You can almost sense the glee Obama feels when he cuts loose and tells it like it is about climate change deniers like James Inhofe.
Oh, it’s all in fun, of course. Except it’s deadly serious, and Obama isn’t the only one who should be getting angry about it. For real.
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Unabogie Apr 26, 2015 6:12:44pm |
It was interesting to see that Wolf Blitzer sat through that whole thing and never laughed. Since he’s so shitty at his job, I was at least hoping he had a sense of humor so as not to be a total waste of oxygen.
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Iwouldprefernotto Apr 26, 2015 6:14:12pm |
How much does it cost to get an anger translator? (asking for a friend).
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Shiplord Kirel Apr 26, 2015 6:14:25pm |
“Kidding on the square” as they said back in the early twentieth.
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goddamnedfrank Apr 26, 2015 6:19:38pm |
CCJ said he was flying to Vegas four days ago, presumably to attend the Republican Jewish Coalition meeting there, where Ted Cruz spoke yesterday. Interesting that he hasn’t tweeted a single word about it. Wonder if they refused to allow him in? Cruz’s people would be wise to keep unstable racists like Chuck as far away as possible.
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goddamnedfrank Apr 26, 2015 6:24:24pm |
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Lord Of The Pies Apr 26, 2015 6:37:05pm |
Look police cars burning in #Baltimore. Oh wait no it's white people when their hockey team lost. #tcot #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/LnLaUjOlyB— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) April 27, 2015
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Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Apr 26, 2015 6:42:40pm |
Charles, if you’d screen cap the part right after this, you would be my hero.
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Charles Johnson Apr 26, 2015 6:43:58pm |
re: #4 goddamnedfrank
CCJ said he was flying to Vegas four days ago, presumably to attend the Republican Jewish Coalition meeting there, where Ted Cruz spoke yesterday. Interesting that he hasn’t tweeted a single word about it. Wonder if they refused to allow him in? Cruz’s people would be wise to keep unstable racists like Chuck as far away as possible.
I was wondering about that one too. Chuck went silent for a couple of days on Twitter. I suspect this was another trip that didn’t go as planned.
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Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Apr 26, 2015 6:45:23pm |
“Ya’ll thing that Bradley Cooper came here to talk to Chuck Todd - He needed a glass of water.”
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Lord Of The Pies Apr 26, 2015 6:54:29pm |
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RealityBasedSteve Apr 26, 2015 6:57:27pm |
re: #9 Charles Johnson
I was wondering about that one too. Chuck went silent for a couple of days on Twitter. I suspect this was another trip that didn’t go as planned.
and for once, what happened in Vegas stayed in Vegas.
RBS
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Majacita Apr 26, 2015 6:58:23pm |
When President Obama serves this term out he’ll only be in his mid fifties. We’ve got a powerful world leader for a long time to come. I wonder what he’ll do next?
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RealityBasedSteve Apr 26, 2015 6:58:53pm |
re: #7 Kragar
We’ve got Skitarii!
Incredible. I’d never have the patience to do that. Thanks for sharing your craftsmanship with us.
RBS
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 26, 2015 7:00:04pm |
My cat is sad because he has many acquaintances but his only true friend is the deep, dark night. pic.twitter.com/Mk84MRgCoO— WHY MY CAT IS SAD (@MYSADCAT) April 24, 2015
niters everyone.
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Kragar Apr 26, 2015 7:00:48pm |
re: #15 RealityBasedSteve
Incredible. I’d never have the patience to do that. Thanks for sharing your craftsmanship with us.
RBS
Not much patience. I just picked them up yesterday.
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RealityBasedSteve Apr 26, 2015 7:02:48pm |
re: #17 Kragar
Not much patience. I just picked them up yesterday.
I mean the painting and all of that. They are kits that you assemble, correct? And then smooth, fill and paint and drybrush and gild and who knows what to?
RBS
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Kragar Apr 26, 2015 7:11:05pm |
re: #18 RealityBasedSteve
I mean the painting and all of that. They are kits that you assemble, correct? And then smooth, fill and paint and drybrush and gild and who knows what to?
RBS
Yeah, they start off like this.
From there, I prime them, use clippers, files and razors to clean and shape them. To get the shading right, I need to use multiple coats, different types of brushes and brushwork to get the colors to come out rights.
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William Lewis Apr 26, 2015 7:13:00pm |
Hey DF if you’re around have you seen this?
Love how the western military is already overstating the threat and way overestimating how many are going to be made. Considering how many T90’s are in service, it’s doubtful they have the money for 500 of these vehicles a year.
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Lord Of The Pies Apr 26, 2015 7:15:24pm |
Watch the #tcot birth a stampede of cows over this.
Obama to send aide to funeral of arrested Baltimore man, by @dsupervilleAP http://t.co/Pxy6GSHBvR— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) April 27, 2015
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jaunte Apr 26, 2015 7:15:51pm |
re: #20 William Barnett-Lewis
“…Business Insider reported that one of the most important pieces of technology added to the Armata is the Afganit active protection complex, a system that uses Doppler radar to detect incoming projectiles such as rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank missiles.”
I hope none of our defense contractors are now inspired to invent a “Vietnamit” defensive system.
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Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Apr 26, 2015 7:18:15pm |
re: #14 Majacita
When President Obama serves this term out he’ll only be in his mid fifties. We’ve got a powerful world leader for a long time to come. I wonder what he’ll do next?
Black Carter ;)
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William Lewis Apr 26, 2015 7:20:23pm |
re: #14 Majacita
When President Obama serves this term out he’ll only be in his mid fifties. We’ve got a powerful world leader for a long time to come. I wonder what he’ll do next?
I’d love to see the next president have a SCOTUS Justice appointment come open and have her nominate Obama to the court. Especially if he were to replace one of the Reactionary Trio…
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RealityBasedSteve Apr 26, 2015 7:22:51pm |
re: #19 Kragar
Yeah, they start off like this.
From there, I prime them, use clippers, files and razors to clean and shape them. To get the shading right, I need to use multiple coats, different types of brushes and brushwork to get the colors to come out rights.
That’s what I thought. A lot of craftsmanship and a good eye for detail goes into it. I wouldn’t find it relaxing at all. (For some reason, I can’t help but think of the scene in 3 Days of the Condor, where Max von Sydow is talking about the assignment, while painting Napoleonic miniatures).
You’re not really a contract assassin from Alsace-Lorraine are you?
RBS
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Charles Johnson Apr 26, 2015 7:24:28pm |
John Hinderaker desperately tries to salvage a shred of credibility from his massive fail.
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Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing Apr 26, 2015 7:25:21pm |
re: #24 William Barnett-Lewis
I’d love to see the next president have a SCOTUS Justice appointment come open and have her nominate Obama to the court. Especially if he were to replace one of the Reactionary Trio…
That would be an epic explosion.
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Charles Johnson Apr 26, 2015 7:26:23pm |
This has to be the most pathetic right wing excuse-making post I’ve ever seen. http://t.co/wZ87kmquFO— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 27, 2015
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Charles Johnson Apr 26, 2015 7:27:52pm |
Hey John - how about just admitting you got played, apologizing, and retracting your post? Ever think of that? https://t.co/lDMI6ZCoNs— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 27, 2015
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Charles Johnson Apr 26, 2015 7:29:10pm |
As if I needed more evidence that right wing bloggers have become a bunch of hateful clowns.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 27, 2015
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makeitstop Apr 26, 2015 7:31:46pm |
re: #26 Charles Johnson
John Hinderaker desperately tries to salvage a shred of credibility from his massive fail.
Wow, that’s weak.
‘He’s a liar?’ Of course he’s a liar, Hindrocket - that was kind of the whole point.
That Powerline went with the story at all shows beyond doubt that they’ll publish anything that will make liberals look bad.
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RealityBasedSteve Apr 26, 2015 7:34:38pm |
re: #24 William Barnett-Lewis
I’d love to see the next president have a SCOTUS Justice appointment come open and have her nominate Obama to the court. Especially if he were to replace one of the Reactionary Trio…
OMFG. The sound of heads popping exploding vaporizing from the right would be epic.
I am sure that he will join The Elders. I think he could do a lot of good outside of the office.
RBS
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Kragar Apr 26, 2015 7:35:27pm |
Obviously that was Jeb popping George for one too many “You'll never be POTUS” cracks @Kwesi_Booker @Green_Footballs— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 27, 2015
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teleskiguy Apr 26, 2015 7:44:34pm |
A guy I went to high school with is on Mt. Everest right now. He sent a blog post today.
A lot happened yesterday afternoon. The areas of the middle of Basecamp that I mentioned that got dusted were actually COMPLETELY DESTROYED. 40-50% of basecamp is gone. The bowl to the southwest of basecamp and to the west side of the Khumbu Glacier below the eastern faces of Pumori took an avalanche of seracs and ice chunks that fell from at least 3,500’ above. I have before and after photos of the ridgeline. They are startling. A huge jagged point along the ridge north of Pumori was intact before the earthquake. Now the jagged serac of ice is gone and the result was the most devastating event to ever hit Everest Basecamp Proper.
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A Cranky One Apr 26, 2015 7:45:40pm |
re: #29 Charles Johnson
Poor John, fell for a lie. Little does he know that there is a massive misinformation campaign to cover the real truth. Angry Obama whacked Harry Reid with a golf club over a disagreement about when to open the FEMA camps.
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Kragar Apr 26, 2015 7:47:15pm |
The Skitarii weaponry is awesome.
“Why on earth would we use depleted uranium rounds when the enriched stuff works so much better?”
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teleskiguy Apr 26, 2015 7:52:02pm |
Jon Kedrowski (@DrJonKedski) (my high school chum who’s in Nepal right now) was climbing Mt. Everest two years ago when a huge storm blew through and killed a dozen or so climbers. Now he’s up there again, during the Earthquake. He’s been a part of two of the deadliest events to occur on Mt. Everest.
I hope @DrJonKedski is okay. Horrible news coming out of Nepal this morning. I think Jon should just stay away from Everest.— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) April 25, 2015
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teleskiguy Apr 26, 2015 7:54:49pm |
On a lighter note, isn’t this just the most Simpson-y Simpsons cartoon still?
Gaze into this. RT @SimpsonsQOTD: “Strike three, Marge! I remember that meeting and I have a photographic memory…” pic.twitter.com/UjK00HyVuO— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) April 26, 2015
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RealityBasedSteve Apr 26, 2015 7:57:40pm |
re: #38 teleskiguy
Jon Kedrowski (@DrJonKedski) (my high school chum who’s in Nepal right now) was climbing Mt. Everest two years ago when a huge storm blew through and killed a dozen or so climbers. Now he’s up there again, during the Earthquake. He’s been a part of two of the deadliest events to occur on Mt. Everest.
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Best hopes for your friend. Let us know when he gets word out that he’s ok.
RBS
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Targetpractice Apr 26, 2015 7:58:33pm |
re: #29 Charles Johnson
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Heh, called it!
re: #7 Targetpractice
Which is why they’re likely to default to attacking him while asserting that they’re really the “victims” here. It’s not that they published bullshit because it fit their bias, it’s that they’re being kept from the “truth” by all the liberal “lies.”
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 8:02:32pm |
Key and Peele are great. Really enjoyed it and you could tell that Keegan was having a blast with the President. For what it’s worth as I said downstairs, I think Keegan Michael Key’s comedy partner, Jordan Peele does one of the best Obama impressions in the business. Jordan really gets down the president’s voice and mannerisms quite well. If you liked that bit, I really recommend watching their show some time. If you loved Chappelle Show ten plus years ago (man where does the time go) you’ll get a kick ouf ot this one too.
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 8:09:17pm |
re: #43 teleskiguy
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Heh. My favorite bit this past year was the Make a Wish child wishing all sorts of vile things. They really are two funny guys. What I appreciate is that both can play the straight man and the silly with skill.
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b.d. Apr 26, 2015 8:12:19pm |
re: #29 Charles Johnson
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I read as much of that Powerline article as I could stomach, did he ever get around to apologizing to Harry Reid or Harry Reid’s brother?
(the guy who should be looking for a lawyer)
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 8:12:25pm |
I have to say I’m going to miss President Obama a lot when he goes. He’s truly a likable guy and has done a great job in the face of genuine hatred for him by his detractors and inheriting a big mess but I guess most of all I’ll miss his humanity. I like that the man can laugh at himself but also be serious. I’ll say it here now but Barack Obama will despite the right wing hatred for him and the left wing purer than thou be remembered as one of our better presidents because he thinks in long term about what is best for the country and makes carefully made decisions.
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Charles Johnson Apr 26, 2015 8:14:31pm |
So George Bush opposes making a deal with Iran. Somebody refresh my memory: what exactly did Bush do to stop Iran from getting nukes?— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 27, 2015
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sagehen Apr 26, 2015 8:15:42pm |
re: #44 HappyWarrior
Heh. My favorite bit this past year was the Make a Wish child wishing all sorts of vile things. They really are two funny guys. What I appreciate is that both can play the straight man and the silly with skill.
I loved the hardcore gangbangers getting into it when it turns out one of them is Team Edward and the other Team Jacob…
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A Cranky One Apr 26, 2015 8:15:51pm |
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Higgs Boson's Mate Apr 26, 2015 8:16:26pm |
re: #47 Charles Johnson
So George Bush opposes making a deal with Iran. Somebody refresh my memory: what exactly did Bush do to stop Iran from getting nukes?
Well, he did stop Iraq from getting the nukes that they never had in the first place.
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 8:17:15pm |
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alpuzzzzz from Wisconsin Apr 26, 2015 8:18:21pm |
Some of the faces in the crowd during this whole thing reminded me of when Colbert did his thing. That whole ‘what the buck’ look.
Wolf Blitzer(heh) was epic. My kid and I laughed almost as much at him as the whole skit. What a freakin’ douche.
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Kragar Apr 26, 2015 8:18:41pm |
re: #47 Charles Johnson
Something something democracy @Green_Footballs— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 27, 2015
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RealityBasedSteve Apr 26, 2015 8:20:13pm |
I’m watching Anchorman 2, now I want a Winnebago with a bag full of bowling balls and a terrarium full of scorpions.
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 8:20:36pm |
re: #53 Kragar
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They’ll greet us as liberators, mission accomplished. Tax cuts during war time. Bush’s one saving grace is that he’s not a xenophobic asshole like his successors in his party.
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Targetpractice Apr 26, 2015 8:20:37pm |
re: #47 Charles Johnson
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As I remember it, Iran offered to dump their entire program and open their sites to inspectors in 2003, passing the offer through the Swiss to lend it authenticity. The Bush admin’s response, assuming Iran’s leadership were on their last leg, was to wipe their ass with the offer while criticizing the Swiss for bothering to pass it on to them.
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Charles Johnson Apr 26, 2015 8:24:26pm |
Reviewing the Bush administration’s record on Iran, it was basically one ham-handed foreign policy fuck-up after another.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 27, 2015
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A Cranky One Apr 26, 2015 8:25:10pm |
re: #56 Targetpractice
I hadn’t remembered that.
Just what I needed, another reason to hate Bush/Cheney. Although I’m guessing Cheney made the decision. Sounds like him.
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teleskiguy Apr 26, 2015 8:27:11pm |
It was 96 in Miami today, tying all-time April high. Also, record silence from the “HAH WHAT NOW AL GORE” crowd that crows in record cold.— Dennis Mersereau (@wxdam) April 27, 2015
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 8:27:35pm |
re: #58 A Cranky One
I hadn’t remembered that.
Just what I needed, another reason to hate Bush/Cheney. Although I’m guessing Cheney made the decision. Sounds like him.
Nothing makes me happier than seeing the guy (Kerry) whose military record they dragged through the mud becoming Secretary of State. Kerry may never become president but he’s not going to go down in history as an utter failure who made one of the biggest foreign policy blunders by an American president.
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 8:28:38pm |
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Targetpractice Apr 26, 2015 8:33:34pm |
re: #57 Charles Johnson
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Bush spent years first refusing to consider negotiations, then dicking around with them while Iran just kept building centrifuges and refining uranium. Nothing he did did anything to stop Iran’s nuclear program.
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William Lewis Apr 26, 2015 8:33:43pm |
re: #58 A Cranky One
I hadn’t remembered that.
Just what I needed, another reason to hate Bush/Cheney. Although I’m guessing Cheney made the decision. Sounds like him.
Just remember - every time you think ill of Cheney, Reagan is guaranteed to have done something even more evil during his political life.
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 8:37:02pm |
re: #63 William Barnett-Lewis
Just remember - every time you think ill of Cheney, Reagan is guaranteed to have done something even more evil during his political life.
