-douches. I'm serious- the best part of the movie, the part every single person watched in silence, were the closing credits where they showed pictures of the real-life SEALS who died. The actors playing them though? Might as well have named them Generic SEAL #1, Generic SEAL #2, etc. And it wasn't really the fault of the actors. Hollywood has become obsessed by visuals and cinematics to the point of ignoring the basics- plot, character development, dialog, etc.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 26, 2014 01:25 PM (SY2Kh)

277

MY D WONT GO DOWN

Call the paramedics

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Whomever had the    over    on 4 hours, collect your    winnings at the window.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at February 26, 2014 01:25 PM (ZkzmI)

278 Joe- The issue is, which seat is 'safer' and less at risk for the D's. Gov is- and which is MOST necessary for the D's in the state- the Senate one is. Recall this- one current Senator, Bennett, was in a 'safe' position with the current admin- they talked him into a run and backed him. Also, Udall would have to look VERY weak- at this point he isn't. Again, too much cash available. AND name recognition. Next: they moved Romanoff into Mike Coffman's district in order to unseat him (after they gerrymandered it). The D's will do ANYTHING in this state to win. Plus, revenge for removing 2 state politicians is at stake.

Posted by: Mr Wolf at February 26, 2014 01:25 PM (nRgwZ)

279 One day you can be President, and then journolists can have their way with you.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 26, 2014 01:25 PM (spmY9)

280 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 05:23 PM (QFxY5)



WTF is trolling about my comment?

Posted by: Strife at February 26, 2014 01:25 PM (ZW1Ga)

281 The studio finance model is going to fail, and soon. There is still a cultural aspect of going to a show with a crowd, but as young people now go cradle to grave with their eyes and ears plugged into some sort of device, the theatre experience may also go the way of the Dodo.

Sad in a way.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton

I know, right?  I'm getting ready to check out just in time.

Posted by: Jane Fonda at February 26, 2014 01:25 PM (6TB1Z)

282 Well I see this as a niche thing, which can continue, as they're adding value. Yes, there will always be cinemas for cinephiles, but that doesn't change the prediction that the main vehicle for seeing movies is home tv. I don't disagree with any of this, and it has probably been true that TV has been the main vehicle for seeing movies since the VCR became widespread enough to support the existence of the video store. And of course DVDs displaced that and then streaming replaces that. But I think that what Alamo is doing is making that difference, of why you get off your couch and your investment in a big screen and home theater sound system. They won't all go that way, of course, but I bet we see a lot more of it. The regular multiplex moviehouse, though, is pretty much doomed.

Posted by: blaster at February 26, 2014 01:25 PM (4+AaH)

283 I am sad that I only got to not see Gravity 3 times while it was in theatres.

Posted by: garrett at February 26, 2014 01:25 PM (XK+Gj)

284 Movies provide a btter THEORETICAL viewing experience, but it's only theoretical, and it's a pain in the ass.

I'm at the age where "pausing to get/recycle a beverage" outweighs "really huge screen and obnoxiously loud sound." /getoffmylawn

I'm also watching mostly foreign and classic films (and comic book films, so I understand the memes here).  And I would go see showings of epic classic films in theaters, if theaters did that more often and not just on Tuesday mornings when I'm at work.  Ho-hum.

Posted by: HR, watching scripts run at February 26, 2014 01:25 PM (ZKzrr)

285 A few months after a movie is released, you can watch it at home. You can sit on your couch, take off your shoes, eat and drink whatever you want, pause it whenever you want, and actually enjoy it. You don't even have to wait. People upload screeners to the internet (to stream, not even download) before the movie even releases.

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 26, 2014 01:25 PM (GrtrJ)

286 By the way, for those who weren't on the ONT last night I'm reposting a link to Joan Rivers trying to describe Kate Uptons breasts. It's a. pretty awesome way to brighten anybody's day. http://bit.ly/1clLIh1

Posted by: MTF at February 26, 2014 01:26 PM (SMd3b)

287 >>> By the way, for anyone still saying "It doesn't matter who wins or loses" or "I'd actually prefer to lose" or that sort of thing, let Harry Reid congratulate you on your dubious wisdom.

