January 01, 2014
— Gabriel Malor This post was originally written on January 17, 2011, just days after the Tucson shooting. It was never published, however, and I don't quite remember why. Possibly because I was on vacation, but it's also possible I simply liked this post on Designated Villains, which I wrote and posted the next day, better. MSNBC's decision to make the Romneys, who are very much off the national stage right now, the butt of a joke reminded me.
I meant to write about this last week when Sarah Palin was forced into the center of the news cycle, but some family stuff distracted me. Just as offstage villainy is central to liberal attempts to frame the Tea Party as the Designated Villain of modern American politics, Designated Evil is necessary to sustain the liberal claim that Palin is dumb, but devious, and ditsy, but dangerous.
Designated Evil is when an author of fiction portrays something utterly unremarkable as the Worst. Thing. EVER. The simplest deed will provoke gasps of astonishment at its apparent evil. The technique is supposed to help the reader figure out who the good guy and the bad guy are. The trope fails when the thing being designated as Evil isn't really that bad at all. The audience recognizes that they're being played for fools.
Much of the media's coverage of Sarah Palin falls into the Designated Evil category. Remember when she wrote notes on her hand for a speech? There was breathless media coverage, usually in the vein that she must be an idiot or a political novice to have used notes. This is a Designated Evil. Most public speakers use notes. In fact, the much-acclaimed-for-his-public-speaking President of the United States doesn't just use notes, but simply reads all of his speeches. Nevertheless, an entire news cycle was consumed by Sarah Palin's "hand job", as many outlets referred to it.
Remember when she offered a prayer "that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers] out on a task that is from God"? Again, it became a media feeding frenzy. That she could have the hope that the U.S. military is doing God's work was fodder for another round of vilification, even though such prayers are quite common.
Other examples of Designated Evils related to Palin include the ridiculous coverage of her "refudiate" tweet, a word which Oxford Dictionary later declared "new word of the year." Palin's decision to fly home to give birth fuels Andrew Sullivan's Trig Trutherism to this day, even though the decision was made with the consultation of a doctor. Her unexceptional use of the term "blood libel" made all the papers last week. She was then called out for "inserting herself into the President's news cycle", as if he owns the media or something. All are Designated Evils because they're not really evil or even remarkable and yet, the media cannot help but exhaust themselves with breathless coverage.
In fiction, Designated Evil occurs when there is a disconnect between the author's values and the readers'. In political reporting the disconnect is simply between the values of liberals and conservatives.
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Posted by: Typical Prog at January 01, 2014 03:11 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: LauraC at January 01, 2014 03:13 PM (fXZDm)
Posted by: Ma Bell at January 01, 2014 03:14 PM (RLdcX)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2014 03:14 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2014 03:15 PM (EKOIc)
Posted by: Temper Tantrum at January 01, 2014 03:16 PM (AWmfW)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 03:16 PM (JpFMR)
Can they not see themselves?
Will try that next meeting with local known lib:
Me: Sarah P....
Lib: (exactly as you describe)
Me: Shall I call a Dr or Exorcist for you? Hmm?
Posted by: JeanQ at January 01, 2014 03:18 PM (82lr7)
Posted by: Erowmero at January 01, 2014 03:19 PM (OONaw)
The left is engaging in this cheap melodramatic narrative to whip themselves emotionally into a wartime morality posture against domestic political opponents in a way they will never allow the nation to be whipped into a wartime morality posture against radical Islam.
Never forget they hate us and want us destroyed and cast out.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 03:19 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 01, 2014 03:20 PM (nzKvP)
The Dubya effect.
Dubya was simultaneously the dumbest person on Earth and a diabolical bastard ruthless enough to dominate the entire planet.
Charming
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 03:20 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Vendette at January 01, 2014 03:20 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2014 03:21 PM (102Hx)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2014 03:22 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 01, 2014 03:22 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 07:16 PM (JpFMR)
And she had a CHRISTMAS TREE!!! In direct violation, I might add, of Gawd's Holy Ordnance against graven idols! I learned this from JoyJoy, so I know it has to be right, amiright?
heh...ordnance...I slay me...
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 03:22 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Null at January 01, 2014 03:22 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2014 03:22 PM (DmNpO)
She managed as Governor to piss off and bypass lobbyists, the oil business, enviro whackos , legacy corrupto Republicans, etc etc.
They hate her for the same reason they hated Miguel Estrada their cult of victimology cannot stand "minorities and victim classes" having their "historic firsts" be people of the "evil other"....
I would gladly drive nails through their joints until they recant their calumnies on these two fine Americans.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 03:23 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 03:25 PM (JpFMR)
Correct contra Hillary! she never needed doors kicked in by Beijing Bill and had she been a competent stunt double she would have destroyed the NAGs domination of the feminist narrative.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 03:25 PM (TE35l)
*foams at mouth*
*barks*
*rants*
*raves*
And that's why we're the party of reason, haters.
Posted by: Typical Prog at January 01, 2014 07:11 PM (N/cFh)
You sure you're not actually just sockpuppetting some commenters here? It works for a couple of them too.
Posted by: buzzion at January 01, 2014 03:25 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: oc joe at January 01, 2014 03:25 PM (hqVUe)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2014 03:25 PM (DmNpO)
Dubya was simultaneously the dumbest person on Earth and a diabolical bastard ruthless enough to dominate the entire planet.
Charming
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 07:20 PM (TE35l)
No no no, he was just a cover! A COVER I say, for Dick Cheney's Warcock! Cheney was the real mastermind...evil genius, see? Power behind the Oval Office chair? Kind of like VaJar is now...
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 03:25 PM (yh0zB)
She also appeared to have a wood burning stove behind her in the Fox news Christmas appearances, thus helping the evil Republicans to destroy the planet and kill off the polar bears!
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 01, 2014 03:26 PM (o3MSL)
I identify more with Palin. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 07:25 PM
I expect that if Mrs. Palin were not such a good Christian woman, she'd tell them to go fuck themselves.