You have no idea how much it disgusts me to see the attempts to link Reagan with true greats like Washington and Lincoln. I even remember him somehow winning the greatest American in a contest that Discovery Channel did about a decade ago. Really Reagan over MLK? Lincoln? and so many others.
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A Cranky One Apr 26, 2015 8:44:35pm |
re: #60 HappyWarrior
I agree about Kerry. My dad received the Bronze Star Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters) during his service in Vietnam. Those attacking Kerry insulted my father as well as all the service members who risked their lives helping others in combat. Yet the idiots denigrating the service of others call themselves patriots and true Americans. I call them morons.
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 8:49:52pm |
re: #65 A Cranky One
I agree about Kerry. My dad received the Bronze Star Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters) during his service in Vietnam. Those attacking Kerry insulted my father as well as all the service members who risked their lives helping others in combat. Yet the idiots denigrating the service of others call themselves patriots and true Americans. I call them morons.
Remember the mocking of the Purple Heart with the band aids at the RNC? That to me showed the complete lack of respect that the GOP really has for our nation’s veterans. A party that truly valued and respected service to one’s country wouldn’t have turned a man who disagreed with them’s military medals into something for mockery. My grandfather (Korean war vet) always loathed the chickenshits in the GOP who didn’t serve not because he saw them as cowards but because he felt they had no empathy for the men and women who experienced war and showed it by acting like Iraq was just going to be a cakewalk without a problem for our men and women serving.
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A Cranky One Apr 26, 2015 8:55:10pm |
re: #66 HappyWarrior
They don’t have empathy for anyone. People are irrelevant except when useful; it’s all about greed and wealth. As it’s always been.
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 8:57:05pm |
re: #67 A Cranky One
They don’t have empathy for anyone. People are irrelevant except when useful; it’s all about greed and wealth. As it’s always been.
Yep. I just thought at the time (I was 17) that they would have enough respect not to mock a man who had been wounded in combat especially given that their whole VP nominee and the then present VP had said “I had other priorities” other than serving during Vietnam.
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Targetpractice Apr 26, 2015 9:02:43pm |
So now there’s word that Rick Snyder is considering launching a run for the GOP nomination. Seriously, how “strong” can the GOP bench be if there are second and third stringers who honestly believe they have a chance?
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RealityBasedSteve Apr 26, 2015 9:03:33pm |
re: #66 HappyWarrior
Remember the mocking of the Purple Heart with the band aids at the RNC? That to me showed the complete lack of respect that the GOP really has for our nation’s veterans. A party that truly valued and respected service to one’s country wouldn’t have turned a man who disagreed with them’s military medals into something for mockery. My grandfather (Korean war vet) always loathed the chickenshits in the GOP who didn’t serve not because he saw them as cowards but because he felt they had no empathy for the men and women who experienced war and showed it by acting like Iraq was just going to be a cakewalk without a problem for our men and women serving.
Just listen to them talk about Tammy Duckworth or Max Cleland and the level of their hatred becomes obvious. They can’t even acknowledge that there are Democrats that love this country and have made sacrifices for it.
RBS
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FemNaziBitch Apr 26, 2015 9:03:58pm |
re: #47 Charles Johnson
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invaded Iraq
Seriously, I think that was the rationale. IIRC, KQadaffi (sp?) went belly up with fear when that happened.
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 9:05:28pm |
re: #71 RealityBasedSteve
Just listen to them talk about Tammy Duckworth or Max Cleland and the level of their hatred becomes obvious. They can’t even acknowledge that there are Democrats that love this country and have made sacrifices for it.
RBS
Right. It’s disgusting. They always act so shocked when they hear about Democratic veterans and then they don’t even know why that’s fucked up.
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 9:06:07pm |
re: #70 Targetpractice
So now there’s word that Rick Snyder is considering launching a run for the GOP nomination. Seriously, how “strong” can the GOP bench be if there are second and third stringers who honestly believe they have a chance?
Clown car is now a clown stretch limo.
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Higgs Boson's Mate Apr 26, 2015 9:08:18pm |
re: #60 HappyWarrior
Nothing makes me happier than seeing the guy (Kerry) whose military record they dragged through the mud becoming Secretary of State. Kerry may never become president but he’s not going to go down in history as an utter failure who made one of the biggest foreign policy blunders by an American president.
Kerry served at NSAD Binh Thuy, (then) RVN. I served with the Navy’s riverine forces there in ‘71-‘72. When I saw the Republicans mocking his service I fully realized just how much things had changed for the worse. It occurred to me then that they’d developed the habit of painting themselves into corners, getting angry about that, and then blaming anyone or anything but themselves. They haven’t stopped. I doubt that they will in my lifetime.
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 9:11:14pm |
re: #75 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Kerry served at NSAD Binh Thuy, (then) RVN. I served with the Navy’s riverine forces there in ‘71-‘72. When I saw the Republicans mocking his service I fully realized just how much things had changed for the worse. It occurred to me then that they’d developed the habit of painting themselves into corners, getting angry about that, and then blaming anyone or anything but themselves. They haven’t stopped. I doubt that they will in my lifetime.
As someone who worked hard on the Kerry campaign and got to know a lot about the candidate, what was truly fucked up and something worth mentioning is some of the Swift Boat vets in the ad that trashed Kerry had previously endorsed him for Senate. Now I don’t know if they were paid off or not but I do know this. The guys who served on Kerry’s actual boat thought toe world of him both then and during the presidential campaign. It really was despicable how Kerry’s purple hearts turned into a running gag. Anyone remember the JibJab video that was circulated a lot during the election? That one always rubbed me the wrong way because I felt it was mocking Kerry’s purple hearts.
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RealityBasedSteve Apr 26, 2015 9:11:17pm |
re: #74 HappyWarrior
Clown car is now a clown stretch limo.
Problem is that it’s an evil clown car.
NSFW (Devils Rejects, Top Secret Clown Business)
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Targetpractice Apr 26, 2015 9:11:45pm |
re: #74 HappyWarrior
Clown car is now a clown stretch limo.
It’s like 2004 all over again, only its the GOP this time whose bench is stretching out into the horizon. The debates are gonna be an absolute joke, as by the time each of the candidates has had a chance to bloviate about a single question, there’s gonna be no time for follow-ups because the debate will be over.
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Kragar Apr 26, 2015 9:13:03pm |
Marco Rubio tells Iowa Christians the “wrong people” are in charge of America http://t.co/chJnWrfPQr— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) April 27, 2015
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 9:14:06pm |
re: #80 Kragar
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If he means the House and the Senate, then I absolutely agree with him. Seriously Marco, do you really think using Atwater language is going to make these bigots forget that you broke their heart.
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Targetpractice Apr 26, 2015 9:16:11pm |
re: #80 Kragar
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In his speech, Rubio argued that the United States could reclaim its position as the “single greatest nation in the history of all mankind” if we enact some “simple but important” policies. These include lowering taxes, deregulating business, putting more monetary resources into the U.S. Military, requiring colleges to provide major-specific income projections to prospective student loan applicants, and prioritizing family structures that consist of one woman and one man living with their offspring in the same house.
So, basically the same speech every other Republican is giving.
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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Apr 26, 2015 9:17:00pm |
re: #73 HappyWarrior
Right. It’s disgusting. They always act so shocked when they hear about Democratic veterans and then they don’t even know why that’s fucked up.
Let’s remember that their (old) bête noire George McGovern was a bomber pilot—IOW served in one of the most dangerous military capacities ever. If you mention that it’ll shut them up for a second while you make your escape.
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teleskiguy Apr 26, 2015 9:18:20pm |
re: #69 FemNaziBitch
Just posted this link on a friend’s Facebook timeline. She’s been obsessed with tigers since she was in elementary school (we’re the same age, so she loves tigers) and she’s nine months pregnant.
:-D
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 9:19:28pm |
re: #83 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Let’s remember that their (old) bête noire George McGovern was a bomber pilot—IOW served in one of the most dangerous military capacities ever. If you mention that it’ll shut them up for a second while you make your escape.
McGovern is way before my time but I am familiar with him and his service during WWII.
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 9:20:33pm |
re: #82 Targetpractice
So, basically the same speech every other Republican is giving.
Yeah but he’s young and hip so he’ll get the young people to vote for our own shriveled up dick of a party.
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Kragar Apr 26, 2015 9:21:02pm |
requiring colleges to provide major-specific income projections to prospective student loan applicants,
This pisses me off to no end.
“What career do you want to pursue?”
“I wanted to go into nursing.”
“Lets do a cost benefits analysis to see how broke you will be over the next decades trying to pay for your education. Next! What career do you want to pursue?”
“I want to toss around a ball and subject myself to traumatic brain trauma.”
“LETS GIVE YOU A FREE RIDE TO A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CAREER WHICH WILL KILL YOU EARLY!”
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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Apr 26, 2015 9:23:21pm |
re: #86 HappyWarrior
Yeah but he’s young and hip so he’ll get the young people to vote for our own shriveled up dick of a party.
And reducing taxes, deregulating business, and going hogwild on military spending has worked so well for the last 35 years…more of the same, please!
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SteveMcGaziBolaGate Apr 26, 2015 9:23:34pm |
re: #87 Kragar
As a current college student I think that providing major-specific income projections is a good idea. College students take out some huge loans.
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Kragar Apr 26, 2015 9:25:13pm |
re: #89 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
As a current college student I think that providing major-specific income projections is a good idea. College students take out some huge loans.
I think more focus should be on reducing the need for those kinds of loans in the first place, not getting people comfortable with idea of having to pay for them.
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 9:25:27pm |
re: #88 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
And reducing taxes, deregulating business, and going hogwild on military spending has worked so well for the last 35 years…more of the same, please!
Yeah if I didn’t know any better, I’d say Marco Rubio’s whole campaign slogan boils down to “Vote for me, I’m not an old white guy and I sometimes don’t sound like a dick when it comes to the hopes and aspirations of immigrants but it really depends who I am talking to.”
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RealityBasedSteve Apr 26, 2015 9:25:39pm |
re: #89 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
As a current college student I think that providing major-specific income projections is a good idea. College students take out some huge loans.
And please correct me if I’m mistaken, but didn’t the President put that out as part of his education platform? And the GOP screamed that the Federal Govt had no right to do that? (in part, because of the effect it would have on certain for-profit colleges)
RBS
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Targetpractice Apr 26, 2015 9:27:10pm |
re: #91 HappyWarrior
Yeah if I didn’t know any better, I’d say Marco Rubio’s whole campaign slogan boils down to “Vote for me, I’m not an old white guy and I sometimes don’t sound like a dick when it comes to the hopes and aspirations of immigrants but it really depends who I am talking to.”
That is his entire appeal, that he’s a young Cubano. Nothing else distinguishes him from the rest of the field. Any thought of moderation got scrapped when he decided he wanted to be president. Now, he’s focused on winning that sweet, sweet Koch money that Walker has had taken away from him for going Full Wingnut.
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 9:29:54pm |
re: #93 Targetpractice
That is his entire appeal, that he’s a young Cubano. Nothing else distinguishes him from the rest of the field. Any thought of moderation got scrapped when he decided he wanted to be president. Now, he’s focused on winning that sweet, sweet Koch money that Walker has had taken away from him for going Full Wingnut.
You know why I am cynical about the GOP’s future? It’s that even their “young guns” i.e. Rubio, Cruz, Paul, and so many of the others are actually more reactionary than the old guard. Yes, it’s true that millenials (my generation) may be more progressive as a whole but that doesn’t mean the millenails that will run the GOP one day will be.
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RealityBasedSteve Apr 26, 2015 9:34:32pm |
Well, I just sold a pen to somebody that had been looking at it for a while. Her husband is a big Dallas Cowboys fan, so she loved the colors.
Don’t have the info on these pics, probably shot with my canon T1i with the 18-84 lens and manual flash behind an umbrella with a reflector on the side to fill in the light. (On the second pic I think I see the ribs of the umbrella. The seamless background is just a piece of posterboard pinned to a cardboard box to make a smooth transition curve.
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FemNaziBitch Apr 26, 2015 9:36:53pm |
re: #82 Targetpractice
So, basically the same speech every other Republican is giving.
Restore the Republic!!! Isn’t that what Julius said?
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FemNaziBitch Apr 26, 2015 9:37:18pm |
re: #84 teleskiguy
Just posted this link on a friend’s Facebook timeline. She’s been obsessed with tigers since she was in elementary school (we’re the same age, so she loves tigers) and she’s nine months pregnant.
:-D
oooh, I have a whole Pintrest board on tigers!
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Targetpractice Apr 26, 2015 9:43:55pm |
re: #94 HappyWarrior
You know why I am cynical about the GOP’s future? It’s that even their “young guns” i.e. Rubio, Cruz, Paul, and so many of the others are actually more reactionary than the old guard. Yes, it’s true that millenials (my generation) may be more progressive as a whole but that doesn’t mean the millenails that will run the GOP one day will be.
That’s what gets me when wingnuts tell me about how the Dems have no young stars, that the party is “old and decrepit.” You look at the GOP’s young stars and all of them are reading from a playbook as old as Goldwater and Reagan. It’s why it was so laughable when Rubio started his campaign by declaring Hillary the “candidate of yesterday,” when he’s pushing marriage policies that haven’t budged since the 90s.
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 9:47:00pm |
re: #99 Targetpractice
That’s what gets me when wingnuts tell me about how the Dems have no young stars, that the party is “old and decrepit.” You look at the GOP’s young stars and all of them are reading from a playbook as old as Goldwater and Reagan. It’s why it was so laughable when Rubio started his campaign by declaring Hillary the “candidate of yesterday,” when he’s pushing marriage policies that haven’t budged since the 90s.
Exactly. There’s nothing new these guys are offering. It’s just more of the same GOP and right wing crap that we’ve been hearing for a long time. And hell as I said in some ways Rubio, Cruz, and the other youngsters are more reactionary than the oldies.
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Kragar Apr 26, 2015 9:49:40pm |
All the GOP candidates are too busy trying to be the next Reagan to try to be an example for anything else
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 9:51:37pm |
re: #101 Kragar
All the GOP candidates are too busy trying to be the next Reagan to try to be an example for anything else
Yep. And you know what was interesting to me. Ted Cruz was asked how he would win a general election. He said “Reagan Democrats.” It occurred to me that the absolute youngest Reagan Democrat will be turning 50 the year of the election. These guys have no originality. Obama created his own coalition instead of trying to be another Bill Clinton or FDR.
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Kragar Apr 26, 2015 9:52:34pm |
I don’t want any politician who says “I’m the next ______”.
I want a guy who says “I want to inspire you to be like me.”
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 9:52:43pm |
They also want to be Candidate Reagan more than President Reagan. They ignore that the actual President Reagan did things that they would condemn if President Obama did them.
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 9:56:48pm |
I always laugh when I hear Ron Paul Revolution. What revolution. Oh you mean the policies that we got rid of because they were part of why there was very little upward mobility before the second world war and the GI Bill and the New Deal consensus? You mean civil rights policies that we had when lynching was still socially acceptable? There’s nothing revolutionary about Rand or Ron Paul. Just reactionary. Vote Rand or Ron Paul if you want to live the lives of your great grandparents.
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Targetpractice Apr 26, 2015 9:57:16pm |
re: #102 HappyWarrior
Yep. And you know what was interesting to me. Ted Cruz was asked how he would win a general election. He said “Reagan Democrats.” It occurred to me that the absolute youngest Reagan Democrat will be turning 50 the year of the election. These guys have no originality. Obama created his own coalition instead of trying to be another Bill Clinton or FDR.
What gets me about that is that the Reagan Democrats were something that you would never see in the GOP today: People who felt that the party was moving too far to the margin and so rebelled by supporting the other party that presented itself as more “reasonable.” Even the most “moderate” Republicans I meet today still insist that, come hell or high water, they will pull the lever for a Republican next year.
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HappyWarrior Apr 26, 2015 9:59:49pm |
re: #106 Targetpractice
What gets me about that is that the Reagan Democrats were something that you would never see in the GOP today: People who felt that the party was moving too far to the margin and so rebelled by supporting the other party that presented itself as more “reasonable.” Even the most “moderate” Republicans I meet today still insist that, come hell or high water, they will pull the lever for a Republican next year.
Right. That’s another good point when not thinking about demographics. The other thing and the so called moderate Republicans will never admit this but a mainstream Democrat today resembles a moderate Republican of years past more than a mainstream Republican and it’s been that way for a while.
