Vox Populi – 8-29-2014

What’s up Ad?

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Hey all, Vox Populi, our live chat on the week’s events begins tonight at 7 pm PDT. Hope to see you then!

adlib 7 days ago

Hey KT!

adlib 7 days ago

Everything tuned up and ready for VOX tonight?

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Hope so!

adlib 7 days ago

Checking in….howdy….and no robot check captcha phrase….. :thumbsup :

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

I checked the sign procedure at Google, Firefox and Safari. ALL A-OK!

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

I’m here now but am not sure I can stay awake until 10 PM EDT

nirek

7 days ago

hey it’s workin early??

Harleigh

7 days ago

I’m thinkin about changin my av to the one i now use everywhere else! The real me.

Harleigh

7 days ago

abra cadabra

Harleigh

7 days ago

pure majic

Harleigh

7 days ago

Cool Harleigh!

adlib 7 days ago

Glad to hear it, Murph!

adlib 7 days ago

Checking

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

For a few minute there I had a spinning wheel with the message “connecting” but nothing would post. I closed the chat but left the Planet Open. I refreshed the page and then reopened the chat and it is now working….I think.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Evening

sillylittleme

7 days ago

It is! It is! Evening to you SLM!

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Hey Murph, how was your week?

sillylittleme

7 days ago

SLM: Hotter than blazes..crops, what was left of them, fried….but almost all was in.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Sorry and glad to hear…

sillylittleme

7 days ago

BRB- SLM you reminded me I have to change the water lines…

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

SLM..I have returned…

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

murph lines all set?

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Hey Murph and slm!

adlib 7 days ago

hey ad

sillylittleme

7 days ago

SLM…just a matter of throwing a set of valves

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Welcome to the NewVox!

adlib 7 days ago

Howdy doody Ad

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Brave New Vox!

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

glenn’s in the house!

adlib 7 days ago

ad all bugs gone?

sillylittleme

7 days ago

hey glenn

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Glennnnnnnnn….hey there.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

slm, hope so. I think we know how to solve the issues.

adlib 7 days ago

ad cool liked this vox from the start

sillylittleme

7 days ago

SLM…Ad has worked mightily in the fields of software and the harvest is good!

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

GGood evening, slm, murph, adlib how is everyone tonight?

glenn

7 days ago

murph that it is

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Heh! Thanks Murph!

adlib 7 days ago

well glenn and you?

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Doing okay glenn, and you?

adlib 7 days ago

a toast to ad!!

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Cheers slam!

adlib 7 days ago

Make that slm!

adlib 7 days ago

ad you slammed?

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Oops, looks like I’m stuttering tonight. slm, ad, with me, it’s same old, same old.

glenn

7 days ago

slm – Yep, had my internet go down today, lots of techie challenges this week though I can see daylight now.

adlib 7 days ago

ad – well everything looks good from this end…

sillylittleme

7 days ago

So, ad, murph, and slm….what are the chances of Dems holding on to the Senate? Could we hope for some extra seats in the House? Especially now that mcconnell and his pals have telegraphed that they are going to shut down the government again?

glenn

7 days ago

ad – thanks for posting my article

sillylittleme

7 days ago

hey harleigh – passing a doobie

sillylittleme

7 days ago

hi guys

Harleigh

7 days ago

Wow, this new site is easy to use!

funksands

7 days ago

Harleigh, knew you walked into the door because of the little beep…and there is funk sands….howdy too

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Hey harleigh, how are you?

glenn

7 days ago

hey funk

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Hey funk, you’re here!

glenn

7 days ago

stoned again. The av is the real me BTW LOL

Harleigh

7 days ago

Glenn et. al. Sam Wang of the Princeton Election Consortium stands apart from most poll analysts in his assertion that the Dems will hold the Senate but the guy has a better record than election guru Nate Silver of “538” fame. In his article Senate Democrats are outperforming expectations Wang looks at the Senate races in Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina and New Hampshire. He calculates that Dems lead in five of these races (AK, AR, CO, NC, NH), are tied in two (IA, LA) and only behind in two (KS, KY). What is happening? Senate Democrats are doing surprisingly well. “Fundamentals” pull probabilities away from the present. The present is more sharply focused than the future. To read what all of that means take a look at Wang’s technical report. I know I will be watching this site in the future.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Yes, sorry I’ve been absent so much recently, been ridiculously busy. With the kids in school, should be easier

funksands

7 days ago

Murph, I agree, I think they’ll hold it 51-49

funksands

7 days ago

All interested…. the link…

http://election.princeton.edu/2014/08/28/senate-democrats-are-outperforming-expectations/

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

harleigh – I’ve seen your face somewhere before.

sillylittleme

7 days ago

funk – agree

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Anyone know how to make the vox box bigger?

funksands

7 days ago

Hey Funk!

adlib 7 days ago

Thanks, murph, for the info. I hope Dems and even independents do NOT sit this one out. It also looks like some tp guvs are going down. I hope the one in my state does! Seems it’s neck and neck here in GA.

glenn

7 days ago

Hi Ad, Murph, Silly, Harleigh

funksands

7 days ago

funk – the bottom right corner pulls down

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Oh yeah, you too Kes.

funksands

7 days ago

Funk, click on the bottom corner of the window and drag it to enlarge.

adlib 7 days ago

Hi Kes

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Shazam! Thanks everyone

funksands

7 days ago

Hey kids! How’s your collective Friday night?

kesmarn

7 days ago

hahaha SLM!!! I am the guy you mother warned their daughters about… too many years ago.

Harleigh

7 days ago

Funk…when you are done enlarging you have to click again or it keeps expanding and shrinking

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

hey kes

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Got it.

funksands

7 days ago

Hey Kes! A hectic day but nice to be chillin’ with friends!

adlib 7 days ago

Ack

funksands

7 days ago

harleigh – you actually look a lot like a friend of mine. you’re not a scientologist are you?

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Jesus

funksands

7 days ago

Likewise, AdLib!

kesmarn

7 days ago

Funk….what do you think of the new chat space on the Planet…a new land

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Hi Kes–doing well here, and you?

glenn

7 days ago

hey beatlex

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Beatlex is in the hizzy!

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Has Jesus logged in, funk? I missed that.

kesmarn

7 days ago

I think I like it Murph.

funksands

7 days ago

SLM – I am the least religious person you ever met.

Harleigh

7 days ago

Murph, I agree with that assessment, I think the Dems will do better than the BS meme the MSM is spreading, that the Repubs will take over. They want that to happen because it would lead to more conflict and that means ad dollars to them.

adlib 7 days ago

Hey Beatlex how goes it?

glenn

7 days ago

Harleigh…thank god

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

harleigh – you have a doppleganger

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Wassup Voxites?

beatlex

7 days ago

murph – lol

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Ooooooo private chat

funksands

7 days ago

Hey Beatlex, from George to John? Keeping us guessing who your favorite was!

adlib 7 days ago

SLM – GOOD! I’ll send it my bills! LOL

Harleigh

7 days ago

I love it!

funksands

7 days ago

Hi X!

funksands

7 days ago

Ad lib….which is why I like this new site…The Princeton Consortium….they get “theirs” from being right.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Fund…yes, private chat…ooooooohhhhh

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

harleigh – he’s a cheap fuck so by all means

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Funk – Yep, private chats. But you have to keep your shirt on.

adlib 7 days ago

I think Dems should be pushing the benefits of Obamacare big time. I see two more repub guvs have expanded Medicaid

glenn

7 days ago

glenn – yes they have out of desperation

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Adlib,tough one,probably Paul.But I love all the Lads!

beatlex

7 days ago

Ad, is it like ChatRoulette?

funksands

7 days ago

😉

funksands

7 days ago

😉

kesmarn

7 days ago

I would hope the dems in all those races won. It would be a great start.

Harleigh

7 days ago

glenn – I agree and Dems should be pushing Repubs on what they would replace it with if they repealed it…and threw millions of Americans off of health insurance.

adlib 7 days ago

SLM–love that smell of desperation in repubs.

glenn

7 days ago

funk – then he would have told you to keep your pants on

sillylittleme

7 days ago

glenn – me too

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Funk – More like Chat Poker.

adlib 7 days ago

Glenn…corbett today tried to say he was “not really buying into Obamacare.” No one seemed to buy it.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Kasich is the guy that pulled off the Obamacare slight of hand most masterfully. He’s a scumbag, but he really did it.

funksands

7 days ago

murph – corbett’s going down

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Kudos to the President for showing restraint on ISIS,and making the MSM look stupid in the process

beatlex

7 days ago

Murph–Just another repub liar. What else can he say?

glenn

7 days ago

beatlex – not that you would hear that from the press

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Are Americans really scared of ISIS or are they just bored?

funksands

7 days ago

Kudos to the prez for wearing a tan suit and driving batshitcrazy king even crazier.

glenn

7 days ago

Right you are, funk. Kasich appointed a special committee to decide on the Medicaid expansion. That way the GOPers didn’t even have to vote on the record.

kesmarn

7 days ago

“The audacity of taupe,” glenn.

kesmarn

7 days ago

kes – nice one

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Wish I could take credit for it, SLM. But I stole it.

kesmarn

7 days ago

dem candidates should be open and supportive of the ACA and the millions now insured. To get out the vote, not attract bagger votes.

