We often feature acoustic guitarists who don’t just play the strings, but use the body of the guitar as a percussion instrument as well — but Tommy Emmanuel is the absolute master of the technique. If you haven’t seen him perform this tune before, be prepared to be blown away.
Tommy Emmanuel
EBS Space, Korea
Sep.30.2009Aired on Jan.26/10
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Charles Johnson Nov 16, 2014 11:53:13am |
Here’s the code to create the “Related” and “Also See” sections in posts:
<?php
$htmltext = preg_replace_callback(
'/(<p>(Related:|Also see:)(?:<br>)?\s(?:(.*?)<\/p>))/si',
function($matches) {
return '<div class="relhead">' . $matches[2] . "</div>\n" . '<div class="relarticles">' . str_replace('<br>', '', $matches[3]) . '</div>';
},
$htmltext
);
?>
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Backwoods_Sleuth Nov 16, 2014 11:55:31am |
hmm…hatchling just logged in with an interesting nic…
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Backwoods_Sleuth Nov 16, 2014 12:01:15pm |
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PhillyPretzel Nov 16, 2014 12:07:03pm |
re: #2 Backwoods_Sleuth
Only time will tell as to the hatchling.
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Feline Fearless Leader Nov 16, 2014 12:07:25pm |
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Jenner7 Nov 16, 2014 12:13:07pm |
OT:
Scroll down a bit.
Roorda on CNN. Thanks CNN for giving this piece of shit air time.
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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Nov 16, 2014 12:18:58pm |
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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Nov 16, 2014 12:19:32pm |
I also think I remember Steven Stills using his guitar body in “Suite Judy Blue Eyes”
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teleskiguy Nov 16, 2014 12:26:41pm |
{{{Backwoods_Sleuth}}}
Doorframe had a warm place a people who loved him in his twilight years. That’s a wonderful thing.
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teleskiguy Nov 16, 2014 12:30:09pm |
The sun came out today for the first time since Wednesday? I can’t be sure, but it’s been cloudy and snowy for days.
Look how much snow Vail Mountain got out of this storm cycle!
Love this shot from @lindseyvonn of her dog, Leo, enjoying all the #VailSnow! pic.twitter.com/Vjgy5zLRPu— Vail (@vailmtn) November 16, 2014
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Backwoods_Sleuth Nov 16, 2014 12:30:16pm |
re: #11 teleskiguy
{{{Backwoods_Sleuth}}}
Doorframe had a warm place a people who loved him in his twilight years. That’s a wonderful thing.
He was battle scarred and the toughest, yet most loyal, cat I’ve ever known. I’ll never understand why his previous owners lied about him and threw him away. We would have let him come indoors years ago.
I’m happy that MrBWS was home for Doorframe’s last hours. He really loved that cat.
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PhillyPretzel Nov 16, 2014 12:31:33pm |
re: #13 Backwoods_Sleuth
I am sorry to hear about Doorframe.
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teleskiguy Nov 16, 2014 12:33:11pm |
Do you think kitteh made it?
pic.twitter.com/wCmiaJj8hT— emilio porompompero (@PoromEmilio) November 16, 2014
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Jenner7 Nov 16, 2014 12:33:39pm |
“@occupythemob: #News pic.twitter.com/6twF3C6Yol”— Charles Wade (@akacharleswade) November 16, 2014
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HappyWarrior Nov 16, 2014 12:38:37pm |
re: #16 Jenner7
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The New Southern Strategy. Though it’s not really new going back to “Welfare queens” and “young bucks.”
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HappyWarrior Nov 16, 2014 12:40:55pm |
re: #13 Backwoods_Sleuth
He was battle scarred and the toughest, yet most loyal, cat I’ve ever known. I’ll never understand why his previous owners lied about him and threw him away. We would have let him come indoors years ago.
I’m happy that MrBWS was home for Doorframe’s last hours. He really loved that cat.
A beautiful tribute. Sorry for your loss. It’s always tough to lose a pet.
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teleskiguy Nov 16, 2014 12:41:37pm |
re: #17 PhillyPretzel
I think so.
Yeah. And if it didn’t it would fall spectacularly, somehow land on its feet and have that smug look on its face that just blares “I meant to do that.”
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b_sharp Nov 16, 2014 12:51:47pm |
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Here’s the code to create the “Related” and “Also See” sections in posts:
[Embedded content]
When I grow up I want to be just like you.
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bill d Nov 16, 2014 12:57:04pm |
re: #15 teleskiguy
Do you think kitteh made it?
[Embedded content]
Kitteh always makes it, kitteh always meant to do that.
//
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Feline Fearless Leader Nov 16, 2014 12:57:10pm |
re: #17 PhillyPretzel
I think so.
I think so too. But note even a miss can be saved due to the doorframe shelf just below the target.
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bill d Nov 16, 2014 12:57:31pm |
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Backwoods_Sleuth Nov 16, 2014 12:59:23pm |
re: #23 Feline Fearless Leader
I think so too. But note even a miss can be saved due to the doorframe shelf just below the target.
doorframes rock…just sayin’
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Backwoods_Sleuth Nov 16, 2014 12:59:46pm |
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BeachDem Nov 16, 2014 1:02:27pm |
Has there ever been a time when a losing (by a WIDE margin) presidential candidate, who has held one statewide office for one term almost a decade ago, was constantly trotted out to give his opinion/critique of every damn thing the current President is doing?
If so, I don’t remember it.
Romney: Don’t Rule Out Sending U.S. Troops To Fight Islamic State
Really—who in their right mind gives a shit what Romney thinks?
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Backwoods_Sleuth Nov 16, 2014 1:02:28pm |
BEES!!!
Bumble, bumble, ready to rumble. pic.twitter.com/2qvEOaXQTx
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) November 16, 2014
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Charles Johnson Nov 16, 2014 1:03:59pm |
re: #2 Backwoods_Sleuth
hmm…hatchling just logged in with an interesting nic…
The timing seems convient.
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Targetpractice Nov 16, 2014 1:04:39pm |
re: #28 BeachDem
Has there ever been a time when a losing (by a WIDE margin) presidential candidate, who has held one statewide office for one term almost a decade ago, was constantly trotted out to give his opinion/critique of every damn thing the current President is doing?
If so, I don’t remember it.
Romney: Don’t Rule Out Sending U.S. Troops To Fight Islamic State
Really—who in their right mind gives a shit what Romney thinks?
Really, Willard, are you sending your kids and grandkids to fight? Oh, of course not, but you’d send other people’s kids to fight.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Nov 16, 2014 1:05:09pm |
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jaunte Nov 16, 2014 1:06:30pm |
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Charles Johnson Nov 16, 2014 1:18:42pm |
How many football games are on today, anyway? About 18, apparently.
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sattv4u2 Nov 16, 2014 1:20:15pm |
re: #34 Charles Johnson
How many football games are on today, anyway? About 18, apparently.
12
One last Thursday
One tomorrow night
4 teams are on a ‘bye” week
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De Kolta Chair Nov 16, 2014 1:21:24pm |
re: #34 Charles Johnson
How many football games are on today, anyway? About 18, apparently.
I’m only watching the ones being played in the coldest temperatures. Go Packers!
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Jenner7 Nov 16, 2014 1:24:09pm |
Over the next 30 minutes I am going to very seriously press my case that police killings are the lynchings of 2014. Here goes.— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) November 16, 2014
Go read.
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b_sharp Nov 16, 2014 1:24:57pm |
re: #36 De Kolta Chair
I’m only watching the ones being played in the coldest temperatures. Go Packers!
CFL playoffs are on right now. SK Roughriders VS Edmonton Eskimos. Temps look to be -8C.
I just watched the Montreal Alouettes crap on the BC Lions 50 to 17.
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sattv4u2 Nov 16, 2014 1:26:09pm |
re: #38 b_sharp
CFL playoffs are on right now. SK Roughriders VS Edmonton Eskimos. Temps look to be -8C.
I just watched the Montreal Alouettes crap on the BC Lions 50 to 17.
Out of the 8 (?) teams in the CFL aren’t like 3 of them named the Roughriders!?!?!
//
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b_sharp Nov 16, 2014 1:27:51pm |
re: #40 sattv4u2
Out of the 8 (?) teams in the CFL aren’t like 3 of them named the Roughriders!?!?!
//
There used to be the SK Roughriders and the Ottawa Rough Riders.
Now it’s the SK RR and the Ottawa Red Blacks.
9 teams
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sattv4u2 Nov 16, 2014 1:29:13pm |
re: #42 b_sharp
There used to be the SK Roughriders and the Ottawa Rough Riders.
Now it’s the SK RR and the Ottawa Red Blacks.
