Question re: Voter ID and registration -- Beerman 12/13/2016 5:02PMThe Soapbox
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Question re: Voter ID and registration -- Beerman 12/13/2016 5:02PM That's because VA is smarter than most of the rest of the South -- Beerman 12/13/2016 4:57PM Yep...even mildly heroic efforts to provide ID are fine, as long as every -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2016 5:00PM It is easy to pass one of these laws. Lots of states have them. You -- KCHoo 12/13/2016 9:28PM Racist appellate judges. Good, now let all states copy it so we can stop -- Hoodafan 12/13/2016 4:01PM Haven't really looked into the issue much but VA seems to have gotten it -- CharlestonSC 12/13/2016 4:19PM What value is free ID minus proof of citizenship, -- AcousticHoo 12/13/2016 5:46PM Interesting -- Beerman 12/13/2016 5:27PM The solution is in search of a problem -- Hood 12/13/2016 5:02PM Magically, the DNC and Obama's election operation could pinpoint voters in -- FreshHoo 12/14/2016 4:01PM Paranoia, big destoya . . . ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/14/2016 11:04AM ...are you serious? -- hoothat 12/14/2016 09:39AM "literally does not happen, ever." And we know this how? Because we check -- Hoodafan 12/13/2016 5:11PM How you just ignore how emphatically he worded it?!!! ** -- HokieDan95 12/14/2016 07:53AM All states that required them made them free. But as is all too often the -- Hoodafan 12/13/2016 4:35PM You are *way* understating the bad intent of NC -- Hood 12/13/2016 4:55PM And we all know that Democratic leaning voters are too -- AlexHoo 12/13/2016 5:09PM "a problem that simply does not exist, period." Well since you said so. And -- Hoodafan 12/13/2016 5:09PM If you'd spend one damned minute thinking through what's involved -- WaxHoo 12/13/2016 5:40PM It's intuitively obvious to all but the most casual observer, -- AlexHoo 12/13/2016 7:17PM That's not the point at all, and you damned well know it, Alex -- WaxHoo 12/13/2016 8:19PM How is that not the point at all? Having no way of catching voter fraud is -- Hoodafan 12/14/2016 10:48AM Neither, Hooda. Like Alex, you know exactliy what this is about. Stop -- WaxHoo 12/14/2016 1:31PM Acting a fool by telling the truth? I understand you find it -- AlexHoo 12/13/2016 10:07PM You lie. And you know it. Or, -- WaxHoo 12/14/2016 06:34AM He does it very well. Could be a truck... ** -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 8:38PM Seriously. Doesn't seem like it should be that hard. ** -- EAPo 12/13/2016 4:24PM I'm beginning to think that Trump such a pariah that no rational and/or -- Hokie5150 12/13/2016 12:38PM Quite possibly. ** -- hoothat 12/14/2016 09:42AM Headline: Two Attention Whores Meet at Trump Tower ** -- hooshouse 12/13/2016 10:10AM Subject line of the Email invitation: "Fish Sticks." ** -- WahooRQ 12/13/2016 4:57PM Ha! ** -- Hokie5150 12/13/2016 5:58PM You beat me to it. Just saw the Daily Mail piece. -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 10:00AM Maybe Kanye respects that he gives as little a shit about white people as -- WahooRQ 12/13/2016 3:07PM Coming Trump tweet: "I love the blacks!" ** -- JMHoo 12/13/2016 10:26AM "... who don't vote." ** -- SchmHoo 12/13/2016 11:55AM I suspect these two vote -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2016 3:25PM More voted for him than did for Mitt. Rather surprising to me given they -- Hoodafan 12/13/2016 12:17PM Obama told them he still is on Comedy Central last night. -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 12:19PM Curious what exactly he said ** -- The Dood_UVA 12/13/2016 1:45PM Me too, since I've never heard him call anyone racist. ** -- VAGentleman05 12/13/2016 1:52PM I might have incorrectly paraphrased, just the entire country. -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 3:11PM Incorrectly paraphrased? How about completely mischaracterized? -- VAGentleman05 12/13/2016 7:15PM Well awesome for him that he goes out of his way to avoid something -- jdubforwahoowa 12/14/2016 08:09AM When you're hearing words he didn't say, you might want to question -- VAGentleman05 12/14/2016 3:00PM Around 4:30 mark he starts in about subtle racism. He is speaking -- jdubforwahoowa 12/14/2016 3:36PM You are being polite. ** -- KCHoo 12/13/2016 9:44PM You are much more polite than he is. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/14/2016 08:13AM I'm guessing he'll be doing the inauguration... -- wahoo138 12/13/2016 10:04AM I admit that I have NO IDEA where Kanye's head is in all of this -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 10:10AM He identifies with Trump being polarizing and hated. ** -- hoodeyo 12/13/2016 4:40PM It is a sad state of affairs that anyone cares about that ** -- KCHoo 12/13/2016 12:51PM I can't stop giggling about the idea of all those -- wahoo138 12/13/2016 10:16AM The pearl clutching at those events would be off the charts ** -- Hood 12/13/2016 4:18PM You see the meet and greet just now? -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 10:20AM I did! Trump kinda flubbed the broshake but whatev...:) ** -- wahoo138 12/13/2016 10:20AM Trump still has a lot to learn . . . ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 10:21AM ...not in Kim, the supermarket tabloids suggest. ** -- Stimp 12/13/2016 10:13AM Broke my daughter's heart when she saw the Enquirer the other day. -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 10:14AM It should be big bad news in your world ;) ** -- AcousticHoo 12/13/2016 5:49PM I do spend time with her watching the show. -- jdubforwahoowa 12/14/2016 08:23AM Nothing like another round of fiscal irresponsibility to goose the markets. ** -- EAPo 12/13/2016 12:00PM Looks like at least tax reform is being pursued 'revenue neutral'... -- Stimp 12/13/2016 1:37PM My guess - probably not enough to be revenue neutral -- hoolstoptheheels 12/13/2016 8:23PM You must not understand GOP Magic Math. -- WahooRQ 12/13/2016 3:08PM Unlike Liberal math on healthcare and college tuition ** -- TpkeHoo 12/13/2016 6:11PM ...almost as good as Pelosi math...oh SNAP!!! ** -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2016 3:37PM Revenue neutral? Seriously doubt it. ** -- HoosWillWin 12/13/2016 2:47PM I have zero expectations of a realistic, revenue neutral tax cut ** -- WahooMatt05 12/13/2016 1:41PM Agree on this one. ** -- Shenhoo 12/13/2016 12:06PM Luckily, those working class Trump folks max out their 401ks... ** -- THECZAR 12/13/2016 11:05AM The Trump Bump ** -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2016 10:03AM I thought that gave you the sniffles ** -- MBHoo 12/13/2016 11:31AM More of a burning sensation ** -- TpkeHoo 12/13/2016 12:50PM He's a columnist for the Daily Telegraph, a Tory newspaper in the UK. -- HowieT3 12/13/2016 09:44AM Well, then that should lend to more balanced news if different types of -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 09:48AM The problem is the "shoot from the hip" appearance and he is just PEOTUS. -- HowieT3 12/13/2016 12:07PM You realize we have his own words as the evidence. ** -- hooshouse 12/13/2016 10:11AM We can discuss at that cocktail party we are gonna attend together. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 10:13AM He lost me when he said Tweetie Dumb needs facts. -- aint2Hokie4me 12/13/2016 09:37AM Deleted** -- HokieDan95 12/20/2016 2:54PM Only a traitor takes the word of a Soviet spymaster over the CIA -- NorthernExposure 12/13/2016 7:19PM Fascinating. Having grown up during the Cold War if someone had told me.... -- Joey Wahoo 12/13/2016 11:09AM For 50 years, both parties fought to contain Communist aggression -- NorthernExposure 12/13/2016 7:29PM It's a topsy tervy world alright -- Wahoo Ron 12/13/2016 11:49AM "He's dead, Jim...." ** -- aint2Hokie4me 12/13/2016 09:38AM Yet celebrated ** -- HokieDan95 12/13/2016 09:56AM So, just wondering, but what's your point? -- hoolstoptheheels 12/13/2016 08:56AM To paraphrase the Wolf,let's not start sucking GOP leadership d*** just yet -- Hood 12/13/2016 5:10PM And of course the real POINT of the current issue is -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 09:48AM So, we're mad at the Russians for doing something U.S. has rountinely -- Hokie5150 12/13/2016 09:54AM Why yes. Yes we are. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/13/2016 10:48AM It just raises questions for me. Where does one draw the line -- Hokie5150 12/13/2016 12:44PM OVERT vs. COVERT, for starters. In the former -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 6:02PM Come on man. I just don't see how there is any grey here. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/13/2016 2:17PM I always babble about Clooney telling the assembled foreign press at Cannes -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 4:06PM Yes, the hacking is illegal, but that is not my point. My point is to the -- Hokie5150 12/13/2016 2:58PM AGAIN, dude, it is the ATTEMPT that makes it a crime -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 6:05PM Cliche time. This is the veritable leading a horse to water, but will they -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 4:04PM I keep having to defend a position I never took. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/13/2016 3:13PM He keeps trying to reframe the question. You have been clear and -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 6:06PM I don't like outsiders messing with our elections any more than -- Hokie5150 12/13/2016 3:19PM Deleted. Entire post based on conflation between Comey letter which came -- southdenverhoo 12/13/2016 4:23PM As distasteful and troublesome as Russian hacking is, Comey is the one who -- WahooRQ 12/13/2016 5:04PM Do you really believe Comey's actions changed votes? ** -- Hokie5150 12/13/2016 6:10PM Abso-effing-lutely. It completely changed the course of the election and -- WahooRQ 12/13/2016 6:29PM Hillary is shouting it from the mountaintops. Not sure what you are saying -- jdubforwahoowa 12/14/2016 09:25AM OT question for you RQ- where do you think the Democrats need to go from -- hoodeyo 12/13/2016 6:52PM I think they need to do a LOT more on the state level. Their structural -- WahooRQ 12/14/2016 11:30AM Good stuff. ** -- hoodeyo 12/14/2016 12:23PM No, I don't, and I never said that she would have. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 12/13/2016 3:25PM Breaking the law by hacking private e-mails seems pretty clearly -- KCHoo 12/13/2016 12:56PM Yes, it is over the line, but did it actually manipulate anything? Was -- Hokie5150 12/13/2016 3:15PM The only two revelations of any significance in that mountain of email... -- Joey Wahoo 12/13/2016 3:29PM You and I may agree about the contents of the emails, -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 5:55PM So you are okay with the Russians manipulating our elections? ** -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 10:00AM Did they manipulate the election or did they manipulate the voters? -- Hokie5150 12/13/2016 12:35PM Well mostly that is a distinction without a relevent difference -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 5:48PM Yes, that is my perspective on all this. Russia can push Trump all they -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 3:28PM They did not push Trump. That is OVERT support. They -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 5:51PM Regardless of source, do you think Americans are better or worse off for -- hoodeyo 12/13/2016 6:02PM 1) it is the attempt that counts here, whether it had any -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 6:12PM "We won." - Harry Reid ** -- Hoodafan 12/13/2016 11:30AM People are mad because the Dream was derailed and they are projecting. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 09:58AM What Paul Ryan or Mitch McConnell dream was derailed? ** -- hoolstoptheheels 12/13/2016 10:50AM You bring up a valid counter! LOL -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 12:17PM I really don't think that's it. -- wahoo138 12/13/2016 10:13AM So you are okay with their medling as well? ** -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 10:01AM How did they meddle with the US public voting? When you prove -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 10:07AM Nobody doubts that. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/13/2016 10:57AM Is the Russian meddling the Podesta hack? -- Joey Wahoo 12/13/2016 11:19AM Does that matter to you in evaluating if it acceptable -- KCHoo 12/13/2016 1:03PM Nope. -- Joey Wahoo 12/13/2016 2:07PM The opportunities right now are very different. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/13/2016 2:47PM I don't disagree with you man, and I share some of your concerns. -- Joey Wahoo 12/13/2016 3:42PM I think there is enough information to surmise why Russia favored Trump. -- hoodeyo 12/13/2016 4:12PM One can speculate. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/13/2016 3:53PM Putin might just like Trump on a personal level more. -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 4:08PM They are promoting every nationalist group across europe ** -- KCHoo 12/13/2016 9:36PM Really? I know he met w/ the leader of UKIP, but I thought the link -- hoodeyo 12/14/2016 12:27AM I really enjoy your perspectives, honestly. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 3:20PM Ditto. I have fallen into a black hole in this thread somehow though. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/13/2016 3:26PM I do admire a person who lacks self-awareness, truly! :-) ** -- HoosGuy 12/13/2016 3:55PM I seem to be conveying things I don't mean to say in this thread.. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/13/2016 4:19PM Oh that's not the problem here. you are communicating exactly and precisely -- southdenverhoo 12/13/2016 4:35PM Bingo. if I understood that right. :>) ** -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 5:56PM Thanks fellas, but there is a distinct group with whom I'm -- hoolstoptheheels 12/13/2016 8:07PM It's the group, not the hool. You're doing just. ** -- WahooRQ 12/14/2016 08:30AM Maybe they are hearing what THEY intend to hear ** -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 8:23PM Sure that's not your own bias? -- HoosGuy 12/13/2016 4:55PM Ok, but I think that bias cuts both ways. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/13/2016 8:17PM The underlying theme in what the Dems are trying to pull off here. -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 3:38PM I agree with that - the dems need to de-politicize this. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/13/2016 3:51PM That is part of what is asserted. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/13/2016 12:32PM Bipartisan leaders? -- HoosGuy 12/13/2016 12:58PM Wow. You got everything wrong. What hool said, what Joey said -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 6:16PM You may need to work on your reading comprehension there big fella. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/13/2016 2:30PM Right back at you, and you really have exhibited some thin skin. -- HoosGuy 12/13/2016 2:51PM This is just mystifying to me. I don't doubt the content of the emails. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/13/2016 3:24PM But the opening post was pro Trump. While you have not once -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 6:19PM Oy vey ** -- HoosGuy 12/13/2016 3:32PM Boom. ** -- EAPo 12/13/2016 11:55AM You're not paying attention. The FBI says they meddled. -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 10:32AM This is accurate. The break between the CIA and ODNI -- hoodeyo 12/13/2016 4:26PM I am paying attention. You and I have different agendas in life . . . ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 10:35AM You=Pro-Putin. Me=Pro-American. You're right this time. ** -- Shenhoo 12/13/2016 11:17AM Yawn. -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 12:13PM My alpha male. You cuck. -- Shenhoo 12/13/2016 12:33PM Drudge for me. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 3:13PM Flagged as Russian propaganda by the WaPo. ** -- hoodeyo 12/13/2016 4:00PM Yes! ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 4:01PM You are a nationalist? ** -- Hokieesith 12/13/2016 11:19AM Enough not to grab my ankles for Putin's delight. ** -- Shenhoo 12/13/2016 11:39AM Don't worry, Putin would never request that of you. -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 12:14PM Sick burn. ** -- The Dood_UVA 12/13/2016 2:15PM So either you support Russian meddling in our elections -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 10:39AM Treason. Did Trump walk that line when he -- wahoo138 12/13/2016 09:38AM Lol. Keep reading. ** -- hoothat 05/10/2019 01:40AM That's not murder. But it certainly was arguably a criminally negligent -- southdenverhoo 12/13/2016 09:31AM ...but he was The Lyin of the Senate ** -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2016 08:46AM The original Lyin' Ted! ** -- VAGentleman05 12/13/2016 1:26PM "But I also recognize that people would not have felt bad for me if I had -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 08:51AM His chief qualification has always been having good politician hair. ** -- hoodeyo 12/13/2016 1:27PM He has those hip glasses, he must be smart! ** -- Hood 12/14/2016 09:30AM As someone who had a job at a DOE national lab, this is awful -- CMUHoo 12/13/2016 11:33AM I hope you realize that Rick Perry doesn't understand a thing you've posted -- rdm 12/13/2016 12:13PM I'm definitely aware that Perry has squash for brains -- CMUHoo 12/13/2016 12:55PM But he looks so much smarter now that he has glasses ** -- Old Dorms Rule! 12/13/2016 4:15PM Reminds me of what I heard about George Allen as governor of Virginia -- WahooMatt05 12/13/2016 11:45AM Have to admit, I thought you were joking when you posted that. ** -- MBHoo 12/13/2016 10:56AM I just checked, too. WTF? -- WahooMatt05 12/13/2016 11:33AM Odd choice. ** -- The Dood_UVA 12/13/2016 10:11AM Walter White for DEA head is my favorite appointee ** -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 09:52AM All these guys will do is scapegoat the federal employees instead of -- aint2Hokie4me 12/13/2016 09:41AM Cabinet is a who's who of billionairres and also ran prez candidates ** -- Oregon Hoo 12/13/2016 08:32AM In other words...successful people by nearly every measure ** -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2016 08:38AM I wanted Debbie from accounting. You know, real people. ** -- Oregon Hoo 12/13/2016 4:24PM In Oregon? Debbie Does The Dalles :>) ** -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2016 4:45PM That she probably does. :) ** -- Oregon Hoo 12/13/2016 6:50PM Swamp rats ** -- WaxHoo 12/13/2016 09:05AM Womp rats ** -- The Dood_UVA 12/13/2016 10:10AM Tillerson is the type of outsider Trump promised, IMHO. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 09:06AM Yeah. He is... -- wahoo138 12/13/2016 10:19AM Little tricky there, yes. -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 10:20AM We really need more beaurocrats, lifetime pols, lobbyists and other members -- TpkeHoo 12/13/2016 09:15AM So we'll just appoint their masters instead...why not..appoint somebody -- Hooooooooooooooo 12/13/2016 11:07AM These people have proven to be successful -- TomKazanski 12/13/2016 11:46AM As long as they remeber that we the people hired them on 11/8. I can -- Hooooooooooooooo 12/13/2016 2:24PM Is the current CEO of Haliburton too busy to serve?? ** -- Shenhoo 12/13/2016 9:51PM They've Made Off well. ** -- Shenhoo 12/13/2016 12:33PM Someone asked here yesterday "dont you need people with govt experience?" -- TomKazanski 12/13/2016 10:20AM New paradigm. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 10:23AM I wish a nominated Secretary would announce they will be the last one. -- ryno hoo 12/13/2016 05:15AM And then there's this jewel from Democrats trying to team up w/ Russia - -- Mr Wahoo 12/12/2016 11:06PM Hmmm...seems like Russian influence had about the same POTUS election -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2016 06:56AM Of course you have the evidence of that which has eluded the CIA -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 08:25AM I am still waiting on the CIA's evidence...crickets so far ** -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2016 08:44AM You, personally, won't, but the Congressional Intelligence Committees will. -- HowieT3 12/13/2016 09:50AM Do you have security clearance? Are you aware that -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 09:50AM And so what if they did? Did Russia place all of those votes that saw -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 09:04AM There are 3 separate issues: 1) Did Russia try to manipulate -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 09:58AM I will say that if Trump is somehow complicit, then sure. Assange publicy -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 10:01AM Hillary's emails were probably boring also. It is the campaign people -- KCHoo 12/13/2016 1:11PM Then sure what? Sounds like you are fine with Russia trying -- 111Balz 12/13/2016 10:40AM ZZZZZZZZZ. Like a broken record. No one is fine with it. -- Hokieesith 12/13/2016 11:18AM Bruh that's from 2009. ** -- maxaverage 12/13/2016 05:00AM They can't help themselves: it's just who they are: Democrat agitprops. ** -- Doug 12/12/2016 9:57PM The Democrats and the media really still act like this is a Pam Ewing dream -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 08:54AM But Trump himself said the election was rigged & millions of votes for him -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 6:36PM Just means Trump overcame staggering odds to win this Election. -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 09:01AM Folks ain't streaming across the border and headin for Wisconsin -- Mr Wahoo 12/12/2016 10:53PM He's full of shit. ** -- Shenhoo 12/12/2016 11:42PM Wisconsin like VA & a few others, has strict voter ID laws** -- Wahoo Ron 12/12/2016 7:11PM He seemed to be saying there was a big problem in Virginia. -- KCHoo 12/12/2016 9:03PM 60K felons voting thanks to the gov could be one of those big problems ** -- Chesapeake HOO 12/13/2016 08:17AM
