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April 29, 2017

At the Late Afternoon Café...

... you can write about anything you want.

85 comments:

traditionalguy said...: Apparently, your part of the Globe is warming. Is it planting time yet?; 4/29/17, 4:09 PM
George M. Spencer said...: According to a new biography, former President Barack Obama "considered gayness" in his college years before ultimately deciding on a more "challenging" heterosexual lifestyle.

The biography, Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama, was penned by American historian, author and New York Times and Washington Post contributor David Garrow and is set for release on May 9. Garrow is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, known best for his work on Martin Luther King Jr.; 4/29/17, 4:19 PM
Pianoman said...: But ... but ... but ... aren't all gays "born that way"?

How can you "consider gayness"?

You're either gay, or you're not ... right?

I'm so confused. What are the rules for 2017?; 4/29/17, 4:22 PM
Original Mike said...: The Packers drafted Badger Vince Biegel! I think he's a better pick than TJ Watt, but only time will tell.; 4/29/17, 4:22 PM
Michelle Dulak Thomson said...: Lesbians aren't always "born that way," as evidenced by the "Lesbian 'til graduation" phenomenon and the many lesbians I know with children from prior straight marriages. Gay men are another matter, though. That Obama could sit down and contemplate whether he wanted to be gay or not is ... really, really odd.; 4/29/17, 4:33 PM
mockturtle said...: A family making 72K/year in King County, WA [Seattle] is considered 'low income', per KIRO News.; 4/29/17, 4:50 PM
Etienne said...: My two apple trees are blooming (one red, one green that cross pollinate). I was jumping for joy at the little apple buds, so I touched one and...

The bastard fell off !

I touched another one...

That bastard fell off aussi !

Now the trees are full of water from all the rain. I should have put some plastic over them, but the wind would have ripped it off anyway.

I'll just let mother nature run its course...and NOT touch the damned buds. I guess I should check and see if the rain and wind made them all drop.

No, I don't want to know. Je vais le vérifier dans une semaine...

"le" is a pronoun you know, and I always forget it when speaking. "le" as in "le arbre" or "l'arbre" or "it".

Hmm, how about "les arbres" (two tree's) Ah yes, another mistake, I want to say "them" - donc, je vais les vérifier dans une semaine.

Film at 11...; 4/29/17, 5:22 PM
David said...: Michelle Dulak Thomson said...
Lesbians aren't always "born that way," as evidenced by the "Lesbian 'til graduation" phenomenon and the many lesbians I know with children from prior straight marriages. Gay men are another matter, though. That Obama could sit down and contemplate whether he wanted to be gay or not is ... really, really odd.

Glad you have it all figured out. My theory is that sexual variation covers a very broad and mysterious spectrum, and that it's a fool's game to try to outwit the hungry id.; 4/29/17, 5:29 PM
Pianoman said...: @David: "My theory is that sexual variation covers a very broad and mysterious spectrum, and that it's a fool's game to try to outwit the hungry id."

Don't try telling the gay activists any of that, H4T3R.

They are all "born that way", dammit.

Well, except for President Obama, apparently. Because Diversity, or something.; 4/29/17, 5:35 PM
Curious George said...: "St. George said...
According to a new biography, former President Barack Obama "considered gayness" in his college years before ultimately deciding on a more "challenging" heterosexual lifestyle."

I think he kept feet in both camps with Michelle.; 4/29/17, 5:37 PM
David said...: Packers have drafted three running backs. That puts six on the roster. Let the games begin.

Also 2 wide receivers. Never enough, right?; 4/29/17, 5:39 PM
Fernandinande said...: mockturtle said...
A family making 72K/year in King County, WA [Seattle] is considered 'low income', per KIRO News.

Do you have that family's phone number? I need $45, fast.

"Aflac. Aflac! AFLACCC!"

The dog fell in love with this thing when he discovered that he could make it talk, over and over and over again.; 4/29/17, 5:45 PM
Etienne said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/29/17, 5:46 PM
mockturtle said...: Fernandinande reports: The dog fell in love with this thing when he discovered that he could make it talk, over and over and over again.