9 teams
Have a cousin that played up there decades ago, as well as my younger sisters ex-boyfriend (again, decades ago)
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Eclectic Cyborg Nov 16, 2014 1:29:31pm |
Yep. Ottawa Rougriders haven’t existed since 1997.
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b_sharp Nov 16, 2014 1:30:35pm |
re: #43 sattv4u2
Have a cousin that played up there decades ago, as well as my younger sisters ex-boyfriend (again, decades ago)
I find it a more wide open and less predicable game than the NFL and to me, more enjoyable to watch.
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sattv4u2 Nov 16, 2014 1:31:52pm |
re: #45 b_sharp
I find it a more wide open and less predicable game than the NFL and to me, more enjoyable to watch.
Some aspects, absolutely. I love the larger endzone area. I don’t like the 3 downs
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sattv4u2 Nov 16, 2014 1:33:13pm |
re: #45 b_sharp
And the mandatory ice skates during kick offs,,,,
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allegro Nov 16, 2014 1:33:40pm |
re: #11 teleskiguy
{{{Backwoods_Sleuth}}}
Doorframe had a warm place a people who loved him in his twilight years. That’s a wonderful thing.
Ohhhh, did Doorframe cross the bridge? I am so sorry for your loss {{{B_S}}}
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sattv4u2 Nov 16, 2014 1:35:06pm |
re: #49 b_sharp
Necessary for the frozen field.
True,,, but a 20 yard penalty for cross checking seems excessive
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Jenner7 Nov 16, 2014 1:35:53pm |
Think of how preposterous it is that Amadou Diallo was shot at 41 times, but because police “FELT” afraid, they were set free. It's insane.— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) November 16, 2014
THIS. A thousand times.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Nov 16, 2014 1:36:02pm |
re: #48 allegro
Ohhhh, did Doorframe cross the bridge? I am so sorry for your loss {{{B_S}}}
Yes, I stayed up with him until after midnight. He went to sleep and then quietly passed on.
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b_sharp Nov 16, 2014 1:36:24pm |
re: #50 sattv4u2
True,,, but a 20 yard penalty for cross checking seems excessive
They now have cameras and the coaches can challenge the cross checking penalty.
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Randall Gross Nov 16, 2014 1:38:49pm |
4K SDO timelapse:
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b_sharp Nov 16, 2014 1:40:17pm |
re: #52 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yes, I stayed up with him until after midnight. He went to sleep and then quietly passed on.
That was very caring of you.
{{{B_S}}}
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sattv4u2 Nov 16, 2014 1:40:24pm |
re: #53 b_sharp
They now have cameras and the coaches can challenge the cross checking penalty.
That’s a good idea. And I like in overtime how they can use real straw brooms to help get the stone further downfield
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b_sharp Nov 16, 2014 1:41:30pm |
re: #57 sattv4u2
That’s a good idea. And I like in overtime how they can use real straw brooms to help get the stone further downfield
There was an outcry when they tried to limit it to the synthetic brooms.
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sattv4u2 Nov 16, 2014 1:43:12pm |
re: #58 b_sharp
There was an outcry when they tried to limit it to the synthetic brooms.
Three people said “eh, ya hoser” at the same time, huh?
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sattv4u2 Nov 16, 2014 1:44:45pm |
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Charles Johnson Nov 16, 2014 1:45:25pm |
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sattv4u2 Nov 16, 2014 1:47:19pm |
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Charles Johnson Nov 16, 2014 1:48:03pm |
I have that solar video open in full screen mode on my 30” monitor in 4K. Looks incredible.
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b_sharp Nov 16, 2014 1:49:58pm |
re: #65 sattv4u2
Hard to count with all the burping and hic-cupping, no ??
That’s why we always have a designated counter.
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retired cynic Nov 16, 2014 1:51:04pm |
re: #63 Charles Johnson
Now that would make some surreal ‘wallpaper’!
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The Vicious Babushka Nov 16, 2014 1:51:08pm |
Anon has hacked the KKK Twitter feed.
*YAWN*
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sattv4u2 Nov 16, 2014 1:52:40pm |
re: #67 b_sharp
That’s why we always have a designated counter.
yeah, but who wants to take their shoes off so they can use their toes in the winter!!
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b_sharp Nov 16, 2014 1:53:18pm |
re: #70 sattv4u2
yeah, but who wants to take their shoes off so they can use their toes in the winter!!
You gotta do what you gotta do.
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The Vicious Babushka Nov 16, 2014 2:03:34pm |
The #KKK account @KuKluxKlanUSA has been taken over by @YourAnonNews. #Anonymous #OpKKK #HoodsOff #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/g1kAUgjK1J— Delonte (@mettawordlife83) November 16, 2014
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allegro Nov 16, 2014 2:08:06pm |
re: #76 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
Anon’s pomposity knows no bounds.
Yet I gotta love those who out the KKK hateful, murderous assholes.
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bill d Nov 16, 2014 2:09:34pm |
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Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Nov 16, 2014 2:09:51pm |
re: #77 allegro
Today’s KKK are a bunch of clowns.
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Lidane Nov 16, 2014 2:10:06pm |
re: #74 Vicious Piebola
This is a story where I despise everyone involved, but watching the inbred, ignorant rednecks in the Klan get exposed by the Anon assholes is fine by me.
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allegro Nov 16, 2014 2:14:43pm |
re: #79 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
Today’s KKK are a bunch of clowns.
You can try to diminish this organized hatred as “clowns” - I won’t. Clowns make balloon animals and hand out candy to kids. The KKK is a group of hateful, racist murderers. Please do not compare the two.
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bill d Nov 16, 2014 2:15:16pm |
Anon’s next victim will not be as widely hated, no group can take that title away from those idiots. I hesitate to cheer Anon because they will cross that line.
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Jenner7 Nov 16, 2014 2:16:03pm |
Breaking bread w/ @deray in STL. #Ferguson http://t.co/ePWIIVLlg8— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) November 16, 2014
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Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Nov 16, 2014 2:16:07pm |
re: #81 allegro
Whom have they murdered recently?
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ObserverArt Nov 16, 2014 2:16:53pm |
re: #25 Backwoods_Sleuth
doorframes rock…just sayin’
Sorry to hear about doorframe Sleuth. I saw last night where you were worried. Kitteh was part of a good family, and really a part of the LGF family. Sniff.
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Iwouldprefernotto Nov 16, 2014 2:19:48pm |
re: #84 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
Whom have they murdered recently?
They preach hate. At the very least they encourage violence.
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Decatur Deb Nov 16, 2014 2:20:36pm |
re: #79 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
Today’s KKK are a bunch of clowns.
Ours are less funny than most.
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allegro Nov 16, 2014 2:21:13pm |
re: #84 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
Whom have they murdered recently?
I don’t know. Maybe Michael Brown. Maybe no one we’ve heard about. But see, that’s kinda the point of the KKK isn’t it. Terror and threat is the organization’s raison d’etre.
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Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Nov 16, 2014 2:21:43pm |
re: #86 Iwouldprefernotto
They preach hate. At the very least they encourage violence.
That’s not an answer to my question.
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allegro Nov 16, 2014 2:22:57pm |
re: #89 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
That’s not an answer to my question.
Are you trying to defend the KKK?
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Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Nov 16, 2014 2:23:30pm |
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Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Nov 16, 2014 2:23:39pm |
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allegro Nov 16, 2014 2:24:46pm |
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Backwoods_Sleuth Nov 16, 2014 2:24:51pm |
— The Cult Cat (@Elverojaguar) November 16, 2014
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b_sharp Nov 16, 2014 2:24:53pm |
re: #89 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
That’s not an answer to my question.
How do we know which of the following was a KKK action?
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Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Nov 16, 2014 2:25:36pm |
re: #93 allegro
At this point I’m tempted to take this as a “yes”.
You’re free to do so, if you’re dumb enough.
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Decatur Deb Nov 16, 2014 2:25:52pm |
re: #91 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
Then I stand by my characterization of them as a bunch of clowns.
They are weak at the moment because their immunity, derived from co-option of local LE and judicial authority, has been broken. Now we can see that it is being rebuilt.
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allegro Nov 16, 2014 2:35:31pm |
re: #96 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
You’re free to do so, if you’re dumb enough.
OK, I’m going to give you some quarter for “not being from here” and not really getting it. I have lived in Texas for 40+ years so I seriously do. I know about sundown laws and have seen them in action. I have had a shotgun in my face for being with a black person. I have visited with the mayor of a small town in Texas (Vidor) whose office adjoined the Grand Dragon’s office with a door that had clearly not been closed in years. While not at the height of their influence, the KKK still exists.
If you think these people have been neutralized you are the one who is not facing reality.
