The lead guitarist exhibits a rather unusual style in this live jam by Spoon on the venerable Austin City Limits PBS show.
Exclusive web-only bonus track not included in television broadcast.
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Charles Johnson Jan 18, 2015 3:32:16pm |
My guitar sounded like that once — it was the cord shorting out.
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b_sharp Jan 18, 2015 3:34:07pm |
I just pulled all of my guitar cases out from under the stairs. Holy crap I have a lot.
I need to get down to one or two guitars max.
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RealityBasedSteve Jan 18, 2015 3:37:01pm |
re: #2 b_sharp
I just pulled all of my guitar cases out from under the stairs. Holy crap I have a lot.
I need to get down to one or two guitars max.
I had a friend, a pretty serious guitar amateur guitar player ask me why I had so many bicycles. I just look at him and said “Why do you have 5 guitars?”. His response… “Never mind.”
RBS
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Justanotherhuman Jan 18, 2015 3:39:58pm |
Pretty rockin’ number, although the “novelty” of the lead guitarist might get old if repeated too much.
Too much for the regular broadcast?
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b_sharp Jan 18, 2015 3:44:03pm |
I’m unable to make my mind up which way to go.
I have a Peavey Wolfgang & a Blueridge
PeaveyOr I can go with a cross between an acoustic & electric with my Ibanez.
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b_sharp Jan 18, 2015 3:48:13pm |
re: #3 RealityBasedSteve
I had a friend, a pretty serious guitar amateur guitar player ask me why I had so many bicycles. I just look at him and said “Why do you have 5 guitars?”. His response… “Never mind.”
RBS
I have way too many. I don’t play enough to warrant having as many as I do.
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A Cranky One Jan 18, 2015 3:51:46pm |
re: #7 b_sharp
I have way too many. I don’t play enough to warrant having as many as I do.
My spouse would agree with the sentiment. I, however, think you’re a bunch of heretics!
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William Barnett-Lewis Jan 18, 2015 3:54:41pm |
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klystron Jan 18, 2015 3:55:05pm |
Well, I have fulfilled my family obligation of rooting for a sportsball team this year and now only care to the extent that bars will be full on the 1st …which is the day the husband arrives back home from the UK trip. This actually works out in my favor, I think. Less traffic.
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Justanotherhuman Jan 18, 2015 3:58:14pm |
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Rightwingconspirator Jan 18, 2015 3:59:40pm |
Beautiful day today at home. even the usually hard working hummingbirds were relaxing in the sun. Shot with a 400mm lens, then cropped way the heck in.
Boss Bird Rules The roost14 |
The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Jan 18, 2015 4:03:36pm |
So anybody remember the name of the guy at the Sunshine Cab Company on Taxi who had vowed never to bathe until Seattle won the Superbowl—this being the most unlikely event that all the minds of all the writers working together could come up with? Now it could happen twice in a row.
Having been born, raised, and lived my whole life in the Seattle area, I’m used to nothing but humiliation in the sportsball arena—I don’t know if I can adjust to it.
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makeitstop Jan 18, 2015 4:04:03pm |
That guitar player’s been watching too many Radiohead videos.
Also - too many guitars? Nah. I’ve got an even 3 dozen, and there are still times when I see a guitar and think ‘I need that.’
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RealityBasedSteve Jan 18, 2015 4:04:35pm |
Well, a nice dinner of turkey chili (I know, an abomination in some peoples mind) over rice and some left-over potato salad and I’m a happy camper.
RBS
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#FergusonFireside Jan 18, 2015 4:05:10pm |
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compound_Idaho Jan 18, 2015 4:08:48pm |
re: #17 RealityBasedSteve
Well, a nice dinner of
turkey chili(I know, an abomination in some peoples mind) over rice and some left-over potato salad and I’m a happy camper.RBS
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Rightwingconspirator Jan 18, 2015 4:15:29pm |
re: #14 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
So anybody remember the name of the guy at the Sunshine Cab Company on Taxi who had vowed never to bathe until Seattle won the Superbowl—this being the most unlikely event that all the minds of all the writers working together could come up with? Now it could happen twice in a row.
Having been born, raised, and lived my whole life in the Seattle area, I’m used to nothing but humiliation in the sportsball arena—I don’t know if I can adjust to it.