So out of curiosity I googled what assets XOM has in Russia and this -- CharlestonSC 12/12/2016 2:51PM It's not just XOM (From Forbes)... -- EAPo 12/12/2016 3:13PM Oh yea, Kleptocrats around the world rejoice! ** -- THECZAR 12/12/2016 8:01PM Never said it was necessarily a good thing, just that it "is." ** -- EAPo 12/12/2016 9:28PM All the fake news that is fit to print ** -- ryno hoo 12/12/2016 5:32PM I just want to know when all the alien stories are gonna finally be -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 08:55AM Clarification : 9 hand picked electors by Pelosi & the one in Texas -- Wahoo Ron 12/12/2016 7:01PM The 80's callled.... ** -- HokieDan95 12/12/2016 6:08PM Better watch out. They're going to endanger that market rally... ** -- EAPo 12/12/2016 3:14PM It's hard to know ... ordinarily somebody getting as defensive as Trump is -- CharlestonSC 12/12/2016 3:06PM Ha. ** -- hooshouse 12/12/2016 3:45PM I don't understand this angle at all. -- hoodeyo 12/12/2016 1:38PM I understand the angle, it's just desperation, but you're right -- Beerman 12/12/2016 2:58PM In hooey's formulation, even active participation by Trump doesn't matter-- -- southdenverhoo 12/12/2016 3:41PM I didn't mean to imply that. Just that real emails obtained and leaked -- hoodeyo 12/13/2016 10:44AM Of course THAT would matter -- Beerman 12/12/2016 4:15PM Not in hoodeyo's formulation as laid out in his post. I really think there -- southdenverhoo 12/12/2016 9:13PM What law was broken? ** -- TomKazanski 12/12/2016 5:03PM Dude....that's the Clinton's line!!! ** -- FreshHoo 12/12/2016 6:46PM Well, something woke McConnell up from his full partisan -- JSHoo 12/12/2016 2:50PM Of course it throws up red flags for you.....the desperation in your post -- TomKazanski 12/12/2016 3:03PM Desperation? LOL. No, Just an American who doesn't want the POTUS -- JSHoo 12/12/2016 3:30PM Ukraine say that again.... ** -- aint2Hokie4me 12/12/2016 3:58PM As soon as 3 Republicans signed on; Mitch had no choice but to join in -- Quaker 12/12/2016 3:02PM It was actually a very weak response, so I hear you murdered -- TomKazanski 12/12/2016 2:17PM That's what I don't understand. Was anything released by Wikileaks -- Hokie5150 12/12/2016 1:47PM No, and neither did they show anything but what -- 111Balz 12/12/2016 5:04PM I would check 4 websites everyday during election. -- jdubforwahoowa 12/12/2016 2:10PM That's because of the candidates we had ... you had on one side the person -- CharlestonSC 12/12/2016 2:27PM Despair from the defeated -- TomKazanski 12/12/2016 1:11PM Snowflakes and Loopholes. -- jdubforwahoowa 12/12/2016 2:12PM Don't forget "False Equivalency", though that popped up in prior months ** -- EAPo 12/12/2016 3:28PM Sisyphean ** -- Tuckahokie 12/12/2016 1:35PM Hoo uncovered your cage today, parrot. Say awwwk. ** -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 1:18PM He's right in this case. What good can come of this? -- hoolstoptheheels 12/12/2016 1:44PM None. It's sour grapes. Maybe if it were 50 Repubs & 5 Dems ... -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 2:29PM How else do you treat ridiculousness, you mock it? -- TomKazanski 12/12/2016 2:31PM Your post sums up 99.9% of my engagement with folks like yourself on this -- WahooRQ 12/12/2016 4:47PM You dont mock, you foam at the mouth and spew vile -- TomKazanski 12/12/2016 5:00PM Ooh, I guess that hit close to home didn't it, reb ** -- 111Balz 12/12/2016 8:20PM What does your use of the term, reb, mean there? Real curious -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 09:16AM He posted for years under "Rebel_Hoo" -- as well as "JesseJackson" -- WahooRQ 12/13/2016 09:27AM Gotcha. Thanks. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 09:29AM Let's help RQ in a more positive way. Sometimes, Yuletide -- Hokieesith 12/12/2016 6:10PM Now apply this to the person you voted for to be President. Hypocrite. ** -- hooshouse 12/12/2016 6:01PM If you've got hate in your heart, LET IT OUT! -- WahooRQ 12/12/2016 5:16PM An underrated skit by Mr. Chappelle, for sure. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/13/2016 09:08AM No, do not let it out. Meditate. Sit next to the Christmas tree. -- Hokieesith 12/12/2016 9:53PM It's funny. I thought the same thing immediately. ** -- Shenhoo 12/12/2016 4:54PM OK. :-) ** -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 2:42PM The GOP signatory is the faithless elector from Texas. ** -- JMHoo 12/12/2016 2:20PM As I say to hsth, maybe if it were 50 Pubs & 5 Dems; but 8 Dems & 1 Pub. -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 2:38PM "Our hearts are on fire for (Pal)myra....." ** -- aint2Hokie4me 12/13/2016 09:47AM The local (Palmyra VA) miltia was called up to duty earlier today... -- WahooRQ 12/12/2016 12:44PM The Virginia Militia -- PalmyraHoo 12/12/2016 8:46PM I forget who (JoeyWahoo perhaps) is to credit for pointing me to the fact -- WahooRQ 12/13/2016 11:02AM Saw that. Thx. Very sad. I'm an ancient history buff & what those -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 12:35PM I hope you're safe. ** -- JMHoo 12/12/2016 12:19PM If there is a more bizarre dynamic in international relations than PRC/ROC -- EAPo 12/12/2016 12:27PM Even more crazy, US can lay claim to Taiwan based on one interpretation of -- JohnHoo2 12/12/2016 3:32PM I'm not really concerned at this point. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/12/2016 11:01AM The problem with what Trump did is he went right to a China vital interest -- Hood 12/12/2016 5:34PM You'll never see the same people who criticized Obama -- The Dood_UVA 12/12/2016 10:14AM I don't think this is making Trump look weak necessarily -- wahoo138 12/12/2016 10:23AM No worries. Haven't you noticed every time Trump offends someone -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 09:08AM I think everyone is sort of soft shoeing how important -- wahoo138 12/12/2016 09:17AM Not nuclear capable apparently ** -- KCHoo 12/12/2016 1:26PM No, we shouldn't get into a posturing battle with them. That would be -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 09:25AM Good Afternoon, Waxie. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/12/2016 2:00PM Yo! ** -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 2:29PM The message to Taiwan...Join or Die ** -- Tuckahokie 12/12/2016 09:21AM I think there's some truth in that -- wahoo138 12/12/2016 09:24AM Absolutely. "Reunionification" with Taiwan is the Holy Grail of any Chinese -- JohnHoo2 12/12/2016 09:45AM Taiwan's president is now an open independista. Until now, ... -- HowieT3 12/12/2016 2:36PM After living in a free society...tough to accept this -- Tuckahokie 12/12/2016 10:41AM IMO, China dropped the ball big time with Hong Kong take over. -- JohnHoo2 12/12/2016 11:27AM Hoo's "they?" ** -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 09:25AM Taiwan ** -- wahoo138 12/12/2016 09:30AM You betcha ** -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 09:32AM Trump loves the Taiwans. ** -- Hoodafan 12/12/2016 10:36AM Now this: Bolton suggests Russian election hacks were ‘false flag’ (link) -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 08:18AM Despair from the defeated -- TomKazanski 12/12/2016 11:00AM Read my lips, TK. I neither voted for nor supported HRC; so stow your -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 