I wonder if my dog would like it. He is 15 years old and, though spry, has lost interest in squeaky toys.; 4/29/17, 5:49 PM
Gahrie said...: Anyone else notice we're starting to see headlines like: Soldier killed by explosive device is third US combat death this week in Iraq and Afghanistan, again?; 4/29/17, 5:56 PM
Bob Ellison said...: Michelle Dulak Thomson said, "That Obama could sit down and contemplate whether he wanted to be gay or not is ... really, really odd."

It does seem odd. I've been straight since I knew how to pee.

In women, there seems to be some degree of vagueness. Women tend to be pretty, after all. Kinda difficult not to be attracted to them. I forgive lesbians their tendencies (queue joke about the cowboy going into a lesbian bar).

Men are less vague. There are men attracted to other men, and some who switch-hit, but for most men, it's pretty binary.

But sitting down and contemplating...that's really odd. It bespeaks an older culture, one of which Obama is old enough to belong to, especially given the racial identity he has assumed. It bespeaks a desire to be something he's not.; 4/29/17, 5:57 PM
Anonymous said...: Trump's 100 days will be considered the Worst by a POTUS. He is finished. He will be lucky if he gets to finish the 1st & last term. The next POTUS will be one of the top democrats - Kamala Harris, Mark Warner, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, to give a few examples. They will bury Trump and in 2020, we will have all - Senate, House, and, of course, WH.

Game over!

The irony is that all the 1000 and more reporters covering Trump will have nothing to cover (as they support Dems). So, what will happen to new NYT, Politico, WashPost, CNN, etc. reporters? In a few years, they will lose their jobs in re-organization and re-structure.; 4/29/17, 5:58 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: @America's Politico,

You might wanna go back and re-read some of your many political predictions on this blog.........; 4/29/17, 6:04 PM
Jaq said...: That was a sweet goal!; 4/29/17, 6:07 PM
tcrosse said...: @America's Politico,

Trump was supposed to be finished April 22, according to you.; 4/29/17, 6:08 PM
FullMoon said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/29/17, 6:09 PM
FullMoon said...: Blogger Pianoman said...

But ... but ... but ... aren't all gays "born that way"?

Most gay men are born that way. The rest are sucked into it...; 4/29/17, 6:12 PM
David said...: Bay Area Guy said...
@America's Politico,

You might wanna go back and re-read some of your many political predictions on this blog.........

Most of his post are satire but not all. It's up to us to decide which is which.; 4/29/17, 6:13 PM
George M. Spencer said...: Re: Obama story....

Speaking with The Daily Caller's Jamie Weinstein on The Jamie Weinstein Show, [the biography's author Pulitzer Prize winner David] Garrow declined to answer if Obama actually engaged in any homosexual activity. "I think anyone and everyone, no matter what their role in life deserves a certain basic degree of privacy, in that context," said Garrow.

That is the non-answer to end all non-answers.

This story is going to be huge.; 4/29/17, 6:20 PM
mockturtle said...: I had friends who went to boarding school. There seems to be a transient form of same-sex attractions, crushes, etc. in that environment. Most outgrow it.; 4/29/17, 6:20 PM
mockturtle said...: Most gay men are born that way. The rest are sucked into it...

Good one,FM!; 4/29/17, 6:23 PM
Michael K said...: "As you know (that's probably a poor assumption) all babies start out as female "

They also start out with gills, I think you need to study a little embryology.

Most gay men are born that way. The rest are sucked into it... "as teenagers" is the way I heard it.; 4/29/17, 6:29 PM
Browndog said...: How can you claim to be born gay, yet claim when you are born your sex is "yet to be determined"?

Liberalism is so confusing....; 4/29/17, 6:44 PM
Etienne said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/29/17, 6:45 PM
Anonymous said...: Everyone, Trump was finished on April 22 (April 23 covers in newspapers buried him). He is limping. He is disabled. He is on life-support. Now, it is the end of the beginning - end of 100. He cannot move forward. He has no brain, no smart people, etc. etc.