Harleigh

7 days ago

Kes, he’s awesome, he took the Medicaid expansion, told everyone he’s just getting Ohio’s money back and it has nothing to do with the ACA and the Ohio press is totally treating him like a hero for expanding Medicaid. He’ll win the election on that strategy

funksands

7 days ago

Kes–LOL–that damn black man showing audacity again!

glenn

7 days ago

AdLib,is there a way to make the box bigger onthe screen?

beatlex

7 days ago

He should have worn it again today just to fuck with everyone

funksands

7 days ago

funk, I’m afraid he will. Which is too bad because he’s really a bum. A smart one. But a bum

kesmarn

7 days ago

And Repubs may lose a lot of Governorships too. Lots of scandal around Walker, Rick Scott’s weak, Corbett’s not looking good…

adlib 7 days ago

Kes, how’d you turn off your location?

funksands

7 days ago

funk – now that would have been funny, although they would have questioned his hygiene.

sillylittleme

7 days ago

I’ve got a bad feeling about Florida. Nobody likes Charlie Crist

funksands

7 days ago

Beatlex, just click and drag a bottom corner of the window to enlarge it.

adlib 7 days ago

Reagan wore a tan suit too. But the RW loved that one. I personally believe it’s actually the same suit. Left in a back part of the closet.

kesmarn

7 days ago

funk – I don’t think that is true

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Funk–nobody likes Crist, but I think they like Scott even less.

glenn

7 days ago

Silly, that would have been interesting

funksands

7 days ago

Funk..really no one likes Crist?

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

kes – is on a roll

sillylittleme

7 days ago

funk, to turn off the location, you go to your profile here and there is that option.

kesmarn

7 days ago

Thx Ad

beatlex

7 days ago

Kes….I want what you are sipping.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

I know, but I just have a bad feeling about Florida. Doesn’t feel right, and I think the progressive challenge to Crist is hurting Dem enthusiasm a lot

funksands

7 days ago

“The audacity of dope.” in Reagan’s case.

kesmarn

7 days ago

murph – me too kes – what are you drinking?

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Murph, I’m not sure what got put into this coffee when I wasn’t looking.

kesmarn

7 days ago

Sfunk – south floriduh is dem and for Christ. Skeletor Scott may go down.

Harleigh

7 days ago

Kes–LOL

glenn

7 days ago

😀 glenn

kesmarn

7 days ago

Enter…KT….taaaaa daaaaa

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Harleigh, I hope you are right. You are closer to it than I am

funksands

7 days ago

As long as the voter suppression is held back in FL, I think Crist will win.

adlib 7 days ago

hey kt

sillylittleme

7 days ago

ad – I agree

sillylittleme

7 days ago

harleigh – my mom is in your vicinity and she thinks Crist will be back in

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Sfunk..Skeletor Scott..LOLmaybe he and Skeletor Jan Brewer can get together

beatlex

7 days ago

KT–are you here? Or are you there?

glenn

7 days ago

People are routinely referring to Rick Scott as “Skeletor” these days.

kesmarn

7 days ago

of course she’s 90 and senile

sillylittleme

7 days ago

I think Walker can lose, Corbett will lose and if so, three major swing states go back to Dems.

adlib 7 days ago

Just before the 2016 Presidential elections.

adlib 7 days ago

What’s up peopleoids?

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Hey KT!

adlib 7 days ago

Oops…did you already say that, funk?

kesmarn

7 days ago

Hey KT!

beatlex

7 days ago

funk Christ s saying he swith from repub and will go with the progressive agenda esp for seniors. He has my vote.

Harleigh

7 days ago

Hey, Homie! How’s your Labor Day weekend starting out?

kesmarn

7 days ago

Harleigh–I lived in FL when Crist was guv, and even though he was a republican then, he acted more like a Dem, which is why I voted for him then. That was back in the day when there were still some sane republicans.

glenn

7 days ago

Hey B!, glenn, slm,Harleigh Homie Murph, funk and PPO!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

PPO in the house!

adlib 7 days ago

Do I see Melbourne clocking in there?

kesmarn

7 days ago

PPO….good to see you..the house is filling up nicely.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

hey ppo

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Hey, Y’all . Great to see you. Yes looking good

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Hi Pink

funksands

7 days ago

PPO–g’day mate!

glenn

7 days ago

I started calling Scott Skeletor at the old HP within months of his election.

Harleigh

7 days ago

Pretty good Homie. I’m getting ready to fly to Boston on Tuesday!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

glenn – I don’t see what winning message Scott has and if GOTV is really handled well by Dems, especially in the black community after Trayvon and SYG being supported by Scott, I think he loses.

adlib 7 days ago

Wow! Full House.

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Oh, back “on duty,” Homie? Wishing you all the best with your mom.

kesmarn

7 days ago

Hey OZ!!

beatlex

7 days ago

Yeah. Back “on duty.”

killgoretrout

7 days ago

PPO – I think the new decor of Vox helps!

adlib 7 days ago

Murph, that is really cool site. I’d forgotten about it.

funksands

7 days ago

kt – how long will you be on the cape?

sillylittleme

7 days ago

KT – How is your mom doing?

adlib 7 days ago

Harleigh, is that your mug?

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Okay, folks, here is a complete change of subject–this one is especially for you, KT, but I’ll take advice from anyone. If you had only a week to visit the New England area, where would you go and what would you do?

glenn

7 days ago

KT it’s me! LOL

Harleigh

7 days ago

Funk…that site would be right up your alley I think. It is a bit over my head.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Absolutely, Ad. this format and layout is great

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

glenn – I’d head to Vermont and go hiking

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Go swim with the sharks Glenn!

beatlex

7 days ago

Mom’s doing great. She needs a driver though! I’m not sure slm. Several months, at least, maybe more.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Good question glenn, I’m truing to talk the missus into taking the kids there next year

funksands

7 days ago

I’d go to the Concord, MA area, glenn, because I’m such a nerd that I love visiting places where Thoreau, Emerson et all hung out.

kesmarn

7 days ago

Besides, it’s pretty there.

kesmarn

7 days ago

Homie, I used to live in Woburn. A stones throw away from Concord. I’ve been to Walden, many times.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

kes – two hours max and you’re done

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Noooooo! SLM! Nerds like me can spend DAYS there!

kesmarn

7 days ago

I’m SO envious, KT. Wish I could live there.

kesmarn

7 days ago

Beatlex–thanks for the suggestion, but I swam with the sharks in the Keys, and that was enough. Unless of course, I’m sitting low in my seat, and misunderstood your meaning of “swim with the sharks.”

glenn

7 days ago

kes – seriously how long can one spend at the alcott house? and fyi, walden isn’t as nice as you imagine

sillylittleme

7 days ago

I think I’d go to Maine and eat lobster and NH to get a few gallons of real maple syrup.

Harleigh

7 days ago

It is beautiful there. Mass is a very beautiful state. Expensive too!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

I’ve been to Walden, SLM. And granted — it isn’t quite the way it was in Thoreau’s day — I was still drooling with hero worship at the Shrine! But that’s just me…

kesmarn

7 days ago

Swimming with the sharks is being in congress.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

I’ve been to Boston once. That’s the extent of my experience with New England. I feel like I”m missing out.

funksands

7 days ago

kes – when I was growing up it was a place to go get laid, enough said?

sillylittleme

7 days ago

It’s fun, funk. I lived in CT for 5 years and traveled a lot in NE. Pricey, though.

kesmarn

7 days ago

funk, it’s where it all began. Well, one of the main places anyhoo.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

My mother lives on Harvard square in her condo and my sister is in Bedford. Have not been there in decades.

Harleigh

7 days ago

Funk–you’re ahead of me. Never been to the area at all. My travel goals for this and the coming year are to visit places in the US that I’ve never seen.

glenn

7 days ago

funk – wanna trade? I wanna be in the Pacific Northwest!!!

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Talking about Congress, is anyone else getting the feeling that they’ve seen their high point in polls already and now it’s just downhill as they spout their RW lunacy and not just draft on Obama’s difficult decisions?

adlib 7 days ago

Seriously, SLM? I’m crushed. Although Thoreau might appreciate the irony…

kesmarn

7 days ago

That is, Repubs have seen their high point.

adlib 7 days ago

kes – I sure hope so

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Ad–repubs “high points” being…?

glenn

7 days ago

I’m reading a great book about trees right now: American Canopy. One of the chapters is about Thoreau and Walden. Apparently it was the only place for miles that had any trees left, they’d all been cut down. Also only a 30 minute walk to town. Not roughing it thats for sure

funksands

7 days ago

slm, if you like lots of rain, that’s the place to be. It starts around Halloween and doesn’t let up until Easter. It is beautiful though. Real Mountains there.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Ad…..my own Congresman…older, GOP, been in the job a while….saw him last week….he knows me…only comment “What I would give for some real leadership on the Hill!”