Congratulations. Hey at least you have a team to feel humiliated over. the NFL has found a way to do that to Los Angeles without a team. Just sayin as an LA native born son.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 18, 2015 4:17:35pm |
re: #14 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
So anybody remember the name of the guy at the Sunshine Cab Company on Taxi who had vowed never to bathe until Seattle won the Superbowl—this being the most unlikely event that all the minds of all the writers working together could come up with? Now it could happen twice in a row.
Having been born, raised, and lived my whole life in the Seattle area, I’m used to nothing but humiliation in the sportsball arena—I don’t know if I can adjust to it.
Don’t know, but my best guess would be Jim.
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compound_Idaho Jan 18, 2015 4:30:14pm |
boredpanda.comre: #20 Rightwingconspirator
Congratulations. Hey at least you have a team to feel humiliated over. the NFL has found a way to do that to Los Angeles without a team. Just sayin as an LA native born son.
I’m born a valley boy (San Fernando), but grew up in Idaho. I have thanked my parents many times for bringing us to Idaho. (fishing, boating, back backing, camping out of the car ……. the list goes on and on)
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 18, 2015 4:32:04pm |
re: #14 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
So anybody remember the name of the guy at the Sunshine Cab Company on Taxi who had vowed never to bathe until Seattle won the Superbowl—this being the most unlikely event that all the minds of all the writers working together could come up with? Now it could happen twice in a row.
Rev. Jim Ignatowski (Christopher Lloyd)
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RealityBasedSteve Jan 18, 2015 4:38:03pm |
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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Jan 18, 2015 4:41:56pm |
re: #24 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rev. Jim Ignatowski (Christopher Lloyd)
Nope, I remember now—the guy’s name was Lupus. It came up when Elaine was trying to figure out who left the poems in her locker (turned out to be Jim), so she’s running through everybody’s name and got to Lupus. Alex says: “The guy who vowed never to bathe till Seattle wins the Superbowl?”
I think we saw Lupus once—he was the guy who played the Mad Turk in that M.A.S.H. episode.
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Charles Johnson Jan 18, 2015 4:48:31pm |
Part 1: What angers me the most about the school system is that they teach evolution as if it is a fact. Yet it isn't a fact, AT ALL!— aj garcia (@ayyjay_) January 18, 2015
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The Vicious Babushka Jan 18, 2015 5:01:45pm |
RT @mcspocky: #Muhammad, #Buddha, & #Jesus Walk Into A Bar… #p2 #UniteBlue #LibCrib #TopProg #Politics #Religion pic.twitter.com/7q8KpMB4Ol— Je Suis Adenovir (@Adenovir) January 19, 2015
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Jan 18, 2015 5:05:08pm |
re: #27 Charles Johnson
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The only thing that makes that tweet convincing is the phrase in all caps at the end.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 18, 2015 5:09:58pm |
Oh, this will end well…
I have had yet another person I have blocked offer to pay me if they can still read my tweets. Hmmm…..
— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) January 19, 2015
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RealityBasedSteve Jan 18, 2015 5:13:47pm |
re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth
Oh, this will end well…
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If you were blocked, and for some deranged reason, or perhaps a sense of morbid fascination, couldn’t you just get another gmail acct / twitter acct and start following? Why would you pay money for something that has no intrinsic or extrinsic value?
RBS
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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jan 18, 2015 5:15:24pm |
re: #7 b_sharp
I have way too many. I don’t play enough to warrant having as many as I do.
If you had too many pickup trucks or trampolines, I could understand. but guitars are relatively small and I think of them as little works of art.
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Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 18, 2015 5:18:05pm |
re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth
tweets. my person they can another have I pay had me yet to if still read offer blocked Hmmm…. I have
me have tweets. another they read my still offer Hmmm…. yet if pay I can I person have to blocked had
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 18, 2015 5:18:37pm |
re: #31 RealityBasedSteve
If you were blocked, and for some deranged reason, or perhaps a sense of morbid fascination, couldn’t you just get another gmail acct / twitter acct and start following? Why would you pay money for something that has no intrinsic or extrinsic value?
RBS
I’ve been blocked and can still read his tweets.
He’s about to be updogged again, I think…
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Rightwingconspirator Jan 18, 2015 5:18:48pm |
re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth
Not a word of it is true. Well I’m sure there are people he has blocked. Offer to pay? Bullshit.
