Stultus Maximus posted:

Which course gets cut?

Freakazoid_ posted:

This has a layer of irony I think is going unappreciated, because the comparison between al-qaeda/daesh and a rattlesnake is actually true, but for different reasons.

The rattlesnake does not go out of its way to kill humans. It harbors no murderous intent. What it does do is react to animals, including humans, who step into their personal space/territory. Violating its personal space is seen as a threat against its life. However, because Huckabee (and probably a lot of other americans) believe that the world is theirs and that they should be free to travel without impediment, they cannot see that what they have done is a reaction by the rattlesnake. They mistake it for an evil, opposing force out to get them and react upon that basis.

Al-Qaeda and Daesh are merely reactions to the US stepping all over the middle east territory and loving up their poo poo.

Trabisnikof posted:

I prefer to use the 2009 example where NYPD had an officer involuntarily committed as suicidal because he had recorded corruption in his precinct: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Schoolcraft

Joementum posted:

Looks like Rick Santorum's PAC is going to launch it's own network TV crime drama based around ISIS haxing teh gibson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ExyzEhJ_8Q

Patriot Voices: Mess with the Best, Die like the Rest [Coming this Fall on ABC]

Joementum posted:

Quote of the day, "I have a big plane. He doesn't." ~ Donald Trump, on the advantages he'll have over Rick Santorum campaigning in Iowa.

Joementum posted:

Please do not ask Ted Cruz about events prior to 1970.


Also, too, when Ted Cruz was born he was entitled to lifelong socialized medicine, so why should he have to take a position on Medicare?

Joementum posted:

Quote of the morning, "Watch the ceilings with those cameras. You ruin my woodwork you ruin my day." ~ Donald Trump, to reporters aboard his private jet.

HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:

Trabisnikof posted:

Actually thus far, their campaign isn't doing too well..https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/michael-t-slager-support-fund

$1.7K won't cover the lawyer.

Recycle Bin posted:

I was mulling over what it would mean to have a First Man as opposed to a First Lady under a Hillary presidency, and it occurred to me that I don't think there's anything legally preventing Chelsea from assuming the role. Thoughts?

Zeroisanumber posted:

Because Vigo is alive and beautiful.

ReidRansom posted:

Plus, Ted is a slimy and calculating gently caress. Don't underestimate him in the primary. He'll skewer himself in the general, but he's well positioned to do very well in the primaries.

Joementum posted:

What's up? I am. Ha ha. Get it? The joke is that I am tall. Much taller than Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez with whom I'm shaking hands. And thus, I am "up" in comparison to his stature.

Joementum posted:

Quote of the day, "I think that interviews are difficult. Like right now while we're doing this interview I can't see you. You know, I'm in a remote—by a remote camera in South Carolina. When an interview's contentious and when an interview is full of a lot of opinion and editorializing and it's a long-winded question that's setting you up to say, well, you know, you've been beating your wife all these years and when are you going to stop beating your wife? It's very difficult in those contentious interviews. I don't think it makes for good TV on both sides. And I do lose my cool. And I lost—I do lose my temper sometimes. And I should be better at that, but the thing is you don't get any visual clues." ~ Rand Paul.

Quote of the night, "What are you going to do if Martians land on earth? you going to kill all martians that have two heads when they land? We always have to handle these bizarre hypotheticals, and the liberals get off scot free." ~ Rand Paul.

Who What Now posted:

As if to say, “I am not a sexist looney tune hothead who only cuts off female reporters, but rather a looney tune hothead who cuts off any reporter whose questions I don’t like,” GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul cut short an interview with The Guardian’s Paul Lewis on Friday, leaving the reporter in the dark (literally) after being pressed for specifics on campaign strategy and criminal justice.

Raskolnikov38 posted:

Congratulations Rand Paul on your brand new car!

My Imaginary GF posted:

If Rand can't even handle the pre-primary media, ain't no way he survived to Iowa. Even the huckster has been tell'n him that this ain't no game, boy, this is the throne and you play for keeps. If you can't a answer a simple media question how you gonna survive opposition?