Posted by: huerfano at January 01, 2014 03:26 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: jeffrey pelt at January 01, 2014 03:26 PM (Jsiw/)
Palin vs JoyJoy? Is there a topic where I wouldn't immediately give more credence to Palin?
No, there isn't.Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 03:27 PM (JpFMR)
That's true there were about six competing moonbat narratives on Dubya.... Cheney Wielder of the WarCock had two....
Dick Cheney Hyper Competent Demon Lord and Duck Dynasty Cheney of the Wild Shotgun Blast
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 03:27 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2014 03:27 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at January 01, 2014 03:27 PM (IMR3l)
Posted by: JeanQ at January 01, 2014 07:24 PM (82lr7)
That's funny, I was a divorced sailor 25 years ago. You don't live in Wyoming by any chance, do you?
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 03:28 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2014 03:28 PM (cubpP)
Posted by: Weirddave at January 01, 2014 03:29 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Weirddave at January 01, 2014 07:29 PM (N/cFh)
No they're not. But they always were very loud about it. And quite a few of them moved on to bashing Ted Cruz.
Posted by: buzzion at January 01, 2014 03:30 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Vendette at January 01, 2014 03:30 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2014 07:27 PM (BC6cY)
I'm with BCochran on this one, I think she's just doing it to tweak them. If she thinks its half as funny as I do, she must spend a lot of time breathless with laughter. If she's NOT just doing it to tweak them she's so far into their OODA loop that they are shooting themselves down.
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 03:31 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: tbodie at January 01, 2014 03:31 PM (WgBz9)
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2014 03:31 PM (EKOIc)
Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at January 01, 2014 07:27 PM (IMR3l)<<<
Totes, sick.
Totes, magotes, sick.
Posted by: James Earl Jones and Malcolm McDowell at January 01, 2014 03:32 PM (2ljO9)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2014 03:32 PM (102Hx)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 03:32 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: Vendette at January 01, 2014 07:30 PM (MpP9p)
The youngster went home with visions of sugarDaves dancing in her head...
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 03:33 PM (yh0zB)
Right, too dumb to say "nuclear" BUT smart enough to make the left believe Billy Jeff's lies....
I mean when I was young I loved going to King's Island and using circular momentum to feel wobbly on roller coaster rides...
WHEEEEE......
I never turned as many circles as those leftist cocksuckers riding drunk or sober.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 03:33 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2014 03:33 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2014 03:33 PM (EKOIc)
Posted by: willow at January 01, 2014 03:33 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 01, 2014 03:33 PM (MX68J)
http://malialitman.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/palin-tshirt.jpg
Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 01, 2014 03:34 PM (T2V/1)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2014 03:35 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 01, 2014 03:35 PM (MX68J)
Posted by: JeanQ at January 01, 2014 07:32 PM (82lr7)
*whew* 
Just kidding, I get along with her a lot better now that I don't have to put up with her. I still couldn't imagine her as a Moronette, though.
And I think she enjoys it. I know I would.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 07:32 PM (JpFMR)
Yeah, I'd spend a lot of time feeling guilty for...ah hell, who am I kidding, I'd be laughing like a maniac.
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 03:35 PM (yh0zB)
I understand Margaret Thatcher's success being predicated in part on not being "too pretty" now sadly....
by the way congrats on the grandbaby....
All the best to you and yours.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 03:35 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 01, 2014 07:26 PM (o3MSL)
I don't think her wood store can keep up with the idiots in Antarctica:
@AP: 52 passengers aboard ship trapped in Antarctic ice await rescue by helicopter.
That's a hell of a carbon footprint those scientists are creating.
Posted by: Retread at January 01, 2014 03:35 PM (cHwk5)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2014 03:36 PM (BC6cY)
I must say that, having read the entire ode to Suzanne Sena, it seems, to me a shame that Ace couldn't work in her given last name, which Wiki lists as Woronchak.
Lots of good rhyming material with Woronchak.
Posted by: The Palm Beach Agorist at January 01, 2014 03:36 PM (jDWTw)
Posted by: Vendette at January 01, 2014 03:37 PM (MpP9p)
I can't risk having another girl "
And the Bears still suck.
Posted by: lowandslow at January 01, 2014 03:37 PM (IV4od)
another way to look at it is....
they had to outlaw perfectly good wood stove tech via regulatory fiat b/c the scientists have to burn oil try top survive Ice Cap thrust to prove the worldis warming....
that entire set of thoughts perfectly encapsulates the Politica/Academic/Activist/Media complex
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 03:37 PM (TE35l)
did any non lefty's find that swipe a mystery and rather disgusting?
i mean those that aren't particularly christmasy that also sport trees and gift giving , or other christians that might be dem?
anyway i found that one really bizzare.
Posted by: willow at January 01, 2014 03:37 PM (nqBYe)
Happy Buddhist' which he sets somewhere in Southern California,
Posted by: jeffrey pelt at January 01, 2014 03:38 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: Weirddave at January 01, 2014 03:38 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2014 07:35 PM (DmNpO)
Oh no, I don't think she give a toss about them, I think she's just taking up space in THEIR heads. Rent-free, I might add. And throwing big loud noisy parties until the wee hours of the morning.
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 03:38 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 01, 2014 07:20 PM (nzKvP)
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The thing all hypocrites hate most is an effective mirror. So, here is what the mirror that is Sarah Palin shows the left about themselves.
1. she would not kill her baby because it had Downs syndrome. (insert mirror image of leftist here. They don't want see themselves in this reflection.)
2. she is both more masculine, feminine, and more of a lady than every one of them. She has more sexually attractive femininity than them and she can hunt/skin/process her own food.
3. she actually does not need a man to succeed. She did not ride her husband's or father's coattails into anything. She is not a Senator cuz hubby was the Prez.
4. She isn't afraid. Think of how that makes leftists feel about themselves -- their views about everything are built on fear.
5. At the time McCain picked her she had never sold out.
There are probably others as well. Leftists are locked into what they feel, and narcissists are locked into what they feel about themselves -- around her, they feel like shit.