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RealityBasedSteve Jan 18, 2015 5:21:24pm |
I’m way too old and nominally to mature to think like this, but upChuck would be a prime candidate for a “Swirly” and an “Atomic Wedgie”. I’m sure he’s very familiar with being on the receiving end of both.
RBS
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Charles Johnson Jan 18, 2015 5:21:50pm |
Why in the world would anyone pay Chuck to read his tweets? Blocking doesn’t really stop anyone from reading them.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 18, 2015 5:22:22pm |
re: #37 Charles Johnson
Why in the world would anyone pay Chuck to read his tweets? Blocking doesn’t really stop anyone from reading them.
Chuck is “special”.
bwahahaaaa…
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klystron Jan 18, 2015 5:23:43pm |
re: #38 Backwoods_Sleuth
Chuck is “special”.
bwahahaaaa…
More and more, I think there is some undiagnosed mental illness at play here.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 18, 2015 5:25:15pm |
re: #39 klystron
More and more, I think there is some undiagnosed mental illness at play here.
Oh, I’m pretty sure that’s a given already.
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Charles Johnson Jan 18, 2015 5:25:26pm |
He blocked me months ago, yet by some powers of sorcery I can still read his tweets without paying this fuzzy sleazeball.
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CleverToad Jan 18, 2015 5:25:46pm |
re: #27 Charles Johnson
And Part 2 was…? Or is it one of those multi-twit rants?
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RealityBasedSteve Jan 18, 2015 5:26:13pm |
Dear Charles C. Johnson,
By some oversight I have been blocked from your most informative and enlighting tweets. You are a genus. I would like to offer you 1,000 United States Dollars to revel in your wisdom. Once I receive the particulars from you, I will forward 10,000 dollars to your account, (the amount due to certain currency laws in effect in my homeland. I trust you as an honorable man to simply then create new account, transfer 9,000 to it, and as a honorarium retain 1000 for your own benefit.
Thank you,
Aup Doge, esq.
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Charles Johnson Jan 18, 2015 5:26:33pm |
re: #42 CleverToad
If you click on his icon you can read the rest - I stopped at Part 6 because my brain was starting to hurt.
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A Cranky One Jan 18, 2015 5:27:18pm |
re: #41 Charles Johnson
He blocked me months ago, yet by some powers of sorcery I can still read his tweets without paying this fuzzy sleazeball.
Do you weigh more than a duck?
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RealityBasedSteve Jan 18, 2015 5:27:29pm |
re: #44 Charles Johnson
If you click on his icon you can read the rest - I stopped at Part 6 because my brain was starting to hurt.
Charles, that is going above and beyond the call of duty.
RBS
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Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 18, 2015 5:27:52pm |
re: #39 klystron
More and more, I think there is some undiagnosed mental illness at play here.
Sounds like his meteoric rise to the butt of jokes plus possible problems at home have led him to pathetic attempts to reinforce his self-image.
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BeenHereAwhile Jan 18, 2015 5:28:00pm |
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Varek Raith Jan 18, 2015 5:28:00pm |
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 18, 2015 5:29:41pm |
heh..
@ChuckCJohnson Pay for something that's free, some of the people that follow you are ……. - wait, was it Obama?
— Cedar Angus Leif (@CedarLeif) January 19, 2015
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Charles Johnson Jan 18, 2015 5:30:55pm |
He blocked me months ago, yet my sorcery enables me to read his tweets without paying this fuzzy sleazeball a cent. pic.twitter.com/o5H75OdWrA— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 19, 2015
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goddamnedfrank Jan 18, 2015 5:31:12pm |
re: #37 Charles Johnson
Why in the world would anyone pay Chuck to read his tweets? Blocking doesn’t really stop anyone from reading them.
Also, it would violate Twitter’s rules:
Selling or purchasing account interactions (such as selling or purchasing followers, Retweets, favorites, etc.)
Blocking / Unblocking and following are account interactions, it’s against the terms to sell them, even on an individual basis.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 18, 2015 5:32:26pm |
re: #52 goddamnedfrank
Selling or purchasing account interactions (such as selling or purchasing followers, Retweets, favorites, etc.)
But paid Sponsored Tweets are totally different…
:P
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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jan 18, 2015 5:32:32pm |
re: #48 BeenHereAwhile
I was thinking of Glen Campbell the other day. Is it me or does “Wichita Lineman” have accidental creepiness in it?
He needs her more than wants her
He’s listening on the line
He’s STILL on the line (waiting for her to make another call?)
