Alpha's Live Blog for June 7th Part Deux
Submitted by Alphalop on Tue, 06/07/2016 - 8:43pm
Continuing our saga from http://caucus99percent.com/content/alphas-primary-election-live-blog-new...
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Well damn - this has taken it's toll on me
I just broke out the Cape Cod Kettle cooked chips that have been lurking in my pantry since someone other than me brought them into the house. I'm totally laying the blame on the Dems for my resorting to a massive carb/sodium/fat/alcohal binge tonight. Major negative Karma points to the DNC causing me to be "forced" into using potato chips to assuage all this tension!!
BTW - these chips go very well with bourbon.
Think off-center.
George Carlin
Oh good, then it's not just me.
I'm gonna need some more inappropriate carbs and maybe another glass of wine. It's still 45 minutes before California starts chiming in. Or as they would call it on "The Price is Right".....
....THE SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN
PS. I'm so glad Bernie made it this far. It give me hope that change is still possible.
The people, united, will never be defeated.
the only thing that would be worse
would be pork rinds. But somehow that seems to be appropriate for the Clinton cabal... yeah, I went there.
Think off-center.
George Carlin
AW DAMN!
You guys just had to bring up chips didn't you?
Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons - For thou art crunchy and good with ketchup
My heartfelt apologies
for bringing up the topic of binge-type foods. #BlameHillary
Think off-center.
George Carlin
I just remembered
the salt and vinegar potato chips hidden on top of the refrigerator. Is it better to break those out or should I have another glass of wine? Or both?
Emmet
Both n/t
Think off-center.
George Carlin
Depending on how fast those glasses of wine are disappearing,
you need to soak up some of the booze with the carbs. So I would say, go for the chips.
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I knew the internets would provide the wisdom I sought.
Thank you, seefleur and elena. But the situation has gotten darker since then. California looks bad, and I've made the horrible mistake of unmuting the primary coverage. There's some salted caramel ice cream in the fridge...
Emmet
Don't Do it! Drop the ice cream and step away from the spoon!!
Ahh hell, what am I saying?
Fuck it, got another spoon?
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Brought my frozen drinkies over here. They're almost like
ice cream!
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Hate. You. SOOOO much right now...
Those look awesome and I am drinking room temp Apothic Red.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Heh. "Note to self: Stock up on food and drink before doing
open thread diaries."
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Right!?!?! You would have think I would have figured that one
out by now. But no, here I am with no food yet a tasty looking Chardonnay just daring me to make it victim number 3.
Oh well, better to be drunk then full I guess. (What can I say, I am a glass is half full kinda guy, lol!)
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Ah, that's okay
It's just that I went shopping today and have three cans of Pringles for lunches.
Okay, make that two cans of Pringles for lunches.
Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons - For thou art crunchy and good with ketchup
Don't feel bad, I started out the first thread with Bacon & beer
so you are still safe.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Cottage Life (a Canadian Magazine)
just did a test by fire of which classic snack foods could also be used as a fire kindling. Kettle chips did quite well, better than Chocolate chip cookies.
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Now that sounds like my kind of magazine!
Got a link for the article? That is one my FB friends would love for sure, a couple are Newfies (?) (Only ever heard it said, not spelled)
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Alas, but they have a FB page, where I saw it.
I subscribed when we got the cottage. Practical articles and then lots of pictures (some high-end) and recipes (good, but artichoke hearts at the the cottage?). So you can join up there!
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7476: HRC's Brain
Speaking of chips, I remembered which one HRC most resembles:
5476/7476. Also known as the dual-pack J-K flip-flop.
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
SN5476 — much neocon — so empire
Definitely a binge night and a day off tomorrow
It's the only way to settle the nerves!
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Hm I might have
been wrong about South Dakota.
I know a lot of people in
I know a lot of people in Billings. They hate Hillary. Quite a few went to see Bernie. I have a hard time buying those results coming out of Billings. They'd mostly go Republican than Hillary.
Of course, after this election, I have a hard time believing in any of it.
Shillary is about to speak
I can't watch this portion of TYT's edition.
Think off-center.
George Carlin
The thought of listening to this woman
For years nauseates me. Not only insincere and patronizing but boring as hell.
Had to tune out of TYT... speech time n/t
"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change." Stephen Hawking
NEW: http://www.twitter.com/trueblueinwdc
Agreed. Not listening to that voice! I still may vote for her,
or not; but that doesn't mean I have to listen to her!
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I will endure it and let you know when it ends. But I am gonna
go get rid of a bottle of wine and grab another one. I am gonna need it to continue to listen to this criminal speak...
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
71.7% reporting in SD
51.6 HRC
48.4 Bernie
"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change." Stephen Hawking
NEW: http://www.twitter.com/trueblueinwdc
Is C99 really slow again,
or is it my end tonight? Thank you.
I've been doing okay so far tonight; it was a little slow a
couple times before I ran to the store (i.e., about 730-830 PM Eastern).
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Thank you, ec. nt
It has since become a little pokey a couple times (wouldn't
you know, way to make it slow down, make a claim that it has not slowed down!). But then it resumes a nice healthy clip.