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

There’s not much room for downhill on ratings when you start at 13%

kesmarn

7 days ago

AdLib,lets hope so,the thought of them controlling both houses is a grizzly thought

beatlex

7 days ago

Ad, it’s been remarkably quiet. I’m sensing a lot of uncertainty about how to proceed.

funksands

7 days ago

kt – I’ve been to Seattle a couple of times and I’d trade Boston for there any day. And I love the rain!

sillylittleme

7 days ago

glenn – In the polls, that is. I think that now that Repubs start courting their RW base, their negatives will rise. Look at Mitvch McConnell’s top guy quitting over a scandal!

adlib 7 days ago

I used to sell loose joints in Havard Square.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Henry David probably didn’t have wifi, funk. True.

kesmarn

7 days ago

I went to a “Open House” that is a town hall on the Congressman’s own turf, his office has a large meeting room. No one was happy. No one.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

What were they saying, Murph?

kesmarn

7 days ago

I may end up moving to Vancouver WA. Nice place.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Silly I absolutely love where I live. Couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. The black depression and suicidal thoughts pass pretty quickly. Plus, we’ll be the only place in the country with any water in about 20 years

funksands

7 days ago

Murph–it’s a “throw the bums out” mentality, I think.

glenn

7 days ago

adl HAHAHA Mcturtle scandal. How fucking stupid is this one??

Harleigh

7 days ago

Funk – Maybe so up till this point but if Repubs want their base to turn out, they’ll have to spout nastiness and that will turn off indies.

adlib 7 days ago

Harleigh – he is so arrogant

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Ad, feels like a volcano slowly building.

funksands

7 days ago

ad – which is only good for us

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Kes…all over the place…that is what led to the comment to this…. Ad…..my own Congresman…older, GOP, been in the job a while….saw him last week….he knows me…only comment “What I would give for some real leadership on the Hill!”

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Ad–didn’t read the article, but saw the healine that foxsocallednews is trying to revive Benghazi! Distraction from Ferguson, I guess.

glenn

7 days ago

Speaking of mugs, have you all seen Rick Perry’s mugshot?

killgoretrout

7 days ago

McConnell is being Mitch slapped.

adlib 7 days ago

LOL AD!

beatlex

7 days ago

I did, KT. His mouth was smiling but his eyes were shooting death rays.

kesmarn

7 days ago

silly I almost hate mcconnel he’s such a condescending asshole.

Harleigh

7 days ago

That prick actually had a shit eating grin on his face.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Oh I hate him

funksands

7 days ago

Ad–hope mcconnell is mitch slapped from here to November, and then goes home!

glenn

7 days ago

😆 Homie! True.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

kt – he will be eating shit

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Nothing is going to happen to Perry. He’ll treat this like he just won his right-wing gang colors

funksands

7 days ago

Those covertly recorded comment at the Koch-fest aren’t going to do Mitch any good.

kesmarn

7 days ago

Murph – Saw that, I’m sure those Repubs who don’t want to bow down to the moron Baggers really pray for salvation…or something to keep them from having to sound like fellow morons. But that ain’t gonna happen.

adlib 7 days ago

You have all heard this: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/us/politics/on-tape-mcconnell-envisions-using-budget-to-undo-obama-initiatives.html?_r=0

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

kes…jinx

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Mitch has had his “49%’ moment,I would love to see that old fart lose!

beatlex

7 days ago

That’s what I was referring to, Murph.

kesmarn

7 days ago

jinx indeed!

kesmarn

7 days ago

I think the GOP is behind Perry’s indictment. They really don’t want any more embarrassment with him in the 2016 race.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

All–you know what I don’t understand? Why doesn’t the twice, duly-elected President of the United States get to enact his agenda? Why is it only the repubs who are “entitled” to enact their agena?

glenn

7 days ago

glenn – Benghazi? Really? Great, go for it Repubs! Why not go after Jimmy Carter’s Presidency while you’re at it?

adlib 7 days ago

KT….the indictment is coming from GOP authorities…your idea is not far fetched.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

I think they are going to run on Obama’s suit.

funksands

7 days ago

And Perry is so dumb. He doesn’t even know what he was indicted for. Said it was “bribery.” Either that or he’s confessing to yet another felony!

kesmarn

7 days ago

Ad–here in GA, they are going after Carter’s presidency since his grandson is running for gov.

glenn

7 days ago

funk – lol

sillylittleme

7 days ago

If I were a repub, I wouldn’t want him in the race either.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

kes – he’s an idiot

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Kes–how dare you call Perry dumb? He has the glasses to prove he’s “smart”.

glenn

7 days ago

Exactly Homie. He really does make W. look smart.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

People in TX call him “Bush without the brain.”

kesmarn

7 days ago

glenn – Sounds pretty desperate to me, trying to use the Presidency of 35 years ago as a pressing issue? Huh?

adlib 7 days ago

ALL baggers are dumb. Never give a sucker an even break! In 2009 The Koch brothers through Dick Armey and his Freedumbwerks front created the Astro-turf Teabaggers. I’ve concluded that all Teabaggers are Koch’s suckers in an Army of Dick’s.

Harleigh

7 days ago

kt – that applies to all repubs

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Oh that’s sad Homie!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Kes – Maybe Rick Perry could be known as “Bush’s Tush”?

adlib 7 days ago

BIAS

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Well put Harleigh!

beatlex

7 days ago

harleigh – spot on

sillylittleme

7 days ago

I’ll join you in that cryfest, Homie…

kesmarn

7 days ago

ad – lol

sillylittleme

7 days ago

LOL! Good one, AdLib!

kesmarn

7 days ago

Ad, I hear that

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Benghazi revival is in the hands of Howdy Gowdy. He’ll be back to benghazi after recess.

Harleigh

7 days ago

BIAS is Back In A Sec!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

oops! Perry had a rectum transplant and it rejected him!

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

pink – funny

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Ad, well, the definition of “conservative”is never changing. That’s their “schtick” and they’re sticking with it. Another ad running here in GA is one I particularly like. It asks, “Michelle Nunn, Obama’s rubber stamp in the Senate?” Personally, I would vote for Nunn on that alone. I think it’s about time President Obama had a “rubber stamp” in Congress!

glenn

7 days ago

LOL OZ,Perry is a putz

beatlex

7 days ago

Harleigh, yep, Baggers were a corporately bought “revolution” intended to exploit angry idiots to take government away from the majority.

adlib 7 days ago

PPO! Too funny. I thought he had a cranial/rectal inversion!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

glenn – hear hear

sillylittleme

7 days ago

KT, That didn’t work either!

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Is that why his looking out at the world through his navel, Homie?

kesmarn

7 days ago

You guys are POSITIVELY GIDDY tonight….the new format is rareified

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Could be, Homie.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

glenn, we could use a lot more Obama rubber stamps in Congress.

kesmarn

7 days ago

Murph, it’s brilliant, isn’t it?, but a tad quick for my aging eyes!

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Many of you may not have heard that Perry and Gohmert were conjoined twins at birth and joined at the haid. When they were separated each got half a brain but Perry got all the hair.

Harleigh

7 days ago

I thought Repubs like rubber stamps, they all vote the same like them.

adlib 7 days ago

What’s funny about Congressional deadlock is that its given the executive branch all of the power to decide how to administer the nation’s business

funksands

7 days ago

HA! Harleigh

beatlex

7 days ago

He is sort of hairbrained!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

ad – only their rubber stamps

sillylittleme

7 days ago

kt – good one

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Good one, Harleigh!

adlib 7 days ago

Kes–ain’t that the truth? More rubber stamps for President Obama!

glenn

7 days ago

Right funk, and they they accuse the Executive of tyranny!

kesmarn

7 days ago

Harleigh, Gohmert gets the macrame Constitution in that divorce

funksands

7 days ago

PPO ….roadrunner like…yes.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

What I want to know is will Rick Perry wear his glasses in jail?

adlib 7 days ago

kes – they should all be tried for treason

sillylittleme

7 days ago

SLM, they really should.

kesmarn

7 days ago

Ad, yes, he’ll need to to se Bubba coming!

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

How serious is the Perry business?

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

ad – probably thinks it

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Sadly Ad, he’ll never even see the jail! If he does, it will be a country club prison.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

slm – It is treason, sabotaging the U.S. government and harming its citizens. It’s also called being a Republican.

adlib 7 days ago

Silly, I’d settle for electoral consequences. The American People aren’t cooperating yet

funksands

7 days ago

He’d better wear those glasses in the shower…

kesmarn

7 days ago

‘ll keep him from being beaten up

sillylittleme

7 days ago

ahhh this goes too fast

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Kes, I’m glad you said it. Not sure where everyone here stood on prison rape

funksands

7 days ago

Did you see where Obama made oil tanker disappear in the gulf with millions of barrels of oil?

Harleigh

7 days ago

slm…that is because we are going so fast right now

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

I’m against it FYI

funksands

7 days ago

Speaking of treason, did y’all see that fox bimbo who wants Putin to be president for 48 hours?

glenn

7 days ago

funk – he wouldn’t be going in to gen pop

sillylittleme

7 days ago

SLM, you can extend the box using the little arrow under the smiley.