Should he have a warrant?
…or a restraining order
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Charles Johnson Jan 18, 2015 5:32:49pm |
Deep Thoughts by Chuck C. Johnson.
Obama doesn't believe in the Union. How can he be expected to tell us the State of it? #StateOfTheUnion— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) January 19, 2015
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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jan 18, 2015 5:33:36pm |
re: #55 Charles Johnson
Deep Thoughts by Chuck C. Johnson.
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It’s a shame he isn’t doing the rebuttal.
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Charles Johnson Jan 18, 2015 5:34:21pm |
re: #54 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
I was thinking of Glen Campbell the other day. Is it me or does “Wichita Lineman” have accidental creepiness in it?
He needs her more than wants her
He’s listening on the line
He’s STILL on the line (waiting for her to make another call?)
Should he have a warrant?
…or a restraining order
I never really thought about those lyrics before, but you’re right - it is a creepy song.
Another creepy song you still hear on the radio: “Young Girl” by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.
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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jan 18, 2015 5:34:53pm |
re 58 Charles Johnson:
I forgot about that!
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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jan 18, 2015 5:36:01pm |
And the Wichita Lineman refers to himself in the third person.
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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jan 18, 2015 5:37:15pm |
re: #61 jaunte
And he hums in Morse code.
I wonder what the bridge (the brief guitar solo(?)) really means?
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BeenHereAwhile Jan 18, 2015 5:37:26pm |
re: #54 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
I was thinking of Glen Campbell the other day. Is it me or does “Wichita Lineman” have accidental creepiness in it?
He needs her more than wants her
He’s listening on the line
He’s STILL on the line (waiting for her to make another call?)
Should he have a warrant?
…or a restraining order
You mean “Wichita Wiretap”?
Would be a great question to ask Jim Webb.
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Jan 18, 2015 5:38:02pm |
re: #58 Charles Johnson
I never really thought about those lyrics before, but you’re right - it is a creepy song.
Another creepy song you still hear on the radio: “Young Girl” by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.
Clay Aiken, “If I Was Invisible”:
If I was invisible
Then I could just watch you in your room
If I was invincible
I’d make you mine tonight.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 18, 2015 5:41:38pm |
re: #54 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
Well, I can see how it sounds creepy to someone who doesn’t know about line life.
You’re reading a completely different meaning, and yes creepy, to the lyrics.
As someone who is married to a lineman, I can tell you for absolute certain that the lyrics really do express the complicated feelings between linework life and family life.
People ask me (and other linewives) all the time how/why we put up with it.
Personally, I love the song because every word of it is true, and there’s no stalker/restraining order message there.
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Charles Johnson Jan 18, 2015 5:42:52pm |
@GlennF One of the most horrible “movements” I've seen in all the years I've used the Internet. Seriously bad craziness.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 19, 2015
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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jan 18, 2015 5:42:55pm |
“I see the girls go by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes”
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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jan 18, 2015 5:43:40pm |
re: #65 Backwoods_Sleuth
Well, I can see how it sounds creepy to someone who doesn’t know about line life.
You’re reading a completely different meaning, and yes creepy, to the lyrics.
As someone who is married to a lineman, I can tell you for absolute certain that the lyrics really do express the complicated feelings between linework life and family life.
People ask me (and other linewives) all the time how/why we put up with it.Personally, I love the song because every word of it is true, and there’s no stalker/restraining order message there.
That’s why I call it “accidently” creepy.
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Decatur Deb Jan 18, 2015 5:45:21pm |
If he’s working for ‘the county’, it’s not telecom lines.
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CleverToad Jan 18, 2015 5:47:16pm |
re: #44 Charles Johnson
Part 2 in part - ‘not enough to convict is as truth’
Yes, that is painful.
Thanks, I’m still getting the hang of this. Thanks as well for the frontline reporting from the fever swamps. Those of us with lesser stomachs and no Twitter accounts appreciate your fortitude.
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Charles Johnson Jan 18, 2015 5:47:49pm |
Deep Thoughts, by Chuck Carlisle Johnson. pic.twitter.com/QLcfbqEuzl— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 19, 2015
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TedStriker Jan 18, 2015 5:47:55pm |
re: #69 Decatur Deb
If he’s working for ‘the county’, it’s not telecom lines.