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teleskiguy Nov 16, 2014 2:36:16pm |
Just watched a cat use a crosswalk— Joel Cummins (@goldlikejoel) November 16, 2014
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Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Nov 16, 2014 2:36:22pm |
re: #97 Decatur Deb
Today’s “serious” white supremacists don’t need the Klan roleplayers. The GOP is a good enough breeding ground.
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Lidane Nov 16, 2014 2:37:34pm |
re: #100 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
Today’s “serious” white supremacists don’t need the Klan roleplayers. The GOP is a good enough breeding ground.
The KKK is for the white supremacist jackoffs who think the GOP are too liberal.
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Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Nov 16, 2014 2:39:30pm |
re: #101 Lidane
The KKK is for the white supremacist jackoffs who think the GOP are too liberal.
I said “serious”. That includes pragmatic.
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De Kolta Chair Nov 16, 2014 2:39:33pm |
Streetcar mishap on Nostrand and Putnam avenues in Brooklyn, NY, July 7, 1931
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Backwoods_Sleuth Nov 16, 2014 2:39:48pm |
re: #101 Lidane
The KKK is for the white supremacist jackoffs who think the GOP are too liberal.
And a lot of KKK members are LE.
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Decatur Deb Nov 16, 2014 2:41:03pm |
re: #100 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
Today’s “serious” white supremacists don’t need the Klan roleplayers. The GOP is a good enough breeding ground.
It’s not the local GOP that keeps me a pro-gun Dem. The old KKK brand is being diluted, but the number of violent nutcase groups that are replacing them are the same. Only the haberdashery has changed.
Pick your poison:
splcenter.org
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jaunte Nov 16, 2014 2:43:16pm |
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De Kolta Chair Nov 16, 2014 2:43:59pm |
Cañon City, Colorado, 1926. Come for the cotton candy, stay for the cross burning.
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Decatur Deb Nov 16, 2014 2:46:18pm |
re: #106 jaunte
The KKK Wants a ‘Shoot to Kill’ Policy to Include Migrant Children
Murder is never out of style.
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allegro Nov 16, 2014 2:46:35pm |
The big difference now and then is that they don’t need the sheets to be anonymous.
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Justanotherhuman Nov 16, 2014 2:49:23pm |
I'm covering the protesters that took part in the “Die-In” at Delmar Loop. #MikeBrown pic.twitter.com/DeTpIEabbn
— Christina Coleman (@ChristinaKSDK) November 16, 2014
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Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Nov 16, 2014 2:50:59pm |
They get it ;)
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De Kolta Chair Nov 16, 2014 2:51:43pm |
Sandy Koufax called. He said go fuck yourselves.
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Justanotherhuman Nov 16, 2014 2:54:01pm |
A funny thing just happened—when I started to type in “LGF”, which always shows up almost immediately, the roster had the name but “not available” as well. I clicked on it and LGF came up just fine.
Rather odd, though.
Also, I plead guilty.
Nothing Says Over 40 Like Two Spaces after a Period!
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Decatur Deb Nov 16, 2014 2:54:11pm |
re: #111 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak
They get it ;)
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That depends entirely on the trustworthiness of the police. This is recent enough for me:
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William Barnett-Lewis Nov 16, 2014 2:55:47pm |
re: #105 Decatur Deb
It’s not the local GOP that keeps me a pro-gun Dem. The old KKK brand is being diluted, but the number of violent nutcase groups that are replacing them are the same. Only the haberdashery has changed.
Pick your poison:
splcenter.org
We’ve got the Klan and Neo-Nazis up here in the northwoods as well. They are why I have a concealed carry license.
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teleskiguy Nov 16, 2014 2:57:57pm |
re: #99 teleskiguy
@goldlikejoel So the cat would need to cross twice to go kitty-corner— jeffersonwaful (@jeffersonwaful) November 16, 2014
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Dark_Falcon Nov 16, 2014 2:59:41pm |
re: #114 Decatur Deb
That depends entirely on the trustworthiness of the police. This is recent enough for me:
Honestly, that was an event with no good faction. The Klan is racist and murderous, but the commies were totalitarians themselves and wanted to deliver America bound hand and foot to the Cuba and the Soviet Union.
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Justanotherhuman Nov 16, 2014 3:01:07pm |
re: #116 teleskiguy
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Original word is catercorner but no one can pronounce it, therefore, various versions emerged, catty-corner, kitty-corner, and the like.
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teleskiguy Nov 16, 2014 3:01:57pm |
re: #107 De Kolta Chair
[Embedded image]
Cañon City, Colorado, 1926. Come for the cotton candy, stay for the cross burning.
Creepy picture!
I remember reading up on the history of Steamboat Springs, CO when I lived there and all the towns in northwest Colorado were thick with Klan in the 20s. They were the county commissioners, police, even the mayor of Craig, CO.
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Decatur Deb Nov 16, 2014 3:03:20pm |
re: #117 Dark_Falcon
Honestly, that was an event with no good faction. The Klan is racist and murderous, but the commies were totalitarians themselves and wanted to deliver America bound hand and foot to the Cuba and the Soviet Union.
All the dead were demonstrators. All the klansmen walked.
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William Barnett-Lewis Nov 16, 2014 3:05:57pm |
re: #117 Dark_Falcon
Honestly, that was an event with no good faction. The Klan is racist and murderous, but the commies were totalitarians themselves and wanted to deliver America bound hand and foot to the Cuba and the Soviet Union.
Here’s one you can enjoy without the leftist taint then:
en.wikipedia.org
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Justanotherhuman Nov 16, 2014 3:06:54pm |
It’s all Obama’s fault since he was in Oceania,
No immediate tsunami warning after large earthquake strikes off New Zealand, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says - @AusNewsNetwork
see original on twitter.com
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Dark_Falcon Nov 16, 2014 3:09:28pm |
re: #121 Decatur Deb
All the dead were demonstrators. All the klansmen walked.
The demonstrators didn’t deserve to die, but their ultimate cause was monstrous. Communism’s claim to support black people in America was at its core a tactic intended to undermine a nation seen as the ideology’s main enemy as well as to build up support within the US.
None of this is to say the Greensboro police should have ignored the Klan attack as they did. The police should absolutely have intervened, but to say that the Reds were killed unjustly does not make their actions good or wise.
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teleskiguy Nov 16, 2014 3:09:38pm |
Raft of blanket boats ferrying field artillery and men over Potomac River, 1860s pic.twitter.com/zmX36cxVVS— OnThisDay & Facts (@NotableHistory) November 16, 2014
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De Kolta Chair Nov 16, 2014 3:11:52pm |
Maybe the Eagles shoulda worn the Packers current uniform. Couldn’t have hurt.
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Feline Fearless Leader Nov 16, 2014 3:11:52pm |
re: #124 Dark_Falcon
They were killed unjustly. The demonstrators could have been Nazis and that still would not have justified their being attacked and killed.
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Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak Nov 16, 2014 3:14:40pm |
re: #124 Dark_Falcon
Calling the calls for racial equality a “tactic” is a bit misleading. True blue red communists do believe in racial equality.
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Dark_Falcon Nov 16, 2014 3:14:51pm |
re: #122 William Barnett-Lewis
Here’s one you can enjoy without the leftist taint then:
en.wikipedia.org
Yes, that I did enjoy. Native Americans of the South were cruelly mistreated for over a century. For the Lumbee Nation to strike back against Klansmen who had threatened and attacked them was an unalloyed good.
And its not ‘leftist’ taint, William, its that the demonstrators in Greensboro were open Communists urging violent action. Such people tended to draw up death lists and then put families like my own on them. By contrast, the Lumbees just wanted to be left alone.
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Justanotherhuman Nov 16, 2014 3:15:42pm |
re: #117 Dark_Falcon
Honestly, that was an event with no good faction. The Klan is racist and murderous, but the commies were totalitarians themselves and wanted to deliver America bound hand and foot to the Cuba and the Soviet Union.
So not true.
BTW, the secrets of the American govt itself have never come out about the number of Nazis, both scientists and spies, who were given safe passage and privilege to the US, but as I saw on TV this am, Eric Lichtblau has written a book about it.
He also told about the numbers of concentration camp survivors who were not immediately released and treated far worse than the Nazis, and had to endure the anti-Semitism of those like George Patton who remarked that Jews were, “A particularly subhuman form of refugee.” among other statements.
amazon.com
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Dark_Falcon Nov 16, 2014 3:17:19pm |
re: #130 Justanotherhuman
So not true.
BTW, the secrets of the American govt itself have never come out about the number of Nazis, both scientists and spies, who were given safe passage and privilege to the US, but as I saw on TV this am, Eric Lichtblau has written a book about it.
He also told about the numbers of concentration camp survivors who were not immediately released and treated far worse than the Nazis, and had to endure the anti-Semitism of those like George Patton who remarked that Jews were, “A particularly subhuman form of refugee.” among other statements.
amazon.com
What does that have to do with the KKK or Communism?