2018, GOP lose House and Senate. 2020, they keep those and get WH.

Watch out for the Heroes: Harris from CA, Booker from NJ, Warner from VA, and of course, Liz from MA.

Trump is probably sitting on a chair crying: Why did I run? How will I protect myself against them?

Today's millions marched against Trump. They are waiting already for the 2018 and 2020. The registration for votes is so full, that volunteers are not being hired. Everyone knows they have to register (where, when, and how).; 4/29/17, 6:48 PM
mockturtle said...: St. George asserts: This story is going to be huge.

I'm not so sure. How will the media handle it?

Answer: Very carefully.; 4/29/17, 6:50 PM
William said...: I'm just glad that he's not a furry.; 4/29/17, 6:56 PM
William said...: The sex scandals involving politicians are monotonous. The politicians are either compulsive womanizers or closet gays. You seldom get a politician who puts much thought or originality into his kinks. That's why I respect and admire Anthony Weiner. His predilection not only helped defeat Hillary but also demonstrated a willingness to integrate modern technology into his libido. He's a perv for our era.; 4/29/17, 7:04 PM
Pianoman said...: Maybe Joe Biden "considered furriness" ...; 4/29/17, 7:05 PM
George M. Spencer said...: mockturtle--

Now that Obama is safely out of office, people who know things can safely come forward. Perhaps Obama will come out. The spin will be about bravery, etc.

Garrow has a book to promote. Now everyone is going to want to interview him.

We'll see if this makes Drudge soon.; 4/29/17, 7:09 PM
Chuck said...: I always thought that one of the more loathsome things about the Obama years is that he seemed to be in permanent campaign mode.

But Trump is so much worse; there's almost no comparison. This speech tonight sounds like it was straight off the stump.

And if there is any interest, it is the fact that Trump is ad-libbing again. He's reading some of it, but there is enough Trump/Id insanity to think that there may be another yeuuuuge misstatement.

That I can tell you. Believe me.; 4/29/17, 7:13 PM
mockturtle said...: mockturtle--

Now that Obama is safely out of office, people who know things can safely come forward. Perhaps Obama will come out. The spin will be about bravery, etc.

Garrow has a book to promote. Now everyone is going to want to interview him.

We'll see if this makes Drudge soon.

Is this one reason he hightailed it to the islands?; 4/29/17, 7:31 PM
gadfly said...: Other than #1 choice Keven King, CB, Washington - the Packer draft was ho-hum.

The stupidist draft move was the Cleveland Browns trading out of the #12 draft position when they could have had Clemson QB Deshaun Watson (only to take two picks, an unknown TE and a player that nobody knows where he will play in the NFL). Finally, the leaderless Brownies took QB DeShone Kizer from Notre Dame.

Watson will start at Houston and Kizer is QB #4 in Browntown, who likely will not rise up to start for Cleveland - it is leadership and maturity, folks. Now we know why the city is known as "The Mistake by the Lake."; 4/29/17, 7:32 PM
FullMoon said...: Chuck said...

I always thought that one of the more loathsome things about the Obama years is that he seemed to be in permanent campaign mode.

But Trump is so much worse; there's almost no comparison. This speech tonight sounds like it was straight off the stump.

And if there is any interest, it is the fact that Trump is ad-libbing again. He's reading some of it, but there is enough Trump/Id insanity to think that there may be another yeuuuuge misstatement.

That I can tell you. Believe me.
4/29/17, 7:13 PM

I missed it. Did he threaten to give any female newsperson a "good twist so she can see what it feels like?" Oh, wait, that was you, wasn't it.; 4/29/17, 7:44 PM
Chuck said...: Full Moon, you worthless sack of shit. You just pretended to quote me. I never wrote any such thing. You made it up. You made it up, and falsely attributed to me.

Now before this forgettable comments page goes any further, pull up the place where I wrote what you put in quotations. Do it now. Of course, you can't. You liar. You troll.; 4/29/17, 7:55 PM
Browndog said...: Watson will start at Houston and Kizer is QB #4 in Browntown, who likely will not rise up to start for Cleveland - it is leadership and maturity, folks. Now we know why the city is known as "The Mistake by the Lake."