Posted by: jc at January 01, 2014 03:38 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at January 01, 2014 03:39 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Vendette at January 01, 2014 07:37 PM (MpP9p)
It was getting close to a c section because it was so late. And it was GREAT grand baby!
Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 01, 2014 03:39 PM (T2V/1)
Every time I hear something about the ice locked research ship in the Southern hemisphere during the summer season, I laugh and laugh, and then I throw another oak log into the wood stove!
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 01, 2014 03:39 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: DC in Towson at January 01, 2014 03:39 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 01, 2014 03:39 PM (MX68J)
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2014 03:39 PM (EKOIc)
Posted by: jeffrey pelt at January 01, 2014 03:39 PM (Jsiw/)
Soros, the Muslim Brotherhood, Frank Marshall Davis' Zombie....
a few others I'm certain....
Daley is in there somehwere
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 03:40 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 03:41 PM (JpFMR)
ValJar by birth. Kerry because his daughter married an Iranian-American with extensive family still in Iran.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2014 03:41 PM (cubpP)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2014 03:41 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: Vendette at January 01, 2014 03:42 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at January 01, 2014 03:42 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Carol at January 01, 2014 03:42 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2014 03:43 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 01, 2014 03:43 PM (MX68J)
Posted by: Weirddave at January 01, 2014 03:43 PM (N/cFh)
Back when I put in my first wood stove, there was a tremendous amount of research into very efficient wood-burning stoves. Alas, our betters have decided that a bunch of greenies can shut down another entrepreneurial enterprise with great potential, just because they can. Worst of all, we are still letting them do it.
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 01, 2014 03:43 PM (o3MSL)
I get a kick out of it because I remember a friend doing exactly that 30 years ago, except he was naked and had his clothes in his hands, not a taco. He barely got away. Her daddy caught him balls deep in his 14 year old little girl (he was a teenager too, this wasn't a child molestation thing, it was horny teenagers). I don't think daddy ever found out the one he caught pounding away was her third different guy of the evening.
Posted by: Weirddave at January 01, 2014 07:38 PM (N/cFh)
Reminds me of Tommy Boy.
"Ted, I lost my virginity to your daughter! Bob you were there."
Posted by: buzzion at January 01, 2014 03:43 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 03:44 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at January 01, 2014 03:44 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Vendette at January 01, 2014 03:44 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: Vendette at January 01, 2014 03:45 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2014 03:46 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: DC in Towson at January 01, 2014 03:46 PM (eQJwb)
Then comes someone like Sarah Palin who is smart and accomplished in measurable ways that gives lie to all the paths Progressive-Socialists think are the only valid ways to success. And she cares not how many degrees someone has to their name or what awards they won, what matters to people like Palin is the person.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2014 03:46 PM (cubpP)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 01, 2014 03:46 PM (MX68J)
But she's far from the DULLEST tool in the shed, too. Above average I'd say, given her performance as first mayor of Wasilla and then Governor of Alaska, but not so far above that she doesn't identify with the average American...which is sort of the whole point. She's us. And that's why they hate her and feel as though she must be destroyed.
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 03:47 PM (yh0zB)
Your body would never be found.
Posted by: Vendette at January 01, 2014 07:45 PM (MpP9p)
i dunno , i believe polcies pay out faster If the body is found.
Posted by: willow at January 01, 2014 03:47 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 03:47 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: DC in Towson at January 01, 2014 03:47 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 01, 2014 03:48 PM (MX68J)
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 03:49 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 03:49 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2014 03:49 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at January 01, 2014 03:50 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Vendette at January 01, 2014 03:50 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: Weirddave at January 01, 2014 03:50 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 01, 2014 07:43 PM (MX68J)
Jealousy is such an ugly emotion.
Well, I'm sure Todd doesn't get cold on those long winter nights.
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at January 01, 2014 07:44 PM (vHRtU)
Not helping.
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 03:50 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: DC in Towson at January 01, 2014 03:51 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at January 01, 2014 03:51 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Weirddave at January 01, 2014 07:50 PM (N/cFh)
Be even funnier now, with cell phone cameras that record video and post immediately to You Tube...
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 03:52 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 03:52 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at January 01, 2014 03:52 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 01, 2014 03:52 PM (MX68J)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2014 03:53 PM (cubpP)
Posted by: Fourth Horseman at January 01, 2014 03:53 PM (KuZ6A)
srsly McCain of all picking her will remain a mystery to me.
also his fight , fight , fight while he powders Obama's ass.
Posted by: willow at January 01, 2014 03:54 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Weirddave at January 01, 2014 03:54 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Vendette at January 01, 2014 03:54 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 01, 2014 03:54 PM (MX68J)
Posted by: cbdenver at January 01, 2014 03:55 PM (hLe9L)
Posted by: Carol at January 01, 2014 03:55 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 01, 2014 03:55 PM (zStzu)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 03:55 PM (JpFMR)
he's not a small dude at all
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 01, 2014 07:54 PM (MX68J)
I'm guessing she asked him not to. It's the only reason I can think of.
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 03:56 PM (yh0zB)
as they did with romney and they will our next offering from upstream.
Posted by: willow at January 01, 2014 03:56 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: DC in Towson at January 01, 2014 03:57 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: Vendette at January 01, 2014 03:57 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: willow at January 01, 2014 03:57 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at January 01, 2014 03:58 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Kreplach at January 01, 2014 03:58 PM (Xkr8I)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 03:58 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2014 03:58 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2014 03:58 PM (cubpP)
Posted by: willow at January 01, 2014 03:58 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 01, 2014 03:58 PM (V4CBV)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 01, 2014 03:58 PM (MX68J)
Posted by: alcoa fedora at January 01, 2014 03:58 PM (hqVUe)
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 01, 2014 03:59 PM (zStzu)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 07:55 PM (JpFMR)
My next hunting rifle (Remington 700) will be in 7mm. Reason is, during the last ammo crunch you could ALWAYS find 7mm. You could always find 40 Smith, too.