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BeachDem Apr 26, 2015 10:08:26pm |
re: #70 Targetpractice
So now there’s word that Rick Snyder is considering launching a run for the GOP nomination. Seriously, how “strong” can the GOP bench be if there are second and third stringers who honestly believe they have a chance?
And I think Rick Snyder is the most disgusting, and possibly the most dangerous, of them all (well, Kasich is a close second.)
And Rachel Maddow’s coverage of what happened in Benton Harbor will bring tears to your eyes.
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Targetpractice Apr 26, 2015 10:12:37pm |
I notice that the media now wants to talk almost exclusively about Hillary, as if the GOP field suddenly doesn’t matter anymore. I sincerely wonder if that’s because they realize that the only way to have an actual horse race is to cripple the horse that’s several lengths ahead of the rest of the field.
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gwangung Apr 26, 2015 10:24:48pm |
re: #76 HappyWarrior
As someone who worked hard on the Kerry campaign and got to know a lot about the candidate, what was truly fucked up and something worth mentioning is some of the Swift Boat vets in the ad that trashed Kerry had previously endorsed him for Senate. Now I don’t know if they were paid off or not but I do know this. The guys who served on Kerry’s actual boat thought toe world of him both then and during the presidential campaign. It really was despicable how Kerry’s purple hearts turned into a running gag. Anyone remember the JibJab video that was circulated a lot during the election? That one always rubbed me the wrong way because I felt it was mocking Kerry’s purple hearts.
Well, we know where GamerGate learned their tactics….
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BeachDem Apr 26, 2015 10:26:28pm |
re: #103 Kragar
I don’t want any politician who says “I’m the next ______”.
I want a guy who says “I want to inspire you to be like me.”
O’Malley’s stump speech has a strong section—(paraphrasing)—be proud Democrats—when you see a child/a person who now has health care/someone who wants their family to be treated with dignity and respect etc.—when they ask you who did you vote for in the last election, you tell them “I voted for you.”
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BeachDem Apr 26, 2015 10:46:03pm |
re: #113 Kragar
I’m liking O’Malley so far.
When he spoke at our issues conference at the end of Feb, part of his speech was cracking on “triangulation”—using that specific term, which the media picked up as being pretty anti-Hillary.
When he spoke this past weekend, he gave a different speech—which appears to be his now standard stump speech (here is a version of it, which is almost identical to the one he gave at our convention.)
I still think he’ll declare, run for a few months to get some name recognition and draw in the liberal wing who are not that enamored of Hillary, and will then be the vp pick.
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Kragar Apr 26, 2015 10:47:51pm |
re: #114 BeachDem
When he spoke at our issues conference at the end of Feb, part of his speech was cracking on “triangulation”—using that specific term, which the media picked up as being pretty anti-Hillary.
When he spoke this past weekend, he gave a different speech—which appears to be his now standard stump speech (here is a version of it, which is almost identical to the one he gave at our convention.)
[Embedded content]I still think he’ll declare, run for a few months to get some name recognition and draw in the liberal wing who are not that enamored of Hillary, and will then be the vp pick.
And I would be perfectly fine with that.
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BeachDem Apr 26, 2015 10:51:36pm |
re: #115 Kragar
And I would be perfectly fine with that.
I would as well. I think it would be a really strong team that covers all the bases (and all of the “bases.”)
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Apr 27, 2015 1:22:19am |
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says he sees no reason to spend $1 billion on a presidential campaign as both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama did in 2012 and as Hillary Clinton is expected to do for 2016.
“I don’t think it’s necessary if you run the right kind of campaign,” Bush said during a Q&A before a donor retreat in Miami Beach,
Of course not. You have PACs that spend a billion and do it for you indirectly
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Kragar Apr 27, 2015 1:40:35am |
re: #117 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says he sees no reason to spend $1 billion on a presidential campaign as both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama did in 2012 and as Hillary Clinton is expected to do for 2016.
“I don’t think it’s necessary if you run the right kind of campaign,” Bush said during a Q&A before a donor retreat in Miami Beach,
Of course not. You have PACs that spend a billion and do it for you indirectly
I think in Jeb’s case, the reasoning would be there is no reason to spend that kind of money because he’s never going to be elected.
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 2:02:45am |
re: #118 Kragar
I think in Jeb’s case, the reasoning would be there is no reason to spend that kind of money because he’s never going to be elected.
I don’t know, with the “right” people behind him, a lot of dark money, and the “moderate middle” seeing him as “likable” over the fire-breathers, he could win the primary, I think, even though he’s no better, nor worse, than the others.
If he and the Bushies didn’t want him elected, he wouldn’t be in the running, protestations aside. They really want to keep the power and they know people like Cruz or Huckleberry will never win the primary.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Apr 27, 2015 2:14:01am |
re: #119 Justanotherhuman
I don’t know, with the “right” people behind him, a lot of dark money, and the “moderate middle” seeing him as “likable” over the fire-breathers, he could win the primary, I think, even though he’s no better, nor worse, than the others.
If he and the Bushies didn’t want him elected, he wouldn’t be in the running, protestations aside. They really want to keep the power and they know people like Cruz or Huckleberry will never win the primary.
I think another branch of the GOP knows that running another rich white guy will not get them the presidency.
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Nyet Apr 27, 2015 2:19:20am |
re: #119 Justanotherhuman
even though he’s no better, nor worse, than the others.
Personally he may even be better (certainly than Ted Cruz?), but what matters is the SCOTUS, and he will appoint the wingnut judges just as any other R.
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 2:19:50am |
How much does it cost per year to keep looking like this? Probably a lot more than you make. And why was she even at the WHCA? Does she even do anything useful any more? I know she has good genes, but so do a lot of people and they don’t even come close, much less have the time and money to preserve themselves in such a fashion.
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 2:22:17am |
re: #120 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I think another branch of the GOP knows that running another rich white guy will not get them the presidency.
Bush will present himself as a humble guy with a family, not rich, doncha know. And some people will buy anything.
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 2:24:40am |
At least 3,617 people have been confirmed dead in Nepal after massive earthquake, police say - @AP
end of alert
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Apr 27, 2015 2:26:51am |
re: #123 Justanotherhuman
Bush will present himself as a humble guy with a family, not rich, doncha know. And some people will buy anything.
He comes across a bit less arrogant than Mitt at least.
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Nyet Apr 27, 2015 2:28:54am |
People vote for scorpions and then wonder why they’re getting stung.
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 2:29:30am |
re: #125 Nyet
She probably still does charitable work.
She doesn’t have to “work” at it. It’s just money.
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 2:33:45am |
Iowa State Univ bomb threat.
A look at what officers are patrolling with as the circle Durham Hall and surrounding buildings. . #BreakingNews. pic.twitter.com/2XN9OVOO5a— Blake Lanser (@BLAKElanser) April 27, 2015
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 2:50:17am |
re: #129 Nyet
Good for her.
I don’t hate her; in fact, I saw her during her political activism in the early 70s in Phila.
But she’s worth at least $120M and it’s a lot easier to have charitable causes when you have that much and can raise more for your own causes through being a celebrity plus having all that tax relief as a bonus and having others running them.
It’s a lot different than ordinary people who actually put their time into volunteering to work at a soup kitchen, or give a homeless person a hard-earned $20, or build Habitat houses.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Apr 27, 2015 2:51:29am |
re: #131 Justanotherhuman
It’s a lot different than ordinary people who actually put their time into volunteering to work at a soup kitchen, or give a homeless person a hard-earned $20, or build Habitat houses.
and do not get their pictures spayed all over the tabloid press…
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 2:52:44am |
Political understatement of the year:
Kazakhstan’s President Nazarbayev on his 97% election victory: ‘I apologize if these numbers are unacceptable for the super democratic countries but there was nothing I could do’ - @ARothNYT
end of alert
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 2:59:51am |
OSCE report: Voters in Kazakhstan had limited choice in early presidential election due to lack of genuine opposition, restrictions on freedom of expression - @Reuters
end of alert
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Apr 27, 2015 3:03:10am |
Follow up: 3% of Kazahstan’s voters “mysteriously disappear”…
/
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Nyet Apr 27, 2015 3:08:35am |
re: #133 Justanotherhuman
Political understatement of the year:
Kazakhstan’s President Nazarbayev on his 97% election victory: ‘I apologize if these numbers are unacceptable for the super democratic countries but there was nothing I could do’ - @ARothNYT
end of alert
Not quite true:
In the wake of his third presidential election, Lukashenko went so far as to admit that he had forged previous election results.
“Yes, we falsified the [results of the] last election. I have already told this to Westerners. In fact, 93.5 percent [of ballots were] for President Lukashenko. People say this is not a European result, so we changed it to 86 percent. This truly happened,” he told Ukrainian journalists in 2006.
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 3:08:45am |
Another non-surprise election:
Sudan’s President Bashir wins 94.5% of vote in election, election committee says - @Reuters
end of alert
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 3:43:14am |
Whoa! I thought it was nippy. Only 39 here this am. Getting up to 70, though, later.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Apr 27, 2015 4:13:27am |
re: #136 Nyet
Not quite true:
Originally Lukaschenko reported 103% of the vote; people were sneaking across the border from Poland, Lithuania and the Ukraine to vote for him.
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Timothy Watson Apr 27, 2015 4:22:03am |
re: #138 Justanotherhuman
Whoa! I thought it was nippy. Only 39 here this am. Getting up to 70, though, later.
Same temperate here in central Virginia, but we’re only getting up to 63F. :/
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Nyet Apr 27, 2015 4:22:51am |
re: #139 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Originally Lukaschenko reported 103% of the vote; people were sneaking across the border from Poland, Lithuania and the Ukraine to vote for him.
Actually 134%. Martians were also voting for him.
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Timothy Watson Apr 27, 2015 4:29:35am |
re: #139 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
Originally Lukaschenko reported 103% of the vote; people were sneaking across the border from Poland, Lithuania and the Ukraine to vote for him.
Was Soros involved?
/
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Lord Of The Pies Apr 27, 2015 4:51:14am |
WTFITS==>
If only President Obama weren't black. http://t.co/fTCGx412PN— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) April 27, 2015
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Timothy Watson Apr 27, 2015 4:55:23am |
re: #144 Lord Of The Pies
WTFITS==>
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Sorry, I couldn’t get pass the author calling people at the Correspondents Dinner “the worst people in the world” (first paragraph).
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Lord Of The Pies Apr 27, 2015 5:08:20am |
re: #145 Timothy Watson
Sorry, I couldn’t get pass the author calling people at the Correspondents Dinner “the worst people in the world” (first paragraph).
Butthurt because he wasn’t invited.,
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 5:15:15am |
Yay, Kentucky!
*sigh*
Study finds local area tops nation in drinking
The study finds that Mason, Bracken, and Lewis counties, along with Owen County Kentucky are the list. Nine of the Top 10 counties in the nation are in Kentucky. The number one spot for the biggest increase in heavy drinking is held by Loving County Texas followed in the number two spot by Bracken County.
Some of those Kentucky counties in the top ten are “dry” (no alcohol sales) or “moist” (limited alcohol sales in cities).
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Feline Fearless Leader Apr 27, 2015 5:27:40am |
re: #98 FemNaziBitch
GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPY!!!
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I watched two people taking a puppy for a walk in the park yesterday. Two entirely different agendas at work and neither party was entirely happy with how things were proceeding. People were sort of trying to get from Point A to Point Z. Puppy wanted to stop, sniff and roll about at Points B, C, F, H, etc.
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lawhawk Apr 27, 2015 5:28:54am |
re: #103 Kragar
I don’t want any politician who says “I’m the next ______”.
I want a guy who says “I want to inspire you to be like me.”
I think that’s the reason I’m leery of Hillary. I don’t want the next Bill Clinton (or Clinton Admin generally).
I want the next inspirational candidate who has a platform that puts all Americans first; not merely fixating on slash taxes for the 1% and burning down the safety net for all those who aren’t making ends meet or stigmatizing those who rely on minimum wage or SNAP with onerous requirements while corporations get handouts without any oversight at all.
I want a candidate who understands that the tax code is a mess, but the fix isn’t a flat tax.
I want a candidate who understands that foreign policy isn’t simply saying America F’Yeah or that isolationism is a panacea, or that bomb bomb bomb is a cure either.
I want a candidate who understands that the health care system in the US provides some excellent care, but the cost structure is unsustainable, and it will bankrupt anyone who suffers from major maladies. As much as GOPers claim to hate Medicare/Medicaid, the fact is that their constituents love it because it controls and contains costs better than individual insurance companies. That too doesn’t mean that those programs can’t be adjusted and streamlined to make them more efficient, but you can’t cut funding to audits if you want to stop bad actors either (same with the IRS).
I want a candidate who understands that global warming is real and it is affecting climate across the US; I want a candidate who understands that water shortages in the southwest are real and require more than piecemeal state action. It means addressing potable water access nationally (and internationally as droughts are likely to increase conflicts in coming years).
I want a candidate who understands that science and religion can coexist, but that religion has no place in a science classroom. Evolution is real, testable and studied extensively; creationism is a belief system.
I want a candidate who understands what the 1A really means and limits the government’s imposition of religious beliefs on others - and that corporations aren’t people.
I want a candidate who understands that the 2A allows for reasonable restrictions and that making sure that purchasers/sellers are legitimate is reasonable. It means addressing mental health concerns.
I want a candidate who understands that officer-involved shootings and excessive force incidents are an epidemic (and have been for a long time). Reforming law enforcement will take time, particularly since the training and tactics are geared towards shooting first and escaping culpability for the consequences later.
And it is for that reason that I’m still not running for the WH. I can’t raise $1 billion to run, but more to the point, there’s a significant percentage of Americans who think that we should continue shifting resources to the 1%, that the poor and middle class should give up their safety net, that science is optional, and that cops should be able to be Judge Dredds, and that everyone should have maximum firepower and the ability to use it with a hair trigger, and that people should be able to impose their religious beliefs on others.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 5:31:38am |
Only cat owners will appreciate this fully… pic.twitter.com/tqVCvrl3K6— Dave from Pembs! (@pembdave) April 27, 2015
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 5:34:11am |
re: #149 lawhawk
I don’t mind a Clinton presidency if she continues in the Obama vein and takes them on full force.
I’m just afraid she’s not as good a chess player as Obama. I mean, who the hell is?
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 6:02:44am |
Magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits on the border of India and Nepal, shaking felt in Bhutan - USGS
read more on usgs.gov
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Apr 27, 2015 6:10:07am |
I’m just over here getting a chuckle from the previous thread post
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO HARRY REID, PART XVIIII
Never change, Powerline, never change.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 6:13:01am |
Although it's early I think this is our #Florida Mugshot Du Jour. http://t.co/GyL5LxmB21 vIa @FloriDUHgal pic.twitter.com/aXeKQbMLWW— Craig Pittman (@craigtimes) April 27, 2015
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Apr 27, 2015 6:15:21am |
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FemNaziBitch Apr 27, 2015 6:30:51am |
re: #122 Justanotherhuman
How much does it cost per year to keep looking like this? Probably a lot more than you make. And why was she even at the WHCA? Does she even do anything useful any more? I know she has good genes, but so do a lot of people and they don’t even come close, much less have the time and money to preserve themselves in such a fashion.
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IIRC, she never had a child.
does make a difference!
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ObserverArt Apr 27, 2015 6:34:32am |
Morning all. I see there has been much discussion overnight about W Bush being critical of President Obama. Ahhh…politics.
I figure someone got Bush to do some speaking for the team seeing as we are deep into the election BS (Groan!) and the Republicans are polling like the flotsam they are.
But this morning I heard a word accredited to Bush that really pissed me off. He supposedly called Obama naive in his working with Iran.
Really? I think that would be the last word W Bush should ever use.
Go back in your hole George W. Bush. There was a reason that you have been quiet over the last 6 plus years. That would be the same reason why you should continue to shut the hell up. Just remember, you will be very low on the list of successful presidents. Your own party wanted you to keep quite and stay away. Nothing has changed.
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FemNaziBitch Apr 27, 2015 6:34:50am |
re: #149 lawhawk
Would you let your opininion of TIpper affect your vote for or against Al?
Or any other first lady?
Then why let your opinion of Bill affect your opinion of Hillary?
She is her own person and candidate.
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lawhawk Apr 27, 2015 6:44:33am |
re: #160 FemNaziBitch
Would you let your opininion of TIpper affect your vote for or against Al?
Or any other first lady?
Then why let your opinion of Bill affect your opinion of Hillary?
She is her own person and candidate.