12:02PM No, you just incessantly bash anything and everything Trump no matter -- Hoodafan 12/12/2016 12:21PM Writing thru your hat as usual, HooDa -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 12:37PM ^^^Sobs with Her! Perhaps you could point us to one single post where you -- Hoodafan 12/12/2016 1:06PM To summarize: you got nuthin' ** -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 1:19PM Man up buttercup, and accept your Hillary love. ** -- Hoodafan 12/12/2016 1:54PM Its Nixonian at best; the coverup is worse than the crimes -- Quaker 12/12/2016 11:14AM There is some indication Podesta got spearfished (link) -- JMHoo 12/12/2016 11:28AM The fact that people who think in terms of "false flag" are about to be -- VAGentleman05 12/12/2016 09:45AM Why is that? ** -- HokieDan95 12/12/2016 11:29AM Because they may consider it an appropriate thing for the US government to -- KCHoo 12/12/2016 12:08PM True story about the last time Bolton was involved with DoS. -- HowieT3 12/12/2016 09:41AM Sounds like liberal media Mumbo Jumbo; I don't believe that happened ** -- maxaverage 12/12/2016 09:55AM Not in the media; was told that by people who worked at State then. ** -- HowieT3 12/12/2016 11:08AM Nor would I care if it did -- wahoo138 12/12/2016 10:36AM Also heard Bolton last night agreeing with a Fox commentator -- HoosWillWin 12/12/2016 08:55AM Hey, it's what the electorate voted for ... ** -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 09:05AM Is this going to be his administration's response any time the CIA -- wahoo138 12/12/2016 08:54AM Short answer: yes. Trump will mock anything that doesn't fit his narrative -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 09:02AM Ooh the Obama admin politicized intelligence. I'm sure they were whispering -- The Dood_UVA 12/12/2016 08:39AM Based on your omnipotence? Boy, that's reassuring. ** -- CA Cav 12/12/2016 6:12PM It's not about why she lost. It's about Russia's involvement in our -- hooshouse 12/11/2016 11:55PM The Democrati laughed at Romney when he suggested during the 2012 campaign -- Tuckahokie 12/12/2016 07:46AM And Republicans shouted from the rooftops that Romney was right -- wahoo138 12/12/2016 11:13AM I think Russia is the reason that Russia is portrayed that way, don't you? -- hoolstoptheheels 12/12/2016 10:31AM Mr. Obama apparently has problems attending intel briefings, too. -- Exhoolate 12/12/2016 07:21AM Yeah, Trump was critical of him at the time -- wahoo138 12/12/2016 08:27AM An article I recently read stated more of the same -- HoosGuy 12/12/2016 08:08AM I'm sorry, did the CIA go on record with their Russian claims? -- dajoka004 12/12/2016 06:08AM Trump has global business interests. I would be shocked if he, or anyone.. -- EAPo 12/12/2016 01:19AM I've said earlier, the neo-red scare is laughable to me. -- HoosGuy 12/12/2016 08:05AM Good morning comrades ** -- wahoo138 12/12/2016 08:14AM I bet you believed there were WMD and were pro-Iraq war -- HoosGuy 12/12/2016 08:30AM I bet you're fun at parties ** -- wahoo138 12/12/2016 08:45AM As a hoo, drinking is essential to my livelihood! ** -- HoosGuy 12/12/2016 08:51AM Well for the record, comrades was just a joke -- wahoo138 12/12/2016 09:04AM I'm with you here -- HoosGuy 12/12/2016 10:36AM Even Saddam thought Saddam had WMD. His generals were... -- EAPo 12/12/2016 10:25AM The bigger issue was who cares if he had WMDs -- KCHoo 12/12/2016 1:07PM Besides, the big lie was that Iraq was a "grave and gathering threat," -- Shenhoo 12/12/2016 1:41PM Yep, it was BS -- hoothat 12/12/2016 10:01PM ^^^ ** -- EAPo 12/12/2016 2:14PM A good take on this... -- EAPo 12/11/2016 10:35PM Wait. So you don't even think the Russians were involved in the leaks? ** -- wahoo138 12/12/2016 09:20AM Don't know. Dont particularly care. ** -- EAPo 12/12/2016 11:15AM I love this quote.... -- Hoos Operator 12/12/2016 08:39AM In short, the Dems never should have nominated Hillary. This is 100% on -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 09:16AM But it was HER TURN, Waxie! ** -- wahoo138 12/12/2016 10:04AM She got the message in '08 but decided to ignore it. -- jdubforwahoowa 12/12/2016 2:15PM She apparently got more votes than anyone other than Obama in 08 ** -- KCHoo 12/12/2016 10:59PM An irrelevant figure -- HoosGuy 12/13/2016 05:41AM That's fact, not snark ** -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 2:48PM :-( ** -- WaxHoo 12/12/2016 10:33AM Washington state reps sponsor bill to allow fans to carry guns in stadiums -- Hood 12/11/2016 3:40PM The Last Boy Scout ** -- Charleston Cav 12/13/2016 07:20AM Will Aqib Talib shoot himself again if DEN plays in SEA? ** -- PalmyraHoo 12/12/2016 12:04PM That shit won't play here. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 12/12/2016 12:53AM Better to let the players carry them... -- EAPo 12/11/2016 10:41PM That should end well. ** -- EAPo 12/11/2016 9:26PM "KIll him!! Kill the umpire !!" ,someone shouted from the stands. ** -- Wahoo Ron 12/11/2016 7:20PM "It's Enriquo Palazzo!" ** -- EAPo 12/11/2016 10:37PM LOL!! ** -- 111Balz 12/12/2016 10:29AM More guns = safer america ** -- FfxStationHokie 12/11/2016 6:08PM We could have fun with bills that are introduced -- 757 12/11/2016 5:16PM The Seahawks stadium would be even louder ** -- Tuckahokie 12/11/2016 4:48PM You support a massive inefficient govt -- TomKazanski 12/11/2016 4:27PM Does it make you feel better to say landslide -- wahoo138 12/11/2016 5:31PM This is the most seats the GOP has owned since -- TomKazanski 12/11/2016 7:22PM You lost seats in the House, lost seats in the Senate, and barely.... -- Hood 12/12/2016 01:00AM When you defend the most u prob going to lose a few -- TomKazanski 12/12/2016 11:16AM You've referred to the presidential as a landslide ** -- wahoo138 12/11/2016 8:44PM Which would be govt intrusion on private property rights -- Old Dorms Rule! 12/11/2016 4:15PM I'm having trouble with the story printed by the Washington Post Friday -- wahoo138 12/11/2016 12:31PM Even if the Russkies told us they hacked Clinton to help Trump, you'd have -- Doug 12/12/2016 2:32PM Wake me up when the CIA goes on record with these claims -- dajoka004 12/11/2016 6:21PM Isn't this how the CIA actually "goes on record," with anything? -- southdenverhoo 12/11/2016 8:46PM Upon further review, is this even CIA sources? -- wahoo138 12/11/2016 11:10PM Why would Senators and Congressmen and women lie about who told them X? -- southdenverhoo 12/12/2016 08:28AM Maybe I am. Every once in a while I try to take a step back -- wahoo138 12/12/2016 10:13AM Now there's a $64,000 question. Why the fuck didn't Obama reveal this? -- southdenverhoo 12/12/2016 3:44PM No, it's not -- dajoka004 12/11/2016 10:07PM Re: Wake me up when the CIA goes on record with these claims -- Leviathan 12/11/2016 7:11PM John McCain & Lindsay Graham don't have that problem (link) -- WaxHoo 12/11/2016 2:42PM Isn't it possible that we should look into it *AND* that the WaPo is a -- CharlestonSC 12/11/2016 5:35PM Agreed ** -- wahoo138 12/11/2016 6:57PM And? So what? What are they going to do? -- Exhoolate 12/11/2016 4:54PM Nope, he's the president. What serious people are trying to do is -- southdenverhoo 12/11/2016 8:39PM Re: And? So what? What are they going to do? -- Leviathan 12/11/2016 7:16PM I don't think that is going to happen, as much as they try ** -- Exhoolate 12/12/2016 08:01AM Jennifer Rubin's comments (link) -- WaxHoo 12/11/2016 2:08PM You are obsessed, the so called fiscal hawk -- TomKazanski 12/11/2016 4:28PM Mmmm. I'm posting Jen Rubin's comments and that's knee-jerk liberal? -- WaxHoo 12/11/2016 4:37PM That was your third post talking to yourself -- TomKazanski 12/11/2016 4:49PM Proving yet again you do not comprehend written English (link) -- WaxHoo 12/11/2016 5:20PM Like I said who cares? -- TomKazanski 12/11/2016 8:44PM It's completely reprehensible. When the govt gets in bed with the press... -- EAPo 12/11/2016 2:02PM How is government in bed with the press again? -- Hood 12/11/2016 4:09PM It wouldn't be unprecedented. -- hoodeyo 12/12/2016 12:13AM ^^^ ** -- EAPo 12/12/2016 01:30AM True in general, but you're barking up a wrong tree in this instance, imo ** -- WaxHoo 12/11/2016 2:09PM WRT this ONE story, in a vacuum, perhaps. BUT We are not operating in.. -- EAPo 12/11/2016 3:01PM This thread is in fact about this one story. Try to stay on topic please. -- WaxHoo 12/11/2016 3:06PM The "one story" is not the topic, and to the extent the original poster.. -- EAPo 12/11/2016 3:46PM So you're the self appoiinted arbiter of what the original poster intended, -- WaxHoo 12/11/2016 4:35PM He defends Russia from any perceived slight. ** -- KCHoo 12/11/2016 3:11PM Careful. I have taken an oath otherwise. ** -- EAPo 12/11/2016 3:46PM Honestly? Because when it comes to the Soapbox, KC is 100% correct. -- Shenhoo 12/12/2016 12:35PM There are two issues that I perceive as being the most important facing.. -- EAPo 12/12/2016 12:45PM I'm just saying----I've observed here exactly what KC has. -- Shenhoo 12/12/2016 1:49PM LoL And that is different from anyone else here (yourself included) who.. -- EAPo 12/12/2016 2:23PM Or maybe you don't realize how you come off. ** -- KCHoo 12/12/2016 4:26PM Like I was saying: no different than anyone else on this board with a... -- EAPo 12/12/2016 5:01PM You'd have 10,000,000 if Russian honor and virtue were the topics. ** -- Shenhoo 12/12/2016 5:03PM That and a buck don't get you a ride on the Metro. ** -- WaxHoo 12/11/2016 4:41PM My guess is the same oath every federal employee takes. -- WahooRQ 12/11/2016 4:21PM Yes, but... -- EAPo 12/11/2016 9:55PM I don't doubt for a second that you have federal experience, EAPo. -- WahooRQ 12/12/2016 08:38AM Well, for starters, that (self aggrandizement) was not the point of my post -- EAPo 12/12/2016 11:13AM So will Trump but that's not really stopping him, is it? ** -- Hood 12/11/2016 4:08PM Whoa,138. WaPo reported that's the CIA's conclusion. That's reporting, not -- WaxHoo 12/11/2016 1:52PM They should require evidence before -- wahoo138 12/11/2016 2:33PM Hoo should require evidence, WaPo? Journalists shouldn't report -- WaxHoo 12/11/2016 2:40PM ""The CIA shared its latest assessment with key senators " - that's the -- 111Balz 12/11/2016 2:38PM A lot like "the FBI found potentially pertinent emails to the investigation -- WahooRQ 12/11/2016 4:49PM That's fact, Jack. No opinion, editorializing, fakery ... none of that ** -- WaxHoo 12/11/2016 2:44PM The part about the RNC being hacked is fake -- wahoo138 12/11/2016 3:18PM That wasn't in the WaPo piece, which is what you say -- WaxHoo 12/11/2016 4:25PM The conclusion gleaned from it is though -- wahoo138 12/11/2016 5:22PM The intel community gleaned its conclusion from that? Seriously? -- WaxHoo 12/11/2016 5:31PM That's all we have to go on as far as I know -- wahoo138 12/11/2016 5:43PM Exactly. That is simply reporting the CIA's assessment ** -- 111Balz 12/11/2016 2:33PM Good points ** -- hoolstoptheheels 12/11/2016 2:18PM Journalism generally is in a sorry state. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/11/2016 12:55PM Will it also include language that stops the USA from interfering with -- Mr Wahoo 12/11/2016 4:09PM It is big brotherish to try to counter foreign propaganda? ** -- KCHoo 12/11/2016 3:14PM Not at all. But of course we can already do that. It's why we.. -- EAPo 12/12/2016 01:44AM Who decides what's propaganda? ** -- hoodeyo 12/12/2016 12:12AM The courts would if it came down to it ** -- KCHoo 12/12/2016 1:29PM The marginalization of news sources that were deemed propaganda -- hoodeyo 12/12/2016 2:11PM Wow. -- hoothat 12/11/2016 11:36AM Sounds like that Russian site Breitbart will finally get shut down ** -- dajoka004 12/11/2016 12:26PM Wow is right. DOJ criminal's division has like a 95% win rate.. -- EAPo 12/11/2016 12:22PM Yeah, selective prosecution has nothing to do with that. -- WahooRQ 12/11/2016 5:20PM It's way more than that. The DOJ guys, at least the criminal section ones.. -- EAPo 12/12/2016 01:38AM Some are, some aren't. It's a big place. -- WahooRQ 12/12/2016 09:11AM Well, that's really a chicken and egg kinda thing. My take on the dynamic.. -- EAPo 12/12/2016 10:49AM My experience in trying to get them to take on cases is that they -- KCHoo 12/12/2016 4:34PM Exactly right. ** -- WahooRQ 12/12/2016 6:44PM That would be the 'big corporate cases' mindset I noted above. Also.. -- EAPo 12/12/2016 4:54PM A Clinton Fan Manufactured Fake News That MSNBC Personalities Spread to -- HokieDan95 12/11/2016 08:21AM Uh huh. So the first paragraph ends with this sentence: -- hoolstoptheheels 12/11/2016 10:11AM Hard to believe, but a long time friend of mine is convinced -- HoosWillWin 12/11/2016 11:57AM Exactly, and by the way if a lie from a presidential -- 111Balz 12/11/2016 10:44AM Organizations that purport to have journalistic integrity.. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/11/2016 10:56AM There is a reason that Fox News has a higher viewership than PBS. -- HoosWillWin 12/11/2016 1:01PM I don't see much reason for optimism right now -- hoolstoptheheels 12/11/2016 1:19PM In an article loudly denouncing it no less. This is what I mentioned -- KCHoo 12/11/2016 10:42AM Exactly. We've all suddenly become 3 years old again. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 12/11/2016 10:44AM "Fake News" = "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" ----- In other words - -- Mr Wahoo 12/11/2016 10:28AM No. A dude drove from, where, S Carolina was it? -- hoolstoptheheels 12/11/2016 10:40AM Brian Williams is a sterling example of real news. And yet, he still -- Mr Wahoo 12/11/2016 11:25AM OK, so I presume this suggests you're willing to acknowledge -- WaxHoo 12/11/2016 11:41AM Williams lied about himself, not a news story ** -- 111Balz 12/11/2016 2:48PM When you're a journalist and you lie about seeing something, you're lying -- CharlestonSC 12/11/2016 3:08PM I agree. My point was that from a direct impact -- 111Balz 12/11/2016 3:51PM Ok. And that's not a problem to you? -- hoolstoptheheels 12/11/2016 11:37AM Thanks, Hool. Good to see there that there are conservatives out there who -- WahooRQ 12/11/2016 5:11PM Of course it's a huge problem. However all I have to do is read the posts -- AcousticHoo 12/11/2016 1:46PM 0 tolerance = great idea that if implemented would put cable -- WaxHoo 12/11/2016 12:03PM Good article HokieDan. Thanks. Greenwald's an example of a guy I want to -- WaxHoo 12/11/2016 09:48AM As Mark Twain said, don't read the papers and remain uninformed, read them -- TpkeHoo 12/11/2016 10:12AM Where did you read that? :>) link -- 111Balz 12/11/2016 10:53AM He coulda said it. Or, it coulda been any American homespun philosopher -- WaxHoo 12/11/2016 11:11AM Cool. This way anything I don't agree with is just "misinformation". -- hoolstoptheheels 12/11/2016 10:24AM Guess humor isn't your strong suit ** -- TpkeHoo 12/11/2016 10:30AM Fake News! ** -- dajoka004 12/11/2016 09:30AM Really, how can we know?