I always thought the song was about a electrical lineman…
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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jan 18, 2015 5:48:50pm |
re: #72 TedStriker
Something in the beginning of the song gave me that impression too.
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b.d. Jan 18, 2015 5:49:37pm |
re: #71 Charles Johnson
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I remember a day when our super geniuses weren’t so f*cking stupid.
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Decatur Deb Jan 18, 2015 5:49:50pm |
Now explain why the vestal virgins left for the coast.
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jaunte Jan 18, 2015 5:50:23pm |
re: #77 Decatur Deb
They were off to greet the grain shipment coming in from Egypt.
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klystron Jan 18, 2015 5:50:24pm |
re: #75 jaunte
It’s hard to see an overloaded telephone line.
Fiber optic cables do actually have capacity limits.
But those are underground. :)
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TedStriker Jan 18, 2015 5:50:38pm |
re: #73 jaunte
Probably a county electrical coop.
re: #74 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
Something in the beginning of the song gave me that impression too.
re: #75 jaunte
It’s hard to see an overloaded telephone line.
I am a lineman for the county
And I drive the main road
Searchin’ in the sun for another overload
I hear you singin’ in the wire
I can hear you through the whine
And the Wichita Lineman is still on the line
I know I need a small vacation
But it don’t look like rain
And if it snows that stretch
Down South won’t ever stand the strain
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jaunte Jan 18, 2015 5:51:36pm |
I hear you singin’ in the wire
I can hear you through the whine
And the Wichita Lineman is still on the line
I see double entendre.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 18, 2015 5:51:53pm |
re: #72 TedStriker
I always thought the song was about a electrical lineman…
Yes, it’s about power lines.
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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jan 18, 2015 5:52:31pm |
re: #76 b.d.
I remember a day when our super geniuses weren’t so f*cking stupid.
A couple of years ago I took a developmental psych course and had to do a presentation on middle age. I figured to demonstrate cognitive decline I would take an online IQ test. I didn’t really buy it but to my horror the best I could manage was 153. I figured I had a 10 point penalty for being stupid enough to take an online IQ test, but still…
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Decatur Deb Jan 18, 2015 5:52:47pm |
re: #79 klystron
Fiber optic cables do actually have capacity limits.
But those are underground. :)
…and yet to be invented.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 18, 2015 5:53:32pm |
re: #81 jaunte
I hear you singin’ in the wire
I can hear you through the whine
And the Wichita Lineman is still on the line
I see double entendre.
Powerlines “sing” during certain winds, and higher power lines make a whining/buzzing noise sometimes.
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Charles Johnson Jan 18, 2015 5:53:40pm |
Twitter's block feature is more of a ceremonial thing than a real “block.”— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 19, 2015
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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jan 18, 2015 5:53:43pm |
re: #84 Decatur Deb
Invent a fiber optic line with capacity limits?
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klystron Jan 18, 2015 5:54:39pm |
re: #87 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
Invent a fiber optic line with capacity limits?
I believe he was referring to when the song was written.
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Decatur Deb Jan 18, 2015 5:55:19pm |
re: #87 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
Invent a fiber optic line with capacity limits?
Song was from the 60’s. Any fiber optics were very short-haul.
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The Vicious Babushka Jan 18, 2015 5:55:40pm |
re: #58 Charles Johnson
I never really thought about those lyrics before, but you’re right - it is a creepy song.
Another creepy song you still hear on the radio: “Young Girl” by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.
“Go Away Little Girl” by Bobby Vee
Also covered by Steve Lawrence and Donnie Osmond
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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Jan 18, 2015 5:56:40pm |
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Decatur Deb Jan 18, 2015 5:57:49pm |
My grandson will never remember a time when he didn’t have a Kindle. Looks confused when he can’t drag on my laptop screen.
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Charles Johnson Jan 18, 2015 5:58:39pm |
re: #90 The Vicious Babushka
“Go Away Little Girl” by Bobby Vee
Also covered by Steve Lawrence and Donnie Osmond
And let’s not even start talking about “Jessie’s Girl” by Rick Springfield.
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The Vicious Babushka Jan 18, 2015 5:59:01pm |
WHUT
I always consider this page the Film Noir of emoticons. pic.twitter.com/St1imn89KW— Jamie (@jami0mckay) January 18, 2015
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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 18, 2015 5:59:19pm |
re: #58 Charles Johnson
I never really thought about those lyrics before, but you’re right - it is a creepy song.