My opinion of Hillary takes into account that Hillary’s husband was POTUS and if you think that he’s not going to have a role/say in Hillary’s administration then you’re being naive. Even if it isn’t an official position, he’s going to have an outsized say as compared to any prior First Person.
My negative opinion of Tipper vis a vis Al stands on its own (PMRC) and never particularly liked either.
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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate Apr 27, 2015 6:48:27am |
Now in Chongqing at a pretty good hotel for a student trip. With 150 of us, I guess we got a hefty discount.
Tomorrow is sightseeing day. Get on the bus, get off the bus, get on, get off, etc.
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Feline Fearless Leader Apr 27, 2015 6:50:09am |
re: #162 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Now in Chongqing at a pretty good hotel for a student trip. With 150 of us, I guess we got a hefty discount.
Tomorrow is sightseeing day. Get on the bus, get off the bus, get on, get off, etc.
More time embarking/debarking than actually spent at the site being visited?
:)
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Decatur Deb Apr 27, 2015 6:51:40am |
re: #161 lawhawk
My opinion of Hillary takes into account that Hillary’s husband was POTUS and if you think that he’s not going to have a role/say in Hillary’s administration then you’re being naive. Even if it isn’t an official position, he’s going to have an outsized say as compared to any prior First Person.
My negative opinion of Tipper vis a vis Al stands on its own (PMRC) and never particularly liked either.
Who I want for President:
Bernie Sanders
Elizabeth Warren
Robert Reich
Who I want for Democratic candidate:
Hillary Clinton
The better choices are not going to happen in 2016, but President Scott Walker could.
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Lord Of The Pies Apr 27, 2015 6:51:55am |
STUPIDEST TWEET OF THE DAY, MORNING EDITION==>
So who really cares about Black Americans? http://t.co/18HQwtO8T1 #pjnet #tcot #ccot pic.twitter.com/RGlOY47VQh— Robert McClary (@kc8ysl) April 27, 2015
When James Buchanan was President, Black unemployment was 0% #tcot #ccot #UniteBlue https://t.co/7fhGvqFj8v pic.twitter.com/6k3hnBJWjy— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) April 27, 2015
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 6:52:08am |
The headline is wrong. And substituting male “heroes” for female “heroes” shouldn’t be the way girls learn to be independent and strong just so corporations can make billions. Girls can be taught not to be helpless “princesses” while also rejecting being turned into a female version of a man. Stereotypical roles should be rejected by any gender.
DC and Mattel look to turn girls into superhero fans
re: #156 FemNaziBitch
I think she had 2, didn’t she?
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Higgs Boson's Mate Apr 27, 2015 6:53:26am |
re: #162 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Now in Chongqing at a pretty good hotel for a student trip. With 150 of us, I guess we got a hefty discount.
Tomorrow is sightseeing day. Get on the bus, get off the bus, get on, get off, etc.
Have you visited Shangxi province? The scenery there looks to be freaking amazing.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 7:03:33am |
Autocorrect Band Name Generator http://t.co/nD2JjHksbt (by @SummerRay) pic.twitter.com/QjozZM6mUo— The Poke (@ThePoke) April 27, 2015
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ObserverArt Apr 27, 2015 7:06:12am |
re: #164 Decatur Deb
Who I want for President:
Bernie Sanders
Elizabeth Warren
Robert ReichWho I want for Democratic candidate:
Hillary ClintonThe better choices are not going to happen in 2016, but President Scott Walker, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Kelly Ayotte, Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, Nikki Haley, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, John Kasich, Peter King, Susana Martinez, Mike Pence, Rick Perry, Brian Sandoval, Rick Santorum, Rick Snyder could.
Thought it best to touch up your comment Deb, so as to reflect the insanity of the GOP Clown Truck. I added another consideration that I saw when I did a Google search to find the most complete list who isn’t even on the list yet that I found.
By the way, here is where I got the list: BallotPedia - Possible presidential candidates, 2016
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Decatur Deb Apr 27, 2015 7:11:08am |
OFA, the relicta of the Obama For America campaign, has reshaped itself and is offering community organizing/activism training. I can’t really see how they plan to fit the 2016 campaign, but I’m looking into it. (The AL effort has gone rather silent.) The opportunity isn’t very well described in detail.
Here is a link to their 12-week training offer for the Summer and another for the Fall:
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 7:11:47am |
So very sad. And wrong.
Long line of mourners at Freddie Gray's Funeral at New Shiloh Baptist Church in Baltimore. pic.twitter.com/nmudVQdIoh
— Kathleen Cairns (@CairnsKcairns) April 27, 2015
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Decatur Deb Apr 27, 2015 7:12:43am |
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ObserverArt Apr 27, 2015 7:13:53am |
re: #171 Justanotherhuman
So very sad. And wrong.
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They should make the damn cops that had anything to do with his death be in that line.
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Floral Giraffe Apr 27, 2015 7:14:55am |
re: #168 Backwoods_Sleuth
I flipping HATE auto correct, but sometimes its just funny!
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 7:15:11am |
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 7:17:51am |
O_o
Koch Industries drops criminal-history question from job applications: http://t.co/VUDGxHnHOW pic.twitter.com/TeSBlgirB1— NBC Charlotte (@wcnc) April 27, 2015
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darthstar Apr 27, 2015 7:18:21am |
Here’s for profit education for you.
Corinthian, Heald colleges shut down abruptly, @jilltucker reports http://t.co/k1MHaiTxRp pic.twitter.com/RadXeVL57g— SFGate (@SFGate) April 27, 2015
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Decatur Deb Apr 27, 2015 7:19:17am |
re: #176 Backwoods_Sleuth
O_o
Koch Industries drops criminal-history question from job applications: on.wcnc.com
Must have openings in their Labor Security division.
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darthstar Apr 27, 2015 7:20:09am |
re: #176 Backwoods_Sleuth
Well…they are hiring a lot of Republican lawmakers right now.
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darthstar Apr 27, 2015 7:23:23am |
Still the best video game ever…
super-fun-pak comic: PONG: THE COMIC STRIP read here-> http://t.co/DBFdR7iDJs— Ruben Bolling (@RubenBolling) April 27, 2015
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 7:24:22am |
Twitter photo fail:
Dandelions should be the new kale: http://t.co/KIVPlzbPk1 pic.twitter.com/OBfNHBpphh— Motherboard (@motherboard) April 27, 2015
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 7:33:12am |
re: #177 darthstar
Here’s for profit education for you.
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And 16K students are out of school.
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Feline Fearless Leader Apr 27, 2015 7:33:21am |
re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth
Twitter photo fail:
Nice idea. However, given the crap that people and towns spray in order to keep weeds down I wouldn’t trust the local dandelion greens (or other edible plants) very far.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 7:34:49am |
re: #183 Feline Fearless Leader
Nice idea. However, given the crap that people and towns spray in order to keep weeds down I wouldn’t trust the local dandelion greens (or other edible plants) very far.
Dandelion greens are good, although they take some work at preparation.
Too bad the tweet used a photo of chamomile instead.
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Feline Fearless Leader Apr 27, 2015 7:35:43am |
Pollan’s _Omnivore’s Dilemma_ has a nice section where he decides to make a meal and collect/harvest the ingredients himself. So he gets into finding local fruit* and such, hunts a feral hog, and makes sourdough bread using wind-harvested yeast.
* - The loquat comments remind me of this whenever I see them. :)
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ObserverArt Apr 27, 2015 7:36:49am |
re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth
Dandelion greens are good, although they take some work at preparation.
Too bad the tweet used a photo of chamomile instead.
I was going to ask you what plant that really was. I could tell by the leaves it sure wasn’t a dandelion. I’ve seen too many dandelions to know.
Time to get some work done…back laters.
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Feline Fearless Leader Apr 27, 2015 7:38:00am |
Speaking of plants - I went to pick up my mail on Saturday and on the table near the mailboxes that various things turn up on were two parsley plants in the plastic transplant boxes with a sign “Free to a Good Home”.
They’re now in a few of my pots that were vacant at the time. I can also post a “parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme” photo since this is the first time I have all four of those herbs planted at the same time.
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 7:38:54am |
VIDEO: Jim Garlow rearranges Hebrew words to prove that marriage equality will make us burn in fire #March4Marriage http://t.co/sHW8vVoKyj— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) April 25, 2015
At today’s March for Marriage, Pastor Jim Garlow offered a lengthy explanation for why he believes marriage equality is wrong, asking the audience to repeat several Hebrew words found in Genesis before rearranging the letters to make the word “fire,” which of course proves that if you allow marriage equality you are going to Hell.
“You mess with the definition of marriage, and you burn, you’re toast, you can’t win that one,” he said.
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 7:46:09am |
Fuck, fuck, fuck.
U.S. top court throws out Obamacare contraception ruling
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday revived religious objections by Catholic groups in Michigan and Tennessee to the Obamacare requirement for contraception coverage, throwing out a lower court decision favoring President Barack Obama’s administration.
“The justices asked the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its decision that backed the Obama administration in light of the Supreme Court’s June 2014 ruling that allowed certain privately owned corporations to seek exemptions from the provision.
“”Obama’s healthcare law, known as Obamacare, requires employers to provide health insurance policies that cover preventive services for women including access to contraception and sterilization.” More
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darthstar Apr 27, 2015 7:48:34am |
Yes, bacon. http://t.co/MwtxH4W7Zo— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) April 27, 2015
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darthstar Apr 27, 2015 7:49:15am |
re: #182 Justanotherhuman
And 16K students are out of school.
Ouch…and one of my fb friends just lost her teaching job.
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Lord Of The Pies Apr 27, 2015 7:49:21am |
re: #182 Justanotherhuman
And 16K students are out of school.
And they each owe $10,000’s in student loans.
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 7:50:54am |
re: #189 Justanotherhuman
This is such bullshit. Part of women’s health includes contraception. Birth control isn’t just used to stop babies from being born. If private corporations are going to offer their employees insurance, women should have access to birth control. Period.
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steve_davis Apr 27, 2015 7:57:03am |
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darthstar Apr 27, 2015 7:57:50am |
@SciencePorn can't be bothered to credit the creator of this comic, eh? It's by @_Pandy of http://t.co/VAkiSMhJmk pic.twitter.com/btTFxmrUV2— Justin Starr (@UrbanAstroNYC) April 25, 2015
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BeachDem Apr 27, 2015 7:58:52am |
re: #122 Justanotherhuman
How much does it cost per year to keep looking like this? Probably a lot more than you make. And why was she even at the WHCA? Does she even do anything useful any more? I know she has good genes, but so do a lot of people and they don’t even come close, much less have the time and money to preserve themselves in such a fashion.
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At least she was on a TV series within the past year and is a movie star. Most of the “celebrities” they showed, I had never even heard of. One was described as a “social media star,” another as “Vine personality.”
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darthstar Apr 27, 2015 7:59:31am |
This guy's about a week away from announcing he's running for the GOP nomination https://t.co/aZofqwlDY3 (h/t @owillis )— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) April 27, 2015
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darthstar Apr 27, 2015 8:01:15am |
@scootermcdoog @owillis @chrislhayes Paranoia by TeaParty, fashion by ISIS. American TeaLiban— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) April 27, 2015
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 8:05:13am |
Ted Cruz vows to do “everything humanly possible” to sink nuclear deal with Iran. http://t.co/mXPpMzBmt5— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) April 27, 2015
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Floral Giraffe Apr 27, 2015 8:05:43am |
re: #193 Lidane
This is such bullshit. Part of women’s health includes contraception. Birth control isn’t just used to stop babies from being born. If private corporations are going to offer their employees insurance, women should have access to birth control. Period.
Because this bears repeating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Higgs Boson's Mate Apr 27, 2015 8:07:36am |
re: #193 Lidane
This is such bullshit. Part of women’s health includes contraception. Birth control isn’t just used to stop babies from being born. If private corporations are going to offer their employees insurance, women should have access to birth control. Period.
Do their religious objections extend to boner pills? No? Then they’re assholes. As you so correctly mentioned, contraceptives can be required for a woman’s health. It’s revelatory of the mindset of the opposition that contraceptives for women are always going to be used for sport-fucking while boner pills are used strictly for loftier purposes.
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 8:12:27am |
Please proceed:
Marco Rubio: it's “ridiculous and absurd” to think gay people have a constitutional right to marry http://t.co/NU89QVdJBt— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) April 27, 2015
With luck, SCOTUS will rule against the RWNJ bigots on gay marriage. I would love to see the GOP get sucked into another social conservative tent revival primary shitstorm in 2016. It would be terrible for work, but great for me politically.
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 8:13:36am |
re: #202 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Do their religious objections extend to boner pills? No? Then they’re assholes. As you so correctly mentioned, contraceptives can be required for a woman’s health. It’s revelatory of the mindset of the opposition that contraceptives for women are always going to be used for sport-fucking while boner pills are used strictly for loftier purposes.
Oh, those boner pills are absolutely for sport-fucking, but because men can do that sort of thing without being slut shamed, it’s all good.
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Dr Lizardo Apr 27, 2015 8:19:52am |
re: #203 Lidane
Please proceed:
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With luck, SCOTUS will rule against the RWNJ bigots on gay marriage. I would love to see the GOP get sucked into another social conservative tent revival primary shitstorm in 2016. It would be terrible for work, but great for me politically.
Heh. As the GOP candidates compete for the title of Supreme Ayatollah of Greater Wingnuttia. Should be fun to watch..
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 8:19:54am |
WATCH LIVE: Loretta Lynch sworn in as attorney general http://t.co/WSBLt5wn4c pic.twitter.com/jQFxjgQEtE— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 27, 2015
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 8:22:53am |
oh. my.
Litigant’s F-word filing tells ‘geezer’ judge just what she thinks of his ‘blah, blah, blah’ finding http://t.co/Bx8GR0RaXj— ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) April 27, 2015
(short article and definitely worth the click to read it)
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Joe Bacon Apr 27, 2015 8:25:03am |
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Dr Lizardo Apr 27, 2015 8:27:02am |
re: #207 Backwoods_Sleuth
Clark explains the source of her legal knowledge in this paragraph: “Look here, old man, when I told you I AM Justice-I meant it. It took me about I month to study the history of the world and to learn the history and inner workings of American jurisprudence, literally. I was born to do this here. Don’t you know that your FBI and CIA have been trying to recruit me since grade school? Lol. But they’re unscrupulous losers like you, so it won’t be happening.”
Chuckles has a sister?
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darthstar Apr 27, 2015 8:27:19am |
Rich gay Republicans very sorry for not knowing Ted Cruz is an A-Hole http://t.co/sAl4tS5ajr pic.twitter.com/wyjWkEhTh8— Wonkette (@Wonkette) April 27, 2015
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Joe Bacon Apr 27, 2015 8:28:23am |
re: #207 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh. my.
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(short article and definitely worth the click to read it)
Did Orly Taitz coach her?
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 8:29:53am |
re: #210 darthstar
They should’ve just asked John Cornyn.
It’s no secret that he and Ted Cruz despise each other.
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darthstar Apr 27, 2015 8:31:49am |
re: #207 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh. my.
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(short article and definitely worth the click to read it)
She’s right…the laws only apply to FEDERAL citizens…she and her husband and ‘baby’ are SOVEREIGN citizens…aka Teabagger Republicans.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 8:32:26am |
“It’s about time this woman is being sworn in.” -VP Biden on Loretta Lynch— Vice President Biden (@VP) April 27, 2015
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darthstar Apr 27, 2015 8:32:37am |
re: #212 Lidane
They should’ve just asked John Cornyn.
It’s no secret that he and Ted Cruz despise each other.
Which will make his endorsement all the sweeter.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 8:34:43am |
re: #203 Lidane
Please proceed:
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With luck, SCOTUS will rule against the RWNJ bigots on gay marriage. I would love to see the GOP get sucked into another social conservative tent revival primary shitstorm in 2016. It would be terrible for work, but great for me politically.