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

The old line about not dropping the soap, funk… pen_mouth:

kesmarn

7 days ago

Glenn, I saw that. She’s really special

funksands

7 days ago

I like the new sound. It’s more of a plop, than a pop! VOX a ploppin!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Murph – I’ve seen people try to minimize the case against Perry but I think this is another MSM meme where they say what they want to happen instead of what could. They want him running in 2016, he’s good for the MSM machine’s ad sales.

adlib 7 days ago

To me, it’s kind of a “whoop!”

kesmarn

7 days ago

Perry in a debate is ratings gold!

funksands

7 days ago

pink – i did and it still scrolls fast especially when everyone comments at once

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Maybe a Yawp!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

“Yawp” is better.

kesmarn

7 days ago

Ad I have been told by my attorney brother in law in Tx that there is real danger in the indictment BECAUSE it is coming from GOP sources who have a pile of dirt on Perry and can introduce it as part of their case.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Thank Mr. Whitman!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

It’s a Qbert hop noise

funksands

7 days ago

I just put my sound on and it sounds more like a bloop to me

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Good old Walt…

kesmarn

7 days ago

Like a bubble popping to me

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

We should have a variety of sounds. Emotisounds…

kesmarn

7 days ago

murph – hope they can make it stick

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Funk–in one sentence the fox bimbo laid bare all of the gop’s hypocrisies (sp?). 1. a foreign born citizen CAN become president. 2. No mention of Congress; the putin can act alone. 3. Let’s have a real communist, tyrant dictatior in as president, instead of the “fake” one we have in President Obama. 4. Let’s bypass the Constitution, forget about elections and “get it done right”.

glenn

7 days ago

It sounds like dropping a pebble into a pond.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

What sound does an implosion make? Gnab!

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

I’m old and can’t hear shit! WHAT???

Harleigh

7 days ago

Glenn, the dumb ones eventually start to believe their own hyperbole

funksands

7 days ago

Glen…do you recall the name of the bimbo in question.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

I love it Homie! Sad Trombone! Rimshots!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

glenn – she should be wearing a white coat and in a nice rubber roon

sillylittleme

7 days ago

room

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Honk! Bleep! Buzzz!

kesmarn

7 days ago

glenn – Yes, saw that Fox woman wish for Putin to be our dictator. Jon Stewart showed it too, could these “patriots” be any more traitorous in their beliefs (which they are entitled to) than they already are? Rooting for a brutal, oppressive, warmongering tyrant to take over America? If anyone is still wondering how real Obama Derangement Syndrome is, this should settle that debate.

adlib 7 days ago

Splat is a good one!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Great comment, glenn!

kesmarn

7 days ago

ad – without a doubt

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Murph–her name in Kimberly Guylinhall–or something like that. But I have the first name right. The first article I saw about it was on Media Matters.

glenn

7 days ago

Thanks to the new sounds, it’s Vox Plop-u-Li?

adlib 7 days ago

Rick Perry: “No one expects Rick Perry! My chief weapons are Fear, Surprise and…. uh…

funksands

7 days ago

Ad, ODS should be included in the new DSM!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Ad,

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Too funny funk!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Gotta step away for just a bit.

funksands

7 days ago

I think we also need an emoticon for batshit crazy!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

They object to the Prez’s tan suit but that orange jumpsuit on Perry and Christie? Just 21st century campaign attire.

kesmarn

7 days ago

SLM–no she should be in jail for advocating treason!

glenn

7 days ago

glenn – she is not in her right mind

sillylittleme

7 days ago

KT, how about one of sarah Palin?

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Here it is… https://ringoffireradio.com/2014/08/fox-news-host-wants-putin-to-be-americas-president/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fox-news-host-wants-putin-to-be-americas-president HEarlier this week, Fox News’ Kimberly Guilfoyle was on “The Five,” discussing the situation with the Islamic State. Responding to comments by co-host Greg Gutfeld regarding President Obama’s handling of the terrorist group, Guilfoyle said she wished Vladimir Putin or Benjamin Netanyahu could rule the US so things would be “done right.”

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Oooooo! Good one PPO!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

I suggest Kimberly move to Russia.

kesmarn

7 days ago

batshit crazy = Palin – Bachmann 2016 fer jebus!

Harleigh

7 days ago

SLM–Oh, I disagree. She’s cray like a fox! (pun intended). And she shouldn’t be allowed on t.v. to spout her treason.

glenn

7 days ago

Murph, yes, Putin could show the US how to invade a previously friendly……. oh, too late

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Murph, if Putin were in charge here, Guilfoyle wouldn’t be allowed to say anything Putin didn’t approve. These people are soooo stupid.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Kes – Like that! The GOP should hold a prison fashion show, Christie and Walker in orange jumpsuits and Perry in bold stripes.

adlib 7 days ago

glenn – unfortunately fox won the legal right to lie and call it news

sillylittleme

7 days ago

She needs to be under her own personal Iron Dome. In the desert. In AZ.

kesmarn

7 days ago

I can see Christie on the runway now, AdLib!

kesmarn

7 days ago

kt – she’d be happy to spout anyone’s propaganda

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Kt- anyone but Obama…that is their sacred mantra

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

how come they all stopped wearing those made in china merikan flag lapel pins?

Harleigh

7 days ago

Maybe she could get a job instructing nine year olds how to fire automatic weapons!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

The commentators on FOCKS are are fracking idiots,the lot of Em’

beatlex

7 days ago

I can see Christie from my house!

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

harleigh – they got rusty

sillylittleme

7 days ago

KT–That is the saddest part about these people. They don’t even understand what they’re asking for. It’s beyond stupidity–or they know exactly what they’re doing–and that’s even worse!

glenn

7 days ago

ZZZZing! KT!

kesmarn

7 days ago

Too soon?

killgoretrout

7 days ago

kt – oh that was so horrible especially with an israeli weapon how unamerican

sillylittleme

7 days ago

slm, we could make it a MAC 10!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

PPO–just think how much better you could see Christie in his orange jumpsuit. I do think it should be Christie in the stripes, though. I hear they’re very slimming!

glenn

7 days ago

kt – that’ll do

sillylittleme

7 days ago

glenn – don’t the stripes go across?

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Do they have have orange floats in the Macy’s Day parades?

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Depends on whether they’re horizontal or vertical, glenn…

kesmarn

7 days ago

Glenn –

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

kt – mmm orange float

sillylittleme

7 days ago

And Christie is still going to run…well, waddle. The Repub primary is going to be truly entertaining.

adlib 7 days ago

OK…you want BATSHIT CRAZY….two towns over the city council voted to approve turning a closed bowlng alley into an indoor gun range. 7 to 0 waiving zoning rules. They will have a bar (separate entrance to abide by the law) and a snack bar and a kids place game room.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

KT, naw, that’s Christie filled with hot air

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

We could have a new TV comedy prison show with Cristi, Perry and Walker calle ‘My Three Bitches’.

Harleigh

7 days ago

murph – what could go wrong?

sillylittleme

7 days ago

As the phrase goes: What could possibly go wrong, Murph>

kesmarn

7 days ago

kes – jinx

sillylittleme

7 days ago

jinx, SLM!

kesmarn

7 days ago

Murph–I thought I lived in the land of guns. The GA legislature is debating what kind of felons should be allowed their guns back. I kid you not.

glenn

7 days ago

Ah yes, booze and firearms! YeeHah!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

harleigh – lol

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Murph, you’re kidding, right?

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Sabreen is in da house! What’s up lady?

killgoretrout

7 days ago

kt – and kids

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Murph – I suppose you have to thin the herd some way, if they are actually going to kill themselves off…well…

adlib 7 days ago

The Bowling Alley closed three years ago…..it is across the street from a park and its rear backs up on a school.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Harleigh–

glenn

7 days ago

hey sabreen

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Sabreen! Can you post?

adlib 7 days ago

Murph, the NRA must be salivating at their product placement!

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Maybe a combined bowling alley and gun range. You have to shoot the pins down.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Will young black men be allowed in the former bowling alley, Murph?

kesmarn

7 days ago

KT–Don’t give the any ideas! Could be kinda expensive, though, replacing all those pins.

glenn

7 days ago

KT, well somewhere to take the little ‘uns after school

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

I was in our local watering hole two nights ago and the local loons were absolutely giggling….shooting all year round in climate controlled comfort.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Or fire bowling balls from a muzzle loader, Homie…

kesmarn

7 days ago

Kes- yes, maybe as targets.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Back soon, grabbing a coffee.

