Christamitey! WTAF?
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It also inspired similar “Keep Santa Cruz Weird” merch way out here on the western periphery.
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Animatronic Trump in Disney’s Hall of Presidents was more lifelike.
And it’s broken!
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My father got his masters at the U. of Minnesota and was tickled that, when I was living in Ann Arbor, there was a popular eating spot (and drug-dealing haven) right near campus called “The Little Brown Jug.” He had to explain to me the significance of the name. That trophy was still a big deal back in his day (c1940). I was at the U. of M(ich) in the glory days of Bo Schembechler, when there was really no contest between the two football teams.
My mother hated football (esp. when it began to ruin her Sunday dinners) but, for some reason and somehow, knew all the football songs. Among the standards we’d sing on car trips was “On Wisconsin.” “On Wisconsin, on Wisconsin, fight on down the field. Pass the ball by our opponents. Always make them yield, rah, rah, rah.” I can still hum the portion that comes next, before the final measures for which I do remember the words: “Fight, la la la la la, we will the fray (day?).” Maybe @Hatmama @becca656 can fill in the rest or correct me.
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Yesterday it was mentioned that during his Eau Claire, WI campaign event, not a rally, that Vance was asked about connecting with everyday people and why would someone want to have a beer with him. And he couldn’t come up with anything beyond “I like beer. I like to drink beer. Sometimes too much.” (h/t Kavanaugh much?)
The reporter was from the local CBS affiliate.
During the 10 PM news, that question was shown and the anchors and reporter joked about it and his lack of response. All I could think of was Bugs Bunny. “What a maroon! What an igno-RAmus.”
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That reminds me of the time that he ran into that school unarmed to dispatch a shooter.
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The old shoe salesman is cashing in on his followers’ loyalty to make money. He likes money a lot. Anyway, his whole life has pretty much been about getting money by any means short of actually earning it. The only reason he wants to get back into the WH is to be able to grift on a much higher level. Every enemy of our nation knows he will do their bidding if the price is right.
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Hey all,
TPM is aware of the problem. They are aware that there are no new comment threads since early yesterday.
I forwarded many of your concerns and comments to the publishers and the TPM team.
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He’s also looking at a lot of court time if he’s not re-elected and he doesn’t like that a lot.
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I’ve been thinking about the possible “reset” they will trot out. Given the members of their “brain trust” perhaps “the border” will return?
Convoys are headed for Duluth, encouraged by the open border policies of Tim Walz and Kamala Harris! These convoys of Venezuelan addicts and lunatics are coming to force your children to read Judy Blume books until they turn into transgender boxers! They will take all the black jobs, which are really any jobs (I just call them “black” as a sign of respect), except not the presidency which is historically not a black job as far as I remember. That Kamabla Harris wants to be president is proof she is not black at all! She knows she can only win if migrant criminals are imported via Canada through Minnesota to vote in larger numbers than anyone has ever seen! Which is why she chose Tim Walz!
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Walz was a Command Sgt Major. When he put in for retirement. Period. He got his military pension based on that rank. That’s the way it works. He was active, in the National Guard, for 24 years.
Now, let’s look at this crap about Vance’s “valor.” He served in the Marines for 4 years. His unit got deployed to Iraq, and worked in the Public Affairs Office, coordinating press releases and media relations. He lived in pretty decent quarters in a non-combat position. He was rear echalon (administrative.) He was what Mr. Hatmama referred to as a “RAMF” – rear area mother fucker. That’s how much combat soldiers respected them.
[BTW. Mr Hatmama was a Command Sgt. Major who took a bust in rank to First Sgt, because he wanted to be with working with this old infantry unit. CSM was just not his thing – too much paperwork. That infantry unit then got called up and got deployed to the First Sandbox War (Desert Storm.) They lived in canvas tents with the sand flies and the camels in the middle of the desert, and the middle of the plumes of the demolisions of the ammunitions facilities and dumps. And his unit was one of the units responsible for patrolling the Highway of Death. Yeah. He came home after eight months, sicker than a dog. He went to the VA, and they said. “you’ve got private health insurance – use that. We got no room for you here.” He was medically retired after 32 years service. And he’s now 100% disabled, T & P (total and permanent.) If you add up his actual disability ratings, it is 250%, but, army math only counts up to 100. And he was retired at the rank he was last serving at – First Sgt. I call that valor.]
Fuck you, Shillbilly Vance. You are as phony as phony can be.
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I didn’t go to UW, so I don’t really know (we were on the Minnesota side of things, as that’s where dear Hubby did his two+ years before going into the hospitality industry when his dad died and his college money dried up).
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I don’t get the animosity I’ve been seeing. TPM has been trying to fix some pretty big software limitations, precisely in order to make the user (and the staff!) experience better. They’re a small operation, and I can guarantee they’re plenty far down the priority list for the third-party who actually controls how and when errors get fixed. They’ve been trying to get ahead of the expected wave of comments during the campaign season and the expected shit-show of breakages that always happens when the system is stressed. They obviously care about comments, or we wouldn’t even have these forums.
I love y’all, but, reading what you have to say RIGHT NOW about the news is not going to make or break my day.
For those who don’t know, the way to notify TPM about these issues is talk@talkingpointsmemo.com. If they see a lot of posts in their inbox, they’ll probably let us know at least what is going on.
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“If you know Minnesota well, and I know it well—especially Milwaukee—it’s changed.”— Laura Ingraham, on her Fox News show.
Favorite old t-shirt message:
University of Iowa, Idaho City, Ohio
Remind me again about how the Democrats are the coastal media elites who don’t understand the middle of the country?
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Not just Fat Elvis and Mini Me having total meltdowns. Goebbels wannabe has lost what few marbles he may ever have had and trying to resuscitate Comet PingPong Pizza:
Apparently all they have in their toolbox are retreads of old strategies.
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I agree that the H-W campaign needs to muster some sort of rebuttal, but one that remains respectful of all types of military service. Perhaps something along the lines of, “We honor and respect Mr. Vance’s military service, as we do all those who serve our country in the military, at home and abroad.”
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Thanks for keeping us posted — it really helps!
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Cheung’s family must be so proud of the heights he’s attained: The ultimate flying Pig.
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Well, white-collar, mostly.
Sure, and one of the time-honored principles of a business relationship, is that when a paying customer isn’t getting the service they’ve been paying for, they have a right to complain about it.
FWIW I don’t think animosity is an accurate description. It’s more “Get your act together, will 'ya?”
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