NO, Marco, what’s ridiculous and absurd is that you and your party think it’s constitutional to prohibit them from having that right. Go and read Loving v Virginia, you bigoted asshole.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 8:37:07am |
#NewOrleans now under a #Tornado #Warning until 11 AM CDT. #damage being reported as well as power outages & flashes pic.twitter.com/bQ65RzPLIs— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) April 27, 2015
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Lord Of The Pies Apr 27, 2015 8:38:42am |
STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY, GUN-FUCKING EDITION==>
Explain how she is gonna put her kid down safely and then get off “as many shots as it takes”
#MomsDemand #GunControl #AllWomen #GunSense #EveryTown #2A #GunRights #MolonLabe #TLOT #CCOT #TCOT #RedNationRising pic.twitter.com/ynmhGNtLSH— Byron (@Metz_Byron) April 27, 2015
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 8:39:58am |
Joe is making it fun for Loretta Lynch. : )
Vice President Biden begins to swear in new Attorney General Loretta Lynch @TheJusticeDept pic.twitter.com/hyu7SyuJLP
— Carrie Johnson (@johnson_carrie) April 27, 2015
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 8:40:35am |
re: #218 Lord Of The Pies
Explain how she is gonna put her kid down safely and then get off “as many shots as it takes”
Didn’t you know? Owning a gun gives you precognitive abilities and super powers. She’ll know exactly who to aim for, be able to get her kid down safely, AND fire better, more accurate shots that the best Army snipers alive, and all because she’s a gun owner.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 8:42:19am |
re: #218 Lord Of The Pies
STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY, GUN-FUCKING EDITION==>
Explain how she is gonna put her kid down safely and then get off “as many shots as it takes”[Embedded content]
That looks safe. And of course a guy posted that.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 8:42:38am |
re: #218 Lord Of The Pies
STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY, GUN-FUCKING EDITION==>
Explain how she is gonna put her kid down safely and then get off “as many shots as it takes”[Embedded content]
I notice she also has her purse slung over her shoulder and across her chest ON TOP of the rifle.
good grief.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 8:43:28am |
re: #223 Backwoods_Sleuth
I notice she also has her purse slung over her shoulder and across her chest ON TOP of the rifle.
good grief.
It’s pornography for people who are too chickenshit to look at real pornography.
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Lord Of The Pies Apr 27, 2015 8:44:39am |
re: #224 HappyWarrior
It’s pornography for people who are too chickenshit to look at real pornography.
That’s why they fuck guns instead of a willing human partner.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 8:45:02am |
re: #225 Lord Of The Pies
That’s why they fuck guns instead of a willing human partner.
A gun cant’ say no.
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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 27, 2015 8:45:05am |
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 8:47:04am |
Multiple *unconfirmed* reports of trees down and flooding on the campus of @lsu. We are working on more information. #lawx— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) April 27, 2015
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 8:47:06am |
re: #227 Eclectic Cyborg
the Bible says sexual immorality is sinful but violence is ok.
Oh wait…
Hehe that reminds me of a father of a childhood friend. He was all fine with my friend and his siblings seeing really graphically violent movies like Braveheart but the kids weren’t allowed to see bare breasts. and things like that.
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 8:48:50am |
WATCH LIVE NOW: Freddie Gray Funeral in Baltimore http://t.co/NgQYONpBFU pic.twitter.com/kucJGmLlZn— Mediaite (@Mediaite) April 27, 2015
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Lord Of The Pies Apr 27, 2015 8:49:55am |
I can guarantee my gun-fucking stalker will show up in my timeline with yet another Twitter account
How can this mom put her kid down safely & get off “as many shots as it takes”? #gunsense #NRA #tcot #UniteBlue https://t.co/RbKW2OeT30— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) April 27, 2015
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Lord Of The Pies Apr 27, 2015 8:50:58am |
WHUT
Baltimore Police: Info received of “credible threat” from gangs seeking to “take-out” law enforcement officers. pic.twitter.com/JncjonZKnc— ABC News (@ABC) April 27, 2015
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Lord Of The Pies Apr 27, 2015 8:51:26am |
Watch TCOT lose all the shit they lost yesterday and then some.
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 8:52:22am |
re: #223 Backwoods_Sleuth
I notice she also has her purse slung over her shoulder and across her chest ON TOP of the rifle.
good grief.
She’ll wind up shooting off everything below her waist anyway.
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darthstar Apr 27, 2015 8:56:21am |
Saw this on a Facebook page and it is pretty awesomely put: pic.twitter.com/qMzFaTteRC— Queeraga (@ConstantFail) April 11, 2015
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GlutenFreeJesus Apr 27, 2015 8:57:07am |
re: #218 Lord Of The Pies
@Metz_Byron She gets shot in the back, drops her kid, kid dies of severe head trauma, and now someone has her gun. Yeah, GunSense!— efuseakay (@efuseakay) April 27, 2015
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William Lewis Apr 27, 2015 8:57:20am |
Oy. Having a running dispute on NPR with this twit who believes this CT that the CIA had Kennedy killed for stopping their attempts to start a nuclear war. What a maroon.
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Dr Lizardo Apr 27, 2015 8:58:49am |
re: #238 William Barnett-Lewis
Oy. Having a running dispute on NPR with this twit who believes this CT that the CIA had Kennedy killed for stopping their attempts to start a nuclear war. What a maroon.
The JFK Assassination has probably spawned more CT’s than anything else.
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Lord Of The Pies Apr 27, 2015 9:00:27am |
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 9:01:01am |
Draw your own conclusions about where online “news” is headed.
Political reporter Peter Hamby is leaving CNN to head up news operations at Snapchat - @politico
read more on politico.com
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 9:02:28am |
Speaking of conspiracy theories:
Protestors holding signs in opposition to #JadeHelm15 in #BastropCo pic.twitter.com/PiHTp1GpOH— Andy Sevilla (@MrAndySevilla) April 27, 2015
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 9:04:03am |
re: #242 Lidane
Speaking of conspiracy theories:
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I’m not even sure what “Jade15” is, but the room is lily white:
Already a packed house at Bastrop commissioners half-hour before for Army Special Ops presentation on #jadehelm15 pic.twitter.com/JPb7MZeWEi
— Sean Walsh (@SeanCWalsh) April 27, 2015
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 9:04:25am |
Tulsa County undersheriff resigns after memo, fatal shooting
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office senior official has resigned following a memo indicating the agency gave special treatment to a volunteer deputy who later fatally shot a restrained man, and that the official repeatedly rebuffed criticism of that reservist.
Sheriff Stanley Glanz said in a release Monday that Undersheriff Tim Albin has submitted his resignation.
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Decatur Deb Apr 27, 2015 9:07:15am |
re: #243 Justanotherhuman
I’m not even sure what “Jade15” is, but the room is lily white:
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Exercise Jade Helm 2015, a DoD/Homeland Security campout in the SW.
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 9:07:18am |
re: #244 Backwoods_Sleuth
Tulsa County undersheriff resigns after memo, fatal shooting
Glanz is the one who should resign and allow a new sheriff in town to take over
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 9:08:01am |
re: #243 Justanotherhuman
I’m not even sure what “Jade15” is, but the room is lily white:
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Why Operation Jade Helm 15 is freaking out the Internet — and why it shouldn’t be
The mission is vast both geographically and strategically: Elite service members from all four branches of the U.S. military will launch an operation this summer in which they will operate covertly among the U.S. public and travel from state to state in military aircraft. Texas, Utah and a section of southern California are labeled as hostile territory, and New Mexico isn’t much friendlier.
That’s the scheme for Jade Helm 15, a new Special Operations exercise that runs from July 15 to Sept. 15. Army Special Operations Command announced it last week, saying the size and scope of the mission sets it apart from many other training exercises.
“The nature of warfare is always changing and U.S. Army Special Operations Command’s mission is to make certain the Army’s various Special Operations Forces are trained, equipped and organized to successfully conduct worldwide special operations in support of our nation’s interests,” Army Lt. Col. Mark Lastoria, a command spokesman, said in an e-mail. “Training exercise Jade Helm is going to assist our Special Operations Soldiers and leadership in refining the skills needed against an ever changing foreign threat.”
The exercise has prompted widespread conspiracy theories that the United States is preparing to hatch martial law.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 9:08:06am |
re: #235 Eclectic Cyborg
Moar dumb memes…
My niece dances from everything from the Gummy Bear song to the Black Keys. It is both cute and hilarious.
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 9:08:24am |
re: #245 Decatur Deb
Exercise Jade Helm 2015, a DoD/Homeland security campout in the SW.
What, so these idiots think it’s prep for the FEMA prisons?
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Dr Lizardo Apr 27, 2015 9:08:31am |
re: #243 Justanotherhuman
I’m not even sure what “Jade15” is, but the room is lily white:
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Jade Helm 15 is a military exercise. The wingnuts all freaking out about it because apparently, it’s when PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL DECLARE HIMSELF TEH EMPEROR FOR LIFE AND THROW ALL THE GOD-FEERIN PATRIOTS IN TEH FEMA CAMPS AND GAY MARRY EVERYBODY UNDER TEH GAY SHARIA!11! or some such horseshit.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 9:08:42am |
re: #243 Justanotherhuman
I’m not even sure what “Jade15” is, but the room is lily white:
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Lily white and hellua old.
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William Lewis Apr 27, 2015 9:08:50am |
re: #244 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’ll care when the sheriff is an orange jumpsuit on his way to the state pen.
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 9:09:20am |
re: #249 Justanotherhuman
What, so these idiots think it’s prep for the FEMA prisons?
You betcha! And for Obama’s evil plot to suspend the Constitution to become King For Life.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 9:10:20am |
You know at this point in Hitler’s fuehership or whatever you want to call it in Germany, the Anschluss had already happened as had Kristallnacht and the Nuremberg Laws. So if Obama’s going to be Hitler 2.0, he’s really slacking off. I mean we haven’t invaded Czechoslovakia yet. //
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Decatur Deb Apr 27, 2015 9:10:41am |
re: #249 Justanotherhuman
What, so these idiots think it’s prep for the FEMA prisons?
Best fever dream variation: The closure of the 5 Walmarts provides the housing for the internee processing centers.
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#FergusonFireside Apr 27, 2015 9:11:20am |
re: #247 Lidane
Why Operation Jade Helm 15 is freaking out the Internet — and why it shouldn’t be
The crowd fits.
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Ace-o-aces Apr 27, 2015 9:11:39am |
Wish I was selling tin-foil outside that building. I'd make out like a bandit! #jadehelm15 @SeanCWalsh
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) April 27, 2015
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 9:11:49am |
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 9:11:54am |
re: #253 Lidane
You betcha! And for Obama’s evil plot to suspend the Constitution to become King For Life.
That’s so fucking hilarious! Those people are just paranoid, uninformed idiots.
Even though the presentation by the military should allay the fear that they’ve cooked up, it won’t matter who’s talking since the military is part of this gubmint.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 9:12:07am |
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Targetpractice Apr 27, 2015 9:12:16am |
“Bad apples.”
VIDEO: Police celebrate, joke after allegedly beating man at traffic stop http://t.co/2njBIh5zPi @ahiza_garcia— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) April 27, 2015
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Ace-o-aces Apr 27, 2015 9:12:47am |
Think this about sums it up:
@mbaddassery2 @BlissTabitha @MaytonDave @fredwimpy what about this as well? #JadeHelm15 pic.twitter.com/7bLz4r6dpI
— #IStandwIsrael ن✏️ (@DagnyRed) April 27, 2015
WE MUST PROTECT OUR PRECIOUS FLUIDS!!!!
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Dr Lizardo Apr 27, 2015 9:13:03am |
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Dr Lizardo Apr 27, 2015 9:13:48am |
re: #255 Decatur Deb
Best fever dream variation: The closure of the 5 Walmarts provides the housing for the internee processing centers.
Yep…..that one’s certainly making the rounds in the fever swamps.
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Targetpractice Apr 27, 2015 9:15:07am |
re: #262 Ace-o-aces
Think this about sums it up:
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WE MUST PROTECT OUR PRECIOUS FLUIDS!!!!
What the wingnuts who believe that forget is they were laughing at moonbats who posted similar conspiracy theories in 2008, convinced Bush was going to suspend the elections to make himself President for Life.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 9:16:36am |
re: #262 Ace-o-aces
Think this about sums it up:
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WE MUST PROTECT OUR PRECIOUS FLUIDS!!!!
What this idiot doesn’t get is President Obama probably wants a third term even less than he does. I always get amused by people who insist that the president they hate will suspend the Constitution and implement Martial Law and run for a third term. When you know that Obama’s probably had enough of right wing assholes like this and just wants to finish out his term and then enjoy retirement as a pretty young man.
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GlutenFreeJesus Apr 27, 2015 9:16:46am |
re: #244 Backwoods_Sleuth
He will be getting a nice severance package, no doubt.
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Higgs Boson's Mate Apr 27, 2015 9:17:11am |
re: #262 Ace-o-aces
As if anyone who could easily make more money with less hassle on the outside would take the good time and trouble to do all of the things mentioned.
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GlutenFreeJesus Apr 27, 2015 9:17:59am |
re: #265 Targetpractice
Remember when Alex Jones was seen as completely batshit crazy? But now they embrace him.
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 9:18:34am |
re: #267 GlutenFreeJesus
He will be getting a nice severance package, no doubt.
And open a “LE consulting business” and make even more coin.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 9:19:00am |
re: #265 Targetpractice
What the wingnuts who believe that forget is they were laughing at moonbats who posted similar conspiracy theories in 2008, convinced Bush was going to suspend the elections to make himself President for Life.
They have become what they mocked. I was looking at some old internet discussion about the NSA back in 2006-/07 and the right was mocking anyone who was critical of the NSA but then all of a sudden Obama gets elected and suddenly ZOMG THE NSA IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Nevermind the fact that Obama’s presidency has had more oversight of the NSA than Bush’s. Just another exercise in conservative intellectual dishonestly. Ya know kind of like how they complain about how Obama’s abused executive power which again he’s been restrained in his usage compared to his predecessors in both parties no less but they were the ones that had no problem with Bush’s expanding the executive post 9/11.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 9:19:22am |
re: #269 GlutenFreeJesus
Remember when Alex Jones was seen as completely batshit crazy? But now they embrace him.
Because he was saying his crazy conspiracies about their team.
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 9:19:25am |
re: #266 HappyWarrior
What this idiot doesn’t get is President Obama probably wants a third term even less than he does.
A POTUS who wants to stay in power doesn’t have an Anger Translator standing next to him during the WHCD.
Comedy sketch or not, I’m pretty sure that was Obama’s way of almost going full Bulworth on a room full of people he’s been dying to tell off for six long years.
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 9:19:45am |
re: #269 GlutenFreeJesus
Remember when Alex Jones was seen as completely batshit crazy? But now they embrace him.
They stayed too long at the Alex Jones Fayre.
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RealityBasedSteve Apr 27, 2015 9:20:03am |
re: #243 Justanotherhuman
I’m not even sure what “Jade15” is, but the room is lily white:
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After the meeting the herd moved to the Golden Corral Buffet, and ruined the managers food-costs worksheet for the night.
RBS
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 9:20:24am |
re: #269 GlutenFreeJesus
Remember when Alex Jones was seen as completely batshit crazy? But now they embrace him.
That was when he was going after Republicans. Now that he’s going after Obama, it’s all good.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 9:22:05am |
When the Tea Party was a Ron Paul thing too, it was mocked too. Same thing with people who were concerned about the deficit. Remember Dick Cheney: Deficits don’t matter. The Republican Party and conservatives in political office lecturing this president and his party about fiscal responsibility is a goddamn joke.
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GlutenFreeJesus Apr 27, 2015 9:22:37am |
re: #276 Lidane
Sore losers on both sides will believe the stupidest shit. If I didn’t have any morals, I’d be rich off their ignorance.
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Shiplord Kirel Apr 27, 2015 9:23:01am |
Remember the right’s hero worshiping photo of young Putin in his KGB uniform? Well, here is yet another pro-communist meme from the tea party:
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 9:23:14am |
Obama china service, debuting @ Japan State Dinner, bordered in “Kailua Blue” inspired by waters off his Hawaii home pic.twitter.com/baf6OdhyVg
— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) April 27, 2015
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RealityBasedSteve Apr 27, 2015 9:24:35am |
re: #280 Justanotherhuman
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And I have not the slightest doubt that somebody will find a way to have an outrage about the new china.
RBS
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Nyet Apr 27, 2015 9:25:10am |
re: #254 HappyWarrior
You know at this point in Hitler’s fuehership or whatever you want to call it in Germany, the Anschluss had already happened as had Kristallnacht and the Nuremberg Laws. So if Obama’s going to be Hitler 2.0, he’s really slacking off. I mean we haven’t invaded Czechoslovakia yet. //
If we listen to some, you’ve already invaded Ukraine. //
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 9:25:43am |
re: #279 Shiplord Kirel
Remember the right’s hero worshiping photo of young Putin in his KGB uniform? Well, here is yet another pro-communist meme from the tea party:
Well the right is pretty open about their love of authoritarianism.
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Nyet Apr 27, 2015 9:25:59am |
re: #261 Targetpractice
At this point it will be “But there are good apples too…”
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 9:26:39am |
re: #281 RealityBasedSteve
And I have not the slightest doubt that somebody will find a way to have an outrage about the new china.