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 03:59 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 01, 2014 03:59 PM (MX68J)
Posted by: willow
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I did the only sensible thing I could think of today for the New Year.
Bought another gun.
Now if I can just find some boolets.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2014 04:00 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Vendette at January 01, 2014 04:00 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: Weirddave at January 01, 2014 04:00 PM (N/cFh)
I am staying with .45 ACP for that very reason
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 01, 2014 04:00 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 01, 2014 07:59 PM (zStzu)
Diversity!
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 01, 2014 04:01 PM (o3MSL)
she was not popular in the Alaskan delegation, so she was a bit of a maverick
in her own right, and that appealed to McCain. The other is that Steve Schmidt, really wanted to tank the election as far back as the time she was picked, hence the defamation campaign, not unlike the one Macchiavelli waged against Catherina Sforza, another gutsy gal, who didn't take his advice.
Nicco went Bashir or Olberman, in his History of Florence, and Treatise on Livy.
Posted by: jeffrey pelt at January 01, 2014 04:01 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2014 04:01 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 01, 2014 07:59 PM (zStzu)
Top. Men.
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 04:01 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 01, 2014 04:01 PM (MX68J)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 04:02 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: Hrothgar
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I said that very same thing for a long time. Then I got tired of hauling around a boat anchor.
Bought a teeny, tiny .380 for the pocket today. I feel like I lost 20 lbs.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2014 04:03 PM (4Mv1T)
SQUAT SPACE IN THEIR MIND - DON'T FIT EITHER CATEGORY!!!!!
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at January 01, 2014 04:03 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Carol at January 01, 2014 04:03 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 01, 2014 07:59 PM (MX68J)
Never a bad idea. If nothing else, they can be used for cash in the Zombie Apocalypse.
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 04:03 PM (yh0zB)
she insulted Their Messiah And the leadership in general.
she must Not get away with that.
besides she's average Joesphine That made her own way in life.
they'll never let her rise again.
Posted by: willow at January 01, 2014 04:03 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 01, 2014 04:03 PM (MX68J)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 01, 2014 04:03 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: Spun and Murky at January 01, 2014 04:04 PM (4DCSq)
Posted by: AmishDude at January 01, 2014 04:04 PM (xSegX)
the Sven & Ole accent and the preggo daughter's choice in a beau.
I doubt she can realistically overcome either one in the short term or the long term. If either one of those realities were not present in 2008 I have my doubts that the character assassination on her would have worked to the degree that it has.
Posted by: jc at January 01, 2014 04:04 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 01, 2014 04:05 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 01, 2014 07:59 PM (zStzu)
figure, they allz iz jus reaching across the aisle, i mean why not when they All have something to lose if WE are actually given a voice.
Posted by: willow at January 01, 2014 04:05 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 08:01 PM (yh0zB)
The establishment elite are all basically interchangeable statists with a New World Order mind set. Keeping their own personal hands in the till is an extra benefit they rightly deserve!
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 01, 2014 04:05 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 01, 2014 04:05 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 01, 2014 04:06 PM (MX68J)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 01, 2014 04:06 PM (0FSuD)
(a) Because of cynical, hard-nosed practical politics that liberals understand better than RINO Republicans do. Palin at the time of her being chosen was an unknown blank slate as far as the rest of the country was concerned. Whomever paints a compelling picture on the blank slate first -- positive or negative -- as a matter of practical politics, wins. The Democrats wisely had a ruthless rapid-response strategy ready to go when Palin got the nod, to define her as fast as possible to the LIVs as being a dangerous idiot. The inept GOP had no such strategy in place to define her positively.
(b) Because of the absolute fury Palin engendered by actually daring to attack Barack Obama. Palin's running mate was exactly what the Democrats wanted: a tepid moderate who was scared to take off the gloves, who was unnerved by digging into Obama's shadowy history, and who spoke in anodyne pleasantries about how America had "nothing to fear" from a President Obama. Palin didn't buy that crap, and Palin actually fought back against Obama. That frightened the hell out of Democrats, who instantly elevated her from a tactical threat to a strategic threat: PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE.
(c) Because of asshat internal Republican maneuvering. It's crystal clear now that many of the McCain campaign operatives who planted bullshit Palin smears in the media after the election were doing so as paid catspaws at the behest of Mitt Romney, who was moving immediately to head off any chance of a Palin 2012 primary fight. Once again, it really would be nice if these RINO types went after Democrats in public in the same remorseless way that they knife conservatives in the back in private. (Never going to happen.)
Posted by: torquewrench at January 01, 2014 04:06 PM (gqT4g)
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I. Did. Not. Do it.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2014 04:06 PM (4Mv1T)
difference is Medias assistance in getting their Correct information and results
Posted by: willow at January 01, 2014 04:07 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 01, 2014 04:07 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Carol at January 01, 2014 04:07 PM (z4WKX)
+1 no shit. We were hiring nurses last month and this concept came up... or so I heard. I wasn't at the meeting.I had no input. The person I heard it from is fired for having sex with a bowl of cheese ravioli in the Post Office. My boat tipped over and everything went to the bottom. Seriously.
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at January 01, 2014 04:08 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 01, 2014 04:08 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Weirddave at January 01, 2014 04:09 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 01, 2014 04:09 PM (MX68J)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2014 08:03 PM (4Mv1T)
I recently bought a .380 thinking of the convenience and profile; however, I have not actually used it as a carry gun yet. I may have to rethink it because your boat anchor point is well taken.
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 01, 2014 04:09 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: jc at January 01, 2014 08:04 PM (PlzOe)
I had it covered.
Posted by: Tina Fey at January 01, 2014 04:10 PM (2DunM)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 01, 2014 04:11 PM (MX68J)
Steve Schmidt is a perfect example of the corruption in the political consulting business. I am not sure if he taught Karl Rove or vice versa.
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 01, 2014 04:11 PM (o3MSL)
Someone said it earlier this week, and I've said it in the past: One of the scariest things about the Left is what sore losers they are.
Obama WON two elections and they still can't let go of Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney.
