I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Not Bob

Doh! I should have known that. I apologize to you, but Not Him, for the error.

Agreed. Paul Ryan definitely has a punchable face - especially here:

Jesus. The alum of all the schools I went to are constantly embarrassing me.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Jesus. The alum of all the schools I went to are constantly embarrassing me.

Whose fault is that, Coltrane, whose fault is that???????

I saw Rakim on Wednesday night. It was good, in no small part because he showed up, which made it a far different experience than the last time I tried to see him. I can say in candor that pretty much everyone in the audience know more Rakim lyrics than I did. But I was able to do my part on Paid in Full, where he basically rapped the first two lines (lines which Thurgreed and I agreed are perhaps the best opening lines of any song) and then held out the microphone and let the audience do the rest. Here is some kind of cheesy funk, but notable because 3 and a half minutes in, you can see where Eric B and Rakim got the opening drum beat from, and 2 minutes and twenty seconds in is the flute sample. It's the Soul Searchers with Ashley's Roachclip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAgY5MqpUq4

Here is the souped up version of Paid in Full:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7t8eoA_1jQ

[Not Bob]

Because St. Patrick's Day is bipartisan, I give you this:

https://mobile.twitter.com/hbo/statu...42236538376192

Also because I have kind of a crush on Mrs. Trudy Campbell a/k/a Alison Brie.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

Whose fault is that, Coltrane, whose fault is that???????

Howard Jones says no one is to blame.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

The interesting part starts at 1:17: http://www.businessinsider.com/econo...esident-2017-3

[Adder]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

It's doing more than bloviating that'll sink him. So long as he merely telecasts and spins, he's fine and dandy.

Yeah, that's what I said.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

If the Dems were serious gamers, they'd let the bill pass as it is. Don't touch it. Let it be all his, and Paul Ryan's, and let it sink both the GOP Congress and Trump.

Unfortunately, that whole "care about people" thing gets in the Dems' way again.

Fortunately, they don't have the power to stop the GOP if it chooses to blow itself up.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

The interesting part starts at 1:17: http://www.businessinsider.com/econo...esident-2017-3

Is this a link to the Chuck Berry...thing? Not the music thing.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Is this a link to the Chuck Berry...thing? Not the music thing.

Dude, your profile photo is coming true.



TM

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

The interesting part starts at 1:17: http://www.businessinsider.com/econo...esident-2017-3

I watched this. Kind of. "Interesting" is a generous characterization. Some guy says that, although he has no idea if this is what is actually going on, maybe this is a way for us as a nation to get these angry negative feelings out of our system in a relatively harmless way. Yeah, maybe. Or maybe not. Maybe it will actually be the start of a dangerous and resurgent white nationalist movement. He doesn't know, which he admits as a preface to his little speech, and you don't know and I don't know. Not to distract from the rampant speculation about what is going to happen or what this all means, but here is what I do know. The fucking president continually lies about really serious shit (and also really stupid trivial shit) and all his spokespeople continually lie and it is a really fucked up situation. Also, how is what Tyler Cowen described analogous to taking a placebo? I don't get the metaphor. That is actually interesting to me. How does placebo metaphor fit this scenario?

The Daily Dose is a rare old 45 by Homer Brown & His Group. It's "Sweet Peter Pt. 2" (which coincidentally is Hank's nickname):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTtI...BE6FEE0BD746A1

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

So it looks like Nunes and his Russian Party cohorts are undermining the investigation he supposed to be leading. So who investigates Nunes and Ryan?

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

So it looks like Nunes and his Russian Party cohorts are undermining the investigation he supposed to be leading. So who investigates Nunes and Ryan?

In less consequential but also disturbing news, did Donny Trump, Jr. seriously just Twitter-mock the mayor of London after today's terror attacks? It's like some sort of Twitter-based douchebag Tourette's Syndrome runs in the family. #stepawayfromthekeyboard #orjustkeeptypingidontgiveafuck

Today's Daily Dose is "Breezeman" by Cymande:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uspNPBfh3-I

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

So it looks like Nunes and his Russian Party cohorts are undermining the investigation he supposed to be leading. So who investigates Nunes and Ryan?

Nobody. Because there's no there there.

The suggestion of nefarious behavior worked on Hillary during a campaign because she was facing a vote. Trump's in office. Focusing on the Russia thing is chasing the holy grail. It doesn't fucking exist. Sure, a clown like Stone may get indicted for smoothing, but Trump's not sophisticated enough, and Manafort is too smart, for there to have been any real collusion. (Manafort was playing his Russians, selling entree to nothing. He's the only guy more surprised than Trump that Trump was elected.)

While Trump plays Nunes, and Nunes plays Schiff on this Russia bullshit, the narrative to which average voters are actually paying attention - ACA repeal - gets short shrift.

Friday's headline should read, if the Dems are smart, "Tea Party Sinks ACA Repeal." That ink should not be competing with, "Schiff Says Nunes is Backstabber."

No one gives a fuck about the Russia story expect people reading boards like this, and the sliver of people still paying attention to the stories about it in WaPo and Times.

Millions more care about the ACA Repeal. And they care a lot.

The Dems are chasing too many shiny objects.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

So it looks like Nunes and his Russian Party cohorts are undermining the investigation he supposed to be leading. So who investigates Nunes and Ryan?

Nunes is awful. I will donate to his challenger.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Nunes is awful. I will donate to his challenger.

Is he vulnerable? I know Issa is very vulnerable to a Democrat, and a top target, and Chaffetz might be vulnerable if we can get Mullin to run as either a Republican or Independent, but kicking the shit out of the idiots who have made a mockery of Congressional investigative powers over the last couple decades would be truly sweet.