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

That would be a BIG muzzle loader, Homie!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

PPO/KT–They could have an after-school program, and the kids could get some extra-curricular credit.

glenn

7 days ago

After Ferguson, nothing would surprise me…

kesmarn

7 days ago

kes – ain’t that the truth

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Hi everyone. I’m trying to navigate the chat. The scroll bar seems to be giving me some difficulty. Anyhoo, I hope everyone is well.

sabreen60

7 days ago

Hey, Sabreen, good to see you!

kesmarn

7 days ago

Hey Sabreen

glenn

7 days ago

Sabreen..greetings…you will acclimatize…

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Hey Sabreen!

beatlex

7 days ago

Folks, looks like my time is getting cut short. Sorry I can’t stay longer. Looking forward to seeing you all more soon.

funksands

7 days ago

So long funk.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

funk – crimea?

sillylittleme

7 days ago

See you later, funk!

kesmarn

7 days ago

Funk–sorry to see you go. Take care.

glenn

7 days ago

nite funk

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Later funk. Glad you could join us.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Sabreen! What’s going on with the scrolling? It does leap up when comments are posted, I will discuss that with the developers.

adlib 7 days ago

later funk

Harleigh

7 days ago

Before we all head south for winter, can I congratulate AdLib, Kalima and the crew for this new, brilliant Vox. Well done, all of you.

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Gee Funk I arrive and you leave, but I’m not taking it personally

sabreen60

7 days ago

Night Funk!

beatlex

7 days ago

Seeya Funk!

adlib 7 days ago

PPO–Hear, hear!

glenn

7 days ago

pink – second that

sillylittleme

7 days ago

{{{(((APPLAUSE)))}}}

Harleigh

7 days ago

Cheers PPO! Kalima and I thank you for your props, we’re working every day to make The Planet better and better!

adlib 7 days ago

Cheers all!

adlib 7 days ago

Can I get a resounding PLOP?

killgoretrout

7 days ago

plop

sillylittleme

7 days ago

KT – Heh!

adlib 7 days ago

AL – HOW DO I CHANGE MY PIC ON THE PLANET HOME PAge… ooopppps

Harleigh

7 days ago

….Last week we were in despair…..but sticktoitiveness won the day….Planetary Virtue

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Adlib, I just have to use a very light touch with the mouse. You know who how everything will turn blue as though you’ve blocked it for cut and paste….

sabreen60

7 days ago

Gravatar Harleigh!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Harleigh – Go to gravatar.com and login under the same email address you used to set up your account here. Upload your new avatar there and that’s it!

adlib 7 days ago

KT I did and it only changed my av here. LOL

Harleigh

7 days ago

Huh!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

harleigh – logout and login again

sillylittleme

7 days ago

OK… brb

Harleigh

7 days ago

I know when I’ve changed pix on gravatar sometimes it would take a day or so before they’d show up on the Planet…

kesmarn

7 days ago

Murph – It was a bit discouraging last week, this new chat was working so well for many but not for others, which would have been a deal killer. Now, it’s seem to have worked out!

adlib 7 days ago

Kes – Yes, we use an avatar caching system (along with other caching) to speed up the display of pages so that can delay new avatars from being displayed.

adlib 7 days ago

harleigh – did it work?

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Ad, that wasn’t your fault. Some of us had old software no longer supported by new stuff, but it’s fine now.

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

But the new ones always did appear then.

kesmarn

7 days ago

Ad- yes….getting everybody on board during the week to play with it gave us the chance to figure out how it really works. Typical of so much soft ware…lack of clarity and direction.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

oh st is here!!!!!

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Yep, there’s always a transition period with new systems, just glad that this worked out after the one that didn’t a couple of weeks ago.

adlib 7 days ago

KT, that video you posted about the 28 year old father who was arrested for sitting in a public area waiting for his kids to get out of school was a shocker.

kesmarn

7 days ago

SLM not yet

Harleigh

7 days ago

harleigh – sorry here’s another doobie

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Kes–I saw that on another site and it just blew my mind! I hope he sues the police department for false arrest, since they have now dropped the charges.

glenn

7 days ago

Kes…the police as occupying force in post 9-11 world

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

So, do you think that the institutionalized racism and militirization of police will continue to move people or will they lose interest and leave all that in place?

adlib 7 days ago

thx slm

Harleigh

7 days ago

glenn, agreed! He needs to sue!

kesmarn

7 days ago

Homie, I could actually feel that guys despair and helplessness. He was calling out for genuine human beings to help him. Thank goodness those bastards didn’t shoot him. So disgraceful of those cops.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Glenn…..the law is stacked to give the police plenty of cover…suspicion of….is a huge umbrella.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

ad – that is such a sad question to have ti ask

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Ad–I hope more and more black people will share their stories and/or videos to keep the heat on the heat.

glenn

7 days ago

to

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Ad Lib..our national attention span is that of a chihuaha on uppers.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

slm – Ferguson SHOULD be a rallying cry that more and more Americans join in on but I’m concerned that people are already starting to move on.

adlib 7 days ago

Right, Murph. If this guy hadn’t had his cell phone with him, the story would have been buried.

kesmarn

7 days ago

We cannot let these incidents slide into the dustbin of American history, like so many other appalling things that are news for a week or two, then gone from the public forum.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Murph–but they never said what he was suspected of.

glenn

7 days ago

Part of the GOP strategy is to keep tossing balls in the air…look, look, look, look, look

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

And collective memories.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

ad – no we have to stay positive and vigilant

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Right. We need to keep the spotlight on every incident like this until things are dealt with.

kesmarn

7 days ago

Squirrel!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

glenn, he was suspected of being black in an all white zone!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Glenn…disorderly conduct, failure to abide by a lawful order, suspicious demeanor….

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Glenn…standing around while Negro

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Adlib, My avatar is on Gravatar, but it’s not showing here??

sabreen60

7 days ago

murph – what is suspicious demeanor?

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Question: when a cop asked you for ID, are you legally required to show it? If you’re not driving that is?

kesmarn

7 days ago

Murph–how can you charge disorderly condut when he was just sitting there?

glenn

7 days ago

SLM–suspicious demeanor=black

glenn

7 days ago

glenn – we have to be better than that

sillylittleme

7 days ago

SLM You know….slouching, shfty eyes, being dark skinned

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

murph – where are the better angels?

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Kes- if you do not produce an id they can continue questioning you for cause.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Kes–According to what I’ve read–no you are not required to show ID unless the cop has a reason to ask for it.

glenn

7 days ago

Homie, not without probable cause. The fourth amendment says “reasonable,” search and seizure. There was no good reason in this case for law enforcement to accost a man who was doing absolutely nothing wrong.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Think about all the outrages that Americans just let slide. Trayvon Martin, Sandy Hook, Climate Change caused major droughts and natural disasters, Gabby Giffords, on and on. Are people just too seduced, oppressed, distracted and/or pacified by corporations that they just won’t rally together and stand strong for any period of time to force change or do things need to get really horrible first before they will?

adlib 7 days ago

SLM–You’re right–we have to be better than that, but so far we are not.

glenn

7 days ago

Glenn…it does not matter what he was actually doing….it is what they say he was doing.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

So this guy was totally within his rights to refuse to give his name? I was thinking he would have been.

kesmarn

7 days ago

No Murph, not according to the 4th amendment. They need probable cause to even ask for ID.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Ad…all of the above plus distracted, narcissistic, self absorbed, disconnected.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

I saw part of a video (Georgia I think) and the cop’s dash cam showed the cops screaming at this guy to stop grabbing for his gun and the guy was standing there with his hands up in the air.

sabreen60

7 days ago

America is so divided AdLib,that’s what people are focused on IMO

beatlex

7 days ago

Good lord…!

kesmarn

7 days ago

KT….the police I spoke to about this scoff, yes scoff, at the 4th amendment….

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Sabreen–and this is how cops get away with shooting; they say they were “threatened”.

glenn

7 days ago

He was Homie! Absolutely. Despite what many cops think, this is not 1930s Germany!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Maybe those CopCams will tone it down a bit.

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

“He went for my gun!”

beatlex

7 days ago

Sabreen, you have to additionally add your avatar to this chat system. Click on the three line icon in the upper right of this window then click on your name then generic avatar and the upload box will open.

adlib 7 days ago

Murph, I’m not surprised.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

kt – well the powers that don’t want any progress think it is

sillylittleme

7 days ago

PPO, I’m hoping they are universally required. Cop-cams.

kesmarn

7 days ago

kes – that is the best option

sillylittleme

7 days ago

A local sheriff I know is really pushing for the funding for two officers in every car…studies show that police teams act better than solos…the fear factor.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Cop cams MUST be mandatory for any police officer that deals directly with the public. They MUST be made mandatory. The police have proved, time and again, that they can’t even police themselves!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Kes–I was reading an article about cop cams which says that we also need the burden of proof on the cops to prove what they’re saying, “just in case” those cop cams get lost. IOW, when the cop cams are altered or lost, the cops have to prove thier case–not the defendant.

glenn

7 days ago

glenn – do you remember where you read that?

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Murph, 2 cops/car is a good idea, unless they’re both dicks! Notice, when the’Cops’ show is around, eveyone is SO polite. sad about the unit cameraman, though. At least we know it wasn’t the perp who shot him.