Calls for unity and solidarity using a condescending tone....It's a bold strategy Cotton, let's see if it pays off for him. 

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Laughing Maniacally While Throwing Matches. at February 26, 2014 01:26 PM (0q2P7)

288 If we are nearing the end of the multiplex, shouldn't we be seeing that in the data already? Box office revenue is at an all time high. Many people no longer find the theater experience satisfying, but many do. Two groups in particular still go the movies -- young people and families. And it's no surprise that the hit movies are the big event movies that appeal primarily to ... young people and families. Hollywood is still making event movies that are getting people to go to the theaters. Hollywood is surrendering the cultural heights to high status TV shows in many ways, but it's still an $11B annual domestic market, $35B globally.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 26, 2014 01:26 PM (ZPrif)

289
It's not even a pleasant date. $20 for tickets at a crappy theater.
Posted by: AmishDude




If you're paying full gate for tickets, you're a mark.  Discounted tickets are readily available, for example at Costco, your HR department, and elsewhere.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 26, 2014 01:26 PM (kdS6q)

290 Posted by: Joe (@wearalljoenow) at February 26, 2014 05:24 PM (nPdWs)



What is hateful about my comment?

Posted by: Strife at February 26, 2014 01:26 PM (ZW1Ga)

291 Franken did indeed steal the election. Literally. But Norm did some incredibly stupid things, not least of which was basically giving up during the recount. Norm started out ahead when the recount started IIRC, then Dem votes suddenly appeared out of car trunks and were never really challenged, recounts in certain Counties were stopped with the OK of Norm's side, and of course something like 2500 felons were documented as voting Dem illegally but Norm or his lawyers didn't want to fight that. It was a disgrace IMHO. Given away.

Posted by: Daybrother at February 26, 2014 01:26 PM (AYbuQ)

292 ot is this real? http://therightscoop.com/um-this-is-kinda-interesting/ the brits explaining JEF's real place of birth (not the US)

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 26, 2014 01:26 PM (IXrOn)

293 >>>I don't think people will give up the movie-theater experience. For one thing, there are some super-visual movies that are better to see on a big screen. Question of whether TV or theater remains the main delivery vehicle for the first showing of most "movies." I agree there will be theaters around for a while longer, but only for movies like The Avengers III or movies in 3D or with some major visual scope. Or kid's movies. Or teenager's movies-- teenagers go to the movies chiefly to get out from under their parents noses. There will be a very major shift, though, as more major screen actors and major directors begin shifting towards non-theatrical "movies" or short series.

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 01:26 PM (/FnUH)

294 Oh wtf? John Ekdahl ‏@JohnEkdahl 3m Ugh. ThereÂ’s already a quote from Cory Gardner floating around linking birth control to “sexual deviancy” http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/9b/3d/a2/9b3da2d8da83bd7c630ed178bfd6963e.jpg Â…

Posted by: Seems legit at February 26, 2014 01:26 PM (A98Xu)

295 3. Ticket prices. What may be acceptable for a single person and/or date, goes belly up when you factor in a spouse & two or three kids. Posted by: rickb223

Pfffft.  That's nothing compared to the price of today's babysitters.  They start at $10 / hour and you damn well better leave a tip.  So glad mine are grown.

Posted by: pep at February 26, 2014 01:27 PM (6TB1Z)

296 273 It's amusing to see people accusing OTHER people of being all-gay-all-the-time, and yet who can't refrain from bringing up Teh Gay in an unrelated thread. Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 05:24 PM (/FnUH) Dude, it's Strife. The guy who was all over the Nuge thread. It ain't "people", it's one douchenugget who is just begging for a hammering.

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 26, 2014 01:27 PM (GrtrJ)

297 You gotta wonder, though, how many kids go to the dollar theater for their dates now. It's less cool, but they can afford it.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 26, 2014 05:23 PM (T0NGe)

That doesn't exist around here, so I guess they just go to a coffee shop and text each other.