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she just talks against Trump, but has nothing else to offer
she wants an America where everybody gets respect. Yeah, may be should start respecting the people and not shove everyone shit down the throat.
https://www.euronews.com/live
I turned the sound off and
went and updated the drivers on my computer. So much more productive and way less irritating.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass
she is delivering one platitude after the other - damn, I didn't
know that she would be so terribly scripted like a textbook for fourth grader.
https://www.euronews.com/live
With the most grating, insincere delivery imaginable
I was in another room trying to read, and just overhearing her upset me.
I like her speech.
I know, I don't /nt
https://www.euronews.com/live
It's okay.
You can like it if you want to.
Life is strong. I'm weak, but Life is strong.
Some people like Alaskan Stink Heads too, there is no accounting
for taste...
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Ha! What's an Alaskan Stink Head? I guess I could Google
it, but my fingers are starting to go numb.
And now that I've completed my first frozen lime margarita, why am I sweating more??
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It is probably one of the most repulsive foods on the planet.
and one of the few things that has made the Bizarre foods guy tap out.
It makes Haggis as appetizing as Apple Pie by comparison, lol!
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
would "speech" be WHAT she says
or HOW she talks? Either way, it's like nails on a chalkboard and has no substance other than sounding like Miss Othmar in the Peanuts cartoons. Only more grating and with a large amount of hubris and hypocrisy as well as assuming that We, the people are idiots who are easily duped.
Think off-center.
George Carlin
I regularly describe her voice as the verbal equivalent
of "Nails on the chalk board of my soul."
I can find no other description that accurately sums up the visceral reaction it brings.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Fuck you
Ummm ok? :)
But some context would be nice. lol!
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
I was replying to
progressive1982 or whatever name or year he fly's under. Sorry but all day he/she has been pissing me off. Please no hostility or bad will to anyone on this thread but this troll. Sorry but this person is seriously pissing me off. I'm not into suffering trolls regardless of their stated intentions. Hillary lover or RW asshole I just don't care to hear their shit.
I understand. It's a tense day - and evening. eom
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Hard to tell who is responding to whom around here,
sometimes, Shah. Might want to clarify (although I suspect this was meant for the "progressive" upthread).
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Yeah, that's what I figured but I was being cheeky,
I will blame it on the wine and my natural tendencies to try to use humor to defuse tense situations.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Sorry, not cool. Even if you feel provoked, please don’t. n/t
Agreed. as much as my natural tendency is towards
"Choke the bastard out that annoys you" I have worked hard to get past that.
Although lets face it, at the end of the day there are some people that could use a good choking.
But this one doesn't warrant this level of response no matter how much I might agree with it on a visceral level.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
SD like microcosm of Democratic Party
Bernie Sanders supporters on the left, Hillary Clinton Supporters on the right.
About to break up and become east and west SD.
Ok, is the brown haired twerpette on the Guardian
supposed to be DWS?
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass
SD should get called soon.
Minnehaha is starting to come in.
Well I started with a bottle of white, then went to a red
so other than being backwards, this evening is turning into a Billy Joel song.
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUz48xw_OiM]
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Billy Joel, marvelous singer. Even if he did have the bad taste
to marry a supermodel for a while.
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Why backwards?
We usually have sherry with the appetizer, Sauvignon Blanc for the fish, Burgundy or Bordeaux for the main (if it's red meat), a Riesling Auslese with the sweet and a port or sauterne with the fruit and nuts.
(Not every day, mind you.)
There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.
78.4% reporting in S.D. and the gap continues to narrow!
Statewide results
539/687 precincts (78.4%) reporting
Hillary Clinton
20,572
51.6%
Bernie Sanders
19,300
48.4%
39,872 total votes
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
South Dakota - it's not over until it's over
Statewide results
539/687 precincts (78.4%) reporting
Hillary Clinton
20,572
51.6%
Bernie Sanders
19,300
48.4%
39,872 total votes
https://www.euronews.com/live
I'm seeing
Only Oglala Lakota County still out, which consists completely of the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons - For thou art crunchy and good with ketchup
oh my, I hope they vote for Bernie, I wouldn't get over
it if the Pine Ridge folks would support Hillary. But then I have misunderstood so many people, I don't trust nobody anymore and certainly not myself.
https://www.euronews.com/live
Well, it was agonizingly slow
But they finally came in for Bernie 57.5!
I knew they wouldn't fail us. And if they had I'd have known for sure someone was screwing with them.
Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons - For thou art crunchy and good with ketchup
Did the little Hillarybot on
Did the little Hillarybot on The Guardian really just say the American voters are tired of liars who pretend to be someone they are not?
surfuckingreal.
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Then why did they vote for Trump and Clinton?
It's seems the voters want more of people pretending to be someone they are not.
Ok, offically on the 2nd bottle of wine and the CA numbers
haven't even started to come in yet, lol!
On a side note, I gotta get one of those Bernie Sanders Wrecking Ball shirts from TYT!
That is classic!
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Just for luck I chose a California wine.
The people, united, will never be defeated.
Someone explain to me how
a person who has run for president multiple times is having such a hard time against someone who is running for president for the very first time.
