DC Tom

Democrats Make a Plan to End the Government Shutdown, Without Wall Funding (NYT) Some highlights, beyond the ridiculously biased headline: So their plan to end the shutdown is to...not end the shutdown? Pelosi thinks the House can just pass bills and the Senate and President will do what they're told? ...<breath>... NOW she thinks this? Where was this thinking nine years ago? Same guy who voted for Bush's "enhanced border fence" doesn't support a "wall." But then voted to cut funding to CBP, ICE, and USCIS six years later, and now wants people to believe he'll "actually secure the border." What's funny is that I actually support everything he said. I just don't support him, because while I agree with the principles he espouses, I don't believe for a second that he does.

No reason to get all crabby about it, though...

Yeah, but OC has to start his own threads. He craves the attention. (Cue him telling everyone he's "got my number" in 3...2...1...)

There's also a "Dilip Das" and a "Regina McClinton." That list...that's made up, right? There's a "Boaty McBoatFace" in there somewhere, right?

Really, it speaks more to his deal-making credibility than literally anything else's he's done in his entire life. Hell, maybe he can make Mexico pay for the wall.

That might be why I posted that...

Settle down, Beavis. You were never going to be the biggest asshat here, no matter how hard you tried.

I hope all her donor step up and give her $24 in glass beads.

Why? I mean...who gives a *****?

Anyone want to place bets on how much diversity there is amongst their diversity officers?

Radio Ga-Ga has one of the most subtly brilliant vocal performances in all of rock music. The the instrumentals are simple, cheesy pop...but Mercury uses his voice to perfection through the verse to slowly build musical tension that he gently starts to relax with one word "Radio," then resolves with the verse. It is one of his virtuoso performances, and those vocals superimposed on those instrumentals, to create a piece of radio crap that was originally and ironically named "Radio Ka-Ka" is just artwork.

Seven Seas of Rhye Brighton Beach Rock Crazy Little Thing Called Love Radio Ga-Ga Killer Queen is...overdone. Like Stairway to Heaven: good? Yes. Great? Probably? Overplayed? Absolutely. Same with Bohemian Rhapsody, which by any standard is an absolute masterpiece, but if I don't hear it again in the next five years I won't feel bad.

Having the best relations with North Korea in 70 years.

Yes, they say it live, occasionally, like in their live concert at Wembley Stadium. The release and album versions don't have it. Intentionally - the song ends on a half-measure of 6/8 time, leaving it in a state of suspense. The average listener - such as a confirmed moron like yourself - feels compelled to "fill in" the last three beats with something...thus your mind inserts "Of the world..." to complete the song, because that same phrasing has occurred some 90 seconds earlier in the song. Again, not a "Mandela" effect. A "Being Wrong" effect.

Democracy looks like a liberal white grandmother cooking "Pow Wow Chow?"

That's not the "Mandela Effect." That's the "Being Wrong" effect.

TT's not enough of a gambler. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. Just makes him "not Lamar Jackson."

This is gonna be fun...

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/10/18/manufacturing-jobs-are-defying-expectations

What? It was widely reported - BY CNN - that Obama pulled out of Iraq despite the lack of a status of forces agreement. How much history are they going to try to retcon?

Well that is retarded. Did you honestly think you were making a point?

I believe, in this case, it is more accurately referred to as a "type 3" error: he's an idiot.

He's Justin Trudeau?

Who are you?

Now everyone's thinking I let you down too gently, too...