I am intrigued by the full-service theaters. That would get me in a seat at least once, just for the novelty.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 01:27 PM (QFxY5)

298 If you're a Senator, you also get to attend more orgies. And Harry Reid's rape and abortion parties.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 26, 2014 01:27 PM (spmY9)

299 People GOTTA go to the movies and see the new Batman on the first night or the first weekend. It's important to do so! Batman movies, like smartphones, are not, in a sane world, worth any urgency. They serve as an outlet, so to speak. An outlet for people to spend money and get a(n) (irrational) thrill or feel a sense of personal prestige. The geniuses at Madison Avenue and Hollywood know this and they gladly supply these 'outlets.' Ahhh, capitalism. But at what cost?

Posted by: Soothsayer at February 26, 2014 01:27 PM (9WnL1)

300 A few months after a movie is released, you can watch it at home. Months? Some seem to be released for home after a fortnight.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 01:27 PM (CRyse)

301 anyway sorry to get gantt...Justified is on and spouse is home.

It's an awesome Govt that values Obamafo more than defense.

You chose wisely america.

Posted by: sven10077 at February 26, 2014 01:27 PM (TE35l)

302 >>>Movies are taking a back seat in the zeitgeist to cable tv series like Downton Abbey, True Detective, Mad Men, Walking Dead, etc
Most of those series are written for adults watching from home
Theatrical movies are written for the teenage crowd
Posted by: kbdabear at February 26, 2014 05:24 PM (aTXUx)<<<



Ahem... that list seems to be missing something...

Posted by: "Nick Searcy" at February 26, 2014 01:28 PM (UIxS+)

303 I should say the global box office (not just from Hollywood) is $35B. Hollywood movies generate about 2/3rd of that revenue.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 26, 2014 01:28 PM (ZPrif)

304 On the other hand, you have to spend time with Harry Reid.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 26, 2014 01:28 PM (spmY9)

305 btw, that "But at what cost?" is meant unseriously. But At What Cost? is fun to say; that's all.

Posted by: Soothsayer at February 26, 2014 01:28 PM (9WnL1)

306 >>>Box office revenue is at an all time high. Many people no longer find the theater experience satisfying, but many do. Two groups in particular still go the movies -- young people and families. adjusted for inflation, and Hollywood has been grabbing money from gimmick formats (3D, Imax). I call them "gimmicks" because they know those formats, like most, eventually lose their 'wow" factor. It's a neat thing and all, but there is already a decline in 3D ticket sales.

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 01:28 PM (/FnUH)

307 People like "going out" to a movie.

Posted by: Seems legit at February 26, 2014 01:28 PM (A98Xu)

308 True Detective requires that people pay attention. Maybe, that's what people really want? More bang for their buck? Something to discuss and disagree on?

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 26, 2014 01:28 PM (6Nj7A)

309 242 Technology is now at the point where there is a very, very low advantage to seeing a movie in the theater,>>

The snacks are better and cheaper at home and I can pause for a piss break.
Posted by: Buzzsaw

There is a cosmic truth in there.   We've had millenia of progress, and technologies that were undreamed of a generation ago, and yet things are still dictated by the volume of the human bladder. 

Posted by: pep at February 26, 2014 01:29 PM (6TB1Z)

310 One thing I admired the creator of BB for was his emphasis on telling a story. So much shit these days is nothing but filler because they have no creativity. Excessive sex scenes, feelings, or god save us, dream sequences, are bullshit. It's indicative of losing the plot. Posted by: Judge Pug at February 26, 2014 05:18 PM (6Nj7A) The great thing about some of these shows on the cables is that you actually need more than two functioning brain cells to figure stuff out. Compare/contrast with the tardfests on network television.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 26, 2014 01:29 PM (oFCZn)

311 And Biden's there too, being Biden.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 26, 2014 01:29 PM (spmY9)

312 How about the dubious wisdom of choosing a political philosophy where we spend as much or more than Dems? Then we get Obama because we screwed the economy up royally.

Posted by: ejo at February 26, 2014 01:29 PM (GXvSO)

313 Posted by: DangerGirl at February 26, 2014 05:27 PM (GrtrJ)


Hammering for what, exactly?