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

KT – I ahree, cop cams would be a great antidote to the outrageous violations of citizen and especially minorities’ civil rights.

adlib 7 days ago

glenn, I think tampering with or failure to turn a camera on should be a firing offense. You mess with the cam, you get canned! No ifs, ands or buts.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

A few years ago, I was pulled over after work (late — about midnight) for a tail light that was out. The cop started asking me all sorts of questions: Where are you going? etc. I said “home.” And he responded: “Then why are you traveling in the opposite direction of what’s on your license?” I explained about the cottage. Then I kicked myself later for having answered his questions!

kesmarn

7 days ago

the copcams are going to be made from converted vaginal probes from virginia

Harleigh

7 days ago

Harleigh!

kesmarn

7 days ago

harleigh – and another doobie to you

sillylittleme

7 days ago

SLM–no, I”m sorry. I was going to google it tonight before I came to VOX, but I forgot. I’m sure one of our esteemed planeteers can find it. Given enough time, I could probably find it, too. If I do, I’ll post it on “regular” PPOV.

glenn

7 days ago

glenn – I could look it up too

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Homie, you probably did the right thing, but I know it must have galled you. They have no business demanding your destination.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

KT–I agree wholeheartedly. Cops should have to follow the law to the letter, and then some. They should not be above the law.

glenn

7 days ago

glenn, I think it should be the law that if the cop cam is lost or not recording, the cop is officially off the clock and won’t get paid for that time.

kesmarn

7 days ago

Great idea Homie!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Harleigh, you nailed it!

adlib 7 days ago

all – a cam implanted in their forehead…

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Isn’t it such a shame that it needs a CopCam to change behavior and attitude.

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Cams are really the only way to hold cops accountable for their behavior.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Then again, we could pay Vloggers less than a second cop to ride along and video him.

adlib 7 days ago

Right, KT and the sooner the cops realise that almost everyone has one, the better

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Hey Sabreen, I see your dayglow kitty! Woa, that sounded a little naughty!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Kes–When I lived in FL, years ago, there was a rash of cops stopping women for no reason and doing “suspicious” things to them. I was stopped about 10 at night after coming home from a class for having only headlight. Didn’t know I only had one–and it was on a dark, deserted stretch of highway. I got asked the same questions, but decided it was better to answer than to argue and get pulled out of my car. But, my heart was beating a mile a minute, and I was extremely frightened.

glenn

7 days ago

Kes- I was pulled over two months ago – I went through a light that went red just as I passed through it….the town is a notorious trap. The officer was so matter of fact that it told me he was certain that I wouldjust pay the fine by mail I told him that I needed his badge number and car license for my record and it would be helpful if were to icude them on the ticket so I could refer to them in court. I also asked how I can get access to the traffic video record. He looked at me, paused and then aid, be careful and wnet back to his car. I suspect he realized I would actually show up in court and maybe with an attorney and that was too much trouble.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

There must be a way to weed out the bad apple cops before they become cops,devise a test or something

beatlex

7 days ago

Wow…glenn! That’s very interesting. I never thought of it as possibly a part of a pattern.

kesmarn

7 days ago

there was a sort of gunfight in orlando today you all will enjoy! So brave Ofc Sanguino fires nine rounds at a alleged perp with an empty gun in an exchange of gunfire, kills a bystander and manages to shoot another cop!!?? While his intended target survived!!! LMAO this is a scene for Reno 911or Police Squad. Bet he gets a medal for valor AND marksmanship. Beahaha florid uh strikes again.

Harleigh

7 days ago

Murph, I wonder what would have happened had you been black and done/said the same thing to that cop…

kesmarn

7 days ago

Ad- when you speak with the developers it would be good to ask if the text input box can be set so that more than one line of text can be viewed at the same time.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

B, I think all cops at police acadamies should have to take a battery of psych tests before they are ever given a gun.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Kes and glenn, those are scary situations. It sure makes it clear why so many people allow cops to violate their rights, because it’s scarier to stand up to them and not know what could happen. That’s not good for a democracy, fear destroys democracies.

adlib 7 days ago

KT,exactly.keep them off the streets

beatlex

7 days ago

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/28/cops-kill-woman-maria-godinez_n_5732032.html?fb_action_ids=298724030307985&fb_action_types=og.comments&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582

Police Kill Woman, Charge Man They Were Trying To Shoot With Murder
The man who police were trying to shoot when they killed an innocent bystander is now charged with her murder. Police responded to Vixen Bar in Orlando, Florida, on Aug. 19 after a 911 caller told them a “gun wielding maniac” was in the …

Harleigh

7 days ago

kt – that’s right, can’t believe they don’t have psych tests

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Harleigh–don’t know where it was, but I do think it was Florida. Cops got into a gunfight with a perp, shot and killed an innocent bystander, and charged the perp with murder.

glenn

7 days ago

Murph, I want to add — I’m not faulting you for what you did/said! Just wondering how it would have played out if you’d been a minority person.

kesmarn

7 days ago

Kes- it would have been trouble. I have an older car which I share with several others, part of the coop. But, I have a very studied manner and that always help.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

that’s the one glenn! except the perp had no bullets!!! bwahahaha

Harleigh

7 days ago

Some of these stories are just incredible!

kesmarn

7 days ago

Harleigh–so we WERE talking about the same thing.

glenn

7 days ago

Harleigh….the police create the mayhem but are not held accountable for it.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Murph – Yes, that’s also on my list. They already said that they would add the ability to embed graphics (oddly, you can’t do that right now).

adlib 7 days ago

Hey KT, I just have to figure out how to size “day glow”.

sabreen60

7 days ago

Ad…you are ahead of the game..

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Sabreen, you naughty girl!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

Ad–I couldn’t agree more…”fear destroys democracies”. That’s exactly what the gop is doing to ours!

glenn

7 days ago

And then there’s the case where the guy in the back of the police car was said (by the cops) to have committed suicide. With his hands cuffed behind his back. They said he shot himself in the back. But the coroner said the gunshot wound entered the chest. Hmmmm….

kesmarn

7 days ago

glenn – fear is how they keep control

sillylittleme

7 days ago

At any moment any one of us could be living in a totalitarian police state.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

SLM–agreed.

glenn

7 days ago

murph – aren’t we already to a certain extent

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Hey Murph, we already have been, for a few decades now. Not so you’d really notice though!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

kes, I couldn’t believe that – absolutely batshitcrazy. But then the coroner said that the guy some kind of body ( I forget the term) that enabled him to shoot himself in the chest while his hands were cuffed behind his back!

sabreen60

7 days ago

Murph–that’s what scares me.

glenn

7 days ago

I see we don’t have red underlines for spell check. I’m in trouble.

sabreen60

7 days ago

Sabreen, don’t you have to wonder how they expect anyone to believe that? I mean, really…

kesmarn

7 days ago

Sabreen–please tell me the coroner didn’t say that.

glenn

7 days ago

Perhaps I should amend my statement to read: At any moment we could become aware that we live in a police state.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Murph – With a dishonest, militarized police force networked around the nation, all that would be needed is a terrorist act (multiple ones coordinated like 9/11 would be even more effective) that can be used as a pretext for enforcing a kind of totalitarian martial law and with aa RW President in office, that sure could happen.

adlib 7 days ago

KT–I think people are beginning to notice now.

glenn

7 days ago

Sabreen, That was simply horrible. How do these maniacs think they can get away with such bullshit? Do they think everybody else is a stupid as they are?

killgoretrout

7 days ago

They already have an umbrella organization for that networked, militarized force, too: Oath Keepers.

kesmarn

7 days ago

I surely hope so glenn. I surely hope so. Our founding fathers are spinning wildly in their graves!

killgoretrout

7 days ago

kes – academi

sillylittleme

7 days ago

yeah, glenn. The word started with a “h”. I’ll do a little research.

sabreen60

7 days ago

Academi too, SLM!

kesmarn

7 days ago

Kes – Yep, that’s pretty scary too! Oath Keepers, Militias and gun nuts, all they need is a sympathetic federal government and taking over parts of the US, as they did in NV with that deadbeat racist, Cliven Bundy, could happen in various places around the country.

adlib 7 days ago

Nevertheless, Dr. Carl Ditch wrote in the report that White was capable of firing the shot while cuffed “due to his body habitus” and has agreed to rule the death a suicide.

http://rt.com/usa/182932-victor-white-coroner-report/

Coroner says man fatally shot himself in the chest while handcuffed behind his back
​ The release of an autopsy report in Louisiana is raising new questions about the unusual shooting death of a 22-year-old black male who died earlier this year in a police car while his hands were cuffed behind his back.

sabreen60

7 days ago

KT–Was it whitman who said “not with a bang but with a whimper?” If we don’t start speaking up, then I’m afraid it will be with a bang, followed by a whimper of “what happened?”

glenn

7 days ago

Remember the scene in Ferguson where the police officer was pointing his semi auto at one person after another in the crowd saying he was going to kill them…another officer intervened. He was suspended. They announced today that he would be getting counseling and retraining. When the announcement came out the outcry was tremendous FROM THE PRESS who ambushed every public office they could get their hands on…tonight the decision is being reconidered.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Right, AdLib. If you check out Oath Keepers website, they says they’re gaining in membership by the day — rapidly.

kesmarn

7 days ago

*they say not they says… sheesh!

kesmarn

7 days ago

kes – many socks do not make lots of people

sillylittleme

7 days ago

The people of America have to come together and let their voices be heard, loud and clear. Policing civilians should never be equated with patrolling people of occupied nations. There IS a war going on, right now, in America. And the cops are behaving like occupying troops in a foreign country.

killgoretrout

7 days ago

glenn – The people have become to complacent, they need a non-politician leader to rally them and keep them focused. No idea where such a person would come from but he or she is desperately needed.where

adlib 7 days ago

If it is any consolation a buddy of mine when we had 500,000 committed to Nam my buddy and his unit had no insignia’s and worked in the Caribbean, central and south america to install friendly regimes. Like pinnochet etc. Take over the Police first he told me. That’s how the Germans occupied europe.