DeShone Kizer is the first player in the history of Notre Dame to leave the football program (voluntarily) with 2 years of illegibility.; 4/29/17, 7:58 PM
Browndog said...: *elligibility.; 4/29/17, 8:00 PM
FullMoon said...: Chuck said...

Full Moon, you worthless sack of shit. You just pretended to quote me. I never wrote any such thing. You made it up. You made it up, and falsely attributed to me.

Now before this forgettable comments page goes any further, pull up the place where I wrote what you put in quotations. Do it now. Of course, you can't. You liar. You troll.

I was paraphrasing you. You do not deny making a similar threat, do you?; 4/29/17, 8:04 PM
FullMoon said...: paraphrase definition. A restatement of speech or writing that retains the basic meaning while changing the words. A paraphrase often clarifies the original statement by putting it into words that are more easily understood.; 4/29/17, 8:05 PM
David Baker said...: Girls/women tend to be more "flexible"; same-sex, three-way, "scenes," ugly, beautiful, old, young, well, the possibilities are limitless.

Years ago Diane Sawyer visited a large women's prison and was stunned when the inmates told her quite matter-of-factly that EVERYONE inside the facility had a "girlfriend." I suspect Sawyer faked her immediate moral "orgasm," which seemed to amuse the street-smart convicts.

When she regained her composure, Sawyer then asked, and I'm necessarily paraphrasing; "Are they, are many girls forced into these, uh, relationships?"

"No." Absolutely not," replied the chorus in perfect harmony.; 4/29/17, 8:06 PM
Michael K said...: Chuck, there are a few things I believe you about. This is not one of them.

Trump is at war with the MSM and cannot sit in the White House and expect his agenda to be enacted.

Obama was in constant campaign mode because that was all he knew how to do.

Trump is at war with a huge group of enemies that will take down the USA if that is necessary to take down Trump.

I'm afraid you are one of them.; 4/29/17, 8:06 PM
FullMoon said...: Chuck, you went so far as to actually threaten another commenter on this blog! Maybe you were in a blackout and don't recollect?
Blogger Chuck said...

Paul your point -- which is not a legal point and isn't even close to recognizing any of the legal points -- seems to be that any normal common sense person would never give second thought to the relevant events as giving rise to any battery charge.

Which is why I have said that I want very much to do the exact same, to anyone who thinks as you do. And see how you like it. And see if you want to file a police report. After, that is, you have written what you have written here.

4/17/16, 9:27 AM; 4/29/17, 8:10 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: We are having extensive flash flooding in our area. Two high schools have decided to go on with holding proms tonight. This seems unwise.; 4/29/17, 8:18 PM
FullMoon said...: And another potential victim, Mr. Corey Lewandowski...

Blogger Chuck said...

Fuck you, Full Moon. I am not going to "deny it." I say again; I propose to grab Greta exactly the way that Corey grabbed Michelle. I expect Greta to be surprised and offended, and maybe even a bit frightened. Good. That's how Michelle felt, no doubt. But Greta thinks it was frivolous in Michelle's case. Again, good for me when I do it to her.

Best of all, would be to do it to Corey Lewandowski.

4/14/16, 8:18 PM; 4/29/17, 8:23 PM
Chuck said...: Michael K said...
Chuck, there are a few things I believe you about. This is not one of them.
Trump is at war with the MSM and cannot sit in the White House and expect his agenda to be enacted.
...

But Trump, with a big tv audience, blew that off. He could have talked about a health care plan, and what he wanted. All that he did, was to spout those same campaign pablums about how "we" were going to get something great, with better care, that covered everybody, at less cost, and with lower premiums and deductibles.

And then, Trump had the nerve, to turn to Congressman Marino and say to him that he is expecting him to and the House to produce that result, and soon.

So Trump makes the promises, and tries to take the credit, and expects Congress to do the work for him. Like they were his grateful employees in the Trump Organization. Astonishing.