RBS
It’s not red, like Reagan’s. : )
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 9:26:43am |
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Nyet Apr 27, 2015 9:29:19am |
re: #286 HappyWarrior
“Now go to your Lebensraum, young Mr.! And no dessert!”
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 9:30:13am |
Pres Obama’s doesn’t seem to contain as much gold as Reagan’s or Bush’s, nor look as regal, which Rs like to point out were bought with “donations”.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 9:31:07am |
re: #287 Nyet
“Now go in your Lebensraum, young Mr.! And no dessert!”
It probably sounds harsher in the original German. Everything does. I always joke that Hitler could be describing a nice strudel recipe in one of his speeches that you see in documentaries on the Nazi but because German is such a harsh sounding language, it sounds like he’s calling for the eradication of an entire people.
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Ace-o-aces Apr 27, 2015 9:31:30am |
re: #281 RealityBasedSteve
And I have not the slightest doubt that somebody will find a way to have an outrage about the new china.
RBS
Wait, he didn’t get new china until year 6 of his presidency? Has he been using Bush’s old stuff this whole time?
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 9:32:23am |
Harding apparently gambled away the White House China in a poker game I’ve read.
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#FergusonFireside Apr 27, 2015 9:32:50am |
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 9:32:52am |
Wondering how much impact the Nepal earthquake and aftershocks have had; other than North America, Peru and one quake in the Philippians, the Pacific Rim is very quiet:
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 9:33:11am |
The Obama china, cont.
It consists of 11-piece place settings for 320 people and was being unveiled Monday at a preview for the Abe dinner.
The cost of the china service was not disclosed, but it was paid for from a private fund that is administered by the White House Historical Association. The state china service that then-first lady Laura Bush unveiled in January 2009 cost $493,000.
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Higgs Boson's Mate Apr 27, 2015 9:33:31am |
re: #289 HappyWarrior
It probably sounds harsher in the original German. Everything does. I always joke that Hitler could be describing a nice strudel recipe in one of his speeches that you see in documentaries on the Nazi but because German is such a harsh sounding language, it sounds like he’s calling for the eradication of an entire people.
I took four years of German in HS. I gave it up when I went to university because the next two semesters were devoted to learning the Bombastic Tense.
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b_sharp Apr 27, 2015 9:33:38am |
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Nyet Apr 27, 2015 9:36:01am |
re: #289 HappyWarrior
It probably sounds harsher in the original German. Everything does. I always joke that Hitler could be describing a nice strudel recipe in one of his speeches that you see in documentaries on the Nazi but because German is such a harsh sounding language, it sounds like he’s calling for the eradication of an entire people.
C’mon, just not true. One of the most gentle languages in the world ;)
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 9:36:06am |
re: #295 Higgs Boson’s Mate
I took four years of German in HS. I gave it up when I went to university because the next two semesters were devoted to learning the Bombastic Tense.
I took an introductory foreign language class in middle school and German naturally was one of the languages covered. Such a harsh language. My kid brother meanwhile started taking it last year and plans to go through with it which is great since I’m planning to take him on his first trip abroad and we’ll be stopping in Germany for sure.
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dell*nix Apr 27, 2015 9:36:08am |
re: #218 Lord Of The Pies
As easy as running with untied long shoe laces.
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 9:36:21am |
Brave teacher didn’t need a gun.
School official says a teacher tackled the student who fired shot in the air at North Thurston High School in Olympia, Wash. - @MarkWrightKING5
see original on twitter.com
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 9:37:45am |
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 9:37:51am |
New Orleans — Yep, blown right off—- RT @ScottWalker6 Train cars down at Huey Long Bridge, via Roger Fernandez. pic.twitter.com/ExV3w17V16— SevereStudios (@severestudios) April 27, 2015
High winds toss rail cars from Huey P. Long Bridge. Details to come. pic.twitter.com/CitshQhp0c— FOX 8 New Orleans (@FOX8NOLA) April 27, 2015
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 9:38:13am |
re: #300 Justanotherhuman
Brave teacher didn’t need a gun.
School official says a teacher tackled the student who fired shot in the air at North Thurston High School in Olympia, Wash. - @MarkWrightKING5
see original on twitter.com
If he had a gun, he would have tackled him like Mean Joe Greene.//
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Ace-o-aces Apr 27, 2015 9:39:48am |
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 9:40:31am |
re: #304 Ace-o-aces
Is this the old bridge?
This one:
Blown off bridge in NOLA— @JackiJing #breakingnews train fell of bridge behind Canes on Clearview pkwy pic.twitter.com/hyHfAZ4ABr— SevereStudios (@severestudios) April 27, 2015
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Dr Lizardo Apr 27, 2015 9:40:39am |
re: #301 HappyWarrior
I guess when you heard Ramstein’s Du Hast so many times. I didn’t know until my brother told me Du Hast is actually “You have”. I had been told it was “You hate” for years.
That’s actually a pretty common mistake. The German for hate is “Hass”.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 9:42:00am |
Around 11am CT in S. #Louisiana parishes, over 150K customers were w/o power. Info via @Entergy pic.twitter.com/ST9ayAr0SB— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) April 27, 2015
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 9:42:15am |
re: #306 Dr Lizardo
That’s actually a pretty common mistake. The German for hate is “Hass”.
Yeah not the worst mistake one could make.
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Nyet Apr 27, 2015 9:42:46am |
re: #301 HappyWarrior
I guess when you heard Ramstein’s Du Hast so many times. I didn’t know until my brother told me Du Hast is actually “You have”. I had been told it was “You hate” for years.
That’s word play. At first it goes:
Du
Du hast
Du hast mich
which can be interpreted as “hasst”: you hate me. Then it becomes clear that it’s actually the auxiliary “hast” for the past perfect tense (Du hast mich gefragt, you have asked me).
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Charles Johnson Apr 27, 2015 9:43:01am |
You really should Google “exercise band injuries” before you beclown yourself any more. Or don't; this *is* pretty funny. @jhinderaker— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 27, 2015
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 9:44:06am |
re: #309 Nyet
That’s word play. At first it goes:
Du
Du hast
Du hast michwhich can be interpreted as “hasst”: you hate me. The it becomes clear that it’s actually the auxiliary “hast” for the perfect tense (Du hast mich gefragt, you have asked me).
Ah then, it’s easy to see why I was told that then. Language is fascinating.
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Targetpractice Apr 27, 2015 9:44:15am |
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 9:44:57am |
re: #312 GlutenFreeJesus
Where’s Jindal’s god now?
I think he was last seen with Scott Walker in Iowa.
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Charles Johnson Apr 27, 2015 9:44:57am |
@joshtpm @jhinderaker That post was embarrassing - but not as embarrassing as falling for the hoax in the first place. “Easton Elliot?” LOL— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 27, 2015
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RealityBasedSteve Apr 27, 2015 9:46:50am |
re: #312 GlutenFreeJesus
Where’s Jindal’s god now?
and before COB today, at least one leader / pundit on the religious right will announce how his is punishment from above for something. (Probably having to do with gay rights)
RBS
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Nyet Apr 27, 2015 9:47:04am |
re: #311 HappyWarrior
Ah then, it’s easy to see why I was told that then. Language is fascinating.
In the English version (yes, there is an English version; and if you listen to it, maybe you will say English is the harshest language ;) it actually goes “you, you hate, you hate me”.
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 9:48:51am |
Lots of aid getting out to Nepal now, as long as they can land. India sent some earlier, as well as others.
Shelter kits and humanitarian aid now being loaded onto this RAF C-17 at Brize Norton heading to Nepal.. pic.twitter.com/ir2sRxya0l
— Jon Kay (@jonkay01) April 27, 2015
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blueraven Apr 27, 2015 9:51:22am |
re: #304 Ace-o-aces
Is this the old bridge?
The bridge was built in the 30s and was recently widened.
When I lived in NOLA, I only had a few occasions to cross it, but it was one of the scariest things ever! Especially if a train was crossing at the same time.
It was very narrow, (and super high) back in the day. Still just as high I assume.
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 9:51:38am |
Paranoid, uninformed rednecks are paranoid and uninformed:
Follow Live: Politics and distrust making appearance in public questions of #JadeHelm15 in Bastrop: http://t.co/kKUIA8wwLy— Austin Statesman (@statesman) April 27, 2015
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 9:51:44am |
Editor’s note: A Libyan army official has told Reuters that Islamic State militants have killed five journalists working for a Libyan television station in eastern Libya. We are looking for further confirmation of this story. - Tricia
end of note
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 9:54:11am |
re: #321 Lidane
Paranoid, uninformed rednecks are paranoid and uninformed:
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They’re fucking insane.
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 9:54:53am |
re: #323 Justanotherhuman
They’re fucking insane.
And they’re the GOP voter base here in Texas. Scary thought, that.
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Mike Lamb Apr 27, 2015 9:55:44am |
re: #203 Lidane
Please proceed:
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With luck, SCOTUS will rule against the RWNJ bigots on gay marriage. I would love to see the GOP get sucked into another social conservative tent revival primary shitstorm in 2016. It would be terrible for work, but great for me politically.
I think they are hoping for a pro-marriage equality ruling. That way the nut balls have some cover to move towards the main stream “involuntarily”.
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Lord Of The Pies Apr 27, 2015 9:56:27am |
Israeli gay couples bring their adopted children home from Nepal #Nepal #Israel #LGBT #UniteBlue #tcot pic.twitter.com/HPzPACLhnu— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) April 27, 2015
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 9:58:38am |
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freetoken Apr 27, 2015 10:04:37am |
re: #321 Lidane
Since the GOP and Fox have mainstreamed the fringe of Alex Jones and his cohorts, why are we surprised that this idiocy is now bubbling over?
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Great White Snark Apr 27, 2015 10:05:27am |
The hits keep coming…
Photographer Gets Beaten by Baltimore Police
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jaunte Apr 27, 2015 10:10:24am |
re: #321 Lidane
Paranoid, uninformed rednecks are paranoid and uninformed:
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Apparently the US military is invading Texas.
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Ace-o-aces Apr 27, 2015 10:11:03am |
re: #320 blueraven
The bridge was built in the 30s and was recently widened.
When I lived in NOLA, I only had a few occasions to cross it, but it was one of the scariest things ever! Especially if a train was crossing at the same time.
Yeah, I’ve driven that Bridge. The new one is much better and you can cross it faster too. It takes like half as much time to drive out to Mosca’s now.
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Ace-o-aces Apr 27, 2015 10:11:53am |
Under Regan Gaddafi was enemy #2 (#1 being USSR). Then Obama helped kill him, now Gaddafi is OK with conservatives @SeucT @AthertonKD
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) April 27, 2015
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WhatEVs Apr 27, 2015 10:13:13am |
re: #70 Targetpractice
So now there’s word that Rick Snyder is considering launching a run for the GOP nomination. Seriously, how “strong” can the GOP bench be if there are second and third stringers who honestly believe they have a chance?
At least Snyder *might* carry his own state. I doubt Rubio, Cruz, Walker or Christie could say that.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Apr 27, 2015 10:13:36am |
re: #329 freetoken
Since the GOP and Fox have mainstreamed the fringe of Alex Jones and his cohorts, why are we surprised that this idiocy is now bubbling over?
It started when the GOP refused to contest or at least distance itself from people like that in the press and at town hall meetings. Now they have taken over
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Lord Of The Pies Apr 27, 2015 10:14:16am |
re: #334 WhatEVs
At least Snyder *might* carry his own state. I doubt Rubio, Cruz, Walker or Christie could say that.
I wouldn’t vote for him.
Also remember: Michigan was the only state that voted for a Democratic senator in 2014, over the Koch-picked GOP candidate.
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jaunte Apr 27, 2015 10:17:54am |
re: #321 Lidane
Biggest applause so far for guy saying “We dont want you here at all!” after speech ab feds labeling conservatives as terrorists #jadehelm15
— Sean Walsh (@SeanCWalsh) April 27, 2015
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WhatEVs Apr 27, 2015 10:18:41am |
re: #109 BeachDem
And I think Rick Snyder is the most disgusting, and possibly the most dangerous, of them all (well, Kasich is a close second.)
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Let’s not forget that Snyder lowered corporate taxes and raised taxes on the elderly.
This guy is a snake. But I still think he would carry MI, which is more than I can say about most of the GOP clowns.
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Justanotherhuman Apr 27, 2015 10:19:35am |
29 Revealing Photos From This Weekend’s Anti-Gay March For Marriage
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Eventual Carrion Apr 27, 2015 10:19:54am |
re: #250 Dr Lizardo
Jade Helm 15 is a military exercise. The wingnuts all freaking out about it because apparently, it’s when PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL DECLARE HIMSELF TEH EMPEROR FOR LIFE AND THROW ALL THE GOD-FEERIN PATRIOTS IN TEH FEMA CAMPS AND GAY MARRY EVERYBODY UNDER TEH GAY SHARIA!11! or some such horseshit.
Will I at least get to pick the person I ghey marry? I have a couple good friends I would want it to be rather than an arranged marriage.
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allegro Apr 27, 2015 10:20:18am |
Note to self: watching Supervolcano (Netflix) late at night just before sleeping results in seriously disturbing dreams that still have me feeling creepy.
It’s really very good, opening that it is a true story that hasn’t happened yet, i.e. the eruption of the super volcano under Yellow Stone. Really well done and not just another stupid disaster flick.
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Eventual Carrion Apr 27, 2015 10:20:40am |
re: #255 Decatur Deb
Best fever dream variation: The closure of the 5 Walmarts provides the housing for the internee processing centers.
At least there will be enough food for a while.
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RealityBasedSteve Apr 27, 2015 10:21:59am |
re: #331 jaunte
Apparently the US military is invading Texas.
At least we’re not at war with Krasnovia anymore.
RBS
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 10:25:13am |
re: #280 Justanotherhuman
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Here’s what’s going to be on those plates:
Toro Tartare & Caesar Sashimi Salad, Smoked, Salmon- Grilled Chicken-Koji will be served at the State Dinner @ the WH pic.twitter.com/aBJeptrc9S— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) April 27, 2015
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lawhawk Apr 27, 2015 10:26:10am |
re: #257 Ace-o-aces
.@aceoaces @SeanCWalsh these are same ppl complaining that Obama is gutting the military while spending more than next 9 countries combined— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 27, 2015
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 10:28:34am |
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BeachDem Apr 27, 2015 10:32:19am |
re: #339 WhatEVs
Let’s not forget that Snyder lowered corporate taxes and raised taxes on the elderly.
This guy is a snake. But I still think he would carry MI, which is more than I can say about most of the GOP clowns.
And that’s the kind of thing that makes Snyder more dangerous than some of the other clowns. He’s still portraying himself as a mild-mannered nerd while cutting the slats out under the most vulnerable people around.
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Lord Of The Pies Apr 27, 2015 10:32:59am |
STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY, MID-MORNING EDITION==>
Do you know WHO ELSE threw political opponents in jail on trumped up charged without due process?
Is There Anybody That Can Put The Clintons In Prison?? #tcot #ccot #pjnet pic.twitter.com/Slt8YZHhw4— DR. TWEET, Ph.D. (@Callisto1947) April 27, 2015
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Eventual Carrion Apr 27, 2015 10:33:48am |
re: #331 jaunte
Apparently the US military is invading Texas.
Send out Dubya and the National Guard!
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Varek Raith Apr 27, 2015 10:35:58am |
re: #302 Backwoods_Sleuth
Must’ve been one hell of a storm.
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 10:39:08am |
If any Austin-area Lizards are around, hit me up. My landlord just sold the house I’m renting and I need to find a new place. If you know anyone who’s got a duplex, townhouse, or home that’s available by May 20th, please let me know. Thanks!
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WhatEVs Apr 27, 2015 10:42:23am |
re: #336 Lord Of The Pies
I wouldn’t vote for him.
Also remember: Michigan was the only state that voted for a Democratic senator in 2014, over the Koch-picked GOP candidate.
I can’t begin to guess various state politics, but Snyder has more of a chance of carrying MI than Christie does of NJ or Rubio does of FL. At least in my eyes.
Not saying he would…but I think he has a better chance than the other clowns.
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Dave In Austin Apr 27, 2015 10:42:27am |
I would suggest finding a good Dr. And to take meds as prescribed.@DagnyRed @mbaddassery2 @BlissTabitha @MaytonDave @fredwimpy— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) April 27, 2015
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Ace-o-aces Apr 27, 2015 10:42:35am |
Yeah, we don't usually train WITH our enemy. @SeanCWalsh
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) April 27, 2015
I’m trying to understand the mindset of the person who asked this question. Does he think that military training exercises are like Baseball spring training? You know, we have some practice wars that don’t count so that both sides can flesh out their opening lineup before the war season starts.