Hiary ain't a woman who rhymes with mimes.

FilthyImp posted:

I'd like to see Rand go on the Daily Show or something..

Only to bring out the DREAMER he ran away from as his interviewer. In my mind, he jets so fast his pube-wig is spinning in mid air for a few moments.

Joementum posted:

Wait, Karl Rove is on Fox News saying that the walls of Vienna might not hold

Star Man posted:

Do you want to buy one of Hilary's hard drives that's been wiped clean and no longer functioning for the low low price of $99.95? Then Rand Paul has just what you're looking for!

https://store.randpaul.com/index.php/hillary/hillary-s-hard-drive.html

Quantities are limited, so act now!

richardfun posted:

(Primary) Quote of the day: "I wish her well in this race and I look forward to being able to stay well away from it.” - John Kerry, on Clintons entry into the presidential race.

Mister Macys posted:

He's 73 and should have been put behind a desk, not the barrel of a gun.

My Imaginary GF posted:

Say what you will about Dick Cheney, you know he's a man you can trust.

Because if you don't trust him fully, you can trust him to take you out back and shoot you.

Cheney: The right Dick to trust

zoux posted:

haveblue posted:

What is that mounted on the technical in the last panel? It looks like a WW2-vintage AA gun.

drakegrim posted:

She is a hot head with a fowl mouth. Not good for representing Americans, but then again

Joementum posted:

Quote of the morning, "Charles and David Koch are well known for their business success, their generous philanthropic efforts and for their focus on innovation in management. Some also know them for their activism in the political realm. All of these are important contributions to society. What is underappreciated is their passion for freedom and their commitment to ideas. Unlike many crony capitalists who troll the halls of Congress looking for favors, the Kochs have consistently lobbied against special-interest politics." ~ Rand Paul

Fried Chicken posted:

Rick Scott (S-Hogwarts) is suing the Obama administration, demanding that it hand over the health care money on the condition it isn't called Obamacare

See, Florida is in the middle of a Republican-on-Republican gunfight over the expansion of Medicaid. State senate republicans want to expand it, state house republicans and the associated Koch brothers network don't, Scott is flip flopping back and forth on it.

Now the White House is looking at phasing out a Medicaid program called the Low Income Pool (LIP) which gives money to hospitals that treat the uninsured because it's less effective than other means (namely the expansion). But without either the expansion or LIP Florida's budget is in trouble.

So rather than expand the program and take heat from the tea party, or back them and watch the budget collapse, Scott is trying to split the baby. His argument is that cutting this money is coercion of the state to expand their Medicaid program. Instead he wants the money, without needing to adopt the provisions of the ACA.

Leader of the florida senate republicans Andy Gardiner put out a press release undercutting this approach, saying "the federal government has no obligation to provide LIP funding or to work within our time-frame"

Joementum posted:

"I've always thought," said Rainsford, "that the Cape buffalo is the most dangerous of all big game."

For a moment the general did not reply; he was smiling his curious red-lipped smile. Then he said slowly, "No. You are wrong, sir. The Cape buffalo is not the most dangerous big game." He sipped his wine. "Here in my preserve on this island," he said in the same slow tone, "I hunt more dangerous game."

Rainsford expressed his surprise. "Is there big game on this island?"

The general nodded. "The biggest."

"Really?"

"Oh, it isn't here naturally, of course. I have to stock the island."

"And what is the most dangerous game?"

"MAN!"

Joementum posted:

Joementum posted:

Pictured: Marco Rubio at the Union Station Chipotle on April 15th. He ordered a chicken quesadilla.

JT Jag posted:

Hey now, football is pretty serious business too.

Not a joke.

chitoryu12 posted:

If you don't have a doctorate, you don't deserve to live!

GreyPowerVan posted:

In 1968 the Big Mac was sold for 49 cents and the minimum wage was $1.60.
31~% of their hourly wage.

Today, the average cost of a Big Mac in America is $4.39 and the minimum wage is $7.25
61~% of their hourly wage.

these workers sure are getting to enjoy the fruits of their labor.