** -- WaxHoo 12/11/2016 09:50AM Is he related to Johnny?** -- Hoogle.com 12/10/2016 10:45PM Yes, a man who was awarded medal of friendship from Putin! A man who has -- THECZAR 12/10/2016 3:46PM You should be ashamed of yourself,....... czar. ** -- Mr Wahoo 12/10/2016 10:57PM Manchurian candidate? ** -- Hfbyrd 12/10/2016 4:09PM Too much credit IMO ... Trump is just the natural result of a political -- CharlestonSC 12/10/2016 4:28PM Drain that swamp. Drain that swamp!** -- WaxHoo 12/10/2016 2:09PM Goldman Sachs running economy and Big Oil running foreign policy -- wahoo138 12/10/2016 2:21PM Establishment wet dream. ** -- Hokieesith 12/10/2016 3:31PM Yeah fair enough ** -- wahoo138 12/10/2016 4:04PM I agree. And the voters of Trump haven't yet realized -- fphoo 12/10/2016 3:59PM Less nervous than electing Hillary tho. ;) -- AcousticHoo 12/11/2016 1:51PM Yea yea we are just so stupid -- TomKazanski 12/10/2016 11:58PM No it's the same corporate interests that control our politicians on both -- Hooooooooooooooo 12/12/2016 09:12AM It's the reason I didn't vote. No matter who gets in -- Hokieesith 12/10/2016 4:33PM Curious wax -- HoosGuy 12/10/2016 2:16PM Corporate political power is part of the swamp. ** -- Hooooooooooooooo 12/12/2016 09:15AM That's way too easy: Jon Huntsman -- WaxHoo 12/10/2016 2:49PM Yes. Former ambassador to China would have made a ton of sense. ** -- hooshouse 12/10/2016 3:19PM I had a position all picked out for Abby Huntsman too. ** -- Mr Wahoo 12/11/2016 10:31AM He'd be the best choice yes, but... -- HoosGuy 12/10/2016 3:00PM See CharlestonSC's post, below. And, didn't Trump promise to get the very -- WaxHoo 12/10/2016 3:29PM Oh I agree with you -- HoosGuy 12/10/2016 3:45PM The swamp means corporate/special interests, to me at least. ** -- hoodeyo 12/10/2016 3:04PM I think it was just a word that meant absolutely nothing to him -- KCHoo 12/11/2016 10:38AM Like Goldman, Exxon, etc? ** -- 111Balz 12/10/2016 5:01PM I've seen it ironically used for essentially all of his picks -- HoosGuy 12/10/2016 3:07PM Anyone qualified is inherently going to have some swamp juice on them, -- hoodeyo 12/10/2016 3:16PM Honestly at least those 2 guys will know what TF they're doing -- CharlestonSC 12/10/2016 3:18PM I share the same sentiment -- HoosGuy 12/10/2016 3:31PM If you accept Trump's campaign premise that big business and big gov't are -- CharlestonSC 12/10/2016 3:02PM The donald sure seems to be trying to do the opposite -- 111Balz 12/11/2016 2:36PM We need to shut off their petro income ** -- Hoogle.com 12/10/2016 10:56PM Seems like we might be helping it ramp up... ** -- hoodeyo 12/10/2016 11:38PM What could be considered right winger's safe space? ** -- Tuckahokie 12/10/2016 11:49AM The house speakers office, the senate majority leader's office, & the oval -- WAH00WA 12/10/2016 5:33PM Any "gathering" that involves white sheets and lit crosses. ** -- WahooRQ 12/10/2016 3:33PM Is this any sort of way to show Yuletide spirit? ** -- Hokieesith 12/10/2016 4:47PM A gun range ** -- WAH00WA 12/10/2016 2:06PM Waffle House. ** -- Hoocinogenic 12/10/2016 1:00PM Lol. what? ** -- hoothat 12/10/2016 8:09PM I don't get this one. ** -- Northbomb 12/10/2016 3:30PM Breitbart? This board? ** -- Hood 12/10/2016 12:16PM What about the threats private citizens get thanks to a Trump's twittering? -- Hood 12/10/2016 11:05AM She deserves no sympathy, even if she feels it necessary -- WaxHoo 12/10/2016 11:18AM I doubt she is being truthful. Their MO through the campaign has been to -- KCHoo 12/10/2016 10:35AM Hadn't considered that but it's a good possibility. She's proven no more -- WaxHoo 12/10/2016 11:03AM For someone that whined about the level of discourse not too long ago -- HokieDan95 12/10/2016 10:23AM I report. You decide. -- WaxHoo 12/10/2016 10:52AM I didn't whine about it ** -- HokieDan95 12/10/2016 11:18AM Show where I did. I'll be waiting. ** -- WaxHoo 12/10/2016 12:07PM Willing to forgive the hoakie attire. This guy rocks and should run for -- WahooRQ 12/10/2016 08:07AM Where you get information -- hoothat 12/10/2016 4:55PM It could be "Fight for 5" in a few years ** -- Hfbyrd 12/10/2016 4:29PM It's amazing any blue collar worker would vote for someone like Trump. -- WahooRQ 12/11/2016 08:50AM He's an idiot, but because you like what he's saying, you support it... ** -- Hokie5150 12/10/2016 09:19AM Some of the stuff he says is okay. It is true that companies -- Hokieesith 12/10/2016 09:24AM Why is it not enforced? Because neither Democrats nor Republicans wish to. -- Hokie5150 12/10/2016 09:29AM He seems a lot more intelligent and knowledgeable than you do. ** -- WahooRQ 12/10/2016 09:21AM He is wearing a magic hat ** -- Tuckahokie 12/10/2016 10:30AM That was a great pull. LOL >:-) ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/11/2016 11:42AM Yawn. ** -- Hokie5150 12/10/2016 09:23AM I couldn't get past the "blame immigrants" illogic 1 minute in ** -- HokieDan95 12/10/2016 08:23AM Truewhen one starts with an argument that no one is making, it is difficult -- Hokie5150 12/10/2016 09:22AM He didn't realize it but he's making the same argument -- HokieDan95 12/10/2016 09:52AM Why am I not surprised? ** -- WahooRQ 12/10/2016 09:06AM Rolling Stone all over again -- dajoka004 12/10/2016 11:38AM Strong ties to Putin... -- HoosGuy 12/10/2016 10:20AM Can he see Russia from his house? ** -- WaxHoo 12/10/2016 11:27AM And nobody is saying sleeper agent -- wahoo138 12/10/2016 10:36AM He has strong ties to Putin -- wahoo138 12/10/2016 10:32AM But don't take my word for it -- wahoo138 12/10/2016 10:49AM Yes, I read that too -- HoosGuy 12/10/2016 11:45AM I was indeed critical of the Clintons -- wahoo138 12/10/2016 12:07PM I would still tell you that this is to be expected ** -- HoosGuy 12/10/2016 12:13PM Anyone is better than Kerry who thinks air conditioners are as bad as ISIS -- ryno hoo 12/10/2016 08:47AM When I see posts like this, I just have to shake my head. ** -- HoosWillWin 12/11/2016 12:54PM Draining the swamp. ** -- WaxHoo 12/10/2016 08:21AM Seems extraordinarily unqualified in addition to the conflict of interest. -- hoodeyo 12/10/2016 12:18AM Perfect qualifications for a Trump cabinet secretary ** -- 81_Hokie 12/10/2016 01:32AM Well, those sanctions will be gone I assume. Means big money for Putin too -- wahoo138 12/10/2016 12:40AM Nvm ** -- hooshouse 12/10/2016 06:00AM Trump Transition team's official response... -- wahoo138 12/10/2016 12:12AM Go further -- they also claim one of the biggest Electoral College margins -- Hood 12/10/2016 11:02AM Also the same people that... -- HoosInLondon? 12/10/2016 08:52AM They also initially helped UBL... -- hoothat 12/10/2016 9:06PM Not that surprising. Trump wants to pull back on US involvement abroad, -- hoodeyo 12/09/2016 10:42PM Yeah this doesn't seem like it's all that "breaking" -- wahoo138 12/09/2016 10:54PM Re: Greetings from Hong Kong. After being in England for the election, -- Old Dorms Rule! 12/09/2016 8:13PM No but thanks for asking. My uncle was something like deputy to the -- Lazarus 12/10/2016 03:24AM Just back from Ho Chi Minh City and Shanghai myself -- Hood 12/09/2016 6:44PM Excellent Hood. Can't wait to head home this Friday. Coming -- Lazarus 12/09/2016 8:00PM Safe travels and hope you get an upgrade.... ** -- Hood 12/10/2016 01:30AM Yep, we go bus class. Will be my first 787 coming home.