You know how much thought conservatives gave to John F'n Kerry after Bush beat him? Next to nothing. It was, "Phew. Glad that dick isn't my president," and on with life.
Posted by: Warden at January 01, 2014 04:12 PM (z1HLu)
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 01, 2014 04:12 PM (zStzu)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 01, 2014 08:05 PM (aDwsi)
Spoilsport. I've got all season radials...
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 04:13 PM (yh0zB)
This certainly reflects my resuscitation experience... shot placement is everything, caliber at 9mm and above in handguns, nothing.
I carried both 45 and 9 as military and as a civie cop. I carried 40and 9 as a civie cop and plain civi. Final score: good guys 7 bad guys 0.
Shot Placement.
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at January 01, 2014 04:13 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 01, 2014 04:13 PM (zStzu)
Posted by: Carol at January 01, 2014 04:13 PM (z4WKX)
Better woman than me, for sure, I'd'a clocked somebody looooooong before the primaries were done......
Posted by: JeanQ at January 01, 2014 04:14 PM (82lr7)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 01, 2014 04:14 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: jeffrey pelt at January 01, 2014 04:14 PM (Jsiw/)
so...you work for the TSA?
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 04:15 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Vendette at January 01, 2014 04:15 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2014 04:15 PM (cubpP)
And yet, I sort of admire the left for their utter viciousness in attacking anyone and anything that might even remotely threaten their world view.
For example, if we had been mocking and deriding John Cambodia Kerry continuously since his loss to Bush, he might not be Sec State today. Of course, we might have someone worse since Obama (and ValJar) know plenty of them.
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 01, 2014 04:15 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 01, 2014 04:17 PM (0FSuD)
we really don't hear much about their efforts under the sheets
Posted by: willow at January 01, 2014 04:18 PM (nqBYe)
I once had a patient walk next door and call 911."That bitch shot me!" had a fully mushroomed lead .25 slug through the skin stuck in the outer layer of his skull, no significant injury. Cleaned, repaired, sent home with wound care instructions including date a higher class of stripper....
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at January 01, 2014 04:18 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 01, 2014 04:18 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 01, 2014 04:18 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: Hrothgar
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My .45s seemed to stay home no matter what kind of holster rig I bought. A gun is no good if you don't have it with you, so I finally relented and bought this cute little Bodyguard.
.380 is danged hard to find right now for some reason. .45, .40. 38, and 9mm seem to be more plentiful.
...and Nip Sip, CCW.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2014 04:19 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 01, 2014 04:19 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2014 04:19 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 01, 2014 04:20 PM (MX68J)
Posted by: Carol at January 01, 2014 04:20 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Illini Bill at January 01, 2014 04:20 PM (QuBqn)
That's the beauty of having czars. They have lots of literature about how to really govern going back to the days of the Cheka.
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 01, 2014 04:21 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 01, 2014 04:21 PM (zStzu)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 01, 2014 08:18 PM (0FSuD)
so...I can take your car then?
But only two on the working end. Also: salt
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 01, 2014 08:19 PM (aDwsi)
*shudder* sold...
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 04:22 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac, waiting on an apology on behalf of the KaBoom Kiddes at January 01, 2014 04:22 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 04:22 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 01, 2014 04:22 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Carol at January 01, 2014 04:23 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at January 01, 2014 04:23 PM (8AHeV)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 01, 2014 04:24 PM (0FSuD)
Inside job? Brilliant if so, tip hat to excellence in the Great Game.
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at January 01, 2014 04:25 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2014 04:25 PM (cubpP)
The only person who would have been better was Bork.
Posted by: Firefly at January 01, 2014 04:25 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: ontherocks at January 01, 2014 04:26 PM (5tSu+)
Posted by: Carol at January 01, 2014 08:23 PM (z4WKX)
False alarm. It was a guitar.
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 04:27 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2014 04:27 PM (9tjDz)
Shit. Sore WINNERS is what I meant to say about the left.
Posted by: Warden at January 01, 2014 04:27 PM (z1HLu)
Posted by: willow at January 01, 2014 04:28 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: ontherocks at January 01, 2014 04:28 PM (5tSu+)
Mindy, who posts here occasionally, has had some sharp comments from the standpoint of a math teacher about these new "requirements".
What you need to get for your nephew are the Singapore Math course materials. From the country that routinely clocks in at the top of the international league tables in grade-level math accomplishment. There is no soft lefty BS in their curriculum.
Downside: the kid will actually be forced to drill repetitively. Many modern kids find this very offputting. Stories and drawings that convey no understanding are much easier.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 01, 2014 04:28 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 01, 2014 04:28 PM (o3MSL)
Correct Illini Bill, and as some credit the British Isles and Irish with saving civilization I fear the Christians may have to collapse in somewhere and reject Western Civ and survive and endure.
This, of course, allows that it is not His will to scourge us and test us in the march to the end of His little experiment in measuring the impact of freewill on morals and order.
Happy Holidays, yours was a compelling post.
It hurts enough we are the left's evil I suspect we are also the designated villain of many in our own camp.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 04:28 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 04:28 PM (JpFMR)
Because they recognize politics is not bean bag and they act to advance their principles and agenda - ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, 365 DAYS.
The GOP as it is now constituted is unprincipled and rudderless.
What exactly is the agenda of the GOP at this present time?
The GOP have no agenda, they evince no principles that are discernible to anyone.
They are useless in every way imaginable.
Posted by: Kreplach at January 01, 2014 04:28 PM (Xkr8I)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 01, 2014 04:29 PM (pUAXu)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 01, 2014 04:30 PM (UAMVq)
I really wanted to stay with one pistol caliber too, but for a pocket pistol, I would consider .380, or at least 9mm.
And this is coming from a diehard .45acp fan.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2014 04:30 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 01, 2014 04:30 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at January 01, 2014 04:30 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 04:30 PM (JpFMR)
That would be the left wing of the caucus attacking right each time Carol.
No more that is why as God is my witness if the nominee is Chrispy Chreme or to his left(if that is possible) I will vote Hillary!