Ditto taxes. Trump just went back to stump speech material, about gigantic tax cuts. I listened carefully to Trump's Secretary of the Treasury and his National Economic Director last week, and they rather convincingly laid out a plan involving lowered rates and simplified, stripped-down deductions and exclusions from income, to make it all a lot more revenue neutral.

The pundits are calling this, "The most divisive speech ever delivered by an American president in the modern age." I'd agree; since Abraham Lincoln. But of course Lincoln gets credit for the greatest unification/healing speeches in American history as well.; 4/29/17, 8:32 PM
mockturtle said...: Freeman Hunt, I pray they will be safe!; 4/29/17, 8:47 PM
Chuck said...: Full Moon the readers here are bored with your trolling. You have gone down this blind alley before. It ends with me pointing out that, again, you have made up something that I never wrote and never said, and put it in quotes, as if I did. People might believe it, if I didn't correct you.

So here goes, again. Your quote of me in the first instance on this page was made up and is effectively a lie. You have an odd obsession with "titty-twisting"; something about which I never wrote, never mentioned and never ever came even close to hinting at. It's on you, that one. I don't know what sort of weird freak you are, personally, and I don't wish to know.

My comment about media whore Greta van Susteren was solely aimed at Greta's on-air comments that Michelle Fields' claim of an unwanted touching by Corey Lewandowski, which was at first denied outright by Lewandowski and by Trump and later proven by surveillance video. Greta said that it was all frivolous and would never support a prosecution for simple assault. And so I proposed doing that exact same thing to her, to see how she liked it, under the presumption that she could never credibly claim that it was an assault based upon her previous statement. Period. Full stop, Full Moon.

And now, that is what you must do. Stop. Stop these silly attacks on me that no one can possibly believe any more.; 4/29/17, 8:59 PM
narciso said...: Seriously Chuck you're still hooked on that, two campaign managers ago; 4/29/17, 9:03 PM
Chuck said...: narciso said...
Seriously Chuck you're still hooked on that, two campaign managers ago

I am "still hooked on that"? I DIDN'T BRING IT UP; "FULL MOON" DID! Out of the clear blue; nothing prompted by me or by anyone else. "Full Moon" has done this repeatedly, in fact. The same kind of fake-quote. The same kind of response from me. It is an obsession of Full Moon's. And no one else's.

Full Moon is a liar, and a troll and a worm.; 4/29/17, 9:14 PM
FullMoon said...: Chuck said...

Full Moon the readers here are bored with your trolling. You have gone down this blind alley before. It ends with me pointing out that, again, you have made up something that I never wrote and never said, and put it in quotes, as if I did. People might believe it, if I didn't correct you.

So here goes, again. Your quote of me in the first instance on this page was made up and is effectively a lie. You have an odd obsession with "titty-twisting"; something about which I never wrote, never mentioned and never ever came even close to hinting at. It's on you, that one. I don't know what sort of weird freak you are, personally, and I don't wish to know.

My comment about media whore Greta van Susteren was solely aimed at Greta's on-air comments that Michelle Fields' claim of an unwanted touching by Corey Lewandowski, which was at first denied outright by Lewandowski and by Trump and later proven by surveillance video. Greta said that it was all frivolous and would never support a prosecution for simple assault. And so I proposed doing that exact same thing to her, to see how she liked it, under the presumption that she could never credibly claim that it was an assault based upon her previous statement. Period. Full stop, Full Moon.

And now, that is what you must do. Stop. Stop these silly attacks on me that no one can possibly believe any more.

4/29/17, 8:59 PM

Chuck, I have acknowledged mis remembering your titty twisting comment, which is why I did not repeat it this evening. I have, however posted several legitimate instances of you wishing to do physical harm to others in the exact same way...etc/

You cannot deny the validity of these prior postings of yours. And yet, over a year later, you attempt to obfuscate in a cheap lawyerly manner the original meaning of your vile threats by continuing to quote something I misunderstood and repeated in a playful manner.