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WhatEVs Apr 27, 2015 10:44:09am |
re: #350 BeachDem
And that’s the kind of thing that makes Snyder more dangerous than some of the other clowns. He’s still portraying himself as a mild-mannered nerd while cutting the slats out under the most vulnerable people around.
Exactly. This…exactly!
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jaunte Apr 27, 2015 10:44:10am |
re: #357 Ace-o-aces
They probably think ISIS can just take a couple of buses up from the border.
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lawhawk Apr 27, 2015 10:46:24am |
That’s a pretty big clown car. Think we need a bus.
Newt Gingrich predicts the GOP will have 25 candidates in the primaries http://t.co/6RW6SMDJQf— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) April 27, 2015
It’s rather telling that there are so many GOPers who think that the can/should run or are running for the WH. It’s not out of a position of strength, but rather of the general weakness of the GOP because they simply can’t be extreme enough in the primaries and still win over enough moderate/independent at the generals.
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Nyet Apr 27, 2015 10:46:38am |
LOL. This is how you pronounce those weird Russian letters:
Image: CDh4ZfzUgAA6dPf.jpg
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darthstar Apr 27, 2015 10:49:06am |
re: #258 Lidane
“SHARIA LAW IS COMING TO CLEVELAND! RUN FOR THE DAMN HILLS!”
Heh.
I was humored by “he’s not here just so he can speak to Chuck Todd”…
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 10:50:12am |
re: #360 lawhawk
25 candidates? Is he fucking serious?
No way they get even half that number. He’s delusional. Everybody and their dog might make noise about running for POTUS, but considering the money and commitment required, few of them are going to bother.
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stpaulbear Apr 27, 2015 10:52:44am |
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Higgs Boson's Mate Apr 27, 2015 10:53:01am |
re: #360 lawhawk
That’s a pretty big clown car. Think we need a bus.
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It’s rather telling that there are so many GOPers who think that the can/should run or are running for the WH. It’s not out of a position of strength, but rather of the general weakness of the GOP because they simply can’t be extreme enough in the primaries and still win over enough moderate/independent at the generals.
The GOP primaries have turned into a game of Chutes and Ladders. Those potential candidates are all convinced that they won’t do or say anything reasonable enough to go down a chute so they’ll get only ladders.
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Dave In Austin Apr 27, 2015 10:54:09am |
re: #352 Eventual Carrion
Actually, there is an active Nat. Guard base about 8 mi. North of Bastrop. I fish a lake between the 2.
People in rural Texas are scared of their own shadows and have the guns to prove it.
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Higgs Boson's Mate Apr 27, 2015 10:55:21am |
re: #366 Dave In Austin
Actually, there is an active Nat. Guard base about 8 mi. North of Bastrop. I fish a lake between the 2.
People in rural Texas are scared of their own shadows and have the guns to prove it.
Having lived in South Texas I read that as “Barstop.”
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Decatur Deb Apr 27, 2015 10:56:09am |
re: #331 jaunte
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Apparently the US military is invading Texas.
Won’t be the first time.
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No Country For Old Haters Apr 27, 2015 11:01:43am |
re: #351 Lord Of The Pies
STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY, MID-MORNING EDITION==>
Do you know WHO ELSE threw political opponents in jail on trumped up charged without due process?[Embedded content]
It takes more than deranged wingnut fantasies to put someone in prison @Callisto1947 Adding wingnut tags to your post doesn't help.— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) April 27, 2015
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BeachDem Apr 27, 2015 11:04:40am |
re: #360 lawhawk
That’s a pretty big clown car. Think we need a bus.
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It’s rather telling that there are so many GOPers who think that the can/should run or are running for the WH. It’s not out of a position of strength, but rather of the general weakness of the GOP because they simply can’t be extreme enough in the primaries and still win over enough moderate/independent at the generals.
And as Charles P. Pierce says:
allowing Gingrich to pontificate about the evils of corrupt influences in our politics…is like getting a lecture on sanitation from the e. coli virus.
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Targetpractice Apr 27, 2015 11:04:58am |
re: #360 lawhawk
That’s a pretty big clown car. Think we need a bus.
[Embedded content]
It’s rather telling that there are so many GOPers who think that the can/should run or are running for the WH. It’s not out of a position of strength, but rather of the general weakness of the GOP because they simply can’t be extreme enough in the primaries and still win over enough moderate/independent at the generals.
I agree with Lidane, I don’t foresee even half that number actually committing to a full run. In fact, I expect some, like Carson and Trump, to make a lot of noise about running before dropping off the radar right around August with excuses about “family” or other commitments.
But you’re right, that there are so many making noises about considering a run is not a good sign for the GOP. It says that, at nearly five months into the year, there is still no clear front-runner, and that a lot of donor money is still in play. All the notions of a “strong” bench are being destroyed with each passing week, as a new skeleton comes out of a candidate’s closet to take their turn on the catwalk.
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CuriousLurker Apr 27, 2015 11:06:20am |
Um, okay. I see that bad crazy hasn’t subsided.
Anyway, I just came to drop off this Flickr photo of the fugliest damned muffin I’ve ever seen. Eww… just eww.
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Nyet Apr 27, 2015 11:09:07am |
Those dots over letters? They matter.
A Cellphone’s Missing Dot Kills Two People, Puts Three More in Jail
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 11:11:26am |
re: #374 Nyet
Those dots over letters? They matter.
A Cellphone’s Missing Dot Kills Two People, Puts Three More in Jail
oops…
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wrenchwench Apr 27, 2015 11:11:44am |
once i quit my job & the HR lady said “it's best to follow your passions” like i'm going to take advice from someone whose passion is HR.— Zoë Klar (@zoeklar) April 27, 2015
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CuriousLurker Apr 27, 2015 11:12:20am |
re: #372 Targetpractice
I think many of them are just opportunists hopping on the wingnut gravy train. I think I’m gonna start a spreadsheet and keep track of who actually announces, and what each of them is doing 6-12 months after the nomination (book deals, TV shows, speaking circuit, etc.)
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Apr 27, 2015 11:13:17am |
re: #351 Lord Of The Pies
STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY, MID-MORNING EDITION==>
Do you know WHO ELSE threw political opponents in jail on trumped up charged without due process?
Well, Obama is a dictator. Can’t he do it?
//
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 11:14:13am |
re: #372 Targetpractice
All the notions of a “strong” bench are being destroyed with each passing week, as a new skeleton comes out of a candidate’s closet to take their turn on the catwalk.
At the end of the day, it’s going to come down to Jeb and Not Jeb.
Who that “Not Jeb” ends up being is an open question. Christie is damaged by scandals, Walker’s attempts to out-crazy Cruz and Rubio by opposing LEGAL immigration will destroy his chances with the corporate types who like legal immigration, Rand Paul is a joke, and Jindal is an also-ran before he even declares.
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Feline Fearless Leader Apr 27, 2015 11:14:31am |
re: #372 Targetpractice
I agree with Lidane, I don’t foresee even half that number actually committing to a full run. In fact, I expect some, like Carson and Trump, to make a lot of noise about running before dropping off the radar right around August with excuses about “family” or other commitments.
But you’re right, that there are so many making noises about considering a run is not a good sign for the GOP. It says that, at nearly five months into the year, there is still no clear front-runner, and that a lot of donor money is still in play. All the notions of a “strong” bench are being destroyed with each passing week, as a new skeleton comes out of a candidate’s closet to take their turn on the catwalk.
Trump will drop claiming that the GOP is not properly rolling over for him as his due for being the great person that he is.
///
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RealityBasedSteve Apr 27, 2015 11:16:05am |
re: #373 CuriousLurker
Um, okay. I see that bad crazy hasn’t subsided.
Anyway, I just came to drop off this Flickr photo of the fugliest damned muffin I’ve ever seen. Eww… just eww.
Geeze, that thing looks like it was baked in a microwave. Do.Not.Want
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wrenchwench Apr 27, 2015 11:16:44am |
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 11:16:59am |
Speaking of Bad Crazy, here are more constitutional scholars who want to gut Article III because gays:
A host of anti-gay extremists turn out to support King and Cruz's plan to strip courts of jurisdiction over marriage http://t.co/HoLwRPgNJ7— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) April 27, 2015
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WhatEVs Apr 27, 2015 11:17:36am |
re: #379 CuriousLurker
I think many of them are just opportunists hopping on the wingnut gravy train. I think I’m gonna start a spreadsheet and keep track of who actually announces, and what each of them is doing 6-12 months after the nomination (book deals, TV shows, speaking circuit, etc.)
Hasn’t Ben Carson as much as admitted that’s his goal?
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CuriousLurker Apr 27, 2015 11:17:49am |
re: #374 Nyet
Those dots over letters? They matter.
A Cellphone’s Missing Dot Kills Two People, Puts Three More in Jail
From the article:
The local press has pointed out that the faulty localization of cellphones in Turkey is causing “serious problems” when it comes to certain “delicate words” in Turkish, and they are calling to enhance localization of technology to avoid these mistakes.
Um, how about if people just calm the hell down or not use phones capable of texting, FFS. The stupid, it burns.
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Higgs Boson's Mate Apr 27, 2015 11:18:32am |
re: #373 CuriousLurker
Um, okay. I see that bad crazy hasn’t subsided.
Anyway, I just came to drop off this Flickr photo of the fugliest damned muffin I’ve ever seen. Eww… just eww.
I’ll have you know that muffin nearly beat the blancmange at Wimbledon.
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Shiplord Kirel Apr 27, 2015 11:18:50am |
re: #331 jaunte
Apparently the US military is invading Texas.
The uproar over this is tumultuous, with several outbursts in the Lubbock area. These have been fueled by unethical yokel media who “discovered” a military training facility south of town, ignored all previous media stories about the facility since it was created 15 years ago, and pretended not to know whether the Russian guns and missiles there were real. They also didn’t indicate they were Russian. They are actually dummies used for threat avoidance training for aircrews who fly in from bases all over Texas.
One conspira-fool declared that unbelievers were simply dupes for uncritically accepting the government’s word for it that there have been military bases in Texas since statehood. It may be that some of these yokels really think we are only taking the government’s word that Reese Air Force Base operated just west of Lubbock for over 50 years. I did meet one who claimed that the government never admits to the presence of missiles and nuclear weapons at a specific installation so they could well be lying about a secret deployment in west Texas.
That is the level of ignorance we are dealing with, and that reckless swindlers like Alex Jones exploit for cash.
Ever since I met the college student who did not know that other countries have military forces (she thought all “military” was specifically American and part of the same whole) I have always asked myself first just what aspect of common knowledge these people are missing that makes them susceptible to lurid claims.
I wonder what they will say in a couple of weeks when Jade Helm is over and there is no martial law, no roundup of Christians, and no third term for Obama? Probably the same thing their ignorant lying asses have said the last 50 or so times one of their dire predictions didn’t pan out: Nothing.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 11:18:53am |
re: #386 Lidane
Speaking of Bad Crazy, here are more constitutional scholars who want to gut Article III because gays:
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I see one guy is claiming marriage equality would criminalize Christianity. How do these people function without shitting themselves?
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Lord Of The Pies Apr 27, 2015 11:19:13am |
re: #379 CuriousLurker
I think many of them are just opportunists hopping on the wingnut gravy train. I think I’m gonna start a spreadsheet and keep track of who actually announces, and what each of them is doing 6-12 months after the nomination (book deals, TV shows, speaking circuit, etc.)
I keep seeing the Tweets from “Dennis Michael Lynch” who is apparently some Libertarian dude running a campaign entirely on Facebook and Twitter but who has no actual creds in meat space.
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Targetpractice Apr 27, 2015 11:19:20am |
re: #381 Lidane
At the end of the day, it’s going to come down to Jeb and Not Jeb.
Who that “Not Jeb” ends up being is an open question. Christie is damaged by scandals, Walker’s attempts to out-crazy Cruz and Rubio by opposing LEGAL immigration will destroy his chances with the corporate types who like legal immigration, Rand Paul is a joke, and Jindal is an also-ran before he even declares.
I’m honestly beginning to suspect it will end up being Rubio. Bush is simply damaged goods, between his name and his past history of using family connections to help both a con artist and a terrorist. Slather on his secrecy, refusing to turn over millions of emails because he’d dubbed them “personal,” and he stops being the risk-free investment that he seemed a year ago.
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CuriousLurker Apr 27, 2015 11:20:06am |
re: #387 WhatEVs
Hasn’t Ben Carson as much as admitted that’s his goal?
I don’t know, has he? Whenever he starts talking I tend to just tune him out.
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freetoken Apr 27, 2015 11:21:38am |
re: #379 CuriousLurker
It’s becoming a cottage industry, a variant of the “celebrity culture” that brings us TMZ.
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Dr Lizardo Apr 27, 2015 11:21:47am |
re: #391 HappyWarrior
I see one guy is claiming marriage equality would criminalize Christianity. How do these people function without shitting themselves?
You’d have to ask Chuckles on that one. He’s King Shitstain, or so I hear.
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Targetpractice Apr 27, 2015 11:23:35am |
Another day, another example of how fucked up our police have become:
South Carolina cops face prison time for sadistically tasering mentally disabled woman http://t.co/9zzXmOg9CR pic.twitter.com/1KfI37iLRS— Raw Story (@RawStory) April 27, 2015
Walters encountered 40-year-old Melissa Davis during an April 2013 patrol in Marion, when he spotted her leaving the yard of a home for sale and suspected she might have broken into it.
The officer asked Davis what she was doing and then shocked her with a Taser, court records show.
Walters ordered the woman to place her hands behind her back after she fell to the ground and then shocked her four more times before she had time to comply, prosecutors said.
Brown arrived at that point to provide backup, but Walters had determined that Davis had done nothing wrong and was removing the Taser probes from her back.
But Brown noticed one of the woman’s hands slip from the handcuffs - which Walters had applied improperly - and shocked Davis three more times until she rolled over to be handcuffed again.
The officer offered to let Davis go if she let him shock her with the Taser once more in the forehead.
Brown told the other officers at the scene that he had shocked Davis with the Taser because he “did not want to touch that nasty b*tch.”
Of course, in keeping with how much of a joke our justice system has become when cops are involved, neither man will face more than two years in jail because of plea bargains.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 11:23:41am |
re: #396 Dr Lizardo
You’d have to ask Chuckles on that one. He’s King Shitstain, or so I hear.
No thank you.
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Shiplord Kirel Apr 27, 2015 11:24:55am |
Otoh, sizable parts of Texas may actually be enemy territory if you happen to understand the real Constitution (as opposed to the fanciful David Barton version) or genuine American principles.
But, yes, the invasion in real. The Alex Jones faithful and other “dissidents” should seek refuge at once. I advise them to grab their bug-out bags, flee the state, AND NEVER COME BACK,
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 11:25:45am |
re: #393 Targetpractice
I’m honestly beginning to suspect it will end up being Rubio. Bush is simply damaged goods, between his name and his past history of using family connections to help both a con artist and a terrorist. Slather on his secrecy, refusing to turn over millions of emails because he’d dubbed them “personal,” and he stops being the risk-free investment that he seemed a year ago.
I’m not so sure. The GOP kicked up such a shitstorm about a first-term Senator with no executive experience running for POTUS with Obama that I don’t see them falling in line for Rubio. Plus the far right World Nut Daily types don’t think he’s a citizen so they don’t think he’s eligible.
Rubio might end up as veep to Jeb, but in the end I think that the Bush name and fundraising capabilities will allow Jeb to overcome whatever objections voters have about him.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 11:26:31am |
re: #400 Lidane
I’m not so sure. The GOP kicked up such a shitstorm about a first-term Senator with no executive experience running for POTUS with Obama that I don’t see them falling in line for Rubio. Plus the far right World Nut Daily types don’t think he’s a citizen so they don’t think he’s eligible.
Rubio might end up as veep to Jeb, but in the end I think that the Bush name and fundraising capabilities will allow him to overcome whatever objections voters have about him.
Don’t the VP and pres have to be from different states? I definitely could see Rubio or even Cruz as a running mate though.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 11:26:48am |
LOLOLOLOL!
He’s been flogging this for 10 days and it’s only now “officially begins” today?
The project officially began today. #Hillary2016 http://t.co/loNji6ELqk #ClintonFoundation #HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/61KLw9WrVz— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) April 27, 2015
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WhatEVs Apr 27, 2015 11:26:49am |
re: #394 CuriousLurker
I don’t know, has he? Whenever he starts talking I tend to just tune him out.