Posted by: Strife at February 26, 2014 01:29 PM (ZW1Ga)

314 People like "going out" to a movie. I'll never understand people.

Posted by: garrett at February 26, 2014 01:29 PM (XK+Gj)

315 Posted by: Scott Walker Of Wisconsin (RJMhd) *drops bucket w/ lotion back into prison pit* Now Scottie, I already told you you once. *grabs hose*

Posted by: CAC at February 26, 2014 01:29 PM (gpWCR)

316 >>>Dude, it's Strife. The guy who was all over the Nuge thread. It ain't "people", it's one douchenugget who is just begging for a hammering. I know, sorry, I didn't mean to impugn anyone but him. Apologies.

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 01:29 PM (/FnUH)

317 Harry Reid wants to be sent to the barrel.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 26, 2014 01:30 PM (XUKZU)

318 "You gotta wonder, though, how many kids go to the dollar theater for their dates now. It's less cool, but they can afford it." What dates? They don't even care enough to learn to drive.

Posted by: Lauren at February 26, 2014 01:30 PM (hFL/3)

319 China is now the 2nd biggest market globally, passing Japan. $2.7B. China is adding 10 screens a day and will keep growing fast.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 26, 2014 01:30 PM (ZPrif)

320 On the other hand, Pelosi isn't.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 26, 2014 01:31 PM (spmY9)

321 Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 05:26 PM (/FnUH)

I can build a budget home theater for about $2,000 that would knock your socks off. That's the cost of 20 movies for a family of four.

In a few years 80" screens will be commonplace, so the viewing experience in the home will be equal to all but the most cutting-edge theaters.

Hell, my several-years-old sound system has better surround sound than any theater I have ever been in except one in NYC.


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 01:31 PM (QFxY5)

322 But the strategy to actually win by doing what is possible is inconceivable to some. How do you think we got the current situation? Many times "what is possible" == settling for candidates that don't do much to advance the conservative cause. Under that scenario, of what value then, is winning?

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at February 26, 2014 01:31 PM (vd7A8)

323 298 Mirror Universe Mitt Romney,

We should have shaved your beard and explained a shale boom would have had us rolling in money MUMR.

I think the nice MR blew the last chance we had.

Posted by: sven10077 at February 26, 2014 01:31 PM (TE35l)

324 If you were an actor, would you rather sink your teeth into a role like Walter White or Rust Cohle or star in Valentine's Day II: Love Him Until It Hurts?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 26, 2014 01:31 PM (oFCZn)

325 313 Being a general douche seems like a pretty good reason.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 26, 2014 01:32 PM (ojnk6)

326 We feel a little like retirees hitting the Early Bird Special at Buena Vista Retirement Village, but my wife and I still manage to go to an occasional matinee. We never go to the movies otherwise, I don't like the loud, smelly place the theater becomes as it crowds up with kids and hoodlets. Saves a few bucks, theater never even half full, short lines.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 26, 2014 01:32 PM (ZshNr)

327 I am intrigued by the full-service theaters. That would get me in a seat at least once, just for the novelty. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 05:27 PM (QFxY5) The ones around here actually have food that is on par price wise with a bar and grill establishment. Having said that, the ticket prices jump up quite incredibly (and we had a theater that dropped prices to $4 matinee and $7 regular to compete, so heh.) But they are fun, but we have no cash for that anymore. (See: Part time job hunt.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 26, 2014 01:32 PM (hq5sb)

328 Why don't some of the so called RINO's take the initiative and call out Reid on his contemptible lies? I can't recall that occurring. Perhaps if they did do something like that, it would curtail the ability of those evil senators like Cruz to make hay.

Posted by: ejo at February 26, 2014 01:32 PM (GXvSO)

329 Check out the North Korea by moonlight photo in the sidebar.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 26, 2014 01:33 PM (XUKZU)

330
People like "going out" to a movie.
Posted by: Seems legit




Girls like "going out" to a movie.  Girls like "going out" to everything.