Harleigh

7 days ago

Murph–I read that the police officer has now resigned. I believe it was on “crooks and liars”.

glenn

7 days ago

The Oath Keeper speaker whose insane one and a half hour rant on video got him suspended will be allowed to retire with full benefits.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Murph! Say it ain’t so!

kesmarn

7 days ago

Harleigh, I think you’re friend spoke truth.

kesmarn

7 days ago

harleigh – same game different decade

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Glenn…yes that followed quickly but now the officials are saying that his resignation may not be accepted…..that they will need to still do a hearing and act accordinigly

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Kes he was the real deal.

Harleigh

7 days ago

Murph–hopefully, his resignation will not be accepted so he can be fired and lose his pension.

glenn

7 days ago

SLM I can see it plain as day.

Harleigh

7 days ago

glenn – and then get therapy

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Ad–I agree. We need another Martin Luther King.

glenn

7 days ago

harleigh – the line is long and predates written history

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Well good people of the Planet, I must call it a night. Have to get the music thread up for tomorrow. Hope to see you then

killgoretrout

7 days ago

I’m impressed with Chris Hedges, but I don’t think he wants to lead a national movement.

kesmarn

7 days ago

you are right slm

Harleigh

7 days ago

nite kt

sillylittleme

7 days ago

glenn – That’s what i was alluding to. Another MLK, Gandhi, etc. would be hard to find but we sure do need someone who could have the moral authority to lead a movement.

adlib 7 days ago

G’night, Homie. Rest well.

kesmarn

7 days ago

nite KT

Harleigh

7 days ago

See you then, KT! Sleep well!

adlib 7 days ago

ad – they were flawed men, we need someone with insight into what can turn bad hearts good and keep the good ones from turning bad

sillylittleme

7 days ago

ALL….one of the barely reported events from last week in Ferguson was the letter sent from several members of Congress who were active in the civil right movements, heroically active. They made it clear that their tactics were hurting them. Morning marches, afternoon planning and rest, and then a rally before a later dinner…then home. That spurred the community leaders to develop a stronger poition on those who were the source of the disorder (that left the police to handle their own)

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

My family, circle of friends and acquaintences is not huge. Each adult male has said they have been accosted by cops, including my husband.

sabreen60

7 days ago

Sabreen, I’m not at all surprised to hear that.

kesmarn

7 days ago

Good night KT. Take care.

sabreen60

7 days ago

I have a very good friend who is a deputy sheriff…a good man, a smart man, who regularly gets promoted and then demoted- why? He does not operate from the common police mindset when they get in groups…

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

slm – All people are flawed, what made them and the few others like them in history so powerful was their humanity. And being flawed is part of that. Imperfection is fine, self-sacrifice and moral leadership is needed to be exemplified.

adlib 7 days ago

Well, folks, it’s time for me to turn in. I hope everyone has a very nice Labor Day weekend. And, for those of you who asked about two months ago, I am still working on my memories of Iran. I had to let it go for a while, because while they are great memories; they are memories that made me a little “raw”. I think I’m better now, so I’m going to continue working on it. It still may take a while, though, because I also feel it may be a “frivolous” post with all that is going on nowadays.Thanks for all the advice on the Cape/New England area. I’ll let you know if I deide to go. Peace!

glenn

7 days ago

Night Glenn

beatlex

7 days ago

nitemon

Harleigh

7 days ago

G’night KT.

glenn

7 days ago

nite glenn

sillylittleme

7 days ago

glenn, I’m SO looking forward to your Iran piece. Bless you for being courageous enough to “go there” with those memories. Have a wonderful weekend!

kesmarn

7 days ago

Fare thee well to all of the departing….not the departed.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Cool glenn, looking forward to your remembrance of Iran! Sleep well and have a great weekend!

adlib 7 days ago

Glenn…I have to go back and find the Iran conversation…

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

there he was in Iran and didn’t even bring us each a rug! I’m hurt. lol

Harleigh

7 days ago

kes, my husband who has never been arrested said that one night (before we were married) he was stopped by the police, thrown up against the car and the cop was pointing his gun at him. Supposedly, he was fit the description of some guy. Funny, though the cop let him go without taking him in. Hubby says you have no idea how it feels to have a gun pointed at you by someone in authority until you experience it.

sabreen60

7 days ago

I think I may also catch the “out bound,” dear friends. Have a great Labor Day weekend, whatever you do!

kesmarn

7 days ago

Murph–I just mentioned one night on VOX that I had lived in Iran for two years, and some people encouraged me to write my memories of living there.

glenn

7 days ago

Glenn…what years?

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

bye kes – have a great weekend

sillylittleme

7 days ago

‘Nite, Kes,

glenn

7 days ago

nite kes

Harleigh

7 days ago

So what do folks think about Hillary’s avoiding questions on Ferguson than finally responding with a general plea for trust? Add that to her continued lobbying for more military force in Iraq and Syria…do you still think that someone this driven by political victory and not to principle will win the Dem primary in the end?

adlib 7 days ago

Kes..take care.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Sabreen, before I leave I just have to say that I feel so much for your husband! That must have been awful

kesmarn

7 days ago

Murph–1976-1978–right before the Shah left.

glenn

7 days ago

kes, Good night and do enjoy your weekend. I hope everyone does. We’ve got a few things planned and hope to make at least ONE of them.

sabreen60

7 days ago

Ad….I do not like hilary, i do not trust hilary, i do not believe in hilary….

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Glenn…that will be one very interesting article….

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Sleep well, Kes! Have a wonderful holiday weekend!

adlib 7 days ago

Murph–so far, it’s more personal than political.

glenn

7 days ago

there is nobody else from the dem side to beat hilary

Harleigh

7 days ago

murph – i agree, i agree, i agree

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Glenn….peronal will be good…

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

G’night once again! And give your hubby an extra hug, Sabreen!

kesmarn

7 days ago

Harleigh…..I know but I yearn for there to be.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Murph, you sound like me. I’m no fan of Hillary. She didn’t comment on Ferguson until Twitter blasted her. Then her response was late and tepid. I think she waits to see which way the wind blows.

sabreen60

7 days ago

SLM….many do.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

I wish Bernie Sanders would challenge Hillary,then we would find out exactly what she is about

beatlex

7 days ago

Walking out the door now–good night all!

glenn

7 days ago

Night glenn!

adlib 7 days ago

Sab….she, like Bill, is slick.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

murph – smarmy

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Beatle, no fan of Bernie either….when all is said and done, a lot more gets said than done and he is the model for that.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

beatlex – me too

sillylittleme

7 days ago

SLM…yes, the final moment of my conversion to Barack was at a Hillary rally…that smile and that laugh….

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

beatlex, I wish Martin O’Malley, and Elizabeth Warren would challenge her

sabreen60

7 days ago

Don’t think that Hillary won’t have a legit rival, I think she will. Obama was an unknown nationally, young, had the middle name of Hussein and Hillary was at an 80% support level with Dems in December 2007. And how did that work out for her. She is not a shoe in, believe it.

adlib 7 days ago

sabreen – liz is not leaving her post

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Well I can’t run, I smoke too much pot and we don’t need a laundry list from 1967 thru 1990.

Harleigh

7 days ago

Sab….I really like O’Malley and pairing him with Warren as a package would be an intriguing busting open of the model for the nomination.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

harleigh – what happened after 1990?

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Harleigh, with that record, you’d still be better than any Teabagger!

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Ad..so who is in the wings.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

all – you cannot have my senator!!!!

sillylittleme

7 days ago

slm, probably not. I’m not even sure she’s a heavy weight in some areas. I just want to see as many Dems as possible throw their hat in the ring.

sabreen60

7 days ago

SLM is Bernie yours…? am I being too hard on him…if he were a Texan, all hat and no cattle?

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

I quit drinking! LMAO and running at the bars every night… then I got married. oh the humanity….

Harleigh

7 days ago

Well folks I think I’ll call it a night. Take care everyone until next time.

sabreen60

7 days ago

G’night, Sabreen

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Night Sab.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

nite sabreen

sillylittleme

7 days ago

murph – liz is mine!!

sillylittleme

7 days ago

anything is better than a teabagger.

