On 9/11/01 an imbecile in Mesa, AZ, commemorated the event by blasting away the life of a Sikh gas station operator. Morons will moron, and they don't need much of a trigger. What they really don't need is access to firearms.

#11
On Kroc learning what business he'd gotten himself into ... .

Nasrudin used to take his donkey across a frontier every day, with the panniers loaded with straw. Since he admitted to being a smuggler when he trudged home every night, the frontier guards searched him again and again. They searched his person, sifted the straw, steeped it in water, even burned it from time to time. Meanwhile he was becoming visibly more and more prosperous. Then he retired and went to live in another country. Here one of the customs offices met him, years later. "You can tell me now, Nasrudin," he said."Whatever was it that you were smuggling, when we could never catch you out?"

"Donkeys," said Nasrudin.

- Idries Shah, The Sufis

Recall, we have only Trump's word that he mastered "Person, woman, man, camera, TV." His word. Think about it.

"Spending engaged time with your new baby is a rare opportunity for long-term success in fatherhood ... "

When our son arrived there was no parental leave for my teacher-wife because he was adopted. I was able to spend perhaps the most resoundingly rewarding time with him. It was just a few months and doesn't seem to have adversely impacted him; that time certainly enriched my life. You may not appreciate it at the time, but that sort of contact is in every way foundational.

Still looking.
~ Mike Johnson

Accidental, semi-intentional, consequential, albeit brief, contact with the hoodoo heebeejeebies elementals indigenous to bad places.
~ Joe "Yep, That's Me!" Ladapo, MD (?!?)
Florida State Wizard & Healer Man

It's not a bug.

All those blinking academic warning signs, muted sirens wailing a single message about this clown: "When you get to know him like we know him, you'll think of him like we think of him." And with that, the folks at UCLA, knowing their gain was the University of Florida's loss, let out a sigh of relief.

Ain't nothin' a Sharpie can't fix.

#4
You're a regular watcher of MSNBC and CNN?

You a Blood or a Crip? Just curious.

I wonder to whom Chris Christie is addressing his all too accurate remarks. Because it sure can't be anyone in the Republican mob, can it?

Scum does seem to collect around scum.

#1
Do you keep a night light on?

Boaz makes it clear: he not only doesn't seem to have a clue about what others think, he doesn't seem to have a clue about what he thinks.

#21 "If you don't think our team doesn't apply the same tactics to get their way during war you are both delusional and sanctimonious."

I suppose you could argue there are occasions on which war brings out the best, but it's a helluva lot easier to see it triggering (and sanctioning) the absolute worst in human behavior. And, yep, that would be over the ages and across the board. Sherman made his famous remark about war's utter hellishness to the cadets of West Point. He'd seen plenty of it and knew what he was talking about.

#10
P.ease,stop, take a breath, compose yourself and give it another try.

#9
Under false pretenses ... but rave on.

Your teeth. Please put them back in.

"Top a the world, Ma!"

"That smell, son, it reminds me of ... of ... "

"Victory, Mr. Fake President? Does it remind you of victory? Huh, huh, huh?"

"No, Bootsie, it reminds me of why I don't have a dog: they sheet on the carpet and can't clean up after themselves."

"Why ... uh ... thank you, Sirrrrrrrrrrrr!"

Heel click. Fade into oblivion.

#10
"The Irish"? God, what a fool you are.

Agreed

#3
I don't know, but I do have a guess. Can you guess what my guess is? There might be a lollipop in it for you. And a nice, long nap. There, there now ...