You really are a disgusting human being.; 4/29/17, 9:34 PM
Fernandinande said...: mockturtle said...
I wonder if my dog would like it. He is 15 years old and, though spry, has lost interest in squeaky toys.

It's got a battery, etc., not really a squeaker. The one dog usually destroys things like this, but not this duck. No, we didn't pay 24.95 plus shipping, it was $0.25 at a thrift store.; 4/29/17, 9:37 PM
commoncents said...: UPDATED: Online Straw Poll - What grade would you give President Trump's first 100 days?

http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2017/04/online-straw-poll-what-grade-would-you.html; 4/29/17, 10:01 PM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: Chuck has already started drinking. Well, it's Saturday night..; 4/29/17, 10:03 PM
Chuck said...: The Cracker Emcee said...
Chuck has already started drinking. Well, it's Saturday night..

Where do you step off, with bullshit personal attacks like that?; 4/29/17, 10:12 PM
I'm Full of Soup said...: Chuck:

your mind reading is fauty. This reader is bored by your nonstop Trump nitpicking yet you get bent out of shape when others take critique you. And I doubt few, if any, readers have a beef with Full Moon.; 4/29/17, 10:23 PM
walter said...: $400k for a speech? Well..he's living in a "home" that costs $22k/mo to rent.
Just trying to make ends meet...; 4/29/17, 10:55 PM
walter said...: Blogger Pianoman said...
How can you "consider gayness"?
--
Ascribing it to happenstance at birth would miss the opportunity to allude to the depth of Obama's intellect. He had to consider everything..; 4/29/17, 11:06 PM
Original Mike said...: "And I doubt few, if any, readers have a beef with Full Moon."

Well, he did accuse me of voting for Hillary once.; 4/29/17, 11:19 PM
Michael K said...: The pundits are calling this, "The most divisive speech ever delivered by an American president in the modern age." I'd agree; since Abraham Lincoln. But of course Lincoln gets credit for the greatest unification/healing speeches in American history as well.

But he also sent a clear message that he would not allow the Union to be peacefully dissolved. “We cannot separate,” Lincoln declared, and “the Union . . . will constitutionally defend, and maintain itself.” Though he wished for a peaceful resolution to the conflicts between the North and the South, Lincoln made clear that the Union would not back down if provoked and would not condone secession: “There needs to be no bloodshed or violence; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the national authority.”

And

In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict, without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to “preserve, protect and defend” it.

Are you sure, chuck ?; 4/29/17, 11:53 PM
Bad Lieutenant said...: My comment about media whore Greta van Susteren was solely aimed at Greta's on-air comments that Michelle Fields' claim of an unwanted touching by Corey Lewandowski, which was at first denied outright by Lewandowski and by Trump and later proven by surveillance video. Greta said that it was all frivolous and would never support a prosecution for simple assault. And so I proposed doing that exact same thing to her, to see how she liked it, under the presumption that she could never credibly claim that it was an assault based upon her previous statement. Period. Full stop, Full Moon.

And now, that is what you must do. Stop. Stop these silly attacks on me that no one can possibly believe any more.
4/29/17, 8:59 PM

Yeah yeah yeah Chuck. We get it. You're not legally liable. You're just a cocksucker.

Blogger Chuck said...
The Cracker Emcee said...
Chuck has already started drinking. Well, it's Saturday night..

Where do you step off, with bullshit personal attacks like that?
4/29/17, 10:12 PM

Because we all hate you and want you to die. What, are you kidding? I've told you before that you have burnt out every angstrom of your credibility on this form.

Everyone knows exactly what you are. You are a louse. You are a worm. You are a fellator of the System. Even the truths that you stumble over from time to time are all the more likely to be deprecated because no one cares what you have to say.

I offer these remarks not to hurt you, although I despise you in the most thoroughgoing way, but because you appear confused and I hope it will be clarifying.

You are burnt. You are brûlé. The thing that people generally do in your circumstances is to delete their accounts.

I believe I've warned you of this before. I wonder that you continue in your puzzlement, or whether it is pretended. You seem to be another one of these autistic types that Ann draws.

