Steve Warner's Dark City

[SciFiAuthor]

I love mushrooms. Especially the type that make you trip.

[akwilly]

Man I was drinking the other day when I called and am kinda scared to listen to the shows replay.

[Lilith]

Man I was drinking the other day when I called and am kinda scared to listen to the shows replay.

Everyone was WONDERFUL.......no worries 

[trostol]

I love mushrooms. Especially the type that make you trip.

wow...i am...shocked  :

[popple]

Sounds like my idea of a perfect day !!  I wish I had learned how to identify the ones that are safe to eat in my younger days....

The danger comes in all the excitement of the hunt! Suddenly you look up, you don't know where you are and it's getting dark 

[Faustina]

Pizza with pepperoni and mushrooms was it? 

Hee!  Thought I would give him a tiny troll scare.  Just to start off the show with a bang. 

[Faustina]

Man I was drinking the other day when I called and am kinda scared to listen to the shows replay.

You sounded great!  Couldn't tell that you'd been drinking.  Well done. 

[popple]

Your call was great Willy! I hope you catch something on film one day

[akwilly]

Your call was great Willy! I hope you catch something on film one day

Hey thanks. I will be prepared this time.

[bateman]

Man I was drinking the other day when I called and am kinda scared to listen to the shows replay.

You sounded fine - I enjoyed talking to you. ☎️

[akwilly]

You sounded fine - I enjoyed talking to you. ☎️

Thanks Steve. You were really easy to talk to and I enjoyed the show allot. I look forward to the next one.

[albrecht]

Man I was drinking the other day when I called and am kinda scared to listen to the shows replay.

You sounded fine. It was a good call.

[Faustina]

I'd love to hear Andy Basiago interviewed on Dark City.  Soon.  It would be another Presidential candidate in your cap, Bateman.

http://andy2016.com/

[zeebo]

I'd love to hear Andy Basiago interviewed on Dark City.  Soon.  It would be another Presidential candidate in your cap, Bateman.

oh +1 on this for sure, I mean the dude already knows he's gonna be pres. one day, you can get in on the ground floor bateman.

[Faustina]

oh +1 on this for sure, I mean the dude already knows he's gonna be pres. one day, you can get in on the ground floor bateman.

Just like he knows for sure he was on Mars with Obama.  And the way he tells it, I nearly believe him.

[nooryisawesome]

Just listened to the Open Lines show. I was very happy with it.

Also Trump> Clinton

[Uncle Duke]

Has Steve announced his guest for this Sunday?

[nooryisawesome]

Has Steve announced his guest for this Sunday?

Hinted at gravitational waves or something guy? Said he wanted to have him on, maybe it's someone else.

Also I changed from a Rubio supporter to Trump about two weeks ago. Honestly, I went to Trumps website and read some of his proposed ideas. His tax platform is I think is very strong. Trump has been trying to build himself into more of an issues canidate. I think a lot of people don't really pay attention to the news until closer to the general election, I believe Trump could still pick up significant support. I also think the establishment is willing to support him, if he wins the nomination. If Bloomberg enter the race, I think he is more of a hindrance to the Democrats.

[bateman]

Ho-lee shit that debate.

[SciFiAuthor]

Ho-lee shit that debate.

Rubio looked like he was on speed.

[bateman]

Rubio looked like he was on speed.

Going nuclear on Trump was the only option he had. He and Cruz made the mistake of dancing around him thus far, trying to take each other out to be the one to take on Trump. The way they played it tonight was the way they needed to be playing it weeks or months ago. Probably too little too late now.

Political Science Professor: Odds Of President Trump Range BETWEEN 97% AND 99%

[SciFiAuthor]

Going nuclear on Trump was the only option he had. He and Cruz made the mistake of dancing around him thus far, trying to take each other out to be the one to take on Trump. The way they played it tonight was the way they needed to be playing it weeks or months ago. Probably too little too late now.

They needed to be going after each other rather than Trump. They can't siphon much off of him, but they do need each other's votes. And they need them like fast.

[Jackstar]

And they need them like fast.

There is no way any of them believe that they have one chance in a hojillion of suddenly taking the lead away. Come on!

Trump is inevitable. I don't know when that flipped from "likely" to "fait accompli," but it's clearly happened by now.

[bateman]

They needed to be going after each other rather than Trump. They can't siphon much off of him, but they do need each other's votes. And they need them like fast.

I disagree. You want him to blow himself up. Being attacked on multiple fronts is something he really hasn't had to deal with until tonight, and it was clear that tactic had some effect on him.

NRO put this out last night:

Now is the time to throw everything at Trump, and to stop this disaster in its tracks.

Incidentally, when I say “everything,” I really do mean everything. Tomorrow night, as they stand on either side of Trump, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz must find their resolve and all-but-machine-gun the man to the floor. Without breaks for water or silence for applause, they must explain that Trump is an entitled mess whose business record is so questionable that he managed to bankrupt a casino; that he is an unashamed fraud who didn’t even wait to be elected president before folding on Planned Parenthood and Obamacare, exactly like the “feckless” Congress he is running against; that he is feigning religiosity to appeal to people he believes are rubes; and, above all, that whatever he may be pretending now, he has spent a lifetime screwing the little guy. They must repeat verbatim his previous words on amnesty; they must outline in detail how his policies will make life worse for everyone; and they must point out that a Trump nomination designed to “mix things up” will result, eventually, in more of the same.

What they really needed to do was paint him as a con man, and the electorate are his marks. Rubio alluded to that with his "selling watches in Manhattan" remark.

[bateman]

They needed to be going after each other rather than Trump. They can't siphon much off of him, but they do need each other's votes. And they need them like fast.

There's a report floating around that Rubio or Cruz offered the other a VP spot if they'll drop out. The offer has a time limit attached to it. I don't see either of them going for it though - they both want to try to win their home states.



Even if that were to happen though, who's to say Cruz's support wouldn't go to Trump instead? And Rubio + Cruz in the polls is still barely enough to beat Trump.

[bateman]

There is no way any of them believe that they have one chance in a hojillion of suddenly taking the lead away. Come on!

Trump is inevitable. I don't know when that flipped from "likely" to "fait accompli," but it's clearly happened by now.

I believe you're correct.

[chefist]

There's a report floating around that Rubio or Cruz offered the other a VP spot if they'll drop out. The offer has a time limit attached to it. I don't see either of them going for it though - they both want to try to win their home states.



Even if that were to happen though, who's to say Cruz's support wouldn't go to Trump instead? And Rubio + Cruz in the polls is still barely enough to beat Trump.

It's illegal to make such an offer. However, I'm sure it's often done.

[bateman]

It's illegal to make such an offer. However, I'm sure it's often done.

They're meeting in storage closets. I guarantee you it's going on.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/19/cruz-carson-held-secret-meeting-about-dirty-tricks.html

[GravitySucks]

There's a report floating around that Rubio or Cruz offered the other a VP spot if they'll drop out. The offer has a time limit attached to it. I don't see either of them going for it though - they both want to try to win their home states.



Even if that were to happen though, who's to say Cruz's support wouldn't go to Trump instead? And Rubio + Cruz in the polls is still barely enough to beat Trump.

Latest polls in Texas are close, but I still expect Cruz to win. Rubio won't even win Florida.

[littlechris]

Ho-lee shit that debate.

Fun night!! Better than MMA, that's for sure!!