Not sure guys care, except for the Day One types who have to post their insta-reviews somewhere to build their nerdcred.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 26, 2014 01:33 PM (kdS6q)

331 They don't even care enough to learn to drive. Posted by: Lauren at February 26, 2014 05:30 PM (hFL/3)\ I've noticed the phenomenon too. I know lots of kids who are kind of ambiguous about getting a license. We couldn't wait to get our license at 16. It meant freedom, and dates alone.

Posted by: Seems legit at February 26, 2014 01:33 PM (A98Xu)

332 nood

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 01:33 PM (/FnUH)

333 "319 China is now the 2nd biggest market globally, passing Japan. $2.7B. China is adding 10 screens a day and will keep growing fast. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 26, 2014 05:30 PM (ZPrif)" China has a lot of people and land and is mostly held back by its Communist Party. Japan has little of both.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 26, 2014 01:33 PM (spmY9)

334 It's hard to beat the movie theater experience... but a 55" TV screen and surround sound system comes close enough most of the time. With big screen TV prices so cheap (compared to what they were), I can see why people would rather just stay home. And I grew up a kid who's parents owned a small town movie theater.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 26, 2014 01:34 PM (SY2Kh)

335 ejo, lie back and think of England, or Robert Englund, of you prefer

Posted by: Soothsayer at February 26, 2014 01:34 PM (9WnL1)

336 If you were an actor, would you rather sink your teeth into a role like Walter White or Rust Cohle or star in Valentine's Day II: Love Him Until It Hurts?
-
Who's the leading lady and is it a porno?

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 26, 2014 01:34 PM (XUKZU)

337 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 05:31 PM (QFxY5) The condo my grandparents-in-law bought had a built in home theater. Stadium seating and everything. Didn't have seats, but they're going to put in bean bags and sofa's. It even has the diming side sconces. I'd augment it with a little better projector, but TBH, that'd be less than a grand improvement.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 26, 2014 01:34 PM (hq5sb)

338 nood Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 05:33 PM (/FnUH) Full service blog!

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 26, 2014 01:34 PM (hq5sb)

339 Why go out to eat when you can cook at home?

Posted by: See You Next Tuesday at February 26, 2014 01:34 PM (DAevm)

340

Apparently there are morons posting and commenting here that still believe voting will change the direction and decline of the USSA. It will not. Protect yourself and your loved ones. Go tribal. Go Galt. This is our future. Do it. You can thank me later.

Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at February 26, 2014 01:35 PM (uJbZ6)

341 316 ace,

no need to apologize I need to put the nook down and heal.

We did "the possible" in 2001-2007 when Nancy got the hammer and the PotUS she went on a shopping spree.

I want what's right.

Posted by: sven10077 at February 26, 2014 01:35 PM (TE35l)

342 I like viewing a movie at home. I'm one of those sad individuals whose every sense is magnified in a theater. The rustling of cellophane, the sniffing, the coughing, the talking and saying stupid shit for no reason, it's like I have superpowers in a theater. It's horrible.

Posted by: Seems legit at February 26, 2014 01:35 PM (A98Xu)

343 I'm thinking the self-selected group of crowd-hating introverted engineer types that gather round these parts might not be the Hollywood target market. So the appeal of the Hollywood event movie, which many if not most people enjoy, is lost on them. Most people enjoy being in the know and having that shared cultural experience and seeing the hot movie that everybody is talking about. Trust me, every little girl in America had, had, had to go see Frozen. And they did. Many times. No tween girl wanted to be the only one who hadn't seen it when all the other girls are singing Let it Go at school.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 26, 2014 01:35 PM (ZPrif)

344 "322 But the strategy to actually win by doing what is possible is inconceivable to some. How do you think we got the current situation? Many times "what is possible" == settling for candidates that don't do much to advance the conservative cause. Under that scenario, of what value then, is winning? Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at February 26, 2014 05:31 PM (vd7A " Preventing the Democrat Party from winning has its own value.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 26, 2014 01:36 PM (spmY9)

345 tslrblke, Are you in the yahoo group? I have connections that you'd find useful.