Please let me know if I should explain using smaller words.; 4/30/17, 12:16 AM
madAsHell said...: I'm not sure why anybody addresses Chuck, the life long republican. There's no there there!!; 4/30/17, 12:18 AM
Freeman Hunt said...: "Freeman Hunt, I pray they will be safe!"

Thank you. One little town nearby currently has no passable roads to get in or out. The police chief of another small town has asked that people stay out because the town is flooded. All officials in the larger towns are asking that people stay home and off the roads. It's not an area prone to flooding, so most people are relatively unfamiliar with flooding. Dangerous.; 4/30/17, 12:23 AM
Guildofcannonballs said...: https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=things+change+dwight+yoakam&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8; 4/30/17, 12:48 AM
David Baker said...: Thomas Forkner, Waffle House Co-Founder, Dies at 98:

Back in the 80's, when Waffle House opened one of their iconic yellow diners here in WPB, it was so busy the help couldn't keep up. On Sundays the waiting-line spilled into the parking lot - where you could hardly find a space. You'd think it was the only restaurant within a hundred miles, but a Denny's plus a dozen others were also nearby. No matter, everyone wanted to eat their 24/7 breakfast at the Waffle House - where the hash-browns were brown and the waffles were hot.

But in the end, no one wanted to "work" there; it was just too busy, the help was quitting left and right. So, they closed up shop and retreated back to Atlanta in less than a year. That was sad day here in West Palm, when our Waffle House was Gone With The Wind.; 4/30/17, 5:03 AM
Rosa Marie Yoder said...: Blogger madAsHell said...
I'm not sure why anybody addresses Chuck, the life long republican. There's no there there!!

It does seem quite illogical, doesn't it. But I must confess that I have at times engaged with people like Chuck because I was bored. It really can be entertaining, especially when they take the bait, hook-line-and-sinker style. My biggest problem is knowing when to stop, especially when the "no there there" pulls out the ad hominem personal attacks, which they always due. One has to know when to chuckle and walk away.

As a general rule, however, it's best to not feed the trolls. They are not amusing enough to allow them to take over.; 4/30/17, 8:05 AM
mockturtle said...: As a general rule, however, it's best to not feed the trolls.

Amen, Rosa. Feeding them only encourages them.; 4/30/17, 9:03 AM
mockturtle said...: Freeman Hunt: Update on the prom folk?; 4/30/17, 9:07 AM
Chuck said...: Rosa Marie Yoder said...

Blogger madAsHell said...
I'm not sure why anybody addresses Chuck, the life long republican. There's no there there!!
It does seem quite illogical, doesn't it. But I must confess that I have at times engaged with people like Chuck because I was bored. It really can be entertaining, especially when they take the bait, hook-line-and-sinker style. My biggest problem is knowing when to stop, especially when the "no there there" pulls out the ad hominem personal attacks, which they always due. One has to know when to chuckle and walk away.
As a general rule, however, it's best to not feed the trolls. They are not amusing enough to allow them to take over.

Again; this dispute began on 4/29/17 at 7:44 pm, when "Full Moon" made up a quote and falsely attributed it to me. Only later, after my pushback, did "Full Moon" admit that it wasn't a true quote but some form of self-made "paraphrasing." It was shitty paraphrasing; I had to put it in the proper context.

And now that I have your own confirmation that in the past you were using "bait" with me, I'll know better than to respond to you in the future.; 4/30/17, 10:11 AM
FullMoon said...: Original Mike said... [hush][hide comment]

"And I doubt few, if any, readers have a beef with Full Moon."

Well, he did accuse me of voting for Hillary once.

Uh, my account was hacked that day, I swear.Culprit Sergi has been appropriately chastised.; 4/30/17, 10:43 AM
FullMoon said...: Twister Chuck said...

Rosa Marie Yoder said...

Blogger madAsHell said...
I'm not sure why anybody addresses Chuck, the life long republican. There's no there there!!
It does seem quite illogical, doesn't it. But I must confess that I have at times engaged with people like Chuck because I was bored. It really can be entertaining, especially when they take the bait, hook-line-and-sinker style. My biggest problem is knowing when to stop, especially when the "no there there" pulls out the ad hominem personal attacks, which they always due. One has to know when to chuckle and walk away.
As a general rule, however, it's best to not feed the trolls. They are not amusing enough to allow them to take over.