Is it:
a) beginners luck
b) voter tampering
c) despite not having name recognition, one of them is touting policy that the majority of America has been yearning to implement for decades
California polls close if five minutes. In the words of Frankenfurter, "Let the floor show begin!"
The people, united, will never be defeated.
I think you missed
d) stacking the deck with ill-gotten $$ and having a media that is totally in the pockets of the entity holding the ill-gotten $$.
Think off-center.
George Carlin
But that should be an advantage for her right?
And still she's having to actually do something to stay a step ahead.
The people, united, will never be defeated.
the fact that she's having to
polka and allemande left should be a yuge "tell", but apparently a lot of voters don't see it that way.
Think off-center.
George Carlin
She’ll be glad when she can get back to dough - see - dough. n/t
Haven't read any of the other essays this evening
Gonna go check them out! How's the TYTs coverage? Is it safe to press play again?
"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change." Stephen Hawking
NEW: http://www.twitter.com/trueblueinwdc
Oh, yeah, it's safe, lol! I forgot to let you know.
Damn wine...
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
Heh thanks for hosting the party again Alpha
I'm feeling pretty good tonight, just taught a little kid how to swim in one lesson.
And now on to the California primary.
Proud of North Dakota tonight, and I apologize for laughing at the state of North Dakota as we tend to do sometimes in Minnesota. I remember one joke about how North Dakota isn't a real place and doesn't really exist. So that wasn't very nice. They are making themselves heard tonight, that's for sure.
Camped in western North Dakota once and woke up with buffalo in the camp ground. Now I have to say that that shook me up just a little bit.
And I've had Minnesota black bear in my camp site on more than one occasion and almost hit a moose once driving in Northern Minnesota, but the buffalo was more unnerving to me. They were all chewing their cud and keeping a close eye on us and trying to decide whether or not they wanted us there in their camp ground.
We decided it was time to pack up and head on down the road.
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
Thanks for coming! I remember my first encounter with a bear
I was living in Lake Tahoe and bouncing at a night club and I got home to my house on top of the mountain and sat down to eat dinner.
Just as I sat at the end of the table I looked up and saw a big ass bear standing on the other side of the french doors with a, "Whatcha eating their bro?" look on it's face.
I quietly picked up my plate and beer, turned off the light and ate dinner in my bedroom.
Some fights are not worth it.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
I'm late, just now pouring a drink; and speaking of bears ...
The National Park Rangers are advising hikers in Glacier National Park and other Rocky Mountain parks to be alert for bears and take extra precautions to avoid an encounter.
They advise park visitors to wear little bells on their clothes so they make noise when hiking. The bell noise allows bears to hear them coming from a distance and not be startled by a hiker accidentally sneaking up on them. This might cause a bear to charge.
Visitors should also carry a pepper spray can just in case a bear is encountered. Spraying the pepper into the air will irritate the bear's sensitive nose and it will run away.
It is also a good idea to keep an eye out for fresh bear scat so you have an idea if bears are in the area. People should be able to recognize the difference between black bear and grizzly bear scat.
Black bear droppings are smaller and often contain berries, leaves, and possibly bits of fur. Grizzly bear droppings tend to contain small bells and smell of pepper.
Dayamn. I was going to add that punchline! eom
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balls and pepper
good one LOL you know...griz can run as fast as a horse, and are better at uphill than down. The good news is ...you don't have to be faster than the bear... just faster than your hiking partners
LoL Greywolf! That is a Classic!
I hadn't heard it in so long I thought it was a legit post until the punch line!
I was like, "This is interesting and all but this is one hell of a segue in the conversat.... LOL!"
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
I lived in Alaska, and in Grizzly Bear country
You kept a big pistol at all times, preferably with the gunsight filed off.
That way, it doesn't hurt as bad when the bear shoves it up your, uh, nose.
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine. -- Jeff Spicoli
Filing that one away
I know I'll have use of it at the next family reunion. Thanx.
Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons - For thou art crunchy and good with ketchup
yep bears in that part of the country would scare me a whole
lot more than our little MN black bear.
Ain't that the truth!
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
I've been making and selling or giving these away for like 2
years, and finally use one because I broke my old wine key.
They actually work quite well. Yeah me!
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
I don't think you are allowed to advertise
sex toys here.
Unless you're a donor.
The people, united, will never be defeated.
Those are lovely!
Are you still selling them? And how would one purchase this? Inquiring minds want to know...
Think off-center.
George Carlin
It depends on the wood used, for ones like those above
I usually get $28.00 for.
If you want something really special like Olive Wood actually from Jerusalem I can get it, but it costs about 8-10 bucks more but does come with a COE stating that the wood is indeed from there, etc.
I don't know if I can actually talk about that stuff though and be within site rules, but I did offer to donate some of my other stuff for a C99P fund raiser so maybe I will just get a warning rather than banned for talking about it, lol!
Here are some of the pens and "Bracelet assistants" that I sold recently. Let me know what you think.
"I used to vote Republican & Democrat, I also used to shit my pants. Eventually I got smart enough to stop doing both things." -Me
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