Posted by: Lauren at February 26, 2014 01:36 PM (hFL/3)

346 I am sad that I only got to not see Gravity 3 times while it was in theatres. I beat you, I missed it 4 times. And the little local moviehouses that serve booze and appetizers are the shiznit. So what if you have to wait a few weeks to see a first run flick?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at February 26, 2014 01:36 PM (0HooB)

347 Boardwalk Empires is good. And it has plenty of tits. But it hasn't gotten the high ratings it deserves.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 26, 2014 01:37 PM (6Nj7A)

348 They don't even care enough to learn to drive. Posted by: Lauren at February 26, 2014 05:30 PM (hFL/3)\ I've noticed the phenomenon too. I know lots of kids who are kind of ambiguous about getting a license. We couldn't wait to get our license at 16. It meant freedom, and dates alone. Ace, if you are still around, that would be a good topic to cover. Add my nephew to that list.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 01:37 PM (CRyse)

349 Are you in the yahoo group? I have connections that you'd find useful. Posted by: Lauren at February 26, 2014 05:36 PM (hFL/3 I am, but I don't check it. I have enough time sink here. You can find me by putting the standard google mail service after my nic though. Or the standard Hotmail. Or on twitter heck I even own the facebook.com/tsrblke thing. (And I just doxxed myself.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 26, 2014 01:38 PM (hq5sb)

350 "323 298 Mirror Universe Mitt Romney, We should have shaved your beard and explained a shale boom would have had us rolling in money MUMR. I think the nice MR blew the last chance we had. Posted by: sven10077 at February 26, 2014 05:31 PM (TE35l)" Heh. :-) I'm optimistic. Things will work out. It might take one or two terms of Hillary for them to do so, however.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 26, 2014 01:38 PM (spmY9)

351 Ace shaking the money maker...

Posted by: sven10077 at February 26, 2014 01:38 PM (TE35l)

352 Preventing the Democrat Party from winning has its own value. If that winning has to be done with squishes, you can measure that in pennies, because that's about what they're worth.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at February 26, 2014 01:38 PM (vd7A8)

353 there's a float going around that "true detective" will make you go crazy like the book. loved twin peaks, sopranos, deadwood and breaking bad, but true detective...i've got crazy love going on there.

Posted by: concrete girl at February 26, 2014 01:39 PM (AwcHw)

354 348 rickb223,

it's why I posted on the Hoplophobes mi amigo....

the kids have been told evangelically those things are bad.

Posted by: sven10077 at February 26, 2014 01:40 PM (TE35l)

355 They don't even care enough to learn to drive. At $3.00+ a gallon for fuel and no job prospects, there's not much motivation for youth to get a driver's license these days...

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at February 26, 2014 01:40 PM (vd7A8)

356 Still doesn't make sense Mr. Wolf - gov seat is safe because of Hick - so moving him to senate at last minute would make that seat less safe. I think this is highly unlikely. I agree the Dems will do most anything, but this would be a silly move - tantamount to trading gov foe sen. Besides, despite the blueing of our purple state the folk here do not like to be f'ed with to that extent ... Not saying its gonna be easy for Cory, but it certainly gives me optimism over Buck, who has been previously rejected. I don't understand the fatalism in this thread ...

Posted by: Joe (@wearalljoenow) at February 26, 2014 01:40 PM (nPdWs)

357 "332 nood Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 05:33 PM (/FnUH)" :-)

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 26, 2014 01:40 PM (spmY9)

358 Hell, my several-years-old sound system has better surround sound than any theater I have ever been in except one in NYC. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 05:31 PM (QFxY5) Yep, whereas we spent a bit more than the $2K you quoted, I would never go to the theater again. We can make the entire house feel like it is in an airplane, on a train, or inside that lead car in a car chase. The surround sound is pretty cool. Hearing the plates, or utensils, or chatter, etc in the background. As far as 3D, we have the 3D setup, with the decent glasses that came with the TV, and they work really well. I just don't care for 3D that much. So gimmicky. For a science documentary, maybe. It's pretty cool to see 3-Dimensional graphs and such. Or 3D models of extinct animals.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 26, 2014 01:41 PM (IXrOn)

359 Wolf, three if you count Hudak. Udall may have the name recognition and no doubt has money, but it's possible that the backlash may still have legs. And Udall hasn't done anything except follow Harry Reid. He isn't really a stand out politician. Bennett gets more exposure.