Another creepy song you still hear on the radio: “Young Girl” by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.
So hurry home to your Mama
I’m sure she wonders where you are
Get out of here
Before I have the time
To change my mind
‘Cause I’m afraid we’ll go too far
Damn…how have I missed that all these years?
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Decatur Deb Jan 18, 2015 6:01:28pm |
The nuns had issues with Wake Up Little Suzy by the Everly Bros
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makeitstop Jan 18, 2015 6:01:57pm |
re: #60 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
And the Wichita Lineman refers to himself in the third person.
But the verses are all first person.
And I don’t believe he says he’s “listening on the line” at any point of the song - from my recollection of the lyrics, which is usually pretty good. The lines closest to that are in the first verse:
I hear you singin’ in the wire,
I can hear you through the whine
Kind of oblique, but I never took them to mean that he was listening in on someone.
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Charles Johnson Jan 18, 2015 6:01:57pm |
Just took an auditing run through the LGF codebase, and damn, I’m getting really bad about commenting. My New Year’s resolution is to comment the fuck out of the code.
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goddamnedfrank Jan 18, 2015 6:02:10pm |
@ChuckCJohnson Soldiers have PSTD. I know, my son is 1 of them. U dont come back with everyone nor do u come back without changing.— stacEightTweets (@stacEightTweets) January 19, 2015
Yikes, PSTD is the absolute worst kind of STD.
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makeitstop Jan 18, 2015 6:03:58pm |
re: #77 Decatur Deb
Now explain why the vestal virgins left for the coast.
Wasn’t it just one out of 16?
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Decatur Deb Jan 18, 2015 6:05:19pm |
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The Vicious Babushka Jan 18, 2015 6:05:36pm |
re: #96 Decatur Deb
The nuns had issues with Wake Up Little Suzy by the Everly Bros
I always thought that song was about a pair of kids who watched a really boring movie.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 18, 2015 6:05:56pm |
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goddamnedfrank Jan 18, 2015 6:06:06pm |
Since I’m blocked I’ll never get an answer to this, but I’m gonna keep asking anyway:
How can it be, since it amended the Full Faith and Credit Clause without an Article 5 Convention? @ThisIsJoshSmith @JPDeviney— Photonic Gaucho (@goddamnedfrank) January 19, 2015
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Decatur Deb Jan 18, 2015 6:06:17pm |
re: #102 The Vicious Babushka
I always thought that song was about a pair of kids who watched a really boring movie.
Yup. Rebels, they was.
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dog philosopher Jan 18, 2015 6:06:34pm |
re: #55 Charles Johnson
Obama doesn’t believe in the Union. How can he be expected to tell us the State of it?
republicans dont believe in government, or, for that matter, reality.
why dont they stay out of it?
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The Vicious Babushka Jan 18, 2015 6:08:25pm |
#tcot be all like EVERYBODY GO SEE AMERICAN SNIPER BECAUSE LIBERALS THINK IT’S RACIST!!!!!!
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makeitstop Jan 18, 2015 6:08:43pm |
re: #101 Decatur Deb
All, I think. Intertubes, says:
[Embedded content]
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale
She said, ‘There is no reason
And the truth is plain to see.’
But I wandered through my playing cards
And would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
They might have just as well’ve been closed
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Decatur Deb Jan 18, 2015 6:10:54pm |
re: #110 makeitstop
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale
She said, ‘There is no reason
And the truth is plain to see.’
But I wandered through my playing cards
And would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
They might have just as well’ve been closed
Oddly, of course, Rome only maintained 6 Vestal virgins, and had to strain for that.
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dog philosopher Jan 18, 2015 6:10:59pm |
re: #101 Decatur Deb
All, I think. Intertubes, says:
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one of my favorite tunes, but when are they gonna add j s bach to the credits?
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Dark_Falcon Jan 18, 2015 6:11:02pm |
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#FergusonFireside Jan 18, 2015 6:13:11pm |
re: #58 Charles Johnson
I never really thought about those lyrics before, but you’re right - it is a creepy song.
Another creepy song you still hear on the radio: “Young Girl” by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.
Childhood memory is hearing “Little Girl” by the Beatles. Run for your life if you can little girl…..
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makeitstop Jan 18, 2015 6:13:20pm |
re: #112 dog philosopher
one of my favorite tunes, but when are they gonna add j s bach to the credits?