We either have a party or we don't if we do not let's get the end game going.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 04:31 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Rodney Linderman at January 01, 2014 04:32 PM (9tjDz)
Posted by: euclid at January 01, 2014 04:32 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2014 04:32 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: The Hickster at January 01, 2014 04:33 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: ontherocks at January 01, 2014 04:34 PM (5tSu+)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at January 01, 2014 04:34 PM (8AHeV)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 01, 2014 04:34 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Weirddave at January 01, 2014 04:34 PM (N/cFh)
Subaru.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 01, 2014 08:05 PM (aDwsi)
Looks like a world of suck is going to be hitting me soon.
Cincy
Posted by: PMRich at January 01, 2014 04:34 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 04:35 PM (JpFMR)
If the campaign had positioned her correctly, there are electorally significant places in the upper Midwest where that accent is familiar and comforting. She did (and does) need to work on the informality of her diction.
As for Bristol's sperm donor, I have to agree, that was damaging. There are a lot of suburban moms in America who worry constantly that their daughter will get knocked up by a loser who will not step up to fathering. Those moms parse having it happen as "bad parenting". Ergo, Sarah and Todd are bad parents.
Of course, for daughters to get knocked up by losers happens in those critical suburban moms' own communities much more than is let on. It's just that in those cases, errant daughter makes a discreet trip to the Surgi-Centre to "correct" her mistake.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 01, 2014 04:35 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 01, 2014 04:35 PM (zStzu)
Posted by: Carol at January 01, 2014 04:36 PM (z4WKX)
Sooth you can carry 9mm effectively in a sub-compact/compact....
The Caracal/Steyr's thrust line on recoil coupled with muzzle porting controls the recoil so it is not too robust for accuracy.
You would not want to shoot it casually as the muzzle braking increases the noise and it is robust for repetition past developing proficiency.
If people can be trained to endure compact/sub-compact .45s 9mm is navigable for many even perhaps a majority of CCW types IMHO
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 04:36 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 01, 2014 04:37 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 01, 2014 04:37 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 01, 2014 04:38 PM (JpFMR)
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Springfield had a recall on their XDs .45s and 9s this year.
Ruger had a recall on their pocket pistols awhile back.
And the Shield recall.
New guns come out in this competitive environment and have bugs that have to be worked out.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2014 04:38 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at January 01, 2014 04:40 PM (jucos)
http://tinyurl.com/cy2cae4
http://tinyurl.com/mv89qrp
along the lines of my point on the Caracal(post recall generation I implore you) and Steyr(perfectly safe thus far) pistols is the recoil thrust line and muzzle flip....
the Rhino also has a very nice recoil line and low muzzle flip.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 04:40 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 01, 2014 04:41 PM (UAMVq)
Right you are, I should have added Lee to the all too short list of principled politicians.
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 01, 2014 04:42 PM (o3MSL)
Remembering here the S&W scandium .357 mag.
I am of two minds about all that.
On the one hand, in a genuine self-defense situation, I want as much potent large caliber behind each shot as possible. People who have been in that situation tell me that recoil discomfort is hardly noticeable amid the adrenaline.
On the other hand, heavy sharp recoil induces flinch while training. Hence less accurate aim. People who have been in that situation tell me that aim is hugely degraded by the same adrenaline, so making it even worse to begin with is unwelcome.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 01, 2014 04:42 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 01, 2014 04:42 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 01, 2014 04:43 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 01, 2014 08:33 PM (zStzu)
Ruger and Beretta both make very find pocket 9mm single-stack pistols. Nothing wrong with a 9 as long as you are using proper ammo (hollowpoint!). The 9mm's bad rep comes from the military requirement to use FMJ, and only because the 9mm JHP reportedly doesn't mushroom out as well as .45ACP FMJ. (IMO, FMJ is crap and suitable only for target ammo; the military requirement to use it was so there would be pretty corpses to bury). Of course, decades of 9mm use in Europe point to different results.
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 04:43 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 04:45 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 01, 2014 04:45 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 01, 2014 04:45 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: AmishDude at January 01, 2014 04:45 PM (xSegX)
Posted by: Carol at January 01, 2014 04:46 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at January 01, 2014 08:40 PM (jucos)
Stay out of the midwest then. I still have a bit of it and I haven't lived there in more than 25 years.
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 04:46 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Hickster at January 01, 2014 04:47 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 04:47 PM (TE35l)
This is again down to (per earlier comments) the unlevel media playing field.
Palin's accent, which is at least consistent, gets relentlessly parodied.
Obama's rapid shifts between Hahvahd Yahd professoriate speech, and folksy droppin's and missin's of "g", and southern black church preacher cadence? All of it phony as hell yet not considered fair use for parody by the media.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 01, 2014 04:48 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 01, 2014 04:48 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: Carol at January 01, 2014 04:49 PM (z4WKX)
surroundings is your best defense. The gun is only used when you get
cornered.
Posted by: The Hickster at January 01, 2014 08:47 PM (TI3xG)
^^^^ This. ^^^^ Or, as my CWP instructor said, the only gunfight you win is the one you avoid by keeping your head out of your ass.
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 04:49 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 04:49 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: AmishDude at January 01, 2014 04:50 PM (xSegX)
Posted by: GatorGirl at January 01, 2014 04:50 PM (2pICb)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2014 04:50 PM (9tjDz)
Posted by: Gov John Hikenlooper at January 01, 2014 04:50 PM (iB0Q2)
Who needs principles or substance when you've got Alinsky as a guide?
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 01, 2014 04:51 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Carol at January 01, 2014 04:52 PM (z4WKX)
I like the Steyr. I thought about buying one.
They just don't have the spare parts and aftermarket support footprint that the Glock goliath have built up. That's potentially significant when contemplating potential societal and economic disruption, when what you can scare up locally WILL be what you have to work with, full stop.