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy-Eared Vulcan at February 26, 2014 01:42 PM (kZVsz)

360 Somebody got ejo fragments in my popcorn.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2014 01:44 PM (6bMeY)

361 Sending it to the google related email.

Posted by: Lauren at February 26, 2014 01:45 PM (hFL/3)

362 Somebody got ejo fragments in my popcorn.

***

Ejo Fragments would be a good name for a band.

Posted by: cool arrow at February 26, 2014 01:45 PM (Dqdyh)

363 "By the way, for anyone still saying "It doesn't matter who wins or loses" or "I'd actually prefer to lose" or that sort of thing,..." no one is saying that... no one.

Posted by: Shoey at February 26, 2014 01:46 PM (Y7jCH)

364 Sending it to the google related email. Posted by: Lauren at February 26, 2014 05:45 PM (hFL/3) Cool, you did get that it's an tsrbLke right? not I? Everyone fucks that up. And I should have mentioned it's just the tsrblke part .

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 26, 2014 01:46 PM (hq5sb)

365 330 Girls like "going out" to a movie. Girls like "going out" to everything. Not sure guys care,...... Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 26, 2014 05:33 PM (kdS6q) -------------------------------- Hmmm. Interesting observation. My son claims he went thru 4 years of college without going to a single movie. It just wasn't a Thing to Do. My daughters at least went to a few. Not many, but a few ---- and it was usually a group of girls going to see something.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 26, 2014 01:46 PM (dfYL9)

366 Ejo Fragments opened for us in '82 at Winterland.

Posted by: Jethro Tull at February 26, 2014 01:49 PM (E7Iyp)

367 >>>t's hard to beat the movie theater experience... but a 55" TV screen and surround sound system comes close enough most of the time. It's hard to beat the movie experience *under ideal conditions.* Proper projection, new bulb that isn't dim and doesn't flicker, proper sound, middle of theater, not so much stink or noise. How often do you actually get that ideal condition experience, though? When I go out to movies, I expect that (after all, I'm making the trip), and I get, perhaps, unreasonably angry when I don't get it. This is why I don't like movie theaters anymore. In theory, they can deliver the best-quality picture and sound. But you only occasionally get that in reality. I'd rather see a movie on HDTV and know in advance I'm getting a less-bright, less sharp picture and less powerful sound then go out to a theater expecting a superior experience in those areas and getting instead a dim bulb.

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 01:52 PM (/FnUH)

368 " Cool, you did get that it's an tsrbLke right? not I? Everyone fucks that up. And I should have mentioned it's just the tsrblke part ." I copy pasted it so we should be good. I also assumed just the tsblke.

Posted by: Lauren at February 26, 2014 01:53 PM (hFL/3)

369 294 Oh wtf? Pretty sure this post embiggenized the blog thanks dickweed

Posted by: NativeNH at February 26, 2014 01:53 PM (bHYV4)

370 Udall is 100% behind obamacare and strongarmed the local bureaucrats running our (relatively) successful exchange for reporting numbers and said bureaucrat has bee reassigned ... He owns it now - all obamacare all the time could take him down ...

Posted by: Joe (@wearalljoenow) at February 26, 2014 01:54 PM (nPdWs)

371 156 @129 Norm either did no, or ignored entirely, opposition research.
Franken is a busted "comic" with a long local history (Franken Davis). He went to a prep school notorious for drugs and homosexuality.
Just guessing, but there may be a 33% chance that every party he ever attended before moving from MN was also attended by a Weather Underground fugitive. He is a pornographer and an Adult Diaper Baby.

===

So you see him moving on to the Presidency?

Posted by: whoever at February 26, 2014 01:58 PM (kGSN0)

372 Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 05:52 PM (/FnUH) -------- I hadn't been to a theater in years, and back in December the Mrs. and I went to see the Desolation of Smaug in 3D. I wasn't impressed as I thought I wold be. Maybe I should have seen Gravity in 3D. My problem with 3D is that, yes, it looks cool in the foreground, but the background looks more flat. I'd rather get the BluRay and watch it at home where I can pause it when I need to use the biffy or go get more beer.

