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January 11, 2016



I apologize too, Cecil. I thought you had directed a statement to me, and I really thought I asked a meaningful question that related.

Yes, I accept the terms.

Miss Marple

Stephen Miller ‏@redsteeze 8m8 minutes ago

Good news. About 30 minutes of Obama's speech on the Iran deal was just edited out.

Cecil Turner

I just Stroll on by when the conversation turns "birther" or "truther".

Tonight, I guess "the squirrels ARE back in the attic".

It's in the news. It was the years when it wasn't that it was truly obnoxious.

Cecil Turner

Yes, I accept the terms.

Thanks. I'll also apologize for that last comment, and avoid such in the future.



Why would you capitalize Carter's name and not mine? That is very insulting. But you know that.

Okay I'm going to pledge to ignore the people who bug me. And yes, they are sailors.

Clarice, we'll see. I think Iran is into showing Obama that he's an idiot.


Why would 404 need 30 minutes to tell us the Iran "deal" is bad for all except Iran?


A legitimate state escorts or tows a vessel with mechanical difficulty out of claimed waters. It doesn't 'seize' vessel and crew, pirate regimes like the NorKs and Mullahs do that. This highlights the idiocy of handing the Mullahs terrorism $$$$, in exchange for what they consider not to even be a 'binding agreement'.


Actually it's not possible to show Obama he's an idiot.

Beasts of England

Our lurker noted the two ships being captured. I'm not finding much on the web about it. Let's hope it's nothing.


here is an NBC report:


Fox isn't convinced it's not nothing, nor are they convinced it is.

Jack is Back (but On Alert)!

Heh. John Huntsman is still alive and tanned.

Jack is Back (but On Alert)!


My apologies. Blame fat fingers not me. I have no control over them.

BTW, can someone capsulize what the hell happened in re Iggy being insulted by who and why? I saw some posts by Rick Ballard but they seemed so out of character that I knew they were trolls.


Maybe the republicans can hustle and get a family member of one of the crew to make a statement before the SOTU

Miss Marple

Jeb donor on Cavuto who says he will vote for Trump if he's the nominee.

Of course, Jeb is his first choice but he does understand why Trump gets support.

This is a guy who would probably like his money back.


New Trier high school jumps the pc shark:

Jack is Back (but On Alert)!


Obama and his crew would just call them liars or misinformed.

Miss Marple

Now this has popped up on Twitter:


Another one of our betters in the GOPe journal ist class let's us know how the real world works:

No hints as to whom he refers.

Cecil Turner


The tiny sliver of silver lining is the LEU turnover . . . but I have no idea about the compliance measures or the actual impact on the Mullahs' capability to produce a weapon. I strongly doubt it is as hobbling as the spin would have it.

Jack is Back (but On Alert)!


Are the Brown of daddy's Blue and Red? Aviator living in L,Ville sort makes me wonder. Do Brown pilots never turn starboard like the drivers?

Jack is Back (but On Alert)!

...Are You the Brown....

buccaneer morgan

New trier is Rumsfeld and David asman's alma mater, well Romans seems on point.

buccaneer morgan

Did all the Texan common sense get shaken out of him?


MissM-- that story claims that the Mullahs (Rev Guardsmen) seized that merchantman. More piracy.


As it happens I have managed to piss off Jimmyk

Really? Like I said, I'm not perfect, but at least I don't think I responded with name-calling and expletives.

Anyway, best not to clutter the thread with more such discussion, so here's a semi-on-topic question: Does Charles Blow pronounce his name as in the word "blow" or like the more common last name Blau (i.e. rhymes with "wow")? I would think the former would have resulted in merciless beatings as a grade-schooler.

Miss Marple

Greta Van Susteren ‏@greta 26m26 minutes ago

If Iranians are releasing our sailors,could they throw in Marine Hekmati,Pastor Abedini,Journo Rezain and FBI Bob Levinson ?


Related...our crap media & religion

the late Michael Crichton’s 2002 essay “Why Speculate?”:






Miss Marple

Man Tran


A Great RINO Hunt doesn't make sense in '16 but '18 should keep taxidermists very busy.

I find the added phrase read some time ago as being clarifying:

Hunting them with dogs. :)

Jeff Dobbs

new sotu thread....

Cecil Turner

Yes and no. But not nearly as cool as daddy . . .


No chance these guys will be released before the SOTU is over.

Thanks for the apology JIB. I have no idea why that bothers me so much, but it does.

The Infamous Ignatz

--BTW, can someone capsulize what the hell happened in re Iggy being insulted by who and why? --

It was nothing. Not worth wasting the time to look it up.

Cecil Turner

Classy. Previous apology was implied, please consider it explicit.





Janet: Excellent excerpt from Crichton!


Fun to see my name in lights! I was reading the Free Beacon's story about Bernie Sanders steering money to various friends and family members, and thinking how utterly disproportionate the scale of Clinton corruption is in comparison. The fact that even such monumentally venal grifting is still not enough to prop her up decisively in the polls is one of the few political bright spots, imo.

Texas Liberty Gal

Janet - great link!!!!

Texas Liberty Gal

What a dilemma-I hate that the Iranians have seized our vessels but I love that it makes Obama look like a fool. And I feel awful that I feel that way!!!


Fox 10 live link to the rally - 10 year "guest" of Hanoi Hilton talking now

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