I was also disappointed when they did away with the trigger guard safety setup on the gen one Steyrs. Goddamned liability lawyers.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 01, 2014 04:52 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 01, 2014 04:52 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 04:52 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 01, 2014 04:53 PM (aDwsi)
The Warren Beatty version of _Bonnie and Clyde_. One of the more rancid products of the Sixties counterculture moving up and getting into the movie business.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 01, 2014 04:53 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 01, 2014 04:54 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2014 04:56 PM (DmNpO)
No offense, but it is a butt-ugly pistol.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2014 04:56 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2014 04:56 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2014 04:56 PM (9tjDz)
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 04:56 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Steyr M9-A1 at January 01, 2014 04:57 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2014 08:56 PM (9tjDz)
And smokin' hot stewardesses!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2014 04:58 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2014 08:56 PM (QFxY5)
Doesn't have to be pretty. Just has to go bang when you want it to (and not go bang when you don't want it to).
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 04:58 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Steyr M9-A1 at January 01, 2014 08:57 PM (aDwsi)
I retired the the trophy for most beautiful pistol...everything else is fighting for scraps.
Posted by: Colt 1911 at January 01, 2014 04:59 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2014 04:59 PM (9tjDz)
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 05:00 PM (TE35l)
Oh please!
When form follows function it is the best of both worlds. And guns do it more than most other things.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2014 05:00 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2014 05:01 PM (TnSpo)
Posted by: AmishDude at January 01, 2014 09:00 PM (xSegX)
who, in a just and reasonable world, would still be rotting in prison.
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 05:01 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: If I understood the question properly at January 01, 2014 05:03 PM (R6JT1)
Palin fans have such grudges against those who point out that, well, she's kind of a RINO quitter who's been making buku bucks off her phony TRUE CON! image.
And I've bashed Cruz but I'd never accuse him of using his popularity to help McCain get reelected.
Posted by: Shoot Me at January 01, 2014 05:03 PM (qiXMt)
Posted by: Pall Peen Hammers Everywhere at January 01, 2014 05:03 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Mindy lurks here regularly at January 01, 2014 05:04 PM (Bs5ky)
Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at January 01, 2014 05:04 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: Carol at January 01, 2014 05:04 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 01, 2014 05:05 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Colt 1911###
Just like women there is not going to be a most beautiful (tits vs ass). There will only be the ones that every man want's to bang (or in your case wants to make go bang).
Posted by: The Hickster at January 01, 2014 05:06 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: GMB at January 01, 2014 05:06 PM (nkPV9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 01, 2014 05:07 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2014 05:07 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Pamela H at January 01, 2014 05:07 PM (dwA73)
I've got to go fold and pack. Later roonz and roonettez, catch you on the ONT.
Posted by: GGE of the Vacationing Horde at January 01, 2014 05:07 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: jeffrey pelt at January 01, 2014 05:08 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 01, 2014 05:08 PM (Vferh)
We either have a party or we don't if we do not let's get the end game going.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 08:31 PM (TE35l)
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I have long thought that the TParty needs to make a serious run at taking over the Dems. It was probably a mistake to be folded back into the Rs.
It would be better to gut both parties than to try to win with one of them.
Posted by: jc at January 01, 2014 05:08 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Carol at January 01, 2014 05:08 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: She should be kissed often & by a man who knows how at January 01, 2014 05:08 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 05:08 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 01, 2014 05:09 PM (o3MSL)
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I wondered if I had been saying it wrong all these years, 'cause I'm not sure I'd ever seen it in print.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2014 05:09 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Cicero Kid at January 01, 2014 05:09 PM (6fSty)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 01, 2014 05:10 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Carol at January 01, 2014 05:12 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 01, 2014 05:12 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 01, 2014 05:13 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: seamrog at January 01, 2014 05:13 PM (NNCDn)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at January 01, 2014 05:15 PM (6fSty)
Posted by: GatorGirl at January 01, 2014 08:50 PM (2pICb)
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It also proves that every single thing they say is intended to offend, which makes their dumbassed apologies all the more stupid.
Posted by: jc at January 01, 2014 05:15 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Weirddave at January 01, 2014 05:15 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Mindy lurks here regularly at January 01, 2014 05:15 PM (Bs5ky)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 01, 2014 05:16 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 01, 2014 09:13 PM (aDwsi)
Until one week after Orthodox Christmas. IIRC thats the 7th of this month.
Posted by: GMB at January 01, 2014 05:16 PM (nkPV9)
332>> "...there is a movement to use math to further the goal of producing good little collectivists who will look to the State as their savior."
How does that work? Math teaches reason and methodology and requires logical thinking. None of those are qualities that collectivism requires, in fact they're anathema to collectivism. Math doesn't seem to be a suitable vehicle for induction.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 01, 2014 05:16 PM (32Scy)
Posted by: Carol at January 01, 2014 05:16 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at January 01, 2014 05:17 PM (jucos)
Posted by: mindful webworker - it's eight leaping lords day! at January 01, 2014 05:18 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 05:18 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 01, 2014 05:18 PM (pJB7q)
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2014 05:20 PM (EKOIc)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 01, 2014 09:18 PM (pJB7q)
Please provide an example of that scripting. What about her show(s) are phony or scripted?
Posted by: GMB at January 01, 2014 05:23 PM (nkPV9)
I disagreed with her decision to leave the AK governorship, but I also realize that it had become financially untenable for her to stay in office, thanks to the baseless nuisance "ethics" charges with which the institutional left had besieged her.
A reminder about how that crap worked. The letter of the law said that anyone could bring an ethics charge on any grounds. The charge could not be dismissed on the grounds of its having been filed by a vexatious serial litigant (as the majority of them had been). And the officeholder had to defend themselves out of their own pocket!
It was so bad that after Palin left office, the law was quietly pulled back.
Let's enact that as a federal law this year with the identical stipulations and see how long it is before Obama turns "quitter".
Posted by: torquewrench at January 01, 2014 05:23 PM (gqT4g)
Ditto the Styer. The earlier M-9 is my favorite, actually.
And the 9mm vs. .40?
The .40 S ampersand W cartridge.... 20 percent higher cost, 30 percent more recoil and muzzle blast, two fewer in the mag, for but a 10 percent increase in energy at the muzzle.