Hell, one of the guys in the band (Matthew Fisher) had to sue Gary Brooker for a songwriting credit!
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Charles Johnson Jan 18, 2015 6:13:40pm |
Fascinating to see how HTML5 and Ajax have transformed the LGF codebase over the years into a highly modular system.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 19, 2015
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Jan 18, 2015 6:15:00pm |
re: #111 Decatur Deb
Oddly, of course, Rome only maintained 6 Vestal virgins, and had to strain for that.
Maybe they meant “one of six teen vestal virgins.”
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 18, 2015 6:15:04pm |
Season finale of “The Librarians” is very funny…so far.
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makeitstop Jan 18, 2015 6:15:17pm |
Childhood memory is hearing “Little Girl” by the Beatles. Run for your life if you can little girl…..
You know that I’m a wicked guy
And I was born with a jealous mind
And I can’t wait my whole life tryin’
Just to make you toe the line
Man, Lennon was in a dark place when he wrote that one.
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#FergusonFireside Jan 18, 2015 6:17:53pm |
re: #120 makeitstop
You know that I’m a wicked guy
And I was born with a jealous mind
And I can’t wait my whole life tryin’
Just to make you toe the lineMan, Lennon was in a dark place when he wrote that one.
Super dark.
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Decatur Deb Jan 18, 2015 6:18:05pm |
Childhood memory is hearing “Little Girl” by the Beatles. Run for your life if you can little girl…..
To measure the Sixties Shift, compare the moral stances in Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (top for 1960) and Angel of the Morning (1968).
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Feline Fearless Leader Jan 18, 2015 6:18:49pm |
re: #103 Backwoods_Sleuth
I stayed with the Chevy at the levee.
But how could they be drinking whiskey and rye if the levee was dry?
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Dark_Falcon Jan 18, 2015 6:19:28pm |
The Colts are just plain getting slapped silly by the Patriots. Brady and co. lead 38-7.
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Varek Raith Jan 18, 2015 6:19:29pm |
re: #123 Feline Fearless Leader
But how could they be drinking whiskey and rye if the levee was dry?
May be Vader some day later now he’s just a small fry.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 18, 2015 6:19:59pm |
re: #123 Feline Fearless Leader
But how could they be drinking whiskey and rye if the levee was dry?
People always forget to check the trunk in the Chevy…
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klystron Jan 18, 2015 6:20:23pm |
re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth
People always forget to check the trunk in the Chevy…
That’s why it’s a good place to hide the bodies.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 18, 2015 6:20:53pm |
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#FergusonFireside Jan 18, 2015 6:21:42pm |
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 18, 2015 6:22:00pm |
The magic bus had even more good stuff tucked away in hidden places…
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Higgs Boson's Mate Jan 18, 2015 6:23:42pm |
Frankie threw back her kimono,
Took out the big 44,
Root-a-toot, three times she shoot
Right through that hardware door.
He was her man but he was doing her wrong.
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Dark_Falcon Jan 18, 2015 6:25:21pm |
There was a pro-police rally in DC yesterday. Lots of signs for a small rally (less than 1,000), but I really liked this one. But I wonder if Johnny Cash would have approved.
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#FergusonFireside Jan 18, 2015 6:27:18pm |
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 18, 2015 6:29:52pm |
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#FergusonFireside Jan 18, 2015 6:32:16pm |
Deb, this shows the mid youngs/olds like the old
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I have that song on my old ipod, with my bose player. When I want to reminisce, I plug that shit back in.
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GlutenFreeJesus Jan 18, 2015 6:32:29pm |
re: #7 b_sharp
You should see all the kitchen knives I have. Mostly Japanese. I could choose 3 different ones a day to use at work and not use the same for a week. Sigh.
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Decatur Deb Jan 18, 2015 6:33:24pm |
Deb, this shows the mid youngs/olds like the old
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Perhaps the first (1955) of that genre:
All probably inspired by James Dean’s inadequate driving skills.
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GlutenFreeJesus Jan 18, 2015 6:33:48pm |
re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth
He’s more of a SubparHero, but he’s super at it! Between him and BatManuelle…
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Mattand Jan 18, 2015 6:34:50pm |
re: #6 b_sharp
Speaking of guitars:
This is the first electric I ever bought. It’s a 1979 The Paul by Gibson. It’s been lying dormant for years; I thought the crack in the neck had finally made it impossible for strings to stay in tune.