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William Barnett-Lewis Nov 16, 2014 3:23:42pm |
re: #129 Dark_Falcon
Yes, that I did enjoy. Native Americans of the South were cruelly mistreated for over a century. For the Lumbee Nation to strike back against Klansmen who had threatened and attacked them was an unalloyed good.
And its not ‘leftist’ taint, William, its that the demonstrators in Greensboro were open Communists urging violent action. Such people tended to draw up death lists and then put families like my own on them. By contrast, the Lumbees just wanted to be left alone.
The people of Pinochet’s government killed people like my family DF. If we don’t deal with the underlying problems we end up with one type of totalitarianism or the other.
May I simply suggest this as a starting point? smile.amazon.com
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Justanotherhuman Nov 16, 2014 3:27:34pm |
re: #131 Dark_Falcon
What does that have to do with the KKK or Communism?
Because the Communist Party, no matter what people think, has never been a real political force in this country. Most leftists I ever knew, including myself, never even entertained the thought of joining it because we knew exactly what it is—just a stone’s throw from the reactionary force known as fascism. Almost anyone who was fighting racism and other bad -isms that prevented equal justice back then was tagged as a “communist” as a smear tactic.
Yet even today, when we see the seeds of reactionary politics sprouted in mainstream venues, who complains about them? Certainly not very many in the MSM or any other “establishment” forums.
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palomino Nov 16, 2014 3:29:32pm |
re: #121 Decatur Deb
All the dead were demonstrators. All the klansmen walked.
Walked because they were found not guilty by all-white juries. But, hey, you know, commies were bad so it’s all a wash. Apparently it doesn’t really matter that the 5 dead were Drs. and nurses involved in civil rights activism.
Because if they were member of the American Communist Party they were all bad, rotten to the core, plain evil…and what they really wanted to do was “sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids and deliver us to the Soviets.” Which is actually just a lazy bit of hyperbole used by those who think all communists are exactly the same, and that anyone who joined the Comm. Party in the US was morally the same as a Soviet or KKK member. Lazy thinking without a bit of nuance. But what else would you expect from an American conservative?
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Dark_Falcon Nov 16, 2014 3:32:35pm |
re: #133 Justanotherhuman
Because the Communist Party, no matter what people think, has never been a real political force in this country. Most leftists I ever knew, including myself, never even entertained the thought of joining it because we knew exactly what it is—just a stone’s throw from the reactionary force known as fascism. Almost anyone who was fighting racism and other bad -isms that prevented equal justice back then was tagged as a “communist” as a smear tactic.
Yet even today, when we see the seeds of reactionary politics sprouted in mainstream venues, who complains about them? Certainly not very many in the MSM or any other “establishment” forums.
But that pack openly proclaimed themselves to be Communists and they were openly calling for violence. Those two facts together cause me consider a person a malefactor.
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palomino Nov 16, 2014 3:34:18pm |
re: #130 Justanotherhuman
So not true.
BTW, the secrets of the American govt itself have never come out about the number of Nazis, both scientists and spies, who were given safe passage and privilege to the US, but as I saw on TV this am, Eric Lichtblau has written a book about it.
He also told about the numbers of concentration camp survivors who were not immediately released and treated far worse than the Nazis, and had to endure the anti-Semitism of those like George Patton who remarked that Jews were, “A particularly subhuman form of refugee.” among other statements.
amazon.com
Sounds a lot like Pres. Nixon. If you haven’t seen the recent HBO documentary “Nixon by Nixon”, then check it out. He was appallingly racist, even for his time. Most memorable quotes: “Blacks in America live like animals. They won’t catch up to the rest of us for 500 years.” And “Jews can’t be trusted, they never stop lying. They’re all disloyal, and they mostly hate America.” Presumably this is why he didn’t have a lot of Jews on his staff, and for those he did (Kissinger), he demanded their phones were tapped and offices bugged.
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RealityBasedEbola Nov 16, 2014 3:34:33pm |
re: #125 teleskiguy
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Never heard of “Blanket Boats”, but here’s a piece on it deadconfederates.com
Good article with excerpts from what looks to be a field manual on how to build and use them
RBS
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allegro Nov 16, 2014 3:37:23pm |
re: #136 palomino
Sounds a lot like Pres. Nixon. If you haven’t seen the recent HBO documentary “Nixon by Nixon”, then check it out. He was appallingly racist, even for his time. Most memorable quotes: “Blacks in America live like animals. They won’t catch up to the rest of us for 500 years.” And “Jews can’t be trusted, they never stop lying. They’re all disloyal, and they mostly hate America.” Presumably this is why he didn’t have a lot of Jews on his staff, and for those he did (Kissinger), he demanded their phones were tapped and offices bugged.
My first presidential vote at age 18 was cast for Nixon. I’m still ashamed. Even more now.
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Dark_Falcon Nov 16, 2014 3:37:33pm |
re: #136 palomino
Sounds a lot like Pres. Nixon. If you haven’t seen the recent HBO documentary “Nixon by Nixon”, then check it out. He was appallingly racist, even for his time. Most memorable quotes: “Blacks in America live like animals. They won’t catch up to the rest of us for 500 years.” And “Jews can’t be trusted, they never stop lying. They’re all disloyal, and they mostly hate America.” Presumably this is why he didn’t have a lot of Jews on his staff, and for those he did (Kissinger), he demanded their phones were tapped and offices bugged.
The great irony there is despite his dislike of Jews, Nixon ordered US air shipments of arms to Israel during the Yom Kipur War of 1973, and those weapons were instrumental in the eventual Israeli victory.
Nixon’s heart was in the wrong place, but know abandoning allies is unwise.
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Eventual Carrion Nov 16, 2014 3:38:49pm |
re: #74 Vicious Piebola
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All Your Robes Are Belong to Us
I’m In Your Base, Peeing in Your Hoods
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Backwoods_Sleuth Nov 16, 2014 3:38:51pm |
re: #117 Dark_Falcon
Honestly, that was an event with no good faction. The Klan is racist and murderous, but the commies were totalitarians themselves and wanted to deliver America bound hand and foot to the Cuba and the Soviet Union.
COMMIES!
Drink!
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thecommodore Nov 16, 2014 3:39:19pm |
THE COMMUNIST PARTY AND THE DEMOCRAT PARTY HAVE THE EXACT SAME PLATFORM THAT SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING!!!!!!!!! 11TY
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palomino Nov 16, 2014 3:41:26pm |
re: #139 Dark_Falcon
The great irony there is despite his dislike of Jews, Nixon ordered US air shipments of arms to Israel during the Yom Kipur War of 1973, and those weapons were instrumental in the eventual Israeli victory.
Nixon’s heart was in the wrong place, but know abandoning allies is unwise.
Didn’t he do that primarily because we needed the Israelis as anti-communist allies? Had that not factored into the equation, Nixon probably would have done nothing. Indeed, I believe it was Kissinger himself who talked Nixon into helping…partly by appealing to his desire to maintain influence in the Middle East.
I really hate seeing Nixon get credit for “saving the Jews” when he didn’t give a flying fuck about them.
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allegro Nov 16, 2014 3:42:17pm |
re: #141 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hey B_S, I learned a new delicious trick today with my breakfast sandwich maker. I put a sliver of butter and some chopped onions in the egg compartment when I plugged in the thingy. Waited a minute after the green light blinked and added the muffin, cheese, turkey sausage in the bottom and the egg on top of the onions. Ohhh my, so good.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Nov 16, 2014 3:44:13pm |
re: #144 allegro
oooh! I’m ready to experiment now that I’ve got a few basic sammiches successfully complete.
They were excellent! Loved how the English muffin was thin crispy outsides.
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Justanotherhuman Nov 16, 2014 3:50:04pm |
re: #135 Dark_Falcon
But that pack openly proclaimed themselves to be Communists and they were openly calling for violence. Those two facts together cause me consider a person a malefactor.
That “pack” was basically comprised of 5 hardcores who recruited some locals under the banner of “worker equality”, iirc. They were basically a Maoist/Stalinist group unable to think ahead of their ideology.
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RealityBasedEbola Nov 16, 2014 3:53:19pm |
re: #144 allegro
Hey B_S, I learned a new delicious trick today with my breakfast sandwich maker. I put a sliver of butter and some chopped onions in the egg compartment when I plugged in the thingy. Waited a minute after the green light blinked and added the muffin, cheese, turkey sausage in the bottom and the egg on top of the onions. Ohhh my, so good.
What is this “Breakfast Sandwich Maker” thingie?
RBS
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allegro Nov 16, 2014 3:53:44pm |
re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth
oooh! I’m ready to experiment now that I’ve got a few basic sammiches successfully complete.