Harleigh

7 days ago

Murph, whether it’s O’Malley, Biden or someone like Sherrod Brown gets into the race, someone will be the standard bearer for Progressives because that is a vaccum that nature will abhor and that person will rise to competitive level. Hillary is telegraphing how she will abandon Progressives to lure Republicans to vote for her, she’s using a General Election campaign leading up to the Dem Primary and I think it’s going to hurt her big time.

adlib 7 days ago

harleigh – she made you a better man

sillylittleme

7 days ago

nite sabreen

Harleigh

7 days ago

SLM….oh, in that case, I can see why you guard her…I could not vote for her but I supported her campaign.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Well,I have an early wake up call,so,good evening denizens of Vox!

beatlex

7 days ago

nite beatlex

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Night Sabreen! Glad you made it here successfully! Have a great holiday weekend!

adlib 7 days ago

See ya, Beatlex!

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

slm yep

Harleigh

7 days ago

Night Beatlex!

adlib 7 days ago

ad – how about the only one not to vote for the patriot act

sillylittleme

7 days ago

nite beatlex

Harleigh

7 days ago

Ad…that is a list with which I agree.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Barbara Lee?

adlib 7 days ago

You mean in the Senate?

adlib 7 days ago

ad – Donna Edwards?

sillylittleme

7 days ago

ad – ya

sillylittleme

7 days ago

ad – he lost his seat

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Murph – It could be someone we’re not even thinking of but there will be someone smart enough to campaign as the Progressive candidate and that person will have a lot of moral authority to go after Hillary.

adlib 7 days ago

Why is everybody so sure that Hillary will even run?

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Right now, I’m worried about a Hillary Presidency. More wars, slashing social programs and empowering corporations. Why not just elect a Repub?

adlib 7 days ago

Feingold

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Ad, wash your mouth out with soap!

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Ad – she is a repub and always has been

sillylittleme

7 days ago

Ad….the more I know of Bill’s preidency the more I worry about Hillary’s

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Stand up for WEINER!

Harleigh

7 days ago

Harleigh, YOU are incorrigible…

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

harleigh –

sillylittleme

7 days ago

PPO – Oh, I think it’s a done deal that Hillary will run but I think the conclusion that no Dem could run against her strongly in the primary is just foolish. Of course an alternative could do well.

adlib 7 days ago

PPO – My point is that someone would have to be open to voting for a Repub to support many of Hillary’s positions.

adlib 7 days ago

Ad, yes, I suppose. But I’d sooner see a ‘Republican-minded’ Dem in the White house than a GOP/TP fool.

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Harleigh, I think people have been too hard on Weiner.

adlib 7 days ago

All the dems today are too light for Hilary, but there are 2 years to go.

Harleigh

7 days ago

i wish you all a no labor weekend

sillylittleme

7 days ago

LOL al.

Harleigh

7 days ago

Good point Harleigh. Look at how President Obama rose from virtual obscurity.

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Take care SLM

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Cheerio, SLM

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

PPO – What a sad election that would be, “Do you what to vote for damage to our nation or horrible destruction?” The lesser of two anti-99% politicians?

adlib 7 days ago

Night slm! Have a wonderful holiday weekend!

adlib 7 days ago

pink he did a great speech a couple years earlier and when he cam onto the stage for real he owned it.

Harleigh

7 days ago

Ad, but isn’t it how it’s starting to look?

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Harleigh, yes, I saw it, but until that speech, who knew about him?

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

I was close to the ground floor of the Obama 2008 campaign. I know for a fact that the plan was to trot Barack around a bit to get his name known at a little different level than it wa from his Convetnion speech. Then he would run seriously in 2012 taking on Hillary or in 2016….the emptiness of her candiacy changed all of that.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

PPO – I think that’s how the MSM is portraying it but if they’re so right, 2008 would have been a battle between Hillary and Rudy Giuliani.

adlib 7 days ago

well I gotta go. see y’all next week same bat time…

Harleigh

7 days ago

Murph, that’s what I worry about – the emptiness of her previous candidacy. she shouldn’t run at all and back a newbie, or Joe, God Love him!

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Bye Harleigh…

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Good nnight, Harleig. Avagoodweekend!

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

And then there were three…

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

More conventional thinking from pundits, “Obama can’t be re-elected if unemployment isn’t below 7%.” “America’s not ready to elect a black President.” “Hillary is a shoe in to win the Dem primary in 2008, none of the other candidates is strong enough.” Don’t believe the MSM memes, they’re trying to sell Hillary as inevitable but they’re usually wrong if you look abck at their previous conclusions.

adlib 7 days ago

Well, Ad Lib I would say that the new Vox is a big hit.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Great, great Vox, Ad. congrats again

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Seeya Harleigh! Have a great holiday weekend!

adlib 7 days ago

Murph and PPO – It does seem to make Vox even more enjoyable. It’s nice when things work out!

adlib 7 days ago

Well, I’d better get going on my afternoon chores. Take care, everybody

pinkpantheroz

7 days ago

Ad, Chuck Todd, the “new” host of MTP (Gregory with more stats in his head)….was on that Hillary’s got it recitation this morning.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Take care, PPO! Have a great rest of your day!

adlib 7 days ago

Night, or day, to you PPO.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Well, Ad…the frustrations of the first of the week did result in a good finish.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Chuck Todd, the guy who claims it’s not the job of the press to correct lies, that guy?

adlib 7 days ago

Murph – Appreciate your help in the beta testing of this system! Indeed, it didn’t look as likely earlier in the week, very pleased it’s all worked out.

adlib 7 days ago

Yes Ad, that guy….I read today that NBC has to have people like Gregory or Todd or they will be able to book from the right side of the continuum. I suspect this is so which makes me really ditrust Todd.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Ad…my pleasure as well. I am doing a lot of work with the founders of a new site called Yabberz and have been posting thumbnail links to our tuff over there as well.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

And I am still in contact with HP…..interesting.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Murph – Yeah, maybe he’ll be able to get John McCain or Lindsay Graham on the show! Same old hack Repub guests, another hack host but less and less viewers which is the real problem. I can’t think of anyone who will watch that show now because of Todd. Watch, ratings will be flat then continue downward.

adlib 7 days ago

You’ll have to fill me in on what’s going on there.

adlib 7 days ago

Ad…from your lips to the rating gods ears.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Murph – Just seems logical. Another lousy hack hosting a show that will continue being a shill for Repubs. Why should its course change?

adlib 7 days ago

Happy to do so….a very unique model at Yabberz…and HP is discovering that while is numbers are up, its quality is way down and that is a point of hame for them (because it used to be a point of pride to be a site of high level discourse)

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

The HPRefugees came after me again in e mail…..I sent them the stats I had on them…and that seems to have silenced them.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Well, we knew that would happen. When you farm out the commenting to Facebook, you lose the loyal devotees who were the most prodigious and thought provoking. The only thing worse would have been farming it out to Twitter.

adlib 7 days ago

Heh! I’m sure they didn’t like having to face reality! BTW, I guarantee you their numbers have dropped bigger since then.

adlib 7 days ago

FB commenting…miserable structure and a poor platform.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

HP kept moving away from conversations and simply put, if what people write isn’t worthy of conversation, it won’t be written. Why invest a lot of thought into such a disposable comment?

adlib 7 days ago

HP’s click counts are way up. The move did what they wanted in expanding the social network. They know they now look like fb in the commenting sections and apparently the powers that be are not pleaed. Oh well.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Time to slink into my cocoon…..I am going up to Ferguson tomorrow for a meeting. Fingers crossed.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Murph – A hollow but financially rewarding result. They now may be worth more financially but they are worth less in substance.

adlib 7 days ago

Good way to put it.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Good luck, Murph. Please fill us in on it tomorrow!

adlib 7 days ago

Sleep well and have a great holiday weekend, Murph!

adlib 7 days ago

I can probably refer to it but nothing specific….there is a real sense of panic in both the black and white community there about the town’s future.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

I can understand that. The denial and desperation in the “I Love Ferguson” campaign doesn’t bode well for the town. If they can’t all agree there’s a problem, there’s a bigger problem.

adlib 7 days ago

Property values…that is the key and the signs are that the middle class blacks will run first.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

That’s disappointing but not surprising when they’re in the middle, between denialist and some racist whites and poorer blacks who demand activist change.

adlib 7 days ago

Many of them have been through this two or three times….their experience tells them that those who run first get teh most money.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Again Murph, if it’s all about money, they could be right and have more money than those who stay to help the town they claim to support. But there’s sacrifice involved and most people who would have to, don’t seem to be willing to make sacrifices as much lately.

adlib 7 days ago

Truth. Still. How many times can people afford to be burned. Thanks for all of the hard work finding something exciting and new for the gang here at our neighborhood blog.

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

We should chat soon…

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

I get it, it’s not an easy choice but who’s going to step up for the community over themselves? Thanks for all of your help too! Always nice to be able to spruce up the joint!

adlib 7 days ago

cheers!

murphthesurf3

7 days ago

Absolutely. Sleep well!

adlib 7 days ago

Hi, Ad. you’re up early!

pinkpantheroz

an hour ago

Hey PPO! Yep, tuning up the Vox chat room for tonight!

adlib an hour ago