** -- Lazarus 12/10/2016 03:24AM Pick a seat away from the batteries. ;) ** -- AcousticHoo 12/10/2016 3:43PM Did that home from Shanghai. Sure does make travel suck less ** -- Hood 12/10/2016 11:06AM Ellison without a doubt! -- Hoodafan 12/09/2016 6:17PM Review to go back to 2008 election & include China as well I've read. ** -- Leviathan 12/09/2016 8:14PM Do they know beyond a doubt the hack attempt really orginated -- AcousticHoo 12/09/2016 5:48PM Wonder if he'll also order a review of the DHS's attempt to hack Georgia's -- Hokie5150 12/09/2016 4:21PM That is a big fat Nyet ** -- Tuckahokie 12/09/2016 5:10PM HAH !!! Lifelong leftist, social activist, UNCheat grad, Carrboro resident -- Mr Wahoo 12/09/2016 6:13PM "he's using"? Don't you mean "zir's using" or "hir's using"? -- WAH00WA 12/09/2016 6:57PM Can't argue with anything there. What will be interesting is who is Boss? -- Lazarus 12/09/2016 5:47PM We’re going back to the Roaring Twenties, complete with Robber Barons and -- hoodeyo 12/09/2016 4:11PM My gosh those comments are comical/scary. ** -- HokieDelNorte 12/09/2016 3:35PM If you want to feel better about the level of discourse and quality of the -- WahooRQ 12/09/2016 4:06PM Downright civil here by comparison. ** -- hoodeyo 12/09/2016 4:11PM IMHO, it's not dire enuff. Outgoing NC gov is heads and shoulders above -- aint2Hokie4me 12/09/2016 2:09PM Or should it be Doh! Fuhrer? ** -- aint2Hokie4me 12/09/2016 2:40PM Question for the SoCons ... -- Beerman 12/09/2016 1:50PM Not sure what a SoCon is, but I'll answer anyway. I think it's -- BocaHoo91 12/09/2016 2:40PM You'd think someone from southern Florida wouldn't poo poo, GW. -- Lazarus 12/09/2016 5:55PM Where did I poo poo GW? -- BocaHoo91 12/09/2016 6:29PM True. The hysteria surrounding the Trump Presidency is almost -- Hokie5150 12/09/2016 3:52PM Social Conservatives? My best guess, but don't know either. ** -- WahooRQ 12/09/2016 2:42PM Neither. It's what SoCons want! ** -- WaxHoo 12/09/2016 2:27PM North Carolina forgot to allude to the cancelled concerts and the -- jdubforwahoowa 12/09/2016 1:25PM Snowflakes is quite the buzzword ** -- wahoo138 12/09/2016 2:40PM Breitbart has spawned many parrots. ** -- Shenhoo 12/09/2016 2:50PM North Carolina should fine these organizations/people -- ryno hoo 12/09/2016 2:01PM Maybe they disagreed with the legislation and the usurpation -- KCHoo 12/09/2016 1:44PM .01% of the North Carolina population was being discriminated against. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/09/2016 1:48PM What's the acceptable threshold? -- Beerman 12/09/2016 1:55PM Don't take this in any way as a defense of the NC -- BocaHoo91 12/09/2016 2:10PM I don't know if it is or isn't -- Beerman 12/09/2016 2:14PM Ok, I am gonna stop with heel act and try to explain my view rationallly -- jdubforwahoowa 12/09/2016 2:30PM Snowflake here -- WahooMatt05 12/09/2016 3:14PM Right, but allowing a biological male student to use the -- BocaHoo91 12/09/2016 3:32PM Matt, nice read for me. I am about civil discourse at the end of the day. -- jdubforwahoowa 12/09/2016 3:31PM That's one way of looking at it -- Beerman 12/09/2016 2:54PM Nice in a vacuum, but all those people did. We differ. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/09/2016 2:55PM Re: Nice in a vacuum, but all those people did. We differ. -- Beerman 12/09/2016 3:08PM That opens up a whole other can of worms for me, personally. -- jdubforwahoowa 12/09/2016 3:39PM Peace out homey :) ** -- Beerman 12/09/2016 3:43PM Yeah -- I don't really see that specific part as discrimination either. -- KCHoo 12/09/2016 2:13PM I believe I have had this form of discussion here before. You want -- jdubforwahoowa 12/09/2016 1:58PM I'd like an honest answer -- Beerman 12/09/2016 2:01PM It is more being non-accomodating towards all the others that don't -- jdubforwahoowa 12/09/2016 2:03PM But the snowflakes had to jump in because they have been bullied all their -- jdubforwahoowa 12/09/2016 1:50PM You're projecting again. ** -- WahooRQ 12/09/2016 2:02PM Hey, buddy. Yeah, I tend to do that. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/09/2016 2:03PM Making snowflakes white again..... ** -- WahooRQ 12/09/2016 2:39PM You and I have directly talked about this before. -- jdubforwahoowa 12/09/2016 2:44PM No, but a heavy dose of snowflakeyness it seems. ** -- WahooRQ 12/09/2016 2:46PM I know one fairly well, actually. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/09/2016 2:49PM You don't understand the legislation at all ** -- KCHoo 12/09/2016 1:54PM Of course I don't. I am told often by the people here what a moron I am. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/09/2016 1:57PM I don't know if you are a moron or not. I do know you -- KCHoo 12/09/2016 2:02PM Fair retort. Fill me in on aspects of the legislation that I am missing -- jdubforwahoowa 12/09/2016 2:11PM The most meaningful part of the law imo prohibited localities -- KCHoo 12/09/2016 2:19PM Yep - it's basically the state licensing discrimination against gays, trans -- WahooRQ 12/09/2016 2:36PM And completely hypocritcal for people who claim they favor -- KCHoo 12/09/2016 2:38PM Agree, but such people tend to be FOS so not at all fazed by it. -- WahooRQ 12/09/2016 3:02PM Interesting. Please see my post above. It looks terrible appearance-wise -- jdubforwahoowa 12/09/2016 2:35PM I think they were cancelled in support of people being discriminated -- 111Balz 12/09/2016 1:40PM There is a connection. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 12/09/2016 1:42PM With what? ** -- 111Balz 12/09/2016 7:39PM A whole lot of waaaaaah in that article. ** -- Exhoolate 12/09/2016 12:51PM That guy needs to move to Denmark ** -- Tuckahokie 12/09/2016 1:20PM So if these histrionic predictions don't become reality, you think this -- Hoos Operator 12/09/2016 12:40PM It's not about getting it right, it's about moral vanity ** -- HokieDan95 12/09/2016 1:17PM What talk show told you to use that term? -- 111Balz 12/09/2016 1:42PM Why does the term bother you? ** -- HokieDan95 12/09/2016 3:20PM Can you say, KS? That's what the GOP will do to the entire country. ** -- WaxHoo 12/09/2016 12:50PM We are hoping the feds will take them off our hands -- but it isn't looking -- KCHoo 12/09/2016 2:22PM Quite a bit of poetic license to sign that North Carolina ** -- NewBernHoo 12/09/2016 11:55AM Nothing like a little melodrama to start the weekend. ** -- BocaHoo91 12/09/2016 10:59AM Seriously. Boca. Which of those predictions is even slightly far fetched. -- WaxHoo 12/09/2016 12:14PM Pretty much all of them ** -- BocaHoo91 12/09/2016 12:52PM I agree. I think the article is spot on. Today Trump appointed Cathy -- Seattle .Hoo 12/09/2016 12:34PM Would you rather buy your energy from American sources...or from countries -- Tuckahokie 12/09/2016 1:08PM #1, that's not how it works - see ballyhoo, bathtub; #2 -- 111Balz 12/09/2016 1:34PM I'm with you on number 4 -- Shenhoo 12/09/2016 1:40PM I realize that you and Balz live off the grid with all renewables and -- Tuckahokie 12/09/2016 1:57PM Then maybe you should do a little research on this subject ** -- 111Balz 12/09/2016 5:33PM I am quite certain that my grid isn't powered by Saudi oil. ** -- Shenhoo 12/09/2016 4:43PM I knew without looking that the writer was a Hole ** -- Tuckahokie 12/09/2016 10:58AM