They were excellent! Loved how the English muffin was thin crispy outsides.
Please share your successes!
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Justanotherhuman Nov 16, 2014 3:54:22pm |
Brrr! The South is about to get slammed. Only supposed to be 37 deg here on Tues for a high. Rain tomorrow, but it will climb into the 50s from the 40s, so no ice, at least, but 5 freezing nights in a row after that.
You?
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bratwurst Nov 16, 2014 3:55:31pm |
re: #149 Justanotherhuman
Brrr! The South is about to get slammed. Only supposed to be 37 deg here on Tues for a high. Rain tomorrow, but it will climb into the 50s from the 40s, so no ice, at least, but 5 freezing nights in a row after that.
You?
HIGHS in the 20s all week in Chicagoland. I am SO not ready for this in mid-November.
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Usually refered to as anyways Nov 16, 2014 3:55:48pm |
There will be no ransom…
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allegro Nov 16, 2014 3:55:55pm |
re: #147 RealityBasedEbola
What is this “Breakfast Sandwich Maker” thingie?
RBS
This. Hamilton Beach…
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Backwoods_Sleuth Nov 16, 2014 3:56:19pm |
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PhillyPretzel Nov 16, 2014 3:57:35pm |
re: #149 Justanotherhuman
re: #150 bratwurst
Philly is going to be in the same boat. forecast.weather.gov
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Targetpractice Nov 16, 2014 3:58:03pm |
re: #151 Usually refered to as anyways
There will be no ransom…
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RealityBasedEbola Nov 16, 2014 4:02:02pm |
I’m sorta half-watching DeepStar Six on Netflix. Is it wrong to root for the monster?
RBS
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urbanmeemaw Nov 16, 2014 4:02:31pm |
re: #52 Backwoods_Sleuth
My condolences to you and Mr. Sleuth.
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teleskiguy Nov 16, 2014 4:03:05pm |
re: #149 Justanotherhuman
Brrr! The South is about to get slammed. Only supposed to be 37 deg here on Tues for a high. Rain tomorrow, but it will climb into the 50s from the 40s, so no ice, at least, but 5 freezing nights in a row after that.
You?
Single digits and lower at night. We may get up into the 30s by midweek, then more snow at the end of the week.
Most of the high mountains received 2+ feet of snow in the last few days.
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De Kolta Chair Nov 16, 2014 4:03:25pm |
This photo always reminds me of my old pal Murpy. Looks just like him, and if the man had a beard, was smaller and thinner and had an Irish pug nose he’d look more than a little like me. As it is, he looks nothing like me, but I’ll be damned if that ain’t the spittin’ image of Murpy.
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PhillyPretzel Nov 16, 2014 4:04:26pm |
re: #159 De Kolta Chair
Please excuse me but there is no photo. Link?
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Justanotherhuman Nov 16, 2014 4:05:33pm |
My favorite breakfast sandwich is a scrambled egg covered in salsa on an “Extreme” low-carb, all grain tortilla. Yummers. About 200 cals and it lasts until I eat a piece of fruit 3 hrs later. Usually have breakfast about 6 am. I count cals to lose another 10-15 lbs. Difficult with all the Halloween candy in the house. : (
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bratwurst Nov 16, 2014 4:07:02pm |
Wow. 100,000 people submitted applications 4 insurance on O'care website on one day. Someone needs to tell them they've lost their freedom.— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 17, 2014
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PhillyPretzel Nov 16, 2014 4:08:25pm |
re: #162 bratwurst
Someone needs to tell Eichenwald he is barking up the wrong tree.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Nov 16, 2014 4:09:14pm |
re: #157 urbanmeemaw
thanks.
Doorframe had a hard life until this summer.
It was our honor to share his last months and be there with him at the end.
No one should die alone and afraid. He died with dignity, in warmth and relative comfort, and much loved.
I will miss our walks, he went everywhere with me outdoors when he was still an outdoor outcast.
And now there is a gentle cold rain slowly turning over to snow.
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Justanotherhuman Nov 16, 2014 4:09:52pm |
Federal drug agents conduct surprise inspections of NFL team medical staffs following games as part of ongoing investigation into prescription drug abuse, official tells @washingtonpost
read more on washingtonpost.com
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ObserverArt Nov 16, 2014 4:12:40pm |
re: #138 allegro
My first presidential vote at age 18 was cast for Nixon. I’m still ashamed. Even more now.
Mine too, ‘72 elections, just turned 18, and in first year of college. Ugh. Live and learn.
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Justanotherhuman Nov 16, 2014 4:15:13pm |
Not good news…
Japan falls into recession; annualized GDP falls 1.6%, setting stage for delay in sales tax increase. - @WSJbreakingnews
read more on online.wsj.com
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William Barnett-Lewis Nov 16, 2014 4:16:39pm |
re: #166 ObserverArt
Mine too, ‘72 elections, just turned 18, and in first year of college. Ugh. Live and learn.
Shrug. I voted for Reagan in 1984 because I despised Mondale even more for what he’d done to NASA in the 70’s.
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urbanmeemaw Nov 16, 2014 4:19:59pm |
re: #163 PhillyPretzel
Someone needs to tell Eichenwald he is barking up the wrong tree.
I think Eichenwald was being snarky about the anti ACA crowd. I’ve read his stuff and he has a clue!
We’re supposed to get 2-4 inches of snow overnight here in Cincinnati. WAAAAAHHHHHHH! Hate this stuff.
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BeachDem Nov 16, 2014 4:20:49pm |
re: #141 Backwoods_Sleuth
COMMIES!
Drink!
Not just commies, but REDS…who wanted to deliver America bound hand and foot to the Cuba and the Soviet Union.
Where’s my bed? I need to hide under it.
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ObserverArt Nov 16, 2014 4:21:02pm |
re: #149 Justanotherhuman
Brrr! The South is about to get slammed. Only supposed to be 37 deg here on Tues for a high. Rain tomorrow, but it will climb into the 50s from the 40s, so no ice, at least, but 5 freezing nights in a row after that.
You?
I just checked our forecast for Columbus, and now there are saying 4” to 6” of the white stuff from this midnight through 3-4 PM tomorrow.
If so, that will be the largest first snowfall I can remember in central Ohio in a long, long time. That’ll make the morning roads fun. Oh well, the locals will just have to remember how to drive in the snow quicker than usual.
I hate to see what is in store for Cleveland, but I think I did hear someone say parts of the snow belt could get up to a 18”. Hello!
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urbanmeemaw Nov 16, 2014 4:21:09pm |
re: #164 Backwoods_Sleuth
thanks.
Doorframe had a hard life until this summer.
It was our honor to share his last months and be there with him at the end.
No one should die alone and afraid. He died with dignity, in warmth and relative comfort, and much loved.
I will miss our walks, he went everywhere with me outdoors when he was still an outdoor outcast.
And now there is a gentle cold rain slowly turning over to snow.
A beautifully written tribute.
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BeachDem Nov 16, 2014 4:24:04pm |
re: #146 Justanotherhuman
That “pack” was basically comprised of 5 hardcores who recruited some locals under the banner of “worker equality”, iirc. They were basically a Maoist/Stalinist group unable to think ahead of their ideology.
The marchers killed were: Sandi Smith,[3] a nurse and civil rights activist; Dr. James Waller,[4] president of a local textile workers union who ceased medical practice to organize workers; Bill Sampson,[5] a graduate of the Harvard Divinity School; Cesar Cauce,[6] a Cuban immigrant who graduated magna cum laude from Duke University; and Dr. Michael Nathan,[7] chief of pediatrics at Lincoln Community Health Center in Durham, North Carolina, a clinic that helped children from low-income families.
Oooh, they sound so scary and so likely to deliver America bound hand and foot to the Cuba and the Soviet Union.
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The Vicious Babushka Nov 16, 2014 4:25:12pm |
WHAT A FECKIN IDJIT==>
If ObamaCare is repealed in its entirety, insurance companies would be out with affordable products in 24 hours.— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) November 16, 2014
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sagehen Nov 16, 2014 4:25:13pm |
re: #103 De Kolta Chair
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Streetcar mishap on Nostrand and Putnam avenues in Brooklyn, NY, July 7, 1931
I can see why they might name their local baseball team the Trolleydodgers…
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HappyWarrior Nov 16, 2014 4:27:26pm |
re: #175 BeachDem
The marchers killed were: Sandi Smith,[3] a nurse and civil rights activist; Dr. James Waller,[4] president of a local textile workers union who ceased medical practice to organize workers; Bill Sampson,[5] a graduate of the Harvard Divinity School; Cesar Cauce,[6] a Cuban immigrant who graduated magna cum laude from Duke University; and Dr. Michael Nathan,[7] chief of pediatrics at Lincoln Community Health Center in Durham, North Carolina, a clinic that helped children from low-income families.