Again; this dispute began on 4/29/17 at 7:44 pm, when "Full Moon" made up a quote and falsely attributed it to me. Only later, after my pushback, did "Full Moon" admit that it wasn't a true quote but some form of self-made "paraphrasing." It was shitty paraphrasing; I had to put it in the proper context.

And now that I have your own confirmation that in the past you were using "bait" with me, I'll know better than to respond to you in the future.

Nope. This started in April 2016 when you threatened to attack Ms. Greta van Sustern. You defended your plan of attacking her despite advice from several commenters to "calm down", "give it a rest", "take a chill pill" eyc. Then you escalated your venemous attacks to include members of the commentary, wanting to show them how it feels. Accompanied, of course by your usual vulgar name calling and insults.

Even in this thread, you accused me of usong the phrase "titty twister", when , in fact, I had simply used the word "twister", as in twisting the intent and meaning of my words.

You need to apologize and put this obsession with me behind you Chuck.; 4/30/17, 10:54 AM
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You need to apologize and put this obsession with me behind you Chuck.

I didn't start writing about you. You started writing about me. I didn't start this. You did. You did, the same way that you have obsessively done in the past, with a fake, made-up quote that you pretended were words that I wrote.

I don't have any obsession with you. I don't care about you. I don't know anything about you, and I don't want to know anything about you. I just do not care. Go to hell. Fuck off. And do us both a favor and never write about me again. Because I won't have any trouble at all forgetting about you.; 4/30/17, 11:35 AM
Original Mike said...: Blogger FullMoon said..."Uh, my account was hacked that day, I swear.Culprit Sergi has been appropriately chastised."

No worries.; 4/30/17, 11:51 AM
FullMoon said...: Blogger Chuck said...

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You need to apologize and put this obsession with me behind you Chuck.

I didn't start writing about you. You started writing about me. I didn't start this. You did. You did, the same way that you have obsessively done in the past, with a fake, made-up quote that you pretended were words that I wrote.

I don't have any obsession with you. I don't care about you. I don't know anything about you, and I don't want to know anything about you. I just do not care. Go to hell. Fuck off. And do us both a favor and never write about me again. Because I won't have any trouble at all forgetting about you.

4/30/17, 11:35 AM

Chuck, that is a piss poor apology! Anger management classes might prove beneficial.; 4/30/17, 11:55 AM
FullMoon said...: Chuck,

Another commenter observed, on April 16, 2016

So much of the anti-Trump rhetoric is hysterical, hate-based and over the top. Take Chuck’s vituperation as an example: “lying assholes, mendacious Trump asshattery, Fuck you, You are a real fucking joke, You are an even bigger fool and a moron, God damn you eric!”

And that’s in the comments section of just one Althouse post. The rage is palpable.
4/16/16, 12:28 PM

For your own good, and the good of your family, consider anger management, Chuck. Life is too short to be so angry all the time.
You seem to be a time bomb on the verge of exploding.
I empathize. I was once prone to uncontrollable rage. I am much happier now that I can control it with introspection, deep breathing, meditation, and medication.; 4/30/17, 12:07 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: Freeman Hunt: Update on the prom folk?

I've heard no prom-related horror stories, though there have been other deaths. Many students couldn't get to their proms, many others had to stay with friends after. Adults should have known better.; 4/30/17, 4:06 PM
mockturtle said...: Yes, Freeman, they should have. In what part of the country do you live? Did you get tornadoes, as well?; 4/30/17, 7:44 PM
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Bad Lieutenant said...: And now that I have your own confirmation that in the past you were using "bait" with me, I'll know better than to respond to you in the future.

4/30/17, 10:11 AM

But Chuck, people will just assume that you are afraid of him or acknowledge his supremacy over you, as is the case with you and me.; 5/1/17, 2:16 PM