I pulled it out last month as I was getting my Strat fixed and figured I’d restring it, just to see what would happen. Lo and behold, the damn thing actually stays in tune. For some reason, the crack didn’t seem as bad as I remembered it.
The electronics need some TLC, but I’m dying to get this thing up and running again.
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danarchy Jan 18, 2015 6:39:33pm |
re: #119 Backwoods_Sleuth
Season finale of “The Librarians” is very funny…so far.
So is this AFC Championship game…
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Dark_Falcon Jan 18, 2015 6:42:14pm |
re: #143 danarchy
So is this AFC Championship game…
The joke being the idea that the Colts had any chance at all.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 18, 2015 6:42:50pm |
re: #140 GlutenFreeJesus
He’s more of a SubparHero, but he’s super at it! Between him and BatManuelle…
He’s TEH TICK!!!
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The Vicious Babushka Jan 18, 2015 6:43:30pm |
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Decatur Deb Jan 18, 2015 6:44:44pm |
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Dark_Falcon Jan 18, 2015 6:46:43pm |
It’s fitting that the AFC Championship game started at dinnertime, because Luck and the Colts are getting served.
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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 18, 2015 6:47:01pm |
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Decatur Deb Jan 18, 2015 6:49:28pm |
re: #149 Eclectic Cyborg
“Gravity, thou art a heartless bitch.”
Often quoted on drop zones, when a jump goes less-than-optimal.
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makeitstop Jan 18, 2015 6:55:44pm |
re: #141 Mattand
Speaking of guitars:
This is the first electric I ever bought. It’s a 1979 The Paul by Gibson. It’s been lying dormant for years; I thought the crack in the neck had finally made it impossible for strings to stay in tune.
I pulled it out last month as I was getting my Strat fixed and figured I’d restring it, just to see what would happen. Lo and behold, the damn thing actually stays in tune. For some reason, the crack didn’t seem as bad as I remembered it.
The electronics need some TLC, but I’m dying to get this thing up and running again.
That’s a cool LP. They’re trying to make some of the new LP Studios like those guitars, but they’re not quite getting it.
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CuriousLurker Jan 18, 2015 7:09:53pm |
*stumbles in dazed & disheveled…*
I just spent about 45 minutes following Google down the rabbit hole.
Remember how earlier downstairs I mentioned having predicted the wingnuts trying to tie the #BlackLivesMatter protesters to ISIS? Well, I was way behind, I’m talking like four months late to the party.
On August 19 the right-wing blogs were in a frothing frenzy over someone in Ferguson holding up a hand-lettered sign (alternately described as an “ISIS flag”) proclaiming “ISIS is here”—I think it was on CNN the night before or whatever. If you remember, that was only 9-10 days after Michael Brown had been killed and outside agitators had been arriving in Ferguson and stirring up trouble.
There were also numerous other things going on: the Gaza conflict, ISIS had seized Sinjar in northern Iraq and were doing horrible things to the Yazidis, the war in Donbass between the Russians & Ukrainians had begun, there was the ongoing civil war in Syria, Boko Haram was wreaking its usual havoc in Nigeria, etc. I’d forgotten how much was happening at the time.
Palestinians were giving advice to the protesters about how to deal with tear gas & whatnot, Iran’s president was Tweeting at the U.S. about mistreating protesters—as if…. anyone remember Neda?—and ISIS had jumped on the Twitter bandwagon to unnerve the authorities by inviting people from Ferguson to join them and/or promising that they were coming there.
So that’s pretty much when it all started. I found a few references to Ferguson in the week prior to that, but they were all in the left/right moronic zone where the really mind-bendingly crazy, false flag Alex Jones/David Icke type shit is spawned—y’know like doomsday preppers who were convinced it was the start of martial law and a police state, insane and viciously antisemitic left-wing crazies who blame Israel/Jews for everything, 9/11 truthers, and some that seem to have absorbed ALL the bad crazy and had everything from Oath Keepers to Code Pink on the same blog roll.
I just wanted to let you guys know that that particular CT goes all the way back to the summer, though the more mainstream bloggers & reporters seem to be oblivious to it:
Whoa, if true RT @BenjySarlin: SC Tea Party speaker is giving an address on ISIS involvement in Ferguson unrest— daveweigel (@daveweigel) January 18, 2015
It was just… I can’t even.
That is all.
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