Oooh, they sound so scary and so likely to deliver America bound hand and foot to the Cuba and the Soviet Union.
Makes you even more angry to know that juries acquitted VIola Liuzzo’s killers. Thanks for describing and humanizing the victims though.
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Justanotherhuman Nov 16, 2014 4:27:33pm |
re: #175 BeachDem
I wasn’t referring to the victims, but to those who made up the Communist Workers Party led by Jerry Tung.
I should have been clearer about that.
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BeachDem Nov 16, 2014 4:27:53pm |
re: #149 Justanotherhuman
Brrr! The South is about to get slammed. Only supposed to be 37 deg here on Tues for a high. Rain tomorrow, but it will climb into the 50s from the 40s, so no ice, at least, but 5 freezing nights in a row after that.
You?
50 here now; 72 tomorrow; 50s and 60s the rest of the week—up to 70 on Sunday. (The main reason I live here—hate driving in snow; hate shoveling snow.)
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jaunte Nov 16, 2014 4:28:23pm |
re: #176 Vicious Piebola
I’ve got an ‘affordable’ policy for Bryan.
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HappyWarrior Nov 16, 2014 4:28:47pm |
re: #176 Vicious Piebola
WHAT A FECKIN IDJIT==>
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And if Obamacare were repealed tomorrow, Bryan would still be complaining because he has to share a planet with people who don’t share his desire for a theocracy.
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HappyWarrior Nov 16, 2014 4:30:41pm |
Really is sad though that millions of their fellow Americans having affordable health care bothers conservatives like Bryan, John Boehner, Ted Cruz, Mitch McConnell, and every other member of the GOP caucus that has voted to repeal all these times. I hope for their sake they never get their wish for a repeal and then have to live the pain of being denied insurance because of a pre-existing condition. Is being a right wing asshole a pre-existing condition though or is it more like being a chain smoker.
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allegro Nov 16, 2014 4:31:40pm |
re: #176 Vicious Piebola
WHAT A FECKIN IDJIT==>
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Oh really? Where were they 4 years ago when I got colon cancer and my very expensive, high deductible insurance company cancelled my individual policy? They didn’t even pay what they were obligated to pay, damn near bankrupting me. Get a new policy with a new company? Hahaha - not at ANY price.
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The Vicious Babushka Nov 16, 2014 4:32:10pm |
Those “cheap” policies covered basically nothing but collected money from suckers, that’s why they had to be eliminated.
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HappyWarrior Nov 16, 2014 4:33:53pm |
I am just glad the pre-existing condition ban was put in. That’s the part most important to me. There’s no lawful or at that moral reason why I should be denied coverage because of a genetic heart condition I have no control over and I appreciate that President Obama and his allies fought hard for that.
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Targetpractice Nov 16, 2014 4:34:03pm |
re: #176 Vicious Piebola
WHAT A FECKIN IDJIT==>
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By which Bryan means they’ll be back to scamming people out of their money in under a year. Mini-meds and “catastrophic care” for everyone!
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BeachDem Nov 16, 2014 4:34:13pm |
re: #179 Justanotherhuman
I wasn’t referring to the victims, but to those who made up the Communist Workers Party led by Jerry Tung.
I should have been clearer about that.
Ah—I was confused—yet was sort of on the same page (and still think either group was not all that bed-wetting scary.)
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The Vicious Babushka Nov 16, 2014 4:35:03pm |
HURR HURR U HAVE TYPE I DIABETES, NO POLICY 4 U!!!11!!!!!
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HappyWarrior Nov 16, 2014 4:35:36pm |
re: #189 Vicious Piebola
HURR HURR U HAVE TYPE I DIABETES, NO POLICY 4 U!!!11!!!!!
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
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Lidane Nov 16, 2014 4:35:41pm |
Last time Republicans had a House Majority this large, America crashed into a Great Depression http://t.co/qosG3hSqBT pic.twitter.com/IKD31fJXGZ— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) November 16, 2014
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William Barnett-Lewis Nov 16, 2014 4:35:45pm |
re: #164 Backwoods_Sleuth
Favorited that one.
I’m reminded of my last kitty, Balbina. She was old and had a long good life. But the end came suddenly as a tumor caused her back legs to suddenly stop working. I sat with her at the vets as first they gave her pain medication and then later as they gave her the last shot and stroked her head gently till she had “crossed the bridge.”
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HappyWarrior Nov 16, 2014 4:36:26pm |
My favorite bit though was when some conservative publication told Stephen Hawking that if he lived in a country that had socialized medicine that he would have died years ago. Dr. Hawking in his infinite wisdom reminded them that he is and has been a long time resident of the UK.
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HappyWarrior Nov 16, 2014 4:39:45pm |
re: #191 Lidane
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You see, we cut taxes and still spend obscene amounts of defense. We’re fiscal conservatives because we say we are not because we actually are. Speaking of insanity though, Mitt running for president again would be. What’s it going to take for Mitt to realize that no one really likes him not even his fellow Republicans. He should just enjoy his retirement but I guess being a power hungry dick, that thought never occurred to him.
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Eventual Carrion Nov 16, 2014 4:40:47pm |
re: #166 ObserverArt
Mine too, ‘72 elections, just turned 18, and in first year of college. Ugh. Live and learn.
‘80 Carter for me.
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HappyWarrior Nov 16, 2014 4:41:41pm |
re: #196 Eventual Carrion
‘80 Carter for me.
Showing my age but uh Obama ‘08. Just missed ‘04 by a year which would have been Kerry and no regrets at all here for campaigning for him. Was wrong about John Edwards though.
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De Kolta Chair Nov 16, 2014 4:45:26pm |
re: #196 Eventual Carrion
‘80 Carter for me.
Carter was my first presidential vote as well, though I voted for Eugene McCarthy in the primary. I figured I owed him one.
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William Barnett-Lewis Nov 16, 2014 4:45:40pm |
re: #196 Eventual Carrion
‘80 Carter for me.
Couldn’t vote in 80, but campaigned for Anderson that year.
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Eventual Carrion Nov 16, 2014 4:47:09pm |
re: #168 William Barnett-Lewis
Shrug. I voted for Reagan in 1984 because I despised Mondale even more for what he’d done to NASA in the 70’s.
I sat that one out. Then went Dukakis and next Perot (the searching years).
Always liked a shirt I saw during the Dukakis - Bush campaign. A vagina and a penis chasing each other (you can figure out which was named which), and the caption was “One fucking thing after another!”.
EDIT: correct spelling, wrong word.
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De Kolta Chair Nov 16, 2014 4:47:30pm |
re: #199 William Barnett-Lewis
Couldn’t vote in 80, but campaigned for Anderson that year.
I knew several folks who voted for Anderson as a protest vote. It never ceased to amaze me how little they actually knew about him, i.e., the whole evangelical Jesus freak thing.
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Skip Intro Nov 16, 2014 4:47:40pm |
re: #185 Vicious Piebola
Those “cheap” policies covered basically nothing but collected money from suckers, that’s why they had to be eliminated.
With a pre-existing condition, you couldn’t even get a “cheap” policy, unless by cheap you mean free because no one would cover you.
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HappyWarrior Nov 16, 2014 4:49:10pm |
The first election I really really remember and again showing my age is Clinton’s first. I don’t remember the issues or anything like. Just my Dad taking me to the mall for the inauguration and him later joking that it was a good thing Clinton won because the music was better than if Bush or Perot had.
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BeachDem Nov 16, 2014 4:50:35pm |
re: #166 ObserverArt
Mine too, ‘72 elections, just turned 18, and in first year of college. Ugh. Live and learn.
‘72 for me as well, but I voted for McGovern. (REALLY wanted to vote in the 68 election, but the voting age was still 21 and I was only 20.)
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HappyWarrior Nov 16, 2014 4:52:50pm |
Would anyone have beaten Nixon in ‘72? Obviously wasn’t alive but it would be nice to hear thoughts from people who were there. I know from reading All the President’s Men and Nixonland that Nixon’s people viewed Muskie as the biggest threat hence why a WH staffer wrote the Canuck letter and a lot of the “ratfucking” was done to Muskie.
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William Barnett-Lewis Nov 16, 2014 4:55:06pm |
re: #201 De Kolta Chair
I knew several folks who voted for Anderson as a protest vote. It never ceased to amaze me how little they actually knew about him, i.e., the whole evangelical Jesus freak thing.
I was young and with little experience dealing with that crowd so it didn’t bother me as it would these days.
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The Vicious Babushka Nov 16, 2014 4:56:24pm |
My first election was 1976 and I voted for Gerald Ford.