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy-Eared Vulcan at February 26, 2014 02:00 PM (XiVKO)

373 The movie exhibition business will be transformed within 5-10 years. There will barely be anything on movie screens, except for big event things.

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 05:08 PM (/FnUH)

===

Agreed. I purchased my first large screen, flat-panel TV just last month, and even with just front channel sound the experience is superior to any recent movie theater I've seen. It is extremely frustrating to go to a movie, with all the anticipation involved, and when it starts the image is out of focus or the bass and surrounds were never turned on.

Posted by: whoever at February 26, 2014 02:22 PM (kGSN0)

374 My friends, you have nothing to fear from a Sen. Udall re-election.

Posted by: Juan McAmnesty at February 26, 2014 02:31 PM (nbGZj)

375 "There is still a cultural aspect of going to a show with a crowd..."

That depends. If the audience has shared culture and values, yes. I've experienced that in some classical music venues and other shows. But in a movie, unless it is aimed at a very narrow audience, you're more likely to be crowded in with people you'd rather not know and with whom you have nothing in common. In that case, I'd rather watch at home.

Posted by: whoever at February 26, 2014 02:32 PM (kGSN0)

376 "By the way, for anyone still saying "It doesn't matter who wins or loses" or "I'd actually prefer to lose" or that sort of thing,..."

no one is saying that... no one.

***

Sure they are, just not with words.

Posted by: cool arrow at February 26, 2014 02:51 PM (Dqdyh)

377 I'd rather see a movie on HDTV and know in advance I'm getting a less-bright, less sharp picture and less powerful sound then go out to a theater expecting a superior experience in those areas and getting instead a dim bulb.

Posted by: ace at February 26, 2014 05:52 PM

I think you've also just revealed your modis operandi when you go and vote

Posted by: kbdabear at February 26, 2014 03:01 PM (aTXUx)

378 I have at least 20 free movie passes in my desk drawer. My place of employment gives them out to employees at Christmas and on their birthdays. I in turn have given them as gifts to my nieces and nephews and I still have a bunch because I've been getting them for years and there just aren't that many movies I want to see.

Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at February 26, 2014 03:29 PM (R3gO3)

379

"Love it -- it's going to be a millstone around the necks of all Dems for Reid to basically call anyone hurt by Obamacare a liar."

 

Yep. And they're going to be saying "Liar, liar, pants on fire!" a lot between now and Nov., because more and more people are going to come forward and say how much they've been screwed by Ocare. And hopefully, the most braindead LIV will realize that the Koch brothers aren't funding all these people. By November, many Americans will have heard horror stories from their neigbhors and relatives or they'll have their own tales to tell.

 

 So, I really applaud this strategy by the Dems. I really want them to continue telling cancer patients and working people like that bunch in Pittsburgh that they're all liars and getting money from the Kochs.

Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at February 26, 2014 03:36 PM (R3gO3)

380 "By the way, for anyone still saying "It doesn't matter who wins or loses" or "I'd actually prefer to lose" or that sort of thing, let Harry Reid congratulate you on your dubious wisdom." Did you hear that DrewM?

Posted by: Bill Grant at February 26, 2014 03:39 PM (ofmrm)

381 ""By the way, for anyone still saying "It doesn't matter who wins or loses" or "I'd actually prefer to lose" or that sort of thing, let Harry Reid congratulate you on your dubious wisdom." Where's the video of imminent Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calling him an outright liar, a disgrace to the Senate, the United States, his mother and the English-speaking world? Oh right Mitch McConnell would never say that.

Posted by: Chris_Balsz at February 26, 2014 03:46 PM (5xmd7)

382 Sheesh, ye landlubbers be surely confounding, had this scallywag called me or mine such a liar, keelhauling would be too good. You landlubbers most likely will let lose your solicitor on the son of a biscuit eater.

Posted by: Pirate Pelf Lucre at February 26, 2014 07:04 PM (wN82N)

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