Cugalabanza

I heard that imp gets two scoops, one peach, one mint. It’s a special concoction, they made just for him. It’s called... the [redacted due to lameness of joke] sundae.

It's very tempting. That's something I haven't tried. Most of what I know about it is from the song "K Hole" by the Silver Jews. It includes this great line: "Better get inside the kingdom and close the door."

I don't have to own anything. Crazy is not a partisan phenomenon. I remain totally unaffiliated. Most days I don't even want to be a human being. One thing that is not crazy is for people who were brought to the country when they were children to want to stay because it's the only home they've known. Are you surprised that this is something that is important to people. By the way, this isn't one of the issues that I've talked about or taken a stand on. I think immigration in general is an area where the left needs to make some concessions. However, the DACA thing seems like something congress should come together on, get it done and move on.

It's just two people. Some lady named Alex and her sister. I'm sure the majority of dreamers would hope to stay. It's easy to cherry pick some people on the street for a ludicrous soundbite.

Ok, maybe I'm not as funny as the famously hilarious OJABBA, but I'm not going to stand here and let you disparage my dancing!

Ah, go put it in a memo.

Yeah, but being a troll is not a skill or something to be proud of. Anyone could be a troll. You just have to embrace your inner 7 year old !@#$ self and let loose. Being a master troll is not a skill that would be useful in most adult jobs. President of the USA is an example of the kind of job where you might want to have someone at a level of maturity above the level of troll.

Great, now I'm all turned on.

I'm not telling anyone what to want or feel. Just stating an opinion. But, like you say, I'm not a veteran, so I concede that your opinion has more weight here than mine.

I don't. I took that sentence out right after I typed it. Have there been any significant improvements? I read an article recently about how many vets are discouraged that Trump has not lived up to his promises. But I haven't really done research. If I'm wrong about that, please correct me.

I’m not a veteran, but if I were, I think I’d find this parade idea insulting. Trump made a lot of promises to vets during the campaign. So far, he has not really done anything. Suicide, mental illness and homelessness still big problems. This is a lot of fanfare in lieu of any real help for our veterans. It would be a nice ego boost for our infant president I suppose.

I've been a member of this place since 2003 and I feel like I post pretty regularly. How is it my post count is still around 7,500? I think somebody's messing with my numbers.

Too many Dirty Harry type movies. Americans don’t have patience for all those stupid “rules” the bureaucrats downtown are always whining about. We do what we gotta do to get RESULTS, dammit! In one way, it's hugely dangerous and contrary to democracy. On the other hand, ah well, !@#$ it. It's who we are.

Our legislators aren't very good at legislating, but they seem to have a natural talent for pointing fingers at their enemies and demanding investigations. Reminds me of that great Schoolhouse Rock song about the long journey a memo takes to finally become an indictment.

Just because the dossier is unverified and the FISA warrant was approved, that doesn't mean that the dossier was the only evidence submitted to the court. It's possible that Comey (and the court) dismissed the dossier yet still considered other information as sufficient for the warrant. I'm not saying that's what happened, but it's a possibility, no?

Just a thought: If the topic of the thread is to not stay on topic, then by always consciously going off topic... isn't that ultimately staying on topic and therefore contrary to the spirit of the thread, inasmuch as it is consistent with it?

Ah, you're right. I was thinking that line was meant to be the VT / NH border, but I see now it's NH / ME. I also like how they just plop Pittsburgh right in the middle of PA.

I just realized that the globe in my office has some funny mistakes on it. They got Buffalo wrong by about 3 states and 400 miles. From Boston, just drive north about an hour--you can't miss it. It's right there on the ocean in New Hampshire.

It was stupid from the beginning to call it a memo. They should have at least referred to it as a report or something like that. A memo is like, "Hey everyone, whoever finishes the last of a pot of coffee, can you PLEASE start a new pot? Thanks bunches, Dev"

I think you're right.

I'd like to see all the info come out. And it's certainly possible that some individuals may face some consequences. However, I'm not feeling the whole conspiracy thing. I see it all as Russia having achieved just what they intended. They fed stuff to both sides and exert their influence insidiously every way they can. The chaos we're seeing now is making Putin very happy I'm sure.

More and more, I’m beginning to think that the reason for the delay in releasing the memo is that the White House is still brainstorming how to best finesse it all because it’s their last ditch chance to quash (or dampen or diminish) the Mueller investigation, probably because Mueller actually has some damaging stuff.

Boy, this is gonna be some memo