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De Kolta Chair Nov 16, 2014 4:56:29pm |
My dad, who was a sergeant in the Air Force, wore his McGovern Million Member button on the reverse of the lapel of his uniform. I remember him saying he could’ve gotten in trouble if the brass found out about it. He was a bit of a rebel, my dad.
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allegro Nov 16, 2014 4:57:47pm |
re: #207 Vicious Piebola
My first election was 1976 and I voted for Gerald Ford.
That was the only Republican vote I ever made that I felt good about. I liked that guy. Thought his decision to pardon Nixon was questionable but understood it.
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HappyWarrior Nov 16, 2014 4:59:29pm |
re: #209 allegro
That was the only Republican vote I ever made that I felt good about. I liked that guy. Thought his decision to pardon Nixon was questionable but understood it.
I think he was the last Republican candidate for president I could see myself supporting. Agree, likable guy. I probably like him more than I do Carter though I have no idea how I would have felt about the Nixon pardon had I been alive at the time. It certainly is sad though that after his candidacy that the Republican Party ran away from nominating guys like him.
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Skip Intro Nov 16, 2014 5:04:49pm |
re: #205 HappyWarrior
Would anyone have beaten Nixon in ‘72? Obviously wasn’t alive but it would be nice to hear thoughts from people who were there. I know from reading All the President’s Men and Nixonland that Nixon’s people viewed Muskie as the biggest threat hence why a WH staffer wrote the Canuck letter and a lot of the “ratfucking” was done to Muskie.
If you want to get a feel of the 1972 election from the greatest political writer of the time, get Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72. Thompson was at the top of his game then, and amazingly even ended up riding with Nixon in his limo.
You’ll feel like you were there.
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allegro Nov 16, 2014 5:05:04pm |
re: #210 HappyWarrior
I think he was the last Republican candidate for president I could see myself supporting. Agree, likable guy. I probably like him more than I do Carter though I have no idea how I would have felt about the Nixon pardon had I been alive at the time. It certainly is sad though that after his candidacy that the Republican Party ran away from nominating guys like him.
The Nixon pardon was kind of a relief actually after all the Watergate stuff and his resignation. The country was pretty much exhausted with all of the scandal that had gone on for so long. And that was after years of protests, riots, Viet Nam, etc. I could never take Carter seriously - I still can’t to be honest. Nice guy but I never felt he was reality based.
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HappyWarrior Nov 16, 2014 5:05:26pm |
re: #211 Skip Intro
If you want to get a feel of the 1972 election from the greatest political writer of the time, get Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72. Thompson was at the top of his game then, and amazingly even ended up riding with Nixon in his limo.
You’ll feel like you were there.
Cool. I’ll look for it. Thanks. Been wanting to read some Thompson now for some time.
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Skip Intro Nov 16, 2014 5:09:26pm |
re: #213 HappyWarrior
Cool. I’ll look for it. Thanks. Been wanting to read some Thompson now for some time.
Skip the movies. Find Hell’s Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and read them through.
You’ll end up wondering how this guy even made it to the 1970s and how the hell did the Secret Service let him get within a mile of Nixon.
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HappyWarrior Nov 16, 2014 5:09:28pm |
re: #212 allegro
The Nixon pardon was kind of a relief actually after all the Watergate stuff and his resignation. The country was pretty much exhausted with all of the scandal that had gone on for so long. And that was after years of protests, riots, Viet Nam, etc. I could never take Carter seriously - I still can’t to be honest. Nice guy but I never felt he was reality based.
Right. Heck even Ted Kennedy gave Ford credit for pardoning Nixon and I saw that McGovern said that he privately voted for Ford in the 76 election. I can’t put my finger on Carter. I do think he’s a nice enough guy though seemingly naive about much but at the same time, I have a problem with him being blamed for all the economic problems of his presidency. It does amuse me though to hear the right complain about “blaming Bush” when many of them still blame Carter.
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HappyWarrior Nov 16, 2014 5:10:12pm |
re: #214 Skip Intro
Skip the movies. Find Hell’s Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and read them through.
You’ll end up wondering how this guy even made it to the 1970s and how the hell did the Secret Service let him get within a mile of Nixon.
Sounds great, thanks. Been wanting to do more reading about and from that era lately.
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darthstar Nov 16, 2014 5:10:36pm |
#Anonymous now in control of the main #KKK twitter account @KuKluxKlanUSA #OpKKK #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/AKGKQy6zmL— Anonymous (@occupythemob) November 16, 2014
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teleskiguy Nov 16, 2014 5:11:26pm |
re: #211 Skip Intro
If you want to get a feel of the 1972 election from the greatest political writer of the time, get Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72. Thompson was at the top of his game then, and amazingly even ended up riding with Nixon in his limo.
You’ll feel like you were there.
Best campaign journalism tome in existence, in my mind. And so funny.
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#FergusonFireside Nov 16, 2014 5:12:27pm |
Guess where I was all day?
Trying to expand my horizons, and my neighbor made me go.
This weekend the track heats up at the Auto Club NHRA Finals> http://t.co/P7qUcjV4LT You ready? #NHRA
— NHRA (@NHRA) November 10, 2014
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allegro Nov 16, 2014 5:14:07pm |
re: #219 Resident of The United States of Jesus
Guess where I was all day?
Trying to expand my horizons, and my neighbor made me go.
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CAN YOU STILL HEAR?
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De Kolta Chair Nov 16, 2014 5:14:42pm |
Though I was too young to vote in 1972, I was among a small group of long-haired freaks who spent part of a day shuttling Sargeant Shriver around Tucson to a couple of speaking engagements. Frankly, I thought he was a bit on the dull side. The good thing for me was that in the afternoon we handed him over to some good union folks from the copper mines, a few of whom I got to know and still hang out with whenever I get out there.
If memory serves, Shriver was an ensign aboard my uncle Bob’s ship. the South Dakota, during WWIII.
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Justanotherhuman Nov 16, 2014 5:15:49pm |
Carter and my dad looked so much alike they could have been brothers.
I voted for him, but only because I never have voted Republican. So, just call me an an old yellow dog Dem if you’d like. : ) Since I started voting in the early 60s, the Dems just seemed to be on the right side of civil rights, women’s rights, unions, etc.
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Skip Intro Nov 16, 2014 5:16:03pm |
re: #212 allegro
I always thought Carter’s main problems were not with him but his crazy family who couldn’t keep themselves out of the spotlight.
There was his mean ass mother Miss Lillian, a crazed, snake handling religious lunatic sister, and best of all, brother Billy, who truly enjoyed making a complete fool out of himself.
With a family like that, Carter should have just stuck to growing peanits.
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ObserverArt Nov 16, 2014 5:16:14pm |
re: #205 HappyWarrior
Would anyone have beaten Nixon in ‘72? Obviously wasn’t alive but it would be nice to hear thoughts from people who were there. I know from reading All the President’s Men and Nixonland that Nixon’s people viewed Muskie as the biggest threat hence why a WH staffer wrote the Canuck letter and a lot of the “ratfucking” was done to Muskie.
It was pretty much a lopsided win, especially electorally for good ol’ Tricky Dicky Nixon. I voted for him because he said he was getting us out of Viet Nam, opened the door to China, was fairly good environmentally and McGovern just seemed bland.
As you say Muskie was slimed by the Nixon Machine, but that hadn’t been fully exposed until later after the election. I guess I saw Nixon as deserving of holding the job.
By the time he was sworn in for his second term all the Watergate details were coming out backed by a lot of facts and Nixon was dead meat.
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#FergusonFireside Nov 16, 2014 5:17:49pm |
re: #220 allegro
CAN YOU STILL HEAR?
Haha, loud as hell. But the only reason I said yes, was we were in the Coca Cola suite. Behind glass. With food and drink. It was not my thing, but fine. Different.
Yeah, the people outside would plug their ears with their fingers while wearing earplugs.
And the crowd in the stands……cooking in the sun with the noise and stink. I people watched mostly.
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#FergusonFireside Nov 16, 2014 5:19:40pm |
re: #222 Justanotherhuman
Carter and my dad looked so much alike they could have been brothers.
I voted for him, but only because I never have voted Republican. So, just call me an an old yellow dog Dem if you’d like. : ) Since I started voting in the early 60s, the Dems just seemed to be on the right side of civil rights, women’s rights, unions, etc.
I call myself a yellow dog Dem too.
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Justanotherhuman Nov 16, 2014 5:21:19pm |
re: #224 ObserverArt
It was pretty much a lopsided win, especially electorally for good ol’ Tricky Dicky Nixon. I voted for him because he said he was getting us out of Viet Nam, opened the door to China, was fairly good environmentally and McGovern just seemed bland.
As you say Muskie was slimed by the Nixon Machine, but that hadn’t been fully exposed until later after the election. I guess I saw Nixon as deserving of holding the job.
