In this case, that doesn’t seem to have happened, so ...

You’re right in that voters understood the “potential consequences.” And if the DNC would like to ride that high horse through 2018, they can go right ahead.

It’s not sad, because it’s not an anti-Bernie supporter rant; it’s an anti Bernie-or-Bust / Hilary’s-Just-as Bad-as-Trump rant. The two groups of people are not necessarily the same, and a rant against the latter is perfectly reasonable because that latter group is in part responsible for Trump’s victory.

I mean, 12 million people voted for Bernie Sanders in the primaries ...

... as a means to enable people to make a well-regulated militia if they wish.

It amazes me how some folks completely ignore the first part of that Amendment, which places the right of the people to keep an bear arms in the context of a well-regulated militia. There’s a reason the Amendment isn’t just the part after the comma, and the two phrases that make up the sentence are not unrelated.

In my experience, the worst you could do is “accidentally” hit the esc virtual key and cancel the previous operation. Hard to believe one could “lose all their work” by mis-touching the touch bar vs. doing the same on a normal keyboard ...

Ah, so his grasp of history matches his temperament then. Makes sense.

Man, life really is imitating art these days ...

that would be a distinction without a difference

Would everyone feel better if Garland simply had been voted down?

Hey, whatever, man. The point being that there are people that might be fun to meet in a social situation but would be horrible in office and vice versa, making it terrible metric upon which to base a voting decision. Which was the point of this particular thread.

“Because teetotalling religious conservatives always get smashed and it’s fun to watch them make asses of themselves?”

I guess the mitigating factor here is that the answer wasn’t to a question of who he thought should be President, but who he’d like to have a beer with ...

Yes, it means the lower court’s ruling stands.

Judge Richard Clifton, a George W. Bush appointee, argued that the ban couldn’t unfairly target Muslims when only 15 percent of the world’s Muslims are affected by the ban.

“President Pee-Pee”??

Anyone got any ideas on where to get a phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range when I get there?

I know, right? How sweet would that have been =D

Nah — the photo is of the Inauguration, the photographer just got the date wrong ...