After a several-day onslaught from fans and the media, many wanting to know his potential political plans, Carson has eased away from suggestions he may have his eyes on the White House. The 61-year-old doctor now says the likelihood of a presidential run is “incredibly small.” What he really wants is a second career in television when he retires from Johns Hopkins later this year.
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 11:27:30am |
re: #401 HappyWarrior
Don’t the VP and pres have to be from different states? I definitely could see Rubio or even Cruz as a running mate though.
They don’t *have* to be from different states, but it’s believed to help electorally since you’d theoretically get support from both states and regional voters in those areas.
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 11:28:52am |
*facepalm*
Fox's Stacey Dash: No One Would Have Been Beheaded Under Bush http://t.co/Ax89nZZk51 (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/B0NC9KGQqI— Mediaite (@Mediaite) April 27, 2015
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WhatEVs Apr 27, 2015 11:28:58am |
re: #397 Targetpractice
Another day, another example of how fucked up our police have become:
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Of course, in keeping with how much of a joke our justice system has become when cops are involved, neither man will face more than two years in jail because of plea bargains.
That makes me want to cry. Actually, that did make me cry.
Humanity is doomed. If this is what people do to each other, we’re fucked as a species.
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Targetpractice Apr 27, 2015 11:29:49am |
re: #400 Lidane
I’m not so sure. The GOP kicked up such a shitstorm about a first-term Senator with no executive experience running for POTUS with Obama that I don’t see them falling in line for Rubio. Plus the far right World Nut Daily types don’t think he’s a citizen so they don’t think he’s eligible.
Rubio might end up as veep to Jeb, but in the end I think that the Bush name and fundraising capabilities will allow Jeb to overcome whatever objections voters have about him.
I’m not sure I see it now. If anything, I see Bush foundering under a rather withering barrage from that base as the year goes on, as he tries to square the circle by presenting himself as the “reasonable” alternative to nutters like Cruz and Paul. He’s gonna end up pulling a McCain/Romney, making himself so unelectable that by this time next year, we won’t be discussing whether can win the nomination but just how in the hell he’s gonna convince millions of Americans that he’s really a “moderate.”
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WhatEVs Apr 27, 2015 11:29:50am |
re: #400 Lidane
I’m not so sure. The GOP kicked up such a shitstorm about a first-term Senator with no executive experience running for POTUS with Obama that I don’t see them falling in line for Rubio. Plus the far right World Nut Daily types don’t think he’s a citizen so they don’t think he’s eligible.
Rubio might end up as veep to Jeb, but in the end I think that the Bush name and fundraising capabilities will allow Jeb to overcome whatever objections voters have about him.
IOKIYAR. That’s all I will say.
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Apr 27, 2015 11:30:02am |
re: #404 Lidane
They don’t *have* to be from different states, but it’s believed to help electorally since you’d theoretically get support from both states and regional voters in those areas.
I think there is something about the Prez and VP needing to be from different states.
In 2000 Cheney had been living in Texas (Halliburton) but returned to his home state of Wyoming to register to vote there to re-establish residency there so he could pick himself as VP (Cheney had headed W Bush’s VP search team).
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 11:30:33am |
re: #402 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOLOLOLOL!
He’s been flogging this for 10 days and it’s only now “officially begins” today?[Embedded content]
So Chucky what do you have to say about Ronald Reagan who was older than his three immediate predecessors? It’s amazing how the right fixates on “old Hillary” but loves to venerate Reagan who turned 70 not even a month into his presidency and showed serious signs of memory loss during his presidency. Hillary at least is still sharp.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 11:32:24am |
re: #410 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
I think there is something about the Prez and VP needing to be from different states.
In 2000 Cheney had been living in Texas (Halliburton) but returned to his home state of Wyoming to register to vote there to re-establish residency there so he could pick himself as VP (Cheney had headed W Bush’s VP search team).
Right, that’s why I asked. I think it’s in the 11th or 12th amendment but I may be wrong. I think if it is Bush, he will no doubt be forced to choose one of the base’s favorite who they think the left will be scared of but then that person will end up alienating anyone not a RWNJ- see Palin, Sarah or Ryan, Paul for reference.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 11:33:06am |
I think it can’t be ignored that Bush last ran for office in 2002. A lot in how campaigns are run has changed since then.
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Targetpractice Apr 27, 2015 11:33:11am |
re: #409 WhatEVs
IOKIYAR. That’s all I will say.
That’s the other thing to bear in mind, that if the big donors start lining up behind Rubio (word is the Kochs and Adelson are gravitating towards him), then the base will drop whatever criticisms they have of him and portray him as the Second Coming. Wayne LaPierre has dubbed him “demographically significant,” and I think that’s how the base will go with him, that he’s their ticket to a bigger conservative Latino turnout and the younger voters will go for him over the “old maid” Clinton. And don’t be surprised if we start hearing about how “hunky” he is to the ladies.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 11:34:50am |
This cracks me up: #JadeHelm15 is coming. Do you have your “BugOut Bag?” #tcot #uniteblue #ocra #Nutz Comfort food? https://t.co/Fnp0N6zYi9— Jessie (@Islalvr) April 27, 2015
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Lord Of The Pies Apr 27, 2015 11:35:26am |
Stacy in your case, you ARE a rape apologist who hates women. Oh and a racist too.
Remember: If you disagree with a feminist, your disagreement proves that you are a rape apologist who hates women. #tcot #YesAllWomen— Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) April 26, 2015
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 11:37:25am |
re: #410 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
I think there is something about the Prez and VP needing to be from different states..
I had to go look it up. Per Snopes, that rule doesn’t apply to candidates. It applies to electors:
The framers did anticipate one potential flaw with their electoral mechanism, though: Since each state would likely consider it to be to their advantage for the nation’s chief executive to be a fellow statesman, electors would be tempted to vote only for candidates from their home states. And since every elector would vote for two candidates, and states with larger populations had more representatives in Congress and therefore got to appoint more electors, this process created the possibility that the presidency would be continually held by candidates hailing from a few of the largest states. (Many delegates believed that rarely would any presidential candidate receive a majority of electoral votes, so every four years the House of Representatives would essentially be choosing a president from among the five candidates “nominated” by the three or four states with the most electoral votes.) Therefore, Article II (as well as the Twelfth Amendment, which modified it) specified that electors must “vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves,” a requirement that guaranteed at least half of each state’s electoral votes would be cast for candidates from other states.
This requirement is still in effect today, but confusion arises when people misunderstand it to govern the actions of candidates rather than electors. Nothing in the constitution bars presidential and vice-presidential candidates from the same state from running, being elected, or holding office together; it only bars the electors from their home state from voting for both of them.
In other words, the electors in Florida wouldn’t be able to vote for a Bush/Rubio ticket since both of them are from Florida. That’s typically why the two parties will chose candidates from different states.
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sagehen Apr 27, 2015 11:37:30am |
re: #404 Lidane
They don’t *have* to be from different states, but it’s believed to help electorally since you’d theoretically get support from both states and regional voters in those areas.
Nah, they actually do have to. It’s in the constitution and everything.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 11:37:31am |
re: #416 Lord Of The Pies
Stacy in your case, you ARE a rape apologist who hates women. Oh and a racist too.
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Waaaah I said something degrading about women and I don’t like the mean feminists calling me out for being a right wing shit for brains. Waaah.
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CuriousLurker Apr 27, 2015 11:38:01am |
re: #402 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOLOLOLOL!
He’s been flogging this for 10 days and it’s only now “officially begins” today?[Embedded content]
I’m amazed that people are willing give him money.
How stupid do they have to be?
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WhatEVs Apr 27, 2015 11:38:14am |
re: #414 Targetpractice
That’s the other thing to bear in mind, that if the big donors start lining up behind Rubio (word is the Kochs and Adelson are gravitating towards him), then the base will drop whatever criticisms they have of him and portray him as the Second Coming. Wayne LaPierre has dubbed him “demographically significant,” and I think that’s how the base will go with him, that he’s their ticket to a bigger conservative Latino turnout and the younger voters will go for him over the “old maid” Clinton. And don’t be surprised if we start hearing about how “hunky” he is to the ladies.
Rubio is hunkier than Paul Ryan. Those pics of Ryan pumping iron while running for Veep still haunt my dreams.
Rubio is the only one at the moment who is making any kind of sense. Which is kinda scary. Because he’s still nuts. I don’t know how he’d crossover to younger voters.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 11:38:18am |
re: #417 Lidane
I had to go look it up. Per Snopes, that rule doesn’t apply to candidates. It applies to electors:
In other words, the electors in Florida wouldn’t be able to vote for a Bush/Rubio ticket since both of them are from Florida. That’s typically why the two parties will chose candidates from different states.
Thanks. Props for looking it up. This makes sense now.
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Lidane Apr 27, 2015 11:39:14am |
re: #418 sagehen
Nah, they actually do have to. It’s in the constitution and everything.
Not quite, no. The rule in the Constitution doesn’t apply to the candidates. It applies to the electors in the Electoral College. Link is posted above.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 11:39:30am |
re: #421 WhatEVs
Rubio is hunkier than Paul Ryan. Those pics of Ryan pumping iron while running for Veep still haunt my dreams.
Rubio is the only one at the moment who is making any kind of sense. Which is kinda scary. Because he’s still nuts. I don’t know how he’d crossover to younger voters.
I think he’s too socially conservative for younger voters. Maybe if he were more dishonest about it like how Rand is, he’d have a better chance with them but Marco doesn’t hide that he’s a so con through and through like Rand does. Rand would be the one to worry about young voter crossover for IMO not Rubio.
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CuriousLurker Apr 27, 2015 11:39:39am |
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Lord Of The Pies Apr 27, 2015 11:41:03am |
STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY, LUNCHTIME EDITION==>
Of course they fail to tell us what restrictions India puts in the way of obtaining voter ID, like say, Texas.
Hmm #tcot pic.twitter.com/PhO1sKbjvq— Hannah Cowan (@Cowan4President) April 27, 2015
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Mike Lamb Apr 27, 2015 11:43:18am |
re: #357 Ace-o-aces
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I’m trying to understand the mindset of the person who asked this question. Does he think that military training exercises are like Baseball spring training? You know, we have some practice wars that don’t count so that both sides can flesh out their opening lineup before the war season starts.
Apparently they think it’s like pre-season football…
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 11:43:32am |
re: #426 Lord Of The Pies
STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY, LUNCHTIME EDITION==>
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I remember reading after Walker tried to push voter ID in Wisconsin, he also pushed closing down DMVs. Voter ID is one of those things that sound great until you see that’s it another method of Republicans for keeping the turn out low as possible. The Republicans are a party that is fully aware and Paul Weyrich even admitted as much that it’s not good when more people vote so they naturally oppose things like making it easier to vote, more precincts, etc. If more people in this country voted, the Republican Party would be close to a permanent minority status.
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Higgs Boson's Mate Apr 27, 2015 11:44:37am |
re: #420 CuriousLurker
I’m amazed that people are willing give him money.
How stupid do they have to be?
Think about it for a second: a list of people stupid enough to send him money would be worth some coin to scammers and flim-flam artists.
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“I have a collection of vintage Yugos which circumstances force me to sell at a deep discount. Though these cars are rapidly appreciating in value one can be yours for only…”
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A Cranky One Apr 27, 2015 11:46:52am |
re: #402 Backwoods_Sleuth
I just looked at his Gofundme page. What a hoot. Upchuck-for-brains is still pretending that he’s had successes, including bringing down Menendez:
Menendez is now under indictment thanks, in part, to my investigation. (The last time I crowdfunded on this platform it was the research that ultimately brought him down.)
Delusional, pure and simple. And his Gofundme has been stalled for days at $1055. This should be amusing.
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CuriousLurker Apr 27, 2015 11:48:38am |
re: #430 Higgs Boson’s Mate
Think about it for a second: a list of people stupid enough to send him money would be worth some coin to scammers and flim-flam artists.
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“I have a collection of vintage Yugos which circumstances force me to sell at a deep discount. Though these cars are rapidly appreciating in value one can be yours for only…”
QFT!
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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 27, 2015 11:48:49am |
re: #431 A Cranky One
@ChuckCJohnson And you're only shy $39,000 of your $40,000 goal. Success!!!!— Buzz_Patriot (@Buzz_Patriot) April 27, 2015
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Timothy Watson Apr 27, 2015 11:49:03am |
re: #426 Lord Of The Pies
STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY, LUNCHTIME EDITION==>
Of course they fail to tell us what restrictions India puts in the way of obtaining voter ID, like say, Texas.[Embedded content]
India doesn’t even have a national ID number. They have a PAN which is used for tax purposes but only 204 million have been issued.
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Mike Lamb Apr 27, 2015 11:49:43am |
re: #402 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOLOLOLOL!
He’s been flogging this for 10 days and it’s only now “officially begins” today?[Embedded content]
That was just a “soft opening” for the gofundme page.
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WhatEVs Apr 27, 2015 11:49:44am |
re: #434 Timothy Watson
India doesn’t even have a national ID number. They have a PAN which is used for tax purposes but only 204 million have been issued.
Details, details. Wingnuts are always wrong when it comes to details.
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leftynyc Apr 27, 2015 11:52:07am |
re: #122 Justanotherhuman
How much does it cost per year to keep looking like this? Probably a lot more than you make. And why was she even at the WHCA? Does she even do anything useful any more? I know she has good genes, but so do a lot of people and they don’t even come close, much less have the time and money to preserve themselves in such a fashion.
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Maybe for being on Newsroom?
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Mike Lamb Apr 27, 2015 11:52:18am |
re: #426 Lord Of The Pies
They want everyong to have “papers”, except for gun owners…
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lawhawk Apr 27, 2015 11:54:25am |
re: #405 Lidane
.@Mediaite @REALStaceyDash Daniel Pearl and Nick Berg could not be reached for comment— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 27, 2015
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 11:55:13am |
re: #438 Mike Lamb
They want everyong to have “papers”, except for gun owners…
Right. They want it to be absurdly easy to get a gun but franchise should be as difficult as possible. Fuck that noise.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 11:57:01am |
re: #439 lawhawk
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Yeah what a fucking joke just like how they act like Benghazi was unique to only Obama. The only thing and I mean no disrespect to Ambassador Stevens that made Benghazi unique was that the ambassador was killed. Tragic, no doubt about it but there were plenty of attacks on embassies and consulates during President Bush’s presidency too and no one on the right blinked an eye or accused him of sympathizing with the attackers which is exactly what Mitt Romney did the day Benghazi happened but no one talks about that.
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WhatEVs Apr 27, 2015 12:02:38pm |
re: #441 HappyWarrior
Opportunism. That is all that matters. It doesn’t matter if veterans get fucked, or if ambassador’s or other State Dept personnel die…if it is an opportunity to slam a dem, that is all it’s worth. Everything else is a talking point (Support the Troops!!!11!!) to Republicans.
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HappyWarrior Apr 27, 2015 12:03:46pm |
re: #442 WhatEVs
Opportunism. That is all that matters. It doesn’t matter if veterans get fucked, or if ambassador’s or other State Dept personnel die…if it is an opportunity to slam a dem, that is all it’s worth. Everything else is a talking point (Support the Troops!!!11!!) to Republicans.
Right. Kind of like how Republicans didn’t say a peep when there were VA problems in the Bush years but the second it came out that unfortunately some of those problems continued into Obama’s presidency, it was a national outrage and all Obama and Shinseki’s fault.
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BeachDem Apr 27, 2015 12:14:43pm |
re: #421 WhatEVs
Rubio is hunkier than Paul Ryan. Those pics of Ryan pumping iron while running for Veep still haunt my dreams.
I’ll see your Rubio with Julian Castro (and I’ll raise with Martin O’Malley—a little older, but easy on the eyes—and for some reason, seems to like to go shirtless.)
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Eventual Carrion Apr 27, 2015 12:23:56pm |
re: #405 Lidane
*facepalm*
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She is correct, they killed by the thousands with planes during Bush. And they did do some burning and hanging from streets and bridges too.
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Eventual Carrion Apr 27, 2015 12:30:56pm |
re: #426 Lord Of The Pies
STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY, LUNCHTIME EDITION==>
Of course they fail to tell us what restrictions India puts in the way of obtaining voter ID, like say, Texas.[Embedded content]
Wikipedia says that you can apply online for India voter ID (with proper documentation). It also says that bankrupt and mentally ill people do not get to vote. Sorry Donald.
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