By the time he was sworn in for his second term all the Watergate details were coming out backed by a lot of facts and Nixon was dead meat.
Sure, McGovern was a bit bland, but he was the “peace” candidate and I was into the Vietnam protests. My union at the time, the IBEW, came out for him, which disturbed a few of the members who were still Nixon fan-bois.
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De Kolta Chair Nov 16, 2014 5:24:39pm |
re: #219 Resident of The United States of Jesus
Guess where I was all day?
Spent a lot of weekends hanging at the drags in my teens.
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Justanotherhuman Nov 16, 2014 5:24:51pm |
Blocking traffic in St. Louis on Sunday, part of the civil disobedience planned for the days ahead. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/jpw6t2NlxX
— Ben Kesling (@bkesling) November 17, 2014
Comment:
DeAnn Matheney @DeAnnsAndroid 4m4 minutes ago
@bkesling BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE DOING A BEAUTIFUL THING IN SPITE OF THE UGLINESS OF “YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED BY THE KKK”
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HappyWarrior Nov 16, 2014 5:25:12pm |
re: #224 ObserverArt
It was pretty much a lopsided win, especially electorally for good ol’ Tricky Dicky Nixon. I voted for him because he said he was getting us out of Viet Nam, opened the door to China, was fairly good environmentally and McGovern just seemed bland.
As you say Muskie was slimed by the Nixon Machine, but that hadn’t been fully exposed until later after the election. I guess I saw Nixon as deserving of holding the job.
By the time he was sworn in for his second term all the Watergate details were coming out backed by a lot of facts and Nixon was dead meat.
Yeah Watergate and the dirty tricks weren’t really known until after the fact. The book, I read Nixonland I think did a good job showing how Nixon went from looking finished in 1960 to having one of the biggest electoral wins ever just 12 years later. I think my own family, rather my Dad’s side never really liked him much. They were big time liberal Dems that were the type that despised Nixon from the start and I think when Nixon was elected, my grandfather was let go from his longtime position he had in the Labor Department. Not totally sure since I never knew my paternal grandfather.
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allegro Nov 16, 2014 5:26:39pm |
re: #225 Resident of The United States of Jesus
Haha, loud as hell. But the only reason I said yes, was we were in the Coca Cola suite. Behind glass. With food and drink. It was not my thing, but fine. Different.
Yeah, the people outside would plug their ears with their fingers while wearing earplugs.
And the crowd in the stands……cooking in the sun with the noise and stink. I people watched mostly.
Made me remember the motocross races we used to go to INSIDE the Astrodome way back when. Holy moly that hurt. My ears would ring for days, almost as bad as after seeing Jimy Hendrix at McCormick place and sitting about 6 feet from a refrigerator sized amp.
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#FergusonFireside Nov 16, 2014 5:29:45pm |
re: #231 allegro
Made me remember the motocross races we used to go to INSIDE the Astrodome way back when. Holy moly that hurt. My ears would ring for days, almost as bad as after seeing Jimy Hendrix at McCormick place and sitting about 6 feet from a refrigerator sized amp.
Ears, like feet, are things we ignore in our youth. To our peril!
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Justanotherhuman Nov 16, 2014 5:31:21pm |
Only a meth head could try to pull this shit off:
Police: Chainsaw stolen in Florida thief’s pants (video)
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Targetpractice Nov 16, 2014 5:31:25pm |
re: #229 Justanotherhuman
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Comment:
DeAnn Matheney @DeAnnsAndroid 4m4 minutes ago
@bkesling BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE DOING A BEAUTIFUL THING IN SPITE OF THE UGLINESS OF “YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED BY THE KKK”
And what’ll be the wingnut response?
Damned libruls holding people up from going to work! GET A JOB!!!
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#FergusonFireside Nov 16, 2014 5:32:52pm |
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Decatur Deb Nov 16, 2014 5:34:40pm |
re: #228 De Kolta Chair
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Spent a lot of weekends hanging at the drags in my teens.
Big Daddy !!!
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Justanotherhuman Nov 16, 2014 5:39:38pm |
The real hero of Watergate struggled for the rest of his short life. He died of a brain tumor at 52.
Meanwhile, Woodward and Bernstein became famous and well-off.
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allegro Nov 16, 2014 5:44:33pm |
re: #238 Justanotherhuman
The real hero of Watergate struggled for the rest of his short life. He died of a brain tumor at 52.
Meanwhile, Woodward and Bernstein became famous and well-off.
So did G. Gordon Liddy
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ObserverArt Nov 16, 2014 5:45:04pm |
re: #237 Decatur Deb
Big Daddy !!!
Stone, Woods and Cook! Pure Hell!
I loved the gassers and altereds. Then a few years later the experimentals, which then became the early and wild funny cars.
I loved Hot Rodding…picked it up from my older brothers. I was the kid hanging around as they worked on their cars. So, full body real cars with mega-engines were always my love. Dragsters were cool, but something about the body of a real car turned into a racer struck me.
Then drag racing went through some huge changes in the 80s and the whole run-what-ya-brung backyard racer and that charm left for me.
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Charles Johnson Nov 16, 2014 5:47:34pm |
A Timelapse of the Surface of the Sun in Stunning 4K Video http://t.co/ZvyOn7cMYT— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 17, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Nov 16, 2014 5:50:21pm |
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#FergusonFireside Nov 16, 2014 5:50:51pm |
On my twitter page, come see Nathan Clark, a 13 yr old who killed by at a hotel when stranger in next room “accidentally” fired his gun.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 16, 2014
My twittr page always features pics of child victims of reckless gun owners. The boy there now wouldve been saved if background check run…
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 16, 2014
School soccer star Nathan Clark, 13, was at a hotel 4 the big game. Guy in next room shot gun. Nathan killed. See his pic on my twit page.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 16, 2014
….but the killer of 13-year-old Nathan Clark bought his gun at a gun show, so no now knew he wasn't allowed to own one.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 16, 2014
Notice not a SINGLE gun nut responds to the death of Nathan Clark, 13, with sympathy, but instead rails about their desire for more guns?
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 16, 2014
I think this experience - with conservs sneering and making jokes about shooting death of a 13 yo soccer star- shows their basic inhumanity.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 16, 2014
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Decatur Deb Nov 16, 2014 5:54:12pm |
New Worricker coming on PBS in a few. Saw the second of the loosely-related series, but not the first (yet). Amazing production—Inspector Morse meets Graham Green.
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Justanotherhuman Nov 16, 2014 5:55:55pm |
re: #243 Resident of The United States of Jesus
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The last tweet shows how disturbing it all is. They value their wrong (to me) interpretation of the 2nd Amendment to indulge their basic lack of concern for any life form.
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dholmes32 Nov 16, 2014 6:30:50pm |
re: #52 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yes, I stayed up with him until after midnight. He went to sleep and then quietly passed on.
At least you were there for him. I was staying at my mother’s this week and coming home daily to feed the cats. I went home on Wednesday and found my Frida kitty (aged 7) dead behind the recliner. It looked like a stroke, which was totally unexpected. The day before she had been bugging the crap out of me to get the food can open. I absolutely lost it; it was so totally and completely unexpected.
Last week was my second worst week this year. The first worst week was when my father died on my birthday. Oh ****, let’s just say it out, 2014 has been sucktastic.
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CuriousLurker Nov 17, 2014 12:57:07am |
re: #13 Backwoods_Sleuth
He was battle scarred and the toughest, yet most loyal, cat I’ve ever known. I’ll never understand why his previous owners lied about him and threw him away. We would have let him come indoors years ago.
I’m happy that MrBWS was home for Doorframe’s last hours. He really loved that cat.
re: #52 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yes, I stayed up with him until after midnight. He went to sleep and then quietly passed on.
re: #164 Backwoods_Sleuth
thanks.
Doorframe had a hard life until this summer.
It was our honor to share his last months and be there with him at the end.
No one should die alone and afraid. He died with dignity, in warmth and relative comfort, and much loved.
I will miss our walks, he went everywhere with me outdoors when he was still an outdoor outcast.
And now there is a gentle cold rain slowly turning over to snow.
Beautifully said. {{{Backwoods_Sleuth}}}
re: #246 dholmes32
At least you were there for him. I was staying at my mother’s this week and coming home daily to feed the cats. I went home on Wednesday and found my Frida kitty (aged 7) dead behind the recliner. It looked like a stroke, which was totally unexpected. The day before she had been bugging the crap out of me to get the food can open. I absolutely lost it; it was so totally and completely unexpected.
Last week was my second worst week this year. The first worst week was when my father died on my birthday. Oh ****, let’s just say it out, 2014 has been sucktastic.
{{{dholmes32}}}
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