Those two extra rounds could mean the all the difference in the world. Hell, if it's just energy you want, go with the 10mm, or .357 revolver with full power loads.
If the SHTF, the gun I would really want, would be the S ampersand W Model 28 Highway Patrolman.....yeah, the same one that went down somewhere in Galveston Bay, during Hurricane Ike.
Miss that gun. Miss the boat, too.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 01, 2014 05:24 PM (vvk2F)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at January 01, 2014 05:26 PM (XIxXP)
I'm getting to the "leave them up all year" stage. Can't be arsed to get up the ladder.
I think next Halloween, I'm going to put out the rest of the Xmas decorations, answer the door for trick or treaters in the full Santa Claus costume and shout, "What are you kids doing here? You're way too early!"
Posted by: torquewrench at January 01, 2014 05:26 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 01, 2014 05:28 PM (aDwsi)
He came home one day to find a thug working on his gun-safe with a crowbar.
When confronted, the thug came after him, with the crowbar.
Lonnie shot him a couple times, 'center-mass', then ran for his life.
The goblin did not realize that he was dead, until he had chased Lonnie for a block, and his brain finally ran out of oxygen.
Lonnie had hit him twice in the heart.
If Lonnie had not run that block, he'd be dead.
Moral:
Use enough gun.
So it goes...
Posted by: ChrisP at January 01, 2014 05:29 PM (BpTC0)
The trouble I have with the sub-compact Glocks is the grip.
I love their reliability, ease of use / care, multiple caliber options, ability to use the higher cap mags from full sized Glocks... but the grips lose it for me.
With the huge paws I have, I can feel my FIL's G-30 twist in my hands. That is not a good feeling
Posted by: PMRich at January 01, 2014 05:29 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 01, 2014 05:30 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: mindful webworker - it's eight leaping lords day! at January 01, 2014 05:31 PM (U13jb)
Let's enact that as a federal law this year with the identical stipulations and see how long it is before Obama turns "quitter".
Posted by: torquewrench at January 01, 2014 09:23 PM (gqT4g)
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Sad truth -- it was Palin's law. She pushed for it after her time on the Oil-n-Gas Commission. It was very poorly crafted as she soon found out.
Posted by: jc at January 01, 2014 05:33 PM (PlzOe)
So it goes...
Posted by: ChrisP
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And this is the eternal debate. I have an old, old friend who was NCHP 30 years ago, and shot six times at a stop. He staggered back to his cruiser and called for help. He wears the last round extracted from him as a necklace.
The key is to carry a gun concealable enough, and convenient enough that you will actually carry it.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2014 05:34 PM (4Mv1T)
It's astonishing how much she can still make them feel threatened despite their accusations of imbecile.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2014 07:14 PM (DmNpO)
At her convention speech, she spoke the truth about what liberals are, what they believe, and why they are fools.
To Liberal regressives , speaking the truth about them is like shining sunlight on a Vampire. First, it hurts, then it causes people to doubt their carefully crafted narrative.
Posted by: D-Lamp at January 01, 2014 05:35 PM (XnALK)
They have a perverse notion that despite everything they are the victim.
I grew up in a toxic environ, I carry a lot of guilt because I acted as my bi-polar mother's chief enabler and enforcer of discipline when she abrogated stewardship of our home.
I bullied a sister that was older than me and my younger brother into disrupting the routine as much as possible. When my sister eventually ran away after my mother delivered her an epic beating I got to be mom's stress toy to boot. My release from the stress was to become a bully thumper.
I had been raised to believe that bullying vitiated a person from moral opprobrium for victimizing those who victimized others.
"Designated hero" anyone?
Society has recoiled VERY much away from allowing children the moral weapons free to deal with bullying on their level because the left demands SOLE ownership of the "victim/bully" target identifier.
My son is being ruined for heroism in some ways IMHO b/c the school punishes those who retaliate against bullying worse than the bully in many cases.
The academy inflicts its fucked up distorted abacus of demographics rather than a moral dissection of culpability when things come to a head and as such I have been forced to warn off my son from straightening his spine too quickly.
The point is we are in a moral war, and *my* side refuses to acknowledge *their* opponent enables their worst actors to go as close to weapons free as law and society will allow.
Case in point the Democrats, media, cops, and SEIU at "protests."
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 05:37 PM (TE35l)
I used to shoot with a guy whose carry arrangement was a canister of pepper spray in the off-hand pocket, and a concealed holster small automatic on the shooting hand side.
His drill was to get the pepper spray up and out and in front with the off-hand and then to speed-rock the pistol with the other hand.
Multiple reasons. First, if you have to shoot, it makes your legitimacy of self defense claim stronger if you at least tried the nonlethal method. Second, you can sometimes spray widely in front of you and retreat behind the cloud. Third, such a retreat gives you more time to aim and fire, and get off more rounds. Fourth, if you have to shoot and the pistol doesn't drop the perp, the spray complicates his pursuit of you.
I personally worry about any single-hand grip on a weapon, and being able to retain it in a struggle. It is not unheard of for aggressive crims confronting cops carrying sprays and guns to quickly prison-yard-rush right through the spray cone and start grabbing for the gun.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 01, 2014 05:38 PM (gqT4g)
Sarah Palin's sin was being correct and identifying what should have unified our caucus to victory.
Her error was in thinking McCain wanted victory.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 05:39 PM (TE35l)
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Posted by: Mindy lurks here regularly at January 01, 2014 05:41 PM (Bs5ky)
Mindy I doubt Gabriel is here, but it was a classy post.
Happy Holidays
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 05:45 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Trimegistus at January 01, 2014 05:48 PM (a4LXu)
Good point, but the Navi are the designated Good Guys so his betrayal is good...never mind that I did not really see any evidence that the Navi are innately any more likely to act harmoniously with a moral race that is not engineered to look similar to them.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 01, 2014 05:50 PM (TE35l)
I've continued that tradition.Posted by: rickl at January 01, 2014 06:01 PM (sdi6R)
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